Delmon Young (Delmon Damarcus Young) was born on September 14, 1985 in Birmingham, Alabama. He made his Major League debut on August 29, 2006 for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Young played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for his entire 2 year career. He will open the 2008 season with the Minnesota Twins.
In April 2006, while playing for the Durham Bulls (AAA), Young threw a bat at an umpire after striking out. The bat struck the umpire on the chest, but he was not hurt [1]. The following day, Young released a statement through his agent stating he had not intended to actually hit the umpire with the bat, but acknowledging that he should not have thrown the bat at all. Young was suspended for fifty games for this incident. The suspension ended on June 19, 2006 [2].
Scouting Report[]
Statistics[]
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
K
SB
CS
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
2006
TB
30
126
16
40
9
1
3
10
1
24
2
2
.317
.336
.476
.812
2007
TB
162
645
65
186
38
0
13
93
26
127
10
3
.288
.316
.408
.723
Career
192
771
81
226
47
1
16
103
27
151
12
5
.293
.319
.419
.738
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
TC
A
E
DP
FPCT
2006
TB
CF
1
1
8
4
4
0
0
0
1.000
2006
TB
RF
30
29
252
50
55
4
1
0
.982
2007
TB
RF
133
127
1134
252
272
16
4
7
.985
2007
TB
CF
29
28
242
62
65
0
3
0
.954
Total
OF
197
189
1637
368
396
20
8
7
.980
Awards[]
Transactions[]
Selected by Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round (1st pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 3, 2003 - signed September 8, 2003).