Matt Young
[edit] Biography
Born on August 9, 1958 in Pasadena, California, Matt Young (Matthew John Young) played for the Seattle Mariners, Los Angeles Dodgers, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 10 year career. Young broke into the bigs on April 6, 1983 with the Seattle Mariners, and put up a 3.27 ERA in 203.2 innings pitched in 1983, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Matt Young's best season was 1986, when he posted a 3.82 ERA, notched 13 saves and struck out 82 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1983
| SEA
| A
| 33
| 32
| 11
| 15
| 3.27
| 130
| 86
| 74
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 203.2
| 178
| 17
| 79
| 2
| 4
| 7
|
| 1984
| SEA
| A
| 22
| 22
| 6
| 8
| 5.72
| 73
| 81
| 72
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 113.1
| 141
| 11
| 57
| 3
| 3
| 1
|
| 1985
| SEA
| A
| 37
| 35
| 12
| 19
| 4.91
| 136
| 135
| 119
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 218.1
| 242
| 23
| 76
| 3
| 6
| 7
|
| 1986
| SEA
| A
| 65
| 5
| 8
| 6
| 3.82
| 82
| 50
| 44
| 1
| 0
| 13
| 103.2
| 108
| 9
| 46
| 2
| 7
| 8
|
| 1987
| LA
| N
| 47
| 0
| 5
| 8
| 4.47
| 42
| 30
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 54.1
| 62
| 3
| 17
| 5
| 3
| 0
|
| 1989
| OAK
| A
| 26
| 4
| 1
| 4
| 6.75
| 27
| 31
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 37.1
| 42
| 2
| 31
| 2
| 5
| 0
|
| 1990
| SEA
| A
| 34
| 33
| 8
| 18
| 3.51
| 176
| 106
| 88
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 225.1
| 198
| 15
| 107
| 7
| 16
| 6
|
| 1991
| BOS
| A
| 19
| 16
| 3
| 7
| 5.18
| 69
| 55
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 88.2
| 92
| 4
| 53
| 2
| 5
| 2
|
| 1992
| BOS
| A
| 28
| 8
| 0
| 4
| 4.58
| 57
| 42
| 36
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 70.2
| 69
| 7
| 42
| 2
| 2
| 3
|
| 1993
| CLE
| A
| 22
| 8
| 1
| 6
| 5.21
| 65
| 45
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 74.1
| 75
| 8
| 57
| 0
| 5
| 3
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 47
| 0
| 5
| 8
| 4.47
| 42
| 30
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 54.1
| 62
| 3
| 17
| 5
| 3
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 286
| 163
| 50
| 87
| 4.40
| 815
| 631
| 555
| 20
| 5
| 14
| 1135.1
| 1145
| 96
| 548
| 23
| 53
| 37
|
| Total
|
|
| 333
| 163
| 55
| 95
| 4.40
| 857
| 661
| 582
| 20
| 5
| 25
| 1189.2
| 1207
| 99
| 565
| 28
| 56
| 37
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1983
| SEA
| A
| P
| 33
| 32
| 203.2
| 9
| 39
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 14
| 8
| 2
| .941
|
| 1984
| SEA
| A
| P
| 22
| 22
| 113.1
| 3
| 21
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 5
| 2
| .923
|
| 1985
| SEA
| A
| P
| 37
| 35
| 218.1
| 6
| 24
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 13
| 16
| 1
| .968
|
| 1986
| SEA
| A
| P
| 65
| 5
| 103.2
| 4
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| .765
|
| 1987
| LA
| N
| P
| 47
| 0
| 54.1
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 0
| .667
|
| 1989
| OAK
| A
| P
| 26
| 4
| 37.1
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1990
| SEA
| A
| P
| 34
| 33
| 225.1
| 12
| 31
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 7
| 20
| 14
| 3
| .827
|
| 1991
| BOS
| A
| P
| 19
| 16
| 88.2
| 4
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 8
| 3
| 0
| .933
|
| 1992
| BOS
| A
| P
| 28
| 8
| 70.2
| 2
| 8
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 3
| 0
| .625
|
| 1993
| CLE
| A
| P
| 22
| 8
| 74.1
| 4
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 7
| 0
| .933
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 333
| 163
| 1189.2
| 50
| 159
| 29
| 6
| 0
| 22
| 95
| 59
| 8
| .878
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1983
| SEA
| A
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| SEA
| A
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| SEA
| A
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| SEA
| A
| 65
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1987
| LA
| N
| 47
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1989
| OAK
| A
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| SEA
| A
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1991
| BOS
| A
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1992
| BOS
| A
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| CLE
| A
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 47
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 286
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 333
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (January 10, 1978).
- Selected by Seattle Mariners in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1980).
- Traded by Seattle Mariners to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Dennis Powell and Mike Watters (December 10, 1986).
- Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers with Bob Welch to Oakland Athletics as part of 3-team trade in which Oakland Athletics sent Kevin Tapani and Wally Whitehurst to New York Mets; Los Angeles Dodgers sent Jack Savage to New York Mets; New York Mets sent Jesse Orosco to Los Angeles Dodgers; and Oakland Athletics sent Alfredo Griffin and Jay Howell to Los Angeles Dodgers (December 11, 1987).
- Released by Oakland Athletics (November 21, 1988).
- Signed by Oakland Athletics (January 19, 1989).
- Granted free agency (November 13, 1989).
- Signed by Seattle Mariners (December 15, 1989).
- Granted free agency (November 5, 1990).
- Signed by Boston Red Sox (December 4, 1990).
- Released by Boston Red Sox (March 30, 1993).
- Signed by Cleveland Indians (April 6, 1993).
- Released by Cleveland Indians (August 9, 1993).
- Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (August 12, 1993).
- Released by Toronto Blue Jays (September 8, 1993).
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