Fleming was born in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, and went to high school in Mahopac. He pitched for the University of Georgia, leading them to a College World Series title in 1990.
Fleming was selected in the third round of the 1990 Major League Baseball draft by the Seattle Mariners. He won a career high 17 games, including nine consecutive, for the Mariners in his rookie season of 1992. His ERA that year was 3.39, and he took third place in the AL Rookie of the Year voting (behind winner Pat Listach).
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KEVIN YOUNG, he played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1992–95, 1997–2003) and Kansas City Royals (1996), primarily as a first baseman. He batted and threw right-handed.
Young was also the recipient of the Roberto Clemente Award in Pittsburgh. This award is given annually to the MLB player who best exemplifies sportsmanship, community involvement and the individual's contribution to his team.
Young was drafted by the Pirates in the 7th round of the 1990 MLB draft. He quickly moved his way through their minor league system, debuting in the MLB a little over two years later. In a 12-season career, Young posted a .258 batting average with 144 home runs and 606 RBI in 1205 games played.
In 1999 Young became only the third first baseman in the history of the game to have more than 25 home runs, 40 doubles, 20 stolen bases, 100 runs scored, and 100 RBI in a single season. At the time of his retirement in 2003, 11 seasons into their streak of 20 consecutive losing seasons which lasted from 1993 to 2012, he was the last remaining player to leave the Pittsburgh Pirates who had played on a winning team with the club (their last winning season before the streak was in 1992, which was his rookie year).
Originally selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the seventh round of the 1990 MLB draft and spent 11 MLB seasons playing for the Pirates. He also played for his hometown Kansas City Royals in 1996 for a total of 12 seasons.
After being named Pittsburgh's Minor League Player-of-the-Year in 1991 and the American Associations top prospect in 1992, K.Y. made his Major League debut with the Pirates on 7/12/92 and singled off Cincinnati's Tim Belcher in his second big league at bat.
Young spent his first full season in the majors with the Pirates in 1993 and established a club record with a .998 fielding percentage at first base (three errors in 1220 total chances), breaking Willie Stargell's previous mark of .997 set in 1979. He also connected off San Francisco's Rod Beck for his first big league home run on 4/9/93 at Three Rivers Stadium.
In his 11 seasons with the Pirates (1992–1995 and 1997–2003), Young played a total of 1022 games at first base and ranks third on the club's all-time list for games played at that position, trailing Gus Suhr (1339) and Jake Beckley (1045). Young spent the 1996 campaign in the Kansas City Royals organization before returning to the Pirates for the 1997 season. He set career highs in batting average (.300) in 1997 and in games (159), home runs (27) and RBI (108) the following year. In 1998, he became the second of only three Pirates player to have at least 20 stolen bases 40 doubles, 25 home runs 100 runs scored and 100 RBI in a single season since Dave Parker in 1978. Jason Bay also reached the feet in 2005.
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Christopher William Nabholz (born January 5, 1967) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Montreal Expos (1990–1993), Cleveland Indians (1994), Boston Red Sox (1994) and Chicago Cubs (1995). He batted and threw left-handed. Nabholz made it to the Major Leagues after 45 minor league starts. He went to Towson University.
In a six-season career, Nabholz posted a 37-35 record with 405 strikeouts and a 3.94 ERA in 6112⁄3 innings pitched.