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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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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
2000 23 TEX AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /4
2001 24 TEX AL 106 429 386 57 96 18 4 11 49 3 1 26 91 .249 .298 .402 .699 80 155 9 3 9 5 0 4
2002 25 TEX AL 156 633 573 77 150 26 8 9 62 6 7 41 112 .262 .308 .382 .690 78 219 14 0 13 6 1 *46/5
2003 26 TEX AL 160 713 666 106 204 33 9 14 72 13 2 36 103 .306 .339 .446 .785 97 297 14 1 3 7 1 *4/6
2004 27 TEX AL 160 739 690 114 216 33 9 22 99 12 3 44 89 .313 .353 .483 .836 109 333 11 1 0 4 1 *6/D AS,MVP-8
2005 28 TEX AL 159 732 668 114 221 40 5 24 91 5 2 58 91 .331 .385 .513 .899 131 343 20 3 0 3 0 *6/D AS,MVP-11
2006 29 TEX AL 162 748 691 93 217 52 3 14 103 7 3 48 96 .314 .356 .459 .814 108 317 27 1 0 8 0 *6/D AS,MVP-30
2007 30 TEX AL 156 692 639 80 201 37 1 9 94 13 3 47 107 .315 .366 .418 .783 106 267 21 5 0 1 5 *6/D AS
2008 31 TEX AL 155 708 645 102 183 36 2 12 82 10 0 55 109 .284 .339 .402 .741 95 259 19 2 0 6 0 *6/D AS,GG
2009 32 TEX AL 135 593 541 76 174 36 2 22 68 8 3 47 90 .322 .374 .518 .892 128 280 16 1 0 4 2 *5/D AS
10 Seasons 1351 5989 5501 819 1662 311 43 137 720 77 24 402 889 .302 .349 .449 .798 105 2470 151 17 25 44 10
162 Game Avg. 162 718 660 98 199 37 5 16 86 9 3 48 107 .302 .349 .449 .798 105 296 18 2 3 5 1

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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 2.16 2.09 .956 2.68 2.38 AS
2009 TEX AL 32 DH 1 AS
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 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.7 0 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 -58.6 -6.1 -53.6 -49.9 -3.6 -5 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2004 *
2005 *
2006 *
2007
2008 *
2009 (3B)

Awards (yr-lg-award)
2006-ML-AS MVP

Gold Gloves
2008-AL-SS

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2004-AL-8-23%
2005-AL-11-5%
2006-AL-30-0%
0.28 Career Shares (611th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2004 AL--.313--9th
2005 AL--.331--1st
2009 AL--.322--5th
Active--.302--18th
Career--.302--183rd

On-Base% s c a p y
2005 AL--.385--9th

Games Played s c a p y
2003 AL--160--8th
2004 AL--160--4th
2005 AL--159--10th
2006 AL--162--1st

At Bats s c a p y
2003 AL--666--4th
2004 AL--690--2nd
2005 AL--668--2nd
2006 AL--691--2nd
2007 AL--639--4th
2008 AL--645--4th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2003 AL--713--6th
2004 AL--739--2nd
2005 AL--732--3rd
2006 AL--748--3rd
2008 AL--708--6th

Runs Scored s c a p y
2003 AL--106--9th
2004 AL--114--4th
2005 AL--114--5th
2008 AL--102--8th

Hits s c a p y
2003 AL--204--3rd
2004 AL--216--2nd
2005 AL--221--1st
2006 AL--217--2nd
2007 AL--201--4th
2008 AL--183--9th
Active--1662--45th

Total Bases s c a p y
2004 AL--333--5th
2005 AL--343--4th
2006 AL--317--10th

Doubles s c a p y
2005 AL--40--8th
2006 AL--52--2nd

Triples s c a p y
2002 AL--8--3rd
2003 AL--9--4th
2004 AL--9--4th
Active--43--30th

Singles s c a p y
2003 AL--148--2nd
2004 AL--152--2nd
2005 AL--152--3rd
2006 AL--148--4th
2007 AL--154--2nd
2008 AL--133--5th
Active--1171--32nd

Runs Created s c a p y
2005 AL--129--4th

Times On Base s c a p y
2004 AL--261--9th
2005 AL--282--4th
2006 AL--266--7th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2005 AL--.675--10th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2001 AL--9--5th
2002 AL--13--2nd

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2006 AL--8--9th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2005 AL--20--7th
2006 AL--27--2nd
2007 AL--21--7th
Active--151--37th
Career--151--250th

Outs Made s c a p y
2003 AL--488--4th
2004 AL--492--3rd
2006 AL--512--1st
2007 AL--463--8th
2008 AL--487--3rd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 4 (374), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 47 (417), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 91 (174), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 28 (331), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Placido Polanco (919)
  3. Carlos Baerga (918)
  4. Travis Jackson (909) *
  5. Thurman Munson (906)
  6. Edgardo Alfonzo (902)
  7. Rich Aurilia (894)
  8. Jeff Cirillo (892)
  9. Jimmy Rollins (892)
  10. Red Kress (889)
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  2. Jose Vidro (917)
  3. Julio Franco (912)
  4. Craig Biggio (912)
  5. Travis Jackson (909) *
  6. Thurman Munson (906)
  7. Ray Durham (904)
  8. Edgardo Alfonzo (902)
  9. Carlos Baerga (892)
  10. Jay Bell (890)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  2. Neifi Perez (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Aaron Hill (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Barry Larkin (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jose Vidro (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Thurman Munson (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Carlos Baerga (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Barry Larkin (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 2, 1994: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 25th round of the 1994 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1997: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 5th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 1997.

July 19, 2000: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with Darwin Cubillan to the Texas Rangers for Esteban Loaiza.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2009.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2002Texas Rangers$250,000
2003Texas Rangers$415,000
2004Texas Rangers$450,000
2005Texas Rangers$2,575,000
2006Texas Rangers$3,075,000
2007Texas Rangers$3,575,000
2008Texas Rangers$6,174,974
2009Texas Rangers$13,054,526
Career (may be incomplete)$29,569,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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