Michael Young
Michael Brian Young
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 19, 1976 in Covina, CA
High School: Bishop Amat (La Puente, CA)
School: University of California, Santa Barbara
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 5th round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 2000
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2000 TEX AL 23 2B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -160.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0.00 0.00 5.10 4.30
2001 TEX AL 24 2B 104 102 915.1 505 212 285 8 80 .984 -3.9 -5.1 -6.9 -7.0 0.1 3 4.89 4.78 .981 4.87 4.44
2002 TEX AL 25 2B 152 144 1258.2 726 298 419 9 97 .988 6.0 5.7 7.0 1.5 5.5 -1 5.13 4.72 .979 4.90 4.36
2002 TEX AL 25 SS 11 1 25.0 12 2 10 0 2 1.000 1.6 76.8 1.6 1.6 0.1 0 4.32 1.09 .975 4.57 4.15
2002 TEX AL 25 3B 4 0 8.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.7 105.0 0.7 0.0 0.7 0 3.38 0.75 .933 2.70 2.40
2003 TEX AL 26 2B 159 158 1389.1 787 305 472 10 117 .987 -13.6 -11.7 -13.6 -6.2 -7.4 0 5.03 4.89 .982 4.94 4.37
2003 TEX AL 26 SS 7 1 17.0 9 4 5 0 1 1.000 0.8 56.5 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 4.76 1.29 .967 4.55 4.13
2004 TEX AL 27 SS 158 158 1386.2 667 225 423 19 98 .972 -25.2 -21.8 -22.2 -13.5 -8.7 -3 4.21 4.10 .972 4.56 4.12 AS,MVP-8
2004 TEX AL 27 DH 2 AS,MVP-8
2005 TEX AL 28 SS 155 155 1356.0 683 239 426 18 95 .974 -30.6 -27.1 -28.6 -20.8 -7.8 -2 4.41 4.29 .972 4.60 4.17 AS,MVP-11
2005 TEX AL 28 DH 4 AS,MVP-11
2006 TEX AL 29 SS 155 155 1356.1 748 241 493 14 113 .981 4.4 3.9 5.4 -2.4 7.8 -1 4.87 4.74 .970 4.49 4.02 AS,MVP-30
2006 TEX AL 29 DH 7 AS,MVP-30
2007 TEX AL 30 SS 150 150 1291.1 676 211 446 19 107 .972 -8.0 -7.4 -6.0 -6.5 0.5 -2 4.58 4.38 .970 4.47 3.97 AS
2007 TEX AL 30 DH 6 AS
2008 TEX AL 31 SS 151 151 1289.0 669 193 465 11 113 .984 9.6 8.9 8.6 3.0 5.6 1 4.59 4.36 .971 4.39 3.84 AS,GG
2008 TEX AL 31 DH 3 AS,GG
2009 TEX AL 32 3B 134 134 1165.2 289 72 208 9 29 .969 -9.5 -9.8 -10.5 -4.4 -6.1 1 2.16 2.09 .956 2.68 2.38 AS,MVP-16
2009 TEX AL 32 DH 1 AS,MVP-16
7 Seasons SS 787 771 6721.1 3464 1115 2268 81 529 .977 -47.4 -8.5 -40.4 -37.8 -2.5 -7 4.53 4.30 .971 4.50 4.03
4 Seasons 2B 416 404 3566.1 2018 815 1176 27 294 .987 -11.9 -4.0 -13.9 -12.1 -1.8 2 5.02 4.79 .981 4.91 4.38
2 Seasons 3B 138 134 1173.2 292 72 211 9 29 .969 -8.8 -9.0 -9.8 -4.4 -5.4 1 2.17 2.05 .956 2.68 2.38
6 Seasons DH 23
10 Seasons TOT 1341 1309 11461.1 5774 2002 3655 117 852 .980 -68.1 -7.1 -64.1 -54.3 -9.7 -4 4.44 4.22 .953 4.44 3.97
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2000 TEX AL 23 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 TEX AL 24 106 102 106 104 0 0 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
2002 TEX AL 25 156 145 156 154 0 0 0 152 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2003 TEX AL 26 160 159 160 160 0 0 0 159 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 TEX AL 27 160 160 160 158 0 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
2005 TEX AL 28 159 159 159 155 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
2006 TEX AL 29 162 162 162 155 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
2007 TEX AL 30 156 156 156 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
2008 TEX AL 31 155 154 155 152 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
2009 TEX AL 32 135 135 135 134 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
10 Seasons 1351 1332 1351 1323 0 0 0 416 138 788 0 0 0 0 23 7 6
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2002 TEX AL 25 111 69% 69% 33% 11 100% 0 2 1 1 0 10 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
2003 TEX AL 26 74 47% 62% 36% 8 100% 0 4 2 2 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2004 TEX AL 27 6291 52% 75% 32% 544 89% 0 225 114 94 17 423 316 97 0 4 19 0 8 11 14 98 43 6 31 7 4 93 49 42 2 0 0
2005 TEX AL 28 6113 53% 77% 34% 562 87% 5 238 117 107 14 427 336 75 2 8 18 1 7 10 13 95 36 9 28 11 2 88 45 42 5 2 1
2006 TEX AL 29 6053 56% 76% 34% 587 91% 2 241 106 113 21 492 371 111 0 9 14 0 9 5 12 113 44 10 37 10 4 106 54 51 6 1 5
2007 TEX AL 30 5975 54% 74% 33% 542 88% 1 211 89 99 23 446 339 98 1 6 19 0 11 8 14 107 43 5 31 7 6 95 48 45 5 1 2
2008 TEX AL 31 5987 52% 75% 31% 532 92% 4 193 83 98 12 465 345 108 1 3 11 1 4 6 8 113 51 5 39 5 4 107 56 48 5 2 3
7 Seasons 30604 53% 75% 33% 2786 90% 12 1114 512 514 87 2268 1717 494 4 30 81 2 39 40 61 529 220 35 166 40 20 492 255 228 23 6 11
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2000 TEX AL 23 23 74% 57% 4% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 TEX AL 24 4243 55% 75% 27% 311 99% 1 210 75 113 25 284 235 46 0 3 8 4 2 2 1 79 29 16 28 1 74 29 45 2 1 1
2002 TEX AL 25 5793 54% 74% 27% 496 98% 2 282 124 141 17 417 346 64 1 5 9 1 7 1 6 96 31 18 35 4 89 40 49 6 6 0
2003 TEX AL 26 6415 50% 75% 31% 536 92% 1 304 110 164 30 470 402 59 0 8 10 0 3 7 3 117 42 31 35 2 110 37 73 2 0 1
4 Seasons 16474 53% 75% 29% 1343 96% 4 796 309 418 72 1171 983 169 1 16 27 5 12 10 10 292 102 65 98 7 273 106 167 10 7 2
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2002 TEX AL 25 41 41% 71% 29% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 TEX AL 32 5203 53% 75% 31% 302 85% 1 72 56 6 11 208 160 40 2 7 9 0 6 3 8 29 20 3 25 3 1 2 8 50%
2 Seasons 5244 53% 75% 30% 305 86% 1 72 56 6 11 211 162 41 2 7 9 0 6 3 8 29 20 3 25 3 1 2 8 50%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 89% 63%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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