Chris Young '02 Wins World Series with Kansas City Royals
November 02, 2015 | Baseball
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Princeton has had alumni play on teams that won the Super Bowl, the NBA title, the Stanley Cup, and now the World Series.
Chris Young '02, who was the Ivy League's Rookie of the Year in 1999 and had the league's lowest ERA in both of his years with the program, became a World Series champion Sunday night when the Kansas City Royals rallied past the New York Mets in Game 5 of the World Series to take the title, four games to one.
Young got the win in Game 1 while throwing three scoreless innings before the Royals got a run in the bottom of the 14th to take the opener. That appearance came after it was announced that Young would get the start in Game 4, which he made in New York Saturday night and got a no-decision. Young left after four innings with the Royals trailing 2-0, but Kansas City rallied to win 5-3 and take the 3-1 series lead.
Young was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the third round in 2000 and made his major-league debut with the Texas Rangers in 2004. He won a game in the National League Division Series with the San Diego Padres in 2006 before moving on to the Mets, Washington Nationals and Seattle Mariners. Young signed with the Royals in March.
Young was one of three Tigers in the postseason, along with Will Venable '05 and Ross Ohlendorf '05, who made the ALDS with the Rangers. Princeton was one of just four schools, along with Georgia, Stanford and Texas A&M, to have at least three alumni on the eight Division Series rosters.