Matt Young

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Full Name: Matthew John Young	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/205	First Game: April 6, 1983
Birthdate: August 9, 1958	Final Game: August 6, 1993
Birthplace: Pasadena, California	MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
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7 See Also
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[edit] Biography

Born on August 9, 1958 in Pasadena, California, Matt Young (Matthew John Young) played for the Seattle Mariners, Los Angeles Dodgers, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 10 year career. Young broke into the bigs on April 6, 1983 with the Seattle Mariners, and put up a 3.27 ERA in 203.2 innings pitched in 1983, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Matt Young's best season was 1986, when he posted a 3.82 ERA, notched 13 saves and struck out 82 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1983	SEA	A	33	32	11	15	3.27	130	86	74	5	2	0	203.2	178	17	79	2	4	7
1984	SEA	A	22	22	6	8	5.72	73	81	72	1	0	0	113.1	141	11	57	3	3	1
1985	SEA	A	37	35	12	19	4.91	136	135	119	5	2	1	218.1	242	23	76	3	6	7
1986	SEA	A	65	5	8	6	3.82	82	50	44	1	0	13	103.2	108	9	46	2	7	8
1987	LA	N	47	0	5	8	4.47	42	30	27	0	0	11	54.1	62	3	17	5	3	0
1989	OAK	A	26	4	1	4	6.75	27	31	28	0	0	0	37.1	42	2	31	2	5	0
1990	SEA	A	34	33	8	18	3.51	176	106	88	7	1	0	225.1	198	15	107	7	16	6
1991	BOS	A	19	16	3	7	5.18	69	55	51	0	0	0	88.2	92	4	53	2	5	2
1992	BOS	A	28	8	0	4	4.58	57	42	36	1	0	0	70.2	69	7	42	2	2	3
1993	CLE	A	22	8	1	6	5.21	65	45	43	0	0	0	74.1	75	8	57	0	5	3
Total	NL		47	0	5	8	4.47	42	30	27	0	0	11	54.1	62	3	17	5	3	0
Total	AL		286	163	50	87	4.40	815	631	555	20	5	14	1135.1	1145	96	548	23	53	37
Total			333	163	55	95	4.40	857	661	582	20	5	25	1189.2	1207	99	565	28	56	37

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1983	SEA	A	P	33	32	203.2	9	39	3	0	0	3	14	8	2	.941
1984	SEA	A	P	22	22	113.1	3	21	2	3	0	1	6	5	2	.923
1985	SEA	A	P	37	35	218.1	6	24	1	1	0	4	13	16	1	.968
1986	SEA	A	P	65	5	103.2	4	9	4	0	0	0	4	2	0	.765
1987	LA	N	P	47	0	54.1	3	1	2	0	0	2	3	1	0	.667
1989	OAK	A	P	26	4	37.1	3	6	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	1.000
1990	SEA	A	P	34	33	225.1	12	31	9	1	0	7	20	14	3	.827
1991	BOS	A	P	19	16	88.2	4	10	1	1	0	3	8	3	0	.933
1992	BOS	A	P	28	8	70.2	2	8	6	0	0	1	10	3	0	.625
1993	CLE	A	P	22	8	74.1	4	10	1	0	0	0	9	7	0	.933
Total			P	333	163	1189.2	50	159	29	6	0	22	95	59	8	.878

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1983	SEA	A	33	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	SEA	A	22	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	SEA	A	37	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	SEA	A	65	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	LA	N	47	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1989	OAK	A	26	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	SEA	A	34	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	BOS	A	19	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	BOS	A	28	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	CLE	A	22	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		47	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		286	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			333	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (January 10, 1978).
Selected by Seattle Mariners in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1980).
Traded by Seattle Mariners to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Dennis Powell and Mike Watters (December 10, 1986).
Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers with Bob Welch to Oakland Athletics as part of 3-team trade in which Oakland Athletics sent Kevin Tapani and Wally Whitehurst to New York Mets; Los Angeles Dodgers sent Jack Savage to New York Mets; New York Mets sent Jesse Orosco to Los Angeles Dodgers; and Oakland Athletics sent Alfredo Griffin and Jay Howell to Los Angeles Dodgers (December 11, 1987).
Released by Oakland Athletics (November 21, 1988).
Signed by Oakland Athletics (January 19, 1989).
Granted free agency (November 13, 1989).
Signed by Seattle Mariners (December 15, 1989).
Granted free agency (November 5, 1990).
Signed by Boston Red Sox (December 4, 1990).
Released by Boston Red Sox (March 30, 1993).
Signed by Cleveland Indians (April 6, 1993).
Released by Cleveland Indians (August 9, 1993).
Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (August 12, 1993).
Released by Toronto Blue Jays (September 8, 1993).

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