How Chris Young's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players

Chris Young totaled 5,480 career Batters Faced, well above the starting pitcher average of 3,279.0 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Batters Faced season came in 2006, posting 735, well above the starting pitcher average of 454.2 that year. The lowest point came in 2010 at 82, well below the starting pitcher average of 487.9 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Batters Faced total went from 500 in 2015 to 406 in 2016 and 148 in 2017, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batters Faced profile — ranging from 82 to 735 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Chris Young Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats

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Chris Young Batters Faced Per Season

Chris Young's Batters Faced for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Chris Young Batters Faced per season line chart

Chris Young Batters Faced by Team

Chris Young's career Batters Faced totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Chris Young career Batters Faced by team bar chart

Chris Young Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression

A running total of Chris Young's career Batters Faced, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Chris Young Batters Faced year-over-year waterfall chart

Chris Young Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Chris Young's seasonal Batters Faced alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Chris Young Batters Faced distribution box chart versus comparable players

Chris Young Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Chris Young's MLB career with Batters Faced alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Chris Young Batters Faced season-by-season breakdown table