Bobby Young
1948–1958 · bats L / throws R · Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals
687G
.249AVG
.308OBP
.318SLG
More career statistics
609H
15HR
137RBI
18SB
1Rare feat
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 | 2,447 | 2,446 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 19 | 18 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,719 | 2,720 |
| Batting · Walks | 208 | 209 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 687 | 2,719 | 2,447 | 244 | 609 | 68 | 28 | 15 | 137 | 208 | 212 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 778 | .249 | .308 | .318 | .626 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1954-04-22 to 1954-05-13
19longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1954-06-23 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1954-05-23 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1951-08-18 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 346 | 1351 | 302 | 5 | 58 | 99 | 107 | .248 | .297 | .322 |
| Away | 341 | 1369 | 307 | 10 | 79 | 110 | 105 | .250 | .305 | .314 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 64 | 253 | 53 | 0 | 11 | 25 | 25 | .238 | .308 | .309 |
| May | 132 | 541 | 113 | 4 | 23 | 51 | 39 | .239 | .303 | .321 |
| June | 138 | 552 | 135 | 2 | 31 | 33 | 42 | .269 | .304 | .339 |
| July | 128 | 481 | 116 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 31 | .259 | .291 | .333 |
| August | 118 | 466 | 100 | 4 | 24 | 48 | 41 | .243 | .318 | .323 |
| September | 107 | 427 | 92 | 1 | 18 | 28 | 34 | .237 | .281 | .271 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 96 | 400 | 86 | 2 | 24 | 28 | 28 | .240 | .285 | .309 |
| boston-red-sox | 96 | 385 | 83 | 3 | 19 | 36 | 34 | .241 | .309 | .317 |
| cleveland-guardians | 95 | 402 | 93 | 2 | 18 | 29 | 22 | .255 | .303 | .334 |
| chicago-white-sox | 91 | 361 | 78 | 0 | 16 | 26 | 39 | .236 | .288 | .291 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 88 | 369 | 76 | 1 | 20 | 30 | 26 | .232 | .287 | .271 |
| new-york-yankees | 85 | 341 | 77 | 4 | 17 | 31 | 35 | .255 | .317 | .331 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 80 | 330 | 84 | 2 | 13 | 25 | 19 | .282 | .330 | .369 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 16 | 47 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .295 | .340 | .341 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1951 |  St. Louis Browns | 147 | 610 | 159 | 1 | 31 | 8 | .261 | – | – |
| 1952 | St. Louis Browns | 149 | 575 | 142 | 4 | 39 | 3 | .247 | – | – |
| 1953 | St. Louis Browns | 148 | 537 | 137 | 4 | 25 | 2 | .255 | – | – |
| 1954 |  Baltimore Orioles | 130 | 432 | 106 | 4 | 24 | 4 | .245 | – | – |
| 1955 | Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Guardians | 77 | 231 | 51 | 1 | 14 | 1 | .221 | – | – |
| 1956 |  Cleveland Guardians | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1958 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 32 | 60 | 14 | 1 | 4 | – | .233 | – | – |