Ross Youngs

Hall of Fame

Right Field

1917—1926

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Player LeveL
Superstar
Top 100 Rank
NR
Right Field RANK
#45

Player Detail

Royce Middlebrook
GIVEN NAME
Youngs
SURNAME
April 10, 1897, in Shiner, TX
BORN
October 22, 1927, in San Antonio, TX, USA
DIED
1917—1926
Playing Career
Played from 20-29
PLAYING AGE
New York Giants
Teams Played For
Right Field
PRIMARY POSITION
New York Giants
PRIMARY TEAM
1921-22
World Series titles
Pep
NICKNAME
none
UNIFORM NUMBER
#2 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-8 / 162
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Right
BATTED / THREW
September 25, 1917
Major League Debut
August 10, 1926
FINAL GAME
— MEMBER OF THE Hall of Fame —
— Top 50 Right Fielder —

Related Content

WHO IS Ross Youngs?

Great right fielder for Giants dynasty, died young from rare disease.
Following Ross’s shocking death from disease at the age of 30, the Giants honored Youngs with a bronze plaque on the right field wall of the Polo Grounds, which adoring fans insisted on paying for. It remained in the ballpark until it closed in 1963.
  • Ross Youngs Scouting Report

70

HITTING

50

POWER

70

RUNNING

60

FIELDING

60

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
1211
1491
42
592
.322

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
31.3
58.5

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

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.839
.753
111.4

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

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.322
.399
.441

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Kiki Cuyler
Curt Walker

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Pop Snyder
Highpockets Kelly
Frankie Frisch
Beauty Bancroft
Heinie Groh
Irish Meusel
Casey Stengel
Billy Southworth
Jesse Barnes
Art Nehf
John McGraw

Ross Youngs 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
Youngs
521
168
91
27
10
5
67
62
44
17
229
234
.322
.399
.441
839
AVG RF
534
154
79
24
9
6
47
40
15
215
205
.289
.350
.403
.753

Ross Youngs Rankings

AT Right Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
45
70
61
68
47
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Right Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
72
53
48
62
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Ross Youngs PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
32.3
30.4
23.4
16.2
4.32
73.7
43.4
30.3
21.5
5.03
BLUE = Ross Youngs
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME RF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
206.2
180.0
131.0
88.6
27.5
389.8
205.2
143.3
96.9
26.7
BLUE = Ross Youngs
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME RF