| Arizona Diamondbacks — No. 24 | |
| Center Fielder | |
| Born: September 5 1983 | |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
| August 18, 2006 for the Arizona Diamondbacks | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through October 2, 2007) |
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| Batting Average | .238 |
| Home runs | 34 |
| Runs Batted In | 78 |
| Stolen Bases | 29 |
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Christopher Brandon "Chris" Young (born September 5, 1983, in Houston, Texas), is a center fielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks. He is the first rookie in Major League history to hit 30 home runs and steal 25 bases.[1] He graduated from national powerhouse Bellaire High School (Bellaire, Texas). He broke his arm in the state playoffs senior year attempting to catch a fly ball hit by San Diego Padres minor leaguer Chad Huffman, from Elkins High School. Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 16th round of the 2001 Amateur Draft, he was traded to the Diamondbacks with Orlando Hernández and Luis Vizcaíno for Javier Vázquez and cash after the 2005 season.
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Minor leagues
In 2003 he was an Appalachian League All Star outfielder, in 2005 he was a Baseball America 1st team Minor League All Star outfielder and the Chicago White Sox Minor League Player of the Year, and in 2006 he was a Triple A All Star outfielder and Baseball America 2nd team Minor League All-Star outfielder. Through 2006 his minor league career averages were .267/.358/.501.
Major leagues
Arizona Diamondbacks
2006
He made his major league debut on August 18, 2006.
2007
Young began the 2007 season as the Diamondbacks everyday center fielder. On August 17th, against the Atlanta Braves, Young hit his 23rd home run of the year, setting a new Diamondbacks rookie record. He also became the 8th rookie to hit 20 home runs and steal 20 bases.[2] For the season, his 27 stolen bases were 13th overall in the NL, and his 32 home runs were tied for 10th. Rookie Season. In 2007, Young led all NL rookies in stolen bases (27). He was 2nd to Ryan Braun in home runs (32) and extra base hits (64), and to Troy Tulowitzki in at bats (569), 3rd behind Tulowitzki and Braun in runs (85), and 5th in RBIs (68; behind Tulowitzki, Braun, Kevin Kouzmanoff, and Hunter Pence). He also batted .237 with a .295 on base percentage, and led NL rookies with 141 strikeouts.[3] Young was a unanimous selection to the 2007 Topps Major League Rookie All-Star Team. The selection was the result of the 49th annual Topps balloting of Major League managers.[4] Young (10 points) came in fourth, and lost out to Braun (128 points) in the vote for the 2007 NL Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award by 488 major league players and 30 managers.[3][4] He also lost out to Braun in the competition for the 2007 Baseball America Rookie of the Year Award,[5] and in the Baseball Prospectus 2007 Internet Baseball NL Rookie of the Year Award in which he came in 4th, with 8 first place votes, versus 555 for Braun.[6]
Awards
- 2003 - Appalachian League All-Star OF
- 2005 - Baseball America 1st team Minor League All-Star OF
- 2005 - Chicago White Sox Minor League Player of the Year
- 2006 - Triple-A All-Star OF
- 2006 - Baseball America 2nd team Minor League All-Star OF
See also
References
- ^ "Back-to-back homers give D-Backs the win", East Valley Tribune, 2007-09-13. Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ "Topps announces the 49th annual Topps Major League Rookie All-Star Team," KansasCity.Royals.mlb.com, 11/26/07, accessed 11/26/07
- ^ "Record-Setting Bat Propels Braun," Baseball America, 10/17/07, accessed 10/18/07
- ^ "The 2007 Internet Baseball Awards; Results and Wrap-Up, Baseball Prospectus, 11/1/07, accessed 11/2/07
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
- Baseball America
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1 Orlando Hudson | 4 Emilio Bonifacio | 5 Robby Hammock | 6 Stephen Drew | 10 Justin Upton | 11 Augie Ojeda | 15 Dan Haren | 16 Conor Jackson | 17 Brandon Webb | 18 Chad Tracy | 19 Chris Snyder | 22 Eric Byrnes | 24 Chris Young | 26 Miguel Montero | 27 Mark Reynolds | 28 Brandon Medders | 31 Édgar González | 36 Jailen Peguero | 37 Juan Cruz | 38 Brandon Lyon | 40 Bill Murphy | 44 Micah Owings | 45 Doug Slaten | 49 Doug Davis | 50 Yusmeiro Petit | 51 Randy Johnson | 56 Tony Peña | 57 Dustin Nippert | 76 Alex Romero | -- Javier Brito | -- Billy Buckner | -- Chris Burke | -- Wilkin Castillo | -- Emiliano Fruto | -- Juan Gutierrez | -- Chad Qualls | -- Leo Rosales | -- Jeff Salazar | -- Max Scherzer | -- Esmerling Vasquez |
