Ernie Young
Ernest Wesley Young
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 8, 1969 in Chicago, IL
High School: Mendal Catholic (Chicago, IL)
School: Lewis University
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 10th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 17, 1994
Final Game: September 24, 2004
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1994 OAK AL 24 OF 10 8 74.0 24 22 1 1 0 .958 4.7 76.2 3.7 0.5 3.2 1 2.80 2.30 .983 2.37 2.09
1994 OAK AL 24 LF 7 6 52.0 20 18 1 1 0 .950 4.2 96.9 3.2 0.5 2.7 1 3.29 2.71 .980 2.16 1.80
1994 OAK AL 24 CF 3 1 13.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 36.9 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 2.08 1.00 1.000 2.77 2.43
1994 OAK AL 24 DH 1
1994 OAK AL 24 RF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 1.00 1.00 1.000 2.20 1.90
1995 OAK AL 25 OF 24 12 136.2 37 35 0 2 0 .946 -1.4 -12.3 -2.4 -0.8 -1.6 1 2.30 1.46 .984 2.33 1.99
1995 OAK AL 25 RF 10 6 59.2 16 15 0 1 0 .938 1.1 22.1 0.1 0.4 -0.3 1 2.26 1.50 .981 2.05 1.63
1995 OAK AL 25 CF 7 4 48.0 16 15 0 1 0 .938 -1.0 -25.0 -1.0 0.1 -1.1 0 2.81 2.14 .988 2.74 2.39
1995 OAK AL 25 LF 7 2 29.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -62.1 -1.5 -1.3 -0.2 0 1.55 0.71 .980 2.23 1.74
1996 OAK AL 26 OF 140 124 1114.2 360 351 8 1 5 .997 -2.9 -3.1 -5.9 1.9 -7.8 3 2.90 2.56 .983 2.37 2.02
1996 OAK AL 26 CF 133 123 1061.2 348 339 8 1 4 .997 -4.4 -5.0 -7.4 1.2 -8.6 3 2.94 2.61 .990 2.78 2.35
1996 OAK AL 26 RF 17 1 37.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 29.2 0.9 0.5 0.4 0 2.19 0.53 .978 2.16 1.72
1996 OAK AL 26 LF 8 0 16.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 45.0 0.6 0.2 0.4 0 2.25 0.50 .975 2.19 1.75
1997 OAK AL 27 OF 66 50 476.1 148 139 5 4 0 .973 -8.0 -20.2 -8.0 -2.4 -5.6 0 2.72 2.18 .982 2.32 2.02
1997 OAK AL 27 CF 60 44 405.1 134 126 5 3 0 .978 -3.8 -11.2 -4.8 -1.0 -3.8 1 2.91 2.18 .988 2.71 2.31
1997 OAK AL 27 RF 12 6 70.2 14 13 0 1 0 .929 -4.2 -71.3 -3.2 -1.4 -1.8 -1 1.66 1.08 .979 2.18 1.79
1997 OAK AL 27 DH 1
1997 OAK AL 27 LF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.70
1998 KCR AL 28 OF 24 13 134.2 45 43 2 0 0 1.000 2.7 24.1 2.7 2.1 0.6 0 3.01 1.88 .984 2.31 2.02
1998 KCR AL 28 RF 19 10 102.2 35 34 1 0 0 1.000 2.2 25.7 2.2 2.1 0.1 0 3.07 1.84 .983 2.14 1.81
1998 KCR AL 28 CF 5 3 27.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 0.5 22.2 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 3.33 2.00 .990 2.70 2.36
1998 KCR AL 28 LF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.16 1.70
1999 ARI NL 29 OF 4 3 28.0 11 10 1 0 1 1.000 -0.7 -30.0 -0.7 -0.5 -0.2 0 3.54 2.75 .982 2.25 1.85
1999 ARI NL 29 RF 3 3 26.0 10 9 1 0 1 1.000 -0.8 -36.9 -0.8 -0.5 -0.3 0 3.46 3.33 .980 2.15 1.73
1999 ARI NL 29 LF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 60.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.50
2003 DET AL 33 DH 4
2004 CLE AL 34 DH 2
6 Seasons OF 268 210 1964.1 625 600 17 8 6 .987 -5.6 -3.4 -10.6 0.8 -11.4 5 2.83 2.30 .983 2.35 2.02
5 Seasons CF 208 175 1555.0 511 492 14 5 4 .990 -8.3 -6.4 -12.3 0.3 -12.6 4 2.93 2.43 .989 2.76 2.34
6 Seasons RF 62 27 305.0 85 81 2 2 1 .976 -0.7 -2.8 -0.7 1.1 -1.8 0 2.45 1.34 .981 2.14 1.75
6 Seasons LF 25 8 104.1 30 28 1 1 0 .967 3.4 39.1 2.4 -0.6 3.0 1 2.50 1.16 .980 2.18 1.75
4 Seasons DH 8
8 Seasons TOT 294 210 1964.1 626 601 17 8 5 .987 -5.6 -3.4 -10.6 0.8 -11.4 5 2.83 2.10 .975 2.63 2.17
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1994 OAK AL 24 11 8 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 1 10 0 2 0
1995 OAK AL 25 26 12 26 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 10 24 0 3 5
1996 OAK AL 26 141 124 141 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 133 16 140 0 6 2
1997 OAK AL 27 71 50 71 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 60 12 66 0 3 6
1998 KCR AL 28 25 13 25 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 19 24 0 5 2
1999 ARI NL 29 6 3 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 2 0
2003 DET AL 33 5 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
2004 CLE AL 34 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
8 Seasons 288 215 288 268 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 208 61 268 5 24 15
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1994 OAK AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 58 52% 69% 31% 6 50%
1995 OAK AL 25 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 219 47% 75% 44% 31 48%
1996 OAK AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 8 2 3 1 0 57 34 0 41 10 0 18 6 0 28 8 0 31 23 1 175 81 46.3% 93 1 0.6% 7 4904 52% 77% 40% 644 53%
1997 OAK AL 27 3 0 2 1 1 5 0 2 1 2 24 12 1 17 3 1 7 3 1 11 1 0 10 6 0 69 25 36.2% 41 3 4.3% 2 1887 52% 76% 38% 252 52%
1998 KCR AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 128 63% 71% 41% 14 71%
5 Seasons 5 0 3 2 1 14 2 5 2 2 83 47 1 61 13 1 27 10 1 39 9 0 42 30 1 252 109 43.3% 139 4 1.6% 10 7196 52% 76% 39% 947 53%
MLB Averages 41.8% 2.0% 56% 74% 38% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1994 OAK AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 43% 65% 49% 2 50%
1995 OAK AL 25 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 268 48% 74% 39% 23 65%
1996 OAK AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 154 45% 73% 36% 15 47%
1997 OAK AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 12 4 33.3% 8 0 0.0% 0 320 49% 77% 41% 32 41%
1998 KCR AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 9 4 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 16 6 37.5% 9 1 6.3% 0 485 55% 76% 45% 57 63%
1999 ARI NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 108 80% 74% 39% 11 82%
6 Seasons 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 16 9 0 5 1 1 4 3 0 5 1 0 7 2 0 37 16 43.2% 20 1 2.7% 1 1372 53% 75% 42% 140 58%
MLB Averages 46.1% 2.4% 56% 74% 38% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1994 OAK AL 24 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 6 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 249 48% 73% 40% 32 59%
1995 OAK AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 134 53% 73% 43% 14 36%
1996 OAK AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 82 54% 62% 38% 6 67%
1997 OAK AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 40% 60% 20% 0
1998 KCR AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 28% 67% 17% 0
1999 ARI NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 25% 75% 25% 1 100%
6 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 3 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 13 10 76.9% 3 0 0.0% 1 496 49% 71% 39% 53 55%
MLB Averages 61.1% 2.4% 56% 74% 38% 47%

* 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.

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