Cy Young Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Denton True "Cy" Young (March 29, 1867 – November 4, 1955) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. During his 21-year baseball career (1890–1911), he pitched for five different teams. Young established numerous pitching records, some of which have stood for a century. Young compiled 511 wins, which is most in Major League history and 94 ahead of Walter Johnson who is second on the list. Young was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937.One year after Young's death, the Cy Young Award was created to honor the previous season's best pitcher.In addition to wins, Young still holds the major league records for most career innings pitched (7,355), most career games started (815), and most complete games (749). He also retired with 316 losses, the most in MLB history. Young's 76 career shutouts are fourth all-time. He also won at least 30 games in a season five times, with ten other seasons of 20 or more wins. In addition, Young pitched three no-hitters, including the third perfect game in baseball history, first in baseball's "modern era". In 1999, 88 years after his final major league appearance and 44 years after his death, editors at The Sporting News ranked Cy Young 14th on their list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players". That same year, baseball fans named him to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.Young's career started in 1890 with the Cleveland Spiders. After eight years with the Spiders, Young was moved to St. Louis in 1899. After two years there, Young jumped to the newly created American League, joining the Boston franchise. He was traded back to Cleveland in 1909, before spending the final two months of his career with the Boston Rustlers. After his retirement, Young went back to his farm in Ohio, where he stayed until his death at age 88 in 1955.
Net Worth
$11 Million
Date Of Birth
March 29, 1867
Died
1955-11-04
Place Of Birth
Gilmore, Ohio, USA
Height
6' 2" (1.88 m)
Profession
Major League Baseball pitcher
Work Position
Line-Up for Yesterday
Nicknames
Cy Young, Young, Cy
Star Sign
Aries
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Fact
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His 1952 Ohio automobile license plate read, C511Y.
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Voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937.
3
In addition to the most victories for a major league pitcher, he also had the most losses: 315.
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Winningest pitcher in the history of Major League Baseball, with 511 victories - almost 100 more than anyone else. The only pitcher with 200 victories in both the American and National Leagues, his name was honored when the Cy Young Award - baseball's highest award for pitchers
was created in 1956.
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
I've Got a Secret
1955
TV Series
Himself - Celebrity Guest
Archive Footage
Known for movies
I've Got a Secret 1955 as Himself - Celebrity Guest
