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Historical player · 1890–1911 · ★ Hall of Fame 1937

Cy Young

B/T R/R · HT 74 · WT 210 · Born 3/29/1867 · From Gilmore, OH USA · Debut 1890-08-06 · Final 1911-10-06

Career · batting

918

2,960

623

RBI

290

AVG/OPS

0.211 · 0.516

Career · pitching

906

815

7,356.0

W-L

511-315

2,803

ERA

2.63

WHIP

1.13

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Cleveland Spiders · 1890–1898

#8 on the Spiders

↑ 1 J. O'Connor

↓ 2 B. Wallace

Hits

307

#14 on the Spiders

↑ 84 B. Wallace

↓ 4 B. Gilks

RBI

163

#13 on the Spiders

↑ 49 H. Blake

↓ 2 B. Ewing

#29 on the Spiders

↑ 2 G. Tebeau

↓ 1 O. Pickering

Runs

175

#14 on the Spiders

↑ 40 B. Wallace

↓ 22 B. Gilks

#22 on the Spiders

↑ 1 M. Hogan

↓ 1 T. Dowd

Career with the Boston Red Sox · 1901–1908

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#312 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 L. Aparicio

↓ 1 S. Wood

Hits

230

#198 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 G. Allenson

↓ 1 M. Grimshaw

RBI

#255 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 W. Ferrell

↓ 1 V. Picinich

#260 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 H. Agganis

↓ 1 C. Armbruster

Runs

108

#219 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 C. Berry

↓ 1 J. Clark

#456 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 F. Baker

↓ 1 J. Adair

Career with the St. Louis Cardinals · 1899–1900

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#502 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 T. Agee

↓ 1 P. Young

Hits

#564 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 J. Edwards

↓ 1 E. Spiezio

RBI

#484 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 C. Fullis

↓ 1 B. White

#529 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 O. Abbott

↓ 1 R. Ames

Runs

#473 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 R. Brashear

↓ 1 D. Bell

#876 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 O. Abbott

↓ 1 J. Bannon

Career with the Cleveland Naps · 1909–1911

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Hits

#623 on the Naps

↑ 1 M. Byrd

↓ 1 J. Sands

RBI

#627 on the Naps

↑ 1 J. Becker

↓ 1 M. Zunino

#542 on the Naps

↑ 1 B. Allred

Runs

#757 on the Naps

↑ 1 J. Becker

↓ 1 B. Adams

#819 on the Naps

↑ 1 B. Adams

↓ 1 A. Aber

Career with the Boston Rustlers · 1911–1911

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Hits

#1,336 on the Rustlers

↑ 1 J. Alvarez

↓ 1 K. Wright

RBI

#1,073 on the Rustlers

↑ 1 L. Blackburne

↓ 1 C. Wilson

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#3,354 all-time MLB

↑ 1 C. Abbey

↓ 1 D. Young

Hits

623

#2,322 all-time MLB

↑ 1 M. Adams

↓ 1 C. Williams

RBI

290

#2,210 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Canavan

↓ 1 J. Rizzo

#2,587 all-time MLB

↑ 1 M. Allen

↓ 1 T. Barber

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1890	Cleveland Spiders	NL	17	65	6	8	2	0	0	4	1	0	8	0.123	—	0.154
1891	Cleveland Spiders	NL	55	174	23	29	5	2	1	18	2	11	30	0.167	—	0.236
1892	Cleveland Spiders	NL	53	196	14	31	5	0	1	15	3	7	35	0.158	—	0.199
1893	Cleveland Spiders	NL	53	187	23	44	4	0	1	27	2	4	15	0.235	—	0.273
1894	Cleveland Spiders	NL	52	186	24	40	8	4	2	26	4	2	20	0.215	—	0.333
1895	Cleveland Spiders	NL	47	140	20	30	5	2	0	13	0	11	20	0.214	—	0.279
1896	Cleveland Spiders	NL	53	180	31	52	11	3	3	28	1	4	15	0.289	—	0.433
1897	Cleveland Spiders	NL	48	153	14	34	4	3	0	19	4	2	22	0.222	—	0.288
1898	Cleveland Spiders	NL	47	154	20	39	4	1	2	13	2	8	12	0.253	—	0.331
1899	Perfectos	NL	44	148	22	32	5	3	1	18	1	2	12	0.216	—	0.311
1900	Cardinals	NL	41	124	13	22	5	1	1	13	1	3	7	0.177	—	0.258
1901	Americans	AL	45	153	20	32	2	5	0	17	1	6	16	0.209	—	0.288
1902	Americans	AL	45	148	17	34	4	1	1	12	0	5	20	0.230	—	0.291
1903	Americans	AL	41	137	21	44	6	3	1	14	2	4	20	0.321	—	0.431
1904	Americans	AL	43	148	14	33	3	3	1	10	1	0	25	0.223	—	0.304
1905	Americans	AL	38	120	8	18	2	1	2	10	0	4	29	0.150	—	0.233
1906	Americans	AL	40	104	9	16	3	2	0	5	0	3	21	0.154	—	0.221
1907	Americans	AL	46	125	10	27	1	0	1	5	3	1	14	0.216	—	0.248
1908	Red Sox	AL	36	115	9	26	3	0	0	8	0	0	14	0.226	—	0.252
1909	Naps	AL	35	107	6	21	2	0	0	7	1	1	12	0.196	—	0.215
1910	Naps	AL	21	55	0	8	3	1	0	5	0	3	6	0.145	—	0.236
1911	Naps	AL	7	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.063	—	0.063
1911	Rustlers	NL	11	25	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	0.080	—	0.080
Career			918	2,960	325	623	87	35	18	290	29	81	381	0.211	0.234	0.282

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1890	Cleveland Spiders	NL	9	7	17	16	0	147.7	145	57	30	39	3.47	1.19
1891	Cleveland Spiders	NL	27	22	55	46	2	423.7	431	134	140	147	2.85	1.35
1892	Cleveland Spiders	NL	36	12	53	49	0	453.0	363	97	118	168	1.93	1.06
1893	Cleveland Spiders	NL	33	16	53	46	2	422.7	442	158	103	102	3.36	1.29
1894	Cleveland Spiders	NL	26	21	52	47	1	408.7	488	179	106	108	3.94	1.45
1895	Cleveland Spiders	NL	35	10	47	40	0	369.7	363	134	75	121	3.26	1.18
1896	Cleveland Spiders	NL	28	15	51	46	3	414.3	477	149	62	140	3.24	1.30
1897	Cleveland Spiders	NL	21	19	46	38	0	335.7	391	141	49	88	3.78	1.31
1898	Cleveland Spiders	NL	25	13	46	41	0	377.7	387	106	41	101	2.53	1.13
1899	Perfectos	NL	26	16	44	42	1	369.3	368	106	44	111	2.58	1.12
1900	Cardinals	NL	20	18	41	35	0	321.3	337	107	36	115	3.00	1.16
1901	Americans	AL	33	10	43	41	0	371.3	324	67	37	158	1.62	0.97
1902	Americans	AL	32	11	45	43	0	384.7	350	92	53	160	2.15	1.05
1903	Americans	AL	28	9	40	35	2	341.7	294	79	37	176	2.08	0.97
1904	Americans	AL	26	16	43	41	1	380.0	327	83	29	200	1.97	0.94
1905	Americans	AL	18	19	38	33	0	320.7	248	65	30	210	1.82	0.87
1906	Americans	AL	13	21	39	34	2	287.7	288	102	25	140	3.19	1.09
1907	Americans	AL	21	15	43	37	2	343.3	286	76	51	147	1.99	0.98
1908	Red Sox	AL	21	11	36	33	2	299.0	230	42	37	150	1.26	0.89
1909	Naps	AL	19	15	35	34	0	294.3	267	74	59	109	2.26	1.11
1910	Naps	AL	7	10	21	20	0	163.3	149	46	27	58	2.53	1.08
1911	Naps	AL	3	4	7	7	0	46.3	54	20	13	20	3.88	1.45
1911	Rustlers	NL	4	5	11	11	0	80.0	83	33	15	35	3.71	1.23
Career			511	315	906	815	18	7,356.0	7,092	2,147	1,217	2,803	2.63	1.13

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	906	232	7,229.0	229	2,014	146	40
1B	5	0	19.0	22	1	2	1

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1937	BBWAA	153	151	Inducted
1936	BBWAA	111	170	Ballot
1936	Veterans	32	59	Ballot