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Cy Young

Birthdate:

3/29/1867

Died:

11/4/1955

Height / Weight:

6' 2" / 210 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Gilmore, OH, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Denton 'Cy' Young had a 36-12 record in 1892. He started 49 games and completed 48 of them. Besides leading the league in games started and completed, Cy Young led the league in each of the following: winning pct .750, nine shutouts and in ERA with 1.93. He allowed only 363 hits in 453 innings, with a .211 opponents batting average and a low .266 on-base-pct. The Cleveland Spiders (now called the Indians) led by Cy Young's strong pitching advanced to the World Series in 1892. Young started the 1st game and pitched a scoreless 11-inning tie against the Boston Beaneaters (Braves), but Boston won the next five games in a best of nine Series to win the 1892 Championship. Cy Young ended his long career with a 511-316 win-loss record And won 30 or more games in 5 different years.

Baseball History... Cy Young was the only pitcher to win 500 games

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1890	CLV (NL)	17	16	9	7	0	16	0	147.2	145	87	57	6	30	0	39	7	5	0	3.47
1891	CLV (NL)	55	46	27	22	2	43	0	423.2	431	244	134	4	140	0	147	12	11	0	2.85
1892	CLV (NL)	53	49	36	12	0	48	9	453.0	363	158	97	8	118	0	168	13	8	0	1.93
1893	CLV (NL)	53	46	34	16	1	42	1	422.2	442	230	158	10	103	0	102	14	10	0	3.36
1894	CLV (NL)	52	47	26	21	1	44	2	408.2	488	265	179	19	106	0	108	4	6	0	3.94
1895	CLV (NL)	47	40	35	10	0	36	4	369.2	363	177	134	10	75	0	121	6	8	0	3.26
1896	CLV (NL)	51	46	28	15	3	42	5	414.1	477	214	149	7	62	0	140	10	10	0	3.24
1897	CLV (NL)	46	38	21	19	0	35	2	333.2	391	189	141	7	49	0	88	14	9	0	3.80
1898	CLV (NL)	46	41	25	13	0	40	1	377.2	387	167	106	6	41	0	101	9	9	0	2.53
1899	STL (NL)	44	42	26	16	1	40	4	369.1	368	173	106	10	44	0	111	6	6	1	2.58
1900	STL (NL)	41	35	19	19	0	32	4	321.1	337	144	107	7	36	0	115	7	4	1	3.00
1901	BOS (AL)	43	41	33	10	0	38	5	371.1	324	112	67	6	37	0	158	2	8	0	1.62
1902	BOS (AL)	45	43	32	11	0	41	3	384.2	350	136	92	6	53	0	160	3	13	0	2.15
1903	BOS (AL)	40	35	28	9	2	34	7	341.2	294	115	79	6	37	0	176	5	9	0	2.08
1904	BOS (AL)	43	41	26	16	1	40	10	380.0	327	104	83	6	29	0	200	4	4	0	1.97
1905	BOS (AL)	38	33	18	19	0	31	4	320.2	248	99	65	3	30	0	210	6	10	0	1.82
1906	BOS (AL)	39	34	13	21	2	28	0	287.2	288	137	102	3	25	0	140	5	8	1	3.19
1907	BOS (AL)	43	37	21	15	2	33	6	343.1	286	101	76	3	51	0	147	6	7	0	1.99
1908	BOS (AL)	36	33	21	11	2	30	3	299.0	230	68	42	1	37	0	150	4	2	0	1.26
1909	CLE (AL)	35	34	19	15	0	30	3	295.0	267	110	74	4	59	0	109	6	8	0	2.26
1910	CLE (AL)	21	20	7	10	0	14	1	163.1	149	62	46	0	27	0	58	7	4	0	2.53
1911	CLE (AL)	7	7	3	4	0	4	0	46.1	54	28	20	2	13	0	20	1	1	0	3.88
1911	BSN (NL)	11	11	4	5	0	8	2	80.0	83	47	33	4	15	0	35	5	3	0	3.71
23 years		906	815	511	316	17	749	76	7354.2	7092	3167	2147	138	1217	0	2803	156	163	3	2.63

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1890	CLV (NL)	17	65	6	8	2	0	0	4	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.123	.123	SLG
1891	CLV (NL)	55	174	23	29	5	2	1	18	11	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.216	SLG
1892	CLV (NL)	53	196	14	31	5	0	1	15	7	34	3	0	0	1	0	0	.158	.191	SLG
1893	CLV (NL)	53	187	23	44	4	0	1	27	4	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.251	SLG
1894	CLV (NL)	52	186	24	40	8	4	2	26	2	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.223	SLG
1895	CLV (NL)	47	140	20	30	5	2	0	13	11	20	0	0	0	1	2	0	.214	.276	SLG
1896	CLV (NL)	53	180	31	52	11	3	3	28	4	15	1	0	0	0	2	0	.289	.304	SLG
1897	CLV (NL)	48	153	14	34	4	3	0	19	2	0	4	0	0	1	3	0	.222	.237	SLG
1898	CLV (NL)	47	154	20	39	4	1	2	13	8	0	2	0	0	2	5	0	.253	.299	SLG
1899	STL (NL)	44	148	22	32	5	3	1	18	2	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	.216	.227	SLG
1900	STL (NL)	41	124	13	22	5	1	1	13	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	.177	.209	SLG
1901	BOS (AL)	45	153	20	32	2	5	0	17	6	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	.209	.244	SLG
1902	BOS (AL)	45	148	17	34	4	1	1	12	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.230	.255	SLG
1903	BOS (AL)	41	137	21	44	6	3	1	14	4	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	.321	.340	SLG
1904	BOS (AL)	43	148	14	33	3	3	1	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.223	.223	SLG
1905	BOS (AL)	38	120	8	18	2	1	2	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.150	.177	SLG
1906	BOS (AL)	40	104	9	16	3	2	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.154	.178	SLG
1907	BOS (AL)	46	125	10	27	1	0	1	5	1	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	.216	.228	SLG
1908	BOS (AL)	36	115	9	26	3	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.226	.226	SLG
1909	CLE (AL)	35	107	6	21	2	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	.196	.204	SLG
1910	CLE (AL)	21	55	0	8	3	1	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	.145	.203	SLG
1911	CLE (AL)	7	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	.63	SLG
1911	BSN (NL)	11	25	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	8	0	0	0	0	5	0	.80	.80	SLG
23 years		918	2960	325	623	87	35	18	290	81	150	29	0	0	10	50	0	.210	.234	.SLG

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