Christopher Brandon Young (born September 5, 1983) is an American former professional baseball outfielder.

While primarily a center fielder earlier in his career, Young later transitioned to a fourth outfielder role.

[3] Young received All-State honors his senior year, but shattered the ulna and radius bones in his left arm[4] in the state playoffs while attempting to catch a fly ball hit by Elkins High School's Chad Huffman.

[5] After the 2005 season, the White Sox traded Young to the Arizona Diamondbacks with Orlando Hernández and Luis Vizcaíno for Javier Vázquez and cash.

[citation needed] Young made his major league debut on August 18, 2006, and began the 2007 season as the Diamondbacks' everyday center fielder.

On August 17, 2007, against the Atlanta Braves, he hit his 23rd home run of the year, setting a Diamondbacks rookie record.

[10] He finished fourth (10 points) in the vote for the 2007 NL Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award by 488 major league players and 30 managers,[11][12] being only surpassed by Ryan Braun, Troy Tulowitzki and Hunter Pence, as well as in the 2007 Baseball America Rookie of the Year award[13] and the Baseball Prospectus 2007 Internet Baseball NL Rookie of the Year Award competitions.

[18] On August 11, 2011, he belted a 3-run homer in the bottom of the tenth against the Houston Astros to give the Diamondbacks an 8–5 win and move them a full game in front of the San Francisco Giants in the NL West.

On October 20, 2012, Young was traded to the Oakland Athletics for infielder Cliff Pennington and Yordy Cabrera.

Nine days later, on September 11, Young broke up a no-hitter in the 8th inning with a double and then hit a walk-off, three-run home run to seal the Yankees' 5–4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.

Also on September 12, in the second game of the Orioles doubleheader, Young also made two dramatic defensive plays, twice sliding to catch fly balls in left field.

[25] Young signed a one-year, major league contract with the Yankees worth $2.5 million on November 8, 2014.

He started the 2015 AL Wild Card Game over Jacoby Ellsbury against left-handed pitcher Dallas Keuchel.

[31] Young's cousin, Jarrett Higgins, played college baseball at Oklahoma State University and was selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 36th round of the 2009 MLB draft.