1. Cy Young was in fact a pitcher, who led baseball during the 20th century, in four of the nine major pitching cateogories all time, Wins, Innings Pitched, Games Started, and Complete Games.
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6. Cy Young was traded back to Cleveland, the place where he played over half his career, before the 1909 season, to the Cleveland Naps of the American League.
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10. In his first year in the American League, Cy Young was dominant.
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11. Cy Young left St Louis and joined the American League's Boston Americans for a $3,500 contract.
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13. On September 18, 1897, Cy Young pitched the first no-hitter of his career in a game against the Cincinnati Reds.
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16. Early on, Cy Young established himself as one of the harder-throwing pitchers in the game.
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17. Cy Young began his professional career in 1889 with the Canton, Ohio, team of the Tri-State League, a professional minor league.
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22. Cy Young compiled 511 wins, which is most in Major League history and 94 ahead of Walter Johnson, second on the list.
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