Young played eleven seasons in Major League Baseball for a variety of teams over his career, was an MLB All-Star in his rookie year, and is best known for his unofficial no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians while a member of the Boston Red Sox.

[2] He represented the Mariners in the 1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, where he pitched a scoreless eighth inning facing Johnny Bench, Darrell Evans and Pedro Guerrero.

[2] Eventually, Young hit free agency, and signed a three-year, $6.35 million contract with the Boston Red Sox on December 4, 1990.

On April 12, 1992, Young faced the Cleveland Indians in the first game of a doubleheader, allowed two runs on seven walks and an error by shortstop Luis Rivera[5] en route to the fourth no-hitter by a losing pitcher.

[6] According to Seymour Siwoff, who was on Baseball's Committee for Statistical Accuracy, the feat could not be listed with the "pure" no-hitters because "Young didn't get the chance to go out and pitch the ninth...who knows what would have happened if he did.