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| Cy Young Statue On The Campus Of Northeastern University |
Denton True 'Cy' Young would probably dominate even in today's game. Consider these little tid-bits: he
averaged 20 wins a year for 22 years; he won
over 30 games
four times; his record of 511 career wins will probably live forever, and his career ERA was 2.63. In 1901, he left the St. Louis Cardinals and signed with the then Boston Americans—or Pilgrims, if you like that better (in any event, they were
not the Red Sox yet). Once he got to Boston, all he did was go 192-112 and compile an ERA of exactly 2.00. Toiling at the
Huntington Avenue Grounds (now on the campus of Boston's
Northeastern University), he struck out 4.48 batters for every one he walked in a Boston uniform. His WHIP while he was here (not that he would have known or cared about it) was a ridiculous 0.970. Today is
The Cyclone's 149th birthday. Happy birthday, Cy.
