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search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 early life and education 2 playing career toggle playing career subsection 2 1 minor leagues 1997 2000 2 2 texas rangers 2000 2012 2 2 1 rangers career rankings 2 3 philadelphia phillies 2013 2 4 los angeles dodgers 2013 2 5 career statistics 3 post playing career 4 personal life 5 see also 6 references 7 external links toggle the table of contents michael young baseball 9 languages العربية مصرى español فارسی français 日本語 한국어 polski 中文 edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia american baseball player born 1976 for other baseball people see michael young baseball baseball player michael young young with the texas rangers in 2009 infielder born 1976 10 19 october 19 1976 age 49 covina california u s batted right threw right mlb debut september 29 2000 for the texas rangers last mlb appearance september 29 2013 for the los angeles dodgers mlb statistics batting average 300 hits 2 375 home runs 185 runs batted in 1 030 stats at baseball reference teams texas rangers 2000 2012 philadelphia phillies 2013 los angeles dodgers 2013 career highlights and awards 7 all star 2004 2009 2011 gold glove award 2008 al batting champion 2005 texas rangers no 10 retired texas rangers hall of fame michael brian young born october 19 1976 is an american former professional baseball infielder who played 14 seasons in major league baseball mlb for the texas rangers philadelphia phillies and los angeles dodgers since 2014 young has worked in the rangers front office as a special assistant to the general manager originally a second baseman the versatile young was a five time all star at shortstop once at third base and once as a combination designated hitter utility infielder he was the 2005 american league al batting champion young played baseball in high school at bishop amat memorial high school and in college at university of california santa barbara uc santa barbara he was originally drafted by the baltimore orioles in 1994 but elected to return to college and was eventually drafted in 1997 by the toronto blue jays after spending several seasons in the minor leagues with the blue jays young was traded to the rangers where he spent over a decade while with the rangers young set several club records in offensive statistical categories including runs scored and total bases in 2016 young was inducted into the texas rangers hall of fame in 2019 young s no 10 was retired by the rangers early life and education edit young attended bishop amat memorial high school 1 in la puente california followed by the university of california santa barbara to which he later donated money to refurbish the school s baseball field 2 young was drafted by the baltimore orioles in the 25th round of the 1994 major league baseball draft but did not sign three years later the toronto blue jays selected him in the fifth round of the 1997 major league baseball draft young signed with the blue jays who traded him in 2000 with pitcher darwin cubillán to the rangers for esteban loaiza while young was still in their minor league system 3 playing career edit minor leagues 1997 2000 edit young made his professional debut in 1997 with the st catharines blue jays in the new york penn league ny penn short season a among his achievements in the ny penn league were a 16 game hitting streak tying for fifth with 48 rbis and tying for third in the league with 136 total bases in 1998 he spent the season with the hagerstown suns of the south atlantic league playing second base he led all players at his position in fielding percentage 1999 would be an all star season for young playing for the dunedin blue jays of the florida state league he earned spots on both the midseason and postseason all star teams by leading the league in doubles and finishing fourth in batting average and hits 313 and 155 respectively after the regular season he played for the rancho cucamonga surfers in the california fall league he split 2000 between double a and triple a and citation needed on july 19 was traded to the rangers with darwin cubillán for esteban loaiza 4 the rangers purchased his contract on september 27 he played the final five games of the season in the majors making his debut as a pinch runner though he began 2001 in triple a he was recalled to the majors on may 25 and did not return to the minors during the season 5 texas rangers 2000 2012 edit young reached the majors briefly in 2000 playing 2nd and getting two at bats he hit 249 in 106 games as a second baseman in 2001 in 2002 young placed second in fielding among second basemen with a 988 fielding percentage in 2003 young was 3rd in the league in hits with 204 and led all second baseman with a batting average of 306 young had a fielding percentage of 987 michael young on april 25 2009 after signing a new contract 6 young moved to shortstop filling the hole left by the departure of regular ranger s shortstop alex rodriguez in 2004 to make room for newly acquired second baseman alfonso soriano he was second in the american league in hits with 216 and at bats with 690 fourth in runs with 114 and ninth in batting with an average of 313 7 he spent 89 games hitting in the leadoff spot the last time in his career that he hit leadoff before 2013 8 young won the al batting title in 2005 with an average of 331 and was first in mlb in hits with 221 he was second in al in at bats with 668 and his 114 runs were fifth best young also established a career high in home runs with 24 young s 91 rbis placed him second among all shortstops in the al 9 on february 14 2006 young and rangers teammate mark teixeira were selected to the united states roster for the 2006 world baseball classic 10 after the 2006 mlb all star game held at pnc park in pittsburgh young was awarded the major league baseball all star game mvp award after hitting a game winning two run triple in the ninth inning 11 young led the american league in fielding percentage at shortstop with 981 young also played all 162 games of the 2006 season had 217 hits and topped 100 rbi for the first time in his career 12 in march 2007 young agreed to an 80 million contract extension that would have kept him with the rangers until 2013 6 13 young finished the 2007 season with a batting average of 315 which led the rangers and was 11th highest in the al young also led the rangers with 94 rbis and was second among all shortstops in the al young was second on the team and tied a career high in stolen bases with 13 young s 201 hits were 4th in the al and marked the 5th consecutive 200 hit season joining ichiro suzuki and wade boggs as the only players to do so since 1940 and just the second middle infielder along with charlie gehringer to have accomplished that feat young played in the longest all star game in history he drove in the game winning rbi with a walk off sacrifice fly in the 2008 mlb all star game after four hours and 40 minutes of playing time also in 2008 young won the gold glove at shortstop for the american league michael young s number 10 was retired by the texas rangers in 2019 in 2009 young moved to third base to make room for shortstop prospect elvis andrus 14 the rangers did not consult young on this and he requested a trade he subsequently rescinded the request 15 on april 19 2009 young hit his first career walk off home run off royals pitcher kyle farnsworth 16 young was voted on the al 2009 all star team by the players on june 16 2010 young hit a ground ball up the middle to collect his 1 748th career hit and passed iván rodríguez to become the rangers career leader in hits 17 on defense in 2010 he tied for the al lead in errors by a third baseman with 19 and had the lowest fielding percentage among them at 950 18 during the 2010 11 offseason young said that the rangers had misled and manipulated him and requested a trade 19 the rangers having acquired free agent third baseman adrián beltré planned to have young be the team s primary designated hitter as well as a utility infielder and see time at first base for the first time in his career he was a 2011 american league all star 20 on august 7 2011 young hit an infield single against josh tomlin of the cleveland indians for his 2 000th career hit 21 in 2011 young batted 338 3rd in the american league with 11 home runs primarily splitting his time between dh 69 games third base 40 games and first base 36 games 20 he tied with adrián gonzález for the al lead in hits 213 and was 5th in rbis 106 and sacrifice flies 9 8th in on base percentage 380 and 10th in doubles 41 20 after young struggled in the 2012 season the rangers asked if he desired a trade as they planned to cut his playing time for the 2013 season young did not request one though the rangers began to pursue a trade and eventually traded him to the philadelphia phillies 15 since being traded in 2012 the rangers had not issued young s uniform number 10 to any player or coach on june 18 2019 the rangers announced they would retire young s number 10 jersey in august 22 rangers career rankings edit at the time of his departure from the team young led the rangers in several stat categories including games played 1774 hits 2178 doubles 406 triples 55 runs scored 1057 at bats 7221 strikeouts 1132 extra base hits 632 and total bases 3210 23 he was third all time in runs batted in rbis with 962 and sixth all time in home runs with 172 23 he also held several single season records including most multi hit games 70 in 2004 most hits 221 in 2005 doubles 52 in 2006 and at bats and plate appearances in 2006 691 and 748 respectively 23 philadelphia phillies 2013 edit young agreed to waive his no trade clause and on december 9 2012 he was traded to the phillies in exchange for pitcher josh lindblom and minor league pitcher lisalverto bonilla the deal reunited him with former teammates laynce nix cliff lee and mike adams 24 25 the phillies were monitoring young for some time before his acquisition their former hall of fame third baseman mike schmidt said we got a derek jeter kind of player on our team all of a sudden he s two or three michael young years away from being a hall of famer first ballot maybe phillies general manager rubén amaro jr and manager charlie manuel also were fond of young and made him a target heading into the winter meetings once they agreed to a deal young had to approve it which he did later mentioning that he would only have done so to go to a winning team like the phillies the phillies viewed young as a stop gap to get them to top prospect cody asche 26 in 126 games with the phillies he hit 276 with 8 homers and 42 rbi however the phillies did not turn out to be the winning team that young had expected on august 31 the phillies record stood at 62 74 and they were 21 1 2 games out of first place and 14 games out of the last available playoff spot he was traded to the los angeles dodgers upon leaving philadelphia young released a statement in which he thanked the phillies and said that he had a blast playing in philadelphia and that he would recommend it in a heartbeat to any other player 27 phillies players namely younger players such as darin ruf and cody asche commented that they loved having a veteran like young to whom they could look up and seek advice from ruf said he was the type of guy to come up to a younger guy like myself or cody and tell us a thing or two about what he thinks we need to do and how he thinks we could prolong our careers he was just a great teammate to have around 28 los angeles dodgers 2013 edit young with the dodgers in 2013 on august 31 2013 he was traded to the los angeles dodgers for minor league pitcher rob rasmussen 29 in the last year of his contract young again waived his no trade clause to join his hometown team for an expected playoff run 30 young was acquired to be a backup infielder and provide a veteran presence on the team 30 young made his dodgers debut on september 1 2013 pinch hitting in a game against the colorado rockies 31 he appeared in 21 games for the dodgers at a variety of positions and hit 314 young played his last regular season game in the major leagues on september 29 exactly 13 years to the day he made his major league debut after initially considering some offers as a free agent reportedly as a bench player young announced his retirement from baseball on january 31 2014 32 33 34 career statistics edit in 1970 games over 14 seasons young posted a 300 batting average 2375 for 7918 with 1137 runs 441 doubles 60 triples 185 home runs 1030 rbi 90 stolen bases 575 bases on balls 346 on base percentage and 441 slugging percentage he finished his career with a 979 fielding percentage playing at all four infield positions in 43 postseason games he batted 238 36 for 151 with 11 runs 10 doubles 3 home runs 19 rbi and 5 walks 20 post playing career edit on november 5 2014 young was hired by the texas rangers as a special assistant to general manager jon daniels he played a key role in the offseason acquisition of ian desmond in 2016 35 on july 30 2016 young was inducted into the texas rangers baseball hall of fame in a pregame ceremony before the team s matchup with the kansas city royals 36 young was eligible to be elected into the hall of fame in 2019 but received less than 5 of the vote and became ineligible for the 2020 ballot on august 31 2019 the texas rangers retired michael young s 10 37 young served as the manager for the national league team in the 2024 all star futures game 38 personal life edit young s mother is of mexican descent young met his wife cristina also mexican american in high school they have three sons named mateo emilio and antonio respectively young is a cousin of former wbo light welterweight boxing champion zack padilla 39 40 another cousin jason young played minor league baseball young is a philanthropist he and his wife are sponsors of the wipe out kids cancer campaign 41 in 2006 young began the young heroes scholarship program and in 2010 the michael young family hispanic scholarship program was established in july 2011 young and his wife announced the launch of the michael young family foundation a charity that supports the involvement of children s health in all areas physical social mental and educational 42 young is represented by baseball agent dan lozano 43 young is a two time winner of the marvin miller man of the year award winning in 2008 and 2011 44 he is one of only five players who have won multiple times john smoltz jim thome curtis granderson and 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