What years did Chris Young play?

Chris Young played in Major League Baseball from 2004 to 2017.

Was Chris Young a pitcher?

Yes. Chris Young pitched in the major leagues, recording 79 wins and 1062 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Chris Young hit?

Chris Young hit 1 career home runs with 31 hits.

What was Chris Young's career batting average?

Chris Young batted .150 over his career, with 31 hits in 207 at bats.

How many RBI did Chris Young have?

Chris Young drove in 17 runs in his career.

What was Chris Young's career ERA?

Chris Young finished with a 3.95 career ERA, going 79-67 with 1,062 strikeouts.

Chris Young

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2004-2017)

Chris Young was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2004 to 2017 for 5 teams, including the Texas Rangers, a span of 14 seasons. Across 271 career appearances, he went 79-67 with a 3.95 ERA and 1,062 strikeouts. He also batted .150 with 1 home runs. Chris Young was an All-Star.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 79–67

ERA 3.95

WHIP 1.26

SO 1,062

Pitcher PIV -11859.7

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'10" / 255 lb
Born: 5/25/1979 in Dallas, TX, USA
MLB Debut: 2004-08-24
Last Game: 2017-06-17
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Christopher Ryan Young

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Career Pitching Statistics

Chris Young — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
79	67	271	221	1	0	1	1297.2	1,130	570	186	502	1,062	3.95	-11859.7

Career ERA 3.95 vs. league average 4.21 across their career seasons — 6.0% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Chris Young (b. 1979) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2004	TEX	AL	3	2	7	7	0	0	36.1	36	19	10	27	4.71	4.46 (-5%)	-539.3
2005	TEX	AL	12	7	31	31	0	0	164.2	162	78	45	137	4.26	4.29 (+1%)	2075.0
2006	SDN	NL	11	5	31	31	0	0	179.1	134	69	69	164	3.46	4.53 (+24%)	-337.6
2007	SDN	NL	9	8	30	30	0	0	173.0	118	60	72	167	3.12	4.47 (+30%)	4670.4
2008	SDN	NL	7	6	18	18	1	0	102.1	84	45	48	93	3.96	4.32 (+8%)	-201.0
2009	SDN	NL	4	6	14	14	0	0	76.0	70	44	40	50	5.21	4.32 (-21%)	-2223.1
2010	SDN	NL	2	0	4	4	0	0	20.0	10	2	11	15	0.90	4.08 (+78%)	100.8
2011	NYN	NL	1	0	4	4	0	0	24.0	12	5	11	22	1.88	3.94 (+52%)	-224.8
2012	NYN	NL	4	9	20	20	0	0	115.0	119	53	36	80	4.15	4.01 (-3%)	-1405.3
2014	SEA	AL	12	9	30	29	0	0	165.0	143	67	60	108	3.65	3.74 (+2%)	-5265.4
2015	KCA	AL	11	6	34	18	0	0	123.1	91	42	43	83	3.06	3.96 (+23%)	-1722.3
2016	KCA	AL	3	9	34	13	0	1	88.2	104	61	43	94	6.19	4.19 (-48%)	-5387.3
2017	KCA	AL	0	0	14	2	0	0	30.0	47	25	14	22	7.50	4.36 (-72%)	-1399.7
Career · 13 seasons			79	67	271	221	1	1	1,297.2	1,130	570	502	1,062	3.95	—	-11,860

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Chris Young — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
271	207	10	31	6	1	1	17	0	10	82	.150	.192	.203	.395	-893

Career AVG .150 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — 42.4% below league average.

Career OBP .192 vs. league average .327 across their career seasons — 41.3% below league average.

Career SLG .203 vs. league average .414 across their career seasons — 50.9% below league average.

Career OPS .395 vs. league average .740 across their career seasons — 46.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Chris Young (b. 1979) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2004	TEX	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	TEX	AL	31	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	SDN	NL	31	54	2	7	2	1	0	4	0	26	.130	.269 (-52%)	.336 (-61%)	.431 (-53%)	.768 (-57%)	-524.5
2007	SDN	NL	30	46	2	6	1	0	0	2	5	15	.130	—	—	—	—	-369.0
2008	SDN	NL	18	28	3	3	1	0	1	2	1	11	.107	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	SDN	NL	14	23	2	6	0	0	0	2	2	7	.261	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	SDN	NL	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	NYN	NL	4	9	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	4	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	NYN	NL	20	31	0	4	2	0	0	2	1	11	.129	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	SEA	AL	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	KCA	AL	34	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	KCA	AL	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	KCA	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			271	207	10	31	6	1	1	17	10	82	.150	—	—	—	—	-893

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Chris Young — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Chris Young — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
2015	ALCS	KCA	1	0	0	.000
2015	ALDS1	KCA	1	0	0	.000
2015	WS	KCA	2	1	1	.000
2006	NLDS2	SDN	1	3	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Chris Young — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	0	5	3	0	22.1	12	5	8	27	2.01

Playoff Pitching by Year

Chris Young — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2015	ALCS	KCA	0	1	1	4.2	3	2	2	4	3.86
2015	ALDS1	KCA	0	1	0	4.0	3	1	2	7	2.25
2015	WS	KCA	1	2	1	7.0	2	2	2	7	2.57
2006	NLDS2	SDN	1	1	1	6.2	4	0	2	9	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Chris Young — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	128	90	3	11	0	6	.122
Away	143	117	7	20	1	11	.171

Pitching — Home / Away

Chris Young — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	128	638.2	521	251	224	551	3.54
Away	143	659.0	609	319	278	511	4.36

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Chris Young — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2017-06-17	KCR	LAA	—	1.2	5	4	4	0	1	1
2017-06-09	KCR	SDP	—	1.0	5	3	3	0	2	0
2017-06-04	KCR	CLE	—	2.0	1	1	1	2	1	1
2017-05-31	KCR	DET	—	3.0	2	0	0	1	2	0
2017-05-21	KCR	MIN	—	5.0	7	3	3	2	4	1
2017-05-14	KCR	BAL	—	3.2	6	5	5	1	3	2
2017-05-09	KCR	TBR	—	3.0	7	4	4	4	2	1
2017-05-02	KCR	CHW	—	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0
2017-04-25	KCR	CHW	—	2.0	4	4	2	2	1	0
2017-04-23	KCR	TEX	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Chris Young — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	271	221	61	98	7	4

Season-by-Season Fielding

Chris Young — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2004	TEX	P	7	7	2	3	1	0
2005	TEX	P	31	31	8	13	0	0
2006	SDN	P	31	31	8	12	0	2
2007	SDN	P	30	30	7	13	1	1
2008	SDN	P	18	18	7	8	1	1
2009	SDN	P	14	14	9	9	0	0
2010	SDN	P	4	4	2	1	0	0
2011	NYN	P	4	4	0	2	0	0
2012	NYN	P	20	20	6	8	1	0
2014	SEA	P	30	29	7	10	1	0
2015	KCA	P	34	18	4	10	1	0
2016	KCA	P	34	13	1	9	1	0
2017	KCA	P	14	2	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Chris Young (b. 1979) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	271

Awards & Honors

Chris Young — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2014	Comeback Player of the Year

Salary History

Chris Young — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	KCA	AL	$4,250,000
2015	KCA	AL	$675,000
2014	SEA	AL	$1,250,000
2011	NYN	NL	$1,100,000
2010	SDN	NL	$6,375,000
2009	SDN	NL	$4,625,000
2008	SDN	NL	$2,625,000
2007	SDN	NL	$600,000
2006	SDN	NL	$500,000
2005	TEX	AL	$400,000
Total Career Earnings			$22,400,000

College History

Chris Young — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Princeton University	Princeton	NJ	1999, 2000

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Chris Young: the record in brief

August 24, 2004 and June 17, 2017 bracket Chris Young's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. By club, Young's seasons break down as the Texas Rangers (2004 to 2005), the San Diego Padres (2006 to 2010), the New York Mets (2011 through 2012), the Seattle Mariners (2014), and the Kansas City Royals (2015 to 2017). Listed as a pitcher, Young batted and threw right-handed. Height and weight on file: 6-foot-10 and 255 pounds. The birth record reads May 25, 1979, in Dallas, TX, USA. Young's full given name, per the bio, is Christopher Ryan Young.

Young went 79-67 with a 3.95 ERA in 271 games, 221 of them starts. Also on Young's record: 1,062 strikeouts. Against a 4.21 league ERA for the same years, Young was 6.0% better. Young won 12 games in 2005, the most of any season listed. Young struck out 167 batters in 2007, a career high.

Frequently Asked Questions about Chris Young

What years did Chris Young play?: Chris Young played in Major League Baseball from 2004 to 2017.
Was Chris Young a pitcher?: Yes. Chris Young pitched in the major leagues, recording 79 wins and 1062 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Chris Young hit?: Chris Young hit 1 career home runs with 31 hits.
What was Chris Young's career batting average?: Chris Young batted .150 over his career, with 31 hits in 207 at bats.
How many RBI did Chris Young have?: Chris Young drove in 17 runs in his career.
What was Chris Young's career ERA?: Chris Young finished with a 3.95 career ERA, going 79-67 with 1,062 strikeouts.