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Denton True "Cy" Young (March 29, 1867 – November 4, 1955) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. Born in Gilmore, Ohio, he worked on his family's farm as a youth before starting his professional baseball career. Young entered the major leagues in 1890 with the National League's Cleveland Spiders and
Baseball Hall of Fame charter member Cy Young, the namesake of the Cy Young Award began his professional career with the 1890 Canton Nadjys. His nickname also began while playing with Canton. Young was signed by Canton in the spring of 1890 as a 23-year-old. Young was a farmer and semipro pitcher, who was from nearby Gilmore, Ohio. [19]
Cy is a masculine given name, often a short form of Cyril, Cyrus or ... Cy Young (athlete) (1928–2017), American javelin thrower, 1952 Olympic champion;
Two months after hearing his name called on draft night, a 21-year-old Sale made his major-league debut as a reliever for a White Sox team pushing for a playoff berth. ... the pair of Cy Young ...
Simmons was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame for the Class of 2020, Vuckovich won the 1982 Cy Young and Fingers, another Hall of Famer, swept the Cy Young and MVP awards in 1981. His ...
Snell won Cy Young Awards in 2018 with Tampa Bay and 2023 with San Diego. He is 76-58 with a 3.19 ERA in nine seasons with the Rays (2016-20), Padres (2021-23) and Giants.
Clemens finished the season with an 18–4 record, and was awarded his seventh Cy Young Award, becoming the oldest player ever to win the Cy Young at age 42. [42] This made him one of six pitchers to win the award in both leagues, joining Gaylord Perry, Pedro Martínez, and Randy Johnson and later joined by Roy Halladay and Max Scherzer. [43]
Johnson won the 1999 NL Cy Young Award and Warren Spahn Award as the best left-handed pitcher in MLB. [27] Johnson became the third pitcher in history, after Gaylord Perry and Pedro Martínez , to win the Cy Young Award in both the American and National Leagues; Martínez won the AL Cy Young in the same season that Johnson won its NL counterpart.