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Joel Youngblood

Birthdate:

8/28/1951

Height / Weight:

6' 0" / 180 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Houston, TX, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

A proven performer and a fine defensive fly-chaser, Joel Youngblood had a fine major league career that spanned from 1976-1989. He was a second round draft-pick in June of 1970 and after just 57 at-bats for Cincinnati in 1976, the 6 foot, 180 pound outfielder was traded to the Cardinals before the '77 season. Youngblood was traded to the Mets in 1978 and became of one the Mets' fans favorites. In 1979 he hit .275, had a .349 on-base-percentage, slugged a career-best 37 doubles, lined 5 triples and 16 homers, scored a career-best 90 runs and stole a career-best 18 bases in 158 games.

He was selected to the National League All-Star team in 1981 and after being nagged by injures in late-'81 and '82 he was traded to the San Francisco Giants. In '83 with the Giants, Youngblood hit a career-best .292, hit 20 doubles, belted a career-best 17 home runs, scored 59 runs, and collected 53 RBIs in 124 games. Joel Youngblood career stats: .265 BA, 969 hits in 1408 Games, 180Ds, 23Ts, 80Hr, 453 Runs, 422 RBIs, 332 Walks, 589Ks in 3,659 at-bats and stole 60 bases. baseballhistorian.com - The Recorder of Baseball History

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
16 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1976	CIN (NL)	55	57	8	11	1	1	0	1	2	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	.193	.233	SLG
1977	NYM (NL)	70	182	16	46	11	1	0	11	13	40	1	3	1	0	1	1	.253	.301	SLG
1977	STL (NL)	25	27	1	5	2	0	0	1	3	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	.185	.267	SLG
1978	NYM (NL)	113	266	40	67	12	8	7	30	16	39	4	0	1	1	1	3	.252	.294	SLG
1979	NYM (NL)	158	590	90	162	37	5	16	60	60	84	18	13	7	7	4	4	.275	.346	SLG
1980	NYM (NL)	146	514	58	142	26	2	8	69	52	69	14	11	10	2	0	9	.276	.340	SLG
1981	NYM (NL)	43	143	16	50	10	2	4	25	12	19	2	5	1	2	0	4	.350	.398	SLG
1982	MON (NL)	40	90	16	18	2	0	0	8	9	21	2	1	1	3	1	1	.200	.291	SLG
1982	NYM (NL)	80	202	21	52	12	0	3	21	8	37	0	4	1	5	1	0	.257	.302	SLG
1983	SFG (NL)	124	373	59	109	20	3	17	53	33	59	7	4	4	5	2	2	.292	.356	SLG
1984	SFG (NL)	134	469	50	119	17	1	10	51	48	86	5	6	1	4	3	0	.254	.328	SLG
1985	SFG (NL)	95	230	24	62	6	0	4	24	30	37	3	2	1	1	1	1	.270	.355	SLG
1986	SFG (NL)	97	184	20	47	12	0	5	28	18	34	1	1	0	1	2	3	.255	.320	SLG
1987	SFG (NL)	69	91	9	23	3	0	3	11	5	13	1	1	0	1	0	1	.253	.296	SLG
1988	SFG (NL)	83	123	12	31	4	0	0	16	10	17	1	1	0	1	2	3	.252	.307	SLG
1989	CIN (NL)	76	118	13	25	5	0	3	13	13	21	0	1	2	2	0	1	.212	.299	SLG
16 years		1408	3659	453	969	180	23	80	422	332	589	60	55	30	36	18	33	.265	.329	.SLG

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