Ernie Young

Infobox MLB retired|
name=Ernie Young


position=Outfielder
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1969|7|8
debutdate=May 17
debutyear=by|1994
debutteam=Oakland Athletics
finaldate=September 24
finalyear=by|2004
finalteam=Cleveland Indians
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.225
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=27
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=90
teams=
*Oakland Athletics (by|1994-by|1997)
*Kansas City Royals (by|1998)
*Arizona Diamondbacks (by|1999)
*Detroit Tigers (by|2003)
*Cleveland Indians (by|2004)
highlights=

Ernest Wesley Young (born July 8, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played for Oakland Athletics (by|1994-by|1997), Kansas City Royals (by|1998), Arizona Diamondbacks (by|1999), Detroit Tigers (by|2003), and Cleveland Indians (by|2004).

In 8 seasons, he played in 288 games, had 179 hits, 27 home runs, 90 RBI, 10 stolen bases, and a .225 batting average. He won an Olympic gold medal for the United States in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. On June 12, by|2006, he hit his 300th career minor league home run. As a member of the Oakland Athletics, in a game against the Detroit Tigers, Young started a triple play with a leaping catch in center field.

Following his retirement after the by|2007 season, Young became the hitting coach on the Chicago White Sox's rookie-level team, the Great Falls Voyagers.

ee also

* Major League Baseball hitters with three home runs in one game

External links

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* [http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080108&content_id=337332&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp Retirement]