Cy Seymour

Cy Seymour

1896–1913 · Bats L · Throws L · 6'0", 200 lb · b. 1872 Albany, NY

Career 1,529 G · 1,724 H · 52 HR · 799 RBI · .303 AVG · 61–56 · 3.73 ERA · 591 SO · 1038.0 IP

Seasons leading his league

13

12 best in baseball 1 league only

37 Top-5 finishes

4 Title seasons

10 Categories led

1905 Best season

Spanning 1897–1905, peaking at 8 titles in 1905.

Led in Strikeouts / 9 for 3 straight seasons (1897–1899) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

116th League titles 13
54th Best in baseball 12
197th Top-5 finishes 37

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

Career leaderboards

170th Batting Average .303
176th Triples 96
308th Stolen Bases 222
378th Complete Games 105
466th Hits 1,724

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Strikeouts / 9	3	1st	3 yrs (1897–1899)	1897 4.90 1898 6.03 1899 4.76
Strikeouts	2	1st	2 yrs (1897–1898)	1897 156 1898 239 1899 #2
Total Bases	1	1st	—	1905 325 1903 #2 1904 #3
Triples	1	1st	—	1905 21 1904 #3
Doubles	1	1st	—	1905 NL 40 1907 #3
Slugging Percentage	1	1st	—	1905 .559 1904 #2
On-Base Plus Slug.	1	1st	—	1905 .988 1904 #3
Hits	1	1st	—	1905 219 1903 #2 1906 #3
Runs Batted In	1	1st	—	1905 121 1906 #3 1908 #3
Batting Average	1	1st	—	1905 .377 1904 #3
Shutouts	—	#3	—	1897 #3
On-Base Percentage	—	#2	—	1905 #2
Stolen Bases	—	#3	—	1901 #3
Home Runs	—	#2	—	1903 #2 1905 #2 1906 #3

Title Seasons

4 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1905	8	AVG .377 RBI 121 H 219 OPS .988 SLG .559 2B 40 3B 21 TB 325
1899	1	K/9 4.76
1898	2	SO 239 K/9 6.03
1897	2	SO 156 K/9 4.90

Batting

16 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1896	NY1	NL	12	32	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	.219	.219	.219	.438
1897	NY1	NL	45	141	13	34	5	1	2	14	4	13	3	.241	.262	.333	.595
1898	NY1	NL	80	297	41	82	5	2	4	23	9	22	8	.276	.300	.347	.647
1899	NY1	NL	50	159	25	52	3	2	2	27	4	18	2	.327	.344	.409	.752
1900	NY1	NL	23	40	9	12	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	.300	.349	.300	.649
1901	BLA	AL	134	547	84	166	19	8	1	77	28	25	38	.304	.337	.373	.710
1902	BLA +1	AL	134	524	65	158	16	10	5	78	30	46	20	.302	.345	.399	.744
1903	CIN	NL	135	558	85	191	25	15	7	72	33	32	25	.342	.382	.479	.861
1904	CIN	NL	131	531	71	166	26	13	5	58	29	23	11	.313	.352	.439	.791
1905	CIN	NL	149	581	95	219	40	21	8	121	51	29	21	.377	.429	.559	.988
1906	CIN +1	NL	151	576	70	165	19	5	8	80	42	42	29	.287	.339	.379	.718
1907	NY1	NL	131	473	46	139	25	8	3	75	36	35	21	.294	.350	.400	.750
1908	NY1	NL	156	587	60	157	23	2	5	92	30	34	18	.268	.307	.339	.646
1909	NY1	NL	80	280	37	87	12	5	1	30	25	8	14	.311	.369	.400	.769
1910	NY1	NL	79	287	32	76	9	4	1	40	23	18	10	.265	.324	.335	.658
1913	BSN	NL	39	73	2	13	2	0	0	10	7	7	2	.178	.259	.206	.465
Career	—	—	1,529	5,686	737	1,724	229	96	52	799	354	361	222	.303	.347	.405	.752

Pitching

6 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1896	NY1	NL	2	4	6.40	11	8	0	70.1	75	50	8	51	33	1.79
1897	NY1	NL	18	14	3.27	39	34	1	286.2	257	104	4	168	156	1.48
1898	NY1	NL	25	19	3.18	45	43	0	356.2	313	126	4	213	239	1.48
1899	NY1	NL	14	18	3.56	32	32	0	268.1	247	106	5	170	142	1.55
1900	NY1	NL	2	1	6.96	13	7	0	53.0	58	41	4	54	19	2.11
1902	CIN	NL	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	3.0	4	3	0	3	2	2.33
Career	—	—	61	56	3.73	141	124	1	1038.0	954	430	25	659	591	1.55

Fielding by Position

Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP	FLD%
OF	1,333	2,855	188	177	52	.945
P	141	63	339	66	14	.859
1B	5	32	2	8	3	.810
3B	2	1	5	1	0	.857
2B	1	1	1	0	0	1.000