News: s-r blog:Player Birthdays

 

Joel Youngblood

Joel Randolph Youngblood

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 28, 1951 in Houston, TX
High School: Stephen F. Austin HS (Houston, TX)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1970 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1976
Teams (by GP): Mets/Giants/Reds/Expos/Cardinals 1976-1989
Agents: Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: September 27, 1989
    About biographical information

19
19
18
25
8
12
View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

All-Star

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
1976 24 CIN NL 55 60 57 8 11 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 8 .193 .233 .246 .479 35 14 1 1 0 0 0 /587942
1977 25 TOT NL 95 227 209 17 51 13 1 0 12 1 5 16 45 .244 .296 .316 .612 69 66 7 0 1 1 1 4579/8
1977 25 STL NL 25 30 27 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 2 3 5 .185 .267 .259 .526 43 7 1 0 0 0 0 7/59
1977 25 NYM NL 70 197 182 16 46 11 1 0 11 1 3 13 40 .253 .301 .324 .625 73 59 6 0 1 1 1 495/87
1978 26 NYM NL 113 287 266 40 67 12 8 7 30 4 0 16 39 .252 .294 .436 .730 106 116 4 1 1 3 1 498/576
1979 27 NYM NL 158 665 590 90 162 37 5 16 60 18 13 60 84 .275 .346 .436 .782 117 257 7 7 4 4 7 *9745/8
1980 28 NYM NL 146 577 514 58 142 26 2 8 69 14 11 52 69 .276 .340 .381 .721 104 196 10 2 0 9 10 *985/4
1981 29 NYM NL 43 161 143 16 50 10 2 4 25 2 5 12 19 .350 .398 .531 .929 165 76 4 2 0 4 1 9/78 AS
1982 30 TOT NL 120 320 292 37 70 14 0 3 29 2 5 17 58 .240 .299 .318 .617 73 93 6 8 2 1 2 978/456
1982 30 NYM NL 80 216 202 21 52 12 0 3 21 0 4 8 37 .257 .302 .361 .664 86 73 4 5 1 0 1 97/4856
1982 30 MON NL 40 104 90 16 18 2 0 0 8 2 1 9 21 .200 .291 .222 .513 45 20 2 3 1 1 1 9/8
1983 31 SFG NL 124 415 373 59 109 20 3 17 53 7 4 33 59 .292 .356 .499 .855 138 186 11 5 2 2 4 457/9
1984 32 SFG NL 134 524 469 50 119 17 1 10 51 5 6 48 86 .254 .328 .358 .686 96 168 8 4 3 0 1 *5/947
1985 33 SFG NL 95 263 230 24 62 6 0 4 24 3 2 30 37 .270 .355 .348 .703 102 80 6 1 1 1 1 98/75
1986 34 SFG NL 97 208 184 20 47 12 0 5 28 1 1 18 34 .255 .320 .402 .723 103 74 2 1 2 3 0 79/3546
1987 35 SFG NL 69 98 91 9 23 3 0 3 11 1 1 5 13 .253 .296 .385 .681 82 35 3 1 0 1 0 9/758
1988 36 SFG NL 83 139 123 12 31 4 0 0 16 1 1 10 17 .252 .307 .285 .591 74 35 5 1 2 3 0 79/8
1989 37 CIN NL 76 134 118 13 25 5 0 3 13 0 1 13 21 .212 .299 .331 .629 77 39 6 2 0 1 2 79
14 Yrs 1408 4078 3659 453 969 180 23 80 422 60 55 332 589 .265 .329 .392 .721 103 1435 80 36 18 33 30
162 Game Avg. 162 469 421 52 111 21 3 9 49 7 6 38 68 .265 .329 .392 .721 103 165 9 4 2 4 3
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
NYM (6 yrs) 610 2103 1897 241 519 108 18 38 216 39 36 161 288 .274 .333 .410 .742 108 777 35 17 7 21 21
SFG (6 yrs) 602 1647 1470 174 391 62 4 39 183 18 15 144 246 .266 .335 .393 .728 106 578 35 13 10 10 6
CIN (2 yrs) 131 194 175 21 36 6 1 3 14 1 1 15 29 .206 .278 .303 .581 64 53 7 3 0 1 2
STL (1 yr) 25 30 27 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 2 3 5 .185 .267 .259 .526 43 7 1 0 0 0 0
MON (1 yr) 40 104 90 16 18 2 0 0 8 2 1 9 21 .200 .291 .222 .513 45 20 2 3 1 1 1

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
1976 24 CIN NL 55 60 -4 0 0 -1 -0 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.3 .490 .497 -0.3 -0.1 -2 $ /587942
1977 25 STL NL 25 30 -2 -1 -0 -1 -0 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.5 .479 .497 -0.3 -0.2 -3 $ 7/59
1977 25 NYM NL 70 197 -4 -0 -1 2 0 -4 -0.4 6 2 0.2 .495 .498 0.0 0.2 0 $ 495/87
1978 26 NYM NL 113 287 0 2 -0 -0 -1 1 0.2 8 10 1.0 .501 .501 1.0 -0.0 10 $ 498/576
1979 27 NYM NL 158 665 15 -2 1 13 -7 20 2.3 19 39 4.2 .514 .513 2.6 0.7 26 $78,000 *9745/8
1980 28 NYM NL 146 577 -1 -1 -1 12 -4 4 0.5 18 22 2.3 .503 .503 0.9 0.9 10 $316,667 *985/4
1981 29 NYM NL 43 161 10 -1 -0 0 -2 8 1.0 5 13 1.5 .521 .506 1.4 -0.1 12 $316,667 9/78 AS
1982 30 NYM NL 80 216 -1 -2 0 -7 -2 -12 -1.3 7 -5 -0.6 .484 .492 0.1 -0.9 2 $366,667 97/4856
1982 30 MON NL 40 104 -6 0 -0 -2 -1 -10 -1.1 3 -7 -0.8 .472 .493 -0.5 -0.4 -4 $ 9/8
1983 31 SFG NL 124 415 20 -2 -1 -12 1 6 0.6 13 18 1.9 .505 .504 3.2 -1.2 31 $ 457/9
1984 32 SFG NL 134 524 5 -3 0 -22 0 -19 -2.0 16 -3 -0.4 .484 .487 1.9 -2.3 19 $ *5/947
1985 33 SFG NL 95 263 2 -0 -1 -0 -2 -1 -0.1 8 7 0.7 .499 .499 0.8 -0.2 8 $375,000 98/75
1986 34 SFG NL 97 208 2 -1 -0 2 -2 -0 0.0 6 6 0.6 .500 .500 0.5 -0.1 5 $450,000 79/3546
1987 35 SFG NL 69 98 -2 -1 1 0 -1 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.1 .494 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $450,000 9/758
1988 36 SFG NL 83 139 -2 -1 0 2 -2 -3 -0.4 4 1 0.1 .495 .498 -0.1 0.0 -0 $320,000 79/8
1989 37 CIN NL 76 134 -4 -0 -1 -4 -2 -10 -1.2 4 -6 -0.7 .485 .493 -0.3 -0.6 -2 $320,000 79
14 Seasons 1408 4078 27 -14 -2 -20 -25 -34 -3.2 124 90 9.1 .497 .499 10.8 -4.2 109 $2,993,001
NYM (6 yrs) 610 2103 19 -4 -0 20 -16 18 2.3 63 81 8.6 .503 .502 6.0 0.8 60 $1,078,001
SFG (6 yrs) 602 1647 26 -9 -1 -32 -6 -22 -2.2 51 29 2.8 .496 .498 6.2 -3.8 61 $1,595,000
CIN (2 yrs) 131 194 -8 0 -1 -5 -2 -15 -1.7 6 -9 -1.0 .487 .495 -0.6 -0.7 -4 $320,000
STL (1 yr) 25 30 -2 -1 -0 -1 -0 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.5 .479 .497 -0.3 -0.2 -3 $
MON (1 yr) 40 104 -6 0 -0 -2 -1 -10 -1.1 3 -7 -0.8 .472 .493 -0.5 -0.4 -4 $

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
1976 24 CIN NL 60 47 3 1.7 93 .224 .193 .265 .233 .332 .246 .378 .479 .709 35 .170 -5.2 -0.6 .383 .105 .053 .0
1977 25 TOT NL 227 172 17 2.7 99 .309 .244 .263 .296 .330 .316 .401 .612 .730 69 .268 -8.7 -0.9 .459 .129 .072 .0
1977 25 STL NL 30 25 1 1.1 102 .227 .185 .268 .267 .336 .259 .409 .526 .744 43 .065 -2.1 -0.2 .320 .111 .074
1977 25 NYM NL 197 147 16 2.9 98 .322 .253 .262 .301 .329 .324 .399 .625 .728 73 .303 -6.6 -0.6 .483 .132 .071 .0
1978 26 NYM NL 287 207 35 4.5 91 .269 .252 .257 .294 .324 .436 .378 .730 .703 106 .537 0.3 0.0 .675 .259 .184 5.1
1979 27 NYM NL 665 456 90 5.3 95 .296 .275 .263 .346 .328 .436 .390 .782 .718 117 .584 15.0 1.5 .734 .271 .161 16.9
1980 28 NYM NL 577 402 67 4.5 93 .300 .276 .263 .340 .325 .381 .382 .721 .707 104 .527 4.9 0.5 .644 .212 .105 10.2
1981 29 NYM NL 161 106 28 7.2 90 .371 .350 .260 .398 .325 .531 .373 .929 .698 165 .733 12.6 1.3 .853 .245 .182 2.7
1982 30 TOT NL 320 236 26 3.0 95 .289 .240 .265 .299 .329 .318 .386 .617 .714 73 .345 -10.3 -1.1 .494 .127 .079 2.4
1982 30 NYM NL 216 159 20 3.4 94 .302 .257 .264 .302 .327 .361 .384 .664 .712 86 .403 -4.0 -0.4 .519 .124 .104 .0
1982 30 MON NL 104 77 6 2.1 96 .257 .200 .268 .291 .331 .222 .389 .513 .721 45 .219 -6.4 -0.7 .440 .133 .022 .0
1983 31 SFG NL 415 283 64 6.1 94 .308 .292 .260 .356 .328 .499 .385 .855 .712 138 .659 18.3 1.9 .814 .303 .206 9.9
1984 32 SFG NL 524 367 56 4.1 91 .292 .254 .260 .328 .324 .358 .378 .686 .702 96 .492 -2.3 -0.2 .602 .205 .104 6.7
1985 33 SFG NL 263 178 29 4.4 91 .305 .270 .254 .355 .321 .348 .379 .703 .700 102 .520 1.7 0.2 .636 .213 .078 3.4
1986 34 SFG NL 208 145 25 4.7 93 .284 .255 .256 .320 .325 .402 .385 .723 .710 103 .535 1.2 0.1 .664 .245 .147 1.7
1987 35 SFG NL 98 73 10 3.7 102 .263 .253 .264 .296 .333 .385 .412 .681 .745 82 .385 -2.5 -0.2 .569 .187 .132 1.5
1988 36 SFG NL 139 103 11 2.9 86 .284 .252 .252 .307 .315 .285 .369 .591 .684 74 .356 -3.5 -0.4 .469 .114 .033 .0
1989 37 CIN NL 134 101 11 2.9 94 .232 .212 .258 .299 .326 .331 .385 .629 .711 77 .356 -3.4 -0.4 .530 .220 .119 .0
14 Yrs 4078 2876 472 4.4 93 .294 .265 .261 .329 .326 .392 .384 .721 .710 103 .516 18.1 1.8 .640 .219 .127 68.6
162 Game Avg. 469 331 54 4.4 93 .294 .265 .261 .329 .326 .392 .384 .721 .710 103 .516 2 0 .640 .219 .127 8
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
NYM (6 yrs) 2103 1477 256 4.7 94 .302 .274 .262 .333 .326 .410 .385 .742 .712 108 .537 22.2 2.3 .661 .222 .136 38.5
SFG (6 yrs) 1647 1149 195 4.6 92 .295 .266 .258 .335 .324 .393 .382 .728 .707 106 .535 13.0 1.3 .654 .227 .127 24.6
CIN (2 yrs) 194 148 14 2.6 94 .229 .206 .260 .278 .328 .303 .383 .581 .711 64 .299 -8.6 -0.9 .483 .183 .097 1.5
STL (1 yr) 30 25 1 1.1 102 .227 .185 .268 .267 .336 .259 .409 .526 .744 43 .065 -2.1 -0.2 .320 .111 .074
MON (1 yr) 104 77 6 2.1 96 .257 .200 .268 .291 .331 .222 .389 .513 .721 45 .219 -6.4 -0.7 .440 .133 .022 .0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1981 NYM NL 29 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
1976 24 CIN NL 60 0.0% 13.3% 3.3% 3.3% 18% 4.00 7.1 57.0 0.81 82%
1977 25 TOT NL 227 0.0% 19.8% 7.1% 6.2% 28% 2.81 4.6 17.4 0.86 73%
1977 25 STL NL 30 0.0% 16.7% 10.0% 6.7% 40% 1.67 5.4 27.0 0.64 73%
1977 25 NYM NL 197 0.0% 20.3% 6.6% 6.1% 26% 3.08 4.6 16.5 0.91 73%
1978 26 NYM NL 287 2.4% 13.6% 5.6% 9.4% 40% 2.44 6.8 38.0 8.9 0.80 78%
1979 27 NYM NL 665 2.4% 12.6% 9.0% 8.7% 36% 1.40 7.0 36.9 9.8 0.94 74%
1980 28 NYM NL 577 1.4% 12.0% 9.0% 6.2% 25% 1.33 7.4 64.3 7.4 0.88 77%
1981 29 NYM NL 161 2.5% 11.8% 7.5% 9.9% 32% 1.58 7.5 35.8 5.7 1.25 77%
1982 30 TOT NL 320 0.9% 18.1% 5.3% 5.3% 24% 3.41 5.0 97.3 10.1 0.85 73%
1982 30 NYM NL 216 1.4% 17.1% 3.7% 6.9% 29% 4.63 5.5 67.3 9.6 0.84 75%
1982 30 MON NL 104 0.0% 20.2% 8.7% 1.9% 11% 2.33 4.3 11.3 0.89 67%
1983 31 SFG NL 415 4.1% 14.2% 8.0% 9.6% 37% 1.79 6.3 21.9 7.0 1.12 72%
1984 32 SFG NL 524 1.9% 16.4% 9.2% 5.3% 24% 1.79 5.5 46.9 9.2 1.03 71%
1985 33 SFG NL 263 1.5% 14.1% 11.4% 3.8% 16% 1.23 6.2 57.5 9.6 0.99 72%
1986 34 SFG NL 208 2.4% 16.4% 8.7% 8.2% 36% 1.89 5.4 36.8 6.6 1.12 71%
1987 35 SFG NL 98 3.1% 13.3% 5.1% 6.1% 26% 2.60 7.0 30.3 8.3 1.42 78%
1988 36 SFG NL 139 0.0% 12.2% 7.2% 2.9% 13% 1.70 7.2 7.7 0.85 1.03 78% 18% 0.0% 53%
1989 37 CIN NL 134 2.2% 15.7% 9.7% 6.0% 32% 1.62 5.6 39.3 9.1 0.81 1.17 71% 16% 6.8% 19%
14 Yrs 4078 2.0% 14.4% 8.1% 6.9% 29% 1.77 6.2 45.7 8.7 0.83 0.97 74% 17% 4.2% 36%
MLB Averages 2.1% 13.7% 8.5% 6.6% 29% 1.62 6.5 43.0 8.5 0.81 1.08 74% 20% 6.8% 29%
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

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1976 24 CIN NL -5.2 -0.6 61 -0.2 0.6 -0.8 .77 -0.5 0.2 -5.3 -0.6 0.91 -4.7 0.82 33
1977 25 TOT NL -9.0 -0.9 237 -2.1 3.3 -5.4 1.11 -1.2 -0.6 -13.8 -1.4 0.99 -12.4 1.44 22
1977 25 STL NL -2.1 -0.2 33 -0.7 0.1 -0.8 .82 -0.5 -0.3 -4.4 -0.4 0.93 -3.9 0.81 7
1977 25 NYM NL -6.8 -0.7 204 -1.4 3.2 -4.5 1.16 -0.7 -0.5 -9.4 -1.0 0.99 -8.6 1.73 15
1978 26 NYM NL 0.3 0.0 292 -1.3 4.6 -5.9 1.08 0.2 -1.4 1.7 0.2 0.92 1.7 1.40 23
1979 27 NYM NL 14.2 1.4 710 0.1 13.0 -12.9 1.13 1.4 -1.4 11.0 1.1 0.96 15.9 2.03 4
1980 28 NYM NL 4.9 0.5 605 1.5 12.7 -11.1 1.20 -0.2 1.4 9.1 0.9 0.98 3.6 2.34 13
1981 29 NYM NL 12.6 1.3 172 0.9 3.6 -2.7 1.08 0.7 0.1 9.5 1.0 1.01 9.5 2.28 3
1982 30 TOT NL -10.3 -1.1 330 -0.7 4.8 -5.6 .98 -0.8 0.1 -4.4 -0.5 0.95 -9.0 1.59 14
1982 30 NYM NL -4.0 -0.4 221 -0.0 3.7 -3.7 1.00 -0.4 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.95 -3.7 1.51 12
1982 30 MON NL -6.4 -0.7 109 -0.7 1.2 -1.8 .94 -0.4 -0.3 -4.7 -0.5 0.96 -5.3 2.04 2
1983 31 SFG NL 18.3 1.9 428 2.1 8.8 -6.7 1.00 1.9 0.3 20.7 2.1 0.96 20.4 1.72 20
1984 32 SFG NL -2.3 -0.2 543 1.7 11.8 -10.1 1.19 0.6 0.8 7.4 0.8 1.01 7.2 2.41 6
1985 33 SFG NL 1.7 0.2 269 -0.8 4.8 -5.5 1.15 -0.1 -0.6 3.2 0.3 0.96 1.9 1.50 32
1986 34 SFG NL 1.2 0.1 212 0.6 4.4 -3.8 1.20 0.4 0.0 8.0 0.8 0.93 3.5 1.55 58
1987 35 SFG NL -2.5 -0.2 101 0.1 2.2 -2.2 1.18 -0.4 0.4 -2.7 -0.3 0.97 -1.1 1.47 44
1988 36 SFG NL -3.5 -0.4 143 0.3 2.7 -2.5 1.30 -0.1 0.4 -1.1 -0.1 1.11 -1.1 1.74 49
1989 37 CIN NL -3.4 -0.4 135 0.1 2.7 -2.6 1.10 -0.2 0.2 -2.7 -0.3 0.97 -2.8 1.36 38
14 Yrs 17.0 1.7 4238 2.3 80.0 -77.7 1.12 2.0 0.1 40.7 4.3 0.97 32.5 1.52 359
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

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
1976 24 CIN NL 1 0 57% 26 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1977 25 TOT NL 5 0 25% 84 1 5 17% 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 6 48% 18 9 9 3 2 1 4 2 2
1977 25 STL NL 0 0 13% 21 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1977 25 NYM NL 5 0 27% 63 1 3 25% 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 5 50% 16 7 9 2 2 0 4 2 2
1978 26 NYM NL 2 0 43% 99 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 56% 13 6 7 4 2 2 10 3 6
1979 27 NYM NL 8 0 35% 239 18 13 58% 17 13 1 0 0 0 5 2 14 16 51% 40 23 14 11 6 5 26 4 20
1980 28 NYM NL 3 0 27% 197 14 11 56% 14 9 0 1 0 1 2 2 11 11 57% 38 17 19 5 2 3 17 5 12
1981 29 NYM NL 1 0 20% 56 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 50% 8 5 3 1 0 1 5 2 3
1982 30 TOT NL 6 0 37% 124 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 53% 18 12 6 3 1 2 15 3 11
1982 30 NYM NL 5 0 29% 85 0 4 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 59% 7 4 3 2 0 2 8 2 5
1982 30 MON NL 1 0 53% 39 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 47% 11 8 3 1 1 0 7 1 6
1983 31 SFG NL 7 0 32% 140 7 4 64% 7 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 10 56% 19 9 9 6 3 3 14 2 10
1984 32 SFG NL 14 0 25% 185 5 6 45% 4 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 9 9 51% 30 19 11 8 2 6 15 5 10
1985 33 SFG NL 3 0 23% 123 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 4 48% 15 7 8 6 2 3 6 4 2
1986 34 SFG NL 4 0 25% 66 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17% 8 7 1 3 3 0 7 4 2
1987 35 SFG NL 1 0 23% 36 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 36% 9 5 4 2 2 0 3 2 1
1988 36 SFG NL 4 0 29% 55 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 42% 7 4 2 2 1 1 3 1 2
1989 37 CIN NL 1 0 27% 47 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 40% 5 5 0 2 0 2 3 1 2
14 Yrs 60 0 30% 1477 60 55 52% 58 51 1 2 1 2 16 8 60 81 50% 232 131 94 56 26 29 130 38 85
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

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
1976 24 CIN NL 60 50% 11 33 5 0 0 0.82 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 10% 1 0 0% 32 1 3% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1977 25 TOT NL 227 44% 51 22 5 0 3 1.44 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 47 7 15% 28 4 14% 146 16 11% 15 5 33% 9 3 33% 0
1977 25 STL NL 30 70% 5 7 2 0 1 0.81 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 4 1 25% 15 1 7% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1977 25 NYM NL 197 40% 46 15 3 0 2 1.73 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 41 6 15% 24 3 13% 131 15 11% 13 5 38% 6 2 33% 0
1978 26 NYM NL 287 46% 67 23 7 0 5 1.40 7 0 8 5 2 3 4 0 1 1 100% 36 4 11% 17 6 35% 143 24 17% 14 7 50% 5 0 0% 0
1979 27 NYM NL 665 32% 162 4 1 0 1 2.03 16 0 13 9 7 8 8 0 4 4 100% 102 7 7% 54 13 24% 367 48 13% 30 14 47% 25 9 36% 0
1980 28 NYM NL 577 30% 142 13 7 0 3 2.34 8 0 14 3 5 6 2 0 0 0 88 10 11% 50 17 34% 360 66 18% 49 28 57% 22 7 32% 0
1981 29 NYM NL 161 33% 50 3 0 0 0 2.28 4 0 6 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 32 4 13% 11 5 45% 113 21 19% 14 9 64% 10 3 30% 0
1982 30 TOT NL 320 35% 70 14 2 0 1 1.59 3 0 7 2 1 2 1 0 2 2 100% 58 6 10% 29 5 17% 187 28 15% 24 11 46% 13 6 46% 0
1982 30 NYM NL 216 33% 52 12 2 0 1 1.51 3 0 6 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 100% 42 4 10% 15 1 7% 126 20 16% 14 6 43% 5 2 40% 0
1982 30 MON NL 104 38% 18 2 0 0 0 2.04 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 16 2 13% 14 4 29% 61 8 13% 10 5 50% 8 4 50% 0
1983 31 SFG NL 415 39% 109 20 4 0 2 1.72 17 0 9 9 8 6 11 0 2 2 100% 79 11 14% 38 12 32% 261 41 16% 20 10 50% 23 10 43% 0
1984 32 SFG NL 524 28% 119 6 1 0 1 2.41 10 0 12 7 3 6 4 0 3 3 100% 113 8 7% 55 14 25% 358 45 13% 31 16 52% 23 13 57% 0
1985 33 SFG NL 263 33% 62 32 9 1 2 1.50 4 0 6 3 1 1 3 0 1 1 100% 43 6 14% 18 2 11% 156 20 13% 14 6 43% 4 2 50% 0
1986 34 SFG NL 208 40% 47 58 16 1 10 1.55 5 0 3 5 0 0 5 0 2 2 100% 30 2 7% 16 8 50% 124 24 19% 14 7 50% 6 4 67% 0
1987 35 SFG NL 98 66% 23 44 13 3 9 1.47 3 0 5 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 20 3 15% 7 2 29% 65 8 12% 8 3 38% 2 2 100% 0
1988 36 SFG NL 139 56% 31 7 0 49 15 0 6 1.74 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 43 5 12% 20 9 45% 123 19 15% 14 10 71% 7 4 57% 0
1989 37 CIN NL 134 73% 25 3 0 38 8 1 3 1.36 3 0 4 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 31 6 19% 11 3 27% 90 12 13% 4 3 75% 2 1 50% 0
14 Yrs 4078 38% 969 10 0 359 93 6 46 1.52 80 0 103 47 33 37 43 0 18 18 100% 732 80 11% 355 100 28% 2525 373 15% 252 129 51% 151 64 42% 0
MLB Averages 58% 79% 11% 35% 15% 51% 55%
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

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 36 SFG NL 138 486 3.52 303 62% 19% 21% 24% 36% 81% 0% 50% 74% 44% 5% 7 0 20% 28 13 14% 19 12 24% 1 0 0
1989 37 CIN NL 135 520 3.85 310 60% 25% 16% 27% 32% 75% 4% 45% 78% 32% 8% 11 0 21% 29 8 14% 19 11 10% -1 0 0
2 Yrs 273 1006 3.68 613 61% 22% 19% 26% 34% 78% 2% 48% 76% 38% 7% 18 0 21% 57 21 14% 38 23 16% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 32% 6% 15% 8% 26%

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
1976 24 55 60 57 8 11 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 8 .193 .233 .246 .479 35 14 1 1 0 0 0
1977 25 150 287 266 25 62 14 2 0 13 2 5 18 53 .233 .283 .301 .584 62 80 8 1 1 1 1
1978 26 263 574 532 65 129 26 10 7 43 6 5 34 92 .242 .288 .368 .657 83 196 12 2 2 4 2
1979 27 421 1239 1122 155 291 63 15 23 103 24 18 94 176 .259 .320 .404 .723 101 453 19 9 6 8 9
1980 28 567 1816 1636 213 433 89 17 31 172 38 29 146 245 .265 .326 .397 .723 102 649 29 11 6 17 19
1981 29 610 1977 1779 229 483 99 19 35 197 40 34 158 264 .272 .332 .408 .739 107 725 33 13 6 21 20
1982 30 730 2297 2071 266 553 113 19 38 226 42 39 175 322 .267 .327 .395 .722 103 818 39 21 8 22 22
1983 31 854 2712 2444 325 662 133 22 55 279 49 43 208 381 .271 .332 .411 .742 108 1004 50 26 10 24 26
1984 32 988 3236 2913 375 781 150 23 65 330 54 49 256 467 .268 .331 .402 .733 106 1172 58 30 13 24 27
1985 33 1083 3499 3143 399 843 156 23 69 354 57 51 286 504 .268 .333 .398 .731 106 1252 64 31 14 25 28
1986 34 1180 3707 3327 419 890 168 23 74 382 58 52 304 538 .268 .332 .399 .731 106 1326 66 32 16 28 28
1987 35 1249 3805 3418 428 913 171 23 77 393 59 53 309 551 .267 .331 .398 .729 105 1361 69 33 16 29 28
1988 36 1332 3944 3541 440 944 175 23 77 409 60 54 319 568 .267 .330 .394 .725 104 1396 74 34 18 32 28
1989 37 1408 4078 3659 453 969 180 23 80 422 60 55 332 589 .265 .329 .392 .721 103 1435 80 36 18 33 30

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
1976 24 55 60 57 8 11 1 1 0 1 1 2 8 .193 .233 .246 .479 3 55
1977 25 95 230 211 18 53 14 1 0 13 1 17 45 .251 .306 .327 .633 21 95
1978 26 113 293 271 46 72 13 9 8 34 4 17 39 .266 .308 .469 .777 39 113
1979 27 158 679 600 99 172 39 5 17 66 19 64 84 .287 .360 .453 .813 97 158
1980 28 146 592 525 66 153 28 2 9 78 15 56 69 .291 .356 .404 .760 76 146
1981 29 65 253 224 28 83 17 3 7 44 3 20 29 .371 .419 .567 .986 53 43
1982 30 120 324 295 39 73 15 0 3 31 2 18 58 .247 .307 .329 .636 28 120
1983 31 124 424 380 65 116 21 3 18 59 7 35 59 .305 .370 .518 .888 72 124
1984 32 134 537 478 56 128 18 1 11 57 5 52 86 .268 .345 .379 .723 61 134
1985 33 95 270 235 27 67 6 0 4 27 3 32 37 .285 .372 .362 .733 32 95
1986 34 97 214 188 23 51 13 0 5 32 1 20 34 .271 .340 .420 .760 27 97
1987 35 69 98 91 9 23 3 0 3 11 1 5 13 .253 .296 .385 .681 10 69
1988 36 83 144 127 14 35 5 0 0 19 1 11 17 .276 .331 .315 .646 13 83
1989 37 76 136 119 14 26 5 0 3 14 0 14 21 .218 .309 .336 .645 12 76
14 Yrs 1430 4254 3801 512 1063 198 25 88 486 63 363 599 .280 .345 .414 .760 544 1408
162 Game Avg. 162 482 431 58 120 22 3 10 55 7 41 68 .280 .345 .414 .760 62 1408

* 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

All-Star Games
1981 *

Doubles s c a p y
1979 NL  37 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1978 NL  8 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1979 NL  7 (6th)
1982 NL  8 (2nd)
1983 NL  5 (5th)
1984 NL  4 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1980 NL  9 (5th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1979 NL  16.9 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2071), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1669), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1650), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Roy Howell (955)
  2. Ollie Brown (944)
  3. Dave May (937)
  4. Willie Crawford (937)
  5. Cesar Geronimo (935)
  6. Steve Braun (935)
  7. Jim Rivera (933)
  8. Ken Landreaux (933)
  9. John Mabry (932)
  10. Mitch Webster (932)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Bucky Walters (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Willy Aybar (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Johnny Wyrostek (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mike Lamb (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. R.J. Reynolds (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Gabe Kapler (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Cy Williams (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mitch Webster (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Gabe Kapler (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Mitch Webster (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Mitch Webster (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Steve Braun (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Joel Youngblood    

Viewed 22,640 times through June 1, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Joel Joel Randolph Youngblood

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.