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Don Young
Donald Wayne Young

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 18, 1945 in Houston, TX
High School: Aurora (Aurora, CO)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1965
Final Game: October 1, 1969
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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
1965	19	CHC	NL	11	36	35	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	11	.057	.056	.143	.198	-47	5	0	0	0	1	0	8

1969	23	CHC	NL	101	323	272	36	65	12	3	6	27	1	5	38	74	.239	.343	.371	.714	91	101	4	5	8	0	5	8/97
2 Seasons				112	359	307	37	67	12	3	7	29	1	5	38	85	.218	.313	.345	.659	77	106	4	5	8	1	5
162 Game Avg.				162	519	444	54	97	17	4	10	42	1	7	55	123	.218	.313	.345	.659	77	153	6	7	12	1	7

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
1965	19	CHC	NL	36	34	0	0.0	95	.042	.057	.260	.056	.324	.143	.393	.198	.718	-47	.000	-7.0	-0.8	.152	.086	.086	.0

1969	23	CHC	NL	323	224	35	4.2	105	.307	.239	.274	.343	.346	.371	.406	.714	.752	91	.502	-3.2	-0.3	.648	.257	.132	1.7
2 Seasons				359	258	35	3.6	104	.278	.218	.272	.313	.344	.345	.404	.659	.748	77	.438	-10.1	-1.1	.582	.238	.127	1.8
162 Game Avg.				519	373	51	3.6	104	.278	.218	.272	.313	.344	.345	.404	.659	.748	77	.438	-10.1	-1.1	.582	.238	.127	3

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	GO/AO	IP%
1965	19	CHC	NL	36	2.8%	30.6%	0.0%	2.8%	50%		3.2	35.0	17.5	0.83	67%

1969	23	CHC	NL	323	1.9%	22.9%	11.8%	6.5%	32%	1.95	3.7	45.3	10.1	1.04	59%
2 Seasons				359	2.0%	23.7%	10.6%	6.1%	33%	2.24	3.6	43.9	10.6	1.01	60%
MLB Averages

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1965	19	CHC	NL	1	0	0%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1969	23	CHC	NL	8	0	29%	129	1	5	17%	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	9	58%	6	4	1	4	2	2	14	3	11
2 Seasons				9	0	29%	136	1	5	17%	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	9	54%	8	6	1	4	2	2	14	3	11
MLB Averages

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
1965	19	CHC	NL	36	67%	2			3	1	0	0	1.18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		6	0	0%	4	1	25%	17	1	6%	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	0

1969	23	CHC	NL	323	33%	65			1	0	0	0	0.01	6	0	6	4	2	6	0	0	10	8	80%	70	4	6%	28	11	39%	208	23	11%	13	6	46%	13	7	54%	0
2 Seasons				359	36%	67			4	1	0	0	0.89	7	0	6	5	2	6	1	0	10	8	80%	76	4	5%	32	12	38%	225	24	11%	15	7	47%	16	7	44%	0
MLB Averages

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
1965	19	11	36	35	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	11	.057	.056	.143	.198	-47	5	0	0	0	1	0
1966	20	11	36	35	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	11	.057	.056	.143	.198	-47	5	0	0	0	1	0
1967	21	11	36	35	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	11	.057	.056	.143	.198	-47	5	0	0	0	1	0
1968	22	11	36	35	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	11	.057	.056	.143	.198	-47	5	0	0	0	1	0
1969	23	112	359	307	37	67	12	3	7	29	1	5	38	85	.218	.313	.345	.659	77	106	4	5	8	1	5

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1965	19	11	36	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	11

1969	23	101	317	273	35	66	12	3	6	26	1	39	74	.242	.347	.374	.721	34	101
2 Seasons		112	353	308	35	66	12	3	6	26	1	39	85	.214	.312	.331	.643	34	112
162 Game Avg.		162	511	446	51	95	17	4	9	38	1	56	123	.214	.312	.331	.643	49	112

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1965 NL born 1945-10-18 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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