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James
Young		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 225
 
Born: July 26, 1949 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1983   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 23 PHX JL   6 4 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
1974 24 PHX JL $ 300,000 7 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4
1975 25 PHX JL $ 300,000 7 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 5 4
1976 26 PHX JL $ 300,000 7 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4
1977 27 MAN FL $ 2,307,143 7 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4
1978 28 MAN FL $ 2,307,143 7 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 4
1979 29 DM FL $ 2,307,143 7 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 4 4
1980 30 PHX JL $ 2,129,000 7 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   6 4 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,307,143 7 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 4
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 31 NO FL $ 2,129,000   14 14 15 12 12 12 10 9 10 11 10 10 11 13 12
1982 32 NO FL $ 5,000,000   13 13 15 12 12 12 10 10 10 11 10 11 11 13 13
1983 33 NO FL $ 5,000,000   13 13 15 11 10 10 8 7 8 9 8 8 10 12 11
1984 34 NO FL $ 4,415,000   13 13 15 11 10 10 8 7 7 9 7 8 9 11 10
1985 35 NO FL $ 4,415,000   13 13 15 11 10 10 8 7 7 8 7 7 8 10 9
1986 36 NO FL $ 4,415,000   14 14 15 7 7 7 8 7 8 5 4 5 6 8 8
1987 37 MON FL $ 2,250,000   7 7 8 2 1 1 8 7 7 5 4 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 2,129,000   7 7 8 2 1 1 8 7 7 5 4 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   14 14 15 12 12 12 10 10 10 11 10 11 11 13 13
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 23 AAA   88 156 9 30 1 0 0 10 0 1 13 39 .192 .254 .199 .453 7.2  
1974 24 PHX JL 142 495 43 126 17 0 9 51 1 0 22 82 .255 .286 .343 .629 46.0 4.9
1975 25 PHX JL 135 473 39 136 12 1 7 56 1 0 35 65 .288 .337 .362 .698 54.0 7.4
1976 26 PHX JL 140 499 48 140 12 0 10 59 1 0 35 59 .281 .324 .365 .689 57.9 8.0
1977 27 PHX JL 65 231 20 49 9 1 5 31 0 0 17 32 .212 .262 .325 .587 19.8 0.3
  MAN FL 80 255 21 67 5 1 2 22 1 1 23 45 .263 .320 .314 .634 27.1 3.4
  TOT   145 486 41 116 14 2 7 53 1 1 40 77 .239 .293 .319 .612 46.8 3.7
1978 28 MAN FL 152 533 49 140 12 4 15 56 2 4 23 87 .263 .295 .385 .679 57.1 9.2
1979 29 MAN FL 70 240 28 68 3 2 7 28 1 2 24 39 .283 .345 .400 .745 32.7 6.5
  DM FL 64 231 24 65 9 2 6 40 0 1 12 31 .281 .314 .416 .730 27.8 4.2
  TOT   134 471 52 133 12 4 13 68 1 3 36 70 .282 .330 .408 .738 60.5 10.8
    AAA   8 27 7 11 1 0 2 3 0 0 4 5 .407 .484 .667 1.151 7.4  
1980 30 PHX JL 114 282 47 81 10 1 7 41 4 1 37 50 .287 .370 .404 .774 42.9 7.9
1981 31 PHX JL 56 127 15 36 6 1 1 13 0 0 15 30 .283 .357 .370 .727 16.7 2.7
  NO FL 60 231 32 84 13 1 3 36 0 0 14 45 .364 .397 .468 .864 38.2 8.6
  TOT   116 358 47 120 19 2 4 49 0 0 29 75 .335 .382 .433 .815 55.0 11.3
    AAA   6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.4  
1982 32 NO FL 144 542 65 158 29 1 14 93 1 0 28 106 .292 .324 .426 .750 70.8 11.4
1983 33 NO FL 139 500 78 149 19 1 16 76 0 1 36 105 .298 .342 .436 .778 72.8 13.1
1984 34 NO FL 79 263 43 83 9 0 6 55 0 1 15 61 .316 .350 .418 .768 34.5 5.6
1985 35 NO FL 84 282 37 102 16 2 1 31 1 0 22 44 .362 .407 .443 .850 46.4 9.7
1986 36 NO FL 92 250 35 81 13 4 6 38 0 0 17 48 .324 .371 .480 .851 41.3 6.3
1987 37 MON FL 103 247 25 68 7 1 1 14 0 1 24 61 .275 .342 .324 .666 27.3 2.8
14 Years Sim 1719 5681 649 1633 201 23 116 740 13 12 399 990 .287 .333 .392 .725 713.2 112.2
3 Years AAA 102 189 16 42 2 0 2 13 0 1 18 46 .222 .286 .265 .550 15.0  
162 Game Average 535 61 153 18 2 10 69 1 1 37 93 .287 .333 .392 .725 67.2  
Career Highs 152 542 78 158 29 4 16 93 4 4 40 106 .362 .407 .480 .851 72.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3466 362 905 98 13 71 425 8 4 220 622 .261 .304 .358 .663 376.9
vs LH   2215 287 728 103 10 45 315 5 8 179 368 .329 .377 .445 .822 350.8
Home 855 2763 321 795 96 11 50 355 6 6 179 451 .288 .330 .385 .715 342.7
Away 864 2918 328 838 105 12 66 385 7 6 220 539 .287 .335 .399 .734 385.1
RISP   1544 0 451 52 2 35 602 0 0 147 259 .292 .345 .396 .741 216.0
Pinch Hitting   269 34 71 14 0 4 33 2 0 30 57 .264 .337 .361 .697 33.9
Close/Late   780 77 226 35 1 15 110 0 0 77 132 .290 .353 .395 .747 108.3
Mar/Apr 301 979 120 279 31 4 19 128 2 2 81 167 .285 .337 .383 .720 126.4
May 297 954 115 271 39 4 13 91 3 3 71 165 .284 .334 .374 .709 116.6
June 274 913 98 254 29 3 21 110 1 1 55 164 .278 .317 .386 .703 110.0
July 281 970 105 282 29 3 18 129 1 3 64 173 .291 .334 .382 .716 120.9
August 304 1013 114 289 35 5 21 145 5 0 61 182 .285 .324 .392 .716 126.8
Sep/Oct 262 852 97 258 38 4 24 137 1 3 67 139 .303 .351 .441 .792 127.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1974 24 PHX JL C 140 134 1210.7 1078 68 11 2 .990 8.52 136 45 .331 3 8.5
1975 25 PHX JL C 130 125 1119.3 935 57 7 0 .993 7.98 113 38 .336 4 6.0
1976 26 PHX JL C 135 126 1145.0 986 86 9 1 .992 8.43 151 55 .364 2 8.7
    SS 1 1 9.0 3 5 0 3 1.000 8.00 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 27 PHX JL C 61 55 527.9 425 28 4 2 .991 7.72 66 17 .258 0 1.2
  MAN FL C 76 68 594.1 479 31 5 2 .990 7.73 74 19 .257 0 2.9
  TOT   C 137 123 1122.0 904 59 9 4 .991 7.72 140 36 .257 0 4.0
1978 28 MAN FL C 147 135 1241.0 751 77 11 0 .987 6.00 162 46 .284 0 5.9
    LF 2 1 14.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.68 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 2 1 11.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 29 MAN FL C 68 61 558.5 410 38 6 2 .987 7.22 97 26 .268 2 2.5
  DM FL C 62 56 510.9 376 34 5 2 .988 7.22 89 24 .270 2 1.5
  TOT   C 130 117 1069.4 786 72 11 4 .987 7.22 186 50 .269 4 4.0
1980 30 PHX JL C 97 54 581.0 439 31 6 0 .987 7.28 82 25 .305 0 3.4
1981 31 PHX JL C 48 40 272.7 202 16 4 1 .982 7.19 41 12 .293 0 1.7
  NO FL C 52 42 473.0 349 29 7 1 .982 7.19 71 21 .296 0 2.8
  TOT   C 100 82 745.7 551 45 11 2 .982 7.19 112 33 .295 0 4.5
1982 32 NO FL C 142 134 1198.3 799 62 15 1 .983 6.47 180 42 .233 4 4.4
1983 33 NO FL C 135 123 1127.0 771 77 11 1 .987 6.77 175 47 .269 1 5.6
1984 34 NO FL C 70 63 560.3 404 40 2 0 .996 7.13 88 23 .261 1 3.3
1985 35 NO FL C 70 63 557.0 417 25 7 2 .984 7.14 73 13 .178 0 2.7
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 36 NO FL C 65 54 494.0 408 35 6 2 .987 8.07 60 23 .383 0 3.8
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 37 MON FL C 71 57 511.3 365 27 6 2 .985 6.90 77 16 .208 1 1.6
  C 1569 1390 12682.1 9594 761 122 21 .988 7.35 1735 492 .284 20 66.5
  SS 3 2 20.0 4 7 0 4 1.000 4.95 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  LF 4 1 19.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1578 1393 12725.7 9604 768 122 25 .988 7.34 1735 492 .284 20 66.8
Career Highs   151 137 1266.7 1078 91 15 4 .996 8.52 186 55 .383 4  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1974 24 PHX JL 4 12 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .250 .500
1976 26 PHX JL 12 47 2 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 8 .170 .235 .191 .427
1979 29 DM FL 3 13 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .308 .308 .385 .692
1983 33 NO FL 9 40 6 9 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 11 .225 .262 .325 .587
1984 34 NO FL 11 36 7 10 2 1 0 6 0 0 3 11 .278 .333 .389 .722
1985 35 NO FL 6 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .182 .200 .382
1986 36 NO FL 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .250 .200 1.000 1.200
Career Post-Season Batting 47 162 18 37 5 1 2 17 0 0 9 39 .228 .266 .309 .575
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Singles
CAR-35-1293
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. Del Heaven (957)
  2. Clint Hurdle (922)
  3. Aron Mayorga (920)
  4. Ray Lewis (901)
  5. Harry Drusak (901)
  6. Gus Sinski (893)
  7. Billy Brubaker (889)
  8. Randy McLement (887)
  9. Steve Amich (885)
  10. Dickey Brinkman (879)
History
Had first career hit on 4/1/1974, off Ace Holder (OMA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/19/1974, off Lank Bechard (VAN)
Traded from Phoenix to Manhattan on 6/21/1977 (Going to PHX: C D. Duncan. Going to MAN: C J. Young)
Traded from Manhattan to Des Moines on 7/1/1979 (Going to MAN: C B. McBearett, P S. Caraway. Going to DM: C J. Young)
Signed as a free agent by Manhattan on 2/11/1980 to a 3-year deal worth $5,500,000 per year
Released by Manhattan on 2/15/1980
Signed as a free agent by Phoenix on 2/18/1980 to a 2-year deal worth $2,129,000 per year
Injured on 8/29/1980 with a Broken Hand, out for 6 weeks
Traded from Phoenix to New Orleans on 7/2/1981 (Going to NO: C James Young. Going to PHX: P Felix Sutera, P Byron Applebaum, P Newt Rogers)
 
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