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Gerald Young

Gerald Anthony Young

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

Born: October 22, 1964 in Tele, Honduras
High School: Santa Ana Valley HS (Santa Ana, CA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 5th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 8, 1987
Teams (by GP): Astros/Rockies/Cardinals 1987-1994

Final Game: August 11, 1994
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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
1987 22 HOU NL 71 303 274 44 88 9 2 1 15 26 9 26 27 .321 .380 .380 .759 106 104 1 1 0 2 0 8 RoY-5
1988 23 HOU NL 149 655 576 79 148 21 9 0 37 65 27 66 66 .257 .334 .325 .658 94 187 10 3 5 5 1 *8
1989 24 HOU NL 146 620 533 71 124 17 3 0 38 34 25 74 60 .233 .326 .276 .602 77 147 7 2 6 5 4 *8
1990 25 HOU NL 57 179 154 15 27 4 1 1 4 6 3 20 23 .175 .269 .234 .502 42 36 3 0 4 1 0 8
1991 26 HOU NL 108 169 142 26 31 3 1 1 11 16 5 24 17 .218 .327 .275 .602 77 39 3 0 1 2 0 8/79
1992 27 HOU NL 74 90 76 14 14 1 1 0 4 6 2 10 11 .184 .279 .224 .503 48 17 2 0 4 0 0 98/7
1993 28 COL NL 19 23 19 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 .053 .217 .053 .270 -27 1 2 0 0 0 0 /978
1994 29 STL NL 16 44 41 5 13 3 2 0 3 2 1 3 8 .317 .364 .488 .851 122 20 1 0 0 0 0 /879
8 Yrs 640 2083 1815 259 446 58 19 3 113 155 73 227 213 .246 .329 .304 .633 82 551 29 6 20 15 5
162 Game Avg. 162 527 459 66 113 15 5 1 29 39 18 57 54 .246 .329 .304 .633 82 139 7 2 5 4 1
HOU (6 yrs) 605 2016 1755 249 432 55 17 3 109 153 71 220 204 .246 .330 .302 .632 83 530 26 6 20 15 5
COL (1 yr) 19 23 19 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 .053 .217 .053 .270 -27 1 2 0 0 0 0
STL (1 yr) 16 44 41 5 13 3 2 0 3 2 1 3 8 .317 .364 .488 .851 122 20 1 0 0 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 Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1987 22 HOU NL 71 303 6 1 1 -7 0 1 0.1 9 10 1.0 .501 .501 1.7 -0.6 17 $62,500 8 RoY-5
1988 23 HOU NL 149 655 -1 2 -0 -6 0 -5 -0.5 20 16 1.5 .496 .497 2.1 -0.6 21 $85,000 *8
1989 24 HOU NL 146 620 -8 2 1 13 1 8 0.9 19 27 2.8 .507 .506 1.3 1.7 14 $150,000 *8
1990 25 HOU NL 57 179 -9 -0 -0 -1 0 -10 -1.1 5 -5 -0.6 .480 .493 -0.5 -0.0 -4 $280,000 8
1991 26 HOU NL 108 169 -3 2 0 4 0 3 0.4 5 8 0.8 .503 .502 0.3 0.6 3 $340,000 8/79
1992 27 HOU NL 74 90 -4 1 -0 1 -1 -3 -0.3 2 -0 -0.1 .495 .498 -0.2 0.1 -2 $420,000 98/7
1993 28 COL NL 19 23 -4 0 -0 -1 -0 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.5 .472 .497 -0.4 -0.1 -4 $310,000 /978
1994 29 STL NL 16 44 1 -0 -0 1 -0 2 0.2 1 3 0.3 .510 .501 0.2 0.1 2 $ /879
8 Seasons 640 2083 -23 7 0 5 0 -9 -0.9 63 53 5.2 .498 .499 4.5 1.1 48 $1,647,500
HOU (6 yrs) 605 2016 -20 7 1 5 1 -6 -0.5 61 55 5.4 .499 .499 4.7 1.1 50 $1,337,500
COL (1 yr) 19 23 -4 0 -0 -1 -0 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.5 .472 .497 -0.4 -0.1 -4 $310,000
STL (1 yr) 16 44 1 -0 -0 1 -0 2 0.2 1 3 0.3 .510 .501 0.2 0.1 2 $

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
1987 22 HOU NL 303 198 44 6.0 102 .351 .321 .264 .380 .333 .380 .412 .759 .745 106 .603 3.4 0.3 .755 .215 .058 1.9
1988 23 HOU NL 655 475 67 3.8 86 .287 .257 .252 .334 .315 .325 .370 .658 .684 94 .479 -2.7 -0.3 .632 .248 .068 .0
1989 24 HOU NL 620 452 51 3.0 88 .259 .233 .250 .326 .317 .276 .373 .602 .690 77 .372 -13.2 -1.4 .526 .199 .043 .0
1990 25 HOU NL 179 138 11 2.1 95 .198 .175 .261 .269 .327 .234 .392 .502 .718 42 .211 -12.0 -1.2 .444 .208 .058 1.7
1991 26 HOU NL 169 122 15 3.3 88 .238 .218 .250 .327 .316 .275 .374 .602 .690 77 .394 -3.1 -0.3 .622 .303 .056 1.9
1992 27 HOU NL 90 70 6 2.3 88 .215 .184 .253 .279 .318 .224 .373 .503 .691 48 .257 -5.1 -0.5 .470 .224 .039 .0
1993 28 COL NL 23 21 0 0.0 117 .056 .053 .289 .217 .357 .053 .440 .270 .797 -27 .000 -3.7 -0.4 .190 .158 .000
1994 29 STL NL 44 30 7 6.3 108 .394 .317 .272 .364 .339 .488 .426 .851 .764 122 .608 1.2 0.1 .800 .268 .171 .0
8 Yrs 2083 1506 201 3.6 91 .274 .246 .255 .329 .320 .304 .381 .633 .702 82 .429 -35.2 -3.7 .589 .228 .058 5.9
162 Game Avg. 527 381 51 3.6 91 .274 .246 .255 .329 .320 .304 .381 .633 .702 82 .429 -35.2 -3.7 .589 .228 .058 1
HOU (6 yrs) 2016 1455 194 3.6 90 .274 .246 .254 .330 .320 .302 .380 .632 .699 83 .431 -32.6 -3.4 .590 .228 .056 5.9
COL (1 yr) 23 21 0 0.0 117 .056 .053 .289 .217 .357 .053 .440 .270 .797 -27 .000 -3.7 -0.4 .190 .158 .000
STL (1 yr) 44 30 7 6.3 108 .394 .317 .272 .364 .339 .488 .426 .851 .764 122 .608 1.2 0.1 .800 .268 .171 .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
1987 22 HOU NL 303 0.3% 8.9% 8.6% 4.0% 14% 1.04 10.1 274.0 18.3 0.87 82%
1988 23 HOU NL 655 0.0% 10.1% 10.1% 4.6% 20% 1.00 8.7 15.6 0.84 1.04 79% 23% 0.0% 30%
1989 24 HOU NL 620 0.0% 9.7% 11.9% 3.2% 16% 0.81 8.9 14.0 0.93 1.08 77% 19% 0.0% 17%
1990 25 HOU NL 179 0.6% 12.9% 11.2% 3.4% 22% 1.15 6.7 154.0 38.5 1.44 1.82 73% 16% 2.3% 19%
1991 26 HOU NL 169 0.6% 10.1% 14.2% 3.0% 16% 0.71 8.4 142.0 12.9 1.03 0.98 75% 9% 2.0% 18%
1992 27 HOU NL 90 0.0% 12.2% 11.1% 2.2% 14% 1.10 6.9 19.0 1.06 1.59 72% 14% 0.0% 13%
1993 28 COL NL 23 0.0% 4.4% 17.4% 0.0% 0% 0.25 19.0 19.0 1.00 1.38 78% 11% 0.0% 11%
1994 29 STL NL 44 0.0% 18.2% 6.8% 11.4% 39% 2.67 5.1 13.7 0.43 0.62 75% 33% 0.0% 4%
8 Yrs 2083 0.1% 10.2% 10.9% 3.8% 18% 0.94 8.5 605.0 16.1 0.94 1.09 77% 19% 0.4% 21%
MLB Averages 2.2% 15.1% 8.6% 6.9% 30% 1.75 5.9 40.4 8.3 0.81 1.06 73% 20% 6.5% 20%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1987 22 HOU NL 3.4 0.3 349 1.0 6.6 -5.6 1.13 0.9 0.0 11.5 1.1 0.96 10.0 3.56 2
1988 23 HOU NL -2.7 -0.3 767 1.1 12.8 -11.7 1.07 -0.1 1.2 5.5 0.6 0.95 -0.3 1.43 5
1989 24 HOU NL -13.2 -1.4 701 -1.2 10.1 -11.3 1.00 -1.2 -0.0 -4.0 -0.4 0.95 -12.1 1.58 2
1990 25 HOU NL -12.0 -1.2 191 -2.1 2.2 -4.3 1.21 -0.8 -1.0 -11.8 -1.2 0.93 -10.5 2.88 5
1991 26 HOU NL -3.1 -0.3 193 -1.5 2.0 -3.5 1.05 -0.3 -1.2 -3.9 -0.4 1.00 -4.8 0.97 23
1992 27 HOU NL -5.1 -0.5 99 -0.3 1.4 -1.7 1.10 -0.4 0.1 -2.1 -0.2 1.00 -4.3 0.85 20
1993 28 COL NL -3.8 -0.4 28 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 1.16 -0.2 -0.1 -3.5 -0.3 0.88 -3.4 0.49 5
1994 29 STL NL 1.2 0.1 47 -0.2 0.6 -0.8 .93 -0.0 -0.2 1.3 0.1 0.88 0.6 0.84 4
8 Yrs -35.2 -3.7 2375 -3.6 35.9 -39.5 1.07 -2.2 -1.2 -7.0 -0.8 0.95 -24.8 1.16 66

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
1987 22 HOU NL 5 0 38% 103 26 9 74% 22 9 4 0 0 0 2 0 7 11 54% 19 8 10 5 1 4 11 6 5
1988 23 HOU NL 8 0 36% 225 65 27 71% 57 22 7 5 1 0 11 3 8 24 62% 30 14 16 10 3 7 25 8 17
1989 24 HOU NL 14 0 36% 228 34 25 58% 26 24 7 1 1 0 7 2 7 26 60% 24 14 10 6 2 4 22 5 17
1990 25 HOU NL 5 0 30% 76 6 3 67% 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 35% 10 8 2 1 1 0 6 2 4
1991 26 HOU NL 1 0 46% 78 16 5 76% 15 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 4 54% 13 8 5 2 0 2 9 2 6
1992 27 HOU NL 1 0 58% 27 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 64% 6 3 3 3 1 2 2 0 2
1993 28 COL NL 0 0 100% 10 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 25% 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
1994 29 STL NL 0 0 31% 21 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
8 Yrs 34 0 38% 768 155 73 68% 131 65 22 7 2 1 22 5 29 77 56% 105 58 46 27 8 19 79 26 52

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
1987 22 HOU NL 303 100% 88 2 1 0 1 3.56 1 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 37 1 3% 13 4 31% 129 14 11% 12 8 67% 3 3 100% 0
1988 23 HOU NL 655 100% 148 15 1 5 2 0 0 1.43 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 63% 63 10 16% 32 12 38% 261 37 14% 16 12 75% 10 7 70% 0
1989 24 HOU NL 620 100% 124 13 1 2 1 0 0 1.58 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% 78 7 9% 42 17 40% 295 42 14% 28 13 46% 16 7 44% 0
1990 25 HOU NL 179 100% 27 4 0 5 0 0 0 2.88 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 100% 21 3 14% 16 9 56% 81 3 4% 4 1 25% 9 6 67% 0
1991 26 HOU NL 169 100% 31 6 0 23 3 0 0 0.97 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 50% 27 3 11% 10 2 20% 101 11 11% 10 5 50% 6 3 50% 0
1992 27 HOU NL 90 100% 14 7 1 20 1 0 0 0.85 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 20 2 10% 6 4 67% 58 4 7% 4 1 25% 4 3 75% 0
1993 28 COL NL 23 100% 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.49 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 2 1 50% 13 1 8% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1994 29 STL NL 44 100% 13 1 0 4 1 0 0 0.84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 2 0 0% 14 3 21% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
8 Yrs 2083 100% 446 46 3 66 9 0 1 1.16 3 0 35 0 3 1 2 0 27 20 74% 255 29 11% 123 49 40% 952 115 12% 77 41 53% 49 29 59% 0
MLB Averages 59% 72% 10% 35% 15% 52% 56%

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
1988 23 HOU NL 650 2347 3.61 1382 59% 29% 8% 26% 37% 71% 0% 42% 89% 31% 5% 34 0 18% 116 54 11% 72 38 45% 5 3 0
1989 24 HOU NL 605 2174 3.59 1248 57% 32% 6% 24% 37% 67% 2% 39% 90% 26% 6% 39 2 17% 105 32 10% 58 27 45% 15 1 5
1990 25 HOU NL 157 601 3.83 335 56% 35% 9% 20% 35% 64% 0% 36% 86% 23% 10% 16 0 18% 29 3 14% 22 14 32% 22 1 2
1991 26 HOU NL 169 666 3.94 375 56% 30% 10% 26% 34% 70% 0% 39% 86% 24% 7% 12 0 18% 30 8 10% 17 9 41% 0 0 0
1992 27 HOU NL 90 367 4.08 214 58% 31% 10% 27% 32% 69% 0% 40% 86% 24% 8% 7 0 22% 20 9 12% 11 7 45% 0 0 0
1993 28 COL NL 23 87 3.78 47 54% 28% 9% 23% 38% 70% 0% 38% 85% 30% 17% 4 0 35% 8 3 17% 4 3 0% 0 0 1
1994 29 STL NL 44 147 3.34 92 63% 33% 13% 17% 36% 66% 0% 41% 79% 27% 9% 4 0 14% 6 1 9% 4 3 50% 0 0 1
7 Yrs 1738 6389 3.68 3693 58% 31% 8% 24% 37% 69% 1% 40% 88% 27% 7% 116 2 18% 314 110 11% 188 101 43% 42 5 9
MLB Averages 3.64 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

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
1987 22 71 303 274 44 88 9 2 1 15 26 9 26 27 .321 .380 .380 .759 106 104 1 1 0 2 0
1988 23 220 958 850 123 236 30 11 1 52 91 36 92 93 .278 .348 .342 .691 98 291 11 4 5 7 1
1989 24 366 1578 1383 194 360 47 14 1 90 125 61 166 153 .260 .340 .317 .656 90 438 18 6 11 12 5
1990 25 423 1757 1537 209 387 51 15 2 94 131 64 186 176 .252 .332 .308 .641 85 474 21 6 15 13 5
1991 26 531 1926 1679 235 418 54 16 3 105 147 69 210 193 .249 .332 .306 .637 84 513 24 6 16 15 5
1992 27 605 2016 1755 249 432 55 17 3 109 153 71 220 204 .246 .330 .302 .632 83 530 26 6 20 15 5
1993 28 624 2039 1774 254 433 55 17 3 110 153 72 224 205 .244 .328 .299 .628 81 531 28 6 20 15 5
1994 29 640 2083 1815 259 446 58 19 3 113 155 73 227 213 .246 .329 .304 .633 82 551 29 6 20 15 5

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
1987 22 71 304 275 45 89 9 2 1 15 26 26 27 .324 .382 .382 .763 40 71
1988 23 149 678 592 94 164 23 10 0 44 72 73 66 .277 .357 .350 .706 74 149
1989 24 146 638 544 81 135 19 3 0 44 37 81 60 .248 .345 .294 .639 55 146
1990 25 57 182 156 17 29 4 1 1 5 6 21 23 .186 .281 .244 .524 11 57
1991 26 108 174 145 30 34 3 1 1 13 18 26 17 .234 .347 .290 .636 15 108
1992 27 74 93 78 18 16 1 1 0 5 7 11 11 .205 .303 .244 .547 6 74
1993 28 19 23 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 .000 .174 .000 .174 0 19
1994 29 23 61 57 7 18 4 3 0 4 3 4 11 .316 .361 .491 .852 10 16
8 Yrs 647 2153 1866 292 485 63 21 3 130 169 246 216 .260 .346 .321 .667 211 640
162 Game Avg. 162 539 467 73 121 16 5 1 33 42 62 54 .260 .346 .321 .667 53 640

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1989 NL  1.7 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1988 NL  9 (3rd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1988 NL  65 (2nd)
1989 NL  34 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1988 NL  27 (1st)
1989 NL  25 (1st)

Outs Made s c a p y
1988 NL  475 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 5 (1784), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (2531), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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