Mike Young

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: March 20, 1960 in Oakland, CA us

Died: May 28, 2023 in Atilio Vivacqua, Brazil

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 7th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Hayward HS (Hayward, CA) and the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (11th) of the 1980 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Chabot College (Hayward, CA).

High School: Hayward HS (Hayward, CA)

Schools: Chabot College (Hayward, CA), Saint Mary's College of California (Moraga, CA)

Debut: September 14, 1982 (Age 22-178d, 14,682nd in major league history)
vs. NYY 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1989 (Age 29-194d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Agents: Ron Shapiro

Full Name: Michael Darren Young

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.4

1840

454

.247

244

RBI

235

OBP

.338

SLG

.414

OPS

.752

OPS+

107

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 72 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 2 walk-off, 11 tying, 20 go ahead

3 Tms
BAL	70
CLE	1
PHI	1

Platoon
vs RHP	48
vs LHP	24

Home/Road
Home	41
Away	31

Outs
0	30
1	24
2	18

14 Opps
DET	9
CLE	8
OAK	7
SEA	7
KCR	6
BOS	6
TEX	6
MIN	4
MIL	4
CHW	4
TOR	4
CAL	3
NYY	3
MON	1

58 Pitchers
Bruce Hurst	3
Willie Hernández	3
Curt Young	3
DeWayne Buice	2
Joe Niekro	2
Tom Waddell	2
Jim Beattie	2
Jack Morris	2
Matt Young	2
Bret Saberhagen	2
Mark Huismann	2
Burt Hooton	1
Jeff Musselman	1
Rich Thompson	1
Rick Langford	1
Aurelio López	1
Ed Vande Berg	1
José Rijo	1
Britt Burns	1
Vern Ruhle	1
John Butcher	1
Neal Heaton	1
Tom Candiotti	1
Dennis Rasmussen	1
Dan Spillner	1
Bryan Clark	1
John Cerutti	1
Chris Bosio	1
Bryan Kelly	1
Tom Filer	1
Frank Viola	1
Roy Smith	1
Frank Williams	1
Gene Nelson	1
Ramón Romero	1
Moose Haas	1
Dan Quisenberry	1
Dave Rozema	1
Rollie Fingers	1
Dale Murray	1
Dave Stewart	1
Joe Cowley	1
Jaime Cocanower	1
Bill Wegman	1
Mike Witt	1
Mike Brown	1
Bud Black	1
Richard Dotson	1
Charlie Hough	1
Rich Gale	1
Oil Can Boyd	1
Walt Terrell	1
Steve Farr	1
Mike Mason	1
Chris Welsh	1
Bill Swift	1
Ray Burris	1
Jimmy Key	1

13 Parks
Memor. Stad (BAL)	40
ClevelandStd (CLE)	5
Tiger Stad (DET)	5
Arlington St (ARL)	4
County Stad (MIL)	3
KauffmanStad (KAN)	3
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1

Where Hit
7	8
8	5
9	4
78	4
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	67
3	2
6	1
1	1
4	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	62
2·HR gms	5

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	43
1--	14
12-	6
-2-	4
--3	2
-23	2
123	1

111 RBI
RISP	15
0 on	43
1 on	20
2 on	8
3 on	1
Any on	29

Inning
1	3
2	11
3	6
4	12
5	3
6	8
7	6
8	16
9	4
Extra	3

1-3	20
4-6	23
7-end	29

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	1
+2	7
+1	5
Tied	15
-1	12
-2	6
-3	5
-4..	12

Ahead	22
Tied	15
Behind	35

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	67
2-0	2
0-0	1
2-1	1
3-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	39
DH	18
RF	13
PH/DH	1
PH	1

OrderPos
6th	20
7th	18
2nd	10
8th	8
5th	7
1st	5
9th	4

Leverage
High Lev	15
Medium Lev	25
Low Lev	32

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1984-05-19	BAL		SEA	Ed Vande Berg	behind 4-5	b 8	0	---		1	7	7	0.309	60%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1984-06-10 (1)	BAL		DET	Willie Hernández	behind 3-10	b 8	2	---		1	6	PH	0.002	0%		Home Run
3	3	3	1	1984-06-12	BAL	@	MIL	Rollie Fingers	behind 2-3	t 8	0	---		1	7	9	0.255	50%		Home Run
4	4	4	1	1984-06-29	BAL	@	CHW	Richard Dotson	behind 0-1	t 4	0	---		1	2	9	0.123	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
5	5	5	1	1984-07-07 (2)	BAL		KCR	Mark Huismann	ahead 4-0	b 6	0	---		1	7	9	0.021	98%		Home Run
6	6	6	1	1984-07-22	BAL	@	KCR	Dan Quisenberry	behind 3-8	t 9	1	---		1	7	9	0.003	1%		Home Run
7	7	7	1	1984-08-08	BAL	@	CLE	Tom Waddell	behind 2-3	t 5	0	-23		3	2	9	0.193	75%		Home Run; R. Dempsey Scores; A. Bumbry Scores
8	8	8	1	1984-08-09	BAL	@	CLE	Roy Smith	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---		1	2	9	0.100	58%		Home Run
9	9	9	1	1984-08-12	BAL	@	TOR	Jimmy Key	tied 3-3	t 8	2	--3		2	6	9	0.359	84%		Home Run; E. Murray Scores/unER; M. Young Scores/Team unER
10	10	10	1	1984-08-14	BAL		OAK	Ray Burris	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---		1	7	9	0.113	43%		Home Run
11	11	11	1	1984-08-20	BAL		SEA	Jim Beattie	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---		1	1	9	0.102	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run
12	12	12	2	1984-08-20	BAL		SEA	Jim Beattie	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	---		1	1	9	0.099	77%		Home Run
13	13	13	1	1984-09-03	BAL	@	DET	Aurelio López	tied 3-3	t 8	2	123		4	2	9	0.426	96%		Home Run; B. Swaggerty Scores; L. Sakata Scores; A. Bumbry Scores
14	14	14	1	1984-09-19	BAL	@	NYY	Joe Cowley	behind 0-2	t 4	0	---		1	2	7	0.110	37%		Home Run
15	15	15	1	1984-09-20	BAL		BOS	Mike Brown	ahead 13-1	b 8	1	--3		2	2	7	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); V. Rodríguez Scores
16	16	16	1	1984-09-23	BAL		BOS	Rich Gale	behind 0-2	b 1	0	1--		2	2	7	0.167	55%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Bumbry Scores
17	17	17	1	1984-09-24 (1)	BAL		NYY	Dale Murray	ahead 6-1	b 7	1	1--		2	1	9	0.010	100%		Home Run; R. Dempsey Scores
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1985-04-23	BAL	@	TEX	Burt Hooton	ahead 3-1	t 6	1	1--		2	8	7	0.131	91%		Home Run; W. Gross Scores
19	19	2	1	1985-04-24	BAL	@	TEX	Dave Rozema	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--		2	7	7	0.178	68%		Home Run; L. Sheets Scores
20	20	3	1	1985-05-07	BAL	@	KCR	Bret Saberhagen	ahead 3-2	t 9	2	---		1	7	7	0.105	91%		Home Run
21	21	4	1	1985-05-10	BAL		MIN	John Butcher	behind 0-2	b 2	1	1--		2	7	7	0.189	53%		Home Run; L. Sheets Scores
22	22	5	1	1985-06-21	BAL	@	MIL	Jaime Cocanower	ahead 6-1	t 3	2	---		1	7	DH	0.037	93%		Home Run
23	23	6	1	1985-07-02	BAL		DET	Willie Hernández	tied 4-4	b 10	0	---		1	5	7	0.364	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
24	24	7	1	1985-07-12	BAL		CHW	Gene Nelson	behind 2-3	b 4	0	1--		2	8	7	0.215	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Gross Scores
25	25	8	1	1985-07-13	BAL		CHW	Britt Burns	behind 2-9	b 4	2	---		1	6	DH	0.016	4%		Home Run
26	26	9	1	1985-07-18	BAL		KCR	Bret Saberhagen	ahead 2-1	b 4	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	7	0.102	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
27	27	10	1	1985-07-21	BAL		KCR	Bud Black	behind 0-2	b 2	1	12-		3	7	DH	0.259	64%		Home Run (LF-CF); E. Murray Scores; G. Roenicke Scores
28	28	11	1	1985-07-27	BAL	@	CHW	Dan Spillner	ahead 5-1	t 7	0	---		1	6	7	0.028	97%		Home Run (Deep CF)
29	29	12	1	1985-08-02	BAL	@	CLE	Vern Ruhle	behind 4-5	t 6	2	---		1	7	7	0.166	44%		Home Run
30	30	13	1	1985-08-03	BAL	@	CLE	Tom Waddell	behind 2-10	t 8	2	-2-		2	7	DH	0.002	0%		Home Run; F. Lynn Scores
31	31	14	1	1985-08-08 (2)	BAL	@	TOR	Tom Filer	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---		1	6	7	0.106	56%		Home Run
32	32	15	1	1985-08-11	BAL	@	TEX	Dave Stewart	ahead 6-4	t 6	1	12-		3	6	DH	0.143	95%		Home Run; C. Ripken Scores; F. Lynn Scores
33	33	16	1	1985-08-13	BAL		CLE	Ramón Romero	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---		1	7	DH	0.117	67%		Home Run
34	34	17	2	1985-08-13	BAL		CLE	Rich Thompson	tied 4-4	b 8	1	1--		2	7	DH	0.328	93%		Home Run; J. Dwyer Scores
35	35	18	1	1985-08-14	BAL		CLE	Bryan Clark	tied 0-0	b 2	1	-2-		2	6	DH	0.165	74%		Home Run; F. Lynn Scores
36	36	19	1	1985-08-16	BAL		TEX	Mike Mason	behind 1-2	b 6	1	12-	4,(2-1) B*BFX	3	6	7	0.379	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); C. Ripken Scores; E. Murray Scores
37	37	20	1	1985-08-17	BAL		TEX	Chris Welsh	ahead 6-2	b 4	2	12-		3	6	7	0.067	98%		Home Run; C. Ripken Scores; E. Murray Scores
38	38	21	1	1985-08-23	BAL	@	OAK	Rick Langford	ahead 4-2	t 9	1	12-		3	6	7	0.053	99%		Home Run; E. Murray Scores; C. Ripken Scores
39	39	22	1	1985-08-29	BAL		SEA	Bill Swift	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---		1	5	7	0.128	69%		Home Run (LF-CF)
40	40	23	1	1985-09-01	BAL		SEA	Matt Young	behind 1-5	b 4	0	---		1	5	7	0.071	21%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	24	1	1985-09-04	BAL		OAK	Curt Young	ahead 5-0	b 8	0	---		1	5	7	0.003	100%		Home Run
42	42	25	1	1985-09-10 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	Bruce Hurst	behind 0-1	t 6	1	---		1	5	7	0.159	47%		Home Run
43	43	26	2	1985-09-10 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	Bruce Hurst	ahead 3-1	t 8	0	---		1	5	7	0.067	93%		Home Run
44	44	27	1	1985-09-15	BAL	@	DET	Jack Morris	behind 0-1	t 7	0	---		1	5	7	0.194	50%		Home Run
45	45	28	1	1985-10-01	BAL		BOS	Bruce Hurst	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--		2	6	7	0.182	74%		Home Run; F. Lynn Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1986-05-15	BAL		MIN	Frank Viola	tied 1-1	b 2	1	---		1	8	DH	0.109	64%		Home Run
47	47	2	1	1986-06-01	BAL	@	CAL	Mike Witt	behind 1-7	t 9	0	1--		2	7	7	0.009	1%		Home Run; J. Beníquez Scores
48	48	3	1	1986-06-05	BAL		SEA	Matt Young	ahead 6-1	b 8	2	---		1	6	7	0.004	100%		Home Run
49	49	4	1	1986-06-10	BAL	@	MIL	Bill Wegman	behind 1-6	t 8	2	---		1	8	7	0.009	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
50	50	5	1	1986-06-16	BAL		DET	Willie Hernández	behind 1-5	b 8	2	-23		3	6	DH	0.147	20%		Home Run; L. Lacy Scores; C. Ripken Scores
51	51	6	1	1986-08-30	BAL	@	OAK	José Rijo	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	---		1	7	7	0.090	81%		Home Run (Deep CF)
52	52	7	1	1986-09-07	BAL		SEA	Mark Huismann	ahead 5-0	b 5	0	---		1	6	DH	0.017	98%		Home Run (Deep CF)
53	53	8	1	1986-09-11	BAL		BOS	Oil Can Boyd	behind 2-5	b 4	0	---		1	6	7	0.095	31%		Home Run (Deep LF)
54	54	9	1	1986-09-13	BAL	@	DET	Bryan Kelly	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---		1	6	7	0.107	57%		Home Run (LF-CF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	1987-05-28	BAL		CAL	DeWayne Buice	behind 5-6	b 10	0	---		1	2	DH	0.433	64%		Home Run
56	56	2	2	1987-05-28	BAL		CAL	DeWayne Buice	behind 6-7	b 12	0	1--		2	2	DH	0.654	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; L. Lacy Scores
57	57	3	1	1987-06-01	BAL		OAK	Moose Haas	behind 1-4	b 3	0	---		1	1	DH	0.091	33%		Home Run
58	58	4	1	1987-06-03	BAL		OAK	Curt Young	behind 1-7	b 8	0	-2-		2	1	DH	0.025	5%		Home Run; R. Burleson Scores
59	59	5	1	1987-06-11	BAL		TOR	Jeff Musselman	behind 3-7	b 7	1	12-		3	8	DH	0.209	32%		Home Run; R. Knight Scores; T. Kennedy Scores
60	60	6	1	1987-06-13	BAL		TOR	John Cerutti	behind 0-3	b 5	2	---		1	8	DH	0.088	24%		Home Run
61	61	7	1	1987-06-17	BAL	@	NYY	Dennis Rasmussen	behind 1-2	t 6	1	---		1	2	DH	0.156	47%		Home Run (Deep LF)
62	62	8	1	1987-07-12	BAL		MIN	Joe Niekro	tied 0-0	b 2	1	-2-		2	6	7	0.157	73%		Home Run; E. Murray Scores
63	63	9	2	1987-07-12	BAL		MIN	Joe Niekro	ahead 3-0	b 4	0	1--		2	6	7	0.071	94%		Home Run; L. Sheets Scores
64	64	10	1	1987-07-16	BAL	@	KCR	Steve Farr	ahead 4-3	t 8	1	---		1	6	7	0.130	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
65	65	11	1	1987-07-29	BAL	@	CLE	Tom Candiotti	behind 0-2	t 4	2	1--	6,(3-2) BBCBFX	2	8	7	0.204	45%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); T. Kennedy Scores
66	66	12	1	1987-07-31	BAL	@	TEX	Charlie Hough	ahead 2-1	t 2	0	1--		2	8	7	0.137	77%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); T. Kennedy Scores
67	67	13	1	1987-08-13	BAL		MIL	Chris Bosio	ahead 4-2	b 6	2	---		1	9	7	0.076	89%		Home Run
68	68	14	1	1987-09-05	BAL		OAK	Curt Young	behind 0-3	b 3	1	1--		2	9	7	0.168	41%		Home Run; R. Knight Scores
69	69	15	1	1987-09-07	BAL		DET	Jack Morris	behind 1-5	b 2	2	---		1	9	7	0.066	22%		Home Run
70	70	16	1	1987-10-01	BAL	@	DET	Walt Terrell	behind 4-7	t 7	1	---		1	9	7	0.068	15%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
71	71	1	1	1988-06-13	PHI		MON	Neal Heaton	ahead 4-2	b 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	9	0.050	95%		Home Run (Deep LF Line)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
72	72	1	1	1989-05-25	CLE	@	DET	Frank Williams	behind 4-9	t 8	1	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	7	PH/DH	0.011	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)