Robert George Young was an American

United States

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 second baseman

Second baseman

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 in Major League Baseball

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 who played most of his career for the St. Louis Browns/Baltimore Orioles

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 franchise.

Born in Granite

Granite, Maryland

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, Howard County, Maryland

Howard County, Maryland

-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*62.2% White*17.5% Black*0.3% Native American*14.4% Asian*0.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*3.6% Two or more races*2.0% Other races*5.8% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...

, he was first signed by the St. Louis Cardinals

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 before the 1946 season, and appeared in three games for them in before being traded to the crosstown Browns in June 1949. He was the Browns' regular second baseman from 1951 to 1953, tying for the American League

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 lead in double play

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s as a rookie with 118, and leading the league again in with 127. He continued as the starting second baseman after the team relocated to Baltimore before the 1954 season, and was in fact the first player signed to a contract that year. But the move closer to his hometown didn't produce strong results, and his batting average

Batting average

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 – which had hovered around the .250 mark – slipped to .245 in 1954 and to .199 in early 1955, leading to his trade to the Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

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 in June. He played only 18 games for Cleveland over the rest of the season, and one game in 1955; his contract was sold to the Philadelphia Phillies

Philadelphia Phillies

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 in June 1957, and he appeared in 32 games for the Phillies in , ending his career. Young batted .249 with 15 home run

Home run

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s and 137 runs batted in

Run batted in

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 in 687 career games.

He died of a heart attack at age 60 in Baltimore.

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