MLB / Players

Kevin Young

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 3 in · 210 lb

BornJune 16, 1969 · Alpena, MI, USA

MLB debutJuly 12, 1992

Final gameJune 27, 2003

Seasons12 (1992–2003)

Pittsburgh Pirates 1992–1995; Kansas City Royals 1996; Pittsburgh Pirates 1997–2003

Percentile snapshot

2002 season — qualified batters

146

37.7

525

9.7

468

9.7

14.3

115

2.6

RBI

40.3

101

39.6

27.3

.246

10.4

OBP

.322

22.1

SLG

.408

27.9

OPS

.730

25.3

wRC+

91.3

22.1

OPS+

90.5

21.4

wOBA

.328

sWAR

-0.1

5.8

of 155 qualified 2002 batters (min 499 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

94.8

31.4

OPS+

95.4

32.2

sWAR

2.7

72.8

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1992	10	9	7	2	4	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	.571	.667	.571	1.238	285.2	256.1	.579	0.2
1993	141	508	449	38	106	24	3	6	47	36	82	2	2	.236	.300	.343	.643	71.5	72.6	.293	-1.3
1994	59	134	122	15	25	7	2	1	11	8	34	0	2	.205	.258	.320	.577	40.8	48.7	.254	-0.8
1995	56	195	181	13	42	9	0	6	22	8	53	1	3	.232	.268	.381	.649	63.3	67.6	.287	-0.2
1996	55	143	132	20	32	6	0	8	23	11	32	3	3	.242	.301	.470	.770	90.7	91.7	.335	0.0
1997	97	362	333	59	100	18	3	18	74	16	89	11	2	.300	.332	.535	.867	118.2	121.2	.372	1.4
1998	159	656	592	88	160	40	2	27	108	44	127	15	7	.270	.328	.481	.809	107.7	108.8	.353	1.5
1999	156	675	584	103	174	41	6	26	106	75	124	22	10	.298	.387	.522	.909	128.9	127.9	.396	3.5
2000	132	541	496	77	128	27	0	20	88	32	96	8	3	.258	.311	.433	.744	84.6	86.2	.326	-0.3
2001	142	507	449	53	104	33	0	14	65	42	119	15	11	.232	.310	.399	.708	80.8	81.3	.311	-0.7
2002	146	525	468	60	115	26	1	16	51	50	101	4	6	.246	.322	.408	.730	91.3	90.5	.328	-0.1
2003	52	96	84	8	17	4	0	2	7	12	25	1	0	.202	.302	.321	.624	66.9	63.8	.290	-0.5

Career totals

1,205

4,351

3,897

536

1,007

235

144

RBI

606

336

882

.2584

OBP

.3236

SLG

.4383

OPS

.7619

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	TB
1999-07-17	CLE @ PIT Gameday	5	3	3	0	2	5	9
2000-08-13	AZ @ PIT Gameday	5	1	4	1	1	3	8
1997-06-29	NYM @ PIT Gameday	5	3	4	1	1	1	8
1998-06-09	PIT @ CLE Gameday	5	2	3	2	1	2	8
1998-07-31	HOU @ PIT Gameday	5	2	3	2	1	1	8

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.