Ross Youngs

Though the career of Royce M. “Ross” Youngs was ended prematurely, he made an impact on the baseball world during the time he was able to spend in the league. Youngs made his major league debut in 1917 with the New York Giants. His first full season came in the following year, and he was sixth in the league with a .302 batting average.

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Major League Baseball Umpire. Between 1894 and 1890, he pitched in the American Association and the National League which later hired him in 1895. He worked the First World Series in 1903 and would work nine more in his tenure. He was the senior umpire behind home plate at the Polo Grounds in which Fred Merkle committed his boner which cost the New York Giants the League pennant to the Chicago Cubs in 1908. He would go on to umpire over 2,700 games in over a thirty year career ending in 1927. (bio by: Robert)

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Career: 42 HR, .322 BA (46th), 592 RBI, RF, HOF in 1972, Giants 1917-1926, b:L/t:R, 1x R Leader, born in TX 1897, died 1927, Pep

Ross Middlebrook "Pep" Youngs (April 10, 1897 – October 22, 1927) was an American professional baseball player. Nicknamed "Pep", he played ten seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Giants from 1917 through 1926, playing right field almost exclusively. Youngs was a part of the Giants teams that won four consecutive National League pennants and the 1921 and 1922 World Series.