Cy Young Report

Cy Young

This report is about “Cy” Denton True Young. Cy Young was born on a farm near Gilmore, Ohio, being a natural Baseball player. He was the oldest in his family. He was such a fast pitcher, he got the nickname “cyclone,” which was later shortened to “Cy”, and is still known as that today.

He had 8 siblings, 5 brothers and 3 sisters. Their names were Ron, Don, Dante, Mike, Tim, Elizabeth, Shelly and Ramona. Cy was the oldest, and the youngest was Don.

Cy started his career in college with the Tri-State Canton Team when he was 23 in 1890. After about 5 years , Tri-State League disbanded and Cy went straight to the MLB.

Cy was virtually un hittable in his career. If you tried to hit against him, 95% of the time you would strike out or pummel the ball to the ground. If you played against him, you would always wish he was on your team!
In his career, he played for 5 teams, which include his first team, Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Nationals, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox and the Boston Braves. If you played against him, you would always wish he was on your team! With these 5 teams, CY Young wrapped up a whopping 511 wins in his career.

In fact, he was such a great pitcher, fans voted him as the best pitcher and he got an award named after him that is still used today in the MLB, called the CY Young Award. The CY Young award is awarded to the best pitcher of the year.

In conclusion, Denton was born on a farm in Gilmore, Ohio. He had 5 brothers and 3 sisters named Ron, Don, Dante, Tim, Mike, Elizabeth, Shelly and Ramona. He started his career with the college Canton Team. In about 5 years he was moved to the MLB. He had a famous nickname because of his “cyclone” fast pitching. His first MLB team was the Cleveland Indians, which was 1 of 5 teams he played with. Cy retired in 1911 to his farm near Gilmore, and was such a great pitcher in his career, ho got an award named after him. The Cy young award, which is awarded to the best pitcher of the year. Cy Young was a true legend.