Mike Young
Michael Darren Young
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 20, 1960 in Oakland, CA
High School: Hayward (Hayward, CA)
School: Saint Mary's College of California
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1982
Final Game: September 30, 1989
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Standard Batting

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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
1982 22 BAL AL 6 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /D7
1983 23 BAL AL 25 43 36 5 6 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 8 .167 .231 .278 .509 41 10 1 1 4 0 0 7/9D
1984 24 BAL AL 123 470 401 59 101 17 2 17 52 6 2 58 110 .252 .355 .431 .786 119 173 5 7 2 2 2 *97/8D RoY-5
1985 25 BAL AL 139 504 450 72 123 22 1 28 81 1 5 48 104 .273 .348 .513 .861 136 231 9 4 1 1 5 7D9
1986 26 BAL AL 117 426 369 43 93 15 1 9 42 3 1 49 90 .252 .342 .371 .713 96 137 13 3 2 3 2 7D
1987 27 BAL AL 110 412 363 46 87 10 1 16 39 10 7 46 91 .240 .328 .405 .733 96 147 7 2 0 1 2 7D/8
1988 28 TOT MLB 83 193 160 15 33 14 0 1 14 0 0 28 48 .206 .328 .313 .641 84 50 1 2 1 2 2 9/D7
1988 28 PHI NL 75 175 146 13 33 14 0 1 14 0 0 26 43 .226 .343 .342 .685 97 50 1 1 0 2 1 9/7
1988 28 MIL AL 8 18 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .000 .176 .000 .176 -46 0 0 1 1 0 1 /D79
1989 29 CLE AL 32 66 59 2 11 0 0 1 5 1 2 6 13 .186 .273 .237 .510 45 14 0 1 0 0 1 D/7
8 Seasons 635 2116 1840 244 454 80 6 72 235 22 17 237 465 .247 .338 .414 .752 107 762 36 20 10 9 14
162 Game Avg. 162 540 469 62 116 20 2 18 60 6 4 60 119 .247 .338 .414 .752 107 194 9 5 3 2 4
BAL (6 yrs) 520 1857 1621 227 410 66 6 70 216 21 15 203 404 .253 .341 .431 .772 111 698 35 17 9 7 11
PHI (1 yr) 75 175 146 13 33 14 0 1 14 0 0 26 43 .226 .343 .342 .685 97 50 1 1 0 2 1
CLE (1 yr) 32 66 59 2 11 0 0 1 5 1 2 6 13 .186 .273 .237 .510 45 14 0 1 0 0 1
MIL (1 yr) 8 18 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .000 .176 .000 .176 -46 0 0 1 1 0 1
AL (8 yrs) 560 1941 1694 231 421 66 6 71 221 22 17 211 422 .249 .337 .420 .757 108 712 35 19 10 7 13
NL (1 yr) 75 175 146 13 33 14 0 1 14 0 0 26 43 .226 .343 .342 .685 97 50 1 1 0 2 1

Advanced Batting

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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
1982 22 BAL AL 2 2 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .264 .000 .328 .000 .402 .000 .730 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1983 23 BAL AL 43 35 2 1.5 96 .214 .167 .263 .231 .325 .278 .397 .509 .722 41 .120 -3.0 -0.3 .452 .194 .111 .0
1984 24 BAL AL 470 311 66 5.7 95 .304 .252 .261 .355 .324 .431 .394 .786 .718 119 .604 11.8 1.2 .788 .334 .180 8.9
1985 25 BAL AL 504 343 78 6.1 96 .298 .273 .258 .348 .323 .513 .400 .861 .723 136 .626 21.6 2.1 .818 .338 .240 1.9
1986 26 BAL AL 426 295 47 4.3 99 .308 .252 .259 .342 .327 .371 .404 .713 .731 96 .458 -0.4 -0.0 .659 .257 .119 4.5
1987 27 BAL AL 412 291 48 4.4 103 .276 .240 .262 .328 .329 .405 .420 .733 .749 96 .445 -2.1 -0.2 .683 .300 .165 12.3
1988 28 TOT MLB 193 131 19 3.9 91 .283 .206 .258 .328 .322 .313 .379 .641 .701 84 .486 -1.6 -0.2 .625 .281 .106 .0
1988 28 PHI NL 175 116 19 4.4 90 .308 .226 .257 .343 .321 .342 .378 .685 .699 97 .547 1.2 0.1 .675 .295 .116 .0
1988 28 MIL AL 18 15 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .260 .176 .326 .000 .392 .176 .718 -46 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .214 .143 .000
1989 29 CLE AL 66 50 4 2.1 94 .222 .186 .262 .273 .327 .237 .385 .510 .712 45 .216 -4.4 -0.4 .400 .136 .051 1.0
8 Seasons 2116 1458 264 4.8 97 .291 .247 .260 .338 .325 .414 .401 .752 .726 107 .523 21.3 2.1 .712 .299 .167 33.7
162 Game Avg. 540 372 67 4.8 97 .291 .247 .260 .338 .325 .414 .401 .752 .726 107 .523 5 1 .712 .299 .167 9
BAL (6 yrs) 1857 1277 241 5.0 98 .295 .253 .260 .341 .326 .431 .404 .772 .730 111 .535 27.4 2.7 .733 .307 .178 32.3
PHI (1 yr) 175 116 19 4.4 90 .308 .226 .257 .343 .321 .342 .378 .685 .699 97 .547 1.2 0.1 .675 .295 .116 .0
CLE (1 yr) 66 50 4 2.1 94 .222 .186 .262 .273 .327 .237 .385 .510 .712 45 .215 -4.4 -0.4 .400 .136 .051 1.0
MIL (1 yr) 18 15 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .260 .176 .326 .000 .392 .176 .718 -46 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .214 .143 .000
AL (8 yrs) 1941 1342 245 4.9 98 .290 .249 .260 .337 .326 .420 .403 .757 .729 108 .521 20.1 1.9 .715 .299 .172 33.6
NL (1 yr) 175 116 19 4.4 90 .308 .226 .257 .343 .321 .342 .378 .685 .699 97 .547 1.2 0.1 .675 .295 .116 .0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1982 22 BAL AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 0.00 50%
1983 23 BAL AL 43 0.0% 18.6% 4.7% 7.0% 50% 4.00 4.5 18.0 2.25 65%
1984 24 BAL AL 470 3.6% 23.4% 12.3% 7.7% 36% 1.90 3.6 23.6 7.7 0.99 59%
1985 25 BAL AL 504 5.6% 20.6% 9.5% 10.1% 42% 2.17 4.3 16.1 5.6 1.34 63%
1986 26 BAL AL 426 2.1% 21.1% 11.5% 5.9% 27% 1.84 4.1 41.0 8.8 1.29 64%
1987 27 BAL AL 412 3.9% 22.1% 11.2% 6.6% 31% 1.98 4.0 22.7 9.3 1.07 62%
1988 28 TOT MLB 193 0.5% 24.9% 14.5% 7.8% 46% 1.71 3.3 160.0 11.4 0.95 1.22 59% 21% 2.9% 40%
1988 28 PHI NL 175 0.6% 24.6% 14.9% 8.6% 46% 1.65 3.4 146.0 10.4 0.96 1.26 59% 21% 3.0% 38%
1988 28 MIL AL 18 0.0% 27.8% 11.1% 0.0% 2.50 2.8 0.80 1.00 50% 20% 0.0% 60%
1989 29 CLE AL 66 1.5% 19.7% 9.1% 1.5% 9% 2.17 4.5 59.0 11.8 1.09 1.19 68% 13% 5.3% 14%
8 Seasons 2116 3.4% 22.0% 11.2% 7.5% 35% 1.96 4.0 25.6 7.8 0.99 1.19 62% 19% 3.7% 33%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1982 22 BAL AL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1983 23 BAL AL 1 0 56% 22 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
1984 24 BAL AL 3 0 28% 197 6 2 75% 5 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 12 37% 35 25 10 6 5 1 16 4 10
1985 25 BAL AL 6 0 30% 185 1 5 17% 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 9 36% 22 16 6 7 6 1 15 6 9
1986 26 BAL AL 11 0 25% 149 3 1 75% 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 14 37% 22 18 4 10 6 3 14 4 10
1987 27 BAL AL 7 0 25% 154 10 7 59% 7 5 3 2 0 0 1 0 6 6 26% 19 16 3 3 3 0 9 4 5
1988 28 TOT MLB 4 0 23% 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 6% 8 8 0 3 2 1 7 6 0
1988 28 PHI NL 4 0 20% 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 0% 8 8 0 2 2 0 7 6 0
1988 28 MIL AL 0 0 67% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1989 29 CLE AL 0 0 6% 18 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 40% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
8 Seasons 32 0 27% 807 22 17 56% 18 14 3 2 1 1 8 0 27 47 33% 111 86 25 30 22 7 64 25 36
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1982 22 BAL AL 2 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 23 BAL AL 43 100% 6 3 0 0 0 0.17 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 10 1 10% 9 4 44% 26 2 8% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1984 24 BAL AL 470 100% 101 8 2 1 1 1.65 17 1 10 14 3 9 8 0 2 2 100% 81 5 6% 34 7 21% 264 36 14% 20 9 45% 28 9 32% 0
1985 25 BAL AL 504 100% 123 14 5 0 1 1.59 28 0 17 16 12 15 13 0 1 1 100% 94 9 10% 34 8 24% 332 55 17% 22 12 55% 26 10 38% 0
1986 26 BAL AL 426 100% 93 11 3 0 2 1.47 9 0 12 6 3 5 4 0 3 2 67% 104 13 13% 42 11 26% 322 34 11% 21 12 57% 26 8 31% 0
1987 27 BAL AL 412 100% 87 7 2 0 1 1.56 16 0 6 11 5 11 5 0 1 0 0% 82 7 9% 32 6 19% 226 24 11% 10 6 60% 24 9 38% 0
1988 28 TOT MLB 193 100% 33 4 0 39 7 0 3 1.92 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 41 1 2% 16 6 38% 140 15 11% 12 7 58% 17 6 35% 0
1988 28 PHI NL 175 100% 33 4 0 38 7 0 3 1.86 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 39 1 3% 15 5 33% 124 15 12% 11 7 64% 14 4 29% 0
1988 28 MIL AL 18 100% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 16 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 2 67% 0
1989 29 CLE AL 66 100% 11 2 0 16 3 0 3 2.09 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 0% 6 1 17% 42 4 10% 5 1 20% 5 0 0% 0
8 Seasons 2116 100% 454 6 0 99 22 1 11 1.73 72 1 50 48 24 41 31 0 13 10 77% 424 36 8% 173 43 25% 1352 170 13% 92 47 51% 127 43 34% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 28 TOT MLB 185 740 4.00 411 56% 30% 20% 23% 27% 70% 2% 39% 71% 29% 10% 18 2 24% 44 15 12% 23 10 33% 8 0 0
1988 28 PHI NL 167 673 4.03 375 56% 30% 21% 23% 26% 70% 1% 39% 71% 28% 9% 15 2 25% 41 15 13% 21 8 34% 8 0 0
1988 28 MIL AL 18 67 3.72 36 54% 28% 19% 25% 28% 72% 6% 39% 73% 33% 17% 3 0 17% 3 0 11% 2 2 20% 0 0 0
1989 29 CLE AL 66 209 3.17 128 61% 24% 22% 18% 36% 76% 5% 46% 71% 32% 6% 4 0 15% 10 5 6% 4 2 15% 0 0 0
2 Seasons 251 949 3.78 539 57% 28% 21% 22% 29% 72% 2% 41% 71% 29% 9% 22 2 22% 54 20 11% 27 12 29% 8 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1982 22 6 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 23 31 45 38 7 6 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 9 .158 .220 .263 .483 34 10 1 1 4 0 0
1984 24 154 515 439 66 107 19 3 17 54 7 2 60 119 .244 .344 .417 .761 112 183 6 8 6 2 2
1985 25 293 1019 889 138 230 41 4 45 135 8 7 108 223 .259 .346 .466 .812 124 414 15 12 7 3 7
1986 26 410 1445 1258 181 323 56 5 54 177 11 8 157 313 .257 .345 .438 .783 116 551 28 15 9 6 9
1987 27 520 1857 1621 227 410 66 6 70 216 21 15 203 404 .253 .341 .431 .772 111 698 35 17 9 7 11
1988 28 603 2050 1781 242 443 80 6 71 230 21 15 231 452 .249 .340 .420 .760 109 748 36 19 10 9 13
1989 29 635 2116 1840 244 454 80 6 72 235 22 17 237 465 .247 .338 .414 .752 107 762 36 20 10 9 14

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1982 22 6 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1983 23 25 40 37 6 7 2 1 0 2 1 2 8 .189 .250 .297 .547 3 25
1984 24 123 488 413 65 113 19 2 19 57 7 65 110 .274 .381 .467 .848 72 123
1985 25 139 507 453 76 126 23 1 29 86 1 49 104 .278 .353 .525 .878 83 139
1986 26 117 430 373 45 97 16 1 9 44 3 51 90 .260 .351 .381 .732 50 117
1987 27 110 412 363 46 87 10 1 16 39 10 46 91 .240 .328 .405 .733 48 110
1988 28 83 205 167 17 40 17 0 1 16 0 34 48 .240 .371 .359 .730 22 83
1989 29 32 68 60 2 12 0 0 1 5 1 7 13 .200 .294 .250 .544 4 32
8 Seasons 635 2152 1868 259 482 87 6 75 249 23 254 465 .258 .352 .431 .783 282 635
162 Game Avg. 162 549 477 66 123 22 2 19 64 6 65 119 .258 .352 .431 .783 72 635

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Slugging % s c a p y
1985 AL  .513 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1985 AL  .861 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1985 AL  136 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1984 AL  7 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1985 AL  16.1 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 3 (2006), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1950), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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