Pep Young
[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
| 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
| 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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