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{{short description|American baseball player (1907-1962)}}
{{dablink|For the [[Major League Baseball]] [[second baseman]] who played from 1910–1922, see [[Ralph Young (baseball)]].}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Pep Young
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|birth_date={{Birth date|1907|8|29}}
|birth_place=[[Jamestown, North Carolina]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1962|1|14|1907|8|29}}
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|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 25
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'''Lemuel Floyd Young''' (August 29, 1907 – January 14, 1962) was a [[professional baseball]] player. He played all or part of ten years in [[Major League Baseball]] for the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] (1933–40), [[Cincinnati Reds]] (1941) and [[St. Louis Cardinals]] (1941 and 1945), primarily as a [[second baseman]].
The high point of his career was when he finished 14th in voting for the 1938 [[National League (baseball)|National League]] MVP for playing in 149 games and having 562 [[at bat]]s, 58 runs, 156 hits, 36 doubles, 5 triples, 4 home runs, 79 RBI, 7 stolen bases, 40 walks, .278 batting average, .329 on-base percentage, .381 slugging percentage, 214 total bases and 5 sacrifice hits.
In 10 seasons he played in 730 games and had 2,466 at bats, 274 runs, 645 hits, 128 doubles, 34 triples, 32 home runs, 347 RBI, 18 stolen bases, 152 walks, .262 batting average, .308 on-base percentage, .380 slugging percentage, 937 total bases and 38 sacrifice hits.
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[[Category:Columbus Red Birds players]]
[[Category:Winston-Salem Cardinals players]]
[[Category:Baseball players from Guilford County, North Carolina]]
[[Category:1907 births]]
[[Category:1962 deaths]]
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