Topic: Cy Young
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Philadelphia pitcher Roy Halladay blew away the San Diego Padres with 14 strikeouts in the Phillies' 3-1 victory Sunday.Halladay, last season's National League Cy Young Award winner, took a two-hitter into the ninth inning where he finally allowed ...
The National League CY Young award is really a toss-up between pitchers who were dominant in the first half but struggled a bit late in the season. Last year, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright received the most first-place votes in the ...
One of baseball's oldest and most successful organizations, the Boston Red Sox have mostly built their success on hitting, but they have also hosted some of baseball's greatest pitchers. The Boston Red Sox all-time wins leaders are topped by the winningest pitcher ...
Cy Young (Denton T. Young) was a professional baseball player, born on March 29th, 1897 in Gilmore , Ohio . Cy Young won more major league games than any other pitcher in the history of the game. Cy Young pitched for five ...
It has always been difficult to compare players of different eras in baseball. The last time a pitcher won even 30 games was 1968 by Detroit?s Denny McClain in the season that is widely regarded as a pitchers season. Another pitching record ...
Ask any baseball geek who the greatest pitcher of all time was and the answer will undoubtedly be Cy Young. Born Denton True Young on March 29, 1867, Young was bought by the Cleveland Spiders in 1890 for $300 and a new ...
Prior to 1876, professional baseball teams, members of the National Association of Base Ball Players, were owned by players. Pittsburgh shortstop Honus Wagner was in the seventh year of a twenty-one year career, and only twenty-nine years old. At the time of ...
Sixty feet, six inches from home plate is where it all starts, first there's a stare, then a unique wind-up, and then the pitch. A 373-188 record with a .665 winning percentage and a 2.13 lifetime ERA was more than enough to ...
A list of the best baseballpitchers of all time would have to include WalterJohnson; Lefty Grove; Grover Cleveland Alexander; Cy Young; Warren Spahn; Christy Mathewson;Kid Nichols; Bob Feller; and Satchel Paige. Since most folks these days are notfamiliar with these men, I ...
The Boston Red Sox have been an MLB team since 1901, whenthey were known as the Boston Americans. Cy Young (2.00)?To some, Cy Young is a legend morethan he was an actual pitcher, especially since his 511 career wins are arecord that ...