Kevin Young (baseball)

Kevin Stacey Young (born June 16, 1969) is a former professional baseball player. He played all or part of twelve seasons in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1992–95, 1997–2003) and Kansas City Royals (1996), primarily as a first baseman. He batted and threw right-handed. Young helped end the most recent baseball players strike in the MLB representing the Pittsburgh Pirates.^{[citation needed]}

Amateur career

When Young was 17 years old, he played on a Kansas City Kansas American Legion team that finished 24th in the nation out of 5,000 teams.^{[citation needed]} He attended the University of Southern Mississippi where he was an All-American and led the Golden Eagles to its first Regional tournament in 1990.^{[citation needed]}

Professional career

Young was drafted by the Pirates in the 7th round of the 1990 Major League Baseball Draft. He quickly moved his way through their minor league system, debuting in the major leagues a little over two years later. In a 12-season career, Young posted a .258 batting average with 144 home runs and 606 RBI in 1205 games played.

At the time of his retirement in 2003, he was the last player to leave the Pittsburgh Pirates who had played on a winning team with the club (their last winning season was in 1992, which was his rookie year).^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Kevin is known for his kid-friendly humor and desire to educate kids about the game of baseball.^{[citation needed]} He now lives in Arizona, where he lends his support to the Scottsdale Cal Ripken Baseball league and is the Director of Baseball for Protégé Sports.^{[citation needed]}

In December, 2007, Kevin was linked to performance-enhancing drug usage in the Mitchell Report.^[1]

References

• The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia – Gary Gillette, Peter Gammons, Pete Palmer. Publisher: Sterling Publishing, 2005. Format: Paperback, 1824pp. Language: English. ISBN 1-4027-4771-3

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
• Protégé Sports