Ernie Young
American baseball player (born 1969) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other people with the same name, see Ernest Young (disambiguation).
Ernest Wesley Young (born July 8, 1969) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and current coach for the United States national baseball team. He played in parts of eight seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for five different teams, primarily the Oakland Athletics. He also played one season in Japan for the Yokohama BayStars, and was a member of the United States' gold medal-winning baseball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. As a player, Young was listed at 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) and 190 pounds (86 kg); he bats and throws right-handed.
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Outfielder | |||||||||||||||
Born: (1969-07-08) July 8, 1969 (age 54) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
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MLB: May 17, 1994, for the Oakland Athletics | |||||||||||||||
NPB: June 7, 2002, for the Yokohama BayStars | |||||||||||||||
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NPB: September 15, 2002, for the Yokohama BayStars | |||||||||||||||
MLB: September 24, 2004, for the Cleveland Indians | |||||||||||||||
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Batting average | .225 | ||||||||||||||
Home runs | 27 | ||||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 90 | ||||||||||||||
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