Career
He played all or part of eight seasons in Major League Baseball, primarily as a center fielder. He is the first person born in Honduras to play Major League Baseball. A 1982 graduate of Santa Ana Valley High School, Young was drafted in the 5th round of the 1982 MLB amateur draft by the New York Mets.
Young was traded by the Mets to the Houston Astros on September 1, 1984, for third baseman Ray Knight, and made his major league debut with them on July 8, 1987.
Young"s best season in the major leagues came the following year, 1988, when he finished 2nd in the Netherlands with 65 steals. Young would spend the next three seasons splitting time between the Astros, their Triple A affiliate the Tucson Toros, and the disabled list (with an assortment of injuries).
Although he was successful at the minor league level, always hitting over.300, his batting statistics for the Astros never replicated his earlier success. Young appeared in his final game on August 11, 1994, playing for the Saint Louis Cardinals.
He was released that October by the Cardinals.
Gerald is married to Veronica Young.