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Chris Young
Christopher Brandon Young

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 180 lb.

Debut August 18, 2006

Born September 5, 1983 in Houston, TX

Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 16th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed August 19, 2001. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2006 22 ARI NL  30   70   10   17   4  0   2   10   2  1   6  12  .243  .308  .386   73   27   0   1   0   1   0
 2007 23 ARI NL 148  569   85  135  29  3  32   68  27  6  43 141  .237  .295  .467   89  266   1   5   1   6   5 RoY-4
 2008 24 ARI NL 160  625   85  155  42  7  22   85  14  5  62 165  .248  .315  .443   92  277   6   5   2   1  10
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      338 1264  180  307  75 10  56  163  43 12 111 318  .243  .306  .451   90  570   7  11   3   8  15
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        606   86  147  36  5  27   78  21  6  53 152  .243  .306  .451   90  273   3   5   1   4   7
 Career High    160  625   85  155  42  7  32   85  27  6  62 165  .248  .315  .467   92  277   6   5   2   6  10
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2006 22 ARI NL   78   55    9   4.4   117| .243  .278| .308  .350| .386  .452| .694  .801|  73  .432  -2.9  -0.3  66%
 2007 23 ARI NL  624  451   82   4.9   116| .237  .280| .295  .350| .467  .447| .762  .797|  89  .483 -13.1  -1.2  81%
 2008 24 ARI NL  699  496   89   4.8   113| .248  .274| .315  .347| .443  .438| .758  .785|  92  .492  -9.5  -0.9  73%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons      1401 1002  180   4.8   115| .243  .277| .306  .349| .451  .443| .757  .791|  90  .484 -25.5  -2.4  78%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2006 22 ARI NL CF 24 50 1 0 0 1.000 .988 2.12 2.20 3.07 2.58 15 149.3 2007 23 ARI NL CF 146 354 6 6 2 .984 .987 2.47 2.30 2.57 2.71 144 1263.0 2008 24 ARI NL CF 159 393 5 3 2 .993 .990 2.50 2.26 2.58 2.61 157 1390.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2006 22 ARI NL CF 24 50 1 0 0 1.000 .988 2.12 2.20 3.07 2.58 15 149.3 2007 23 ARI NL CF 146 354 6 6 2 .984 .987 2.47 2.30 2.57 2.71 144 1263.0 2008 24 ARI NL CF 159 393 5 3 2 .993 .990 2.50 2.26 2.58 2.61 157 1390.0 2006 22 ARI NL OF 24 50 1 0 0 1.000 .985 2.12 1.88 3.07 2.22 15 149.3 2007 23 ARI NL OF 146 354 6 6 2 .984 .984 2.47 1.94 2.57 2.30 144 1263.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total CF* 329 797 12 9 4 .989 .989 2.46 2.27 2.60 2.65 316 2802.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 170 404 7 6 2 .986 .984 2.42 1.93 2.62 2.29 159 1412
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2007   NLDS  ARI CHC     W   3  11   3   3  0  0  2   4   3   8  .273  .429  .818   1  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  ARI COL     L   4  14   1   4  1  0  0   1   4   5  .286  .474  .357   0  2   0   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1   7  25   4   7  1  0  2   5   7  13  .280  .455  .560   1  2   0   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
2008 NL-160-5

At Bats
2008 NL-625-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
2008 NL-699-7

Doubles
2008 NL-42-7

Triples
2008 NL-7-6

Home Runs
2007 NL-32-10

Strikeouts
2007 NL-141-5
2008 NL-165-4

Power/Speed Number
2007 NL-29.3-6

Outs
2008 NL-496-2

     

Gray Ink: Batting - 9 (1417) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1920) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 4.0 (1594) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  7. Jim King (948)
  8. Wily Mo Pena (946)
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Most Similar by Age 

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 5, 2001: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 16th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed August 19, 2001.

December 20, 2005: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Orlando Hernandez and Luis Vizcaino to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Javier Vazquez.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2007Arizona Diamondbacks$380,000
Career (may be incomplete)$380,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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