Irv Young

Irving Melrose Young (Young Cy or Cy The Second)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: July 21, 1877 in Columbia Falls, ME (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1905
Teams (by GP): Beaneaters/Doves/WhiteSox/Pirates 1905-1911

Final Game: August 25, 1911
Died: January 14, 1935 in Brewer, ME
Buried: Great Hill Cemetery, Columbia Falls, ME
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1905	27	BSN	NL	20	21	.488	2.90	43	42	1	41	7	0	*378.0*	337	146	122	6	71	156	8	0	6	*1475*	106	1.079	8.0	0.1	1.7	3.7	2.20
1906	28	BSN	NL	16	25	.390	2.91	43	41	1	37	4	0	*358.1*	*349*	157	*116*	7	83	151	6	1	9	*1416*	92	1.206	8.8	0.2	2.1	3.8	1.82
1907	29	BSN	NL	10	23	.303	3.96	40	32	7	22	3	1	245.1	287	131	108	5	58	86	13	0	3	1010	64	1.406	10.5	0.2	2.1	3.2	1.48
1908	30	TOT	NL	8	12	.400	2.42	32	18	9	10	2	1	174.2	167	82	47	3	40	63	7	0	0	696	97	1.185	8.6	0.2	2.1	3.2	1.58
1908	30	BSN	NL	4	9	.308	2.86	16	11	3	7	1	0	85.0	94	49	27	2	19	32	2	0	0	346	84	1.329	10.0	0.2	2.0	3.4	1.68
1908	30	PIT	NL	4	3	.571	2.01	16	7	6	3	1	1	89.2	73	33	20	1	21	31	5	0	0	350	114	1.048	7.3	0.1	2.1	3.1	1.48

1909	31	MNE	A	23	18	.561		46						335.0	259	86			61							0.955	7.0		1.6			MNE · AA
1910	32	CHW	AL	4	8	.333	2.72	27	17	5	7	4	0	135.2	122	52	41	0	39	64	3	0	2	536	88	1.187	8.1	0.0	2.6	4.2	1.64
1911	33	CHW	AL	5	6	.455	4.37	24	11	9	3	1	2	92.2	99	61	45	2	25	40	0	1	3	457	74	1.338	9.6	0.2	2.4	3.9	1.60
1912	34	MNE	AA	16	14	.533		51						275.0	163	108			73							0.858	5.3		2.4			MNE · AA
1913	35	MLW,MNE	AA	15	10	.600		41						226.0	214	92			45							1.146	8.5		1.8			MLW,MNE · AA
1914	36	MLW	AA	20	16	.556	2.87	47						303.2	292	132	97		66							1.179	8.7		2.0			MLW · AA
1915	37	MLW	AA	20	18	.526	2.62	49						292.1	304	141	85		74							1.293	9.4		2.3			MLW · AA
1916	38	MLW	AA	0	3	.000		16						50.0	70				22							1.840	12.6		4.0			MLW · AA
6 Yrs				63	95	.399	3.11	209	161	32	120	21	4	1384.2	1361	629	479	23	316	560	37	2	23	5590	88	1.211	8.8	0.1	2.1	3.6	1.77
162 Game Avg.				12	17	.399	3.11	38	30	6	22	4	1	254	250	116	88	4	58	103	7	0	4	1027	88	1.211	8.8	0.1	2.1	3.6	1.77

BSN (4 yrs)				50	78	.391	3.15	142	126	12	107	15	1	1066.2	1067	483	373	20	231	425	29	1	18	4247	88	1.217	9.0	0.2	1.9	3.6	1.84
CHW (2 yrs)				9	14	.391	3.39	51	28	14	10	5	2	228.1	221	113	86	2	64	104	3	1	5	993	81	1.248	8.7	0.1	2.5	4.1	1.63
PIT (1 yr)				4	3	.571	2.01	16	7	6	3	1	1	89.2	73	33	20	1	21	31	5	0	0	350	114	1.048	7.3	0.1	2.1	3.1	1.48

NL (4 yrs)				54	81	.400	3.06	158	133	18	110	16	2	1156.1	1140	516	393	21	252	456	34	1	18	4597	89	1.204	8.9	0.2	2.0	3.5	1.81
AL (2 yrs)				9	14	.391	3.39	51	28	14	10	5	2	228.1	221	113	86	2	64	104	3	1	5	993	81	1.248	8.7	0.1	2.5	4.1	1.63

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1905	27	BSN	NL	378.0	43	42	146	3.48	4.27	-0.26	0.00	103.0	4.66	51	6.2	1.0	-0.3	8.8	83	.643	.538	$
1906	28	BSN	NL	358.1	43	41	157	3.94	3.69	-0.25	0.00	102.0	4.02	7	0.9	1.0	-0.3	3.5	30	.521	.505	$
1907	29	BSN	NL	245.1	40	32	131	4.81	3.41	-0.10	0.00	103.0	3.62	-29	-3.4	1.0	-0.2	-1.6	-14	.415	.479	$
1908	30	BSN	NL	85.0	16	11	49	5.19	3.31	0.07	0.00	102.0	3.30	-18	-2.0	1.0	-0.1	-1.4	-12	.375	.488	$
1908	30	PIT	NL	89.2	16	7	33	3.31	3.26	0.12	0.00	97.0	3.05	-2	-0.3	1.0	-0.1	0.3	4	.481	.498	$

1910	32	CHW	AL	135.2	27	17	52	3.45	3.75	0.17	0.00	95.0	3.39	0	0.0	1.0	-0.1	1.1	11	.501	.500	$
1911	33	CHW	AL	92.2	24	11	61	5.92	4.60	0.22	0.00	97.0	4.25	-17	-1.7	1.0	-0.1	-0.9	-7	.431	.490	$
6 Seasons				1384.2	209	161	629	4.09	3.81	-0.11	0.00	101.1	3.97	-8	-0.3	1.0	-1.1	9.8	95	.499	.500	$

BSN (4 yrs)				1066.2	142	126	483	4.08	3.80	-0.19	0.00	102.6	4.10	11	1.6	1.0	-0.8	9.3	87	.512	.503	$
CHW (2 yrs)				228.1	51	28	113	4.45	4.09	0.19	0.00	95.8	3.74	-17	-1.6	1.0	-0.2	0.2	5	.468	.495	$
PIT (1 yr)				89.2	16	7	33	3.31	3.26	0.12	0.00	97.0	3.05	-2	-0.3	1.0	-0.1	0.3	4	.481	.498	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1905	27	20	21	.488	2.90	43	42	1	41	7	0	378.0	337	146	122	6	71	156	8	0	6	1475	106	1.079	8.0	0.1	1.7	3.7	2.20	106
1906	28	36	46	.439	2.91	86	83	2	78	11	0	736.1	686	303	238	13	154	307	14	1	15	2891	99	1.141	8.4	0.2	1.9	3.8	1.99	99
1907	29	46	69	.400	3.17	126	115	9	100	14	1	981.2	973	434	346	18	212	393	27	1	18	3901	88	1.207	8.9	0.2	1.9	3.6	1.85	88
1908	30	54	81	.400	3.06	158	133	18	110	16	2	1156.1	1140	516	393	21	252	456	34	1	18	4597	89	1.204	8.9	0.2	2.0	3.5	1.81	89
1909	31	54	81	.400	3.06	158	133	18	110	16	2	1156.1	1140	516	393	21	252	456	34	1	18	4597	89	1.204	8.9	0.2	2.0	3.5	1.81	89
1910	32	58	89	.395	3.02	185	150	23	117	20	2	1292.0	1262	568	434	21	291	520	37	1	20	5133	89	1.202	8.8	0.1	2.0	3.6	1.79	89
1911	33	63	95	.399	3.11	209	161	32	120	21	4	1384.2	1361	629	479	23	316	560	37	2	23	5590	88	1.211	8.8	0.1	2.1	3.6	1.77	88

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1905	27	24	16	.600	3.27	366.0	360	148	133	6	76	151	9	1.191	8.9	1.9	3.7	1.99	0.1	43
1906	28	18	18	.500	4.06	328.0	404	164	148	8	96	138	7	1.524	11.1	2.6	3.8	1.44	0.2	43
1907	29	7	16	.304	6.04	213.0	339	159	143	6	69	75	15	1.915	14.3	2.9	3.2	1.09	0.3	40
1908	30	9	8	.529	3.75	156.0	200	72	65	4	48	56	8	1.590	11.5	2.8	3.2	1.17	0.2	32

1910	32	6	7	.462	4.05	120.0	143	60	54	0	46	57	4	1.575	10.7	3.5	4.3	1.24	0.0	27
1911	33	7	6	.538	3.62	117.0	104	52	47	2	26	51	0	1.111	8.0	2.0	3.9	1.96	0.2	24
6 Yrs		71	71	.500	4.08	1300.0	1550	655	590	26	361	528	43	1.470	10.7		3.7	1.46	0.2	209

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1905 NL 7.6 (4th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1905 NL 8.8 (1st)	Earned Run Average s c a p y Career 3.11 (208th)	Wins s c a p y 1905 NL 20 (5th)
Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1905 NL 1.079 (6th) Career 1.211 (156th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1905 NL 1.691 (3rd) 1906 NL 2.085 (7th) 1907 NL 2.128 (9th) Career 2.054 (104th)	Games Played s c a p y 1905 NL 43 (3rd) 1906 NL 43 (2nd) 1907 NL 40 (5th)	Saves s c a p y 1907 NL 1 (8th) 1911 AL 2 (6th)
Innings Pitched s c a p y 1905 NL 378.0 (1st) 1906 NL 358.3 (1st)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1905 NL 156 (5th) 1906 NL 151 (5th)	Games Started s c a p y 1905 NL 42 (1st) 1906 NL 41 (1st) 1907 NL 32 (7th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1905 NL 41 (1st) 1906 NL 37 (1st)
Shutouts s c a p y 1905 NL 7 (2nd) 1910 AL 4 (7th) Career 21 (230th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1905 NL 6 (6th) 1906 NL 7 (1st) 1907 NL 5 (6th)	Hits s c a p y 1905 NL 337 (3rd) 1906 NL 349 (1st) 1907 NL 287 (3rd)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1905 NL 2.197 (3rd) 1906 NL 1.819 (7th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y Career 0.150 (99th)	Losses s c a p y 1905 NL 21 (5th) 1906 NL 25 (2nd) 1907 NL 23 (2nd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1905 NL 122 (2nd) 1906 NL 116 (1st) 1907 NL 108 (3rd)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1906 NL 9 (3rd)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1907 NL 13 (5th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1905 NL 1,475 (1st) 1906 NL 1,416 (1st)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1905 NL 16 (9th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1905 NL 1.7 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 12 (188), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 42 (602), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 14 (784), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 13 (615), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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