Dmitri Young

Positions: Leftfielder, First Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-2, 295lb (188cm, 133kg)

Born: October 11, 1973 in Vicksburg, MS us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (4th) of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rio Mesa HS (Oxnard, CA).

High School: Rio Mesa HS (Oxnard, CA)

Debut: August 29, 1996 (Age 22-323d, 14,574th in MLB history)
vs. FLA 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 11, 2008 (Age 34-274d)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1997 season

Agents: Tom Reich, Adam Katz • Previously: Arn Tellem, Eric Goldschmidt

Full Name: Dmitri Dell Young

Nicknames: Da Meat Hook

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Relatives: Brother of Delmon Young

2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.2

AB

4762

H

1389

HR

171

BA

.292

R

648

RBI

683

SB

OBP

.351

SLG

.475

OPS

.826

OPS+

114

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1991	17	STL-min	Rk	37	154	129	22	33	10	0	2	22	2	1	21	28	.256	.364	.380	.743		49	1	2	0	2	1		JOH · APPY
1992	18	STL-min	A	135	553	493	74	153	36	6	14	72	14	13	51	94	.310	.378	.493	.871		243	9	5	0	4	3		SPR · MIDW
1993	19	STL-min	A+,AA	114	478	436	44	126	24	5	8	64	7	8	33	57	.289	.341	.422	.763		184	12	4	0	5	4		SPT,ARK · FLOR,TL
1994	20	STL-min	AA	125	498	453	53	123	33	2	8	54	0	3	36	60	.272	.330	.406	.736		184	6	5	1	3	14		ARK · TL
1995	21	STL-min	AA,AAA	99	411	374	57	109	18	6	10	62	2	4	31	47	.291	.348	.452	.800		169	11	3	0	3	3		ARK,LOU · TL,AA
1996	22	STL-min	AAA	122	497	459	90	153	31	8	15	64	16	5	34	67	.333	.378	.534	.912		245	5	1	0	3	8		LOU · AA
1996	22	STL	NL	16	34	29	3	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	5	.241	.353	.241	.594	62	7	1	1	0	0	0	3/H
1997	23	STL-min	AAA	24	97	84	10	23	7	0	4	14	1	1	13	15	.274	.371	.500	.871		42	1	0	0	0	0		LOU · AA
1997	23	STL	NL	110	377	333	38	86	14	3	5	34	6	5	38	63	.258	.335	.363	.698	84	121	8	2	1	3	3	3H9/7D
1998	24	CIN	NL	144	590	536	81	166	48	1	14	83	2	4	47	94	.310	.364	.481	.846	119	258	16	2	0	5	4	739/H
1999	25	CIN	NL	127	409	373	63	112	30	2	14	56	3	1	30	71	.300	.352	.504	.856	111	188	11	2	0	4	1	9H7/3D
2000	26	CIN	NL	152	593	548	68	166	37	6	18	88	0	3	36	80	.303	.346	.491	.837	107	269	16	3	1	5	6	*73H/D9
2001	27	CIN	NL	142	586	540	68	163	28	3	21	69	8	5	37	77	.302	.350	.481	.832	108	260	22	5	1	3	10	735/H9
2002	28	DET	AL	54	216	201	25	57	14	0	7	27	2	0	12	39	.284	.329	.458	.786	114	92	12	2	0	1	5	D3/H57
2003	29	DET	AL	155	635	562	78	167	34	7	29	85	2	1	58	130	.297	.372	.537	.909	144	302	16	11	0	4	16	D75/H3	AS
2004	30	DET-min	AAA	2	11	10	1	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	1	0	.500	.545	1.100	1.645		11	0	0	0	0	0		TOL · IL
2004	30	DET	AL	104	432	389	72	106	23	2	18	60	0	1	33	71	.272	.336	.481	.816	115	187	8	6	0	4	4	D3/H75
2005	31	DET	AL	126	509	469	61	127	25	3	21	72	1	0	29	100	.271	.325	.471	.796	112	221	16	9	0	1	7	D37/H9
2006	32	DET-min	AAA,AA,A+	16	65	56	7	19	5	0	1	7	0	0	9	11	.339	.431	.482	.913		27	0	0	0	0	0		TOL,ERI,LAK · IL,EL,FLOR
2006	32	DET	AL	48	184	172	19	43	4	1	7	23	1	1	11	39	.250	.293	.407	.700	79	70	3	0	0	1	0	D/H3
2007	33	WSN	NL	136	508	460	57	147	38	1	13	74	0	0	44	74	.320	.378	.491	.869	129	226	13	1	0	3	6	*3H/D	AS
2008	34	WSN-min	A-,AA	8	23	20	0	7	3	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	.350	.435	.500	.935		10	0	0	0	0	0		VMT,HRB · NYPL,EL
2008	34	WSN	NL	50	180	150	15	42	6	0	4	10	0	0	28	28	.280	.394	.400	.794	112	60	8	1	0	1	4	3/HD
2009	35	WSN-min	AA,Rk,A+	14	46	38	7	9	2	0	1	3	0	0	5	5	.237	.348	.368	.716		14	1	2	0	1	1		HRB,NAT,POT · EL,GULF,CARL
13 Yrs				1364	5253	4762	648	1389	301	29	171	683	25	22	407	871	.292	.351	.475	.826	114	2261	150	45	3	35	66
162 Game Avg.				162	624	566	77	165	36	3	20	81	3	3	48	103	.292	.351	.475	.826	114	269	18	5	0	4	8

DET (5 yrs)				487	1976	1793	255	500	100	13	82	267	6	3	143	379	.279	.340	.486	.826	120	872	55	28	0	11	32
CIN (4 yrs)				565	2178	1997	280	607	143	12	67	296	13	13	150	322	.304	.353	.488	.842	111	975	65	12	2	17	21
WSN (2 yrs)				186	688	610	72	189	44	1	17	84	0	0	72	102	.310	.382	.469	.851	125	286	21	2	0	4	10
STL (2 yrs)				126	411	362	41	93	14	3	5	36	6	6	42	68	.257	.337	.354	.690	82	128	9	3	1	3	3

NL (8 yrs)				877	3277	2969	393	889	201	16	89	416	19	19	264	492	.299	.357	.468	.825	111	1389	95	17	3	24	34
AL (5 yrs)				487	1976	1793	255	500	100	13	82	267	6	3	143	379	.279	.340	.486	.826	120	872	55	28	0	11	32

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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