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Cy Young
Cy Young
Full name Denton True Young
Born March 29, 1867, Gilmore, Ohio
Died November 4, 1955, Newcomerstown, Ohio
Buried at Peoli Cemetery, Peoli, Ohio
First Game: August 6, 1890; Final Game: October 6, 1911
Managed First Game: April 11, 1907 ; Managed Final Game: April 18, 1907
Umpired First Game: June 19, 1896; Umpired Final Game: July 8, 1903
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 2" Weight: 210
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1937
SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Discrepancies
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI SB AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1890 CLE N 17 65 6 8 2 0 0 4 0 8 0 1 .123 .123 .154 0.0 1890 CLE N
1891 CLE N 55 174 23 29 5 2 1 18 11 30 0 2 .167 .216 .236 0.0 1891 CLE N
1892 CLE N 53 196 14 31 5 0 1 15 7 35 1 3 .158 .191 .199 0.0 1892 CLE N
1893 CLE N 53 187 23 44 4 0 1 27 4 15 0 2 .235 .251 .273 0.0 1893 CLE N
1894 CLE N 52 186 24 40 8 4 2 26 2 20 0 0 4 .215 .223 .333 0.0 1894 CLE N
1895 CLE N 47 140 20 30 5 2 0 13 11 20 1 2 0 .214 .276 .279 0.0 1895 CLE N
1896 CLE N 53 180 31 52 11 3 3 28 4 15 0 2 1 .289 .304 .433 0.3 1896 CLE N
1897 CLE N 48 153 14 34 4 3 0 19 2 22 1 3 4 .222 .237 .288 0.0 1897 CLE N
1898 CLE N 47 154 20 39 4 1 2 13 8 12 2 5 2 .253 .299 .331 0.0 1898 CLE N
1899 STL N 44 148 22 32 5 3 1 18 2 12 0 6 1 .216 .227 .311 0.0 1899 STL N
1900 STL N 41 124 13 22 5 1 1 13 3 7 2 1 1 .177 .209 .258 0.0 1900 STL N
1901 BOS A Daily Splits 45 153 20 32 2 5 0 17 6 16 1 3 0 1 .209 .244 .288 0.0 1901 BOS A
1902 BOS A Daily Splits 45 148 17 34 4 1 1 12 5 20 0 1 0 0 .230 .255 .291 0.0 1902 BOS A
1903 BOS A Daily Splits 41 137 21 44 6 3 1 14 4 20 0 5 0 2 .321 .340 .431 0.0 1903 BOS A
1904 BOS A Daily Splits 43 148 14 33 3 3 1 10 0 25 0 1 0 1 .223 .223 .304 0.0 1904 BOS A
1905 BOS A Daily Splits 38 120 8 18 2 1 2 10 4 29 0 2 0 0 .150 .177 .233 0.0 1905 BOS A
1906 BOS A Daily Splits 40 104 9 16 3 2 0 5 3 21 0 2 0 0 .154 .178 .221 0.0 1906 BOS A
1907 BOS A Daily Splits 46 125 10 27 1 0 1 5 1 14 1 1 0 3 .216 .228 .248 0.0 1907 BOS A
1908 BOS A Daily Splits 36 115 9 26 3 0 0 8 0 14 0 2 0 0 .226 .226 .252 0.0 1908 BOS A
1909 CLE A Daily Splits 35 107 6 21 2 0 0 7 1 12 0 6 0 1 .196 .204 .215 0.0 1909 CLE A
1910 CLE A Daily Splits 21 55 0 8 3 1 0 5 3 6 1 3 0 0 .145 .203 .236 0.0 1910 CLE A
1911 CLE A Daily Splits 7 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .063 .063 .063 0.0 1911 CLE A
1911 BOS N Daily Splits 11 25 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0i 8 0 5 0 .080 .080 .080 0.0 1911 BOS N
1911 Total 18 41 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0i 8 0 5 0i 0 .073 .073 .073 0.0 1911 Total
Total NL (12 Years) 521 1732 210 363 58 19 12 197 54 0i 204 7 24i 21 .210 .236 .286 0.3 Total NL
Total AL (11 Years) 397 1228 115 260 29 16 6 93 27 177 3 26 0 8 .212 .231 .276 0.0 Total AL
Total (22 Years) Splits 918 2960 325 623 87 35 18 290 81 0i 381 10 50i 0i 29 .210 .234 .282 0.3 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI SB AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1903 BOS A Daily Splits 4 15 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .067 .067 .200 1903 BOS A
Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B W L ERA RS PW Year Team
1890 CLE N 17 16 16 0 1 0 147.2 145 6 87 57 30 39 7 8 0 9 7 3.47 5.50 -0.3 1890 CLE N
1891 CLE N 55 46 43 0 8 2 423.2 431 4 244 134 140 147 12 10 0 27 22 2.85 6.30 2.3 1891 CLE N
1892 CLE N 53 49 48 9 4 0 453 363 8 158 97 118 168 13 8 0 36 12 1.93 5.88 6.4 1892 CLE N
1893 CLE N 53 46 42 1 7 2 422.2 442 10 230 158 103 102 14 10 0 33 16 3.36 7.41 6.5 1893 CLE N
1894 CLE N 52 47 44 2 5 1 408.2 488 19 265 179 106 108 4 6 0 26 21 3.94 6.83 5.0 1894 CLE N
1895 CLE N 47 40 36 4 7 0 369.2 363 10 177 134 75 121 6 8 0 35 10 3.26 6.10 6.9 1895 CLE N
1896 CLE N 51 46 42 5 4 3 414.1 477 7 214 149 62 140 10 11 0 28 15 3.24 5.91 5.7 1896 CLE N
1897 CLE N 46 38 35 2 7 0 335.2 391 7 189 141 49 88 14 9 0 21 19 3.78 5.97 2.3 1897 CLE N
1898 CLE N 46 41 40 1 5 0 377.2 387 6 167 106 41 101 9 9 0 25 13 2.53 5.05 4.4 1898 CLE N
1899 STL N 44 42 40 4 2 1 369.1 368 10 173 106 44 111 6 6 1 26 16 2.58 5.71 5.1 1899 STL N
1900 STL N 41 35 32 4 6 0 321.1 337 7 144 107 36 115 7 3 1 20 18 3.00 4.86 2.6 1900 STL N
1901 BOS A Daily Splits 43 41 38 5 2 0 371.1 324 1349i 6 112 67 37 158 9i 2 7 0 39i 25i 33 10 1.62 5.73 7.9 1901 BOS A
1902 BOS A Daily Splits 45 43 41 3 1 0 384.2 350 1468 i 6 136 92 53 160 23i 3 13 0 48i 28 i 32 11 2.15 5.51 6.0 1902 BOS A
1903 BOS A Daily Splits 40 35 34 7 5 2 341.2 294 1208i 6 115 79 37 176 17i 5 9 0 40i 19i 28 9 2.08 5.77 4.8 1903 BOS A
1904 BOS A Daily Splits 43 41 40 10 2 1 380 327 1397i 6 104 83 29 200 28i 4 4 0 39i 22i 26 16 1.97 3.54 3.8 1904 BOS A
1905 BOS A Daily Splits 38 33 31 4 5 0 320.2 248 1093i 3 99 65 30 210 34i 6 8 0 43i 13i 18 19 1.82 2.94 2.7 1905 BOS A
1906 BOS A Daily Splits 39 34 28 0 4 2 287.2 288 985i 3 137 102 25 140 33i 5 8 1 36i 15i 13 21 3.19 2.82 -1.9 1906 BOS A
1907 BOS A Daily Splits 43 37 33 6 5 2 343.1 286 1178i 3 101 76 51 147 24i 6 7 0 27i 15 i 21 15 1.99 3.27 2.4 1907 BOS A
1908 BOS A Daily Splits 36 33 30 3 3 2 299 230 1116 1 68 42 37 150 24i 4 1 0 21i 5i 21 11 1.26 3.97 4.1 1908 BOS A
1909 CLE A Daily Splits 35 34 30 3 1 0 294.1 267 1137 4 110 74 59 109 30i 6 8 0 21i 6i 19 15 2.26 4.00 0.9 1909 CLE A
1910 CLE A Daily Splits 21 20 14 1 0 0 163.1 149 623 0 62 46 27 58 12i 7 4 0 15i 11i 7 10 2.53 2.85 0.2 1910 CLE A
1911 CLE A Daily Splits 7 7 4 0 0 0 46.1 54 195 2 28 20 13 20 2i 1 1 0 5i 2i 3 4 3.88 2.86 -0.5 1911 CLE A
1911 BOS N Daily Splits 11 11 8 2 0 0 80 83 328 4 47 33 15 0i 35 8i 5 3 0 5i 2i 4 5 3.71 3.36 -0.3 1911 BOS N
1911 Total 18 18 12 2 0 0 126.1 137 523 6 75 53 28 0i 55 10i 6 4 0 10i 4i 7 9 3.78 3.17 -0.8 1911 Total
Total NL (12 Years) 516 457 426 34 56 9 4123.2 4275 328 98 2095 1401 819 0 1275 8 107 91 2 5 2 290 174 3.06 5.96 46.6 Total NL
Total AL (11 Years) 390 358 323 42 28 9 3232.1 2817 11749 40 1072 746 398 1528 236 49 70 1 334 161 221 141 2.08 4.13 30.4 Total AL
Total (22 Years) Splits 906 815 749 76 84 18 7356 7092 12077 138 3167 2147 1217 0 2803 244 156 161 3 339 163 511 315 2.63 5.16 77.0 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B W L ERA RS PW Year Team
i - incomplete World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
1903 BOS A Daily Splits 4 3 3 0 1 0 34 31 142 1 13 7 4 0 17 3 0 0 1 0 3 6 1 11 2 1 1.85 7.00 1903 BOS A
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS AVG
1890 CLE N P 17 6 40 6 0 .885
1891 CLE N P 55 10 89 9 0 0 .917
1892 CLE N P 53 19 122 8 7 .946
1893 CLE N P 53 27 112 8 1 0 .946
1894 CLE N P 52 16 108 7 4 .947
1895 CLE N P 47 15 120 6 2 0 .957
1896 CLE N P 51 8 145 12 3 0 .927
1896 CLE N 1B 3 9 1 0 0 0 1.000
1897 CLE N P 46 16 88 9 0 0 .920
1897 CLE N 1B 2 13 0 2 1 0 .867
1898 CLE N P 46 12 122 4 2 .971
1899 STL N P 44 13 117 9 0 .935
1900 STL N P 41 12 79 11 1 .892
1901 BOS A Daily Splits P 43 41 38 371.2 12 105 3 3 0 0 35i 0 .975
1902 BOS A Daily Splits P 45 43 41 385.2 10 82 7 4 0 0 35i 0 .929
1903 BOS A Daily Splits P 40 35 34 341.2 6 86 5 4 0 0 18i 0 .948
1904 BOS A Daily Splits P 43 41 40 380 7 103 7 0 0 0 30 0 .940
1905 BOS A Daily Splits P 38 33 31 321 2 87 3 1 0 0 29i 0 .967
1906 BOS A Daily Splits P 39 34 28 287 8 81 6 1 0 0 47i 0 .937
1907 BOS A Daily Splits P 43 37 33 343.1 5 83 6 2 0 0 39i 0 .936
1908 BOS A Daily Splits P 36 33 30 298.1 5 62 3 2 0 0 23i 0 .957
1909 CLE A Daily Splits P 35 34 30 294.1 10 88 9 1 0 0 28i 0 .916
1910 CLE A Daily Splits P 21 20 14 163.2 6 62 6 0 0 0 23i 0 .919
1911 CLE A Daily Splits P 7 7 4 46.1 1 12 1 1 0 0 5i 0 .929
1911 BOS N Daily Splits P 11 11 8 79.1 3 21 1 1 0 0 11i 0 .960
1911 Total P 18 18 12 125.2 4 33 2 2 0 0 16i 0 .949
Total (22 Years) Splits P 906 369i 331i 3312.1i 229 2014 146 40 0i 0i 323i 0i .939
Total ( 2 Years) 1B 5 22 1 2 1 0 .920
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS AVG
i - incomplete World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1903 BOS A Daily Splits P 4 3 3 34 0 7 1 0 0 0 3 2 1 .875
Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1907 BOS A 6 3 3 .500 18 18 4-18 4 7
Umpiring Record
Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
1896 NL Daily 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
1903 AL Daily 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Total ( 2 Years) 4 3 1 0 0 0 0
Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
Transaction Information
Sold by Canton (Tri-State) to Cleveland Spiders for $300 (July 30, 1890 ).
Assigned to St. Louis Perfectos by Cleveland Spiders (March 28, 1899 ).
Traded by Boston Red Sox to Cleveland Naps in exchange for Charlie Chech , Jack Ryan
and $12500 (February 16, 1909 ).
Released by Cleveland Naps (August 16, 1911 ).
Signed by Boston Rustlers (August 19, 1911 ).
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