Cy Young

Cy Young

1890–1911 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'2", 210 lb · b. 1867 Gilmore, OH

Career 511–315 · 2.63 ERA · 2,803 SO · 7356.0 IP · 918 G · 623 H · 18 HR · 290 RBI · .211 AVG

Seasons leading his league

36

25 best in baseball 11 league only

122 Top-5 finishes

13 Title seasons

11 Categories led

1901 Best season

Spanning 1890–1907, peaking at 6 titles in 1901.

Clubs 300 Win Club 20 Win Seasons ×16 Sub-2.00 ERA Seasons ×6

Team records #1 Cleveland Spiders career ERA #1 Red Sox career W #1 Cleveland Spiders career W #1 Cleveland Spiders career SO #1 Cleveland Spiders career SV #1 Cleveland Spiders career WHIP #1 Red Sox career WHIP #1 Cleveland Spiders career IP #1 Cleveland Spiders 1892 ERA #1 Cleveland Spiders 1892 W

1901 Pitching Triple Crown

Led the AL in 33 W, 1.62 ERA, 158 SO

Led in Wins for 3 straight seasons (1901–1903) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

39th League titles 36
20th Best in baseball 25
27th Top-5 finishes 122

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

1st Wins 511
1st Innings Pitched 7356.0
1st Complete Games 749
1st Pitcher Assists 2,014
4th Shutouts 76
25th Strikeouts 2,803
45th Walks + Hits / IP 1.13
57th Pitcher Range Factor 2.48
60th Earned Run Average 2.63
63rd Pitcher Putouts 229

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Shutouts	7	1st	2 yrs (1895–1896)	1892 9 1895 4 1896 5 1900 4 1903 7 1904 10 1901 AL 5 1897 #3 1899 #2 1907 #3
Walks + Hits / IP	7	1st	2 yrs (1904–1905)	1892 1.06 1895 1.19 1899 1.12 1901 0.97 1904 0.94 1905 0.87 1907 AL 0.98 1893 #2 1894 #3 1896 #3 1898 #3 1900 #3 1902 #3 1903 #2 1908 #3
Wins	5	1st	3 yrs (1901–1903)	1892 36 1895 35 1901 33 1902 32 1903 AL 28 1893 #3 1896 #3 1900 #2 1904 #2
Pitcher Assists	3	1st	2 yrs (1895–1896)	1895 120 1896 145 1899 117 1892 #3 1893 #2 1894 #2 1898 #2 1901 #2
Complete Games	3	1st	2 yrs (1902–1903)	1899 40 1902 AL 41 1903 AL 34 1893 #3 1894 #3 1896 #2 1898 #3 1900 #3 1901 #2 1904 #3 1908 #2 1909 #2
Saves	3	1st	—	1893 2 1896 3 1903 AL 2 1891 #3 1904 #2 1906 #3
Innings Pitched	2	1st	2 yrs (1902–1903)	1902 AL 384.2 1903 AL 341.2 1893 #3 1896 #2 1898 #3 1899 #3 1901 #2
Strikeouts	2	1st	—	1896 140 1901 AL 158 1893 #3 1900 #3 1902 #2 1903 #3 1905 #2
Earned Run Average	2	1st	—	1892 1.93 1901 1.62 1893 #3 1899 #2 1903 #2 1905 #3 1908 #2
Pitcher Range Factor	1	1st	—	1890 NL 2.71 1894 #3 1895 #2
Pitcher Fielding Percentage	1	1st	—	1901 AL .975
Strikeouts / 9	—	#2	—	1901 #3 1902 #3 1905 #2

Title Seasons

13 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1907	1	WHIP 0.98
1905	1	WHIP 0.87
1904	2	WHIP 0.94 SHO 10
1903	5	W 28 SV 2 IP 341.2 SHO 7 CG 34
1902	3	W 32 IP 384.2 CG 41
1901	6	ERA 1.62 W 33 SO 158 WHIP 0.97 SHO 5 P FPCT .975
1900	1	SHO 4
1899	3	WHIP 1.12 CG 40 P A 117
1896	4	SO 140 SV 3 SHO 5 P A 145
1895	4	W 35 WHIP 1.19 SHO 4 P A 120
1893	1	SV 2
1892	4	ERA 1.93 W 36 WHIP 1.06 SHO 9
1890	1	P RF 2.71

Pitching

led the league 22 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1890	CL4	NL	9	7	3.47	17	16	0	147.2	145	57	6	30	39	1.19
1891	CL4	NL	27	22	2.85	55	46	2	423.2	431	134	4	140	147	1.35
1892	CL4	NL	36	12	1.93	53	49	0	453.0	363	97	8	118	168	1.06
1893	CL4	NL	33	16	3.36	53	46	2	422.2	442	158	10	103	102	1.29
1894	CL4	NL	26	21	3.94	52	47	1	408.2	488	179	19	106	108	1.45
1895	CL4	NL	35	10	3.26	47	40	0	369.2	363	134	10	75	121	1.19
1896	CL4	NL	28	15	3.24	51	46	3	414.1	477	149	7	62	140	1.30
1897	CL4	NL	21	19	3.78	46	38	0	335.2	391	141	7	49	88	1.31
1898	CL4	NL	25	13	2.53	46	41	0	377.2	387	106	6	41	101	1.13
1899	SLN	NL	26	16	2.58	44	42	1	369.1	368	106	10	44	111	1.12
1900	SLN	NL	20	18	3.00	41	35	0	321.1	337	107	7	36	115	1.16
1901	BOS	AL	33	10	1.62	43	41	0	371.1	324	67	6	37	158	0.97
1902	BOS	AL	32	11	2.15	45	43	0	384.2	350	92	6	53	160	1.05
1903	BOS	AL	28	9	2.08	40	35	2	341.2	294	79	6	37	176	0.97
1904	BOS	AL	26	16	1.97	43	41	1	380.0	327	83	6	29	200	0.94
1905	BOS	AL	18	19	1.82	38	33	0	320.2	248	65	3	30	210	0.87
1906	BOS	AL	13	21	3.19	39	34	2	287.2	288	102	3	25	140	1.09
1907	BOS	AL	21	15	1.99	43	37	2	343.1	286	76	3	51	147	0.98
1908	BOS	AL	21	11	1.26	36	33	2	299.0	230	42	1	37	150	0.89
1909	CLE	AL	19	15	2.26	35	34	0	294.1	267	74	4	59	109	1.11
1910	CLE	AL	7	10	2.53	21	20	0	163.1	149	46	0	27	58	1.08
1911	BSN +1	NL	7	9	3.78	18	18	0	126.1	137	53	6	28	55	1.31
Career	—	—	511	315	2.63	906	815	18	7356.0	7,092	2,147	138	1,217	2,803	1.13

Batting

22 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1890	CL4	NL	17	65	6	8	2	0	0	4	0	8	1	.123	.123	.154	.277
1891	CL4	NL	55	174	23	29	5	2	1	18	11	30	2	.167	.216	.236	.452
1892	CL4	NL	53	196	14	31	5	0	1	15	7	35	3	.158	.191	.199	.390
1893	CL4	NL	53	187	23	44	4	0	1	27	4	15	2	.235	.251	.273	.524
1894	CL4	NL	52	186	24	40	8	4	2	26	2	20	4	.215	.223	.333	.557
1895	CL4	NL	47	140	20	30	5	2	0	13	11	20	0	.214	.276	.279	.555
1896	CL4	NL	53	180	31	52	11	3	3	28	4	15	1	.289	.304	.433	.738
1897	CL4	NL	48	153	14	34	4	3	0	19	2	22	4	.222	.237	.288	.525
1898	CL4	NL	47	154	20	39	4	1	2	13	8	12	2	.253	.299	.331	.630
1899	SLN	NL	44	148	22	32	5	3	1	18	2	12	1	.216	.227	.311	.538
1900	SLN	NL	41	124	13	22	5	1	1	13	3	7	1	.177	.209	.258	.467
1901	BOS	AL	45	153	20	32	2	5	0	17	6	16	1	.209	.244	.288	.531
1902	BOS	AL	45	148	17	34	4	1	1	12	5	20	0	.230	.255	.291	.545
1903	BOS	AL	41	137	21	44	6	3	1	14	4	20	2	.321	.340	.431	.771
1904	BOS	AL	43	148	14	33	3	3	1	10	0	25	1	.223	.223	.304	.527
1905	BOS	AL	38	120	8	18	2	1	2	10	4	29	0	.150	.177	.233	.411
1906	BOS	AL	40	104	9	16	3	2	0	5	3	21	0	.154	.178	.221	.399
1907	BOS	AL	46	125	10	27	1	0	1	5	1	14	3	.216	.228	.248	.476
1908	BOS	AL	36	115	9	26	3	0	0	8	0	14	0	.226	.226	.252	.478
1909	CLE	AL	35	107	6	21	2	0	0	7	1	12	1	.196	.204	.215	.419
1910	CLE	AL	21	55	0	8	3	1	0	5	3	6	0	.146	.203	.236	.440
1911	BSN +1	NL	18	41	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	8	0	.073	.073	.073	.146
Career	—	—	918	2,960	325	623	87	35	18	290	81	381	29	.211	.234	.282	.516

Fielding

2 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1890	CL4	NL	P	17	—	148.0	6	40	6	0	52	.885	2.71
1891	CL4	NL	P	55	—	424.0	10	89	9	0	108	.917	1.80
1892	CL4	NL	P	53	—	453.0	19	122	8	7	149	.946	2.66
1893	CL4	NL	P	53	—	423.0	27	112	8	1	147	.946	2.62
1894	CL4	NL	P	52	—	409.0	16	108	7	4	131	.947	2.39
1895	CL4	NL	P	47	—	370.0	15	120	6	2	141	.957	2.87
1896	CL4	NL	P	51	—	414.0	8	145	12	3	165	.927	3.00
			1B	3	—	7.0	9	1	0	0	10	1.000	3.33
1897	CL4	NL	P	46	—	334.0	16	88	9	0	113	.920	2.26
			1B	2	—	12.0	13	0	2	1	15	.867	6.50
1898	CL4	NL	P	46	—	378.0	12	122	4	2	138	.971	2.91
1899	SLN	NL	P	44	—	369.0	13	117	9	0	139	.935	2.96
1900	SLN	NL	P	41	—	321.0	12	79	11	1	102	.892	2.22
1901	BOS	AL	P	43	—	371.0	12	105	3	3	120	.975	2.72
1902	BOS	AL	P	45	—	385.0	10	82	7	4	99	.929	2.04
1903	BOS	AL	P	40	—	342.0	6	86	5	4	97	.949	2.30
1904	BOS	AL	P	43	41	380.0	7	103	7	0	117	.940	2.56
1905	BOS	AL	P	38	33	321.0	2	87	3	1	92	.967	2.34
1906	BOS	AL	P	39	34	288.0	8	81	6	1	95	.937	2.28
1907	BOS	AL	P	43	37	343.0	5	83	6	2	94	.936	2.05
1908	BOS	AL	P	36	33	299.0	5	62	3	2	70	.957	1.86
1909	CLE	AL	P	35	34	294.0	10	88	9	1	107	.916	2.80
1910	CLE	AL	P	21	20	163.0	6	62	6	0	74	.919	3.24
1911	BSN	NL	P	18	—	—	4	33	2	2	39	.949	2.06
Career	—	—	P	906	232	7229.0	229	2,014	146	40	2,389	.939	2.48
	—	—	1B	5	—	19.0	22	1	2	1	25	.920	4.60