who was cy young?

Question

who was he im starten to get into baseball and i kno the award is for pitchers so who was cy young?

Answer 1

Denton True "Cy" Young (March 29, 1867 – November 4, 1955) was an American baseball player who pitched for five different major league teams from 1890 to 1911. He established numerous professional pitching records during his 22-year career in the majors, some of which have stood for a century. Young retired with 511 career wins, the most in MLB history and 94 more wins than Walter Johnson, who is second on the list.

In honor of Young's contributions to Major League Baseball, MLB created the Cy Young Award, an annual award given to the pitcher voted the most effective in each of the two leagues.

Answer 2

A pitcher...played primarily before 1900. Original HOF'er. Holds lifetime record for victories with 511, in a time when 35-40 win seasons were common.

Back then, balls were like softballs, and bats weighed 10-12 oz's heavier than now, and hitting HR's were near impossible. Pitchers of that era therefore didn't have to bear down all the time like today, when everybody hits 20 HR's a year and anyone can turn a game around at any time. Also, no one ever walked or K'd, it was a 'throw the ball, hit the ball' game back then. No one played the game like the Red Sox or Yankees do now...working pitchers, deep counts.
That style of game made it easy for pitchers to pitch far more often than today. CG's were the norm..no one heard of a 'bullpen', pitchers commonly pitched 2 ends of a DH.

To our eye, those pitching stats of that era makes it seem those guys all were the greatest ever, just like the hitting stats of today make it look like all the old timers played without a bat.

Cy Young was great, one of the greatest ever, but in his own time he was no more dominant than a Greg Maddux was in the 90's..

Answer 3

He's the answer to the trivia question:

"Who is the greatest pitcher never to win a Cy Young award?"

Answer 4

One of the early, genuinely great (by any measure) pitchers. The award is named after him primarily because, when it was decided a pitching award was needed and they wanted it to honor an individual hurler, Young's name was (and still is, and likely always will be) the one atop the career list for pitcher's wins. He posted a 511-316 record in 22 seasons with (these names might sound funny) the Cleveland Spiders (1890-98), St. Louis Perfectos/Cardinals (1899-1900), Boston Americans/Red Sox (1901-08), Cleveland Naps (now Indians, 1909-11), and Boston Rustlers (now Braves, 1911).

His full name was Denton True Young. He was nicknamed "Cy" as short for "cyclone", in tribute to his fastball and pitching prowess.

Complete major league stats: http://www.baseball-reference.com/y/youngcy01.shtml

Not THE greatest pitcher ever, but very close it. Top 15 at the worst.

Answer 5

Great pitcher, who oddly enough never won a Cy Young Award!

Answer 6

cy young was arguable the best pitcher ever. he set most of the records and is near the top of the list in basically every catagory now.

Answer 7

he was the best pitcher at the time baseball was born he has like 500+ career wins and is considered the greatest pitcher of all time
although if he pitched today he'd get owned by the current style of batting as opposed to the old school style of batting where he struck out nearly anyone he faced

Answer 8

Winningest and losingest pitcher of all time. When he started playing the pitchers threw the ball underhanded. Serious.

Answer 9

a great pitcher from a long gone era, pitched for the tigers

Answer 10

the pitcher with the most wins ever ( 511 ) and the most loses ever