Babe Young Stats

Babe Young was born on Thursday, July 1, 1915, in Astoria, New York. Young was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 26, 1936, with the New York Giants. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Babe Young baseball stats page.

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Birth Name:   Norman Robert Young
Nickname:   Babe
Born On:   07-01-1915  (Cancer)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Astoria, New York
Year of Death Data Died On:   12-25-1983 (500 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Everett, Massachusetts
Cemetery:   Windsor Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Windsor, Connecticut
High School:   George Washington High School (New York, NY)
College:   Fordham University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   09-26-1936 (Age 21)
Last Game:   10-02-1948
Draft:   Not Applicable

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Babe Young Pitching Stats

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Babe Young Hitting Stats

1936 21 Giants 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1939 24 Giants 22 75 8 23 4 0 3 0 14 5 0 6 1 0 3 0 .307 .373 .480
1940 25 Giants 149 556 75 159 27 4 17 2 101 69 10 28 5 0 2 11 .286 .367 .441
1941 26 Giants 152 574 90 152 28 5 25 1 104 66 9 39 4 0 5 12 .265 .346 .462
1942 27 Giants 101 287 37 80 17 1 11 1 59 34 4 22 2 0 5 4 .279 .365 .460
1946 31 Giants 104 291 30 81 11 0 7 0 33 30 4 21 0 0 0 5 .278 .346 .388
1947 32 Giants 14 14 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .071 .071 .143
1947 32 Reds 95 364 55 103 21 3 14 0 79 35 5 26 2 0 2 8 .283 .349 .473
1948 33 Reds 49 130 11 30 7 2 1 0 12 19 2 12 1 0 0 1 .231 .329 .338
1948 33 Cardinals 41 111 14 27 5 2 1 0 13 16 3 6 0 0 0 3 .243 .339 .351
8 Years 728 2,403 320 656 121 17 79 4 415 274 37 161 15 0 17 44 .273 .352 .436

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Babe Young Fielding Stats

1939 Giants 1B 22 21 504 227 10.3 223 214 9 4 18 n/a n/a n/a .982 11.95
1940 Giants 1B 147 146 3,909 1,604 10.9 1,591 1,505 86 13 112 n/a n/a n/a .992 10.99
1941 Giants 1B 150 148 3,933 1,503 10.0 1,482 1,395 87 21 124 n/a n/a n/a .986 10.17
1942 Giants 1B 18 16 432 174 9.7 171 159 12 3 11 n/a n/a n/a .983 10.69
1942 Giants CF 54 54 822 108 2.0 105 101 4 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .972 3.45
1946 Giants 1B 49 47 1,218 482 9.8 476 452 24 6 25 n/a n/a n/a .988 10.55
1946 Giants CF 17 17 354 30 1.8 30 30 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.29
1946 Giants RF 7 7 102 11 1.6 10 10 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .909 2.65
1947 Reds 1B 93 93 2,421 794 8.5 786 730 56 8 66 n/a n/a n/a .990 8.77
1948 Reds 1B 31 31 804 284 9.2 282 261 21 2 31 n/a n/a n/a .993 9.47
1948 Reds RF 1 0 12 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1948 Cardinals 1B 35 31 738 275 7.9 274 266 8 1 23 n/a n/a n/a .996 10.02
1B Totals 545 533 13,959 5,343 9.8 5,285 4,982 303 58 410 n/a n/a n/a .989 10.22
CF Totals 71 71 1,176 138 1.9 135 131 4 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .978 3.10
RF Totals 8 7 114 13 1.6 12 12 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .923 2.84
7 Years 624 611 15,249 5,494 8.8 5,432 5,125 307 62 412 n/a n/a n/a .989 9.62

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Babe Young Miscellaneous Stats

1936 Giants 0 0 .000 1 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1939 Giants 0 1 .000 0 0 n/a 25.0 12.5 5.4 - - -
1940 Giants 4 6 .400 2 0 n/a 32.7 19.9 5.5 - - -
1941 Giants 1 4 .200 2 0 n/a 23.0 14.7 5.5 - - -
1942 Giants 1 3 .250 29 0 n/a 26.1 13.0 4.9 - - -
1946 Giants 3 3 .500 32 0 n/a 41.6 13.9 8.8 - - -
1947 Giants 0 0 .000 14 0 n/a 0.0 14.0 0.0 - - -
1947 Reds 0 0 .000 2 0 n/a 26.0 14.0 4.6 - - -
1948 Reds 0 0 .000 16 1 n/a 130.0 10.8 10.8 - - -
1948 Cardinals 0 0 .000 6 0 n/a 111.0 18.5 8.5 - - -
8 Years 9 17 .346 104 1 n/a 30.4 14.9 5.8 - - -

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Babe Young Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1936 New York Giants - Undetermined - -
1939 New York Giants 21 Undetermined - -
1940 New York Giants 5 Undetermined - -
1941 New York Giants 5 Undetermined - -
1942 New York Giants 28 Undetermined - -
1946 New York Giants 5 Undetermined - -
1947 New York Giants 14 Undetermined - -
1947 Cincinnati Reds 17 Undetermined - -
1948 Cincinnati Reds 17 Undetermined - -
1948 St. Louis Cardinals 10 Undetermined - -

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