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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
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              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  1468i  6  136   92   53      160  23i  3  13   0  48i 28i 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 15i 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
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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
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              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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