Ralph Young

Ralph Stuart Young

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 5", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: September 19, 1888 in Philadelphia, PA
School: Washington College (Chestertown, MD)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1913
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Athletics/Yankees 1913-1922

Final Game: September 29, 1922
Died: January 24, 1965 in Philadelphia, PA
Buried: Westminster Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1913	NYY	AL	24	SS	7			35	11	19	5	3	.857	4.29	.935	5.39
1915	DET	AL	26	2B	119			636	233	371	32	44	.950	5.08	.956	5.14
1916	DET	AL	27	2B	146			791	345	419	27	55	.966	5.23	.964	5.06
1916	DET	AL	27	SS	6			46	26	18	2	1	.957	7.33	.938	5.18
1916	DET	AL	27	3B	1			3	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.00	.940	3.40
1917	DET	AL	28	2B	141			782	300	449	33	46	.958	5.31	.959	5.14
1918	DET	AL	29	2B	91	89	86	491	190	271	30	32	.939	5.07	.958	5.48
1919	DET	AL	30	2B	120	120	115	705	296	388	21	41	.970	5.70	.961	5.35
1919	DET	AL	30	SS	5	5	5	35	16	17	2	0	.943	6.60	.942	5.24
1920	DET	AL	31	2B	150	150	148	868	405	436	27	50	.969	5.61	.962	5.70
1921	DET	AL	32	2B	106	103	98	586	285	270	31	45	.947	5.24	.956	5.55
1922	PHA	AL	33	2B	120	115	113	679	302	350	27	58	.960	5.43	.966	5.70
	8 Seasons			2B	993	577	560	5538	2356	2954	228	371	.959	5.35	.961	5.38
	3 Seasons			SS	18	5	5	116	53	54	9	4	.922	5.94	.938	5.28
	1 Season			3B	1			3	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.00	.940	3.40
	9 Seasons			TOT	1012	582	565	5657	2411	3009	237	375	.958	5.36	.960	5.38

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	PH	PR
1913	NYY	AL	24	7		7		0	0	7
1915	DET	AL	26	123		123		119	0	0
1916	DET	AL	27	153		153		146	1	6
1917	DET	AL	28	141		141		141	0	0
1918	DET	AL	29	91		91		91	0	0
1919	DET	AL	30	125	125	125	125	120	0	5	0	0
1920	DET	AL	31	150	150	150	150	150	0	0	0	0
1921	DET	AL	32	107	103	107	106	106	0	0	1	0
1922	PHA	AL	33	125	115	125	120	120	0	0	5	1
	9 Seasons			1022	493	1022	501	993	1	18	6	1

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists† s c a p y 1916 AL 438 (3rd) 1917 AL 449 (4th)	Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1915 AL 119 (3rd) 1916 AL 146 (3rd) 1917 AL 141 (2nd) 1918 AL 91 (5th) 1919 AL 120 (4th) 1920 AL 150 (5th)	Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1915 AL 233 (5th) 1916 AL 345 (3rd) 1917 AL 300 (4th) 1919 AL 296 (4th) 1920 AL 405 (3rd) 1921 AL 285 (4th)	Assists as 2B s c a p y 1915 AL 371 (4th) 1916 AL 419 (2nd) 1917 AL 449 (1st) 1918 AL 271 (5th) 1919 AL 388 (4th) 1920 AL 436 (4th)
Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1915 AL 32 (1st) 1916 AL 27 (2nd) 1917 AL 33 (2nd) 1918 AL 30 (1st) 1919 AL 21 (3rd) 1921 AL 31 (3rd) 1922 AL 27 (4th) Career 228 (56th)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1915 AL 5.08 (5th) 1916 AL 5.23 (3rd) 1917 AL 5.31 (3rd) 1919 AL 5.70 (2nd) 1920 AL 5.61 (5th) 1921 AL 5.24 (5th) Career 5.35 (80th)	Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1916 AL .966 (4th) 1919 AL .970 (3rd) 1920 AL .969 (3rd)

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