Joel Youngblood

Full Name: Joel Randolph Youngblood	Primary Position: OF,RF,LF,3B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: April 13, 1976
Birthdate: August 28, 1951	Final Game: September 27, 1989
Birthplace: Houston, Texas	MLB Experience: 14 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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- 2.1 Batting Stats
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[edit] Biography

Joel Youngblood (Joel Randolph Youngblood) was born on August 28, 1951 in Houston, Texas. He made his Major League debut on April 13, 1976 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 1977, his rookie year, he hit .244 with 0 home runs and 12 RBI. Youngblood played for the Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Montreal Expos and San Francisco Giants over the course of his 14 year career.

Most people believe that Joel Youngblood's best season was 1979, when he slugged 16 home runs, hit for a .275 average and knocked in 60 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1976	CIN	N	55	57	8	11	0	1	.193	.233	.246	1	1	2	8	1	0	1	0	1
1977	STL	N	25	27	1	5	0	1	.185	.267	.259	2	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	1
1977	NY	N	70	182	16	46	0	11	.253	.301	.324	11	1	13	40	0	1	1	1	6
1977	TOT	N	95	209	17	51	0	12	.244	.296	.316	13	1	16	45	0	1	1	1	7
1978	NY	N	113	266	40	67	7	30	.252	.294	.436	12	8	16	39	1	1	4	1	4
1979	NY	N	158	590	90	162	16	60	.275	.346	.436	37	5	60	84	7	4	18	7	7
1980	NY	N	146	514	58	142	8	69	.276	.340	.381	26	2	52	69	2	0	14	10	10
1981	NY	N	43	143	16	50	4	25	.350	.398	.531	10	2	12	19	2	0	2	1	4
1982	NY	N	80	202	21	52	3	21	.257	.302	.361	12	0	8	37	5	1	0	1	4
1982	MON	N	40	90	16	18	0	8	.200	.291	.222	2	0	9	21	3	1	2	1	2
1982	TOT	N	120	292	37	70	3	29	.240	.299	.318	14	0	17	58	8	2	2	2	6
1983	SF	N	124	373	59	109	17	53	.292	.356	.499	20	3	33	59	5	2	7	4	11
1984	SF	N	134	469	50	119	10	51	.254	.328	.358	17	1	48	86	4	3	5	1	8
1985	SF	N	95	230	24	62	4	24	.270	.355	.348	6	0	30	37	1	1	3	1	6
1986	SF	N	97	184	20	47	5	28	.255	.320	.402	12	0	18	34	1	2	1	0	2
1987	SF	N	69	91	9	23	3	11	.253	.296	.385	3	0	5	13	1	0	1	0	3
1988	SF	N	83	123	12	31	0	16	.252	.307	.285	4	0	10	17	1	2	1	0	5
1989	CIN	N	76	118	13	25	3	13	.212	.299	.331	5	0	13	21	2	0	0	2	6
Total			1408	3659	453	969	80	422	.265	.329	.392	180	23	332	589	36	18	60	30	80

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1976	CIN	N	3B	6	0	15	1	2	1	1	.750
1976	CIN	N	CF	3	2	19	7	1	0	1	1.000
1976	CIN	N	RF	3	3	23	3	0	1	0	.750
1976	CIN	N	C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1976	CIN	N	OF	9	5	48	14	1	1	1	.938
1976	CIN	N	LF	3	0	6	2	0	0	0	1.000
1976	CIN	N	2B	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	.000
1977	STL	N	OF	11	4	41.1	7	0	0	0	1.000
1977	STL	N	RF	1	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	.000
1977	STL	N	LF	10	4	40	7	0	0	0	1.000
1977	STL	N	3B	6	1	19	1	6	1	0	.875
1977	NY	N	RF	13	6	73	22	1	0	0	1.000
1977	NY	N	LF	4	0	6	0	0	0	0	.000
1977	NY	N	2B	33	21	204.2	54	70	6	19	.954
1977	NY	N	3B	10	8	69	9	15	1	2	.960
1977	NY	N	OF	22	11	125.1	36	3	0	0	1.000
1977	NY	N	CF	7	5	46.1	16	2	0	0	1.000
1977	TOT	N	OF	33	15	166.2	43	3	0	0	1.000
1977	TOT	N	3B	16	9	88	10	21	2	2	.939
1977	TOT	N	RF	14	6	74.1	22	1	0	0	1.000
1977	TOT	N	LF	14	4	46	7	0	0	0	1.000
1978	NY	N	RF	34	18	190.2	55	5	1	1	.984
1978	NY	N	LF	7	2	25.2	6	1	0	0	1.000
1978	NY	N	OF	51	29	297.1	86	8	1	1	.989
1978	NY	N	CF	14	9	81	24	1	0	0	1.000
1978	NY	N	SS	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1.000
1978	NY	N	2B	40	23	233	67	72	3	19	.979
1978	NY	N	3B	9	9	63	5	16	2	1	.913
1979	NY	N	OF	147	139	1229.2	308	18	5	3	.985
1979	NY	N	2B	13	6	71.2	21	22	2	6	.956
1979	NY	N	RF	87	82	686	164	8	2	2	.989
1979	NY	N	3B	12	7	72	8	17	2	1	.926
1979	NY	N	LF	71	53	505.2	136	9	2	2	.986
1979	NY	N	CF	5	4	38	11	0	1	0	.917
1980	NY	N	OF	121	109	988.1	292	18	5	6	.984
1980	NY	N	3B	21	16	143	15	33	6	3	.889
1980	NY	N	RF	96	75	695.2	194	8	3	4	.985
1980	NY	N	2B	6	3	36	11	14	2	2	.926
1980	NY	N	CF	40	34	292.2	99	6	2	2	.981
1981	NY	N	RF	36	32	274.1	62	7	3	0	.958
1981	NY	N	LF	5	4	35	8	0	0	0	1.000
1981	NY	N	OF	41	37	315.1	70	6	3	0	.962
1981	NY	N	CF	1	1	6	2	0	0	0	1.000
1982	NY	N	OF	63	40	390.2	88	5	3	1	.969
1982	NY	N	CF	8	8	56	20	1	0	0	1.000
1982	NY	N	SS	1	0	3	1	1	1	0	.667
1982	NY	N	RF	43	31	310.1	63	4	3	1	.957
1982	NY	N	2B	7	5	47	11	16	3	2	.900
1982	NY	N	LF	15	1	24.1	5	0	0	0	1.000
1982	NY	N	3B	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	.000
1982	MON	N	CF	2	2	15	6	0	0	0	1.000
1982	MON	N	OF	35	23	219.1	49	1	0	0	1.000
1982	MON	N	RF	33	21	204.1	41	1	0	0	1.000
1982	TOT	N	OF	98	63	610	137	6	3	1	.979
1982	TOT	N	RF	76	52	514.2	104	5	3	1	.973
1982	TOT	N	CF	10	10	71	26	1	0	0	1.000
1983	SF	N	OF	23	14	147	28	2	1	0	.968
1983	SF	N	2B	63	53	441.1	97	142	13	26	.948
1983	SF	N	LF	16	6	77	13	0	0	0	1.000
1983	SF	N	3B	28	25	228	22	38	5	2	.923
1983	SF	N	RF	8	8	70	16	2	1	0	.947
1984	SF	N	RF	8	4	42	7	0	0	0	1.000
1984	SF	N	3B	118	114	1010	87	195	36	11	.887
1984	SF	N	2B	5	3	25	6	11	1	1	.944
1984	SF	N	OF	12	5	55.2	9	0	0	0	1.000
1984	SF	N	LF	4	1	13.2	2	0	0	0	1.000
1985	SF	N	OF	56	49	451	103	4	5	0	.955
1985	SF	N	LF	7	5	48.1	9	2	0	0	1.000
1985	SF	N	RF	34	29	265.2	62	1	2	0	.969
1985	SF	N	3B	1	1	6	0	2	1	0	.667
1985	SF	N	CF	17	15	137	34	0	3	0	.919
1986	SF	N	LF	29	19	174	40	0	0	0	1.000
1986	SF	N	3B	5	1	15	0	1	0	0	1.000
1986	SF	N	RF	17	6	84	7	1	0	0	1.000
1986	SF	N	2B	4	0	6	0	3	0	0	1.000
1986	SF	N	OF	45	25	258	49	2	0	1	1.000
1986	SF	N	1B	7	2	19	18	3	2	3	.913
1986	SF	N	SS	1	0	4	1	5	1	0	.857
1987	SF	N	OF	22	14	114.2	24	2	0	0	1.000
1987	SF	N	3B	2	1	4.2	0	1	0	0	1.000
1987	SF	N	RF	14	7	71	19	1	0	0	1.000
1987	SF	N	CF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1987	SF	N	LF	9	7	42.2	2	0	0	0	1.000
1988	SF	N	LF	22	9	103.2	24	0	1	0	.960
1988	SF	N	RF	18	6	66.1	15	0	0	0	1.000
1988	SF	N	OF	45	17	198	48	0	1	0	.980
1988	SF	N	CF	9	2	28	8	0	0	0	1.000
1989	CIN	N	OF	45	22	207.1	31	1	1	1	.970
1989	CIN	N	LF	35	19	172	25	1	1	1	.963
1989	CIN	N	RF	10	3	35.1	6	0	0	0	1.000
Total			LF	237	130	1274	279	13	4	3	.986
Total			SS	3	0	8	4	6	2	0	.833
Total			1B	7	2	19	18	3	2	3	.913
Total			C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			OF	748	543	5087	1242	71	26	14	.981
Total			2B	172	114	1065	267	350	30	75	.954
Total			CF	107	82	720	227	11	6	3	.975
Total			RF	455	331	3093	736	39	16	8	.980
Total			3B	220	183	1649.2	148	326	55	21	.896

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (January 17, 1970).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Bill Caudill (March 28, 1977).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to New York Mets in exchange for Mike Phillips (June 15, 1977).
Traded by New York Mets to Montreal Expos in exchange for a player to be named later (August 4, 1982); New York Mets received Tom Gorman (August 16, 1982).
Granted free agency (November 10, 1982).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (February 7, 1983).
Released by San Francisco Giants (December 20, 1985).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (March 20, 1986).
Granted free agency (November 9, 1987).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (December 1, 1987).
Granted free agency (November 4, 1988).
Signed by Cincinnati Reds (December 21, 1988).
Granted free agency (November 13, 1989).