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Matt Young LF

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
9 63 .190 .254 .224 77 -0.2
Birth Date10-3-1982
Height5' 8"
Weight175 lbs
Age41 years, 6 months, 16 days
BatsL
ThrowsR
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
2011 ATL 28 20 52 10 1 0 0 4 6 0 0 1 .208 .269 .229 84 -0.9 0.0 -1.6 -0.1
2012 DET 29 5 11 1 1 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 .100 .182 .200 46 -0.7 0.0 0.1 0.0
Career256311200415101.190.254.22477-1.60.0-1.5-0.2

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
2005 ROM A SAL 114 505 .261 .331 .391 .351 93 18.8 10.7 -2.2 143 0 2.3 3.3 25.6 3.9
2006 MYR A+ CRL 118 518 .260 .339 .393 .311 106 10.2 13.0 0 125 0 23.3 3.5 3.6 4.3
2006 MIS AA SOU 13 59 .000 .000 .000 .262 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 MYR A+ CRL 65 287 .262 .337 .393 .324 98 1.2 8.8 -1.9 119 0 1.0 -0.7 6.6 1.3
2007 MIS AA SOU 33 108 .258 .330 .388 .295 92 -3.7 3.7 -0.6 78 0 6.9 -2.1 -2.3 0.6
2008 MIS AA SOU 135 577 .262 .340 .398 .321 103 4.5 18.0 -3.3 108 0 16.5 3.9 -0.9 3.4
2009 MIS AA SOU 130 571 .257 .332 .382 .323 90 31.8 15.9 -0.4 149 0 -7.1 5.7 30.1 4.6
2009 GWN AAA INT 7 29 .247 .337 .357 .200 102 -2 1.2 -0.1 59 0 -0.3 1.2 -1.6 0.0
2010 GWN AAA INT 134 555 .260 .329 .402 .330 103 2.4 16.8 -2.2 125 0 5.2 8.4 15.9 4.2
2011 ATL MLB NL 20 52 .258 .318 .403 .238 98 -3.5 1.4 -0.3 84 14 -1.6 0.0 -0.9 -0.1
2011 GWN AAA INT 99 428 .260 .324 .402 .321 94 -1.7 13.3 -1.3 110 0 2.6 4.6 5.3 2.3
2011 NAV Wnt LMP 30 134 .000 .000 .000 .337 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 DET MLB AL 5 11 .244 .316 .393 1.000 104 -1.1 0.3 0 46 9 0.1 0.0 -0.7 0.0
2012 MEM AAA PCL 13 46 .266 .333 .398 .613 91 4.9 1.4 -0.4 142 0 -0.8 0.3 2.4 0.3
2012 TOL AAA INT 96 369 .255 .327 .387 .270 96 -7.7 11.0 -2.7 92 0 -2.9 -0.4 -2.5 0.2
2012 ORI Wnt VWL 9 28 .000 .000 .000 .500 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 SLC AAA PCL 41 154 .272 .338 .420 .225 104 -5.7 4.4 -0.8 78 0 -1.6 1.4 -5.0 -0.2

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
2005 ROM A SAL 505 423 85 132 15 4 6 173 52 66 65 10 11 .312 .408 .409 .097 7 7
2006 MIS AA SOU 59 50 3 11 1 0 0 12 6 7 9 1 1 .220 .310 .240 .020 1 1
2006 MYR A+ CRL 518 424 65 119 30 2 2 159 52 71 55 21 10 .281 .387 .375 .094 9 9
2007 MIS AA SOU 108 95 6 23 4 1 0 29 15 10 18 0 3 .242 .311 .305 .063 1 1
2007 MYR A+ CRL 287 243 29 68 7 3 1 84 18 37 36 14 7 .280 .382 .346 .066 1 1
2008 MIS AA SOU 577 491 74 142 16 11 3 189 50 68 62 30 12 .289 .381 .385 .096 7 7
2009 MIS AA SOU 571 460 81 133 22 10 4 187 33 94 59 42 16 .289 .420 .407 .117 3 3
2009 GWN AAA INT 29 26 6 5 1 0 1 9 3 3 5 1 1 .192 .276 .346 .154 0 0
2010 GWN AAA INT 555 487 88 146 33 5 3 198 35 57 53 39 7 .300 .380 .407 .107 2 2
2011 ATL MLB NL 52 48 4 10 1 0 0 11 1 4 6 0 1 .208 .269 .229 .021 0 0
2011 NAV Wnt LMP 134 118 12 30 2 0 1 35 8 14 31 3 1 .254 .333 .297 .042 0 2
2011 GWN AAA INT 428 366 64 100 16 4 1 127 24 57 59 17 7 .273 .372 .347 .074 2 1
2012 ORI Wnt VWL 28 20 6 6 1 0 0 7 0 6 8 0 0 .300 .481 .350 .050 0 1
2012 TOL AAA INT 369 293 44 62 6 5 1 81 24 68 68 16 4 .212 .363 .276 .065 2 3
2012 DET MLB AL 11 10 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 9 0 0 .100 .182 .200 .100 0 0
2012 MEM AAA PCL 46 43 7 19 2 0 0 21 5 3 12 2 0 .442 .478 .488 .047 0 0
2013 SLC AAA PCL 154 130 17 27 4 1 2 39 13 20 17 11 3 .208 .327 .300 .092 0 1

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2011 188 0.5106 0.4628 0.8851 0.6979 0.2174 0.9104 0.8000 0.1149 0.0037
2012 50 0.6000 0.4000 0.4000 0.5667 0.1500 0.4118 0.3333 0.6000 0.0025
Career2380.52940.44960.78320.67030.20320.80570.70200.21680.0034

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2011 ATL $414,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$414,000
1 yrTotal$414,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 69 d1 year (2013)

Details
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 11/12/12 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Detroit as a free agent 11/7/11 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Detroit 6/3/12. DFA by Detroit 7/3/12. Sent outright to Triple-A 7/5/12. Released by Detroit 8/10/12. Signed by St. Louis as a free agent 8/17/12 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$0.414M (2011). Re-signed by Atlanta 2/21/11. DFA by Atlanta 9/24/11, sent outright to Triple-A 9/28/11.
  • Signed 2004 as an amateur free agent (New Mexico).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

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