Cy Young
Cy Young, one of the greatest
pitchers of all time was born on March 6, 1867 to his proud parents McKinzie
and Nancy Young. Cy Young’s brothers names were Carl and Otto Young. His sisters were
Lon and Ella Young. Cy Young lived his childhood in
The bulky 6 foot 2 inches weighing 210 pounds played for
five teams including Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Perfectos, Boston Red Sox,
Cleveland Naps, and Boston Rustlers. In 1891, he threw a record breaking 56
games for a starting pitcher altogether. In 1892, he threw a league leading 456
innings. Another event that occurred that year was that Cy Young won a league
leading 36 games. Four years after winning a whopping 36 games, Cy Young got a
league leading 3 saves! In 1905, Cy Young struck out a total of 210 to lead the
whole MLB. Cy Young won the most games of all time. He won 511 games in his
career. The closest that someone has ever gotten to Cy Young’s record was
Walter Johnson, who won 417 games in his career. In his whole career, Cy Young
struck out 2,803 people. He also lost a record breaking 316 games in his whole
career. Cy Young his a record for a pitcher 19 home runs.13 years after he
started his career, Cy Young pitched a perfect game with the Cy Young pitched
three career no hitters. Cy Young started the most games of all time. He
started 749 games. They named an award after him for the best pitcher in the
league. They named it the Cy Young award. Cy Young got inducted into the hall
of fame in 1937. Cy Young threw more than 400 innings 5 times in his career. Cy
Young is currently the only pitcher to beat every single team twice. To top all
of this record breaking off, Cy Young threw 27 scoreless innings in as row! No
one has ever gotten close to that!
Cy Young has an impact on other peoples’ lives. Cy Young
has helped children over the course of the years. He showed children how to
hit, pitch, and field. Also, Cy Young started charities to help children in
need with terrible diseases. Cy Young had an award named after him because he
played baseball the proper way. He did not cheat, gamble or take steroids on
his team. That is why Cy Young has an impact on other peoples’ lives.
I admire Cy Young. I admire Cy Young because he helped
people all around the world. Another reason why I admire Cy Young is because he
helped people with all of the fundamentals of baseball, even at a very old age.
One last reason why I admire Cy Young is because he did not take drugs.
A lesson that could be learned from Cy Young is that there
is a proper way of playing baseball, just like Cy Young did. Another lesson
that could be learned from Cy Young is that you have to play the sport right to
achieve your goals, just like he did.