Del Young
1937–1945 · bats B / throws R · Philadelphia Phillies, SPZ
310G
.224AVG
.264OBP
.281SLG
More career statistics
213H
3HR
76RBI
7SB
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 | 950 | 947 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 115 | 114 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,028 | 1,026 |
| Batting · RBI | 76 | 74 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 310 | 1,028 | 950 | 87 | 213 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 76 | 48 | 115 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 267 | .224 | .264 | .281 | .545 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1939-05-23 to 1939-06-01
9longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 4 hits | 1939-05-17 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 10 | 2 doubles | 1938-05-23 | 1 in 99 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 4 | 1 triple | 1937-05-27 | 1 in 39 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 133 | 398 | 86 | 1 | 28 | 19 | 47 | .234 | .264 | .291 |
| Away | 177 | 628 | 127 | 2 | 46 | 29 | 67 | .219 | .248 | .276 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 16 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | .116 | .167 | .163 |
| May | 65 | 241 | 63 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 25 | .283 | .311 | .363 |
| June | 51 | 180 | 28 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 16 | .173 | .211 | .222 |
| July | 55 | 151 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 17 | .243 | .278 | .307 |
| August | 66 | 221 | 43 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 25 | .211 | .244 | .260 |
| September | 56 | 182 | 40 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 22 | .233 | .242 | .273 |
| October | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 60 | 206 | 46 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 15 | .238 | .272 | .306 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 49 | 145 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 24 | .178 | .207 | .186 |
| boston-braves | 42 | 145 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 16 | .221 | .255 | .287 |
| new-york-giants | 42 | 150 | 34 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 21 | .239 | .260 | .275 |
| chicago-cubs | 41 | 141 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | .250 | .270 | .318 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 39 | 120 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 19 | .182 | .200 | .245 |
| cincinnati-reds | 37 | 119 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 11 | .257 | .311 | .352 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 110 | 360 | 70 | – | 23 | 6 | .194 | – | – |
| 1938 | Philadelphia Phillies | 108 | 339 | 78 | – | 30 | – | .230 | – | – |
| 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies | 77 | 215 | 57 | 3 | 20 | 1 | .265 | – | – |
| 1940 | Philadelphia Phillies | 15 | 33 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .242 | – | – |