Cy Young stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1890
Bio
- Debut
- 1890
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 906
- W
- 511
- L
- 316
- ERA
- 2.63
- IP
- 7354.2
- K
- 2,803
- BB
- 1,217
- WHIP
- 1.13
| 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 | — | 17 | 9 | 7 | 3.47 | 147.2 | 39 | 30 | 1.19 |
| 1891 | — | 55 | 27 | 22 | 2.85 | 423.2 | 147 | 140 | 1.35 |
| 1892 | — | 53 | 36 | 12 | 1.93 | 453.0 | 168 | 118 | 1.06 |
| 1893 | — | 53 | 34 | 16 | 3.36 | 422.2 | 102 | 103 | 1.29 |
| 1894 | — | 52 | 26 | 21 | 3.94 | 408.2 | 108 | 106 | 1.45 |
| 1895 | — | 47 | 35 | 10 | 3.26 | 369.2 | 121 | 75 | 1.18 |
| 1896 | — | 51 | 28 | 15 | 3.24 | 414.1 | 140 | 62 | 1.30 |
| 1897 | — | 46 | 21 | 19 | 3.80 | 333.2 | 88 | 49 | 1.32 |
| 1898 | — | 46 | 25 | 13 | 2.53 | 377.2 | 101 | 41 | 1.13 |
| 1899 | STL | 44 | 26 | 16 | 2.58 | 369.1 | 111 | 44 | 1.12 |
| 1900 | STL | 41 | 19 | 19 | 3.00 | 321.1 | 115 | 36 | 1.16 |
| 1901 | BOS | 43 | 33 | 10 | 1.62 | 371.1 | 158 | 37 | 0.97 |
| 1902 | BOS | 45 | 32 | 11 | 2.15 | 384.2 | 160 | 53 | 1.05 |
| 1903 | BOS | 40 | 28 | 9 | 2.08 | 341.2 | 176 | 37 | 0.97 |
| 1904 | BOS | 43 | 26 | 16 | 1.97 | 380.0 | 200 | 29 | 0.94 |
| 1905 | BOS | 38 | 18 | 19 | 1.82 | 320.2 | 210 | 30 | 0.87 |
| 1906 | BOS | 39 | 13 | 21 | 3.19 | 287.2 | 140 | 25 | 1.09 |
| 1907 | BOS | 43 | 21 | 15 | 1.99 | 343.1 | 147 | 51 | 0.98 |
| 1908 | BOS | 36 | 21 | 11 | 1.26 | 299.0 | 150 | 37 | 0.89 |
| 1909 | CLE | 35 | 19 | 15 | 2.26 | 295.0 | 109 | 59 | 1.11 |
| 1910 | CLE | 21 | 7 | 10 | 2.53 | 163.1 | 58 | 27 | 1.08 |
| 1911 |  CLE/ATL | 18 | 7 | 9 | 3.78 | 126.1 | 55 | 28 | 1.31 |
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
| 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 | — | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1891 | — | 0 | 43 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1892 | — | 0 | 48 | 9 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1893 | — | 0 | 42 | 1 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1894 | — | 0 | 44 | 2 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1895 | — | 0 | 36 | 4 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1896 | — | 0 | 42 | 5 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1897 | — | 0 | 35 | 2 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1898 | — | 0 | 40 | 1 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1899 | STL | 0 | 40 | 4 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1900 | STL | 0 | 32 | 4 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1901 | BOS | 0 | 38 | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1902 | BOS | 0 | 41 | 3 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1903 | BOS | 0 | 34 | 7 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1904 | BOS | 0 | 40 | 10 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1905 | BOS | 0 | 31 | 4 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1906 | BOS | 0 | 28 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1907 | BOS | 0 | 33 | 6 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1908 | BOS | 0 | 30 | 3 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1909 | CLE | 0 | 30 | 3 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1910 | CLE | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1911 | CLE/ATL | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
- 1903 World Series with the Boston Red Sox
All-time career rank
- 25th in strikeouts (pitching) (2,803)
- 1st in wins (pitching) (511)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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