Bobby Young stats
Last played for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1958
Bio
- Debut
- 1948
Bio
- Debut
- 1948
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 687
- AB
- 2,447
- R
- 244
- H
- 609
- HR
- 15
- RBI
- 137
- SB
- 18
- AVG
- .249
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | STL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1951 | BAL | 147 | 611 | 75 | 159 | 1 | 31 | 8 | .260 |
| 1952 | BAL | 149 | 575 | 59 | 142 | 4 | 39 | 3 | .247 |
| 1953 | BAL | 148 | 537 | 48 | 137 | 4 | 25 | 2 | .255 |
| 1954 | BAL | 130 | 432 | 43 | 106 | 4 | 24 | 4 | .245 |
| 1955 |  BAL/CLE | 77 | 231 | 12 | 51 | 1 | 14 | 1 | .221 |
| 1958 | PHI | 32 | 60 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .233 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 2,719
- TB
- 778
- XBH
- 111
- HBP
- 2
- IBB
- 1
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | STL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | BAL | 674 | 193 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | BAL | 636 | 187 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | BAL | 593 | 175 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | BAL | 499 | 143 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | BAL/CLE | 248 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | PHI | 68 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -3.2
- RC
- 255.4
- RC/27
- 3.60
- ISOP
- .069
- SECA
- .154
- BB/K
- 0.98
- AB/HR
- 163.1
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | STL | 0.0 | -0.1 | -2.9 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | BAL | -0.8 | 63.1 | 3.6 | .056 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 611 | 0 |
| 1952 | BAL | 0.6 | 63 | 3.9 | .078 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 143.8 | 0 |
| 1953 | BAL | -1.8 | 58.1 | 3.8 | .071 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 134.3 | 0 |
| 1954 | BAL | 0.4 | 52.2 | 4.1 | .086 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 108 | 0 |
| 1955 | BAL/CLE | -1.2 | 14.1 | 2 | .039 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 231 | 0 |
| 1958 | PHI | -0.4 | 5.1 | 2.6 | .100 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 60 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Bobby Young's career stats?
ESPN's season-by-season log for Bobby Young covers 7 seasons with the Cardinals, the Orioles and the Phillies; its career totals count every season. He was a career .249 hitter with 609 hits, 15 home runs and 137 RBI. His best season was 1951: a .260 batting average, 1 home run and 31 RBI.