Cy Young

Pitcher · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1890-1911)

⭐ Hall of Fame 1937
W–L 511–315
ERA 2.63
WHIP 1.13
SO 2,803
Pitcher PIV 141398.5
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'2" / 210 lb
Born
3/29/1867 in Gilmore, OH, USA
Died
11/4/1955 in Newcomerstown, OH, USA
MLB Debut
1890-08-06
Last Game
1911-10-06
Hall of Fame
Inducted 1937 (BBWAA)
Awards
Pitching Triple Crown

Full name: Denton True Young

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
511 315 906 815 749 76 18 7356.0 7,092 2,147 138 1,217 2,803 2.63 141398.5

Career ERA 2.63 vs. league average 3.36 across their career seasons — 21.8% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1890 CL4 NL 9 7 17 16 16 0 0 147.7 145 57 30 39 3.47 3.88 (+11%) 746.3
1891 CL4 NL 27 22 55 46 43 0 2 423.7 431 134 140 147 2.85 3.52 (+19%) 5908.4
1892 CL4 NL 36 12 53 49 48 9 0 453.0 363 97 118 168 1.93 3.28 (+41%) 6614.1
1893 CL4 NL 33 16 53 46 42 1 2 422.7 442 158 103 102 3.36 4.66 (+28%) 9184.9
1894 CL4 NL 26 21 52 47 44 2 1 408.7 488 179 106 108 3.94 5.33 (+26%) 6876.8
1895 CL4 NL 35 10 47 40 36 4 0 369.7 363 134 75 121 3.26 4.77 (+32%) 8251.2
1896 CL4 NL 28 15 51 46 42 5 3 414.3 477 149 62 140 3.24 4.36 (+26%) 11304.6
1897 CL4 NL 21 19 46 38 35 2 0 335.7 391 141 49 88 3.78 4.30 (+12%) 6544.1
1898 CL4 NL 25 13 46 41 40 1 0 377.7 387 106 41 101 2.53 3.59 (+30%) 7873.4
1899 SLN NL 26 16 44 42 40 4 1 369.3 368 106 44 111 2.58 3.85 (+33%) 7571.0
1900 SLN NL 20 18 41 35 32 4 0 321.3 337 107 36 115 3.00 3.68 (+19%) 8066.6
1901 BOS AL 33 10 43 41 38 5 0 371.3 324 67 37 158 1.62 3.49 (+53%) 8548.7
1902 BOS AL 32 11 45 43 41 3 0 384.7 350 92 53 160 2.15 3.17 (+32%) 6486.3
1903 BOS AL 28 9 40 35 34 7 2 341.7 294 79 37 176 2.08 3.10 (+33%) 6945.5
1904 BOS AL 26 16 43 41 40 10 1 380.0 327 83 29 200 1.97 2.66 (+26%) 8574.4
1905 BOS AL 18 19 38 33 31 4 0 320.7 248 65 30 210 1.82 2.82 (+35%) 9725.0
1906 BOS AL 13 21 39 34 28 0 2 287.7 288 102 25 140 3.19 2.68 (-19%) 6097.0
1907 BOS AL 21 15 43 37 33 6 2 343.3 286 76 51 147 1.99 2.50 (+20%) 5162.4
1908 BOS AL 21 11 36 33 30 3 2 299.0 230 42 37 150 1.26 2.40 (+47%) 6789.5
1909 CLE AL 19 15 35 34 30 3 0 294.3 267 74 59 109 2.26 2.55 (+11%) 1466.5
1910 CLE AL 7 10 21 20 14 1 0 163.3 149 46 27 58 2.53 2.79 (+9%) 2449.3
1911 CLE AL 3 4 7 7 4 0 0 46.3 54 20 13 20 3.88 3.37 (-15%) -37.0
1911 BSN NL 4 5 11 11 8 2 0 80.0 83 33 15 35 3.71 3.37 (-10%) 249.4
Career · 23 seasons 511 315 906 815 749 76 18 7,356.0 7,092 2,147 1,217 2,803 2.63 — 141,398

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
918 2,960 325 623 87 35 18 290 29 81 381 .210 .234 .282 .516 -11,486

Career AVG .210 vs. league average .263 across their career seasons — 20.0% below league average.

Career OBP .234 vs. league average .327 across their career seasons — 28.4% below league average.

Career SLG .282 vs. league average .346 across their career seasons — 18.6% below league average.

Career OPS .516 vs. league average .673 across their career seasons — 23.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1890 CL4 NL 17 65 6 8 2 0 0 4 1 0 8 .123 .260 (-53%) .336 (-63%) .351 (-56%) .687 (-60%) -608.1
1891 CL4 NL 55 174 23 29 5 2 1 18 2 11 30 .167 .254 (-34%) .331 (-35%) .343 (-31%) .675 (-33%) -914.9
1892 CL4 NL 53 196 14 31 5 0 1 15 3 7 35 .158 .244 (-35%) .316 (-40%) .327 (-39%) .644 (-39%) -1146.8
1893 CL4 NL 53 187 23 44 4 0 1 27 2 4 15 .235 .279 (-16%) .356 (-29%) .379 (-28%) .735 (-29%) -906.9
1894 CL4 NL 52 186 24 40 8 4 2 26 4 2 20 .215 .309 (-30%) .379 (-41%) .435 (-23%) .814 (-32%) -1115.8
1895 CL4 NL 47 140 20 30 5 2 0 13 0 11 20 .214 .296 (-28%) .361 (-24%) .399 (-30%) .761 (-27%) -651.4
1896 CL4 NL 53 180 31 52 11 3 3 28 1 4 15 .289 .290 (-1%) .354 (-14%) .387 (+12%) .741 (-1%) -101.0
1897 CL4 NL 48 153 14 34 4 3 0 19 4 2 22 .222 .291 (-24%) .354 (-33%) .387 (-26%) .741 (-29%) -773.4
1898 CL4 NL 47 154 20 39 4 1 2 13 2 8 12 .253 .270 (-6%) .333 (-10%) .347 (-5%) .680 (-7%) -192.9
1899 SLN NL 44 148 22 32 5 3 1 18 1 2 12 .216 .282 (-23%) .343 (-34%) .366 (-15%) .710 (-24%) -628.1
1900 SLN NL 41 124 13 22 5 1 1 13 1 3 7 .177 .279 (-36%) .338 (-38%) .366 (-30%) .705 (-34%) -682.9
1901 BOS AL 45 153 20 32 2 5 0 17 1 6 16 .209 .271 (-23%) .326 (-25%) .359 (-20%) .686 (-23%) -565.5
1902 BOS AL 45 148 17 34 4 1 1 12 0 5 20 .230 .266 (-14%) .321 (-21%) .343 (-15%) .665 (-18%) -420.2
1903 BOS AL 41 137 21 44 6 3 1 14 2 4 20 .321 .261 (+23%) .316 (+7%) .345 (+25%) .662 (+16%) 304.4
1904 BOS AL 43 148 14 33 3 3 1 10 1 0 25 .223 .246 (-10%) .300 (-26%) .321 (-5%) .622 (-15%) -376.1
1905 BOS AL 38 120 8 18 2 1 2 10 0 4 29 .150 .248 (-40%) .307 (-42%) .322 (-28%) .629 (-35%) -618.3
1906 BOS AL 40 104 9 16 3 2 0 5 0 3 21 .154 .247 (-38%) .307 (-42%) .315 (-30%) .622 (-36%) -557.5
1907 BOS AL 46 125 10 27 1 0 1 5 3 1 14 .216 .245 (-12%) .304 (-25%) .308 (-20%) .613 (-22%) -405.0
1908 BOS AL 36 115 9 26 3 0 0 8 0 0 14 .226 .240 (-6%) .298 (-24%) .306 (-18%) .605 (-21%) -355.9
1909 CLE AL 35 107 6 21 2 0 0 7 1 1 12 .196 .244 (-20%) .306 (-34%) .312 (-31%) .618 (-32%) -499.9
1910 CLE AL 21 55 0 8 3 1 0 5 0 3 6 .145 .249 (-42%) .317 (-36%) .326 (-28%) .644 (-32%) -269.6
1911 CLE AL 7 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .062 — — — — 0.0
1911 BSN NL 11 25 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 8 .080 — — — — 0.0
Career · 23 seasons 918 2,960 325 623 87 35 18 290 29 81 381 .210 — — — — -11,486

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
7 26 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 8 .077

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1903 WS BOS 4 15 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 .067
1892 CS CL4 3 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 .091

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2 3 7 6 0 61.0 57 16 7 26 2.36

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1903 WS BOS 2 1 4 3 0 34.0 31 7 4 17 1.85
1892 CS CL4 0 2 3 3 0 27.0 26 9 3 9 3.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home26478979171662.217
Away27488891183470.206

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home2632182.0196236626910041.51
Away2692198.220334042669211.65

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1911-10-06 BSNBROL 201000100
1911-09-30 BSNCINL 301000001
1911-09-25 BSNCHCL 400000000
1911-09-22 BSNPITW 300000002
1911-09-18 BSNSTLL 200000000
1911-09-12 BSNNY1L 000000000
1911-09-07 BSNPHIL 200000000
1911-09-02 BSNBROW 400000002
1911-08-30 BSNPITW 300000002
1911-08-26 BSNSTLW 200000000

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1911-10-06 BSNBRO L 6.111118130
1911-09-30 BSNCIN L 8.0942110
1911-09-25 BSNCHC L 8.1865230
1911-09-22 BSNPIT W 9.0900030
1911-09-18 BSNSTL — 6.0532150
1911-09-12 BSNNY1 L 2.2899323
1911-09-07 BSNPHI L 9.0611120
1911-09-02 BSNBRO W 9.0611130
1911-08-30 BSNPIT W 9.0500230
1911-08-26 BSNSTL W 9.0744291

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 5 0 22 1 2 1
P 906 232 229 2014 146 40

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1890 CL4 P 17 0 6 40 6 0
1891 CL4 P 55 0 10 89 9 0
1892 CL4 P 53 0 19 122 8 7
1893 CL4 P 53 0 27 112 8 1
1894 CL4 P 52 0 16 108 7 4
1895 CL4 P 47 0 15 120 6 2
1896 CL4 1B 3 0 9 1 0 0
1896 CL4 P 51 0 8 145 12 3
1897 CL4 1B 2 0 13 0 2 1
1897 CL4 P 46 0 16 88 9 0
1898 CL4 P 46 0 12 122 4 2
1899 SLN P 44 0 13 117 9 0
1900 SLN P 41 0 12 79 11 1
1901 BOS P 43 0 12 105 3 3
1902 BOS P 45 0 10 82 7 4
1903 BOS P 40 0 6 86 5 4
1904 BOS P 43 41 7 103 7 0
1905 BOS P 38 33 2 87 3 1
1906 BOS P 39 34 8 81 6 1
1907 BOS P 43 37 5 83 6 2
1908 BOS P 36 33 5 62 3 2
1909 CLE P 35 34 10 88 9 1
1910 CLE P 21 20 6 62 6 0
1911 CLE P 7 0 1 12 1 1
1911 BSN P 11 0 3 21 1 1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 906
First Base 5

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
1908 Baseball Magazine All-Star P2
1908 Baseball Magazine All-Star P3
1901 Pitching Triple Crown

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Cy Young (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Pud Galvin HOF
    365-310, 2.85 ERA
  2. 93
    Tim Keefe HOF
    342-225, 2.63 ERA
  3. 89
    Kid Nichols HOF
    362-208, 2.96 ERA
  4. 83
    Mickey Welch HOF
    307-210, 2.71 ERA
  5. 82
    John Clarkson HOF
    328-178, 2.81 ERA
  6. 80
    Old Hoss Radbourn HOF
    310-194, 2.68 ERA

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Frequently Asked Questions about Cy Young

What years did Cy Young play?
Cy Young played in Major League Baseball from 1890 to 1911.
Was Cy Young a pitcher?
Yes. Cy Young pitched in the major leagues, recording 511 wins and 2803 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Cy Young hit?
Cy Young hit 18 career home runs with 623 hits.
Is Cy Young in the Hall of Fame?
Yes. Cy Young was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937.