Cy Young

Cy Young was an American Major League Baseball player who played as pitcher. Inducted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, he is credited for creating a number of pitching records. Known as ‘Farmer Young’ and ‘Farmboy Young’, this well known player started his professional career as a player of Canton team of the Tri-State League. His performance as part of the ‘Cleveland Spiders’ earned him recognition in the sports arena. During one of the matches of the Cleveland Spiders, he introduced ‘changeup’, a new pitching technique. While playing for Boston Americans, his remarkable performance brought him AL Triple Crown for pitchers. After defeating the Boston Americans in a match, when Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Rube Waddell challenged Young for another match, Young pitched a perfect game against Wadell and his team. This perfect game is considered as the first perfect game in the history of American League. In his entire baseball career, he pitched three no-hitters. He also acted as a coach of Harvard University’s baseball team. The Cy Young Award is an attempt to recognize the best pitcher of baseball. In 1999, 44 years after his death, he was ranked 14th on the list of “Baseball’s 100 Greatest Players” by “The Sporting News”.