Babe Young
1936–1948 · bats L / throws L · Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals
728G
.273AVG
.352OBP
.436SLG
More career statistics
656H
79HR
415RBI
9SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 2,403 | 2,404 |
| Batting · Hits | 656 | 657 |
| Batting · RBI | 415 | 414 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 728 | 2,709 | 2,403 | 320 | 656 | 121 | 17 | 79 | 415 | 274 | 161 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1,048 | .273 | .352 | .436 | .788 |
Streaks
21longest hitting streak · 1947-08-06 to 1947-08-27
27longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1942-09-17 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1941-06-29 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1947-08-17 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 365 | 1312 | 323 | 50 | 221 | 123 | 74 | .276 | .340 | .457 |
| Away | 363 | 1397 | 334 | 29 | 193 | 151 | 87 | .271 | .347 | .417 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 45 | 157 | 39 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 6 | .281 | .363 | .432 |
| May | 94 | 334 | 80 | 5 | 42 | 38 | 16 | .272 | .353 | .388 |
| June | 127 | 450 | 89 | 4 | 53 | 55 | 28 | .229 | .320 | .339 |
| July | 132 | 456 | 121 | 22 | 79 | 36 | 29 | .292 | .344 | .516 |
| August | 172 | 709 | 173 | 23 | 113 | 76 | 36 | .278 | .351 | .449 |
| September | 155 | 593 | 154 | 21 | 103 | 50 | 46 | .287 | .344 | .465 |
| October | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .111 | .200 | .111 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 118 | 448 | 99 | 9 | 51 | 52 | 28 | .254 | .337 | .392 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 107 | 415 | 111 | 14 | 66 | 45 | 27 | .306 | .376 | .482 |
| boston-braves | 105 | 392 | 89 | 15 | 70 | 49 | 26 | .262 | .352 | .447 |
| chicago-cubs | 104 | 368 | 96 | 9 | 51 | 28 | 22 | .287 | .337 | .434 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 95 | 356 | 94 | 12 | 65 | 35 | 13 | .294 | .362 | .475 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 90 | 354 | 81 | 10 | 53 | 33 | 25 | .257 | .322 | .432 |
| cincinnati-reds | 78 | 269 | 60 | 5 | 41 | 25 | 12 | .248 | .316 | .380 |
| new-york-giants | 31 | 107 | 27 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 8 | .270 | .318 | .440 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 |  New York Giants | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1939 | New York Giants | 22 | 75 | 23 | 3 | 14 | – | .307 | – | – |
| 1940 | New York Giants | 149 | 556 | 159 | 17 | 99 | 4 | .286 | – | – |
| 1941 | New York Giants | 152 | 574 | 152 | 25 | 104 | 1 | .265 | – | – |
| 1942 | New York Giants | 101 | 287 | 80 | 11 | 59 | 1 | .279 | – | – |
| 1946 | New York Giants | 104 | 291 | 81 | 7 | 33 | 3 | .278 | – | – |
| 1947 | Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants | 109 | 379 | 104 | 14 | 79 | – | .274 | – | – |
| 1948 | Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals | 90 | 241 | 58 | 2 | 26 | – | .241 | – | – |