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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

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Team Record in Appearances: 7-12 / in Starts: 6-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 2

1991 Pitching Game Log

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1991 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	265	3	Apr 10	BOS	@	TOR	L,3-5	GS-6		99	5.0	3	2	2	4	3	0	0	3.60	4.06	21	74	42	14	7	11	3	1	0	0	52			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.012	1.60	-0.01%	0.21	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a1
2	266	7	Apr 15	BOS		CLE	L,0-1	GS-9		4	9.0	2	0	0	6	4	0	0	1.29	4.00	35	133	75	20	10	16	9	3	1	0	81			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.703	1.70	0.53%	4.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
3	267	14	Apr 24	BOS		TOR	L,1-6	GS-6	L(0-1)	8	5.0	4	5	3	5	4	0	0	2.37	4.07	23	90	44	10	8	7	7	3	1	0	42			0	1	0	16	1	0	0	0	1	0	.98	-0.158	1.88	-0.18%	-1.39	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out d2
4	268	18	Apr 30	BOS	@	MIN	W,7-5	GS-7		5	6.1	7	5	5	2	3	1	0	3.55	4.28	27	87	51	14	6	15	7	5	0	0	40			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.43	0.044	2.29	0.04%	-0.27	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	269	22	May 5	BOS	@	CHW	W,9-1	GS-7	W(1-1)	4	7.0	7	1	1	3	8	0	0	3.06	3.75	27	99	64	18	11	11	5	4	1	0	64			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	4	0	0	.45	0.134	.80	0.14%	2.42	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a8
6	270	26	May 10	BOS		TEX	W,5-3	GS-7	W(2-1)	4	6.0	8	2	2	0	8	0	0	3.05	3.20	26	100	63	19	11	11	7	4	0	0	56			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.09	-0.001	2.09	0.00%	0.14	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a1
7	271	31	May 15	BOS		CHW	W,9-6	GS-4		4	3.2	6	5	5	4	3	0	0	3.86	3.31	20	87	50	16	8	5	8	4	2	0	28			1	0	0	16	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.00	-0.257	2.05	-0.32%	-3.69	1t start tie	4t 123 2 out d5
8	272	35	May 20	BOS		MIL	W,3-0	GS-7	W(3-1)	4	6.0	4	0	0	5	4	0	0	3.38	3.40	26	111	64	14	10	10	7	3	2	0	63			3	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.41	0.300	3.43	0.44%	2.75	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a1
9	273	40	May 25	BOS	@	DET	L,2-3	GS-3	L(3-2)	4	2.2	3	3	3	3	2	1	0	3.73	3.72	15	59	28	11	2	3	7	4	0	0	39			2	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.194	2.60	-0.32%	-2.25	1b start tie	3b 123 2 out d3
10	274	45	May 30	BOS		BAL	L,3-9	GS-6	L(3-3)	4	5.0	4	5	5	5	4	0	0	4.20	3.77	24	102	57	14	12	9	6	4	0	0	38			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.24	-0.160	2.81	-0.22%	-1.23	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	275	106	Aug 6	BOS	@	KCR	L,0-6	6-GF(8)		67	3.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.99	3.71	12	38	23	6	3	4	5	3	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.004	.03	0.00%	0.88	6b 1-- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
12	276	112	Aug 13(1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-8	GS-5		6	4.2	9	6	6	1	5	0	0	4.55	3.53	24	91	55	16	9	12	6	3	1	0	26			0	0	0	23	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.19	-0.304	1.15	-0.18%	-2.26	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out d1
13	277	117	Aug 17	BOS		KCR	L,3-4	GS-8		3	7.0	8	2	1	1	4	0	0	4.22	3.40	30	100	63	18	10	17	8	5	3	0	58			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	0.133	1.83	0.13%	1.04	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out a1
14	278	122	Aug 23	BOS	@	CAL	L,1-4	GS-7	L(3-4)	5	6.1	6	3	3	6	5	1	0	4.23	3.63	30	116	57	17	9	8	11	4	1	0	48			1	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.119	1.79	-0.15%	-0.72	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 1 out d2
15	279	127	Aug 28	BOS	@	OAK	L,3-9	GS-5	L(3-5)	4	4.0	8	6	6	0	5	0	0	4.69	3.46	20	78	57	9	16	11	4	4	0	0	27			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.299	1.22	-0.19%	-2.95	1b start a 2	5b 123 0 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	280	134	Sep 6	BOS		SEA	W,6-5	GS-4		8	3.2	6	5	5	2	2	1	0	5.02	3.61	18	68	38	11	6	7	7	5	0	0	29			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.52	-0.351	2.08	-0.29%	-3.02	1t start tie	4t --- 2 out d2
17	281	139	Sep 11	BOS	@	DET	L,2-8	GS-4	L(3-6)	4	3.2	5	3	2	2	3	0	1	5.01	3.62	20	73	43	14	4	12	2	1	1	0	42			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.52	-0.194	4.03	-0.31%	-1.41	1b start tie	4b 12- 2 out d1
18	282	141	Sep 13	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-4	7-7	H(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.99	3.65	2	6	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.09	0.074	12.57	0.14%	0.44	7b 12- 2 out a2	7b 3 out a2
19	283	149	Sep 22	BOS		NYY	L,5-7	10-10	L(3-7)	8	0.1	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	5.18	3.75	4	14	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.97	-0.214	18.63	-0.80%	-1.08	10t --- 0 out tie	10t 123 1 out tie
							7-12		W-L:3-7,Hld:1	4.7	88.2	92	55	51	53	69	4	2	5.18	3.75	404	1526	58%	16%	9%	1.57		21%	5%	0	46	3	33%	8	3	0	346	12	0	2	11	2	6	1.14	-0.879	2.20	-1.55%	-7.67

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