What years did Michael Young play?

Michael Young played in Major League Baseball from 2000 to 2013.

Was Michael Young a pitcher?

No. Michael Young was a position player (Shortstop).

How many home runs did Michael Young hit?

Michael Young hit 185 career home runs with 2375 hits.

What was Michael Young's career batting average?

Michael Young batted .300 over his career, with 2,375 hits in 7,918 at bats.

How many RBI did Michael Young have?

Michael Young drove in 1,030 runs in his career.

Is Michael Young in the Hall of Fame?

No. Michael Young has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Michael Young

Shortstop · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2000-2013)

Michael Young was a shortstop who played in Major League Baseball from 2000 to 2013 for the Texas Rangers, the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Los Angeles Dodgers, a span of 14 seasons. In 1,970 career games, he hit .300 with 2,375 hits, 185 home runs, and 1,030 RBI. Michael Young was a 7-time All-Star, an All-Star Game MVP, and a Gold Glove. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 9,102.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 12, 2026

AVG .300

HR 185

RBI 1,030

H 2,375

OPS .787

PIV 9,102

Position: Shortstop
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 200 lb
Born: 10/19/1976 in Covina, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 2000-09-29
Last Game: 2013-09-29
Awards: 7× All-Star · All-Star Game MVP · Gold Glove

Full name: Michael Brian Young

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Career Batting Statistics

Michael Young — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,970	7,918	1,137	2,375	441	60	185	1,030	90	575	1,235	.300	.346	.441	.787	9,102

Career AVG .300 vs. league average .262 across their career seasons — +14.3% above league average.

Career OBP .346 vs. league average .331 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .441 vs. league average .417 across their career seasons — +5.7% above league average.

Career OPS .787 vs. league average .748 across their career seasons — +5.2% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Michael Young Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2000	TEX	AL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	TEX	AL	106	386	57	96	18	4	11	49	3	26	91	.249	.263 (-6%)	.332 (-10%)	.426 (-6%)	.758 (-8%)	-588.6
2002	TEX	AL	156	573	77	150	26	8	9	62	6	41	112	.262	.261 (avg)	.331 (-7%)	.416 (-8%)	.747 (-8%)	-823.9
2003	TEX	AL	160	666	106	204	33	9	14	72	13	36	103	.306	.264 (+16%)	.332 (+2%)	.422 (+6%)	.754 (+4%)	409.1
2004	TEX	AL	160	690	114	216	33	9	22	99	12	44	89	.313	.266 (+18%)	.335 (+5%)	.427 (+13%)	.762 (+10%)	1296.3
2005	TEX	AL	159	668	114	221	40	5	24	91	5	58	91	.331	.264 (+25%)	.330 (+17%)	.418 (+23%)	.749 (+20%)	2858.5
2006	TEX	AL	162	691	93	217	52	3	14	103	7	48	96	.314	.269 (+17%)	.336 (+6%)	.431 (+6%)	.768 (+6%)	801.8
2007	TEX	AL	156	639	80	201	37	1	9	94	13	47	107	.315	.268 (+17%)	.335 (+9%)	.422 (-1%)	.758 (+3%)	577.3
2008	TEX	AL	155	645	102	183	36	2	12	82	10	55	109	.284	.263 (+8%)	.333 (+2%)	.416 (-4%)	.749 (-1%)	-122.5
2009	TEX	AL	135	541	76	174	36	2	22	68	8	47	90	.322	.262 (+23%)	.332 (+12%)	.417 (+24%)	.750 (+19%)	2043.3
2010	TEX	AL	157	656	99	186	36	3	21	91	4	50	115	.284	.257 (+10%)	.325 (+1%)	.402 (+10%)	.728 (+6%)	664.5
2011	TEX	AL	159	631	88	213	41	6	11	106	6	47	78	.338	.255 (+32%)	.320 (+19%)	.399 (+19%)	.719 (+19%)	2361.5
2012	TEX	AL	156	611	79	169	27	3	8	67	2	33	70	.277	.254 (+9%)	.318 (-2%)	.405 (-9%)	.724 (-6%)	-614.3
2013	PHI	NL	126	468	49	129	24	4	8	42	1	42	78	.276	.253 (+9%)	.317 (+6%)	.396 (avg)	.714 (+2%)	258.7
2013	LAN	NL	21	51	3	16	2	1	0	4	0	1	5	.314	.253 (+24%)	.317 (+1%)	.396 (-1%)	.714 (avg)	258.7
Career · 15 seasons			1,970	7,918	1,137	2,375	441	60	185	1,030	90	575	1,235	.300	—	—	—	—	9,380

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

Michael Young — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
43	151	11	36	10	0	3	19	5	31	.238

Playoff Batting by Year

Michael Young — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2013	NLCS	LAN	6	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2013	NLDS2	LAN	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333
2012	ALWC	TEX	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.500
2011	ALCS	TEX	6	28	3	7	3	1	7	1	6	.250
2011	ALDS2	TEX	4	15	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	.133
2011	WS	TEX	7	27	3	7	4	1	5	1	7	.259
2010	ALCS	TEX	6	27	3	9	3	0	4	1	7	.333
2010	ALDS1	TEX	5	20	1	3	0	1	3	0	6	.150
2010	WS	TEX	5	20	0	5	0	0	0	1	2	.250

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Michael Young — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	979	3863	631	1224	106	570	.317
Away	991	4055	506	1151	79	460	.284

Last 10 Games — Batting

Michael Young — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO
2013-09-29	LAD	COL	L	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
2013-09-28	LAD	COL	L	4	1	1	0	0	0	1
2013-09-26	LAD	SFG	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013-09-25	LAD	SFG	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013-09-22	LAD	SDP	W	3	1	1	0	0	0	0
2013-09-20	LAD	SDP	L	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
2013-09-19	LAD	AZ	W	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
2013-09-18	LAD	AZ	L	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
2013-09-17	LAD	AZ	W	2	1	0	1	1	0	0
2013-09-16	LAD	AZ	L	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Michael Young — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	111	98	829	47	5	92
2B	448	433	867	1239	29	312
3B	465	457	273	755	45	80
SS	793	777	1121	2278	81	530

Season-by-Season Fielding

Michael Young — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2000	TEX	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
2001	TEX	2B	104	102	212	284	8	79
2002	TEX	2B	152	144	298	420	9	97
2002	TEX	3B	4	0	0	3	0	0
2002	TEX	SS	11	1	2	10	0	2
2003	TEX	2B	159	158	305	471	10	117
2003	TEX	SS	7	1	4	5	0	1
2004	TEX	SS	158	158	225	423	19	98
2005	TEX	SS	155	155	238	427	18	95
2006	TEX	SS	155	155	241	492	14	113
2007	TEX	SS	150	150	211	446	19	107
2008	TEX	SS	151	151	193	465	11	113
2009	TEX	3B	134	134	72	208	9	29
2010	TEX	3B	155	155	95	265	19	26
2011	TEX	1B	36	36	267	13	3	34
2011	TEX	2B	14	14	28	29	0	11
2011	TEX	3B	40	39	30	66	5	9
2011	TEX	SS	1	1	1	2	0	1
2012	TEX	1B	41	40	358	24	2	37
2012	TEX	2B	16	14	24	31	2	8
2012	TEX	3B	25	25	18	38	2	3
2012	TEX	SS	4	4	6	6	0	0
2013	PHI	1B	26	19	176	8	0	17
2013	PHI	3B	99	99	58	166	9	12
2013	LAN	1B	8	3	28	2	0	4
2013	LAN	2B	2	1	0	4	0	0
2013	LAN	3B	8	5	0	9	1	1
2013	LAN	SS	1	1	0	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Michael Young Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
First Base	111
Second Base	448
Third Base	465
Shortstop	793
Designated Hitter	167

Awards & Honors

Michael Young — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2011	MLB Players Choice Man of the Year
2011	Player of the Week	Week of 2011-06-26
2009	Player of the Week	Week of 2009-08-23
2008	Gold Glove	SS
2008	MLB Players Choice Man of the Year
2006	All-Star Game MVP
2005	TSN All-Star	SS
2002	Player of the Week	Week of 2002-06-15

Salary History

Michael Young — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2013	PHI	NL	$18,374,975
2012	TEX	AL	$16,174,974
2011	TEX	AL	$16,174,974
2010	TEX	AL	$13,174,974
2009	TEX	AL	$13,054,526
2008	TEX	AL	$6,174,974
2007	TEX	AL	$3,575,000
2006	TEX	AL	$3,075,000
2005	TEX	AL	$2,575,000
2004	TEX	AL	$450,000
2003	TEX	AL	$415,000
2002	TEX	AL	$250,000
Total Career Earnings			$93,469,397

College History

Michael Young — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of California - Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	CA	1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

Award Voting History

Michael Young — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2011	Most Valuable Player	AL	8th	96.0	392	1
2009	Most Valuable Player	AL	16th	13.0	392	0
2006	Most Valuable Player	AL	30th	1.0	392	0
2005	Most Valuable Player	AL	11th	20.0	392	0
2004	Most Valuable Player	AL	8th	92.0	392	0

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Michael Young: the record in brief

Michael Young played a first major league game on September 29, 2000 and a last one on September 29, 2013. The season rows list, in order, the Texas Rangers (2000 to 2012), the Philadelphia Phillies (2013), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2013). Young, a shortstop by primary position, both batted and threw right-handed. Height and weight on file: 6-foot-1 and 200 pounds. Young was born on October 19, 1976, in Covina, CA, USA. Michael Young was the playing name; the full given name is Michael Brian.

Young collected 2,375 hits in 7,918 at bats across 1,970 games, good for a .300 batting average, adding 185 homers, 1,030 RBI, and 90 stolen bases. On-base and slugging figures of .346 and .441 give Young a career OPS of .787. Measured against the leagues Young played in, the .300 career average compares with a .262 league average over the same seasons, 14.3% above the league. The OPS comparison is .787 to a league .748, 5.2% above average.

Frequently Asked Questions about Michael Young

What years did Michael Young play?: Michael Young played in Major League Baseball from 2000 to 2013.
Was Michael Young a pitcher?: No. Michael Young was a position player (Shortstop).
How many home runs did Michael Young hit?: Michael Young hit 185 career home runs with 2375 hits.
What was Michael Young's career batting average?: Michael Young batted .300 over his career, with 2,375 hits in 7,918 at bats.
How many RBI did Michael Young have?: Michael Young drove in 1,030 runs in his career.
Is Michael Young in the Hall of Fame?: No. Michael Young has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.