Delmon Young
Delmon Damarcus Young
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 14, 1985 in Montgomery, AL
High School: Adolfo Camarillo (Camarillo, CA)
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed September 8, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 29, 2006
Relatives: Brother of Dmitri Young
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2006 20 TBD AL 30 131 126 16 40 9 1 3 10 2 2 1 24 .317 .336 .476 .812 108 60 0 3 0 1 0 9/8
2007 21 TBD AL 162 681 645 65 186 38 0 13 93 10 3 26 127 .288 .316 .408 .723 91 263 23 3 0 7 2 *98/D RoY-2
2008 22 MIN AL 152 623 575 80 167 28 4 10 69 14 5 35 105 .290 .336 .405 .741 100 233 19 7 1 5 7 *7
2009 23 MIN AL 108 416 395 50 112 16 2 12 60 2 5 12 92 .284 .308 .425 .733 91 168 17 4 0 5 1 7/D
4 Seasons 452 1851 1741 211 505 91 7 38 232 28 15 74 348 .290 .322 .416 .738 95 724 59 17 1 18 10
162 Game Avg. 162 663 624 76 181 33 3 14 83 10 5 27 125 .290 .322 .416 .738 95 259 21 6 0 6 4
MIN (2 yrs) 260 1039 970 130 279 44 6 22 129 16 10 47 197 .288 .325 .413 .738 96 401 36 11 1 10 8
TBD (2 yrs) 192 812 771 81 226 47 1 16 103 12 5 27 151 .293 .319 .419 .738 94 323 23 6 0 8 2

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2006 20 TBD AL 131 89 20 6.0 110 .370 .317 .274 .336 .339 .476 .436 .812 .775 108 .563 1.3 0.1 .727 .167 .159 2.4
2007 21 TBD AL 681 492 77 4.2 105 .338 .288 .269 .316 .336 .408 .420 .723 .756 91 .414 -9.0 -0.8 .616 .171 .119 11.3
2008 22 MIN AL 623 438 75 4.6 102 .338 .290 .263 .336 .331 .405 .413 .741 .744 100 .464 -0.4 0.0 .657 .191 .115 11.7
2009 23 MIN AL 416 310 45 3.9 107 .338 .284 .266 .308 .335 .425 .427 .733 .762 91 .380 -6.2 -0.6 .593 .165 .142 3.4
4 Seasons 1851 1329 217 4.4 105 .340 .290 .267 .322 .334 .416 .421 .738 .755 95 .435 -14.3 -1.3 .632 .176 .126 32.2
162 Game Avg. 663 476 78 4.4 105 .340 .290 .267 .322 .334 .416 .421 .738 .755 95 .435 -14.3 -1.3 .632 .176 .126 12
MIN (2 yrs) 1039 748 120 4.3 104 .338 .288 .264 .325 .332 .413 .419 .738 .751 96 .430 -6.6 -0.6 .631 .180 .126 18.5
TBD (2 yrs) 812 581 97 4.5 106 .343 .293 .269 .319 .336 .419 .423 .738 .759 94 .441 -7.7 -0.7 .634 .170 .126 13.7

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2009 23 MIN AL ALDS NYY L 3 14 12 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .083 .214 .167 .381 2 0 1 0 0 0
1 ALDS 3 14 12 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .083 .214 .167 .381 2 0 1 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2006 20 TBD AL 131 2.3% 18.3% 0.8% 9.9% 33% 24.00 5.3 42.0 12.6 0.87 1.54 76% 25% 5.6% 2%
2007 21 TBD AL 681 1.9% 18.7% 3.8% 7.5% 27% 4.88 5.1 49.6 6.9 0.90 1.30 75% 21% 5.3% 11%
2008 22 MIN AL 623 1.6% 16.9% 5.6% 6.7% 25% 3.00 5.5 57.5 8.3 1.22 1.76 75% 15% 5.0% 6%
2009 23 MIN AL 416 2.9% 22.1% 2.9% 7.2% 27% 7.67 4.3 32.9 6.6 1.00 1.44 71% 17% 8.4% 7%
4 Seasons 1851 2.1% 18.8% 4.0% 7.4% 27% 4.70 5.0 45.8 7.5 1.02 1.49 74% 18% 5.9% 8%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2006 20 TBD AL 2 0 32% 53 2 2 50% 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 30% 7 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 1
2007 21 TBD AL 6 0 26% 237 10 3 77% 9 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 13 48% 29 19 10 6 2 4 19 6 12
2008 22 MIN AL 6 0 35% 219 14 5 74% 8 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 10 23 40% 39 30 9 10 6 3 28 8 19
2009 23 MIN AL 3 0 33% 153 2 5 29% 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 14 35% 21 17 4 3 1 2 16 8 8
4 Seasons 17 0 31% 662 28 15 65% 20 12 8 3 0 0 2 0 19 54 41% 96 71 25 20 10 9 65 23 40
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2006 20 TBD AL 131 22% 40 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 16 0 0% 11 4 36% 64 8 13% 4 3 75% 5 2 40% 0
2007 21 TBD AL 681 25% 186 15 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 25 11 2 9 4 0 0 0 141 23 16% 62 22 35% 475 85 18% 46 30 65% 38 23 61% 0
2008 22 MIN AL 623 30% 167 14 0 1 1 0 0 1.83 10 0 25 6 4 7 3 0 1 1 100% 128 19 15% 63 19 30% 435 62 14% 60 29 48% 31 18 58% 0
2009 23 MIN AL 416 32% 112 10 0 1 1 0 0 1.05 12 1 14 5 7 7 5 0 0 0 79 17 22% 50 16 32% 261 51 20% 36 22 61% 24 11 46% 0
4 Seasons 1851 28% 505 43 0 2 2 0 0 1.44 38 1 66 24 14 24 14 0 1 1 100% 364 59 16% 186 61 33% 1235 206 17% 146 84 58% 98 54 55% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2006 20 TBD AL 131 374 2.85 286 76% 10% 21% 33% 36% 90% 0% 69% 76% 64% 2% 3 3 8% 10 5 2% 2 1 13% 0 0 0
2007 21 TBD AL 681 2387 3.51 1672 70% 11% 24% 33% 31% 89% 1% 62% 73% 52% 4% 24 5 11% 78 39 4% 30 21 10% 0 0 0
2008 22 MIN AL 623 2218 3.56 1494 67% 15% 21% 32% 32% 85% 4% 57% 75% 47% 6% 35 3 13% 80 28 9% 54 35 8% 0 0 0
2009 23 MIN AL 416 1458 3.50 1014 70% 15% 22% 32% 30% 85% 1% 59% 74% 48% 2% 10 2 11% 44 24 5% 22 15 11% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1851 6437 3.48 4466 69% 13% 22% 33% 32% 87% 2% 60% 74% 50% 4% 72 13 11% 212 96 6% 108 72 10% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 20 30 131 126 16 40 9 1 3 10 2 2 1 24 .317 .336 .476 .812 108 60 0 3 0 1 0
2007 21 192 812 771 81 226 47 1 16 103 12 5 27 151 .293 .319 .419 .738 94 323 23 6 0 8 2
2008 22 344 1435 1346 161 393 75 5 26 172 26 10 62 256 .292 .326 .413 .739 96 556 42 13 1 13 9
2009 23 452 1851 1741 211 505 91 7 38 232 28 15 74 348 .290 .322 .416 .738 95 724 59 17 1 18 10

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2006 20 30 131 126 15 40 9 1 3 9 2 1 24 .317 .336 .476 .812 19 30
2007 21 162 670 635 64 176 36 0 12 91 9 25 127 .277 .304 .391 .695 76 162
2008 22 152 622 575 82 167 28 4 10 71 14 35 105 .290 .336 .405 .741 77 152
2009 23 108 408 388 51 105 15 2 11 62 2 11 92 .271 .294 .405 .699 46 108
4 Seasons 452 1831 1724 212 488 88 7 36 233 27 72 348 .283 .315 .405 .720 218 452
162 Game Avg. 162 656 618 76 175 32 3 13 84 10 26 125 .283 .315 .405 .720 78 452

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2007 AL--162--1st

At Bats s c a p y
2007 AL--645--2nd

Singles s c a p y
2007 AL--135--7th
2008 AL--125--10th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2007 AL--23--1st

Outs Made s c a p y
2007 AL--492--1st

Youngest s c a p y
2006 AL--born 1985-09-14--2nd
2007 AL--born 1985-09-14--8th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (720), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2170), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1809), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Wes Schulmerich (956)
  2. Johnny Mokan (954)
  3. Jimmy Ripple (953)
  4. Ernie Koy (953)
  5. Wayne Nordhagen (953)
  6. Doc Miller (948)
  7. Mike Vail (946)
  8. Terry Whitfield (946)
  9. Dwight Smith (945)
  10. Lew Ford (944)
Similar Batters through 23 
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  1. Carlos May (954)
  2. Carl Yastrzemski (953) *
  3. Whitey Lockman (951)
  4. Carl Crawford (945)
  5. Greg Luzinski (943)
  6. Joe Vosmik (942)
  7. Roberto Clemente (941) *
  8. Del Ennis (940)
  9. Claudell Washington (937)
  10. Jeff Francoeur (935)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Tris Speaker (971) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Rocco Baldelli (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Carlos May (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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