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Eric Young

Eric Orlando Young Jr. (twitter: @EYJr)

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Outfielder and Second Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 25, 1985 in New Brunswick, NJ
High School: Piscataway HS (Piscataway, NJ)
School: Chandler-Gilbert Community College (Chandler, AZ)
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 30th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 1, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 25, 2009
Team: Rockies 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$481k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.123, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Jeff Berry) [*]
Relatives: Son of Eric Young
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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
2009 24 COL NL 30 61 57 7 14 1 0 1 1 4 4 4 12 .246 .295 .316 .611 54 18 1 0 0 0 0 /48
2010 25 COL NL 51 189 172 26 42 5 1 0 8 17 6 17 32 .244 .312 .285 .597 54 49 2 0 0 0 0 47
2011 26 COL NL 77 229 198 34 49 4 3 0 10 27 4 26 38 .247 .342 .298 .640 67 59 1 3 1 1 0 7/489D
2012 27 COL NL 34 52 45 12 11 1 1 0 3 6 0 5 10 .244 .346 .311 .657 70 14 0 2 0 0 0 /87
4 Yrs 192 531 472 79 116 11 5 1 22 54 14 52 92 .246 .326 .297 .623 61 140 4 5 1 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 448 398 67 98 9 4 1 19 46 12 44 78 .246 .326 .297 .623 61 118 3 4 1 1 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 Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2009 24 COL NL 30 61 -3 -1 -0 -2 0 -5 -0.6 2 -4 -0.4 .481 .497 -0.2 -0.2 -2 $ /48
2010 25 COL NL 51 189 -8 2 1 -1 0 -7 -0.7 5 -2 -0.2 .485 .495 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ 47
2011 26 COL NL 77 229 -9 4 1 -4 -2 -9 -1.0 6 -3 -0.3 .487 .494 0.1 -0.6 1 $ 7/489D
2012 27 COL NL 34 52 -1 2 0 3 0 4 0.4 2 5 0.6 .512 .502 0.2 0.4 2 $ /87
4 Seasons 192 531 -21 7 2 -4 -1 -18 -1.8 15 -3 -0.3 .490 .497 0.0 -0.5 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
2009 24 COL NL 61 48 5 2.8 117 .295 .246 .279 .295 .354 .316 .444 .611 .798 54 .270 -4.2 -0.4 .458 .140 .070 1.6
2010 25 COL NL 189 138 17 3.3 114 .300 .244 .278 .312 .351 .285 .439 .597 .790 54 .353 -12.0 -1.2 .558 .203 .041 .0
2011 26 COL NL 229 156 26 4.5 112 .304 .247 .278 .342 .348 .298 .432 .640 .780 67 .505 -9.2 -0.9 .721 .298 .051 .0
2012 27 COL NL 52 34 7 5.5 114 .314 .244 .278 .346 .348 .311 .439 .657 .787 70 .589 -2.0 -0.2 .794 .311 .067 .0
4 Yrs 531 376 55 3.9 114 .303 .246 .278 .326 .350 .297 .437 .623 .786 61 .433 -27.4 -2.7 .634 .246 .051 2.0
162 Game Avg. 448 317 46 3.9 114 .303 .246 .278 .326 .350 .297 .437 .623 .786 61 .433 -27.4 -2.7 .634 .246 .051 2

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 24 COL NL NLDS PHI L 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2009 24 COL NL 61 1.6% 19.7% 6.6% 3.3% 14% 3.00 4.8 57.0 57.0 1.56 1.82 72% 20% 7.1% 13%
2010 25 COL NL 189 0.0% 16.9% 9.0% 3.2% 14% 1.88 5.4 21.5 1.22 1.40 74% 16% 0.0% 17%
2011 26 COL NL 229 0.0% 16.6% 11.4% 3.1% 14% 1.46 5.2 19.8 1.44 1.76 70% 16% 0.0% 3%
2012 27 COL NL 52 0.0% 19.2% 9.6% 3.9% 18% 2.00 4.5 15.0 0.94 1.30 67% 23% 0.0% 13%
4 Yrs 531 0.2% 17.3% 9.8% 3.2% 15% 1.77 5.1 472.0 21.5 1.31 1.58 72% 17% 0.7% 10%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.5% 8.5% 7.6% 33% 2.18 4.8 34.9 8.1 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2009 24 COL NL -4.2 -0.4 70 -0.5 0.8 -1.3 .96 -0.3 -0.2 -3.8 -0.3 0.84 -3.7 0.69 15
2010 25 COL NL -12.0 -1.2 218 -1.8 2.6 -4.4 1.04 -0.6 -1.2 -4.8 -0.4 0.92 -5.6 0.92 5
2011 26 COL NL -9.2 -0.9 270 -0.3 3.9 -4.1 .98 -0.2 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1 1.01 -1.5 0.64 20
2012 27 COL NL -2.0 -0.2 60 0.3 1.1 -0.8 1.04 0.2 0.1 4.0 0.4 0.92 2.3 1.15 16
4 Yrs -27.4 -2.7 618 -2.2 8.4 -10.6 1.00 -0.8 -1.4 -5.3 -0.5 0.95 -8.5 0.83 56

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2009 24 COL NL 2 0 35% 25 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 75% 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
2010 25 COL NL 5 0 44% 73 17 6 74% 15 4 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 4 47% 11 7 4 2 1 1 6 2 4
2011 26 COL NL 2 0 44% 109 27 4 87% 22 4 5 0 0 0 2 2 5 10 53% 20 10 10 4 3 1 8 2 6
2012 27 COL NL 1 0 67% 23 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 75% 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0
4 Yrs 10 0 45% 230 54 14 79% 47 12 7 2 0 0 10 6 5 18 54% 36 18 18 7 4 3 16 5 11

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
2009 24 COL NL 61 100% 14 4 2 15 3 0 0 0.69 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0% 4 1 25% 1 1 100% 15 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
2010 25 COL NL 189 100% 42 11 2 5 3 0 0 0.92 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 24 2 8% 10 2 20% 81 8 10% 5 1 20% 2 1 50% 0
2011 26 COL NL 229 100% 49 18 8 20 4 0 0 0.64 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 25 1 4% 18 2 11% 96 11 11% 12 4 33% 4 3 75% 0
2012 27 COL NL 52 100% 11 3 2 16 3 0 0 1.15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 15 3 20% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
4 Yrs 531 100% 116 36 14 56 13 0 0 0.83 1 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 6 1 17% 58 4 7% 30 5 17% 207 22 11% 19 6 32% 8 6 75% 0
MLB Averages 55% 69% 11% 32% 14% 51% 55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2009 24 COL NL 61 205 3.36 136 66% 29% 16% 21% 33% 71% 0% 47% 77% 34% 3% 2 0 11% 7 0 7% 4 2 17% 0 0 0
2010 25 COL NL 189 694 3.67 428 62% 32% 13% 21% 33% 68% 0% 42% 80% 30% 5% 10 0 14% 26 4 11% 20 7 31% 0 0 0
2011 26 COL NL 229 865 3.78 529 61% 29% 13% 27% 31% 71% 0% 43% 82% 33% 4% 9 0 11% 26 3 8% 19 5 29% 0 0 0
2012 27 COL NL 52 197 3.79 121 61% 27% 14% 30% 29% 73% 0% 45% 81% 37% 4% 2 0 15% 8 3 10% 5 2 40% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 531 1961 3.69 1214 62% 30% 14% 25% 31% 70% 0% 43% 81% 33% 4% 23 0 13% 67 10 9% 48 16 29% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2009 24 30 61 57 7 14 1 0 1 1 4 4 4 12 .246 .295 .316 .611 54 18 1 0 0 0 0
2010 25 81 250 229 33 56 6 1 1 9 21 10 21 44 .245 .308 .293 .601 54 67 3 0 0 0 0
2011 26 158 479 427 67 105 10 4 1 19 48 14 47 82 .246 .324 .295 .619 60 126 4 3 1 1 0
2012 27 192 531 472 79 116 11 5 1 22 54 14 52 92 .246 .326 .297 .623 61 140 4 5 1 1 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2009 24 30 61 57 7 14 1 0 1 1 4 4 12 .246 .295 .316 .611 5 30
2010 25 51 186 170 24 40 5 1 0 7 16 16 32 .235 .301 .276 .578 14 51
2011 26 77 224 195 31 46 4 3 0 9 25 24 38 .236 .327 .287 .615 18 77
2012 27 34 51 44 11 10 1 1 0 3 5 5 10 .227 .333 .295 .629 4 34
4 Yrs 192 522 466 73 110 11 5 1 20 50 49 92 .236 .315 .288 .602 41 192
162 Game Avg. 162 440 393 62 93 9 4 1 17 42 41 78 .236 .315 .288 .602 35 192

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

SB % s c a p y
2011 NL  87.10 (5th)
2012 NL  100.00 (1st)

                                         

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