Donald Wayne Young (October 18, 1945 – November 21, 2024) was an American professional baseball player.

[1] In the ninth inning of a game against the New York Mets on July 8, 1969 playing centerfield Young failed to catch balls hit by Ken Boswell and Donn Clendenon.

After an intentional walk to Art Shamsky a single by Ed Kranepool plated Jones with the winning run.

Teammate Ron Santo also loudly criticized Young in the clubhouse accusing him of letting his concern about hitting influence his fielding.

[4] The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract[5] and the book Baseball Hall of Shame 2[6] both state a greater factor was manager Leo Durocher not resting his regular players who played all their home games in Wrigley Field, before it installed lights, under the Chicago sun.