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Cy Young

Baseball pitcher, born in Gilmore, Ohio, USA. One of the first of baseball's greats, he made his major-league debut in 1890 and played until 1911, mostly with the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox. During his career he threw 749 complete games and won 511 games, both records. National and American League's leading pitchers win the Cy Young Award every year. He was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame in 1937.

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Cy Young
Pitcher
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB Debut
August 6, 1890 for the Cleveland Spiders
Final game
October 11, 1911 for the Boston Rustlers
Career Statistics
Wins     2803
Teams

Cleveland Spiders (1890 - 1898)
St. Louis Perfectos (1899 - 1900)
Boston American/Red Sox (1901 - 1908)
Cleveland Naps (1909 - 1911)
Boston Rustlers (1911)

Career Highlights and Awards
Won the 1901 AL Triple Crown for Pitchers.

Career statistics

Pitching statistics

W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO
511 316 2.63 906 815 749 76 17 7354 2/3 7,092 2,147 138 1,217 2,803

Hitting statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG TB SH HBP
918 2960 325 623 87 36 18 290 29 --- 81 --- .210 --- .281 834 --- 10


Young predates statistics such as on-base percentage, strike-outs, sac hits and caught stealing

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