Dick Young (baseball)
Encyclopedia
Richard Ennis Young is a former Major League Baseball
second baseman
who played for the Philadelphia Phillies
for two seasons. He played 15 games for the Phillies during the 1951 Philadelphia Phillies season
and five games during the 1952 Philadelphia Phillies season
.
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
second baseman
Second baseman
Second base, or 2B, is the second of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that player's team. A second baseman is the baseball player guarding second base...
who played for the Philadelphia Phillies
Philadelphia Phillies
The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883. The Phillies are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
for two seasons. He played 15 games for the Phillies during the 1951 Philadelphia Phillies season
1951 Philadelphia Phillies season
The Philadelphia Phillies finished in fifth place. The team had won the 1950 National League pennant but in the United Press' annual preseason poll of sportswriters, only 18 out of 168 writers picked the team to repeat as pennant winners; the Giants received 81 votes and the Dodgers 55...
and five games during the 1952 Philadelphia Phillies season
1952 Philadelphia Phillies season
- Offseason :In March 1952, during spring training, shortstop Granny Hamner was named captain of the team by manager Eddie Sawyer.- Notable transactions :...
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