Michael Young

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Michael Young

2000–2013 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'1", 200 lb · b. 1976 Covina, CA

Also in Triple-A · Double-A · High-A · Single-A

Career 1,970 G · 2,375 H · 185 HR · 1,030 RBI · .300 AVG

Seasons leading his league

10

5 best in baseball 5 league only

48 Top-5 finishes

6 Title seasons

7 Categories led

2006 Best season

Spanning 2002–2011, peaking at 3 titles in 2006.

Clubs 200 Hit Seasons ×6

Team records #1 Rangers career H #1 Rangers career R #1 Rangers 2005 H #3 Rangers career RBI #3 Rangers 2011 AVG #4 Rangers career AVG #7 Rangers career HR #10 Rangers 2004 R

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

513th League titles 10
505th Best in baseball 5
419th Top-5 finishes 48

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

123rd Doubles 441
134th Hits 2,375
146th Shortstop Double Plays 530
186th Total Bases 3,491
195th Shortstop Assists 2,278
212th Batting Average .300
226th Shortstop Putouts 1,121
236th Runs 1,137
254th Second Base Double Plays 312
275th Runs Batted In 1,030
300th Third Base Double Plays 80
328th Second Base Assists 1,239
344th Third Base Assists 755
348th Second Base Putouts 867
436th Third Base Putouts 273
460th Home Runs 185

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Second Base Double Plays	2	1st	2 yrs (2002–2003)	2003 117 2002 AL 97
Hits	2	1st	—	2005 221 2011 213 2003 #3 2004 #2 2006 #2
Shortstop Double Plays	2	1st	—	2008 113 2006 AL 113 2007 #2
Second Base Assists	1	1st	—	2002 AL 420 2003 #2
Shortstop Range Factor	1	1st	—	2006 AL 4.73 2008 #3
Shortstop Fielding Percentage	1	1st	—	2008 AL .984 2006 #2
Shortstop Assists	1	1st	—	2006 492 2007 #2 2008 #2
Second Base Range Factor	—	#3	—	2002 #3
Second Base Fielding Percentage	—	#2	—	2002 #2 2003 #3
Doubles	—	#2	—	2006 #2
Second Base Putouts	—	#2	—	2002 #2 2003 #2
Shortstop Putouts	—	#3	—	2006 #3
Batting Average	—	#2	—	2005 #2 2011 #3

Title Seasons

6 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
2011	1	H 213
2008	2	SS DP 113 SS FPCT .984
2006	3	SS A 492 SS DP 113 SS RF 4.73
2005	1	H 221
2003	1	2B DP 117
2002	2	2B A 420 2B DP 97

Batting

led the league 14 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2000	TEX	AL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2001	TEX	AL	106	386	57	96	18	4	11	49	26	91	3	.249	.298	.402	.699
2002	TEX	AL	156	573	77	150	26	8	9	62	41	112	6	.262	.308	.382	.690
2003	TEX	AL	160	666	106	204	33	9	14	72	36	103	13	.306	.339	.446	.785
2004	TEX	AL	160	690	114	216	33	9	22	99	44	89	12	.313	.353	.483	.836
2005	TEX	AL	159	668	114	221	40	5	24	91	58	91	5	.331	.385	.514	.899
2006	TEX	AL	162	691	93	217	52	3	14	103	48	96	7	.314	.356	.459	.814
2007	TEX	AL	156	639	80	201	37	1	9	94	47	107	13	.315	.366	.418	.783
2008	TEX	AL	155	645	102	183	36	2	12	82	55	109	10	.284	.339	.402	.741
2009	TEX	AL	135	541	76	174	36	2	22	68	47	90	8	.322	.374	.518	.892
2010	TEX	AL	157	656	99	186	36	3	21	91	50	115	4	.284	.330	.444	.774
2011	TEX	AL	159	631	88	213	41	6	11	106	47	78	6	.338	.380	.474	.854
2012	TEX	AL	156	611	79	169	27	3	8	67	33	70	2	.277	.312	.370	.682
2013	PHI +1	NL	147	519	52	145	26	5	8	46	43	83	1	.279	.335	.395	.730
Career	—	—	1,970	7,918	1,137	2,375	441	60	185	1,030	575	1,235	90	.300	.346	.441	.787

Fielding

4 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
2000	TEX	AL	2B	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
2001	TEX	AL	2B	104	102	915.1	212	284	8	79	504	.984	4.77
2002	TEX	AL	2B	152	144	1258.2	298	420	9	97	727	.988	4.72
			SS	11	1	25.0	2	10	0	2	12	1.000	1.09
			3B	4	0	8.0	0	3	0	0	3	1.000	0.75
2003	TEX	AL	2B	159	158	1389.1	305	471	10	117	786	.987	4.88
			SS	7	1	17.0	4	5	0	1	9	1.000	1.29
2004	TEX	AL	SS	158	158	1386.2	225	423	19	98	667	.972	4.10
2005	TEX	AL	SS	155	155	1356.0	238	427	18	95	683	.974	4.29
2006	TEX	AL	SS	155	155	1356.1	241	492	14	113	747	.981	4.73
2007	TEX	AL	SS	150	150	1291.1	211	446	19	107	676	.972	4.38
2008	TEX	AL	SS	151	151	1289.0	193	465	11	113	669	.984	4.36
2009	TEX	AL	3B	134	134	1165.2	72	208	9	29	289	.969	2.09
2010	TEX	AL	3B	155	155	1370.1	95	265	19	26	379	.950	2.32
2011	TEX	AL	3B	40	39	342.0	30	66	5	9	101	.951	2.40
			1B	36	36	302.0	267	13	3	34	283	.989	7.78
			2B	14	14	120.1	28	29	0	11	57	1.000	4.07
			SS	1	1	8.0	1	2	0	1	3	1.000	3.00
2012	TEX	AL	1B	41	40	363.0	358	24	2	37	384	.995	9.32
			3B	25	25	215.0	18	38	2	3	58	.966	2.24
			2B	16	14	124.0	24	31	2	8	57	.965	3.44
			SS	4	4	33.0	6	6	0	0	12	1.000	3.00
2013	PHI	NL	3B	107	104	890.2	58	175	10	13	243	.959	2.18
			1B	34	22	219.2	204	10	0	21	214	1.000	6.29
			2B	2	1	10.2	0	4	0	0	4	1.000	2.00
			SS	1	1	7.0	0	2	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
Career	—	—	SS	793	777	6769.1	1,121	2,278	81	530	3,480	.977	4.29
	—	—	3B	465	457	3991.2	273	755	45	80	1,073	.958	2.21
	—	—	2B	448	433	3821.1	867	1,239	29	312	2,135	.986	4.70
	—	—	1B	111	98	884.2	829	47	5	92	881	.994	7.89