Cy Young

Cy Young: Hall of Fame pitcher with 511 career wins and the namesake of the Cy Young Award.

Denton True "Cy" Young was born on March 29, 1867 near Gilmore, Ohio.^[1] Young's nickname "Cy" came from the fences he destroyed with his fastball, which looked like a cyclone had hit them.^[2][3] With 511 career victories, Cy Young holds the all-time major league record for wins, a total that is 94 more than the second-place Walter Johnson.^[4]

Quick Facts

Position: Pitcher; Manager
Born: 29 March 1867
Birthplace: Gilmore, Ohio, U.S.
Died: 4 November 1955
Place of death: Newcomerstown, Ohio, U.S.
Debut league: MLB
Debut date: August 6
Debut year: 1890

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

On August 6, 1890, he made his major league debut with the Cleveland Spiders, pitching a three-hit 8–1 victory.^[5] After finishing the sixth grade, Young left school to assist with work on the family farm.^[6] The Tri-State League's Canton Nadjys, a minor league team based in Ohio, was where Young started his professional baseball career in 1890.^[2] In 1901, Young signed with the Boston Americans of the American League for a contract worth $3,500.^[7]

What the cited sources add

The Baseball Almanac book review notes that prior to 1896, Young did not use a glove.^[1] By 1896 he reverted to the use of a glove.^[1] The same source states that Young became "the toast of Boston" and that the press enjoyed the fact that in February 1902, Young served as a pitching coach at Harvard University.^[1] The review also notes that Young became "the only pitcher in baseball history to hurl in both a Temple Cup competition and a World Series"^[1]

Christy Mathewson commented that "Old Cy Young has the absolutely perfect pitching motion," according to the book review.^[1] The review adds that Young's retirement years from 1912-1955 were marked by his return to his farm in Peoli, Ohio.^[1]

References

"Baseball Book Review: Cy Young : A Life In Baseball", Baseball Almanac. facts only, no text reused. baseball-almanac.com
Wikipedia, "Cy Young" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Cy Young Obituary", The New York Times, November 5, 1955 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia, "Cy Young" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Ballplayers – Cy Young", Baseball Biography; "Cy Young Biography", CMG Worldwide (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia, "Cy Young" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Career Leaders for Wins", Baseball Almanac (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia, "Cy Young" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "1890 Chronology", Baseball Library (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia, "Cy Young" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Baseball Book Review: Cy Young : A Life In Baseball", Baseball Almanac (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia, "Cy Young" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Cy Young Statistics", Baseball Reference; "Cy Young from the Chronology", Baseball Library (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Cy Young (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.