Delwyn Young

Delwyn Young
Free Agent – No. 24
Utility player
Bats: Switch Throws: Right
debut
September 7, 2006, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Career statistics (through 2010 season)
Batting Average	.258
Home Run	17
Runs Batted In	81
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Los Angeles Dodgers (2006-2008) Pittsburgh Pirates (2009-present)

Delwyn Rudy Young (born June 30, 1982) is an outfielder and second baseman in Major League Baseball who currently in the Philadelphia Phillies organization. His nicknames include Pee Wee, Del Y and DY.

High school years

Young attended Littlerock High School in Littlerock, California where he was a student and a four-year letterwinner in baseball. Delwyn graduated in 2000.

College years and draft

Young attended Santa Barbara City College under coach Teddy Warrecker where he still holds the team records for hits, runs, home runs and RBIs.

Young was drafted twice by the Atlanta Braves in 2000 (31st round) and 2001 (29th round), but did not sign as he preferred to remain in college. He was next drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 4th round of the 2002 draft and signed with them on June 12, 2002.

Minor leagues

After hitting well in the Dodger rookie leagues in 2002 (.300) & 2003 (.323), Young played for the Vero Beach Dodgers in 2004, hitting .281 with 22 HRs, 85 RBIs, and 11 SBs earning Baseball America's second team Minor League All-Star honors as well as being a Florida State League All-Star at second base.

In 2005, with the Double-A Jacksonville Suns he hit .296 with 16 HRs and 62 RBIs, leading to his promotion to the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s. He hit .325 with the 51s in 36 games the remainder of the season. While he was with the 51s, the organization decided to change his position, moving him from second base to the outfield.

He spent the entire 2006 season with the 51s, hitting .273 with 18 HRs and 98 RBIs, though he had a high strikeout total with 104 strikeouts.

Major leagues

Los Angeles Dodgers

Young made his major league debut with the Dodgers on September 7, 2006 against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium. He went hitless in one at bat. He appeared in eight games for the Dodgers in September, going hitless in five at bats as a pinch hitter.

On August 3, 2007, Young made his first career start with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He recorded his first hit as a pinch hitter on August 4 against the Arizona Diamondbacks. On August 9, in his second career start, he went 4 for 4 against the Cincinnati Reds. He hit his first major league home run on September 25, off Colorado Rockies' Manny Corpas. A couple days later he hit another one off San Francisco Giants' Barry Zito.

On April 1, 2008, Young hit his first career walk-off single against San Francisco Giants pitcher Keiichi Yabu. He battled injuries the rest of the season, and had to undergo off-season surgery on his elbow

Pittsburgh Pirates

Young's attempt to rejoin the Dodgers roster for 2009 was derailed when he suffered another minor injury in spring training and he began the season on the disabled list. He was eventually traded on April 14 to the Pittsburgh Pirates for two players to be named later. Although mostly an outfielder, Young began working with Pirates coach Perry Hill on playing second base, a position he played in the minor leagues and occasionally with the Dodgers. He finished 2009 with 16 doubles, 2 triples, 7 home runs, 43 runs batted in, 2 stolen bases, to go along with a .266 average, a .326 on base percentage, a .381 slugging percentage, in 354 at bats.

2010 season

Delwyn Young made the Pirates opening day roster out of spring training as a bench player. He changed his jersey number from 48 to 24. On June 8, he hit a two-run homer against Stephen Strasburg during his first start as a big league pitcher. Those 2 runs were the first two earned runs in Strasburg's career.

Philadelphia Phillies

On January 6, 2011, the Phillies announced that Young will be invited to spring training on a minor league contract.

External links

• Career statistics from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)