Dick Young

Richard Ennis Young

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 3, 1928 in Seattle, WA
High School: Lincoln HS (Seattle, WA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1951
Team: Phillies 1951-1952

Final Game: September 28, 1952
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Standard Batting

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
1948	20	PHI-min	D	24	96	96		21	6	1	1						.219	.219	.333	.552		32							KLF · FARW
1949	21	PHI-min	D,B	123	481	481		134	14	5	5						.279	.279	.360	.638		173							BDF,TER · PONY,IIIL
1950	22	PHI-min	B	138	544	544		156	14	15	2						.287	.287	.379	.665		206							WMT · ISLG
1951	23	PHI-min	A,AAA	141	551	551		166	21	10	4						.301	.301	.397	.699		219							SDY,BLT · EL,IL
1951	23	PHI	NL	15	71	68	7	16	5	0	0	2	0	1	3	6	.235	.268	.309	.576	56	21	2	0	0			4
1952	24	BOS-PHI-min	AA,AAA	109	392	383	10	111	23	5	4	4	2		8	8	.290	.304	.407	.712		156		0	1				BIR,BLT · SOUA,IL
1952	24	PHI	NL	5	10	9	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	.222	.300	.333	.633	76	3	0	0	0			/4
1953	25	BOS-CHW-min	AAA	140	561	499	51	118	13	4	0	39	7		53	60	.236	.310	.279	.588		139	7	0	9				LOU,CHL · AA
1954	26	LAD-min	AAA	126	458	419	61	107	18	3	10	42	3		35	39	.255	.314	.384	.699		161		1	3	0			MTL · IL
1955	27	LAD-min	AA	151	605	605		161	29	3	11						.266	.266	.379	.645		229							MOB · SOUA
1956	28	LAD-min	Opn	130	539	491	70	124	18	4	5	33	6		33	67	.253	.305	.336	.641		165	10	6	5	4			POR · PCL
1957	29	LAD-min	AAA,AA	117	427	396	54	111	17	9	5	36	2		21	27	.280	.319	.407	.726		161		3	4	3	3		STP,MTL,NLA · AA,IL,MEX
1958	30	LAD-min	AAA	92	267	249	32	64	10	0	2	19	4		14	21	.257	.293	.321	.615		80	4	0	1	3			SPO · PCL
1959	31	CLE-LAD-min	AA,AAA	84	238	224	26	70	11	4	0	22	1	0	10	14	.313	.340	.397	.738		89		0	3	1	5		MOB,SPO · SOUA,PCL
1960	32	CLE-PHI-DET-min	AA	113	409	380	59	95	16	4	5	36	4		29	50	.250	.303	.353	.656		134							MOB,CNG,BIR · SOUA
2 Yrs				20	81	77	10	18	6	0	0	2	1	1	4	9	.234	.272	.312	.583	58	24	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	656	624	81	146	49	0	0	16	8	8	32	73	.234	.272	.312	.583	58	194	16	0	0

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	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1951	23	PHI	NL	15	71	-4	-0	-1	1	-4	-0.5	2	-2	-0.2	.469	.497	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	4
1952	24	PHI	NL	5	10	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/4
2 Seasons				20	81	-4	0	-1	1	-4	-0.5	3	-2	-0.2	.477	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$

Advanced Batting

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
1951	23	PHI	NL	71	55	5	2.4	102	.258	.235	.265	.268	.339	.309	.402	.576	.740	56	.246	-4.2	-0.4	.418	.103	.074
1952	24	PHI	NL	10	7	1	3.8	96	.333	.222	.260	.300	.333	.333	.388	.633	.721	76	.462	-0.2	-0.0	.714	.333	.111	.0
2 Yrs				81	62	6	2.6	101	.265	.234	.265	.272	.338	.312	.400	.583	.738	58	.271	-4.4	-0.5	.452	.130	.078	.0
162 Game Avg.				656	502	49	2.6	101	.265	.234	.265	.272	.338	.312	.400	.583	.738	58	.271	-4.4	-0.5	.452	.130	.078

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1951	23	PHI	NL	71	0.0%	8.5%	4.2%	7.0%	31%	2.00	11.3		34.0	0.92	87%
1952	24	PHI	NL	10	0.0%	30.0%	10.0%	10.0%	50%	3.00	3.0			1.00	60%
2 Yrs				81	0.0%	11.1%	4.9%	7.4%	33%	2.25	8.6		38.5	0.93	84%
MLB Averages					1.9%	10.3%	9.4%	6.3%	27%	1.09	8.6	47.5	8.4	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1951	23	PHI	NL	-4.3	-0.4	42	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	.80	-0.2	-0.1	-2.4	-0.2	0.86	-3.1		0
1952	24	PHI	NL	-0.2	-0.0	11	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.61	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.81	-0.1	0.01	2
2 Yrs				-4.5	-0.5	53	-0.1	0.6	-0.7	.76	-0.2	0.0	-2.3	-0.2	0.85	-3.1	0.01	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1951	23	PHI	NL	1	37%	17	0	1	0%	0	1	50%	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0
1952	24	PHI	NL	0	100%	4	1	0	100%	1	0	50%	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1
2 Yrs				1	46%	21	1	1	50%	1	1	50%	3	1	2	1	1	2	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						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
1951	23	PHI	NL	71	100%	16			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	2	33%	1	0	0%	18	1	6%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1952	24	PHI	NL	10	100%	2			2	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				81	100%	18			2	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	2	29%	2	0	0%	19	1	5%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					51%																			88%			12%			33%			14%			51%			56%

Cumulative Batting

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
1951	23	15	71	68	7	16	5	0	0	2	0	1	3	6	.235	.268	.309	.576	56	21	2	0	0
1952	24	20	81	77	10	18	6	0	0	2	1	1	4	9	.234	.272	.312	.583	58	24	2	0	0

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	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1951	23	16	74	71	8	17	5	2	0	3	6	.239	.270	.310	.580	6	15
1952	24	5	10	9	3	2	1	0	1	1	3	.222	.300	.333	.633	1	5
2 Yrs		21	84	80	11	19	6	2	1	4	9	.238	.274	.313	.586	7	20
162 Game Avg.		162	648	617	85	147	46	15	8	31	69	.238	.274	.313	.586	54	20

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