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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1936 20 NYG NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1939 23 NYG NL  22   75    8   23   4  0   3   14   0      5   6  .307  .373  .480  127   36   1           3   0
 1940 24 NYG NL 149  556   75  159  27  4  17  101   4     69  28  .286  .367  .441  121  245   5           2  11 MVP-26
 1941 25 NYG NL 152  574   90  152  28  5  25  104   1     66  39  .265  .346  .462  124  265   4           5  12 MVP-21
 1942 26 NYG NL 101  287   37   80  17  1  11   59   1     34  22  .279  .365  .460  140  132   2           5   4
 1946 30 NYG NL 104  291   30   81  11  0   7   33   3     30  21  .278  .346  .388  107  113   0           0   5
 1947 31 TOT NL 109  378   55  104  22  3  14   79   0     35  27  .275  .340  .460  111  174   2           2   8
         NYG NL  14   14    0    1   1  0   0    0   0      0   1  .071  .071  .143  -45    2   0           0   0
         CIN NL  95  364   55  103  21  3  14   79   0     35  26  .283  .349  .473  117  172   2           2   8
 1948 32 TOT NL  90  241   25   57  12  4   2   25   0     35  18  .237  .333  .344   83   83   1           0   4
         CIN NL  49  130   11   30   7  2   1   12   0     19  12  .231  .329  .338   83   44   1           0   1
         STL NL  41  111   14   27   5  2   1   13   0     16   6  .243  .339  .351   82   39   0           0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      728 2403  320  656 121 17  79  415   9  0 274 161  .273  .352  .436  117 1048  15   0   0  17  44
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        535   71  146  27  4  18   92   2  0  61  36  .273  .352  .436  117  233   3   0   0   4  10
 Career High    152  574   90  159  28  5  25  104   4  0  69  39  .286  .367  .462  140  265   5   0   0   5  12

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1936 20 NYG NL    1    1    0   0.0   102| .000  .285| .000  .344| .000  .398| .000  .742|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
 1939 23 NYG NL   84   53   13   6.5   104| .307  .281| .373  .347| .480  .402| .853  .749| 127  .659   2.9   0.3     
 1940 24 NYG NL  632  413   89   5.8    99| .286  .273| .367  .338| .441  .393| .808  .730| 121  .627  17.0   1.7     
 1941 25 NYG NL  649  438   90   5.5    96| .265  .268| .346  .339| .462  .378| .808  .717| 124  .626  17.3   1.8     
 1942 26 NYG NL  328  213   47   6.0    88| .279  .257| .365  .329| .460  .357| .825  .686| 140  .693  14.8   1.6     
 1946 30 NYG NL  321  215   39   4.9    93| .278  .263| .346  .339| .388  .369| .734  .708| 107  .584   2.6   0.3     
 1947 31 TOT NL  417  284   59   5.5   105| .275  .273| .340  .348| .460  .405| .800  .752| 111  .579   5.2   0.5     
         NYG NL   14   13    0   0.0   107| .071  .275| .071  .351| .143  .408| .214  .759| -45  .000  -2.9  -0.3     
         CIN NL  403  271   59   5.8   105| .283  .273| .349  .348| .473  .404| .822  .752| 117  .600   8.1   0.8     
 1948 32 TOT NL  277  189   27   3.8   103| .237  .270| .333  .345| .344  .400| .677  .744|  83  .427  -5.2  -0.6     
         CIN NL  150  102   14   3.6    99| .231  .265| .329  .339| .338  .393| .667  .732|  83  .409  -2.6  -0.3     
         STL NL  127   87   13   4.0   107| .243  .276| .339  .351| .351  .408| .690  .759|  82  .448  -2.6  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2709 1806  364   5.4    98| .273  .269| .352  .340| .436  .385| .788  .725| 117  .607  54.3   5.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1939 23 NYG NL  1B   22    214    9    4   18  .982  .989 10.14 10.02            
 1940 24 NYG NL  1B  147   1505   86   13  112  .992  .990 10.82  6.80            
 1941 25 NYG NL  1B  150   1395   87   21  124  .986  .989  9.88  6.67            
 1942 26 NYG NL  OF   54    101    4    3    2  .972  .981  1.94  2.15                0   54    0
                 1B   18    159   12    3   11  .983  .989  9.50  9.66            
 1946 30 NYG NL  1B   49    452   24    6   25  .988  .991  9.71  9.28            
                 OF   24     40    0    1    0  .976  .978  1.67  2.16                0   17    7
 1947 31 CIN NL  1B   93    730   56    8   66  .990  .991  8.45  9.24            
 1948 32 TOT NL  1B   66    527   29    3   54  .995  .990  8.42  8.94            
         CIN NL  1B   31    261   21    2   31  .993  .990  9.10  8.94            
                 OF    1      2    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  2.00  2.20                0    0    1
         STL NL  1B   35    266    8    1   23  .996  .990  7.83  8.94            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1939 23 NYG NL  1B   22    214    9    4   18  .982  .989 10.14 10.02            
 1940 24 NYG NL  1B  147   1505   86   13  112  .992  .990 10.82  6.80            
 1941 25 NYG NL  1B  150   1395   87   21  124  .986  .989  9.88  6.67            
 1942 26 NYG NL  1B   18    159   12    3   11  .983  .989  9.50  9.66            
 1946 30 NYG NL  1B   49    452   24    6   25  .988  .991  9.71  9.28            
 1947 31 CIN NL  1B   93    730   56    8   66  .990  .991  8.45  9.24            
 1948 32 TOT NL  1B   66    527   29    3   54  .995  .990  8.42  8.94            
         CIN NL  1B   31    261   21    2   31  .993  .990  9.10  8.94            
         STL NL  1B   35    266    8    1   23  .996  .990  7.83  8.94            

 1942 26 NYG NL  OF   54    101    4    3    2  .972  .981  1.94  2.15                0   54    0
 1946 30 NYG NL  OF   24     40    0    1    0  .976  .978  1.67  2.16                0   17    7
 1948 32 CIN NL  OF    1      2    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  2.00  2.20                0    0    1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  1B  545   4982  303   58  410  .989  .990  9.70  7.89            
                 OF   79    143    4    4    2  .974  .981  1.86  2.15                0   71    8
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       624   5125  307   62  412  .989  .990  8.71  7.16

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1940-NL-26-0.02
1941-NL-21-0.03
Car-1085-0.05 shares

Slugging %
1941 NL-.462-8
1942 NL-.460-9

OPS
1942 NL-.825-9

Games
1940 NL-149-7
1941 NL-152-5

At Bats
1941 NL-574-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1940 NL-632-9
1941 NL-649-5

Runs
1941 NL-90-7

Total Bases
1941 NL-265-5

Home Runs
1940 NL-17-8
1941 NL-25-4
1942 NL-11-10

RBI
1940 NL-101-5
1941 NL-104-2

Bases on Balls
1940 NL-69-9

Adjusted OPS+
1942 NL-140-10

Extra-Base Hits
1941 NL-58-5

Times on Base
1940 NL-230-10
1941 NL-223-9

Hit By Pitch
1941 NL-5-3
1942 NL-5-7

At Bats per Home Run
1941 NL-23.0-5
1942 NL-26.1-4

Outs
1941 NL-438-7

Youngest Player
1936 NL-20-7

Gray Ink: Batting - 34 (699) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.0 (1492) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1347) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
June 7, 1947: Traded by the New York Giants to the Cincinnati Reds for Joe Beggs.
July 26, 1948: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ken Burkhart.
October 4, 1948: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Babe Young's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1940-NL-26-0.02 1941-NL-21-0.03 Car-1085-0.05 shares	Slugging % 1941 NL-.462-8 1942 NL-.460-9	OPS 1942 NL-.825-9	Games 1940 NL-149-7 1941 NL-152-5	At Bats 1941 NL-574-7	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1940 NL-632-9 1941 NL-649-5
Runs 1941 NL-90-7	Total Bases 1941 NL-265-5	Home Runs 1940 NL-17-8 1941 NL-25-4 1942 NL-11-10	RBI 1940 NL-101-5 1941 NL-104-2	Bases on Balls 1940 NL-69-9	Adjusted OPS+ 1942 NL-140-10
Extra-Base Hits 1941 NL-58-5	Times on Base 1940 NL-230-10 1941 NL-223-9	Hit By Pitch 1941 NL-5-3 1942 NL-5-7	At Bats per Home Run 1941 NL-23.0-5 1942 NL-26.1-4	Outs 1941 NL-438-7	Youngest Player 1936 NL-20-7