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Dmitri Young
Full name Dmitri Dell Young Born October 11, 1973, Vicksburg, Mississippi First Game: August 29, 1996 ; Final Game: July 11, 2008 Bat: Both Throw: Right Height: 6' 2" Weight: 215 Brother of Delmon Young Named NL Comeback Player of the Year by The Sporting News (2007) Named NL Comeback Player of the Year by MLB (2007) Ejections: 1999 (1), 2001 (1), 2003 (1), 2004 (1), 2007 (1). Total: 5 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1996 STL N Daily Splits 16 29 3 7 0 0 0 2 4 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .241 .353 .241 -0.4 1996 STL N
1997 STL N Daily Splits 110 333 38 86 14 3 5 34 38 3 63 2 1 3 0 4 8 6 5 .258 .335 .363 -1.6 1997 STL N
1998 CIN N Daily Splits 144 536 81 166 48 1 14 83 47 4 94 2 0 5 0 7 16 2 4 .310 .364 .481 0.1 1998 CIN N
1999 CIN N Daily Splits 127 373 63 112 30 2 14 56 30 1 71 2 0 4 0 8 11 3 1 .300 .352 .504 0.3 1999 CIN N
2000 CIN N Daily Splits 152 548 68 166 37 6 18 88 36 6 80 3 1 5 0 6 16 0 3 .303 .346 .491 -0.7 2000 CIN N
2001 CIN N Daily Splits 142 540 68 163 28 3 21 69 37 10 77 5 1 3 0 12 22 8 5 .302 .350 .481 0.1 2001 CIN N
2002 DET A Daily Splits 54 201 25 57 14 0 7 27 12 5 39 2 0 1 0 3 12 2 0 .284 .329 .458 0.3 2002 DET A
2003 DET A Daily Splits 155 562 78 167 34 7 29 85 58 16 130 11 0 4 0 7 16 2 1 .297 .372 .537 3.1 2003 DET A
2004 DET A Daily Splits 104 389 72 106 23 2 18 60 33 4 71 6 0 4 0 1 8 0 1 .272 .336 .481 0.2 2004 DET A
2005 DET A Daily Splits 126 469 61 127 25 3 21 72 29 7 100 9 0 1 1 3 16 1 0 .271 .325 .471 0.2 2005 DET A
2006 DET A Daily Splits 48 172 19 43 4 1 7 23 11 0 39 0 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 .250 .293 .407 -0.7 2006 DET A
2007 WAS N Daily Splits 136 460 57 147 38 1 13 74 44 6 74 1 0 3 0 1 13 0 0 .320 .378 .491 1.0 2007 WAS N
2008 WAS N Daily Splits 50 150 15 42 6 0 4 10 28 4 28 1 0 1 0 1 8 0 0 .280 .394 .400 -0.3 2008 WAS N
Total NL ( 8 Years) 877 2969 393 889 201 16 89 416 264 34 492 17 3 24 0 39 95 19 19 .299 .357 .468 -1.5 Total NL
Total AL ( 5 Years) 487 1793 255 500 100 13 82 267 143 32 379 28 0 11 1 17 55 6 3 .279 .340 .486 3.1 Total AL
Total (13 Years) Splits 1364 4762 648 1389 301 29 171 683 407 66 871 45 3 35 1 56 150 25 22 .292 .351 .475 1.6 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1996 STL N Daily Splits 4 7 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .571 1996 STL N
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
2007 NL Daily Splits 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2007 NL
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1996 STL N Daily Splits 1B 10 4 2 55.2 39 1 1 5 0 .976
1997 STL N Daily Splits 1B 74 68 50 590.2 601 45 10 50 0 .985
1997 STL N OF 17 17 10 140 39 2 3 0 0 .932 9 0 10
1997 STL N RF 10 10 7 84 23 2 2 0 0 .926
1997 STL N LF 9 7 3 56 16 0 1 0 0 .941
1997 STL N DH 1 1 1 -
1998 CIN N Daily Splits OF 105 97 63 819.2 154 3 10 0 0 .940 91 0 14
1998 CIN N LF 91 85 62 725.1 143 3 9 0 0 .942
1998 CIN N 1B 44 39 30 324.2 304 22 2 25 0 .994
1998 CIN N RF 14 12 1 94.1 12 0 1 0 0 .923
1999 CIN N Daily Splits OF 91 81 34 653.1 160 4 4 0 0 .976 23 0 75
1999 CIN N RF 75 67 28 525.1 132 3 3 0 0 .978
1999 CIN N LF 23 14 6 128 28 1 1 0 0 .967
1999 CIN N 1B 9 6 4 55 56 1 0 5 0 1.000
1999 CIN N DH 1 1 1 -
2000 CIN N Daily Splits OF 111 104 53 849 172 4 4 1 0 .978 111 0 2
2000 CIN N LF 111 104 53 847.1 173 5 4 1 0 .978
2000 CIN N 1B 36 28 22 251.2 229 16 4 18 0 .984
2000 CIN N DH 4 4 4 -
2000 CIN N RF 2 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 -
2001 CIN N Daily Splits OF 87 85 52 677 146 8 7 1 0 .957 86 0 1
2001 CIN N LF 86 84 51 669 145 8 7 1 0 .956
2001 CIN N 1B 38 17 16 197.2 219 19 0 16 0 1.000
2001 CIN N 3B 36 33 25 281 16 57 9 9 0 .890
2001 CIN N RF 1 1 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
2002 DET A Daily Splits DH 35 35 34 -
2002 DET A 1B 15 15 11 123.1 117 16 4 5 0 .971
2002 DET A LF 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
2002 DET A OF 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 0
2002 DET A 3B 1 1 1 9 2 2 0 0 0 1.000
2003 DET A Daily Splits DH 75 73 72 -
2003 DET A LF 61 59 56 512 125 5 2 2 0 .985
2003 DET A OF 61 59 56 512 125 5 2 2 0 .985 61 0 0
2003 DET A 3B 16 16 13 129 8 37 8 5 0 .849
2003 DET A 1B 1 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 1.000
2004 DET A Daily Splits DH 74 74 67 -
2004 DET A 1B 25 24 22 211.1 203 17 0 15 0 1.000
2004 DET A OF 2 2 1 16 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 0
2004 DET A LF 2 2 1 16 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
2004 DET A 3B 1 1 0 6.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
2005 DET A Daily Splits DH 71 71 66 -
2005 DET A 1B 30 30 26 257 265 22 3 25 0 .990
2005 DET A OF 20 18 11 143.1 35 1 0 0 0 1.000 19 0 1
2005 DET A LF 19 18 11 142.1 35 1 0 0 0 1.000
2005 DET A RF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
2006 DET A Daily Splits DH 44 40 34 -
2006 DET A 1B 3 3 1 20 19 5 3 3 0 .889
2007 WAS N Daily Splits 1B 116 116 59 884.2 788 61 9 90 0 .990
2007 WAS N DH 7 7 5 -
2008 WAS N Daily Splits 1B 38 37 15 290 275 15 7 32 0 .976
2008 WAS N DH 6 6 6 -
Total ( 9 Years) Splits OF 495 464 280 3814.1 834 27 30 4 0 .966 403 0 103
Total (13 Years) 1B 439 387 258 3265.2 3120 240 43 289 0 .987
Total ( 9 Years) LF 403 374 243 3100 668 23 24 4 0 .966
Total (10 Years) DH 318 312 290 -
Total ( 6 Years) RF 103 90 37 714.1 168 5 6 0 0 .966
Total ( 4 Years) 3B 54 51 39 425.2 27 97 17 14 0 .879
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1996 STL N Daily Splits 1B 2 1 1 11 11 1 0 0 0 1.000
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
9- 7-1999(1) BOX CIN N Dan Iassogna Balls and strikes
8-14-2001 BOX CIN N Matt Hollowell Balls and strikes
7- 4-2003 BOX DET A Angel Hernandez Called third strike
9-21-2004 BOX DET A Bill Hohn Check swing
7-19-2007 BOX WAS N Rob Drake Balls and strikes
Transaction Information
Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (4th pick overall) of the
free-agent draft (June 3, 1991 - signed July 18, 1991 ).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Jeff Brantley
(November 10, 1997 ).
Selected by Tampa Bay Devil Rays from Cincinnati Reds (16th pick overall) in the
expansion draft (November 18, 1997 ).
Traded by Tampa Bay Devil Rays to Cincinnati Reds (November 18, 1997 ) completing
trade in which Cincinnati Reds traded Mike Kelly to Tampa Bay Devil Rays in exchange
for a player to be named later (November 11, 1997 ).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Juan Encarnacion and
Luis Pineda (December 11, 2001 ).
Released by Detroit Tigers (September 6, 2006 ).
Signed by Washington Nationals (February 14, 2007 ).
Granted free agency (November 6, 2009 ).
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