Michael Young, 3000 hits?

InTheDrink · 12-13-12, 05:08 PM

nasher most of these threads you start are good discussion

this one is silly

he is 36 and now in the NL and will get less AB's (not to mention not being in the ranger lineup)....also on the decline

0.2% chance of this happening

str · 12-13-12, 05:13 PM

He needs a lot of hits for his age but you never know.

Biggio will be very interesting this time around.

tto827 · 12-13-12, 05:18 PM

I remember sitting at US cellular for the all star game in 2003. And after announcing Michael Young, my dad's friend said "The century 21 all star that you've never heard offff........ Miiiccchaellll Youngggg..." The dude is always steady, never dominant. Only chance of getting to the hall is getting to 3,000 hits, which as drink said above, isn't likely.

stevenash · 12-13-12, 05:19 PM

I still say he has a chance, he'll start every game at third, consummate contact hitter, doesn't walk or strike out much, and is an iron man.
Pretty much hasn't missed a game since 2002

gryfyn1 · 12-13-12, 05:30 PM

very doubtful - but it could happen if hang around long enough - but even if he does manage to make it to 3K he won't deserve to be in the HOF - in total he was only a slightly above average hitter and terrible defender at several positions.

2000	23	TEX	AL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/4
2001	24	TEX	AL	106	429	386	57	96	18	4	11	49	3	1	26	91	.249	.298	.402	.699	80	155	9	3	9	5	0	4
2002	25	TEX	AL	156	633	573	77	150	26	8	9	62	6	7	41	112	.262	.308	.382	.690	78	219	14	0	13	6	1	*46/5D
2003	26	TEX	AL	160	713	666	106	204	33	9	14	72	13	2	36	103	.306	.339	.446	.785	97	297	14	1	3	7	1	*4/6
2004	27	TEX	AL	160	739	690	114	216	33	9	22	99	12	3	44	89	.313	.353	.483	.836	109	333	11	1	0	4	1	*6/D	AS,MVP-8
2005	28	TEX	AL	159	732	668	114	*221*	40	5	24	91	5	2	58	91	.331	.385	.513	.899	131	343	20	3	0	3	0	*6/D	AS,MVP-11
2006	29	TEX	AL	*162*	748	691	93	217	52	3	14	103	7	3	48	96	.314	.356	.459	.814	108	317	27	1	0	8	0	*6/D	AS,MVP-30
2007	30	TEX	AL	156	692	639	80	201	37	1	9	94	13	3	47	107	.315	.366	.418	.783	106	267	21	5	0	1	5	*6/D	AS
2008	31	TEX	AL	155	708	645	102	183	36	2	12	82	10	0	55	109	.284	.339	.402	.741	95	259	19	2	0	6	0	*6/D	AS,GG
2009	32	TEX	AL	135	593	541	76	174	36	2	22	68	8	3	47	90	.322	.374	.518	.892	128	280	16	1	0	4	2	*5/D	AS,MVP-16
2010	33	TEX	AL	157	718	656	99	186	36	3	21	91	4	2	50	115	.284	.330	.444	.774	102	291	21	1	0	11	4	*5/D
2011	34	TEX	AL	159	689	631	88	*213*	41	6	11	106	6	2	47	78	.338	.380	.474	.854	125	299	17	2	0	9	7	D534/6	AS,MVP-8
2012	35	TEX	AL	156	651	611	79	169	27	3	8	67	2	2	33	70	.277	.312	.370	.682	78	226	26	1	0	6	3	D354/6
13 Yrs				1823	8047	7399	1085	2230	415	55	177	984	89	30	532	1152	.301	.347	.444	.791	104	3286	215	21	25	70	24
162 Game Avg.				162	715	658	96	198	37	5	16	87	8	3	47	102	.301	.347	.444	.791	104	292	19	2	2	6	2