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Delmon Young

Delmon Damarcus Young

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: September 14, 1985 in Birmingham, AL
High School: Adolfo Camarillo HS (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 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Twins/DevilRays/Tigers 2006-2012
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 1 yr/$750k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 6.034, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Arn Tellem [*]
Relatives: Brother of Dmitri Young
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Fine Details  · Last updated Feb 12, 2013 9:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #1635. Xavier Nady… #1636. Lee Stevens… #1637. Jonny Gomes… #1638. DELMON YOUNG… #1639. Jim Spencer… #1640. Marlon Anderson… #1641. Mike Redmond… 

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 92 168 17 4 0 5 1 7/D
2010 24 MIN AL 153 613 570 77 170 46 1 21 112 5 4 28 81 .298 .333 .493 .826 124 281 16 6 0 9 5 *7/D MVP-10
2011 25 TOT AL 124 503 473 54 127 21 1 12 64 1 0 23 85 .268 .302 .393 .695 90 186 19 2 0 5 2 *7/D
2011 25 MIN AL 84 325 305 26 81 16 0 4 32 1 0 18 55 .266 .305 .357 .662 82 109 12 0 0 2 2 7/D
2011 25 DET AL 40 178 168 28 46 5 1 8 32 0 0 5 30 .274 .298 .458 .756 103 77 7 2 0 3 0 7
2012 26 DET AL 151 608 574 54 153 27 1 18 74 0 2 20 112 .267 .296 .411 .707 89 236 20 7 0 7 1 *D7
7 Yrs 880 3575 3358 396 955 185 10 89 482 34 21 145 626 .284 .317 .425 .742 98 1427 114 32 1 39 18
162 Game Avg. 162 658 618 73 176 34 2 16 89 6 4 27 115 .284 .317 .425 .742 98 263 21 6 0 7 3
MIN (4 yrs) 497 1977 1845 233 530 106 7 47 273 22 14 93 333 .287 .324 .429 .753 103 791 64 17 1 21 15
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
DET (2 yrs) 191 786 742 82 199 32 2 26 106 0 2 25 142 .268 .296 .422 .718 92 313 27 9 0 10 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 20 TBD AL 30 131 2 0 0 3 -1 4 0.5 4 9 0.9 .515 .503 0.6 0.2 6 9/8
2007 21 TBD AL 162 681 -9 0 -2 -1 -6 -17 -1.5 23 6 0.5 .489 .489 0.6 -0.6 7 $1,340,000 *98/D RoY-2
2008 22 MIN AL 152 623 -0 1 -2 -14 -7 -22 -1.9 21 -1 -0.1 .485 .486 1.3 -1.9 13 $1,440,000 *7
2009 23 MIN AL 108 416 -6 -1 -2 -8 -5 -22 -2.1 14 -8 -0.8 .480 .486 0.0 -1.2 0 $1,152,000 7/D
2010 24 MIN AL 153 613 17 -3 0 -13 -7 -6 -0.4 21 15 1.5 .496 .496 2.9 -1.9 28 $2,600,000 *7/D MVP-10
2011 25 MIN AL 84 325 -8 -1 -2 -1 -4 -16 -1.7 11 -6 -0.7 .479 .489 -0.5 -0.5 -4 $5,375,000 7/D
2011 25 DET AL 40 178 2 2 -1 -2 -2 -1 -0.0 6 5 0.5 .498 .499 0.7 -0.4 7 7
2012 26 DET AL 151 608 -9 -2 -2 -3 -13 -29 -3.1 20 -9 -1.2 .479 .481 -0.7 -1.7 -6 $6,750,000 *D7
7 Seasons 880 3575 -11 -5 -9 -39 -46 -110 -10.2 121 11 0.6 .487 .491 4.9 -8.0 50 $18,657,000
MIN (4 yrs) 497 1977 3 -5 -5 -36 -23 -67 -6.1 67 1 -0.1 .486 .490 3.7 -5.6 36 $10,567,000
TBD (2 yrs) 192 812 -6 1 -2 2 -7 -13 -1.1 27 15 1.4 .493 .496 1.2 -0.4 13 $1,340,000
DET (2 yrs) 191 786 -7 -1 -3 -5 -15 -30 -3.1 26 -4 -0.7 .483 .490 0.0 -2.0 1 $6,750,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
2010 24 MIN AL ALDS NYY L 3 13 12 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .385 .500 .885 6 1 0 0 0 0
2011 25 DET AL ALDS NYY W 5 21 19 4 6 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 2 .316 .381 .789 1.170 15 0 0 0 0 0
2011 25 DET AL ALCS TEX L 4 15 15 2 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 5 .133 .133 .533 .667 8 0 0 0 0 0
2012 26 DET AL ALDS OAK W 5 18 17 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 .235 .278 .235 .513 4 0 1 0 0 0
2012 26 DET AL ALCS NYY W 4 19 17 3 6 1 0 2 6 0 0 2 5 .353 .421 .765 1.186 13 0 0 0 0 1
2012 26 DET AL WS SFG L 4 15 14 2 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 .357 .400 .643 1.043 9 1 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (7 Series) 28 115 106 13 28 3 1 8 15 1 1 7 24 .264 .322 .538 .859 57 2 2 0 0 1
4 ALDS 16 66 60 6 15 1 1 3 5 1 1 4 11 .250 .318 .450 .768 27 1 2 0 0 0
2 ALCS 8 34 32 5 8 1 0 4 9 0 0 2 10 .250 .294 .656 .950 21 0 0 0 0 1
1 WS 4 15 14 2 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 .357 .400 .643 1.043 9 1 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2006 TBD AL 20 OF 30 30 29 260.1 59 54 4 1 0 .983 -7 3 -31 13 2.01 1.93 .986 2.30 2.27
2006 TBD AL 20 RF 30 29 29 252.1 55 50 4 1 0 .982 -6 4 -28 19 1.93 1.80 .984 2.20 2.17
2006 TBD AL 20 CF 1 1 0 8.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -1 -135 -150 4.50 4.00 .990 2.70 2.60
2007 TBD AL 21 OF 160 155 151 1376.2 337 314 16 7 7 .979 -9 -1 -8 0 2.16 2.06 .987 2.30 2.28 RoY-2
2007 TBD AL 21 RF 133 127 124 1134.0 272 252 16 4 7 .985 -1 5 -1 5 2.13 2.02 .985 2.08 2.06 RoY-2
2007 TBD AL 21 CF 29 28 27 242.2 65 62 0 3 0 .954 -8 -6 -40 -30 2.30 2.14 .989 2.71 2.68 RoY-2
2007 TBD AL 21 DH 4 4 RoY-2
2008 MIN AL 22 LF 151 147 141 1324.0 301 282 11 8 2 .973 -22 -14 -20 -13 1.99 1.94 .984 2.05 2.03
2008 MIN AL 22 OF 151 147 141 1324.0 301 282 11 8 2 .973 -22 -14 -20 -12 1.99 1.94 .986 2.31 2.28
2009 MIN AL 23 LF 98 93 75 806.2 184 175 4 5 1 .973 -4 -8 -6 -12 2.00 1.83 .987 2.12 2.09
2009 MIN AL 23 OF 98 93 75 806.2 184 175 4 5 1 .973 -4 -8 -6 -11 2.00 1.83 .987 2.33 2.30
2009 MIN AL 23 DH 8 8
2010 MIN AL 24 LF 149 142 137 1277.2 255 239 12 4 2 .984 -10 -13 -10 -12 1.77 1.68 .983 2.07 2.05 MVP-10
2010 MIN AL 24 OF 149 142 137 1277.2 255 239 12 4 2 .984 -10 -13 -10 -12 1.77 1.68 .986 2.30 2.28 MVP-10
2010 MIN AL 24 DH 2 2 MVP-10
2011 TOT AL 25 LF 115 115 104 994.4 228 214 7 7 3 .969 -2 -3 -3 -3 2.00 1.92 .982 2.13 2.11
2011 TOT AL 25 OF 115 115 104 994.4 228 214 7 7 3 .969 -2 -3 -3 -3 2.00 1.92 .986 2.28 2.26
2011 MIN AL 25 LF 75 75 67 642.2 153 144 4 5 1 .967 6 -1 10 -2 2.07 1.97 .982 2.13 2.11
2011 MIN AL 25 OF 75 75 67 642.2 153 144 4 5 1 .967 6 -1 10 -1 2.07 1.97 .986 2.28 2.26
2011 MIN AL 25 DH 7 6
2011 DET AL 25 LF 40 40 37 351.2 75 70 3 2 2 .973 -8 -2 -27 -7 1.87 1.83 .982 2.13 2.11
2011 DET AL 25 OF 40 40 37 351.2 75 70 3 2 2 .973 -8 -2 -27 -6 1.87 1.83 .986 2.28 2.26
2012 DET AL 26 DH 118 116
2012 DET AL 26 LF 31 29 11 226.1 38 35 1 2 0 .947 -7 -3 -38 -16 1.43 1.16 .984 1.94 1.93
2012 DET AL 26 OF 31 29 11 226.1 38 35 1 2 0 .947 -7 -3 -38 -15 1.43 1.16 .986 2.17 2.16
7 Seasons OF 734 711 648 6266.0 1402 1313 55 34 15 .976 -61 -39 -12 -7 1.96 1.86 .986 2.30 2.27
5 Seasons LF 544 526 468 4629.0 1006 945 35 26 8 .974 -46 -41 -12 -10 1.91 1.80 .984 2.08 2.06
2 Seasons RF 163 156 153 1386.1 327 302 20 5 7 .985 -6 9 -6 7 2.09 1.98 .985 2.10 2.08
2 Seasons CF 30 29 27 250.2 69 66 0 3 0 .957 -9 -7 -43 -33 2.37 2.20 .989 2.71 2.68
7 Seasons TOT 734 711 648 6266.0 1402 1313 55 34 15 .976 -61 -39 -12 -6 1.96 1.86 .986 2.30 2.27
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Awards (yr lg award)
2012 AL ALCS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2010 AL (10, 11%)
0.11 Career Shares (897th)

Batting Average s c a p y
Active  .284 (46th)

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

At Bats s c a p y
2007 AL  645 (2nd)

Doubles s c a p y
2010 AL  46 (2nd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2010 AL  112 (5th)

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

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2010 AL  9 (6th)
2012 AL  7 (8th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2007 AL  23 (1st)
2011 AL  19 (8th)
2012 AL  20 (10th)

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

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2010 AL  4.1 (5th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 AL  151 (2nd)
2010 AL  149 (1st)
2011 AL  115 (5th)
Active  544 (17th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 AL  282 (2nd)
2010 AL  239 (3rd)
Active  945 (15th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 AL  11 (1st)
2010 AL  12 (1st)
2011 AL  7 (2nd)
Active  35 (14th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 AL  8 (1st)
2009 AL  5 (1st)
2010 AL  4 (3rd)
2011 AL  7 (1st)
Active  26 (8th)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 AL  2 (2nd)
2010 AL  2 (3rd)
2011 AL  3 (1st)
Active  8 (7th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2007 AL  3 (5th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2007 AL  16 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2007 AL  7 (1st)
Active  7 (21st)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
2007 AL  160 (3rd)
2008 AL  151 (4th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
2007 AL  16 (3rd)
2008 AL  11 (5th)
2010 AL  12 (2nd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
2007 AL  7 (3rd)
2008 AL  8 (1st)
2009 AL  5 (5th)
2011 AL  7 (2nd)
Active  34 (19th)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
2007 AL  7 (1st)
Active  15 (21st)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2011 AL  2.00 (4th)
Active  1.91 (11th)
Career  1.91 (77th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 AL  1.94 (3rd)
2011 AL  1.92 (4th)
Active  1.80 (8th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2010 AL  .984 (5th)
Active  .974 (15th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2007 AL  2.02 (4th)

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

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 8 (1536), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 7 (1366), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1947), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Left Field (422nd), 0.6 career WAR/1.8 7yr-peak WAR/1.2 JAWS
Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 61.7 career WAR/39.7 7yr-peak WAR/50.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Shea Hillenbrand (952)
  2. Ron Coomer (945)
  3. Danny Litwhiler (938)
  4. Melky Cabrera (935)
  5. George Watkins (935)
  6. Ivan Calderon (934)
  7. Xavier Nady (934)
  8. James Loney (933)
  9. Ellis Valentine (933)
  10. Reed Johnson (933)
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  1. Jeff Francoeur (949)
  2. Claudell Washington (939)
  3. Carlos May (932)
  4. Al Oliver (926)
  5. Harold Baines (925)
  6. Carl Yastrzemski (922) *
  7. Nick Markakis (921)
  8. Roberto Clemente (917) *
  9. Ken Keltner (916)
  10. Dave Winfield (916) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Tris Speaker (970) * 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
  4. Carl Yastrzemski (967) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jeff Francoeur (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jeff Francoeur (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
200721Tampa Bay Devil Rays$1,340,000
200822Minnesota Twins$1,440,000
200923Minnesota Twins$1,152,000
201024Minnesota Twins$2,600,000
201125Minnesota Twins$5,375,000
201226Detroit Tigers$6,750,000contracts
201327Philadelphia Phillies$750,000$2.5m in incentives
Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)$18,657,000Does not include future salaries
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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