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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.
The Cy Young Award is given annually to the best pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB), one each for the American League (AL) and National League (NL). The award was introduced in 1956 by Baseball Commissioner Ford C. Frick in honor of Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young, who died in 1955.
Cy Young is the all-time leader in complete games with 749 and the only player to complete more than 700 games. Pud Galvin is second all-time with 646 career complete games and the only other player to complete more than 600 games. No active pitcher has yet to even reach 30 career complete games. [2]
Can Tarik Skubal become the first Detroit Tigers pitcher since Max Scherzer in 2013 to take home the Cy Young Award?. After a dominant regular season, a fun playoff run and a painful elimination ...
On Wednesday — his 28 th birthday — Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal became the ninth American League pitcher to win the Cy Young Award unanimously, for a total of 13 times.. The others ...
As a result, the pair of Cy Young southpaws, with eerily similar season totals — Sale went 18-3 with a 2.38 ERA and 225 strikeouts, while Skubal went 18-4 with a 2.39 ERA and 228 strikeouts ...
Cy Young is the all-time leader in wins. In Major League Baseball, the 300-win club is the group of pitchers who have won 300 or more games. Twenty-four pitchers have reached this milestone. This list does not include Bobby Mathews who won 297 in the major leagues plus several more in 1869 and 1870 before the major leagues were established in 1871.
In a year shortened to 60 games by COVID-19, the relief pitcher delivered mind-boggling numbers, though the sample was only 27 innings. He recorded 53 strikeouts, posted a 0.33 ERA and allowed ...