Denton True Young

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Denton True Young, better known as Cy Young, was a legendary American Major League Baseball pitcher whose record 511 career wins inspired the naming of the annual Cy Young Award for pitching excellence.

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instanceOf Baseball Hall of Fame inductee
Major League Baseball pitcher
baseball award
human
awardNamedAfter Cy Young Award
bats right
careerWins 511
causeOfDeath heart attack
completeGames 749
country United States of America
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1867-03-29
dateOfDeath 1955-11-04
earnedRunAverage 2.63
finalMLBGameDate 1911-10-11
finalMLBTeam Boston Rustlers
givenName Denton
hallOfFameInductionYear 1937
hallOfFameVoteMethod Baseball Writers' Association of America
surface form: Baseball Writers Association of America
hallOfFameVotePercentage 76.1%
inningsPitched 7356.0
league Major League Baseball
middleName True
MLBDebutDate 1890-08-06
MLBDebutLeague Major League Baseball
MLBDebutTeam Cleveland Spiders
namedAfter Denton True Young
nickname Cy Young
notableAchievement holds MLB record for most career pitching wins
pitched a perfect game on 1904-05-05
pitched three career no-hitters
occupation baseball player
placeOfBirth Gilmore, Ohio
surface form: Gilmore, Ohio, United States
placeOfDeath Newcomerstown, Ohio, United States
positionPlayed pitcher
sexOrGender male
shutouts 76
sport baseball
baseball
strikeouts 2803
team Boston Americans
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland Indians
surface form: Cleveland Naps

Cleveland Spiders
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis Perfectos
teamAchievement World Series champion 1903
throws right
winLossRecord 511–316

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Cy Young fullName Denton True Young