Irv Young
1905–1911 · bats L / throws L · Boston Braves, Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates
209G
.126AVG
.148OBP
.156SLG
More career statistics
60H
0HR
18RBI
2SB
63–95W–L
1,384.2IP
560K
3.11ERA
161GS
4SV
10Rare 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 · At bats | 475 | 477 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 496 | 497 |
| Batting · RBI | 18 | 14 |
| Batting · Walks | 11 | 9 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,590 | 5,693 |
| Pitching · p er | 479 | 188 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,361 | 1,364 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,154 | 4,151 |
| Pitching · p k | 560 | 567 |
| Pitching · p r | 629 | 631 |
| Pitching · p w | 316 | 320 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 209 | 496 | 475 | 21 | 60 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 74 | .126 | .148 | .156 | .304 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,384.7 | 209 | 161 | 120 | 63 | 95 | 4 | 1,361 | 629 | 479 | 23 | 316 | 560 | 0 | 0 | 3.11 | 1.211 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1905-06-03 to 1905-06-12
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 17 scoreless innings | 1908-08-22 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1905-09-26 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1906-04-12 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 113 | 247 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 80 | .127 | .146 | .136 |
| Away | 96 | 250 | 30 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 72 | .124 | .132 | .174 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 20 | 58 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 17 | .218 | .224 | .255 |
| May | 36 | 85 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 25 | .085 | .094 | .122 |
| June | 38 | 88 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 21 | .153 | .159 | .200 |
| July | 48 | 101 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 38 | .125 | .158 | .167 |
| August | 36 | 82 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 23 | .125 | .134 | .138 |
| September | 24 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | .076 | .074 | .076 |
| October | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .077 | .133 | .077 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 29 | 74 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 40 | .153 | .176 | .181 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 28 | 76 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 24 | .164 | .184 | .192 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 23 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | .105 | .103 | .158 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 22 | 71 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | .119 | .141 | .134 |
| chicago-cubs | 21 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .120 | .115 | .160 |
| cincinnati-reds | 19 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .095 | .114 | .095 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 16 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .070 | .070 | .070 |
| detroit-tigers | 12 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .062 | .062 | .062 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 |  Boston Braves | 43 | 136 | 14 | – | 4 | – | .103 | 377 | 159 |
| 1906 | Boston Braves | 43 | 125 | 12 | – | 5 | – | .096 | 356 | 150 |
| 1907 | Boston Braves | 40 | 80 | 13 | – | 1 | 1 | .163 | 243 | 87 |
| 1908 | Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates | 32 | 63 | 11 | – | 1 | – | .175 | 175 | 63 |
| 1910 |  Chicago White Sox | 27 | 45 | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | .111 | 137 | 66 |
| 1911 | Chicago White Sox | 24 | 28 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .179 | 94 | 42 |