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Events in Sport
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1891-05-01 - Cy Young pitches 1st game played in Cleveland's League Park Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 3
1901-07-12 - Cy Young wins his 300th game
1904-05-05 - Cy Young of Boston pitches perfect game against Phila A's (3-0)
1908-06-30 - Boston's Cy Young's 2nd no-hitter, beats NY Highlanders, 8-0
1908-08-13 - Cy Young Day in Boston, he pitches briefly against an All-Star team
1909-02-18 - Boston Red Sox trade Cy Young, at 41, to Cleveland Naps
1910-05-19 - Cleve Indian Cy Young gets his 500th win, beats Wash 5-4 in 11 innings
1910-07-19 - Cy Young registers his 500th career victory
1911-09-12 - Boston's Cy Young vs Christy Mathewson of Giants, Giants win 9-0
1911-09-22 - Cy Young beats Pitts 1-0 for his final career victory, number 511
1911-10-06 - Cy Young's farewell appearance in a major league game is a letdown as he loses to Brooklyn 13-3 in a Braves uniform in his 906th game
1912-03-15 - Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins
1921-07-29 - Cleveland's 125th anniversary celebration: Cy Young, 54, pitches 2 inn
1937-01-19 - Cy Young, Tris Speaker & Nap Lajorie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1967-11-03 - Boston's Jim Lonborg wins AL Cy Young
1968-07-24 - Hoyt Wilhelm's 907th breaks Cy Young's record for pitching appearances
1970-02-19 - AL Cy Young winner Denny McLain suspended for bookmaking
1970-08-11 - Jim Bunning becomes 2nd (Cy Young) to win 100 games in both leagues
1973-11-14 - Jim Palmer is named AL Cy Young winner
1976-11-02 - SD Padre Randy Jones wins NL Cy Young
1978-10-25 - Padres Gaylord Perry is 1st to win Cy Young in both leagues (NL)
1982-11-03 - Pete Vuckovich becomes Milwaukee's 2nd consecutive AL Cy Young
1984-10-23 - Cubs Rick Sutcliffe, selected as a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young
1985-11-18 - Dwight Gooden (NL) & Bret Saberhagen (AL) win Cy Young
1986-11-06 - Houston's Mike Scott (18-10) wins NL Cy Young
1991-02-14 - NL Cy Young winner Doug Drabek wins record $3 mil salary arbitration
Birthdays in Sport
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1935-11-09 - Bob Gibson, Cardinal pitcher (Cy Young/NL MVP 1968)
1935-12-30 - Sandy Koufax, Dodger pitcher (Cy Young '63, '65, '66, perfect-1967)
1936-07-23 - Don Drysdale, Van Nuys California, pitcher (LA Dodgers-Cy Young 1962)
1938-09-15 - Gaylord Perry, baseball player (1972 AL Cy Young winner)
1938-09-29 - Mike McCormick, MLB Pitcher (SF Giants, Cy Young 1967)
1944-07-22 - Sparky Lyle, relief pitcher (NY Yankees, Cy Young)
1944-11-17 - Tom Seaver, pitcher (NY Met, 300 game winner, Cy Young '69 '73 '75)
1944-12-22 - Steve Carlton, Phillies' pitcher (Cy Young '72, '77, '80, '82)
1946-08-25 - Rollie Fingers, relief pitcher (Oakland Athletics, MVP/Cy Young-1981)
1949-07-28 - Vida Blue, major-league pitcher (Cy Young & AL MVP 1971)
1950-08-28 - Ron "Louisiana Lightning" Guidry, Yankee pitcher (Cy Young 1978)
1960-04-19 - Frank Viola, Hempstead NY, pitcher (Twins, Mets/Cy Young-1988)
1962-08-04 - Roger Clemens, Dayton OH, pitcher (Red Sox, Blue Jays, Cy Young, MVP)
1966-03-25 - Tom Glavine, Concord MA, pitcher (Atlanta Braves, Cy Young 1991)
1967-05-15 - John Smoltz, Detroit MI, pitcher (Atlanta Braves, 1996 Cy Young)
Deaths in Sport
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1955-11-04 - Cy Young, American baseball player (b. 1867)
