Kip Young
Kip Lane Young
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 29, 1954 in Georgetown, OH
School: Bowling Green State University
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 23rd round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 21, 1978
Final Game: September 26, 1979
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 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 68 1.626 12.4 2.3 2.3 4.5 2.00
2 Seasons 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

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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 Seasons 27 621 568 66 154 20 2 20 10 10 41 71 .271 .322 .419 .741 .279 238 14 3 6 3 1
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1978 23 DET AL 14 13 6 6 1 1 5 7 6 .538 0 0 7 0 10 77% 59 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 67 21 16 5 0 3 6.5 5.0 4.8
2 Seasons 27 20 8 7 5 2 6 12 8 .600 0 1 7 0 12 60% 52 76 21 24 5 1 8 5.0 4.5 6.9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1978 23 DET AL 14 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.957 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1979 24 DET AL 13 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 3 0.996 2 1 1 3 0 3 3 3 2 1 3 0 5.2
2 Seasons 27 7 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 0.970 3 1 1 3 1 3 3 4 3 1 4 0 5.3

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1978 23 DET AL 421 53% 2.1% 11.6% 7.1% 4.8% 21% 1.09 77% 69 13 19%
1979 24 DET AL 200 60% 5.5% 11.0% 5.5% 11.0% 37% 0.96 77% 38 1 3%
2 Seasons 621 55% 3.2% 11.4% 6.6% 6.8% 27% 1.05 77% 107 14 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 1 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 Seasons 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 1 0 7 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 3.34 97.0 98 40 36 9 31 45 2 1.330 9.1 2.9 4.2 1.45 0.8 14
1979 24 1 3 .250 6.28 43.0 61 33 30 11 11 22 1 1.674 12.8 2.3 4.6 2.00 2.3 13
2 Seasons 7 7 .500 4.24 140.0 159 73 66 20 42 67 3 1.436 10.2 4.3 1.60 1.3 27

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