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Matt Young

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: August 9, 1958 in Pasadena, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 2nd round of the 1978 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Pasadena City College (Pasadena, CA) and the Seattle Mariners in the 2nd round of the 1980 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: St. Francis HS (La Canada, CA)

Schools: Pasadena City College (Pasadena, CA), University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 6, 1983 (Age 24-240d, 14,705th in major league history)
vs. NYY 7.0 IP, 10 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: August 6, 1993 (Age 34-362d)
vs. BAL 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Agents: Ron Shapiro

Full Name: Matthew John Young

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.3

ERA

4.40

333

163

1189.2

857

WHIP

1.489

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 10	SEA		CAL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
2	8 (4)	Apr 15	SEA	@	CAL	W,9-4	GS	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	12 (3)	Apr 20	SEA		OAK	L,3-9	GS	21	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	17 (4)	Apr 25	SEA	@	OAK	L,2-11	GS	7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	20 (2)	Apr 29	SEA	@	BOS	L,1-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	21	Apr 30	SEA	@	BOS	L,4-9	GF	10	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	23 (1)	May 2	SEA	@	TOR	W,3-2		4	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
8	24	May 3	SEA	@	TOR	W,4-2		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	28 (3)	May 7	SEA		BOS	L,5-11		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	29	May 8	SEA		BOS	L,2-4		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	31 (1)	May 10	SEA		TOR	W,8-7		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	33 (1)	May 12	SEA		MIL	W,6-0	GF	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	37 (3)	May 17	SEA	@	NYY	L,6-11	GS	13	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	38	May 18	SEA	@	NYY	L,3-11	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	41 (2)	May 22	SEA	@	DET	W,5-3		19	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	42	May 23	SEA		BAL	L,5-7		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	45 (2)	May 26	SEA		BAL	W,7-6	GF	10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	47 (1)	May 29	SEA		NYY	L,0-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	48	May 30	SEA		DET	W,8-7		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	49	May 31	SEA		DET	W,7-4	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	53 (3)	Jun 5	SEA	@	BAL	L,1-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	54	Jun 6	SEA	@	TEX	L,5-6		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	55	Jun 7 (1)	SEA	@	TEX	L,5-7		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	61 (5)	Jun 12	SEA		CHW	L,4-8		3	0.2	0	0	1	1	0	P
25	62	Jun 13	SEA		CHW	W,11-10	GF	6	2.1	0	0	1	1	0	P
26	63	Jun 14	SEA		CHW	W,7-3	GF	4	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	68 (4)	Jun 20	SEA	@	CHW	W,5-3	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	69	Jun 21	SEA	@	CHW	L,6-7	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	72 (2)	Jun 24	SEA		CLE	W,8-7	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	75 (2)	Jun 27	SEA		TEX	W,6-5	GF	9	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	78 (2)	Jun 30	SEA		KCR	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	79	Jul 1	SEA		KCR	W,8-5		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	80	Jul 2	SEA		KCR	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	82 (1)	Jul 5	SEA	@	BOS	W,9-5	GF	10	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
35	85 (2)	Jul 8	SEA	@	TOR	W,8-5	GF	12	2.2	0	1	1	2	0	P
36	86	Jul 9	SEA	@	TOR	L,5-6	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	92 (5)	Jul 18	SEA		BOS	W,10-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	95 (2)	Jul 21	SEA		TOR	L,3-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	96	Jul 22	SEA		TOR	W,8-7		13	2.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
40	99 (2)	Jul 26	SEA		MIL	W,5-2	GF	14	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	101 (1)	Jul 28	SEA	@	MIN	L,5-6		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	102	Jul 29	SEA	@	MIN	L,2-4	GF	5	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
43	103	Jul 30	SEA	@	MIN	W,4-2	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	105 (1)	Aug 2	SEA		CAL	W,7-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	107 (1)	Aug 4	SEA		OAK	W,9-8		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	109 (1)	Aug 6	SEA		OAK	L,5-7		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	110	Aug 7	SEA	@	CAL	L,3-4		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	113 (2)	Aug 10	SEA	@	CAL	L,0-4	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	114	Aug 11	SEA	@	OAK	W,6-4		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	115	Aug 12	SEA	@	OAK	L,2-3		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	119 (3)	Aug 16	SEA		MIN	W,7-6		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	123 (3)	Aug 22	SEA	@	DET	L,1-4		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	125 (1)	Aug 24	SEA	@	DET	W,3-1	GF	4	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
54	126	Aug 26	SEA		BAL	W,5-2	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	130 (3)	Aug 30 (1)	SEA		NYY	W,1-0	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	133 (2)	Sep 1	SEA		DET	L,5-6	GF	13	2.2	0	0	1	1	0	P
57	140 (6)	Sep 10	SEA	@	TEX	L,2-3	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	141	Sep 11	SEA	@	KCR	L,6-7		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	144 (2)	Sep 14	SEA	@	KCR	L,3-10	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
60	148 (3)	Sep 19	SEA		KCR	W,6-5	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
61	153 (4)	Sep 24	SEA		TEX	W,5-4		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
62	154	Sep 26	SEA		CLE	L,7-9		12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
63	156 (1)	Sep 28	SEA		CLE	L,4-5		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
64	157	Sep 30 (1)	SEA	@	CHW	L,4-5		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
65	160 (2)	Oct 3	SEA	@	CLE	L,5-6		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
							65gm		103.2	4	9	4	17	0