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                      Ross Youngs-OF (NY Giants)

                      Born: April 10, 1897, Shiner, TX.

                      Died: October 22, 1927, San Antonio, TX (Brights Disease), 30 years old)

                      Drafted in the 1st round of the 1917 draft by the Terrapins. (Pick #1)

                       

                      Drafted in the 8th round of the 1926 by the Gorillas. (Pick #120)

                       

       Youngs was the 1st overall pick in the 1917 SCL Draft. He was a member of the 1921 SCL Champion Baltimore Terrapins. In the Series he hit .357 with 10 hits, 4-doubles and 1 triple.

He was the Terrapins team MVP in 1920 and a 2X All-Star. (1918, 1920)

SCL STATS:

Team    Year   AVG   OBP   SPC    G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS

BT      1917  .176  .263  .235   19   17    3   1   0   0    1    0    2    5   0   2   0   0

BT      1918  .320  .380  .371   85  294   94   7   4   0   38   31   29   29   0   0   3   4

BT      1919  .272  .348  .332   99  313   85  15   2   0   31   36   35   32   4   1   5   0

BT      1920  .333  .416  .446  138  529  176  23  11   5   95   69   77   56   1   4  10  18

BT      1921  .339  .422  .489  149  564  191  29  22   4   93   84   82   48   3  21   6   5

BT      1922  .341  .383  .460  154  637  217  34   9   8  117   89   45   43   3   6   4   1

BT      1923  .320  .405  .435  131  506  162  20  10   6   93   56   67   37   7   0   2   8

BT      1924  .336  .421  .505  107  333  112  19   5   9   71   51   52   22   0   8   8   1

BT      1925  .268  .309  .366  100  112   30   4   2   1   15   11    8    9   0   0   2   0

GHG     1926  .253  .323  .340  112  297   75   5   3   5   42   42   32   14   0   0   7   1

              .318  .390  .431 1094 3602 1145 157  68  38  596  469  429  295  18  42  47  38

                                     G    AB    R     H   2B  3B   HR   RBI   AVG   OBP   SLG

Real Life Totals: 1917-1923       1211  4627  812  1491  236  93   42   256  .322  .399  .441

William Royce Middlebrook “Ross” Youngs played on 4 NL Pennant winning teams with the NY Giants, winning the World Series in 1921 and 1922. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committe in 1972.