Walter Young

Walter Earnest Young MLB 2005-2005 | 1999-2009

Speed
24

Contact
48

Patience
25

Batting
62

Power
75

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Positions 1B-497, DH-3 Born Feb 18, 1980 (32) Place Hattiesburg,Mississippi Ht/Wt 6-5 / 290 Bats/Throws: Left / Right High School Purvis (Purvis,MS) College None listed
Drafted Pittsburgh Pirates: 1999-31-932 (June-Reg)MLB Debut: September 6,2005 box

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Batting Statistics

Data Products Career Cumulative Career Home Run Log About the Stats

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip	SA	ISO	bb/k	HR%	XBH%	BB%	SO%	G/F	P/PA	Pit	Str	Bal	Swg	Record	TR	Year	Team
1999	GCL Pirates	GCL	Rk	-	pit	19	1b	-	37	130	9	30	6	2	0	15	2	2	4	34	3	1	1	0	4	.231	.270	.308	578	-	-	40	138	107	8	2	.312	.108	.077	0.12	0.0	26.7	2.9	24.6	--	--	--	--	--	--	24-35	5	1999	GCL Pirates
2000	GCL Pirates	GCL	Rk		pit	20	1b	29	45	162	32	48	11	1	10	34	3	2	8	29	9	1	0	3	2	.296	.357	.562	919	-	-	91	182	121	35	7.9	.302	.321	.265	0.28	5.5	45.8	4.4	15.9	--	--	--	--	--	--	34-26	2	2000	GCL Pirates
	Williamsport	NYPL	A-		pit	20	1b	-	24	92	5	17	4	0	2	12	0	0	1	26	1	0	0	1	1	.185	.200	.293	493	-	-	27	95	77	3	1.2	.231	.120	.109	0.04	2.1	35.3	1.1	27.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	29-44	7		Williamsport
2001	Williamsport	NYPL	A-		pit	21	1b	12	66	232	40	67	10	1	13	47	1	1	19	43	5	5	0	2	6	.289	.353	.509	861	-	-	118	258	174	43	6.6	.303	.302	.220	0.44	5.0	35.8	7.4	16.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	48-26	1	2001	Williamsport
2002	Hickory	SAL	A	-	pit	22	1b	1	132	492	84	164	34	2	25	103	2	6	36	102	15	6	0	8	11	.333	.390	.563	953	-	-	277	551	353	109	8.3	.373	.295	.230	0.35	4.5	37.2	6.5	18.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	83-56	1	2002	Hickory
2003	Lynchburg	Caro	A+	38	pit	23	1b	11	117	431	76	120	15	2	20	87	2	4	35	88	12	3	0	2	10	.278	.348	.462	810	-	-	199	480	327	70	5.7	.308	.260	.183	0.40	4.2	30.8	7.3	18.3	--	--	--	--	--	--	76-59	1	2003	Lynchburg
2004	Bowie	East	AA	45	bal	24	1b	7	133	486	88	133	28	1	33	98	2	3	47	145	8	3	0	7	11	.274	.343	.539	882	-	-	262	548	374	89	6.4	.317	.360	.265	0.32	6.0	46.6	8.6	26.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	73-69	3	2004	Bowie
2005	Ottawa	IL	AAA		bal	25	1b	37	123	466	48	134	29	1	13	81	1	1	30	91	5	4	0	5	14	.288	.334	.438	772	-	-	204	506	352	69	5.3	.330	.215	.150	0.33	2.6	32.1	5.9	18.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	69-75	5	2005	Ottawa
	Baltimore	AL	MLB	75	bal	25	1b-dh	-	14	33	2	10	1	0	1	3	0	0	4	7	0	1	0	0	1	.303	.378	.424	803	9	64	14	37	24	5	5.8	.360	.242	.121	0.57	2.7	20.0	10.8	18.9	0.86	3.5	129	60.5	39.5	14.7	74-88	4		Baltimore
2006	Corpus Christi	Tex	AA		hou	26	1b	59	95	346	32	96	16	0	10	60	4	6	12	44	5	3	0	3	16	.277	.309	.410	719	-	-	142	366	275	41	4.1	.292	.162	.133	0.27	2.7	27.1	3.3	12.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	76-63	2	2006	Corpus Christi
	Portland	PCL	AAA		sd	26	1b	-	13	35	4	7	1	0	3	6	0	0	3	5	1	0	0	3	3	.200	.262	.486	748	-	-	17	42	34	5	3.7	.133	.371	.286	0.60	7.1	57.1	7.1	11.9	--	--	--	--	--	--	68-76	3		Portland
2007	Winnipeg	Northern	Ind		-	27		14	95	383	54	120	13	0	21	78	2	3	35	54	5	7	0	1	12	.313	.377	.512	889	-	-	196	424	279	74	7.2	.320	.287	.198	0.65	5.0	28.3	8.3	12.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	52-43	2	2007	Winnipeg
2008	Sussex	CanAm	Ind		-	28		51	55	205	23	57	5	0	7	41	1	1	19	31	6	6	0	3	11	.278	.352	.405	757	-	-	83	233	163	28	4.7	.294	.220	.127	0.61	3.0	21.1	8.2	13.3	--	--	--	--	--	--	52-42	3	2008	Sussex
	Sioux City	AmerAssoc	ind		-	28		63	26	98	12	36	4	0	5	29	0	0	11	16	4	3	0	2	5	.367	.443	.561	1005	-	-	55	115	69	24	9.3	.392	.306	.194	0.69	4.3	25.0	9.6	13.9	--	--	--	--	--	--	52-44	2		Sioux City
2009	Sioux City	AmerAssoc	ind		-	29		78	41	151	17	41	9	0	7	30	1	0	14	27	4	2	0	3	4	.272	.343	.470	813	-	-	71	172	117	26	6.1	.283	.298	.199	0.52	4.1	39.0	8.1	15.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	40-56	5	2009	Sioux City
	Edmonton	Gold	Ind	-	-	29		-	25	98	10	31	4	0	4	10	1	0	5	18	5	0	0	0	6	.316	.380	.480	859	-	-	47	108	73	17	6.2	.355	.224	.163	0.28	3.7	25.8	4.6	16.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	44-38	2		Edmonton
MLB Totals (1 year)									14	33	2	10	1	0	1	3	0	0	4	7	0	1	0	0	1	.303	.378	.424	803	9	64	14	37	24	5	5.8	.360	.242	.121	0.57	2.7	20.0	10.8	18.9	0.86	3.49	--	60.5	39.5	14.7	.457	--	--	--
Minor League Totals (8 years)									785	2872	418	816	154	10	129	543	17	25	195	607	64	26	1	34	78	.284	.340	.479	819	--	--	1377	3166	2194	471	5.8	.317	.260	.195	0.32	4.1	35.9	6.2	19.2	--	--	--	--	--	--	.523	--	--	--
AAA Totals (2 years)									136	501	52	141	30	1	16	87	1	1	33	96	6	4	0	8	17	.281	.328	.441	770	--	--	221	548	386	74	5.1	.315	.226	.160	0.34	2.9	33.3	6.0	17.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	.476	--	--	--
AA Totals (2 years)									228	832	120	229	44	1	43	158	6	9	59	189	13	6	0	10	27	.275	.329	.486	815	--	--	404	914	649	130	5.4	.305	.278	.210	0.31	4.7	38.4	6.5	20.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	.530	--	--	--
A+ Totals (1 year)									117	431	76	120	15	2	20	87	2	4	35	88	12	3	0	2	10	.278	.348	.462	810	--	--	199	480	327	70	5.7	.308	.260	.183	0.40	4.2	30.8	7.3	18.3	--	--	--	--	--	--	.563	--	--	--
A Totals (1 year)									132	492	84	164	34	2	25	103	2	6	36	102	15	6	0	8	11	.333	.390	.563	953	--	--	277	551	353	109	8.3	.373	.295	.230	0.35	4.5	37.2	6.5	18.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	.597	--	--	--
A- Totals (2 years)									90	324	45	84	14	1	15	59	1	1	20	69	6	5	0	3	7	.259	.312	.448	759	--	--	145	353	251	46	4.9	.284	.250	.188	0.29	4.2	35.7	5.7	19.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	.524	--	--	--
Rookie Totals (2 years)									82	292	41	78	17	3	10	49	5	4	12	63	12	2	1	3	6	.267	.320	.449	768	--	--	131	320	228	43	5.1	.306	.226	.182	0.19	3.1	38.5	3.8	19.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	.487	--	--	--
Indy Totals (3 years)									242	935	116	285	35	0	44	188	5	4	84	146	24	18	0	9	38	.305	.374	.483	857	--	--	452	1052	701	169	6.5	.320	.270	.179	0.58	4.2	27.7	8.0	13.9	--	--	--	--	--	--	.518	--	--	--

Fielding Statistics

Data Products

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	P %	C %	1B %	2B %	3B %	SS %	LF %	CF %	RF %	OF %	PO	A	E
1999	GCL Pirates	GCL	Rk	pit	19	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.988	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	299	20	4
2000	Williamsport	NYPL	A-	pit	20	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.955	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	133	14	7
2000	GCL Pirates	GCL	Rk	pit	20	0	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.975	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	325	27	9
2001	Williamsport	NYPL	A-	pit	21	0	0	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.988	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	379	25	5
2002	Hickory	SAL	A	pit	22	0	0	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.977	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	584	58	15
2003	Lynchburg	Caro	A+	pit	23	0	0	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.977	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	570	74	15
2004	Bowie	East	AA	bal	24	0	0	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.983	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	480	42	9
2005	Ottawa	IL	AAA	bal	25	0	0	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.981	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	478	43	10
2005	Baltimore	AL	MLB	bal	25	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	55	6	0
2006	Portland	PCL	AAA	sd	26	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	44	4	0
2006	Corpus Christi	Tex	AA	hou	26	0	0	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.983	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	431	44	8
MLB Totals						0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	55	6	0
Minor League Totals						0	0	487	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.980	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	3723	351	82

Transactions

Drafted: Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates in 31st round (932nd overall) of 1999 Amateur Draft (June-Reg Phase)

1999-06-03 - signed 2003-11-20 - Claimed on waivers by Orioles from Pirates 2006-01-19 - Claimed off waivers by Padres from Orioles 2006-04-25 - Released by Padres

Awards

2001 - Northwest League All-Star DH; 2002 - Baseball America 2nd team Minor League All-Star DH; Low A All-Star DH; South Atlantic League All-Star 1B; South Atlantic League Most Outstanding Prospect; South Atlantic League Most Valuable Player; 2003 - Carolina League All-Star 1B;

Contracts

2005-2005 - Signed by BAL to 1-year contract worth $0.3m (2/26/2005)

Salaries

2005

$300,000

Salary data is available for Major Leaguers since 1985. Players not on opening day roster, for the most part, are assumed to have earned the minimum salary for that year. MLB rank in parentheses.

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Leaderboard History (Top Tens)

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Stat Category	Freq	MLB	Minor	College
BAVG	2x		2002-1 2003-9
SLG	4x		2001-5 2002-1 2003-3 2004-6
OBP	1x		2002-5
OPS	4x		2001-8 2002-1 2003-5 2004-8
G	2x		2004-9 2007-8
R	3x		2002-7 2003-6 2004-5
H	2x		2002-1 2007-8
TB	6x		2000-9 2001-7 2002-1 2003-6 2004-3 2007-7
DBL	1x		2002-3
HR	6x		2000-4 2001-1 2002-1 2003-2 2004-4 2007-2
RBI	7x		2000-10 2001-5 2002-2 2003-1 2004-2 2005-8 2007-7
SO	1x		2004-3
IBB	5x		2001-3 2002-6 2007-3 2008-1 2008-9
HBP	3x		2000-3 2002-8 2003-5
SF	2x		2002-2 2004-3
GDP	2x		2006-3 2007-6

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