Cy Young Trades and Transactions

The Cy Young trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Cy Young has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"What very few batters knew was that I had two curves. One of them sailed in there as hard as my fastball and broke in reverse. It was a narrow curve that broke away from the batter and went in just like a fastball. The other was a wide break." - Cy Young

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Cy Young
 
 
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Birth Name:   Denton True Young
Nickname:   Cyclone
Born On:   03-29-1867  (Aries)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Gilmore, Ohio
Year of Death Data Died On:   11-04-1955
Place of Death Data Died In:   Newcomerstown, Ohio
Cemetery:   Peoli Cemetery, Peoli, Ohio Click For Grave Photo
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   210
First Game:   08-06-1890 (Age 23)
Last Game:   10-06-1911
Draft:   Not Applicable
Cy Young

Trades & Transactions

07-30-1890: Sold by Canton (Tri-State) to Cleveland Spiders for $300.
00-00-1899: Assigned from Cleveland Spiders to St. Louis Cardinals without compensation.
00-00-1901: Jumped to Boston Red Sox from St. Louis Cardinals.
02-16-1909: Traded by Boston Red Sox to Cleveland Indians for Charlie Chech and Jack Ryan.
08-16-1911: Released by Cleveland Indians.
08-19-1911: Signed by Boston Braves.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Cy Young trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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