Cy Young

  • Cleveland Spiders (1890-1898)
  • St. Louis Perfectos (1899-1900)
  • Boston Americans / Red Sox (1901-1908)
  • Cleveland Naps (1909-1911)
  • Boston Rustlers (1911 )

MLB Records

  • 511 wins
  • 316 Loss
  • Pitched 7,354 2/3 innings
  • 815 games as a starter
  • 749 complete games

Cy Young (actually: Denton True Young, born March 29, 1867 in Gilmore, Ohio, † November 4, 1955 in Newcomerstown, Ohio) was an American baseball player and manager in Major League Baseball.

Life

Cy Young began his career as a pitcher for the Cleveland Spiders in the National League on August 6, 1890. 1899 he moved to the St. Louis Perfectos that a year later renamed in Cardinals. In Cleveland, he excelled in three seasons, the limit of 30 victories (1892: 36, 1893: 34, 1895: 35). Up to 1900, he succeeded since 1891 at least 20 wins per season. In 1901 he joined the newly formed American League, where he played until 1908 for the Boston Red Sox. Again he won more than 30 games in his first two seasons. With a total of five seasons with over 30 wins Cy Young is the sole leader in this category.

In 1903, he won the championship with the Red Sox in the American League. Young was then in the inaugural World Series, the first pitcher who has ever thrown a ball in this competition. The first game won by the Pittsburgh Pirates, but the series 5-3 Boston decided for themselves. After the defeat in Game 1 Cy Young won his other two games.

On May 5, 1904 Young threw a Perfect Game against the Oakland Athletics pitcher Rube Waddell and their. Later, Young said this was his greatest day in baseball. In his next game against the Detroit Tigers Young threw again seven innings without allowing Basehit. With a total of 24 1/3 consecutive innings without Basehit Young set a up today valid record. 45 innings he threw one after the other, without allowing an opposing point. This record was surpassed in 1968 by Don Drysdale with 58 innings.

1909 Young moved to the Cleveland Naps. His last position led him back into the National League to the Boston Rustlers. There he played on October 6, 1911 against the Brooklyn Dodgers. Against Eddie Dent there was Cy Young in his 911th game, a 3:13 defeat.

With 44 years, he ended his career with a total of 511 victories, so he is still almost 100 victories before the second in this category. Also none are his 749 complete games. This record is likely to endure for all eternity, because in today's baseball Einwechselwerfer be used much more frequently than at the end of 19th and beginning of the 20th century.

1937 Young was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. In 1955 he died at the age of 88 years. 1956, the season of the Cy Young Award was presented in memory of the great pitcher on the best pitcher. Until 1966 there was this award for the entire Major League, since 1967, an award for American and National League will ever forgive. The Sporting News selected him in 1999 to 14th place among the 100 best baseball players of the century.

His positions as a player

His positions as Manager

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