▁fra gr ance , ▁Night fall ▁by ▁Susan ▁McC ray . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁Official ▁website ▁ ▁Category : Bus iness people ▁from ▁California ▁Category : Univers ity ▁of ▁California , ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁al umn i ▁Category : American ▁film ▁produ cers ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : Year ▁of ▁birth ▁missing ▁( l iving ▁people ) <0x0A> </s> ▁John ▁Thomas ▁Young ▁( F ebru ary ▁ 9 , ▁ 1 9 4 9 ▁– ▁May ▁ 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 6 ) ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁professional ▁baseball ▁player . ▁He ▁also ▁sc out ed ▁and ▁worked ▁in ▁the ▁front ▁office . ▁Young ▁played ▁in ▁Major ▁League ▁Baseball ▁for ▁the ▁Detroit ▁Tig ers ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 1 . ▁He ▁founded ▁Rev iving ▁Baseball ▁in ▁Inner ▁C ities ▁( R BI ), ▁a ▁youth ▁baseball ▁program ▁aim ed ▁at ▁increasing ▁participation ▁among ▁African ▁Americans ▁in ▁baseball . ▁ ▁Career ▁The ▁C inc inn ati ▁Red s ▁draft ed ▁Young ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 7 th ▁round ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁Major ▁League ▁Baseball ▁( ML B ) ▁draft . ▁R ather ▁than ▁sign ▁with ▁the ▁Red s , ▁Young ▁chose ▁to ▁en roll ▁at ▁Chap man ▁College , ▁where ▁he ▁played ▁for ▁the ▁school ' s ▁baseball ▁team . ▁He ▁was ▁draft ed ▁again ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round , ▁with ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁overall ▁selection , ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁ML B ▁draft ▁by ▁the ▁Detroit ▁Tig ers ,