Kevin Youkilis

First Base

2004—2013

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
First Base RANK
#45

Player Detail

Kevin Edmund
GIVEN NAME
Youkilis
SURNAME
March 15, 1979, in Cincinnati, OH
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
2004—2013
Playing Career
Played from 25-34
PLAYING AGE
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Teams Played For
First Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Boston Red Sox
PRIMARY TEAM
2004, 2007
World Series titles
Youk, The Greek God of Walks
NICKNAME
20
UNIFORM NUMBER
#4 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-1 / 220
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
May 15, 2004
Major League Debut
June 13, 2013
FINAL GAME
— Top 50 First Baseman —

Related Content

WHO IS Kevin Youkilis?

The Greek God of Walks; couldn’t field a lick, but never met a 90-foot walk he didn’t like.
Kevin struggled with his weight as a young player, so much so that he was called “roly-poly” by his high school baseball player.
  • Kevin Youkilis Scouting Report

60

HITTING

60

POWER

20

RUNNING

30

FIELDING

30

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1061
1053
150
618
.281
3 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
31.8
52.3

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.861
.788
109.7

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.281
.382
.478

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Casey Kotchman
Prince Fielder
Mark Teixeira

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Jason Varitek
David Ortiz
Dustin Pedroia
Julio Lugo
Alex Rodriguez
Manny Ramirez
Johnny Damon
Ichiro Suzuki
Pedro Martinez
Jon Lester
Terry Francona

Kevin Youkilis Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Youkilis
507
142
88
34
2
20
84
73
112
4
243
229
.281
.382
.478
861
AVG 1B
531
141
72
29
2
22
58
110
3
237
204
.265
.341
.447
.788

Kevin Youkilis Rankings

AT First Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
45
56 (3B)
43
59
100
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT First Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
71
44
29
35
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Kevin Youkilis PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
32.4
31.3
26.7
18.3
4.94
62.1
42.4
30.7
21.0
5.09
BLUE = Kevin Youkilis
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
144.3
132.1
UNK
68.7
22.0
348.1
202.5
145.2
97.0
26.5
BLUE = Kevin Youkilis
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B