Cy Young
name: label: associated person
content: Young, Cy
label: Associated Name
content: Boston Red Sox
label: Associated Name
content: Cleveland Naps
label: Associated Name
content: St. Louis Cardinals
label: Associated Name
content: Boston Braves
notes: label: Description
content: Pitcher Denton <i>Cy</i> Young's 511 wins remains a Major League Baseball record over a century past the right hander's last mound appearance. Young also holds numerous other MLB records, including games started, innings pitched, and complete games. Given the pitcher's remarkable legacy, the annual award given out to the best pitcher from each of MLB's two leagues, the American and the National, has been after the native Ohioan.
label: Description
content: Between 1890-1911, Young played for the Cleveland Spiders; St. Louis Perfectos /Cardinals; Boston Americans/ Red Sox; Cleveland Naps (now Indians.) and Boston Rustlers (now Braves.) Among his many accomplishments during this time are three no-hitters, a perfect game, and a starring role in the first modern World Series, winning two games for Boston in the 1903.
label: Description
content: Young was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937. The award which bears his name was instituted in 1957.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: level of sport
content: Major League
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.310547.034.07
label: catalog number
content: 310547.034.07
label: accession number
content: 310547
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Card, Baseball
label: Object Name
content: autograph
label: Object Name
content: autograph, baseball
label: Other Terms
content: Card, Baseball; Autograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 6 in; 10.16 cm x 15.24 cm