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Cy Young

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 210lb (188cm, 95kg)

Born: March 29, 1867 in Gilmore, OH us

Died: November 4, 1955 in Newcomerstown, OH

Buried: Peoli Cemetery, Peoli, OH

Debut: August 6, 1890 (Age 23-130d, 1,527th in major league history)

Last Game: October 6, 1911 (Age 44-191d)
vs. BRO 6.1 IP, 11 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, L

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1937. (Voted by BBWAA on 153/201 ballots)
Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1939.
View Cy Young's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1890 season

Full Name: Denton True Young

Nicknames: Cyclone

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

163.6

511

315

ERA

2.63

906

815

7356.0

2803

WHIP

1.130

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1901 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1901 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 27	BOS	@	BLA	L,6-12	GS	0	5.2	0	2	0	2	0
2	4 (1)	Apr 30	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	0	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	8 (3)	May 4	BOS	@	WSH	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	11 (2)	May 8	BOS		PHA	W,12-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
5	15 (3)	May 14	BOS		WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
6	18 (2)	May 17	BOS		BLA	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	20 (1)	May 23	BOS	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
8	24 (3)	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	27 (2)	Jun 2	BOS	@	MLA	W,13-2	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
10	31 (3)	Jun 7	BOS		MLA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
11	35 (3)	Jun 12	BOS		DET	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
12	37 (1)	Jun 14	BOS		DET	W,16-7	GF	0	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	40 (2)	Jun 17 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
14	43 (2)	Jun 20	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
15	47 (3)	Jun 25	BOS		CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
16	50 (2)	Jun 29	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	53 (2)	Jul 3	BOS		BLA	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	57 (3)	Jul 6	BOS		WSH	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
19	61 (3)	Jul 12	BOS		PHA	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	64 (2)	Jul 16	BOS	@	CLE	W,10-8	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
21	68 (3)	Jul 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	9.1	0	4	0	4	0
22	71 (2)	Jul 22	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	0	11.1	1	1	1	3	0
23	75 (3)	Jul 26	BOS	@	MLA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
24	77 (1)	Jul 29	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	80 (2)	Aug 2	BOS	@	PHA	W,16-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
26	82 (1)	Aug 5 (1)	BOS	@	BLA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
27	86 (3)	Aug 8	BOS		BLA	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
28	90 (3)	Aug 10 (2)	BOS		BLA	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	94 (3)	Aug 14 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,0-9	GS	0	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
30	96 (1)	Aug 16	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
31	99 (2)	Aug 20	BOS		MLA	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	102 (2)	Aug 23	BOS		CLE	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
33	105 (2)	Aug 27	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	15.0	0	4	0	4	0
34	108 (2)	Aug 30	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	112 (3)	Sep 2 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
36	116 (3)	Sep 5	BOS	@	MLA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
37	118 (1)	Sep 8	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	0	2	0	2	0
38	121 (2)	Sep 11	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
39	125 (3)	Sep 14	BOS		WSH	W,12-1	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
40	126	Sep 16 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-5	GF	0	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
41	128 (1)	Sep 17	BOS		CLE	W,5-0	CG	0	7.0	1	3	0	4	1
42	131 (2)	Sep 23 (1)	BOS		DET	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
43	134 (2)	Sep 25	BOS		CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
							43gm		371.0	12	105	3	120	3