Cy Young vs Jack Chesbro

Cy YoungJack Chesbro

Cy Young and Jack Chesbro compared on their MLB careers: Cy Young played 22 seasons, 1890 to 1911, Jack Chesbro 11 seasons, 1899 to 1909. Cy Young has 511 wins to Jack Chesbro's 198. Cy Young won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Cy Young and Jack Chesbro career totals
906GP392
511W198
316L132
2.6ERA2.7
7354.2IP2896.2
2,803K1,265
1,217BB690
1.1WHIP1.1
17SV5

Where each stands all time

Cy Young and Jack Chesbro all-time places
25th (2,803)Strikeouts (pitching)—
1st (511)Wins (pitching)116th (198)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Cy Young: 1 championship; none on file
  • Jack Chesbro: 0 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Cy Young and Jack Chesbro season by season
W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.
1st1890973.471899694.11
2nd189127222.85190015133.67
3rd189236121.93190121102.38
4th189334163.3619022862.17
5th189426213.94190321152.77
6th189535103.26190441121.82
7th189628153.24190519152.20
8th189721193.80190623172.96
9th189825132.53190710102.53
10th189926162.58190814202.93
11th190019193.001909056.14
12th190133101.62————
13th190232112.15————
14th19032892.08————
15th190426161.97————
16th190518191.82————
17th190613213.19————
18th190721151.99————
19th190821111.26————
20th190919152.26————
21st19107102.53————
22nd1911793.78————

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA