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Gerald Young
Gerald Anthony Young

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 185 lb.

Debut July 8, 1987
  vs. MON 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game August 11, 1994
Born October 22, 1964 in Tela, Honduras

Drafted by the New York Mets in the 5th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1987 22 HOU NL  71  274   44   88   9  2   1   15  26  9  26  27  .321  .380  .380  106  104   0   2   0   1   1 RoY-5
 1988 23 HOU NL 149  576   79  148  21  9   0   37  65 27  66  66  .257  .334  .325   94  187   5   5   1   3  10
 1989 24 HOU NL 146  533   71  124  17  3   0   38  34 25  74  60  .233  .326  .276   77  147   6   5   4   2   7
 1990 25 HOU NL  57  154   15   27   4  1   1    4   6  3  20  23  .175  .269  .234   42   36   4   1   0   0   3
 1991 26 HOU NL 108  142   26   31   3  1   1   11  16  5  24  17  .218  .327  .275   77   39   1   2   0   0   3
 1992 27 HOU NL  74   76   14   14   1  1   0    4   6  2  10  11  .184  .279  .224   48   17   4   0   0   0   2
 1993 28 COL NL  19   19    5    1   0  0   0    1   0  1   4   1  .053  .217  .053  -27    1   0   0   0   0   2
 1994 29 STL NL  16   41    5   13   3  2   0    3   2  1   3   8  .317  .364  .488  122   20   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      640 1815  259  446  58 19   3  113 155 73 227 213  .246  .329  .304   82  551  20  15   5   6  29
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        459   66  113  15  5   1   29  39 18  57  54  .246  .329  .304   82  139   5   4   1   2   7
 Career High    149  576   79  148  21  9   1   38  65 27  74  66  .321  .380  .380  106  187   6   5   4   3  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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1987 22 HOU NL  303  198   44   6.0   102| .321  .264| .380  .333| .380  .412| .760  .745| 106  .602   3.4   0.3  74%
 1988 23 HOU NL  655  475   67   3.8    86| .257  .252| .334  .315| .325  .369| .659  .684|  94  .479  -2.6  -0.3  70%
 1989 24 HOU NL  620  452   51   3.0    88| .233  .250| .326  .317| .276  .373| .602  .690|  77  .372 -13.1  -1.4  57%
 1990 25 HOU NL  179  138   11   2.1    95| .175  .261| .269  .327| .234  .392| .503  .718|  42  .211 -12.0  -1.2  66%
 1991 26 HOU NL  169  122   15   3.3    88| .218  .250| .327  .316| .275  .374| .602  .690|  77  .394  -3.1  -0.3  76%
 1992 27 HOU NL   90   70    6   2.3    88| .184  .253| .279  .318| .224  .373| .503  .691|  48  .257  -5.0  -0.5  75%
 1993 28 COL NL   23   21    0   0.0   117| .053  .290| .217  .358| .053  .442| .270  .800| -27  .000  -3.8  -0.4   0%
 1994 29 STL NL   44   30    7   6.3   108| .317  .272| .364  .339| .488  .426| .852  .764| 122  .608   1.2   0.1  66%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2083 1506  201   3.6    91| .246  .255| .329  .320| .304  .381| .633  .702|  82  .429 -35.1  -3.7  67%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1987 22 HOU NL CF 67 141 5 3 1 .980 .984 2.18 2.05 2.30 2.53 64 572.3 1988 23 HOU NL CF 145 361 11 3 2 .992 .986 2.57 2.28 2.62 2.66 144 1280.3 1989 24 HOU NL CF 143 407 16 1 6 .998 .985 2.96 2.33 3.04 2.69 136 1253.7 1990 25 HOU NL CF 50 102 4 1 1 .991 .984 2.12 2.35 2.71 2.74 36 352.3 1991 26 HOU NL OF 84 96 4 0 1 1.000 .983 1.19 1.88 2.67 2.28 21 337.7 CF 78 89 4 0 1 1.000 .985 1.19 2.12 2.65 2.59 20 315.3 LF 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.17 1.67 3.44 2.16 1 18.3 RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.65 2.25 2.02 0 4.0 1992 27 HOU NL OF 57 53 0 2 0 .964 .983 0.93 1.96 2.65 2.34 9 180.0 RF 43 18 0 0 0 1.000 .978 0.42 1.66 1.97 2.08 0 82.3 CF 14 31 0 2 0 .939 .990 2.21 2.44 3.37 2.80 8 82.7 LF 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.67 1.65 2.40 2.16 1 15.0 1993 28 COL NL OF 11 15 0 2 0 .882 .980 1.36 2.00 3.02 2.34 2 44.7 RF 5 7 0 2 0 .778 .972 1.40 1.78 2.86 2.17 2 22.0 LF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 1.70 3.28 2.10 0 13.7 CF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 2.37 4.00 2.80 0 9.0 1994 29 STL NL OF 11 19 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.73 1.90 2.26 2.24 8 75.7 CF 6 13 0 0 0 1.000 .985 2.17 2.40 2.49 2.62 5 47.0 LF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.43 2.41 1.93 2 18.7 RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.80 0.90 2.16 1 10.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1987 22 HOU NL CF 67 141 5 3 1 .980 .984 2.18 2.05 2.30 2.53 64 572.3 1988 23 HOU NL CF 145 361 11 3 2 .992 .986 2.57 2.28 2.62 2.66 144 1280.3 1989 24 HOU NL CF 143 407 16 1 6 .998 .985 2.96 2.33 3.04 2.69 136 1253.7 1990 25 HOU NL CF 50 102 4 1 1 .991 .984 2.12 2.35 2.71 2.74 36 352.3 1991 26 HOU NL CF 78 89 4 0 1 1.000 .985 1.19 2.12 2.65 2.59 20 315.3 1992 27 HOU NL CF 14 31 0 2 0 .939 .990 2.21 2.44 3.37 2.80 8 82.7 1993 28 COL NL CF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 2.37 4.00 2.80 0 9.0 1994 29 STL NL CF 6 13 0 0 0 1.000 .985 2.17 2.40 2.49 2.62 5 47.0 1991 26 HOU NL LF 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.17 1.67 3.44 2.16 1 18.3 1992 27 HOU NL LF 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.67 1.65 2.40 2.16 1 15.0 1993 28 COL NL LF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 1.70 3.28 2.10 0 13.7 1994 29 STL NL LF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.43 2.41 1.93 2 18.7 1987 22 HOU NL OF 67 143 5 3 1 .980 .981 2.21 1.83 2.33 2.19 64 572.3 1988 23 HOU NL OF 145 357 10 3 1 .992 .982 2.53 1.98 2.58 2.28 144 1280.3 1989 24 HOU NL OF 143 412 15 1 5 .998 .981 2.99 1.96 3.07 2.32 136 1253.7 1990 25 HOU NL OF 50 99 4 1 1 .990 .981 2.06 2.01 2.63 2.39 36 352.3 1991 26 HOU NL OF 84 96 4 0 1 1.000 .983 1.19 1.88 2.67 2.28 21 337.7 1992 27 HOU NL OF 57 53 0 2 0 .964 .983 0.93 1.96 2.65 2.34 9 180.0 1993 28 COL NL OF 11 15 0 2 0 .882 .980 1.36 2.00 3.02 2.34 2 44.7 1994 29 STL NL OF 11 19 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.73 1.90 2.26 2.24 8 75.7 1991 26 HOU NL RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.65 2.25 2.02 0 4.0 1992 27 HOU NL RF 43 18 0 0 0 1.000 .978 0.42 1.66 1.97 2.08 0 82.3 1993 28 COL NL RF 5 7 0 2 0 .778 .972 1.40 1.78 2.86 2.17 2 22.0 1994 29 STL NL RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.80 0.90 2.16 1 10.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 568 1194 38 12 9 .990 .982 2.17 1.94 2.71 2.29 420 4096.7 19 506 52# CF* 506 1148 40 10 11 .992 .985 2.35 2.25 2.73 2.65 413 3912.7 RF* 52 27 0 2 0 .931 .978 0.52 1.68 2.05 2.10 3 118.3 LF* 19 21 0 0 0 1.000 .981 1.11 1.63 2.88 2.08 4 65.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 568 1194 38 12 9 .990 .982 2.17 1.94 2.71 2.29 420 4097
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Triples
1988 NL-9-3

Stolen Bases
1988 NL-65-2
1989 NL-34-8

Caught Stealing
1988 NL-27-1
1989 NL-25-1

Outs
1988 NL-475-8

Gray Ink: Batting - 5 (1714) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3105) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 5th round of the 1982 amateur draft.

August 31, 1984: Sent by the New York Mets to the Houston Astros to complete an earlier deal made on August 28, 1984. The New York Mets sent players to be named later to the Houston Astros for Ray Knight. The New York Mets sent Gerald Young (August 31, 1984), Manuel Lee (August 31, 1984), and Mitch Cook (minors) (September 10, 1984) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

October 5, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

October 29, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

May 19, 1993: Released by the Colorado Rockies.

June 4, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

July 20, 1993: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

August 7, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

October 15, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

December 23, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

December 23, 1994: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1987Houston Astros$62,500
1988Houston Astros$85,000
1989Houston Astros$150,000
1990Houston Astros$280,000
1991Houston Astros$340,000
1992Houston Astros$420,000
1993Colorado Rockies$310,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,647,500

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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