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Michael Young played 14 major-league seasons (2000-2013) as a SS (793), 3B (465), 2B (448), 1B (111). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 14 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 24 | TEX | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2001 | 25 | TEX | 106 | 386 | 57 | 96 | 11 | 49 | 3 | 26 | 91 | .249 | .699 | 83 |
| 2002 | 26 | TEX | 156 | 573 | 77 | 150 | 9 | 62 | 6 | 41 | 112 | .262 | .690 | 83 |
| 2003 | 27 | TEX | 160 | 666 | 106 | 204 | 14 | 72 | 13 | 36 | 103 | .306 | .785 | 106 |
| 2004 | 28 | TEX | 160 | 690 | 114 | 216 | 22 | 99 | 12 | 44 | 89 | .313 | .836 | 116 |
| 2005 | 29 | TEX | 159 | 668 | 114 | 221 | 24 | 91 | 5 | 58 | 91 | .331 | .899 | 138 |
| 2006 | 30 | TEX | 162 | 691 | 93 | 217 | 14 | 103 | 7 | 48 | 96 | .314 | .814 | 110 |
| 2007 | 31 | TEX | 156 | 639 | 80 | 201 | 9 | 94 | 13 | 47 | 107 | .315 | .783 | 107 |
| 2008 | 32 | TEX | 155 | 645 | 102 | 183 | 12 | 82 | 10 | 55 | 109 | .284 | .741 | 97 |
| 2009 | 33 | TEX | 135 | 541 | 76 | 174 | 22 | 68 | 8 | 47 | 90 | .322 | .892 | 132 |
| 2010 | 34 | TEX | 157 | 656 | 99 | 186 | 21 | 91 | 4 | 50 | 115 | .284 | .774 | 110 |
| 2011 | 35 | TEX | 159 | 631 | 88 | 213 | 11 | 106 | 6 | 47 | 78 | .338 | .854 | 134 |
| 2012 | 36 | TEX | 156 | 611 | 79 | 169 | 8 | 67 | 2 | 33 | 70 | .277 | .682 | 87 |
| 2013 | 37 | PHI|LAN | 147 | 519 | 52 | 145 | 8 | 46 | 1 | 43 | 83 | .279 | .730 | 108 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2B | 104 | 102 | 212 | 284 | 8 | 79 |
| 2002 | 2B | 152 | 144 | 298 | 420 | 9 | 97 |
| 2002 | SS | 11 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 2B | 159 | 158 | 305 | 471 | 10 | 117 |
| 2003 | SS | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | SS | 158 | 158 | 225 | 423 | 19 | 98 |
| 2005 | SS | 155 | 155 | 238 | 427 | 18 | 95 |
| 2006 | SS | 155 | 155 | 241 | 492 | 14 | 113 |
| 2007 | SS | 150 | 150 | 211 | 446 | 19 | 107 |
| 2008 | SS | 151 | 151 | 193 | 465 | 11 | 113 |
| 2009 | 3B | 134 | 134 | 72 | 208 | 9 | 29 |
| 2010 | 3B | 155 | 155 | 95 | 265 | 19 | 26 |
| 2011 | 3B | 40 | 39 | 30 | 66 | 5 | 9 |
| 2011 | 1B | 36 | 36 | 267 | 13 | 3 | 34 |
| 2011 | 2B | 14 | 14 | 28 | 29 | 0 | 11 |
| 2011 | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1B | 41 | 40 | 358 | 24 | 2 | 37 |
| 2012 | 3B | 25 | 25 | 18 | 38 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2B | 16 | 14 | 24 | 31 | 2 | 8 |
| 2012 | SS | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 3B | 107 | 104 | 58 | 175 | 10 | 13 |
| 2013 | 1B | 34 | 22 | 204 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| 2013 | 2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Michael Young won: TSN All-Star 2005 (AL), Gold Glove 2008 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 2011, 2009, 2006, 2005, 2004.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 8 | 92 / 392 | 0 |
| 2005 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 11 | 20 / 392 | 0 |
| 2006 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 33 | 1 / 392 | 0 |
| 2009 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 16 | 13 / 392 | 0 |
| 2011 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 8 | 96 / 392 | 1 |
Michael Young ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #117 | shortstops | 2005 | 138 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.