Three Hundred NinetyNineth in the Famous People (FP) Series - Denton True "Cy" Young
Denton True "Cy" Young (March 29, 1867 – November 4, 1955) was an American baseball player who pitched for five different major league teams from 1890 to 1911.
During his 22-year career, Young established numerous professional pitching records in the majors, some of which have stood for a century. Young retired with 511 career wins, 94 wins ahead of Walter Johnson, who is second on the list of most wins in Major League history. In honor of Young's contributions to Major League Baseball (MLB), the Cy Young Award, an annual award given to the pitcher voted the most effective in each of the two leagues, was created in 1956. Young was also elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937.
Young's career started in 1890 with the Cleveland Spiders. After eight years with the Spiders, Young was moved to St. Louis in 1899. After two years there, Young jumped to the newly-created American League, joining the Boston franchise. He was traded back to Cleveland in 1909, before spending the final two months of his career in Boston. After his retirement, Young went back to his farm in Ohio, where he stayed until his death at age 88 in 1955.
On September 23, 1993, a statue dedicated to him was unveiled by Northeastern University on site of the Boston Red Sox's orginal stadium, the Huntington Avenue Grounds. In that stadium he pitched the first games of the 1901 and 1904 World Series and also pitched the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball. A home plate shaped plaque next to the statue reads:
"On October 1, 1903 the first modern World Series between the American League champion Boston Pilgrims (later known as the Red Sox) and the National League champion Pittsburgh Pirates was played on this site. General admission tickets were fifty cents. The Pilgrims, led by twenty-eight game winner Cy Young, trailed the series three games to one but then swept four consecutive victories to win the championship five games to three."
Mt. Lebanon Cemetery is where this is hidden. You'll probably notice the large Denton tombstone as you near GZ.
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