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Michael Young
Michael Brian Young

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 190 lb.
School University of California, Santa Barbara

Debut September 29, 2000

Born October 19, 1976 in Covina, CA

Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 5th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 1997. (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2000 23 TEX AL   2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2001 24 TEX AL 106  386   57   96  18  4  11   49   3  1  26  91  .249  .298  .402   80  155   9   5   0   3   9
 2002 25 TEX AL 156  573   77  150  26  8   9   62   6  7  41 112  .262  .308  .382   78  219  13   6   1   0  14
 2003 26 TEX AL 160  666  106  204  33  9  14   72  13  2  36 103  .306  .339  .446   97  297   3   7   1   1  14
 2004 27 TEX AL 160  690  114  216  33  9  22   99  12  3  44  89  .313  .353  .483  109  333   0   4   1   1  11 MVP-8,AS
 2005 28 TEX AL 159  668  114  221  40  5  24   91   5  2  58  91  .331  .385  .513  131  343   0   3   0   3  20 MVP-11,AS
 2006 29 TEX AL 162  691   93  217  52  3  14  103   7  3  48  96  .314  .356  .459  108  317   0   8   0   1  27 MVP-30,AS
 2007 30 TEX AL 156  639   80  201  37  1   9   94  13  3  47 107  .315  .366  .418  107  267   0   1   5   5  21 AS
 2008 31 TEX AL  37  147   22   43  10  0   3   17   1  0  16  24  .293  .355  .422  115   62   0   3   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons     1098 4462  663 1348 249 39 106  587  60 21 316 714  .302  .347  .447  104 1993  25  37   8  14 119
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        658   98  199  37  6  16   87   9  3  47 105  .302  .347  .447  104  294   4   5   1   2  18
 Career High    162  691  114  221  52  9  24  103  13  7  58 112  .331  .385  .513  131  343  13   8   5   5  27
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2000 23 TEX AL    2    2    0   0.0   117| .000  .278| .000  .352| .000  .448| .000  .800|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2001 24 TEX AL  429  314   46   3.9   110| .249  .272| .298  .339| .402  .436| .700  .776|  80  .385 -12.8  -1.2  75%
 2002 25 TEX AL  633  463   65   3.8   110| .262  .271| .308  .339| .382  .436| .690  .776|  78  .377 -19.9  -1.9  46%
 2003 26 TEX AL  713  488  100   5.5   116| .306  .280| .339  .348| .446  .448| .785  .797|  97  .539  -5.1  -0.5  86%
 2004 27 TEX AL  739  492  118   6.4   116| .313  .280| .353  .349| .483  .449| .836  .798| 109  .597   6.3   0.6  80%
 2005 28 TEX AL  732  472  129   7.3   110| .331  .275| .385  .339| .513  .436| .898  .775| 131  .675  30.5   2.9  71%
 2006 29 TEX AL  748  512  106   5.5   112| .314  .277| .356  .341| .459  .440| .815  .781| 108  .526   9.6   0.9  70%
 2007 30 TEX AL  692  463   95   5.5   107| .315  .271| .366  .338| .418  .424| .784  .762| 107  .537   6.4   0.6  81%
 2008 31 TEX AL  166  110   23   5.6    97| .293  .258| .355  .329| .422  .395| .777  .724| 115  .592   3.6   0.4 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      4854 3316  682   5.5   111| .302  .275| .347  .342| .447  .437| .794  .779| 104  .539  18.0   1.7  74%

* 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 ------+
2000 23 TEX AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.30 0.00 5.10 0 3.0 2001 24 TEX AL 2B 104 212 285 8 80 .984 .981 4.78 4.44 4.89 4.87 102 915.3 2002 25 TEX AL 2B 152 298 419 9 97 .988 .979 4.72 4.36 5.13 4.90 144 1258.7 SS 11 2 10 0 2 1.000 .976 1.09 4.15 4.32 4.57 1 25.0 3B 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 0.75 2.40 3.38 2.70 0 8.0 2003 26 TEX AL 2B 159 305 472 10 117 .987 .982 4.89 4.37 5.03 4.94 158 1389.3 SS 7 4 5 0 1 1.000 .968 1.29 4.13 4.76 4.55 1 17.0 2004 27 TEX AL SS 158 225 423 19 98 .972 .972 4.10 4.12 4.21 4.56 158 1386.7 AS DH 2 AS 2005 28 TEX AL SS 155 239 426 18 95 .974 .972 4.29 4.17 4.41 4.60 155 1356.0 AS DH 4 AS 2006 29 TEX AL SS 155 241 493 14 113 .981 .970 4.74 4.02 4.87 4.49 155 1356.3 AS DH 7 AS 2007 30 TEX AL SS 150 211 446 19 107 .972 .970 4.38 3.97 4.58 4.47 150 1291.3 AS DH 6 AS 2008 31 TEX AL SS 34 46 105 3 29 .981 .972 4.44 4.08 4.64 4.56 34 293.0 DH 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2000 23 TEX AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.30 0.00 5.10 0 3.0 2001 24 TEX AL 2B 104 212 285 8 80 .984 .981 4.78 4.44 4.89 4.87 102 915.3 2002 25 TEX AL 2B 152 298 419 9 97 .988 .979 4.72 4.36 5.13 4.90 144 1258.7 2003 26 TEX AL 2B 159 305 472 10 117 .987 .982 4.89 4.37 5.03 4.94 158 1389.3 2002 25 TEX AL 3B 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 0.75 2.40 3.38 2.70 0 8.0 2004 27 TEX AL DH 2 2005 28 TEX AL DH 4 2006 29 TEX AL DH 7 2007 30 TEX AL DH 6 2008 31 TEX AL DH 2 2002 25 TEX AL SS 11 2 10 0 2 1.000 .976 1.09 4.15 4.32 4.57 1 25.0 2003 26 TEX AL SS 7 4 5 0 1 1.000 .968 1.29 4.13 4.76 4.55 1 17.0 2004 27 TEX AL SS 158 225 423 19 98 .972 .972 4.10 4.12 4.21 4.56 158 1386.7 2005 28 TEX AL SS 155 239 426 18 95 .974 .972 4.29 4.17 4.41 4.60 155 1356.0 2006 29 TEX AL SS 155 241 493 14 113 .981 .970 4.74 4.02 4.87 4.49 155 1356.3 2007 30 TEX AL SS 150 211 446 19 107 .972 .970 4.38 3.97 4.58 4.47 150 1291.3 2008 31 TEX AL SS 34 46 105 3 29 .981 .972 4.44 4.08 4.64 4.56 34 293.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 670 968 1908 73 445 .975 .971 4.29 4.07 4.52 4.53 654 5725.3 2B* 416 815 1176 27 294 .987 .981 4.79 4.38 5.02 4.91 404 3566.3 DH 21 Games not counted in Overall Total below 3B* 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 0.75 2.40 3.38 2.70 0 8.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1090 1783 3087 100 739 .980 .975 4.47 4.19 4.71 4.67 1058 9300
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2004   TEX AL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 2005   TEX AL       1   0   1  1  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 2006   TEX AL       2   0   1  0  1  0   2   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 2007   TEX AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/4      0   5   0   2  1  1  0   2   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .400  .400 1.000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
2004 *
2005 *
2006 *
2007

Awards
2006-ML-AS MVP

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2004-AL-8-0.23
2005-AL-11-0.05
2006-AL-30-0.00
Car-603-0.28 shares

Batting Average
2004 AL-.313-9
2005 AL-.331-1
Act-.302-16

On-base %
2005 AL-.385-9

Games
2003 AL-160-8
2004 AL-160-4
2005 AL-159-10
2006 AL-162-1

At Bats
2003 AL-666-4
2004 AL-690-2
2005 AL-668-2
2006 AL-691-2
2007 AL-639-4

Plate Appearances (approx.)
2003 AL-713-6
2004 AL-739-2
2005 AL-732-3
2006 AL-748-3

Runs
2003 AL-106-9
2004 AL-114-4
2005 AL-114-5

Hits
2003 AL-204-3
2004 AL-216-2
2005 AL-221-1
2006 AL-217-2
2007 AL-201-4
2008 AL-43-10

Total Bases
2004 AL-333-5
2005 AL-343-4
2006 AL-317-10

Doubles
2005 AL-40-8
2006 AL-52-2

Triples
2002 AL-8-3
2003 AL-9-4
2004 AL-9-4

Singles
2003 AL-148-2
2004 AL-152-2
2005 AL-152-3
2006 AL-148-4
2007 AL-154-2

Runs Created
2005 AL-129-4

Times on Base
2004 AL-261-9
2005 AL-282-4
2006 AL-266-7

Offensive Win%
2005 AL-.675-10

Sac. Hits
2001 AL-9-5
2002 AL-13-2

Sac. Flies
2006 AL-8-9
2008 AL-3-4

Grounded into Double Plays
2005 AL-20-7
2006 AL-27-2
2007 AL-21-7

Outs
2003 AL-488-4
2004 AL-492-3
2006 AL-512-1
2007 AL-463-8

     

Black Ink: Batting - 8 (273) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 51 (484) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 26.9 (351) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 81.5 (214) (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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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, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
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
Career (may be incomplete)$10,340,000

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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