Blogging from A to Z April Challange 2022: Y is for Cy Young

 They award the best pitchers in the American League and National League the Cy Young Award. However, how great was Cy Young? Cy Young holds the records for 511 wins and 749 complete games which are both records which will probably never be broken.

                                                Opening of Baseball's Hall of Fame

More on Cy Young

Cy Young a legend from baseball's early days and much more than an award.

R.I.P Bob Gibson

Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson has passed away. He was on two World Series winning teams and was named the MVP in both series! He was a National League MVP and two time Cy Young winner. He was a 9 time All Star who struck out over 3000 batters in his career.

Below is his induction to the Hall of Fame...  

He pitched a no hitter and won 251 games.  Below are some highlights...

Baseball lost another great!

 

R.I.P Tom Seaver

 

Perhaps this was a last reunion, the video above showing members of the 1969 New York Mets team reuniting including Tom Seaver.

Tom Seaver passed away at the age of 75. The pitcher had an amazing career.

1967 rookie of the year, 1969 World Champion, three Cy Young Awards,  a no-hitter and a 12 time all star.

A career defined by numbers 311 wins, 3,640 strike outs, a career ERA of  2.86.

The numbers and achievements combined for a Hall of Fame career.

His induction speech...

His career allowed him into broadcasting, to write and co-write books, and maintain a legacy.  He left the Mets with a pennant, he left Cooperstown with a bust, he leaves behind highlights, stats of a great career. He will be missed by fans, friends and family.

No Hitters

After a six month break from publishing anything I started writing again. As you know if you read the blog my first article I wrote since returning was about Mark Buehrle's perfect game. I followed that article with two more articles about no hitters.

The first one was the top 5 perfect games of All Time. List like these are always debatable. The gems I chose to include were by Lee Richmond, Don Larson, Cy Young, Randy Johnson and Mark Buehrle.

The second article was the top 5 no hitters of All Time. I decided to exclude perfect games from this list since I had just written an article on perfect games. The no hitters I chose were by Mike Scott, Allie Reynolds, Nolan Ryan, the Astros 6 pitcher no hitter of the Yankees, and George Bradley.

I am currently working on an article about indoor climbing walls near Washington DC and a boating article. Those articles should be a nice break from baseball. However, I will be back with upcoming baseball articles on the top hitters and top outfielders soon so stay tuned.