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Delmon Young

Twins Career team 2008–2011
Number #27
Position Right Fielder
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 40
Height 6' 3"
Weight 205 lbs
Birth Place Montgomery, AL
Born Sep 14, 1985

Key Insights

2015
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Young is 9 for 16 against Andy Pettitte, a .562 average and his best against anyone he has faced this often.

16 career plate appearances.
One club he looks forward to seeing on the schedule

Against the arms currently on the OAK, Young has hit .423 and slugged .692 over 27 plate appearances, his best of any club.

11 hits, 1 home run and 4 strikeouts, against a .383 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
This opponent takes the sting out of his bat

Young cannot get the barrel to Mark Buehrle: 79.7 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 88.0 across the pitchers he has faced.

35 plate appearances with tracked contact.
He is a different player against this opponent

Young carries a .734 career OPS; against Gil Meche it is .212, over 24 plate appearances.

2 for 23 with 0 home runs.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Octavio Dotel has struck Young out 5 times in 10 plate appearances, 50% of everything between them.

5 strikeouts in 10 plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

Young swings through more against Jon Garland than against anyone else he has faced this often: 8.7% of the swings between them come up empty.

12 plate appearances between them. 92nd percentile of the 39 matchups on his own record.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Sep 14, 1985
Birth Place Montgomery, AL
Height 6' 3"
Weight 205 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right