Bobby Young

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Full Name: Robert George Young	Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/175	First Game: August 30, 1948
Birthdate: January 22, 1925	Final Game: September 28, 1958
Birthplace: Granite, Maryland	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: January 28, 1985
Deathplace: Baltimore, Maryland
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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Bobby Young (Robert George Young) was born on January 22, 1925 in Granite, Maryland. He made his Major League debut on August 30, 1948 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1951, his rookie year, he hit .260 with 1 home run and 31 RBI. Young played for the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Browns, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 7 year career.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1948	STL	N	3	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1951	STL	A	147	611	75	159	1	31	.260	.310	.316	13	9	44	51	0	19	8	0	14
1952	STL	A	149	575	59	142	4	39	.247	.314	.325	15	9	56	48	0	5	3	0	7
1953	STL	A	148	537	48	137	4	25	.255	.309	.326	22	2	41	40	1	14	2	0	12
1954	BAL	A	130	432	43	106	4	24	.245	.329	.331	13	6	54	42	1	9	4	0	8
1955	CLE	A	18	45	7	14	0	6	.311	.326	.378	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
1955	BAL	A	59	186	5	37	1	8	.199	.244	.231	3	0	11	23	0	4	1	1	3
1955	TOT	A	77	231	12	51	1	14	.221	.259	.260	4	1	12	25	0	5	1	1	3
1956	CLE	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	PHI	N	32	60	7	14	1	4	.233	.246	.333	1	1	1	5	0	7	0	0	5
Total	NL		35	61	7	14	1	4	.230	.242	.328	1	1	1	6	0	7	0	0	5
Total	AL		652	2386	237	595	14	133	.249	.309	.318	67	27	207	206	2	52	18	1	44
Total			687	2447	244	609	15	137	.249	.308	.318	68	28	208	212	2	59	18	1	49

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1948	STL	N	3B	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	STL	A	2B	147	0	0	361	462	17	118	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1952	STL	A	2B	149	0	0	380	407	13	127	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1953	STL	A	2B	148	0	0	397	363	18	120	0	0	0	0	0	.977
1954	BAL	A	2B	127	0	0	299	310	15	76	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1955	CLE	A	2B	11	0	0	24	33	1	14	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1955	CLE	A	3B	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1955	BAL	A	2B	58	0	0	121	146	4	42	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1955	TOT	A	2B	69	0	0	145	179	5	56	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1958	PHI	N	2B	21	12	120	28	33	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	.968
Total			2B	661	12	120	1610	1754	70	503	0	0	0	0	0	.980
Total			3B	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1946).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Don Richmond (June 11, 1949).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Hank Majeski (June 27, 1955).
Sold by Cleveland Indians to Philadelphia Phillies (June 20, 1957).

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