Pep Young: Difference between revisions

Pep Young
Pep Young
	Second baseman
	Born: August 29, 1907; Jamestown, North Carolina, U.S.
	Died: January 14, 1962 (aged 54); Jamestown, North Carolina, U.S.
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	April 25, 1933, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance
	September 30, 1945, for the St. Louis Cardinals
MLB statistics
Batting average	.262
Home runs	32
Runs batted in	347
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Pittsburgh Pirates (1933–1940); Cincinnati Reds (1941); St. Louis Cardinals (1941, 1945);

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Inline

Latest revision as of 02:10, 1 August 2024

Lemuel Floyd Young (August 29, 1907 – January 14, 1962) was a professional baseball player. He played all or part of ten years in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1933–40), Cincinnati Reds (1941) and St. Louis Cardinals (1941 and 1945), primarily as a second baseman.

The high point of his career was when he finished 14th in voting for the 1938 National League MVP for playing in 149 games and having 562 at bats, 58 runs, 156 hits, 36 doubles, 5 triples, 4 home runs, 79 RBI, 7 stolen bases, 40 walks, .278 batting average, .329 on-base percentage, .381 slugging percentage, 214 total bases and 5 sacrifice hits.

In 10 seasons he played in 730 games and had 2,466 at bats, 274 runs, 645 hits, 128 doubles, 34 triples, 32 home runs, 347 RBI, 18 stolen bases, 152 walks, .262 batting average, .308 on-base percentage, .380 slugging percentage, 937 total bases and 38 sacrifice hits.

He died in his hometown at the age of 54.

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

This biographical article relating to an American baseball second baseman is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{short description|American baseball player (1907-1962)}}
+{{dablink|For the [[Major League Baseball]] [[second baseman]] who played from 1910–1922, see [[Ralph Young (baseball)]].}}
+{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
 {{Infobox baseball biography
 |name=Pep Young
@@ Line 5: / Line 8: @@
 |throws=Right
 |birth_date={{Birth date|1907|8|29}}
-|birth_place=[[Jamestown, North Carolina]]
+|birth_place=[[Jamestown, North Carolina]], U.S.
 |death_date={{death date and age|1962|1|14|1907|8|29}}
-|death_place=[[Jamestown, North Carolina]]
+|death_place=Jamestown, North Carolina, U.S.
 |debutleague = MLB
 |debutdate=April 25
@@ Line 17: / Line 20: @@
 |finalteam=St. Louis Cardinals
 |statleague = MLB
-| stat1label  = [[Batting average]]
+| stat1label  = [[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
 | stat1value  = .262
 | stat2label  = [[Home run]]s
@@ Line 24: / Line 27: @@
 | stat3value  = 347
 | teams       =
-*[[Pittsburgh Pirates]] ({{By|1933}}–{{By|1940}})
+*[[Pittsburgh Pirates]] ({{Baseball year|1933}}–{{Baseball year|1940}})
-*[[Cincinnati Reds]] ({{By|1941}})
+*[[Cincinnati Reds]] ({{Baseball year|1941}})
-*[[St. Louis Cardinals]] ({{By|1941}}–{{By|1945}})
+*[[St. Louis Cardinals]] ({{Baseball year|1941}}, {{Baseball year|1945}})
 }}
 '''Lemuel Floyd Young''' (August 29, 1907 – January 14, 1962) was a [[professional baseball]] player. He played all or part of ten years in [[Major League Baseball]] for the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] (1933–40), [[Cincinnati Reds]] (1941) and [[St. Louis Cardinals]] (1941 and 1945), primarily as a [[second baseman]].
-The high point of his career was when he finished 14th in voting for the 1938 [[National League]] MVP for playing in 149 games and having 562 [[at bat]]s, 58 runs, 156 hits, 36 doubles, 5 triples, 4 home runs, 79 RBI, 7 stolen bases, 40 walks, .278 batting average, .329 on-base percentage, .381 slugging percentage, 214 total bases and 5 sacrifice hits.
+The high point of his career was when he finished 14th in voting for the 1938 [[National League (baseball)|National League]] MVP for playing in 149 games and having 562 [[at bat]]s, 58 runs, 156 hits, 36 doubles, 5 triples, 4 home runs, 79 RBI, 7 stolen bases, 40 walks, .278 batting average, .329 on-base percentage, .381 slugging percentage, 214 total bases and 5 sacrifice hits.
 In 10 seasons he played in 730 games and had 2,466 at bats, 274 runs, 645 hits, 128 doubles, 34 triples, 32 home runs, 347 RBI, 18 stolen bases, 152 walks, .262 batting average, .308 on-base percentage, .380 slugging percentage, 937 total bases and 38 sacrifice hits.
-He died in his hometown at the age of 55.
+He died in his hometown at the age of 54.
 ==External links==
-* {{Baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br=y/youngpe01 |fangraphs= |cube= |brm=young-001lem}}
+{{Baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br=y/youngpe01 |fangraphs= |cube= |brm=young-001lem}}
-{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
-| NAME              = Young, Pep
-| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
-| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American baseball player
-| DATE OF BIRTH     = August 29, 1907
-| PLACE OF BIRTH    = [[Jamestown, North Carolina]]
-| DATE OF DEATH     = January 14, 1962
-| PLACE OF DEATH    = [[Jamestown, North Carolina]]
-}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Pep}}
 [[Category:Major League Baseball second basemen]]
@@ Line 63: / Line 57: @@
 [[Category:Columbus Red Birds players]]
 [[Category:Winston-Salem Cardinals players]]
-[[Category:Baseball players from North Carolina]]
+[[Category:Baseball players from Guilford County, North Carolina]]
 [[Category:1907 births]]
 [[Category:1962 deaths]]
+[[Category:People from Jamestown, North Carolina]]