Cy Young's perfect game
Cy Young in 1902
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| Date | May 5, 1904 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Huntington Avenue Grounds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Boston, Massachusetts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Umpires | Dwyer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 10,267 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cy Young, pitcher for the Boston Americans, pitched a perfect game against the Philadelphia Athletics by retiring all 27 batters he faced on Thursday, May 5, 1904. This event took place in the Huntington Avenue Grounds in Boston, Massachusetts, in front of 10,267 fans in attendance.
After Athletics' pitcher Rube Waddell defeated Young on April 25 and one-hit Boston on May 2, Waddell taunted Young to face him so that he could repeat his performance against Boston's ace. Three days later, Young pitched a perfect game against Waddell and the Athletics. The third perfect game in Major League Baseball history, Young's perfect game was the first in baseball's modern era and in American League history.
Before Young, only two pitchers had thrown perfect games. This occurred in 1880, when Lee Richmond and John Ward pitched perfect games within five days of each other, although under somewhat different rules: the front edge of the pitcher's box was only 45 feet (14 m) from home plate (the modern release point is about 10 feet (3.0 m) farther away); walks required eight balls; and pitchers were obliged to throw side-armed. Young's perfect game was the first under the modern rules established in 1893.
Over 10,000 fans attended the May 5 game, as the Boston Americans hosted the Philadelphia Athletics, specifically because of the pitching matchup of Boston's Young and Rube Waddell of the Athletics. Waddell had outdueled Young on April 25, and then defeated the Americans, who challenged Waddell with Jesse Tannehill, as Waddell threw a one-hitter. Leading up to his rematch against Young, Waddell took to baiting Young in the press.
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