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Pep Young
Lemuel Floyd Young

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 162 lb.

Debut April 25, 1933
Final Game September 30, 1945
Born August 29, 1907 in Jamestown, NC
Died January 14, 1962 in Jamestown, NC

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1933 25 PIT NL  25   20    3    6   1  1   0    0   0      0   5  .300  .300  .450  112    9   0           0   0
 1934 26 PIT NL  19   17    3    4   0  0   0    2   0      0   6  .235  .235  .235   25    4   0           0   0
 1935 27 PIT NL 128  494   60  131  25 10   7   82   2     21  59  .265  .298  .399   83  197   6           2  11
 1936 28 PIT NL 125  475   47  118  23 10   6   77   3     29  52  .248  .293  .377   78  179   9           1   9
 1937 29 PIT NL 113  408   43  106  20  3   9   54   4     26  63  .260  .306  .390   88  159   7           1   8
 1938 30 PIT NL 149  562   58  156  36  5   4   79   7     40  64  .278  .329  .381   94  214   5           3  15 MVP-14
 1939 31 PIT NL  84  293   34   81  14  3   3   29   1     23  29  .276  .333  .375   92  110   9           2   7
 1940 32 PIT NL  54  136   19   34   8  2   2   20   1     12  23  .250  .320  .382   94   52   0           2   0
 1941 33 TOT NL   6   14    2    2   0  0   0    0   0      0   3  .143  .200  .143   -3    2   0           1   0
         CIN NL   4   12    2    2   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .167  .231  .167   13    2   0           1   0
         STL NL   2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1945 37 STL NL  27   47    5    7   1  0   1    4   0      1   8  .149  .167  .234    9   11   2           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     730 2466  274  645 128 34  32  347  18  0 152 312  .262  .308  .380   85  937  38   0   0  12  51
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        547   61  143  28  8   7   77   4  0  34  69  .262  .308  .380   85  208   8   0   0   3  11
 Career High    149  562   60  156  36 10   9   82   7  0  40  64  .278  .333  .399   94  214   9   0   0   3  15
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1933 25 PIT NL   20   14    3   5.7    91| .300  .274| .300  .327| .450  .375| .750  .702| 112  .652   0.1   0.0     
 1934 26 PIT NL   17   13    1   2.0   106| .235  .290| .235  .345| .235  .412| .470  .757|  25  .177  -1.9  -0.2     
 1935 27 PIT NL  523  380   58   4.1   106| .265  .289| .298  .345| .399  .412| .697  .757|  83  .437 -13.9  -1.4     
 1936 28 PIT NL  514  375   52   3.7   105| .248  .288| .293  .348| .377  .404| .670  .751|  78  .397 -17.2  -1.7     
 1937 29 PIT NL  442  317   48   4.0   101| .260  .280| .306  .342| .390  .397| .696  .739|  88  .450  -8.1  -0.8     
 1938 30 PIT NL  610  426   70   4.4   100| .278  .276| .329  .340| .381  .393| .710  .733|  94  .501  -4.7  -0.5     
 1939 31 PIT NL  327  228   36   4.2   102| .276  .278| .333  .343| .375  .397| .708  .740|  92  .464  -3.5  -0.3     
 1940 32 PIT NL  150  102   16   4.2    97| .250  .270| .320  .335| .382  .389| .702  .724|  94  .485  -1.2  -0.1     
 1941 33 TOT NL   15   12    0   0.0    95| .143  .268| .200  .339| .143  .378| .343  .716|  -3  .000  -2.0  -0.2     
         CIN NL   13   10    0   0.0    95| .167  .267| .231  .338| .167  .376| .398  .714|  13  .000  -1.4  -0.1     
         STL NL    2    2    0   0.0   100| .000  .274| .000  .346| .000  .386| .000  .732|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1     
 1945 37 STL NL   50   43    2   1.2    99| .149  .277| .167  .347| .234  .382| .401  .729|   9  .095  -6.1  -0.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     2668 1910  286   4.0   102| .262  .282| .308  .343| .380  .399| .688  .742|  85  .443 -58.3  -5.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1933 25 PIT NL 2B 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 5.40 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.90 1934 26 PIT NL 2B 2 3 6 0 1 1.000 .968 4.50 5.45 SS 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.15 1935 27 PIT NL 2B 107 282 315 30 47 .952 .963 5.58 5.37 OF 6 18 0 0 0 1.000 .973 3.00 2.32 1 0 5 3B 6 8 4 1 0 .923 .938 2.00 2.72 SS 4 7 7 1 0 .933 .946 3.50 5.10 1936 28 PIT NL 2B 123 318 361 24 39 .966 .963 5.52 5.30 1937 29 PIT NL SS 45 84 160 15 34 .942 .951 5.42 4.85 3B 39 38 76 7 4 .942 .954 2.92 2.72 2B 30 73 92 2 14 .988 .959 5.50 5.33 1938 30 PIT NL 2B 149 370 554 26 120 .973 .969 6.20 5.40 1939 31 PIT NL 2B 84 202 270 16 61 .967 .968 5.62 5.42 1940 32 PIT NL 2B 33 51 79 13 9 .909 .964 3.94 5.14 SS 7 6 12 2 6 .900 .952 2.57 5.00 3B 5 4 7 0 1 1.000 .948 2.20 2.82 1941 33 CIN NL 3B 3 5 7 1 1 .923 .952 4.00 3.17 1945 37 STL NL SS 11 23 21 1 3 .978 .946 4.00 4.75 3B 9 3 5 1 0 .889 .941 0.89 2.97 2B 3 5 4 0 1 1.000 .968 3.00 5.07
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1933 25 PIT NL 2B 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 5.40 1934 26 PIT NL 2B 2 3 6 0 1 1.000 .968 4.50 5.45 1935 27 PIT NL 2B 107 282 315 30 47 .952 .963 5.58 5.37 1936 28 PIT NL 2B 123 318 361 24 39 .966 .963 5.52 5.30 1937 29 PIT NL 2B 30 73 92 2 14 .988 .959 5.50 5.33 1938 30 PIT NL 2B 149 370 554 26 120 .973 .969 6.20 5.40 1939 31 PIT NL 2B 84 202 270 16 61 .967 .968 5.62 5.42 1940 32 PIT NL 2B 33 51 79 13 9 .909 .964 3.94 5.14 1945 37 STL NL 2B 3 5 4 0 1 1.000 .968 3.00 5.07 1935 27 PIT NL 3B 6 8 4 1 0 .923 .938 2.00 2.72 1937 29 PIT NL 3B 39 38 76 7 4 .942 .954 2.92 2.72 1940 32 PIT NL 3B 5 4 7 0 1 1.000 .948 2.20 2.82 1941 33 CIN NL 3B 3 5 7 1 1 .923 .952 4.00 3.17 1945 37 STL NL 3B 9 3 5 1 0 .889 .941 0.89 2.97 1935 27 PIT NL OF 6 18 0 0 0 1.000 .973 3.00 2.32 1 0 5 1933 25 PIT NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.90 1934 26 PIT NL SS 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.15 1935 27 PIT NL SS 4 7 7 1 0 .933 .946 3.50 5.10 1937 29 PIT NL SS 45 84 160 15 34 .942 .951 5.42 4.85 1940 32 PIT NL SS 7 6 12 2 6 .900 .952 2.57 5.00 1945 37 STL NL SS 11 23 21 1 3 .978 .946 4.00 4.75
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 532 1306 1682 111 292 .964 .965 5.62 5.35 SS 70 121 203 19 43 .945 .950 4.63 4.87 3B 62 58 99 10 6 .940 .952 2.53 2.79 OF 6 18 0 0 0 1.000 .973 3.00 2.32 1 0 5 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 670 1503 1984 140 341 .961 .963 5.20 5.04
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1938-NL-14-0.06
Car-1023-0.06 shares

Games
1938 NL-149-7

At Bats
1938 NL-562-10

Doubles
1938 NL-36-3

Triples
1935 NL-10-10

RBI
1938 NL-79-10

Strikeouts
1935 NL-59-10
1938 NL-64-6

Outs
1938 NL-426-8

       

Gray Ink: Batting - 9 (1417) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3105) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 1.0 (2137) (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 

September 30, 1940: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Atlanta (Southern Association) for Alf Anderson.

October 1, 1940: Drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Atlanta (Southern Association) in the 1940 rule 5 draft.

December 9, 1940: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Cincinnati Reds for Lew Riggs.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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