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Kip Young

Kip Lane Young

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 29, 1954 in Georgetown, OH
School: Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, OH)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 23rd round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 21, 1978
Team: Tigers 1978-1979

Final Game: September 26, 1979
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1976	21	DET-min	A	4	2	.667	2.78	10	8					55.0	44	21	17	4	18								1.127	7.2	0.7	2.9			LAK · FLOR
1977	22	DET-min	AAA,AA	9	6	.600	3.67	37	6		1	1	5	103.0	100	51	42	7	45	4	101	7	0	6			1.408	8.7	0.6	3.9	8.8	2.24	EVN,MTG · AA,SOUL
1978	23	DET-min	AAA	11	3	.786	3.02	20	20		9	0	0	140.0	128	52	47	14	41	1	88	5	3	3			1.207	8.2	0.9	2.6	5.7	2.15	EVN · AA
1978	23	DET	AL	6	7	.462	2.81	14	13	1	7	0	0	105.2	94	34	33	9	30	1	49	2	0	1	421	138	1.174	8.0	0.8	2.6	4.2	1.63
1979	24	DET-min	AAA	4	4	.500	3.20	12	12		3	2		76.0	75	32	27	5	29	3	37	7	0	8			1.368	8.9	0.6	3.4	4.4	1.28	EVN · AA
1979	24	DET	AL	2	2	.500	6.39	13	7	3	0	0	0	43.2	60	32	31	11	11	0	22	1	0	0	200	69	1.626	12.4	2.3	2.3	4.5	2.00
1980	25	CIN-SEA-min	AAA	4	10	.286	4.62	25	17		4	1	0	109.0	117	73	56	3	50	2	58	4	0	3			1.532	9.7	0.2	4.1	4.8	1.16	INA,SPO · AA,PCL
1981	26	CIN-min	AAA	10	12	.455	4.04	29	26	0	3	1	0	167.0	174	90	75	13	58	5	68	1	0	4			1.389	9.4	0.7	3.1	3.7	1.17	INA · AA
1982	27	MIN-CIN-min	AAA	9	11	.450	4.67	31	22	3	5	0	1	158.0	193	97	82	17	50	2	73	3	0	5			1.538	11.0	1.0	2.8	4.2	1.46	TOL,INA · IL,AA
2 Yrs				8	9	.471	3.86	27	20	4	7	0	0	149.1	154	66	64	20	41	1	71	3	0	1	621	104	1.306	9.3	1.2	2.5	4.3	1.73
162 Game Avg.				12	13	.471	3.86	39	29	6	10	0	0	216	223	95	93	29	59	1	103	4	0	1	898	104	1.306	9.3	1.2	2.5	4.3	1.73

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1978	23	DET	AL	105.2	14	13	34	2.90	4.35	0.11	0.12	102.1	4.45	19	2.2	2.3	-0.0	3.1	29	.659	.514	$
1979	24	DET	AL	43.2	13	7	32	6.60	4.59	-0.04	0.02	103.3	4.81	-9	-0.8	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-4	.436	.495	$
2 Seasons				149.1	27	20	66	3.98	4.42	0.07	0.09	102.4	4.56	10	1.4	1.1	-0.1	2.6	26	.552	.504	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1978	23	DET	AL	14	421	382	34	94	10	1	9	8	8	30	49	.246	.303	.348	.651	.261	133	13	2	5	2	1	1
1979	24	DET	AL	13	200	186	32	60	10	1	11	2	2	11	22	.323	.362	.565	.926	.318	105	1	1	1	1	0	2
2 Yrs				27	621	568	66	154	20	2	20	10	10	41	71	.271	.322	.419	.741	.279	238	14	3	6	3	1	3
162 Game Avg.				39	898	822	95	223	29	3	29	14	14	59	103	.271	.322	.419	.741	.279	344	20	4	9	4	1	4
MLB Averages																.262	.327	.388	.715	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd
1978	23	DET	AL	13.8	1.5	438	0.2	7.2	-7.0	.95	1.1	-1.0	14.2	1.5	0.95	14.1	1	0
1979	24	DET	AL	-8.3	-0.8	205	-0.6	3.4	-4.0	1.00	-0.9	0.3	-11.1	-1.0	1.00	-11.9	2	1
2 Yrs				5.6	0.7	643	-0.5	10.5	-11.0	.97	0.2	-0.7	3.1	0.5	0.97	2.2	3	1

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1978	23	DET	AL	14	13	6	6	1	1	5	7	6	.538	0	0	7	0	10	77%	59.2	76	37	8	0	1	5	4.2	4.3	8.0
1979	24	DET	AL	13	7	2	1	4	1	1	5	2	.714	0	1	0	0	2	29%	40.1	67	21	16	5	0	3	6.5	5.0	4.8
2 Yrs				27	20	8	7	5	2	6	12	8	.600	0	1	7	0	12	60%	53	76	21	24	5	1	8	5.0	4.5	6.9
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	99	-2					4.3	4.3	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1978	23	DET	AL	14	1	1	1	0	0		10	.955	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	6.0
1979	24	DET	AL	13	6	3	1	6	2	33%	3	.995	2	1	3	0	3	3	3	2	1	3	5.2
2 Yrs				27	7	4	2	6	2	33%		.968	3	1	3	1	3	3	4	3	1	4	5.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1978	23	DET	AL	421	47%	2.1%	11.6%	7.1%	4.8%	21%	1.09	77%	69	13	19%
1979	24	DET	AL	200	40%	5.5%	11.0%	5.5%	11.0%	37%	0.96	77%	38	1	3%
2 Yrs				621	45%	3.2%	11.4%	6.6%	6.8%	27%	1.05	77%	107	14	13%
MLB Averages					44%	2.0%	12.6%	8.5%	6.6%	28%	1.08	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1978	23	DET	AL	421	94			9	0	1	4	5	5	4	19	8	2	42%	1	1	1	150	8	8	50%	7	5	1	2	0	1	0	0	5	0
1979	24	DET	AL	200	60			11	0	4	2	9	5	6	15	10	2	67%	2	0	1	66	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2 Yrs				621	154			20	0	5	6	14	10	10	34	18	4	53%	3	1	2	216	10	10	50%	9	7	1	2	0	1	0	0	7	0
MLB Averages																		52%							65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1978	23	6	7	.462	2.81	14	13	1	7	0	0	105.2	94	34	33	9	30	1	49	2	0	1	421	138	1.174	8.0	0.8	2.6	4.2	1.63	138
1979	24	8	9	.471	3.86	27	20	4	7	0	0	149.1	154	66	64	20	41	1	71	3	0	1	621	104	1.306	9.3	1.2	2.5	4.3	1.73	104

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1978	23	6	4	.600	3.38	96.0	99	40	36	9	32	45	2	1.365	9.3	3.0	4.2	1.41	0.8	14
1979	24	1	3	.250	6.28	43.0	60	33	30	11	11	22	1	1.651	12.6	2.3	4.6	2.00	2.3	13
2 Yrs		7	7	.500	4.27	139.0	159	73	66	20	43	67	3	1.453	10.3		4.3	1.56	1.3	27

* 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.

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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