Ed Young
1938–1947 · bats R / throws R · Chicago American Giants, Homestead Grays, Kansas City Monarchs
194G
.278AVG
.335OBP
.410SLG
More career statistics
188H
12HR
101RBI
18SB
2Rare feats
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 · Games | 194 | 210 |
| Batting · At bats | 676 | 588 |
| Batting · Hits | 188 | 200 |
| Batting · Home runs | 12 | 17 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 738 | 648 |
| Batting · Runs | 104 | 107 |
| Batting · RBI | 101 | 91 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 18 | 23 |
| Batting · Triples | 8 | 14 |
| Batting · Walks | 50 | 46 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 194 | 738 | 676 | 104 | 188 | 37 | 8 | 12 | 101 | 50 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 277 | .278 | .335 | .410 | .745 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1941-07-20 to 1943-05-16
33longest on-base streak
The two rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87 | Two Homers, Two Steals | 1947-05-18 | 1 in 8,945 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1938-07-16 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 117 | 346 | 123 | 9 | 63 | 19 | 4 | .386 | .410 | .589 |
| Away | 93 | 302 | 77 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 2 | .286 | .344 | .476 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| April | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .267 | .353 | .333 |
| May | 57 | 178 | 61 | 9 | 26 | 10 | 3 | .370 | .399 | .630 |
| June | 51 | 156 | 35 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 1 | .248 | .288 | .362 |
| July | 60 | 184 | 62 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 2 | .380 | .424 | .558 |
| August | 27 | 75 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .377 | .413 | .725 |
| September | 10 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .387 | .441 | .484 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kansas-city-monarchs | 61 | 205 | 58 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 2 | .315 | .346 | .429 |
| memphis-red-sox | 32 | 87 | 30 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 3 | .385 | .437 | .654 |
| birmingham-black-barons | 17 | 50 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .311 | .400 | .489 |
| CV9 | 15 | 48 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .390 | .458 | .512 |
| cleveland-buckeyes | 15 | 40 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .394 | .425 | .667 |
| indianapolis-clowns | 12 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 9 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .219 | .265 | .375 |
| newark-eagles | 9 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .387 | .387 | .710 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | CGChicago American Giants | 37 | 104 | 36 | 1 | 14 | 6 | .346 | – | – |
| 1939 | CGChicago American Giants | 31 | 95 | 34 | 5 | 13 | 8 | .358 | – | – |
| 1940 | CGChicago American Giants | 17 | 43 | 15 | – | 6 | 1 | .349 | – | – |
| 1941 | CGChicago American Giants | 15 | 50 | 19 | – | 2 | 1 | .380 | – | – |
| 1942 | CGChicago American Giants | 7 | 18 | 7 | – | 2 | 1 | .389 | – | – |
| 1943 | CGChicago American Giants | 36 | 92 | 34 | 2 | 13 | – | .370 | – | – |
| 1946 | CGChicago American Giants | 31 | 78 | 25 | 5 | 21 | 3 | .321 | – | – |
| 1947 | Chicago American Giants, Homestead Grays | 36 | 108 | 30 | 4 | 20 | 3 | .278 | – | – |