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Pep Young

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Full Name: Lemuel Floyd Young Primary Position: 2B,SS
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/162 First Game: April 25, 1933
Birthdate: August 29, 1907 Final Game: September 30, 1945
Birthplace: Jamestown, North Carolina MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: January 14, 1962
Deathplace: Jamestown, North Carolina
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Pep Young (Lemuel Floyd Young) was born on August 29, 1907 in Jamestown, North Carolina. He made his Major League debut on April 25, 1933 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1935, his rookie year, he hit .265 with 7 home runs and 82 RBI. Young played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that Pep Young's best season was 1938, when he hit for a .278 average and knocked in 79 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
1933 PIT N 25 20 3 6 0 0 .300 .300 .450 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
1934 PIT N 19 17 3 4 0 2 .235 .235 .235 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
1935 PIT N 128 494 60 131 7 82 .265 .298 .399 25 10 21 59 2 6 2 0 11
1936 PIT N 125 475 47 118 6 77 .248 .293 .377 23 10 29 52 1 9 3 0 9
1937 PIT N 113 408 43 106 9 54 .260 .306 .390 20 3 26 63 1 7 4 0 8
1938 PIT N 149 562 58 156 4 79 .278 .329 .381 36 5 40 64 3 5 7 0 15
1939 PIT N 84 293 34 81 3 29 .276 .333 .375 14 3 23 29 2 9 1 0 7
1940 PIT N 54 136 19 34 2 20 .250 .320 .382 8 2 12 23 2 0 1 0 0
1941 STL N 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1941 CIN N 4 12 2 2 0 0 .167 .231 .167 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1941 TOT N 6 14 2 2 0 0 .143 .200 .143 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0
1945 STL N 27 47 5 7 1 4 .149 .167 .234 1 0 1 8 0 2 0 0 1
Total 730 2466 274 645 32 347 .262 .308 .380 128 34 152 312 12 38 18 0 51

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1933 PIT N 2B 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1933 PIT N SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1934 PIT N 2B 2 0 0 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1934 PIT N SS 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1935 PIT N 3B 6 0 0 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1935 PIT N OF 6 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1935 PIT N 2B 107 0 0 282 315 30 47 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1935 PIT N SS 4 0 0 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .933
1936 PIT N 2B 123 0 0 318 361 24 39 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1937 PIT N 2B 30 0 0 73 92 2 14 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1937 PIT N SS 45 0 0 84 160 15 34 0 0 0 0 0 .942
1937 PIT N 3B 39 0 0 38 76 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 .942
1938 PIT N 2B 149 0 0 370 554 26 120 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1939 PIT N 2B 84 0 0 202 270 16 61 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1940 PIT N 2B 33 0 0 51 79 13 9 0 0 0 0 0 .909
1940 PIT N SS 7 0 0 6 12 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1940 PIT N 3B 5 0 0 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1941 CIN N 3B 3 0 0 5 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1945 STL N 2B 3 0 0 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1945 STL N SS 11 0 0 23 21 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1945 STL N 3B 9 0 0 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .889
Total OF 6 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 2B 532 0 0 1306 1682 111 292 0 0 0 0 0 .964
Total SS 70 0 0 121 203 19 43 0 0 0 0 0 .945
Total 3B 62 0 0 58 99 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 .940

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Atlanta (Southern Association) in exchange for Alf Anderson (September 30, 1940).
  • Selected by Brooklyn Dodgers from Atlanta (Southern Association) in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 1, 1940).
  • Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Lew Riggs (December 9, 1940).

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