he continued as the starting second baseman after the team relocated to baltimore before the 1954 season, and was in fact the first player signed to a contract that year. but the move closer to his hometown did not produce strong results, and his batting average – which had hovered around the .250 mark – slipped to .245 in 1954 and to .199 in early 1955, leading to his trade to the cleveland indians in june. he played only 18 games for cleveland over the rest of the season, and one game in 1955; his contract was sold to the philadelphia phillies in june 1957, and he appeared in 32 games for the phillies in 1958, ending his career. young batted .249 with 15 home runs and 137 runs batted in in 687 career games.