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Tom Young
Catcher
Born: September 6, 1902 Wetumpka, Alabama
Died: December 27, 1964 (aged 62) Seattle, Washington
Batted: LeftThrew: Right
Teams
Kansas City Monarchs (1920, 1925–1931, 1932–1935, 1941) St. Louis Stars (1931) Homestead Grays (1932) Detroit Wolves (1932) Pittsburgh Crawfords (1937) Philadelphia Stars (1941) Newark Eagles (1941)

Thomas Jefferson Young (September 6, 1902 - December 27, 1964) was an American Negro leagues catcher who played mostly for the Kansas City Monarchs. He also played for other teams.

Young was native of Wetumpka, Alabama. He was the older brother of fellow Negro leaguer Maurice Young. He died in Seattle, Washington in 1964 at age 62.

References

1. ^ "Local Fans Expected to Swell Field" Capital Times, Madison, WI, Thursday, September 4, 1930, Page 15, Column 3
2. "Maurice Young". seamheads.com. Retrieved August 4, 2020.

External links

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
• Thomas J Young at Find a Grave

• Baseball players from Oklahoma
• 1902 births
• 1964 deaths
• Detroit Wolves players
• Homestead Grays players
• Kansas City Monarchs players
• Newark Eagles players
• Philadelphia Stars players
• Pittsburgh Crawfords players
• St. Louis Stars (baseball) players
• Negro league baseball managers
• African-American baseball players
• 20th-century African-American sportsmen