Cy Young stats

Pitcher

Age 159

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Cy Young played 22 MLB seasons, 1890 to 1911.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
906
W
511
L
316
ERA
2.63
IP
7,354.2
K
2,803
BB
1,217
WHIP
1.13
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.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.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
1890—17973.47147.239301.19
1891—5527222.85423.21471401.35
1892—5336121.93453.01681181.06
1893—5334163.36422.21021031.29
1894—5226213.94408.21081061.45
1895—4735103.26369.2121751.18
1896—5128153.24414.1140621.30
1897—4621193.80333.288491.32
1898—4625132.53377.2101411.13
1899STL4426162.58369.1111441.12
1900STL4119193.00321.1115361.16
1901BOS4333101.62371.1158370.97
1902BOS4532112.15384.2160531.05
1903BOS402892.08341.2176370.97
1904BOS4326161.97380.0200290.94
1905BOS3818191.82320.2210300.87
1906BOS3913213.19287.2140251.09
1907BOS4321151.99343.1147510.98
1908BOS3621111.26299.0150370.89
1909CLE3519152.26295.0109591.11
1910CLE217102.53163.158271.08
1911CLE/ATL18793.78126.155281.31

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
7
W
2
L
3
ERA
2.36
IP
61.0
K
26
BB
7
WHIP
1.05

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
0
CG
749
SHO
76
K/9
3.4
GB
0
FB
0
G/F
0.00
WP
0
Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
1890—01602.40000
1891—04303.10000
1892—04893.30000
1893—04212.20000
1894—04422.40000
1895—03642.90000
1896—04253.00000
1897—03522.40000
1898—04012.40000
1899STL04042.70000
1900STL03243.20000
1901BOS03853.80000
1902BOS04133.70000
1903BOS03474.60000
1904BOS040104.70000
1905BOS03145.90000
1906BOS02804.40000
1907BOS03363.90000
1908BOS03034.50000
1909CLE03033.30000
1910CLE01413.20000
1911CLE/ATL01223.90000

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
159 yearsMar 29, 1867
Debut
1890

What were Cy Young's career stats?

Cy Young played 22 seasons for the Cardinals, the Red Sox and the Guardians. He had 511 wins and 2,803 strikeouts with a 2.63 ERA over 7,354.2 innings. His best season was 1892: 36 wins, a 1.93 ERA and 168 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

22 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1890 to 1911

Cy Young sits top 10 all time in wins (pitching).

Championships

All-time career rank

  • 25th in strikeouts (pitching) (2,803)
  • 1st in wins (pitching) (511)

Among the 9,243 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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