Denton True Young
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Denton True Young 🇺🇸

Denton True Young (Known as "Cy Young")
["baseball pitcher", "Hall of Fame", "namesake of Cy Young Award"]
Born Mar 29, 1867 🇺🇸 Gilmore, Ohio, United States
Passed Away Nov 04, 1955 Newcomerstown, Ohio, United States
Lifespan 88 years old
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"Pitching is just about keeping them off-balance and putting the ball where you want it."

Archival Overview

American Major League Baseball pitcher whose 511 career victories remain an unbreakable all-time record, namesake of the Cy Young Award.

Biographical Record

Denton True 'Cy' Young (1867–1955), whose cyclone-fast fastball earned him his famous nickname, was the quintessential workhorse pitcher of early baseball. Pitching 22 seasons from 1890 to 1911, Young established records that will almost certainly never be broken: 511 wins, 7,356 innings pitched, and 749 complete games.

Young threw three no-hitters, including a perfect game on May 5, 1904. In 1956, Major League Baseball created the annual Cy Young Award to honor the best pitcher in baseball, forever memorializing his standard of excellence.

Key Life Milestones

October 13, 1903

First World Series Championship

Won two games for the Boston Americans to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates in the inaugural modern World Series.

May 5, 1904

Perfect Game Masterpiece

Pitched the first perfect game in modern baseball history, retiring all 27 Philadelphia Athletics batters.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Peoli Cemetery
Port Washington, Ohio, United States
GPS: 40.3017, -81.4428
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