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Mike Piazza League
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John Young Third Base
Retired (1955, Age 33)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .290 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .818 Status Deceased (2000) Option Years 0  
H 229 Age at Death 79 Date of Birth 11-18-1921
HR 20 Drafted Round 2, Pick 28
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 5 years
(114 games)
RBI 107
SB 0
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R Power vs. L B- Velocity D+   Mentor vR A+
Speed Bunt Control   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * (0.2%) SS --- Range B- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm A+ WS Appearances 1
2B D- (4.4%) CF ---   Health B- LCS Appearances 1
3B A+ (100%) RF B- (55.4%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1950 RF BOS 23 23 204.0 39 37 0 2 0 -1 1.63 .949
1B BOS 13 13 116.0 122 118 4 0 7 0 9.47 1.000
3B BOS 13 13 113.1 36 8 25 3 0 -4 2.62 .917
SS BOS 5 5 43.2 22 5 15 2 3 -5 4.12 .909
2B BOS 4 4 35.0 13 6 7 0 1 0 3.34 1.000
C BOS 3 3 27.0 25 22 1 2 0 0 3 1 25.0% 0 7.67 .920
1951 2B BOS 14 14 126.0 47 16 30 1 3 +2 3.29 .979
3B BOS 12 12 106.1 42 12 27 3 0 +1 3.30 .929
1B BOS 9 9 78.0 89 87 1 1 3 -2 10.15 .989
SS BOS 6 6 56.2 31 7 21 3 3 -1 4.45 .903
RF BOS 6 6 53.0 10 10 0 0 0 0 1.70 1.000
C BOS 2 2 17.0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 7.94 1.000
1952 C BOS 13 13 120.1 106 100 3 3 1 2 18 1 5.3% 0 7.70 .972
RF BOS 2 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.50 1.000
2B BOS 1 1 9.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2.00 1.000
3B BOS 1 1 9.0 4 1 2 1 0 0 3.00 .750
SS BOS 1 1 8.0 4 0 4 0 0 -2 4.50 1.000
1953 C BOS 10 10 86.0 76 72 0 4 1 0 16 0 0.0% 0 7.53 .947
CF BOS 5 5 42.0 4 4 0 0 0 -1 0.86 1.000
2B BOS 4 4 38.0 25 9 16 0 0 0 5.92 1.000
RF BOS 3 3 27.0 9 9 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
3B BOS 3 3 26.2 6 2 3 1 1 -1 1.69 .833
SS BOS 2 2 18.0 9 3 5 1 0 -3 4.00 .889
1B BOS 2 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 13.50 1.000
1954 CF BOS 21 21 186.0 58 58 0 0 0 -3 2.81 1.000
3B BOS 8 8 71.0 19 7 12 0 2 -1 2.41 1.000
2B BOS 3 3 27.0 15 5 10 0 1 0 5.00 1.000
SS BOS 1 1 9.0 7 2 5 0 1 0 7.00 1.000
LF BOS 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
RF BOS 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 +1 2.25 1.000
1955 CF BOS 7 7 68.1 18 16 0 2 0 0 2.11 .889
RF BOS 4 4 34.2 11 11 0 0 0 0 2.86 1.000
SS BOS 3 3 26.0 10 4 5 1 0 0 3.12 .900
3B BOS 2 2 22.1 5 2 3 0 0 -1 2.02 1.000
2B BOS 2 2 18.0 6 4 2 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
C BOS 2 2 17.0 11 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 NaN% 0 5.82 1.000
Pos Total 3B 39 39 348.2 112 32 72 8 3 -6 2.68 .929
RF 39 39 344.2 74 72 0 2 0 0 1.88 .973
CF 33 33 296.1 80 78 0 2 0 -4 2.37 .975
C 30 30 267.1 233 220 4 9 2 4 37 2 5.1% 0 7.54 .961
2B 28 28 253.0 108 41 66 1 6 +2 3.81 .991
1B 24 22 196.0 214 208 5 1 10 -2 9.78 .995
SS 18 18 161.1 83 21 55 7 7 -11 4.24 .916
LF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Total 212 210 1876.1 904 672 202 30 28 4 37 2 5.1% -21 4.19 .967
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1955-11-01John Young has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1955-08-10The Boston Braves have promoted Charlie Taylor to the major league team. The Boston Braves have promoted David Jones to the major league team. The Boston Braves have waived Dorsey Borden. The Boston Braves have waived John Young.
1951-09-13John Young of the Boston Braves is injured and is expected to be out 36 days.
1950-04-15The Boston Braves have re-claimed John Young from the waiver wire.
1950-04-15The Boston Braves have promoted Dan Tennant to the major league team. The Boston Braves have promoted Steve Watwood to the major league team. The Boston Braves have sent Chris Page to the minors. The Boston Braves have sent Charlie Mann to the minors. The Boston Braves have designated John Young for assignment.