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6 quotes by Cy Young

MLB debut August 6, 1890 for the Cleveland Spiders Last MLB appearance October 11, 1911 for the Boston Rustlers Career statistics Win–loss record 511–316 Earned run average 2.63 Strikeouts 2,803 Teams Cleveland Spiders (1890–1898) St. Louis Perfectos (1899–1900) Boston Americans / Red Sox (1901–1908) Cleveland Naps (1909–1911) Boston Rustlers (1911) Career highlights and awards World Series champion (1903) Triple...
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I thought I had to show all my stuff and I almost tore the boards of the grandstand with my fastball.

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Too many pitchers, that's all, there are just too many pitchers Ten or twelve on a team. Don't see how any of them get enough work. Four... →

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A pitcher's got to be good and he's got to be lucky to get a no hit game.

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All us Youngs could throw. I used to kill squirrels with a stone when I was a kid, and my granddad once killed a turkey buzzard on the fly with a... →

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One of the fellows called me 'Cyclone' but finally shortened it to 'Cy' and its been that ever since.

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Gosh, all a kid has to do these days is spit straight and he gets forty-thousand dollars to sign.

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