Delmon Young
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Young with the Baltimore Orioles
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| Free agent | |||
| Outfielder / Designated hitter | |||
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Born: September 14, 1985 Montgomery, Alabama |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 29, 2006, for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2015 season) |
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| Batting average | .283 | ||
| Hits | 1,162 | ||
| Home runs | 109 | ||
| Runs batted in | 566 | ||
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Delmon Damarcus Young (born September 14, 1985) is an American professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter who is a free agent. He has also played in MLB for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Rays, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, and Baltimore Orioles. He is the younger brother of former major league outfielder and first baseman Dmitri Young.
Young graduated from Adolfo Camarillo High School in 2003, located in Camarillo, California, whereupon he was drafted first overall in the 2003 Major League Baseball draft.
In 2005, Young hit .336 with 20 home runs, 71 RBI and an OPS of .968 in 84 games with the Double-A Montgomery Biscuits, winning the Southern League Most Valuable Player Award despite playing in just 60% of the games. Young was promoted to the Triple-A Durham Bulls on July 15, 2005, where he batted .285 with six home runs and 28 RBIs in 52 games. After the season was over, he was named Baseball America's Minor League Player of the Year and its number one overall prospect for the 2006 season. Young finished his minor league career with a .318 batting average.
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