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Cy Young: The Baseball Life and Career

By Lew Freedman

Book information

Publisher
Publishers, Inc., McFarland & Company
Year
2020
ISBN
9781476637808
ASIN
B08CTNK8QV
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
6 MB (5860575 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2023-08-06 13:24:08
Biography & Autobiography; Sports & Recreations; N

Description

An early celebrity pitcher, Denton "Cy" Young (1867-1955) established supreme standards on the mound. A small-town Ohio farmer made good, he set Major League pitching records in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that will likely last forever. The winner of 511 games—nearly one hundred more than the second-ranked hurler—Young pitched the first perfect game of the modern era, as well as three no-hitters. His talents helped establish the American League in 1901. Among the Hall of Fame's first inductees, he remained a sought-after interviewee decades after retirement. A year after his death, the Cy Young Award was dedicated as baseball's most prestigious honor for pitchers.

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