48 Facts About Denton True Young

Denton True "Cy" Young was an American Major League Baseball pitcher.

Denton True Young was then transferred to the St Louis Cardinals franchise.

In 1901, Denton True Young jumped to the American League and played for the Boston Red Sox franchise until 1908, helping them win the 1903 World Series.

Denton True Young finished his career with the Cleveland Naps and Boston Rustlers, retiring in 1911.

Denton True Young was one of the hardest-throwing pitchers in the game early in his career.

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Denton True Young holds MLB records for the most career wins, with 511, along with most career losses, innings pitched, games started, and complete games.

Denton True Young led his league in wins during five seasons and pitched three no-hitters, including a perfect game in 1904.

Denton True Young was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937.

Cy Denton True Young was the oldest child born to Nancy and McKinzie Denton True Young, Jr.

Denton True Young was born in Gilmore, a tiny farming community located in Washington Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.

Denton True Young was raised on one of the local farms and went by the name Dent Young in his early years.

Denton True Young stopped his formal education after he completed the sixth grade so he could help out on the family's farm.

In 1885, Denton True Young moved with his father to Nebraska, and in the summer of 1887, they returned to Gilmore.

Denton True Young played for many amateur baseball leagues during his youth, including a semi-professional Carrollton team in 1888.

In that game, Denton True Young played first base and had three hits in three at-bats.

Denton True Young began his professional career in 1889 with the Canton, Ohio, team of the Tri-State League, a professional minor league.

Therefore, in 1890, Denton True Young signed with the Cleveland Spiders, a team which had moved from the American Association to the National League the previous year.

Early on, Denton True Young established himself as one of the harder-throwing pitchers in the game.

Denton True Young continued to perform at a high level during the 1890 season.

Denton True Young pitched three complete games: he lost two and one ended in a scoreless tie.

Denton True Young won three games in the series and Cleveland won the Cup, four games to one.

In 1896, Denton True Young lost a no-hitter with two outs in the ninth inning when Ed Delahanty of the Philadelphia Phillies hit a single.

On September 18,1897, Denton True Young pitched the first no-hitter of his career in a game against the Cincinnati Reds.

Denton True Young later said that, despite his teammate's gesture, he considered the game to be a one-hitter.

Denton True Young spent two years with St Louis, which is where he found his favorite catcher, Lou Criger.

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Denton True Young left St Louis and joined the American League's Boston Americans for a $3,500 contract.

Pitching to Criger, who had jumped to Boston, Denton True Young led the league in wins, strikeouts, and ERA, thus earning the colloquial AL Triple Crown for pitchers.

Denton True Young, who started Game One against the visiting Pirates, thus threw the first pitch in modern World Series history.

Denton True Young performed better in subsequent games, winning his next two starts.

Three days later, Denton True Young pitched a perfect game against Waddell and the Athletics.

Denton True Young set major league records for the most consecutive scoreless innings pitched and the most consecutive innings without allowing a hit; the latter record still stands at 25.

Denton True Young pitched 13 consecutive scoreless innings before he gave up a pair of unearned runs in the final inning.

Denton True 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.

Denton True Young established numerous pitching records, some of which have stood for over a century.

Denton True Young compiled 511 wins, which is the most in major league history and 94 ahead of Walter Johnson, second on the list.

Denton True Young led his league in wins five times, finishing second twice.

Denton True Young had 15 seasons with 20 or more wins, two more than Christy Mathewson and Warren Spahn.

Denton True Young led his league in strikeouts twice, and in shutouts seven times.

Denton True Young led his league in fewest walks per nine innings fourteen times and finished second once.

Denton True Young is tied with Roger Clemens for the most career wins by a Boston Red Sox pitcher: they each won 192 games while with the franchise.

For 19 consecutive years, from 1891 through 1909, Denton True Young was in his league's top 10 for innings pitched; in 14 of the seasons, he was in the top five.

In 1910, it was reported that Denton True Young was a vegetarian.

Denton True Young took part in many baseball events after his retirement.

Denton True Young was among the first to donate mementos to the Hall.

Denton True Young's career is seen as a bridge from baseball's earliest days to its modern era; he pitched against stars such as Cap Anson, already an established player when the National League was first formed in 1876, as well as against Eddie Collins, who played until 1930.

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When Denton True Young's career began, pitchers delivered the baseball underhand and fouls were not counted as strikes.

Denton True Young was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937.

The Pilgrims, led by twenty-eight game winner Cy Denton True Young, trailed the series three games to one but then swept four consecutive victories to win the championship five games to three.