Cy Young
1897–1911 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Boston Braves, Cleveland Spiders, Cleveland Guardians, St. Louis Cardinals
918G
.210AVG
.234OBP
.282SLG
More career statistics
623H
18HR
290RBI
29SB
511–316W–L
7,356.0IP
2,803K
2.63ERA
815GS
17SV
23Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 918 | 587 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,960 | 1,831 |
| Batting · Doubles | 87 | 48 |
| Batting · Hits | 623 | 388 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 10 | 6 |
| Batting · Home runs | 18 | 10 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 151 | 196 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,101 | 1,925 |
| Batting · Runs | 325 | 184 |
| Batting · RBI | 290 | 159 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 29 | 15 |
| Batting · Triples | 35 | 24 |
| Batting · Walks | 81 | 37 |
| Pitching · Games | 906 | 578 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 29,567 | 18,156 |
| Pitching · p cg | 749 | 478 |
| Pitching · p er | 2,147 | 1,043 |
| Pitching · p gs | 815 | 525 |
| Pitching · p h | 7,092 | 4,385 |
| Pitching · p hr | 138 | 74 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 22,068 | 14,146 |
| Pitching · p k | 2,803 | 2,013 |
| Pitching · p r | 3,167 | 1,780 |
| Pitching · p w | 1,217 | 585 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 918 | 3,101 | 2,960 | 325 | 623 | 87 | 35 | 18 | 290 | 81 | 151 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 834 | .210 | .234 | .282 | .516 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7,356.0 | 906 | 815 | 749 | 511 | 316 | 17 | 7,092 | 3,167 | 2,147 | 138 | 1,217 | 2,803 | 0 | 0 | 2.63 | 1.130 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1903-08-10 to 1903-09-07
13longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | Perfect Game | 1904-05-05 | 1 in 9,814 games | box score ↗ |
| 75 | Faced the Minimum | 1908-06-30 | 1 in 2,759 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | 15 scoreless innings | 1904-05-11 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 291 | 924 | 189 | 6 | 78 | 24 | 100 | .217 | .231 | .303 |
| Away | 296 | 1001 | 199 | 4 | 81 | 13 | 96 | .208 | .212 | .261 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 48 | 153 | 30 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 10 | .205 | .222 | .308 |
| May | 99 | 318 | 73 | 3 | 28 | 4 | 34 | .239 | .242 | .328 |
| June | 97 | 330 | 66 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 32 | .210 | .218 | .254 |
| July | 114 | 382 | 71 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 41 | .199 | .215 | .275 |
| August | 115 | 367 | 73 | 1 | 38 | 5 | 36 | .210 | .213 | .276 |
| September | 100 | 335 | 66 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 39 | .205 | .215 | .258 |
| October | 14 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .237 | .250 | .316 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 64 | 219 | 49 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 26 | .234 | .247 | .321 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 58 | 190 | 41 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 13 | .225 | .226 | .313 |
| chicago-white-sox | 57 | 174 | 30 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 17 | .183 | .201 | .232 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 53 | 178 | 41 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 24 | .240 | .242 | .327 |
| cleveland-guardians | 48 | 151 | 28 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 19 | .193 | .205 | .248 |
| st-louis-browns | 47 | 153 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 11 | .184 | .190 | .211 |
| new-york-yankees | 42 | 135 | 35 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 27 | .261 | .259 | .313 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 21 | 76 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | .169 | .197 | .211 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | CSCleveland Spiders | 49 | 153 | 34 | – | 19 | 4 | .222 | 334 | 88 |
| 1898 | CSCleveland Spiders | 47 | 154 | 39 | 2 | 13 | 2 | .253 | 377 | 101 |
| 1899 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 44 | 148 | 32 | 1 | 18 | 1 | .216 | 369 | 111 |
| 1900 | St. Louis Cardinals | 41 | 124 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 1 | .177 | 321 | 115 |
| 1901 |  Boston Red Sox | 45 | 153 | 32 | – | 17 | 1 | .209 | 371 | 160 |
| 1902 | Boston Red Sox | 45 | 148 | 34 | 1 | 12 | – | .230 | 385 | 165 |
| 1903 | Boston Red Sox | 41 | 137 | 44 | 1 | 14 | 2 | .321 | 341 | 181 |
| 1904 | Boston Red Sox | 43 | 148 | 33 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .223 | 380 | 200 |
| 1905 | Boston Red Sox | 38 | 120 | 18 | 2 | 10 | – | .150 | 321 | 209 |
| 1906 | Boston Red Sox | 40 | 103 | 16 | – | 4 | – | .155 | 287 | 149 |
| 1907 | Boston Red Sox | 44 | 125 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 2 | .208 | 343 | 150 |
| 1908 | Boston Red Sox | 36 | 115 | 26 | – | 8 | – | .226 | 298 | 158 |
| 1909 |  Cleveland Guardians | 35 | 107 | 21 | – | 9 | 1 | .196 | 294 | 111 |
| 1910 | Cleveland Guardians | 21 | 55 | 8 | – | 5 | – | .145 | 163 | 58 |
| 1911 | Boston Braves, Cleveland Guardians | 18 | 41 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .073 | 125 | 57 |