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Mike Young

Michael Darren Young

Position: Outfielder
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
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Phillies/Indians/Brewers 1982-1989
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: September 30, 1989
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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
1980	20	BAL-min	A	115	473	393	72	105	13	8	5	52	18	6	73	91	.267	.382	.379	.761		149		2	2	3		MIA · FLOR
1981	21	BAL-min	AA,A,AAA	139	604	513	90	170	35	9	15	79	40	9	80	116	.331	.421	.522	.943		268		3	3	5	8	CHR,MIA,ROC · SOUL,FLOR,IL
1982	22	BAL-min	AAA	137	597	502	86	133	22	11	16	62	11	7	82	140	.265	.372	.448	.820		225		6	3	4	3	ROC · IL
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	/7
1983	23	BAL-min	AAA	102	435	373	62	106	14	8	14	66	18	5	56	93	.284	.375	.477	.852		178		1	0	5	8	ROC · IL
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	7/9
1984	24	BAL-min	AAA	20	82	72	17	24	6	1	4	15	0	1	9	19	.333	.407	.611	1.019		44		0	1	0	1	ROC · IL
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	*97/8	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-min	AAA	32	122	97	14	27	2	0	5	21	6	1	22	25	.278	.410	.454	.863		44		1	0	2	1	ROC · IL
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-min	AAA	7	28	25	4	8	0	1	2	5	0	0	3	7	.320	.393	.640	1.033		16		0	0	0	0	ROC · IL
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	9/7D
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-min	AAA	72	303	260	55	80	21	4	14	48	2	0	42	68	.308	.403	.581	.983		151		0	0	1	2	CSP · PCL
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	/D7
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

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
1982	22	BAL	AL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/7
1983	23	BAL	AL	43	-3	0	0	0	-0	-1	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	7/9
1984	24	BAL	AL	470	10	-1	-1	0	-1	-5	15	17	1.7	18	1.8	-0.1	$	*97/8	RoY-5
1985	25	BAL	AL	504	25	-4	-1	1	4	-8	16	33	3.4	29	3.0	0.4	$121,000	7D9
1986	26	BAL	AL	426	0	0	3	-1	3	-7	13	11	1.2	8	0.8	0.4	$387,500	7D
1987	27	BAL	AL	412	-2	-2	2	0	0	-7	13	4	0.4	4	0.4	0.0	$350,000	7D/8
1988	28	PHI	NL	175	0	-2	0	1	-1	-1	6	3	0.2	4	0.4	-0.2	$395,000	9/7
1988	28	MIL	AL	18	-3	0	0	0	-0	-1	1	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$	/D79
1989	29	CLE	AL	66	-4	-1	-1	0	0	-2	2	-6	-0.6	-6	-0.6	0.0	$150,000	/D7
8 Seasons				2116	22	-10	2	1	5	-32	67	55	5.5	50	5.1	0.4	$1,403,500

BAL (6 yrs)				1857	29	-7	3	0	5	-28	58	61	6.3	55	5.6	0.7	$858,500
PHI (1 yr)				175	0	-2	0	1	-1	-1	6	3	0.2	4	0.4	-0.2	$395,000
CLE (1 yr)				66	-4	-1	-1	0	0	-2	2	-6	-0.6	-6	-0.6	0.0	$150,000
MIL (1 yr)				18	-3	0	0	0	-0	-1	1	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$

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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	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1982	BAL	AL	22	LF	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	240	9.00	1.00	.980	2.70	2.30
1982	BAL	AL	22	OF	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	240	9.00	1.00	.980	2.70	2.50
1983	BAL	AL	23	OF	22	7	7	102.1	28	25	1	2	0	.929	-0	-1	2.29	1.18	.981	2.50	2.48
1983	BAL	AL	23	LF	14	2	2	48.1	14	13	0	1	0	.929	-0	-10	2.42	0.93	.977	2.33	2.30
1983	BAL	AL	23	RF	8	5	5	54.0	14	13	1	0	0	1.000	0	7	2.33	1.75	.978	2.25	2.22
1984	BAL	AL	24	OF	115	105	94	953.1	224	216	4	4	0	.982	-1	-2	2.08	1.91	.983	2.51	2.49	RoY-5
1984	BAL	AL	24	RF	85	72	68	662.0	156	150	3	3	0	.981	-5	-9	2.08	1.80	.979	2.23	2.21	RoY-5
1984	BAL	AL	24	LF	40	33	26	290.1	71	70	1	0	0	1.000	4	15	2.20	1.78	.982	2.27	2.26	RoY-5
1984	BAL	AL	24	CF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.70	3.00	RoY-5
1985	BAL	AL	25	OF	90	83	65	746.1	201	190	6	5	0	.975	4	6	2.36	2.18	.982	2.44	2.42
1985	BAL	AL	25	LF	83	75	60	650.1	172	163	4	5	0	.971	3	5	2.31	2.01	.977	2.25	2.23
1985	BAL	AL	25	DH	32	32
1985	BAL	AL	25	RF	20	8	5	96.0	28	25	2	1	0	.964	1	14	2.53	1.35	.980	2.17	2.15
1986	BAL	AL	26	LF	69	62	55	556.0	155	148	1	6	0	.961	3	6	2.41	2.16	.977	2.24	2.22
1986	BAL	AL	26	OF	69	62	55	556.0	156	149	1	6	0	.962	3	6	2.43	2.17	.980	2.39	2.37
1986	BAL	AL	26	DH	37	37
1987	BAL	AL	27	OF	60	54	48	483.1	120	117	0	3	0	.975	0	0	2.18	1.95	.980	2.31	2.29
1987	BAL	AL	27	LF	54	51	46	450.2	111	109	0	2	0	.982	-0	-1	2.18	2.02	.974	2.11	2.08
1987	BAL	AL	27	DH	43	43
1987	BAL	AL	27	CF	7	3	2	32.2	10	9	0	1	0	.900	0	15	2.48	1.29	.986	2.70	2.69
1988	TOT	MLB	28	OF	44	28	21	270.4	81	76	0	5	0	.938	-1	-6	2.53	1.73	.982	2.28	2.30
1988	TOT	MLB	28	RF	40	26	19	249.2	67	62	0	5	0	.925	-2	-8	2.23	1.55	.979	2.05	2.06
1988	TOT	MLB	28	LF	4	2	2	20.2	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	0	17	3.05	1.75	.980	2.13	2.15
1988	PHI	NL	28	OF	42	28	21	268.2	81	76	0	5	0	.938	-1	-5	2.55	1.81	.982	2.28	2.29
1988	PHI	NL	28	RF	39	26	19	248.2	67	62	0	5	0	.925	-2	-7	2.24	1.59	.979	2.05	2.06
1988	PHI	NL	28	LF	3	2	2	20.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	0	18	3.15	2.33	.980	2.12	2.13
1988	MIL	AL	28	DH	3	3
1988	MIL	AL	28	OF	2	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-72	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.45
1988	MIL	AL	28	LF	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.20
1988	MIL	AL	28	RF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-120	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.20
1989	CLE	AL	29	DH	9	9
1989	CLE	AL	29	LF	1	0	0	7.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	69	1.29	1.00	.980	2.19	2.10
1989	CLE	AL	29	OF	1	0	0	7.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	69	1.29	1.00	.980	2.44	2.40
	8 Seasons			OF	402	339	290	3119.2	812	775	12	25	0	.969	5	2	2.27	1.96	.982	2.42	2.40
	8 Seasons			LF	266	225	191	2024.1	532	512	6	14	0	.974	9	6	2.30	1.95	.977	2.22	2.20
	4 Seasons			RF	153	111	97	1061.2	265	250	6	9	0	.966	-5	-6	2.17	1.67	.979	2.18	2.16
	2 Seasons			CF	8	3	2	33.2	10	9	0	1	0	.900	0	14	2.41	1.13	.986	2.70	2.72
	8 Seasons			TOT	402	339	290	3119.2	812	775	12	25	0	.969	5	2	2.27	1.96	.982	2.42	2.40
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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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

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 3 (2044), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 8 (1799), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Tom Grieve (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 7th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign.
January 11, 1980: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (January Secondary).
March 21, 1988: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies for Keith Hughes, Rick Schu and Jeff Stone. The Baltimore Orioles sent Frank Bellino (minors) (June 14, 1988) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.
August 24, 1988: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Milwaukee Brewers for Alex Madrid.
March 29, 1989: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.
April 4, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
November 8, 1989: Purchased by Hiroshima Toyo Carp (Japan Central) from the Cleveland Indians.

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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
1985	25	Baltimore Orioles	$121,000	3/3/86 TSN
1986	26	Baltimore Orioles	$387,500	1986 USA Today survey
1987	27	Baltimore Orioles	$350,000	1987 USA Today survey
1988	28	Philadelphia Phillies	$395,000	USA Today, 4/1/88
1989	29	Cleveland Indians	$150,000	1989 USA Today survey

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,403,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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