Cy Young From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. - For the Disney animator , see Cy Young (animator)
Denton True Young March 29 November 4 ) was the pre-eminent baseball pitcher during the and . His nickname "Cy" is either short for " Cyclone " (as he himself stated, since barns and fences supposedly showed tornadic damage after encountering one of his pitches) or for a generic term of the time for a farmboy, similar to "Rube". Cy Young warming up for Boston in 1908, the first year they were called the "Red Sox" He was born in Gilmore, Ohio and raised in Newcomerstown, Ohio where the local park bears his namesake and a memorial to the pitcher. Young is generally considered one of the greatest pitchers of all time. Not only is he a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame (elected in ), but the Cy Young Award , the annual award given to the best major league pitcher in each league, is named in his honor. Young set a career record for wins, 511, that will almost certainly never be matched under current conditions. Today, most seasons produce few pitchers with more than 20 wins, at which pace a pitcher would have to pitch for more than 25 years to surpass the record. Young's great longevity means he also holds the record for the most losses, despite winning 62% of his decisions. Young began his major league career in 1890 with the Cleveland Spiders and achieved stardom rapidly. He was one of the few star hurlers to maintain his level of success after the pitching mound was moved back to its present 60 feet 6 inches in | |
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