Cy Young

Cy Young (1867–1955), born Denton True Young, was an American baseball pitcher whose 511 career wins remain a major-league record. Major League Baseball’s annual Cy Young Award honors the league’s best pitchers.

511 career wins: The major-league record for career pitching victories, held by Cy Young. Young’s unmatched total is the clearest measure of his longevity and success.
Cy Young Award: An annual award given to the best pitcher in each Major League Baseball league. Established in 1956, the award commemorates Young’s pitching legacy.
Pud Galvin: A nineteenth-century American pitcher who was the first major-league player credited with 300 wins. Galvin’s earlier pitching era helps place Young’s rise to the all-time wins record.
Modern baseball pitcher: A pitcher working in contemporary professional baseball, generally under specialized workload management. Modern rotations and relief roles make Young’s career volume difficult to reproduce.
Perfect game: A game in which a pitcher allows no opposing batter to reach base. Young threw baseball’s first modern-era perfect game in 1904.
Baseball Hall of Fame: A museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, honoring baseball figures. Young was among the inaugural class inducted in 1936.
Walter Johnson: An American major-league pitcher famed for his fastball and 417 career wins. Johnson became the next iconic pitcher whose career was measured against Young’s record.
Starting pitcher: A pitcher who begins a game and typically works through multiple innings. Young’s immense totals came largely from frequent, complete-game starts.
1903 World Series: The inaugural modern World Series, played between the Boston Americans and Pittsburgh Pirates. Young pitched for Boston in the first championship series.
Major League Baseball records: Statistical achievements and milestones recorded across major-league baseball history. Young’s career wins record is one of the sport’s most enduring marks.

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