Cy Young
Denton True Young
Born: March 29, 1867
Gilmore, OH USA
Deceased: 1955
Newcomerstown, OH USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, 1B, PH
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 210
Career: 1890-1911
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937.
Minor League Statistics
Cy Young compiled a career record of 511 wins and 315 losses in his 916-game career with the Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Perfectos, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Americans, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Naps and Boston Rustlers. He began playing during the 1890 season and last took the field during the 1911 campaign. Young was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937.
St. Louis Perfectos |
St. Louis Cardinals |
Boston Americans |
Boston Red Sox |
Cleveland Naps |
Boston Rustlers |
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1890 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | 9 | 7 | .563 | 3.47 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 147.7 | 145 | 87 | 57 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 621 |
1891 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | 27 | 22 | .551 | 2.85 | 55 | 46 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 423.7 | 431 | 244 | 134 | 4 | 140 | 0 | 147 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 1848 |
1892 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | 36 | 12 | .750 | 1.93 | 53 | 49 | 4 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 453.0 | 363 | 158 | 97 | 8 | 118 | 0 | 168 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 1847 |
1893 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | 33 | 16 | .673 | 3.36 | 53 | 46 | 7 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 422.7 | 442 | 230 | 158 | 10 | 103 | 0 | 102 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 1806 |
1894 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | 26 | 21 | .553 | 3.94 | 52 | 47 | 5 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 408.7 | 488 | 265 | 179 | 19 | 106 | 0 | 108 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1777 |
1895 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | 35 | 10 | .778 | 3.26 | 47 | 40 | 7 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 369.7 | 363 | 177 | 134 | 10 | 75 | 0 | 121 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1518 |
1896 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | 28 | 15 | .651 | 3.24 | 51 | 46 | 4 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 414.3 | 477 | 214 | 149 | 7 | 62 | 0 | 140 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 1739 |
1897 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | 21 | 19 | .525 | 3.78 | 46 | 38 | 7 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 335.7 | 391 | 189 | 141 | 7 | 49 | 0 | 88 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 1413 |
1898 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | 25 | 13 | .658 | 2.53 | 46 | 41 | 5 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 377.7 | 387 | 167 | 106 | 6 | 41 | 0 | 101 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1520 |
1899 | NL | St. Louis Perfectos | 26 | 16 | .619 | 2.58 | 44 | 42 | 2 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 369.3 | 368 | 173 | 106 | 10 | 44 | 0 | 111 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1468 |
1900 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 20 | 18 | .526 | 3.00 | 41 | 35 | 6 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 321.3 | 337 | 144 | 107 | 7 | 36 | 0 | 115 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1291 |
1901 | AL | Boston Americans | 33 | 10 | .767 | 1.62 | 43 | 41 | 2 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 371.3 | 324 | 112 | 67 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 158 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1440 |
1902 | AL | Boston Americans | 32 | 11 | .744 | 2.15 | 45 | 43 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 384.7 | 350 | 136 | 92 | 6 | 53 | 0 | 160 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1506 |
1903 | AL | Boston Americans | 28 | 9 | .757 | 2.08 | 40 | 35 | 5 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 341.7 | 294 | 115 | 79 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 176 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1314 |
1904 | AL | Boston Americans | 26 | 16 | .619 | 1.97 | 43 | 41 | 2 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 380.0 | 327 | 104 | 83 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 200 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1435 |
1905 | AL | Boston Americans | 18 | 19 | .486 | 1.82 | 38 | 33 | 5 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 320.7 | 248 | 99 | 65 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 210 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1189 |
1906 | AL | Boston Americans | 13 | 21 | .382 | 3.19 | 39 | 34 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 287.7 | 288 | 137 | 102 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 140 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1126 |
1907 | AL | Boston Americans | 21 | 15 | .583 | 1.99 | 43 | 37 | 5 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 343.3 | 286 | 101 | 76 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 147 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1308 |
1908 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 21 | 11 | .656 | 1.26 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 299.0 | 230 | 68 | 42 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 150 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1116 |
1909 | AL | Cleveland Naps | 19 | 15 | .559 | 2.26 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 294.3 | 267 | 110 | 74 | 4 | 59 | 0 | 109 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1137 |
1910 | AL | Cleveland Naps | 7 | 10 | .412 | 2.53 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 163.3 | 149 | 62 | 46 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 623 |
1911 | AL | Cleveland Naps | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.88 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 46.3 | 54 | 28 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 200 |
1911 | NL | Boston Rustlers | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.71 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0 | 83 | 47 | 33 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 337 |
Totals | 511 | 315 | .619 | 2.63 | 906 | 815 | 84 | 749 | 76 | 18 | 7356.0 | 7092 | 3167 | 2147 | 138 | 1217 | 0 | 2803 | 161 | 3 | 156 | 29579 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1890 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | 17 | 65 | 65 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .123 | .123 | .154 | .277 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1891 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | 55 | 185 | 174 | 23 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 30 | .167 | .216 | .236 | .452 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1892 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | 53 | 204 | 196 | 14 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 35 | .158 | .191 | .199 | .390 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1893 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | 53 | 191 | 187 | 23 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .235 | .251 | .273 | .524 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1894 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | 52 | 188 | 186 | 24 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .215 | .223 | .333 | .557 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1895 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | 47 | 154 | 140 | 20 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 20 | .214 | .276 | .279 | .555 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1896 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | 53 | 186 | 180 | 31 | 52 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .289 | .304 | .433 | .738 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1897 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | 48 | 159 | 153 | 14 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .222 | .237 | .288 | .525 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1898 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | 47 | 169 | 154 | 20 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | .253 | .299 | .331 | .630 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1899 | NL | St. Louis Perfectos | 44 | 156 | 148 | 22 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .216 | .227 | .311 | .537 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1900 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 41 | 130 | 124 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .177 | .209 | .258 | .467 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1901 | AL | Boston Americans | 45 | 163 | 153 | 20 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .209 | .244 | .288 | .531 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1902 | AL | Boston Americans | 45 | 154 | 148 | 17 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | .230 | .255 | .291 | .545 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1903 | AL | Boston Americans | 41 | 146 | 137 | 21 | 44 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .321 | .340 | .431 | .771 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1904 | AL | Boston Americans | 43 | 149 | 148 | 14 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .223 | .223 | .304 | .527 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1905 | AL | Boston Americans | 38 | 126 | 120 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29 | .150 | .177 | .233 | .411 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1906 | AL | Boston Americans | 40 | 109 | 104 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .154 | .178 | .221 | .399 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1907 | AL | Boston Americans | 46 | 128 | 125 | 10 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .216 | .228 | .248 | .476 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1908 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 36 | 117 | 115 | 9 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .226 | .226 | .252 | .478 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1909 | AL | Cleveland Naps | 35 | 114 | 107 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .196 | .204 | .215 | .419 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1910 | AL | Cleveland Naps | 21 | 62 | 55 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .145 | .203 | .236 | .440 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1911 | AL | Cleveland Naps | 7 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .063 | .063 | .063 | .125 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1911 | NL | Boston Rustlers | 11 | 30 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .080 | .080 | .080 | .160 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 918 | 3101 | 2960 | 325 | 623 | 87 | 35 | 18 | 290 | 29 | 0 | 81 | 381 | .210 | .234 | .282 | .516 | 834 | 0 | 10 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1890 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | P | 17 | 0 | 148.0 | 6 | 40 | 6 | 0 | .885 | 2.797 | 2.706 |
1891 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | P | 55 | 0 | 424.0 | 10 | 89 | 9 | 0 | .917 | 2.101 | 1.800 |
1892 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | P | 53 | 0 | 453.0 | 19 | 122 | 8 | 7 | .946 | 2.801 | 2.660 |
1893 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | P | 53 | 0 | 423.0 | 27 | 112 | 8 | 1 | .946 | 2.957 | 2.623 |
1894 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | P | 52 | 0 | 409.0 | 16 | 108 | 7 | 4 | .947 | 2.729 | 2.385 |
1895 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | P | 47 | 0 | 370.0 | 15 | 120 | 6 | 2 | .957 | 3.284 | 2.872 |
1896 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | P | 51 | 0 | 414.0 | 8 | 145 | 12 | 3 | .927 | 3.326 | 3.000 |
1896 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | 1B | 3 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 12.857 | 3.333 |
1897 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | P | 46 | 0 | 334.0 | 16 | 88 | 9 | 0 | .920 | 2.802 | 2.261 |
1897 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | 1B | 2 | 0 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 9.750 | 6.500 |
1898 | NL | Cleveland Spiders | P | 46 | 0 | 378.0 | 12 | 122 | 4 | 2 | .971 | 3.190 | 2.913 |
1899 | NL | St. Louis Perfectos | P | 44 | 0 | 369.0 | 13 | 117 | 9 | 0 | .935 | 3.171 | 2.955 |
1900 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 41 | 0 | 321.0 | 12 | 79 | 11 | 1 | .892 | 2.551 | 2.220 |
1901 | AL | Boston Americans | P | 43 | 0 | 371.0 | 12 | 105 | 3 | 3 | .975 | 2.838 | 2.721 |
1902 | AL | Boston Americans | P | 45 | 0 | 385.0 | 10 | 82 | 7 | 4 | .929 | 2.151 | 2.044 |
1903 | AL | Boston Americans | P | 40 | 0 | 342.0 | 6 | 86 | 5 | 4 | .948 | 2.421 | 2.300 |
1904 | AL | Boston Americans | P | 43 | 41 | 380.0 | 7 | 103 | 7 | 0 | .940 | 2.605 | 2.558 |
1905 | AL | Boston Americans | P | 38 | 33 | 321.0 | 2 | 87 | 3 | 1 | .967 | 2.495 | 2.342 |
1906 | AL | Boston Americans | P | 39 | 34 | 288.0 | 8 | 81 | 6 | 1 | .937 | 2.781 | 2.282 |
1907 | AL | Boston Americans | P | 43 | 37 | 343.0 | 5 | 83 | 6 | 2 | .936 | 2.309 | 2.047 |
1908 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 36 | 33 | 299.0 | 5 | 62 | 3 | 2 | .957 | 2.017 | 1.861 |
1909 | AL | Cleveland Naps | P | 35 | 34 | 294.0 | 10 | 88 | 9 | 1 | .916 | 3.000 | 2.800 |
1910 | AL | Cleveland Naps | P | 21 | 20 | 163.0 | 6 | 62 | 6 | 0 | .919 | 3.755 | 3.238 |
1911 | AL | Cleveland Naps | P | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 1.857 | |
1911 | NL | Boston Rustlers | P | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 2.182 | |
Totals | 911 | 232 | 7248.0 | 251 | 2015 | 148 | 41 | .939 | 2.814 | 2.487 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1903 | AL | Boston Americans | WS | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.85 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 142 |
Totals | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.36 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 61.0 | 57 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 142 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1903 | AL | Boston Americans | WS | 4 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .067 | .067 | .200 | .267 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 7 | 26 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .077 | .077 | .154 | .231 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1903 | AL | Boston Americans | WS | P | 4 | 3 | 34.0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 2.118 | 2.000 |
Totals | 4 | 3 | 34.0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 2.118 | 2.000 |
Awards
1901 - AL Pitching Triple Crown
1908 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P2
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