Joel Youngblood

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: August 28, 1951 in Houston, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1970 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Stephen F. Austin HS (Houston, TX).

High School: Stephen F. Austin HS (Houston, TX)

Debut: April 13, 1976 (Age 24-229d, 13,739th in major league history)
vs. ATL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1989 (Age 38-030d)
vs. SDP 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Agents: Dick Moss

Full Name: Joel Randolph Youngblood

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.5

3659

969

.265

453

RBI

422

OBP

.329

SLG

.392

OPS

.722

OPS+

103

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 80 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 3 walk-off, 9 tying, 24 go ahead

3 Tms
SFG	39
NYM	38
CIN	3

Platoon
vs RHP	47
vs LHP	33

Home/Road
Away	43
Home	37

Outs
0	31
2	26
1	23

12 Opps
CIN	11
LAD	9
PIT	8
ATL	8
SDP	8
PHI	7
MON	7
CHC	7
HOU	7
SFG	4
STL	3
NYM	1

62 Pitchers
Steve Carlton	5
Mario Soto	3
Bob Knepper	3
Bob Welch	3
Rick Sutcliffe	2
Eric Show	2
Bill Gullickson	2
Doug Bair	2
Tim Lollar	2
Burt Hooton	2
Fred Norman	2
Grant Jackson	2
Bruce Berenyi	1
Craig McMurtry	1
John Candelaria	1
Bill Dawley	1
Charlie Kerfeld	1
Al Olmsted	1
Mike LaCoss	1
Dennis Lamp	1
Gary Lucas	1
Mike Krukow	1
John Franco	1
Mark Thurmond	1
Pete Falcone	1
Floyd Chiffer	1
Vida Blue	1
Tom Niedenfuer	1
Bob Sykes	1
Joe Price	1
Bob James	1
Rick Mahler	1
Tug McGraw	1
Bruce Sutter	1
Julio Solano	1
Steve Wilson	1
José DeLeón	1
Eddie Solomon	1
Dick Tidrow	1
Ted Power	1
Dickie Noles	1
Ray Burris	1
Steve Trout	1
Allen Ripley	1
Mike Bielecki	1
Don Robinson	1
Ed Lynch	1
Dan Schatzeder	1
Jeff Brantley	1
Jerry Reuss	1
John Curtis	1
Paul Assenmacher	1
Phil Niekro	1
Chris Welsh	1
Doug Bird	1
Manny Sarmiento	1
Pascual Pérez	1
Scott Sanderson	1
Neal Heaton	1
Jeff Heathcock	1
Larry McWilliams	1
Joe Niekro	1

12 Parks
Shea Stad (NYC)	22
3Com Park (SFO)	17
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	8
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	7
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	5
Qualcomm St (SAN)	4
Dodger Stad (LOS)	4
VeteransStad (PHI)	3
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	3
Stade Olymp. (MON)	3
Busch Stad (STL)	2
Astrodome (HOU)	2

Where Hit
7	35
8	6
9	4
78	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	74
1	3
2	2
4	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	78
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	48
1--	15
12-	6
-2-	6
--3	2
1-3	2
-23	1

121 RBI
RISP	17
0 on	48
1 on	23
2 on	9
Any on	32

Inning
1	8
2	12
3	3
4	7
5	10
6	6
7	6
8	16
9	10
Extra	2

1-3	23
4-6	23
7-end	34

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	4
+2	7
+1	9
Tied	19
-1	10
-2	9
-3	8
-4..	12

Ahead	22
Tied	19
Behind	39

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	74
0-0	3
1-0	2
2-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	27
3B	14
LF	13
2B	12
CF	7
PH	6
1B	1

OrderPos
6th	25
3rd	12
1st	12
5th	8
7th	7
9th	5
2nd	5
4th	4
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	19
Medium Lev	19
Low Lev	42

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1978-06-07	NYM		LAD	Burt Hooton	behind 1-2	b 4	0	---		1	7	4	0.150	56%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1978-07-13	NYM	@	CIN	Manny Sarmiento	ahead 3-2	t 8	0	---		1	9	9	0.116	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1978-07-14	NYM	@	CIN	Fred Norman	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	---		1	7	8	0.108	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	1978-07-26	NYM		CIN	Mike LaCoss	ahead 7-2	b 5	2	-2-		2	6	8	0.022	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Stearns Scores
5	5	5	1	1978-08-01	NYM	@	PHI	Steve Carlton	ahead 4-1	t 8	0	---		1	6	9	0.031	97%		Home Run
6	6	6	1	1978-09-07	NYM	@	MON	Bob James	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	---		1	7	4	0.084	80%		Home Run
7	7	7	1	1978-09-13	NYM		MON	Scott Sanderson	tied 1-1	b 4	0	---		1	6	4	0.142	70%		Home Run
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1979-04-22	NYM	@	PHI	Steve Carlton	behind 0-2	t 8	0	---		1	6	9	0.117	25%		Home Run
9	9	2	1	1979-04-24	NYM		SFG	Vida Blue	tied 1-1	b 1	2	12-	4,(2-1) BCBX	3	6	9	0.262	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Hebner Scores; W. Montañez Scores
10	10	3	1	1979-04-28	NYM		LAD	Burt Hooton	behind 0-2	b 5	0	---		1	6	5	0.133	40%		Home Run
11	11	4	1	1979-04-29 (2)	NYM		LAD	Rick Sutcliffe	ahead 4-3	b 6	1	---		1	6	9	0.115	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	5	1	1979-05-15	NYM	@	PIT	Don Robinson	tied 0-0	t 4	2	1--		2	7	9	0.237	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Stearns Scores
13	13	6	1	1979-05-22	NYM		CHC	Dennis Lamp	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	---		1	7	9	0.079	87%		Home Run
14	14	7	1	1979-05-26	NYM		PIT	Grant Jackson	ahead 9-8	b 8	0	---		1	1	9	0.070	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	8	1	1979-05-31	NYM	@	STL	Bob Sykes	behind 0-7	t 5	1	--3		2	1	9	0.022	5%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Flynn Scores
16	16	9	1	1979-06-01	NYM	@	ATL	Eddie Solomon	tied 3-3	t 5	0	---		1	1	9	0.140	64%		Home Run
17	17	10	1	1979-06-04	NYM	@	CIN	Doug Bair	ahead 4-2	t 9	2	---		1	1	9	0.046	96%		Home Run (Deep CF)
18	18	11	1	1979-06-30	NYM	@	CHC	Dick Tidrow	tied 3-3	t 11	1	1--		2	1	9	0.416	92%		Home Run; S. Ferrer Scores
19	19	12	1	1979-07-05	NYM	@	PHI	Dickie Noles	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	9	0.100	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run
20	20	13	1	1979-07-25	NYM	@	SFG	Bob Knepper	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	8	0.123	72%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	14	1	1979-08-02 (1)	NYM		PHI	Tug McGraw	behind 2-7	b 9	2	-2-		2	1	7	0.002	0%		Home Run; A. Treviño Scores
22	22	15	1	1979-08-11	NYM		MON	Dan Schatzeder	tied 1-1	b 2	1	---		1	7	7	0.119	65%		Home Run
23	23	16	1	1979-08-25	NYM		CIN	Doug Bair	behind 2-3	b 8	2	1--		2	6	7	0.642	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Hebner Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1980-04-12	NYM		CHC	Mike Krukow	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---		1	5	9	0.121	65%		Home Run
25	25	2	1	1980-05-03	NYM		SDP	Gary Lucas	behind 0-2	b 9	1	---		1	3	9	0.061	10%		Home Run
26	26	3	1	1980-05-06	NYM		CIN	Mario Soto	behind 7-10	b 8	2	1--		2	1	8	0.130	18%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Morales Scores
27	27	4	1	1980-06-16	NYM	@	SDP	John Curtis	behind 0-2	t 7	0	1--		2	5	9	0.283	50%		Home Run; J. Stearns Scores
28	28	5	1	1980-07-04 (2)	NYM		MON	Bill Gullickson	behind 1-2	b 1	1	--3		2	4	5	0.151	64%		Home Run; C. Washington Scores
29	29	6	1	1980-08-07	NYM	@	MON	Fred Norman	ahead 2-0	t 5	2	1--		2	5	9	0.149	90%		Home Run; E. Maddox Scores
30	30	7	1	1980-09-28	NYM		STL	Al Olmsted	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--		2	4	8	0.203	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Mazzilli Scores
31	31	8	1	1980-09-29	NYM		PIT	Grant Jackson	behind 3-4	b 10	2	-2-		2	1	8	0.868	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; H. Brooks Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1981-05-03 (2)	NYM		SDP	Tim Lollar	tied 4-4	b 7	2	12-		3	1	9	0.374	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Treviño Scores; D. Flynn Scores
33	33	2	1	1981-05-15	NYM	@	LAD	Bob Welch	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---		1	5	9	0.119	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	3	1	1981-05-18	NYM	@	SFG	Allen Ripley	behind 0-3	t 8	2	---		1	3	9	0.035	6%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	4	1	1981-05-26	NYM		PHI	Steve Carlton	behind 0-3	b 1	0	12-		3	3	9	0.215	54%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Wilson Scores; F. Taveras Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1982-04-20	NYM		CHC	Doug Bird	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---		1	5	9	0.119	55%		Home Run
37	37	2	1	1982-05-15	NYM		LAD	Ted Power	tied 1-1	b 1	1	1-3		3	5	9	0.195	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Stearns Scores; D. Kingman Scores
38	38	3	1	1982-06-06	NYM	@	CIN	Joe Price	ahead 4-2	t 8	0	---		1	2	8	0.062	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1983-05-27	SFG	@	LAD	Tom Niedenfuer	ahead 4-1	t 6	1	-2-		2	8	4	0.070	96%		Home Run (Deep CF); T. O'Malley Scores
40	40	2	1	1983-06-05	SFG		MON	Chris Welsh	behind 2-9	b 5	2	1-3		3	6	4	0.055	7%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Clark Scores; J. Leonard Scores
41	41	3	1	1983-06-10 (2)	SFG	@	ATL	Pete Falcone	behind 1-4	t 3	1	-2-		2	3	7	0.144	36%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. LeMaster Scores/unER
42	42	4	1	1983-06-12	SFG	@	ATL	Pascual Pérez	behind 0-2	t 5	0	---		1	6	7	0.115	36%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	5	1	1983-06-14	SFG		HOU	Bob Knepper	behind 1-2	b 6	0	---		1	2	7	0.198	57%		Home Run
44	44	6	1	1983-06-22	SFG		CIN	Mario Soto	behind 1-4	b 9	1	---		1	7	4	0.023	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	7	1	1983-07-04	SFG	@	SDP	Mark Thurmond	behind 0-2	t 4	1	---		1	3	7	0.110	34%		Home Run (Deep RF)
46	46	8	2	1983-07-04	SFG	@	SDP	Eric Show	behind 1-4	t 8	0	1--		2	3	7	0.138	24%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Evans Scores
47	47	9	1	1983-07-24 (2)	SFG	@	PIT	Larry McWilliams	behind 0-2	t 6	1	1--		2	5	9	0.253	47%		Home Run; J. Leonard Scores
48	48	10	1	1983-08-10	SFG	@	ATL	Craig McMurtry	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---		1	6	4	0.111	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	11	1	1983-08-24	SFG		PHI	Steve Carlton	tied 3-3	b 9	1	1--		2	2	5	0.374	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; J. LeMaster Scores
50	50	12	1	1983-08-26	SFG	@	NYM	Ed Lynch	tied 0-0	t 1	0	-23		3	3	4	0.138	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. LeMaster Scores; M. Venable Scores
51	51	13	1	1983-09-18	SFG		LAD	Jerry Reuss	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	1--		2	6	4	0.135	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Clark Scores
52	52	14	1	1983-09-21	SFG		SDP	Tim Lollar	ahead 2-1	b 6	2	---		1	3	5	0.121	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
53	53	15	1	1983-09-26	SFG	@	ATL	Phil Niekro	behind 0-6	t 5	0	---		1	6	4	0.025	6%		Home Run (Deep LF)
54	54	16	1	1983-09-28	SFG	@	CIN	Mario Soto	behind 0-5	t 8	0	---		1	6	4	0.017	3%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	17	1	1983-09-29	SFG	@	CIN	Bruce Berenyi	ahead 4-2	t 5	1	1--		2	6	4	0.135	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Smith Scores
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
56	56	1	1	1984-05-26	SFG	@	MON	Bill Gullickson	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---		1	2	5	0.110	59%		Home Run
57	57	2	1	1984-06-03 (1)	SFG		SDP	Floyd Chiffer	behind 4-7	b 8	2	---		1	6	5	0.044	8%		Home Run
58	58	3	1	1984-06-07	SFG		HOU	Joe Niekro	behind 1-8	b 5	0	---		1	6	5	0.015	3%		Home Run
59	59	4	1	1984-06-08	SFG		HOU	Bob Knepper	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--		2	6	5	0.197	75%		Home Run; J. Clark Scores
60	60	5	1	1984-06-09	SFG		HOU	Bill Dawley	behind 3-5	b 9	2	12-		3	6	5	0.918	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; A. Oliver Scores; J. Leonard Scores
61	61	6	1	1984-06-13	SFG	@	LAD	Bob Welch	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---		1	6	5	0.119	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
62	62	7	1	1984-07-08	SFG		CHC	Rick Sutcliffe	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---		1	5	5	0.110	43%		Home Run
63	63	8	1	1984-07-12	SFG	@	PIT	José DeLeón	tied 1-1	t 2	1	---		1	6	5	0.115	59%		Home Run
64	64	9	1	1984-07-22	SFG	@	CHC	Steve Trout	ahead 3-0	t 4	0	---		1	6	5	0.062	88%		Home Run
65	65	10	1	1984-08-21	SFG		PHI	Steve Carlton	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---		1	6	5	0.103	75%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
66	66	1	1	1985-07-27	SFG		PIT	John Candelaria	ahead 6-3	b 7	1	---		1	3	9	0.027	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
67	67	2	1	1985-08-04	SFG	@	ATL	Bruce Sutter	behind 2-3	t 8	2	-2-		2	1	PH	0.509	72%		Home Run; B. Brenly Scores
68	68	3	1	1985-08-05	SFG	@	HOU	Charlie Kerfeld	behind 2-7	t 9	2	12-		3	1	9	0.006	1%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Uribe Scores; R. Roenicke Scores
69	69	4	1	1985-09-11 (1)	SFG	@	HOU	Julio Solano	ahead 10-3	t 9	0	---		1	6	9	0.001	100%		Home Run
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
70	70	1	1	1986-05-08	SFG	@	PIT	Mike Bielecki	behind 0-8	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	PH	0.002	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
71	71	2	1	1986-06-19	SFG	@	SDP	Eric Show	tied 1-1	t 3	2	---		1	3	7	0.128	59%		Home Run (LF-CF)
72	72	3	1	1986-06-30	SFG	@	ATL	Rick Mahler	behind 0-5	t 9	0	---		1	3	7	0.008	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
73	73	4	1	1986-07-22	SFG	@	STL	Ray Burris	behind 5-10	t 8	1	1--		2	8	3	0.027	4%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Melvin Scores
74	74	5	1	1986-07-30	SFG	@	LAD	Bob Welch	behind 0-3	t 7	0	1--		2	3	7	0.158	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Thompson Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
75	75	1	1	1987-06-30	SFG		ATL	Paul Assenmacher	ahead 3-2	b 7	0	---		1	9	PH	0.098	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
76	76	2	1	1987-08-02	SFG	@	CIN	John Franco	behind 2-3	t 8	0	---		1	9	PH	0.242	50%		Home Run (Deep CF)
77	77	3	1	1987-08-11	SFG		HOU	Jeff Heathcock	behind 2-6	b 7	2	---		1	9	PH	0.038	8%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
78	78	1	1	1989-05-31	CIN	@	PIT	Neal Heaton	ahead 2-1	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	7	0.125	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
79	79	2	1	1989-06-05	CIN		SFG	Jeff Brantley	behind 5-11	b 9	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	4	7	0.002	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Benzinger Scores; L. Harris Scores
80	80	3	1	1989-08-21	CIN	@	CHC	Steve Wilson	behind 4-5	t 8	1	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	4	PH	0.264	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)