Ross Youngs (Royce Middlebrook Youngs) was born on April 10, 1897 in Shiner, Texas. He made his Major League debut on September 25, 1917 for the New York Giants. In 1918, his rookie year, he hit .302 with 1 home run and 25 RBI. Youngs played for the New York Giants for his entire 10 year career.
Most people believe that Ross Youngs's best season was 1923, when he hit for a .336 average and knocked in 87 runs.
Statistics
Batting Stats
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1917
NY
N
7
26
5
9
0
1
.346
.370
.654
2
3
1
5
0
2
1
0
0
1918
NY
N
121
474
70
143
1
25
.302
.368
.376
16
8
44
49
6
8
10
0
0
1919
NY
N
130
489
73
152
2
43
.311
.384
.415
31
7
51
47
7
13
24
0
0
1920
NY
N
153
581
92
204
6
78
.351
.427
.477
27
14
75
55
2
13
18
0
0
1921
NY
N
141
504
90
165
3
102
.327
.411
.456
24
16
71
47
1
18
21
0
0
1922
NY
N
149
559
105
185
7
86
.331
.398
.465
34
10
55
50
7
21
17
2
1
1923
NY
N
152
596
121
200
3
87
.336
.412
.446
33
12
73
36
5
14
13
0
0
1924
NY
N
133
526
112
187
10
74
.356
.441
.521
33
12
77
31
3
6
11
0
0
1925
NY
N
130
500
82
132
6
53
.264
.354
.372
24
6
66
51
4
14
17
0
0
1926
NY
N
95
372
62
114
4
43
.306
.372
.398
12
5
37
19
2
10
21
0
0
Total
1211
4627
812
1491
42
592
.322
.399
.441
236
93
550
390
37
119
153
2
1
Fielding Stats
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1917
NY
N
OF
7
0
0
16
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1918
NY
N
OF
120
0
0
192
16
11
3
0
0
0
0
0
.950
1918
NY
N
2B
7
0
0
5
6
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.917
1919
NY
N
OF
130
0
0
235
23
16
7
0
0
0
0
0
.942
1920
NY
N
OF
153
0
0
288
26
22
7
0
0
0
0
0
.935
1921
NY
N
OF
137
0
0
247
16
6
5
0
0
0
0
0
.978
1921
NY
N
RF
137
137
0
247
16
6
5
0
0
0
0
0
.978
1922
NY
N
OF
147
147
1131.1
280
28
19
6
1
0
0
0
0
.942
1922
NY
N
RF
147
147
1131.1
280
28
20
6
1
0
0
0
0
.939
1923
NY
N
OF
152
0
0
282
22
13
7
0
0
0
0
0
.959
1924
NY
N
OF
132
0
0
236
17
12
4
0
0
0
0
0
.955
1924
NY
N
2B
2
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1925
NY
N
2B
3
0
0
5
8
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
.813
1925
NY
N
OF
127
0
0
214
23
12
2
0
0
0
0
0
.952
1926
NY
N
OF
94
0
0
170
18
5
5
0
0
0
0
0
.974
Total
OF
1199
284
1131.1
2160
191
116
47
1
0
0
0
0
.953
Total
RF
284
284
1131.1
527
44
26
11
1
0
0
0
0
.956
Total
2B
12
0
0
11
16
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
.871
Transactions
Sold by Sherman (Western Association) to New York Giants for $2000 (August 14, 1916).