Ernie Young
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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Young with the USA Baseball in 2019 | |||||||||||||||
| Outfielder | |||||||||||||||
| Born: July 8, 1969 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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