Cy Young

Cy Young
Young with the Cleveland Naps in 1911
Pitcher
Born: (1867-03-29)March 29, 1867 Gilmore, Ohio
Died: November 4, 1955(1955-11-04) (aged 88) Newcomerstown, Ohio
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 6, 1890, for the Cleveland Spiders
Last MLB appearance
October 11, 1911, for the Boston Rustlers
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	511–316
Earned run average	2.63
Strikeouts	2,803
Teams
As player Cleveland Spiders (1890–1898) St. Louis Perfectos / Cardinals (1899–1900) Boston Americans / Red Sox (1901–1908) Cleveland Naps (1909–1911) Boston Rustlers (1911) As manager Boston Red Sox (1907)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (1903) Triple Crown (1901) 5× Wins leader (1892, 1895, 1901–1903) 2× ERA leader (1892, 1901) 2× Strikeout leader (1896, 1901) Pitched a perfect game on May 5, 1904 Pitched three no-hitters Major League Baseball All-Century Team MLB records 511 career wins 7,356 innings pitched 815 career games started 749 career complete games 25 1⁄3 consecutive hitless innings pitched
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Inducted	1937
Vote	76.12% (second ballot)

As player

As manager

MLB records

Denton True "Cy" Young (March 29, 1867 – November 4, 1955) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. During his 22-season baseball career (1890–1911), he pitched for five different teams. Young established numerous pitching records, some of which have stood for a century. Young compiled 511 wins, which is most in Major League history and 94 ahead of Walter Johnson, second on the list. Young was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937.

One year after Young's death, the Cy Young Award was created to honor the previous season's best pitcher.

In addition to wins, Young still holds the major league records for most career innings pitched (7,356), most career games started (815), and most complete games (749). He also retired with 316 losses, the most in MLB history. Young's 76 career shutouts are fourth all-time. He also won at least 30 games in a season five times, with ten other seasons of 20 or more wins. In addition, Young pitched three no-hitters, including the third perfect game in baseball history, first in baseball's "modern era". In 1999, 88 years after his final major league appearance and 44 years after his death, editors at The Sporting News ranked Young 14th on their list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players". That same year, baseball fans named him to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.

Young's career started in 1890 with the Cleveland Spiders. After eight years with the Spiders, Young was moved to St. Louis in 1899. After two years there, Young jumped to the newly created American League, joining the Boston franchise. He was traded back to Cleveland in 1909, before spending the final two months of his career with the Boston Rustlers. After his retirement, Young went back to his farm in Ohio, where he stayed until his death at age 88 in 1955.