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Delmon Young

Delmon Damarcus Young

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 14, 1985 in Birmingham, 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
Teams (by GP): Twins/DevilRays/Tigers 2006-2011
2012 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$5.38M (11), 1 yr/$6.75M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.034, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Arn Tellem [*]
Relatives: Brother of Dmitri Young
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 5:24PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1608. Jerry Royster… #1609. Buddy Hassett… #1610. Tommy Clarke… #1611. DELMON YOUNG… #1612. Ray Morgan… #1613. Jack Cust… #1614. Tim Foli… 

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 .812 109 60 0 3 0 1 0
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 * 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 *
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
2010 24 MIN AL 153 613 570 77 170 46 1 21 112 5 4 28 81 .298 .333 .493 .826 125 281 16 6 0 9 5 * 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 83 109 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
6 Seasons 729 2967 2784 342 802 158 9 71 408 34 19 125 514 .288 .321 .428 .749 101 1191 94 25 1 32 17
162 Game Avg. 162 659 619 76 178 35 2 16 91 8 4 28 114 .288 .321 .428 .749 101 265 21 6 0 7 4
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 (1 yr) 40 178 168 28 46 5 1 8 32 0 0 5 30 .274 .298 .458 .756 103 77 7 2 0 3 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 20 TBD AL 131 1 0 1 0 -7 -1 4 -2 -0.2 5 0.5 -0.7 $
2007 21 TBD AL 681 -16 0 -1 -2 -9 -6 23 -11 -1.1 -2 -0.2 -0.9 $1,340,000 * RoY-2
2008 22 MIN AL 623 8 0 0 -2 -22 -7 21 -2 -0.2 20 2.0 -2.2 $1,440,000 *
2009 23 MIN AL 416 -5 -1 -1 -2 -4 -5 14 -4 -0.4 0 0.0 -0.4 $1,152,000
2010 24 MIN AL 613 17 -3 0 0 -10 -7 21 17 1.7 27 2.7 -1.0 $2,600,000 * MVP-10
2011 25 MIN AL 325 -7 -1 -1 -2 6 -4 11 1 0.1 -5 -0.5 0.6 $5,375,000 7/D
2011 25 DET AL 178 0 2 2 -1 -8 -2 6 -1 -0.1 7 0.7 -0.8 $ 7
6 Seasons 2967 -2 -5 1 -8 -54 -33 100 -2 -0.2 52 5.2 -5.4 $11,907,000
MIN (4 yrs) 1977 13 -6 -1 -6 -30 -24 67 12 1.2 43 4.2 -3.0 $10,567,000
TBD (2 yrs) 812 -15 0 0 -2 -15 -7 27 -13 -1.3 3 0.3 -1.6 $1,340,000
DET (1 yr) 178 0 2 2 -1 -8 -2 6 -1 -0.1 7 0.7 -0.8 $

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
3 Seasons (4 Series) 15 63 58 8 13 1 1 5 6 1 0 4 13 .224 .286 .534 .820 31 1 1 0 0 0
3 ALDS 11 48 43 6 11 1 1 3 3 1 0 4 8 .256 .333 .535 .868 23 1 1 0 0 0
1 ALCS 4 15 15 2 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 5 .133 .133 .533 .667 8 0 0 0 0 0

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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 59 54 4 1 0 .983 -7 3 1.93 .986 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 160 337 314 16 7 7 .979 -9 4 2.06 .987 2.28 RoY-2
2007 TBD AL 21 RF 133 127 124 1134.0 272 252 16 4 7 .985 -1 7 -1 7 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 -3 -40 -15 2.30 2.14 .989 2.71 2.68 RoY-2
2007 TBD AL 21 DH 4 4 RoY-2
2008 MIN AL 22 OF 151 301 282 11 8 2 .973 -22 -11 1.94 .986 2.28
2008 MIN AL 22 LF 151 147 141 1324.0 301 282 11 8 2 .973 -22 -11 -20 -10 1.99 1.94 .984 2.05 2.03
2009 MIN AL 23 OF 98 184 175 4 5 1 .973 -4 -8 1.83 .987 2.30
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 DH 8 8
2010 MIN AL 24 OF 149 255 239 12 4 2 .984 -10 -8 1.68 .986 2.28 MVP-10
2010 MIN AL 24 LF 149 142 137 1277.2 255 239 12 4 2 .984 -10 -8 -10 -8 1.77 1.68 .983 2.07 2.05 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 -4 -2 -4 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 -4 -2 -4 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 4 11 7 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 -4 11 -7 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 -8 -28 -27 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 -4 -28 -13 1.87 1.83 .986 2.28 2.26
6 Seasons OF 703 115 104 994.1 1364 1278 54 32 15 .977 -54 -24 -65 -4 2.00 1.89 .986 2.28 2.28
4 Seasons LF 513 497 457 4402.2 968 910 34 24 8 .975 -38 -31 -10 -8 1.93 1.84 .984 2.09 2.06
2 Seasons RF 163 156 153 1386.1 327 302 20 5 7 .985 -6 11 -6 9 2.09 1.98 .985 2.10 2.08
2 Seasons CF 30 29 27 250.2 69 66 0 3 0 .957 -9 -4 -43 -19 2.37 2.20 .989 2.71 2.68
6 Seasons TOT 703 115 104 994.1 1364 1278 54 32 15 .977 -54 -48 -65 -57 2.00 1.89 .986 2.28 2.28
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2010 AL (10, 11%)
0.11 Career Shares (885th)

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)

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

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

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2010 AL  4.0 (7th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  513 (17th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  910 (15th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  34 (11th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  24 (9th)

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  32 (23rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2011 AL  2.00 (4th)
Active  1.93 (10th)
Career  1.93 (76th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 AL  1.94 (3rd)
2011 AL  1.92 (4th)
Active  1.84 (8th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2010 AL  .984 (5th)
Active  .975 (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 1950-1973, 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 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 8 (1522), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1409), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1684), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Xavier Nady (949)
  2. Beau Bell (949)
  3. James Loney (947)
  4. Ron Coomer (946)
  5. Johnny Lindell (940)
  6. Dave Robertson (940)
  7. Chad Tracy (936)
  8. Felix Jose (935)
  9. Reed Johnson (933)
  10. Happy Felsch (932)
Similar Batters through 25 
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  1. Jeff Francoeur (955)
  2. Carlos May (949)
  3. Chet Lemon (940)
  4. Claudell Washington (938)
  5. Gus Bell (936)
  6. Tommy Davis (934)
  7. Carl Yastrzemski (933) *
  8. Roberto Clemente (933) *
  9. Greg Luzinski (932)
  10. Nick Markakis (929)
* - 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
* - 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
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$6,750,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$11,907,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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