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Kevin Young

Kevin Stacey Young

Positions: First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 16, 1969 in Alpena, MI
School: University of Southern Mississippi
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 7th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 12, 1992
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Royals 1992-2003
Agents: Levinsons [*]
Final Game: June 27, 2003
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 1:36PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1462. Sandy Alomar… #1463. Gene Freese… #1464. Leon Roberts… #1465. KEVIN YOUNG… #1466. Hobe Ferris… #1467. Rick Ankiel… #1468. Johnny Groth… 

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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 Awards
1992 23 PIT NL 10 9 7 2 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 .571 .667 .571 1.238 257 4 0 0 0 0 0 /53
1993 24 PIT NL 141 508 449 38 106 24 3 6 47 2 2 36 82 .236 .300 .343 .643 73 154 10 9 5 9 3 *3/5
1994 25 PIT NL 59 134 122 15 25 7 2 1 11 0 2 8 34 .205 .258 .320 .577 49 39 3 1 2 1 2 35/
1995 26 PIT NL 56 195 181 13 42 9 0 6 22 1 3 8 53 .232 .268 .381 .649 68 69 5 2 1 3 0 5/3
1996 27 KCR AL 55 143 132 20 32 6 0 8 23 3 3 11 32 .242 .301 .470 .770 93 62 2 0 0 0 0 3/5
1997 28 PIT NL 97 362 333 59 100 18 3 18 74 11 2 16 89 .300 .332 .535 .867 120 178 6 4 1 8 1 35 MVP-19
1998 29 PIT NL 159 656 592 88 160 40 2 27 108 15 7 44 127 .270 .328 .481 .809 108 285 20 11 0 9 1 *3
1999 30 PIT NL 156 675 584 103 174 41 6 26 106 22 10 75 124 .298 .387 .522 .909 127 305 13 12 0 4 5 *3
2000 31 PIT NL 132 541 496 77 128 27 0 20 88 8 3 32 96 .258 .311 .433 .744 86 215 15 8 0 5 1 *3
2001 32 PIT NL 142 507 449 53 104 33 0 14 65 15 11 42 119 .232 .310 .399 .708 80 179 17 11 0 5 3 *3
2002 33 PIT NL 146 525 468 60 115 26 1 16 51 4 6 50 101 .246 .322 .408 .730 90 191 13 4 0 3 2 *3
2003 34 PIT NL 52 96 84 8 17 4 0 2 7 1 0 12 25 .202 .302 .321 .624 62 27 1 0 0 0 0 3/
12 Seasons 1205 4351 3897 536 1007 235 17 144 606 83 49 336 882 .258 .324 .438 .762 95 1708 105 62 9 47 18
162 Game Avg. 162 585 524 72 135 32 2 19 81 11 7 45 119 .258 .324 .438 .762 95 230 14 8 1 6 2
PIT (11 yrs) 1150 4208 3765 516 975 229 17 136 583 80 46 325 850 .259 .324 .437 .762 95 1646 103 62 9 47 18
KCR (1 yr) 55 143 132 20 32 6 0 8 23 3 3 11 32 .242 .301 .470 .770 93 62 2 0 0 0 0
NL (11 yrs) 1150 4208 3765 516 975 229 17 136 583 80 46 325 850 .259 .324 .437 .762 95 1646 103 62 9 47 18
AL (1 yr) 55 143 132 20 32 6 0 8 23 3 3 11 32 .242 .301 .470 .770 93 62 2 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1992 23 PIT NL 9 2 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ /53
1993 24 PIT NL 508 -21 -2 0 0 11 -8 14 -7 -0.8 -17 -1.8 1.0 $109,000 *3/5
1994 25 PIT NL 134 -10 0 0 0 2 -1 4 -5 -0.5 -7 -0.7 0.2 $160,000 35/
1995 26 PIT NL 195 -9 -2 -1 -1 2 0 6 -6 -0.6 -7 -0.7 0.1 $160,000 5/3
1996 27 KCR AL 143 -2 -2 1 1 -5 -2 5 -3 -0.3 1 0.1 -0.4 $150,000 3/5
1997 28 PIT NL 362 9 2 0 1 13 -5 10 30 3.0 17 1.8 1.2 $400,000 35 MVP-19
1998 29 PIT NL 657 5 2 1 -3 -1 -10 18 12 1.2 13 1.3 -0.1 $1,600,000 *3
1999 30 PIT NL 675 25 2 3 0 17 -10 18 55 5.4 38 3.7 1.7 $2,100,000 *3
2000 31 PIT NL 541 -13 1 -2 -2 -10 -8 15 -19 -1.8 -9 -0.9 -0.9 $5,625,000 *3
2001 32 PIT NL 507 -12 0 -1 -2 5 -8 14 -4 -0.4 -9 -0.9 0.5 $6,125,000 *3
2002 33 PIT NL 525 -6 -2 1 -1 5 -8 15 4 0.4 -1 -0.1 0.5 $5,625,000 *3
2003 34 PIT NL 96 -5 0 0 0 -1 -2 3 -5 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $6,625,000 3/
12 Seasons 4352 -37 -2 2 -7 37 -62 122 52 5.1 16 1.5 3.6 $28,679,000
PIT (11 yrs) 4209 -35 0 1 -8 42 -60 117 55 5.4 15 1.4 4.0 $28,529,000
KCR (1 yr) 143 -2 -2 1 1 -5 -2 5 -3 -0.3 1 0.1 -0.4 $150,000

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1992 PIT NL 23 3B 7 4 2 1 1 0 .750 -1 0.43 .952 2.67
1992 PIT NL 23 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .990 9.80
1993 PIT NL 24 1B 135 1220 1116 101 3 108 .998 7 9.01 .992 9.61
1993 PIT NL 24 3B 6 17 6 11 0 0 1.000 3 2.83 .945 2.68
1994 PIT NL 25 1B 37 174 167 7 0 19 1.000 0 4.70 .992 9.67
1994 PIT NL 25 3B 17 52 11 38 3 1 .942 2 2.88 .951 2.63
1994 PIT NL 25 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1.00 .980 2.20
1994 PIT NL 25 LF 1 1 0 4.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -77 1.93 1.00 .980 1.93 1.90
1994 PIT NL 25 RF 1 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.16 2.20
1995 PIT NL 26 3B 48 148 28 108 12 7 .919 2 2.83 .946 2.76
1995 PIT NL 26 1B 6 32 30 2 0 2 1.000 -0 5.33 .993 9.67
1996 KCR AL 27 1B 27 198 182 16 0 25 1.000 -1 7.33 .992 9.18
1996 KCR AL 27 OF 17 16 14 1 1 0 .938 -4 0.88 .983 2.36
1996 KCR AL 27 3B 7 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 0 0.71 .956 2.54
1996 KCR AL 27 RF 15 10 5 82.0 16 14 1 1 0 .938 -4 -61 1.65 1.00 .979 2.17 2.16
1996 KCR AL 27 DH 2 2
1996 KCR AL 27 LF 2 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.15
1997 PIT NL 28 1B 77 672 619 51 2 47 .997 13 8.70 .993 9.45 MVP-19
1997 PIT NL 28 3B 12 26 7 16 3 2 .885 -1 1.92 .946 2.64 MVP-19
1997 PIT NL 28 OF 11 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.55 .980 2.12 MVP-19
1997 PIT NL 28 LF 10 10 7 79.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 0 8 1.94 1.70 .980 1.95 1.93 MVP-19
1997 PIT NL 28 RF 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00 MVP-19
1998 PIT NL 29 1B 157 1422 1334 80 8 139 .994 -1 9.01 .993 9.41
1999 PIT NL 30 1B 155 1533 1413 97 23 148 .985 17 9.74 .993 9.13
2000 PIT NL 31 1B 129 1185 1109 59 17 121 .986 -10 9.05 .992 9.16
2000 PIT NL 31 DH 1 1
2001 PIT NL 32 1B 137 1231 1154 70 7 118 .994 5 8.93 .993 9.16
2002 PIT NL 33 1B 144 1379 1277 89 13 119 .991 5 9.49 .992 9.31
2003 PIT NL 34 1B 44 221 202 18 1 25 .995 -0 1 5.00 .993 9.51
2003 PIT NL 34 OF 1 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -1 -1 1.00 .985 2.20
2003 PIT NL 34 RF 1 1 1 8.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -1 -1 -120 -150 1.12 1.00 .980 2.14 2.10
12 Seasons 1B 1049 9268 8604 590 74 871 .992 35 1 8.76 .993 9.33
6 Seasons 3B 97 252 57 176 19 10 .925 7 2.40 .947 2.70
4 Seasons OF 30 36 33 1 2 0 .944 -5 -1 -150 1.13 .982 2.26
4 Seasons RF 18 11 6 94.0 18 15 1 2 0 .889 -5 -1 -64 -150 1.53 0.89 .979 2.17 2.15
3 Seasons LF 13 11 7 86.2 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 0 3 1.87 1.38 .980 1.95 1.96
12 Seasons TOT 1176 9556 8694 767 95 881 .990 37 -1 8.05 .991 8.60
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1997 NL (19, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1498th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1999 NL  1.7 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1998 NL  159 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1998 NL  40 (10th)
1999 NL  41 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1993 NL  9 (6th)
1998 NL  11 (7th)
1999 NL  12 (4th)
2001 NL  11 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1993 NL  9 (2nd)
1997 NL  8 (8th)
1998 NL  9 (4th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1998 NL  20 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2001 NL  11 (8th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1999 NL  23.8 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1998 NL  468 (9th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1998 NL  1,334 (1st)
1999 NL  1,413 (1st)
2002 NL  1,277 (3rd)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1998 NL  157 (1st)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1998 NL  1,334 (1st)
1999 NL  1,413 (1st)
2002 NL  1,277 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1999 NL  23 (1st)
2000 NL  17 (1st)
2002 NL  13 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1993 NL  7 (2nd)
1997 NL  13 (1st)
1999 NL  17 (1st)
2001 NL  5 (3rd)
2002 NL  5 (4th)
Career  35 (25th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1993 NL  10.37 (2nd)
1999 NL  10.00 (1st)
2000 NL  9.81 (3rd)
2001 NL  10.21 (1st)
2002 NL  10.87 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1999 NL  9.74 (1st)
2000 NL  9.05 (4th)
2002 NL  9.49 (1st)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1993 NL  .998 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 5 (1764), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 11 (1112), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1660), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
199324Pittsburgh Pirates$109,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199425Pittsburgh Pirates$160,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199526Pittsburgh Pirates$160,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199627Kansas City Royals$150,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199728Pittsburgh Pirates$400,0001997 postseason AP surveyIncludes $50,000 earned bonus
199829Pittsburgh Pirates$1,600,0004/3/98 USA Today
199930Pittsburgh Pirates$2,100,00011/19/99 USA Today
200031Pittsburgh Pirates$5,625,0004/5/00 AP
200132Pittsburgh Pirates$6,125,0004/6/01 USA Today
200233Pittsburgh Pirates$5,625,0004/3/02 AP
200334Pittsburgh Pirates$6,625,0004/3/03 AP
Career to date (may be incomplete)$28,679,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Kevin Kevin Stacey Young

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