Ralph Young
1913–1922 · bats B / throws R · Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics
1,022G
.247AVG
.339OBP
.296SLG
More career statistics
898H
4HR
254RBI
92SB
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 | 3,643 | 3,640 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 59 | 101 |
| Batting · Doubles | 108 | 106 |
| Batting · Hits | 898 | 897 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 15 | 16 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 235 | 236 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,336 | 4,343 |
| Batting · Runs | 480 | 479 |
| Batting · RBI | 254 | 255 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 92 | 98 |
| Batting · Walks | 495 | 501 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,022 | 4,336 | 3,643 | 480 | 898 | 108 | 30 | 4 | 254 | 495 | 235 | 92 | 59 | 15 | 0 | 1,078 | .247 | .339 | .296 | .635 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1921-09-08 to 1921-09-24
27longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1919-09-18 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1921-09-09 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1913-04-21 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 514 | 2165 | 456 | 1 | 125 | 252 | 101 | .251 | .327 | .300 |
| Away | 508 | 2178 | 441 | 3 | 130 | 249 | 135 | .242 | .317 | .290 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 94 | 393 | 90 | 1 | 23 | 42 | 29 | .272 | .336 | .308 |
| May | 189 | 853 | 158 | 0 | 49 | 108 | 43 | .225 | .312 | .268 |
| June | 185 | 772 | 148 | 1 | 36 | 100 | 35 | .231 | .321 | .298 |
| July | 181 | 742 | 145 | 1 | 47 | 79 | 43 | .230 | .302 | .275 |
| August | 204 | 875 | 205 | 0 | 56 | 88 | 45 | .274 | .335 | .326 |
| September | 162 | 679 | 146 | 1 | 43 | 82 | 40 | .259 | .336 | .302 |
| October | 7 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .192 | .241 | .269 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 152 | 633 | 124 | 0 | 31 | 58 | 34 | .224 | .288 | .262 |
| new-york-yankees | 149 | 624 | 138 | 0 | 47 | 63 | 38 | .255 | .322 | .311 |
| chicago-white-sox | 147 | 629 | 141 | 1 | 44 | 73 | 32 | .268 | .340 | .319 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 146 | 629 | 118 | 1 | 27 | 98 | 39 | .236 | .343 | .280 |
| cleveland-guardians | 142 | 600 | 123 | 1 | 33 | 61 | 41 | .242 | .307 | .283 |
| st-louis-browns | 141 | 589 | 111 | 0 | 39 | 63 | 24 | .225 | .295 | .274 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 128 | 558 | 125 | 0 | 27 | 73 | 26 | .276 | .355 | .329 |
| detroit-tigers | 17 | 81 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 2 | .258 | .358 | .394 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 |  New York Yankees | 7 | 15 | 1 | – | – | 2 | .067 | – | – |
| 1915 |  Detroit Tigers | 123 | 378 | 91 | – | 28 | 15 | .241 | – | – |
| 1916 | Detroit Tigers | 153 | 526 | 139 | 1 | 42 | 20 | .264 | – | – |
| 1917 | Detroit Tigers | 141 | 501 | 117 | 1 | 37 | 8 | .234 | – | – |
| 1918 | Detroit Tigers | 91 | 298 | 56 | – | 21 | 17 | .188 | – | – |
| 1919 | Detroit Tigers | 125 | 456 | 96 | 1 | 25 | 9 | .211 | – | – |
| 1920 | Detroit Tigers | 150 | 594 | 172 | – | 34 | 8 | .290 | – | – |
| 1921 | Detroit Tigers | 107 | 402 | 120 | – | 32 | 11 | .299 | – | – |
| 1922 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 125 | 470 | 105 | 1 | 36 | 8 | .223 | – | – |