 In his rookie season , Young ranked in the top five among qualifying major league rookies in several statistical categories : strikeouts ( second , 137 ) , wins ( tied for third , 12 ) , ERA ( fourth , 4 @.@ 26 ) , starts ( fifth , 31 ) and innings pitched ( fifth , 164 ⅔ ) . He also tied Rangers rookie club records : wins ( 12 , Edwin Correa in 1986 and Kevin Brown in 1989 ) and pre All @-@ Star break wins ( 8 , Jeff Zimmerman in 1999 and José Guzmán in 1986 ) . Young ranked fifth among all American League pitchers with 7 @.@ 5 strikeouts per 9 innings . Despite this success , however , he was a key part of an offseason trade that also sent <unk> Sledge and Adrian Gonzalez to the San Diego Padres for starting pitcher Adam Eaton , middle reliever Akinori Otsuka and minor @-@ league catcher Billy Killian . 
