:Russ Young

{{Short description|American baseball player (1902–1984)}}

{{for|persons of a similar name|Russell Young (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Russ Young

|position=Catcher

|image=

|bats=Switch

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1902|9|15|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Bryan, Ohio

|death_date={{death date and age|1984|5|13|1902|9|15}}

|death_place=Roseville, California

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 16

|debutyear=1931

|debutteam=St. Louis Browns

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 27

|finalyear=1931

|finalteam=St. Louis Browns

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.118

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=1

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=2

|teams=

• St. Louis Browns (1931)

}}

Russell Charles Young (September 15, 1902 – May 13, 1984) was a professional baseball catcher. He played part of one season in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Browns in 1931. He was a switch hitter and threw right-handed. He was 6'0" and weighed 175 lbs. Young also played 4 games at fullback for the Dayton Triangles of the National Football League in 1925.

Young had an extensive career in minor league baseball, spanning eighteen seasons from 1923-40. He played most of his career with the minor league Milwaukee Brewers, for whom he played in all but two seasons from 1923-34.