| John Young | |
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| First baseman | |
| Born: February 9, 1949 Los Angeles, California |
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| Batted: Left | Threw: Left |
| MLB debut | |
| September 9, 1971 for the Detroit Tigers | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 25, 1971 for the Detroit Tigers | |
| Career statistics | |
| Batting average | .500 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Runs batted in | 1 |
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John Thomas Young (born February 9, 1949) is a former Major League Baseball player. He played two games at first base for the Detroit Tigers in 1971, going 2-for-4 at the plate.
In 1989, Young helped launch the RBI (Reviving Baseball in the Inner Cities) program, a youth outreach program, in Los Angeles.[1]