Chris Young

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-10, 255lb (208cm, 115kg)

Born: May 25, 1979 in Dallas, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 2000 MLB June Amateur Draft from Princeton University (Princeton, NJ).

High School: Highland Park HS (University Park, TX)

School: Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)

Debut: August 24, 2004 (Age 25-091d, 16,153rd in MLB history)
vs. MIN 5.2 IP, 4 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: June 17, 2017 (Age 38-023d)
vs. LAA 1.2 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2005 season

Agents: Jon Fetterolf • Previously: Lon Babby

Full Name: Christopher Ryan Young

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.5

W

L

ERA

3.95

G

271

GS

221

SV

IP

1297.2

SO

1062

WHIP

1.258

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Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2001	22	PIT-min	A	5	3	.625	4.12	12	12	0	2	0	0	74.1	79	39	34	6	20	0	72	3	0	0	320			1.332	9.6	0.7	2.4	8.7	3.60	HCK SALL
2002	23	PIT-min	A	11	9	.550	3.11	26	26	0	1	0	0	144.2	127	57	50	11	34	1	136	4	1	3	587			1.113	7.9	0.7	2.1	8.5	4.00	HCK SALL
2003	24	MON-min	AA,A+	9	6	.600	3.11	23	23	0	0	0	0	133.0	109	48	46	12	27	0	103	6	2	5	534			1.023	7.4	0.8	1.8	7.0	3.81	HRB,BRE EL,FLOR
2004	25	TEX-min	AA,AAA	9	5	.643	3.72	23	23	0	1	0	0	118.2	114	55	49	11	40	1	109	5	0	5	499			1.298	8.6	0.8	3.0	8.3	2.73	FRI,OKC TL,PCL
2004	25	TEX	AL	3	2	.600	4.71	7	7	0	0	0	0	36.1	36	21	19	7	10	0	27	2	0	1	158	107	5.06	1.266	8.9	1.7	2.5	6.7	2.70
2005	26	TEX	AL	12	7	.632	4.26	31	31	0	0	0	0	164.2	162	84	78	19	45	2	137	7	0	3	700	108	3.80	1.257	8.9	1.0	2.5	7.5	3.04
2006	27	SDP	NL	11	5	.688	3.46	31	31	0	0	0	0	179.1	134	72	69	28	69	4	164	6	1	6	735	117	4.60	1.132	*6.7*	1.4	3.5	8.2	2.38
2007	28	SDP	NL	9	8	.529	3.12	30	30	0	0	0	0	173.0	118	66	60	10	72	0	167	7	4	7	705	128	3.43	1.098	*6.1*	0.5	3.7	8.7	2.32	AS
2008	29	SDP-min	A+	0	1	.000	3.12	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	5	3	3	3	1	0	7	0	0	0	32			0.692	5.2	3.1	1.0	7.3	7.00	LEL CALL
2008	29	SDP	NL	7	6	.538	3.96	18	18	0	1	0	0	102.1	84	46	45	13	48	4	93	1	1	3	434	96	4.40	1.290	7.4	1.1	4.2	8.2	1.94
2009	30	SDP	NL	4	6	.400	5.21	14	14	0	0	0	0	76.0	70	47	44	12	40	3	50	2	0	1	336	73	5.49	1.447	8.3	1.4	4.7	5.9	1.25
2010	31	SDP-min	AAA,AA	0	1	.000	7.71	3	3	0	0	0	0	7.0	4	6	6	1	6	0	5	0	0	0	30			1.429	5.1	1.3	7.7	6.4	0.83	POR,SAN PCL,TL
2010	31	SDP	NL	2	0	1.000	0.90	4	4	0	0	0	0	20.0	10	2	2	1	11	0	15	0	0	1	82	416	3.88	1.050	4.5	0.5	5.0	6.8	1.36
2011	32	NYM	NL	1	0	1.000	1.88	4	4	0	0	0	0	24.0	12	5	5	3	11	0	22	1	0	0	95	199	4.32	0.958	4.5	1.1	4.1	8.3	2.00
2012	33	NYM-min	A+,AAA	1	0	1.000	2.35	4	4	0	0	0	0	23.0	19	6	6	1	5	0	9	1	1	1	91			1.043	7.4	0.4	2.0	3.5	1.80	SCE,BFL FLOR,IL
2012	33	NYM	NL	4	9	.308	4.15	20	20	0	0	0	0	115.0	119	58	53	16	36	5	80	2	0	3	493	92	4.50	1.348	9.3	1.3	2.8	6.3	2.22

2013	34	WSN-min	AAA,A-,Rk	1	2	.333	6.81	9	9	0	0	0	0	37.0	52	31	28	9	16	0	21	0	0	1	178			1.838	12.6	2.2	3.9	5.1	1.31	SYR,AUB,NAT IL,NYPL,GULF
2014	35	SEA	AL	12	9	.571	3.65	30	29	0	0	0	0	165.0	143	70	67	26	60	3	108	3	1	5	688	100	5.02	1.230	7.8	1.4	3.3	5.9	1.80
2015	36	KCR	AL	11	6	.647	3.06	34	18	3	0	0	0	123.1	91	44	42	16	43	0	83	0	0	5	500	137	4.52	1.086	6.6	1.2	3.1	6.1	1.93
2016	37	KCR	AL	3	9	.250	6.19	34	13	7	0	0	1	88.2	104	63	61	28	43	1	94	1	0	3	406	70	6.62	1.658	10.6	2.8	4.4	9.5	2.19
2017	38	KCR	AL	0	0		7.50	14	2	5	0	0	0	30.0	47	27	25	7	14	2	22	1	0	1	148	60	6.22	2.033	14.1	2.1	4.2	6.6	1.57
13 Yrs				79	67	.541	3.95	271	221	15	1	0	1	1297.2	1130	605	570	186	502	24	1062	33	7	39	5480	103	4.59	1.258	7.8	1.3	3.5	7.4	2.12
162 Game Avg.				11	9	.541	3.95	37	31	2	0	0	0	179	156	84	79	26	69	3	147	5	1	5	757	103	4.59	1.258	7.8	1.3	3.5	7.4	2.12

SDP (5 yrs)				33	25	.569	3.60	97	97	0	1	0	0	550.2	416	233	220	64	240	11	489	16	6	18	2292	110	4.29	1.191	6.8	1.0	3.9	8.0	2.04
KCR (3 yrs)				14	15	.483	4.76	82	33	15	0	0	1	242.0	242	134	128	51	100	3	199	2	0	9	1054	90	5.50	1.413	9.0	1.9	3.7	7.4	1.99
NYM (2 yrs)				5	9	.357	3.76	24	24	0	0	0	0	139.0	131	63	58	19	47	5	102	3	0	3	588	101	4.47	1.281	8.5	1.2	3.0	6.6	2.17
TEX (2 yrs)				15	9	.625	4.34	38	38	0	0	0	0	201.0	198	105	97	26	55	2	164	9	0	4	858	108	4.03	1.259	8.9	1.2	2.5	7.3	2.98
SEA (1 yr)				12	9	.571	3.65	30	29	0	0	0	0	165.0	143	70	67	26	60	3	108	3	1	5	688	100	5.02	1.230	7.8	1.4	3.3	5.9	1.80

NL (7 yrs)				38	34	.528	3.63	121	121	0	1	0	0	689.2	547	296	278	83	287	16	591	19	6	21	2880	108	4.33	1.209	7.1	1.1	3.7	7.7	2.06
AL (6 yrs)				41	33	.554	4.32	150	100	15	0	0	1	608.0	583	309	292	103	215	8	471	14	1	18	2600	98	4.88	1.313	8.6	1.5	3.2	7.0	2.19

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