Cy Seymour Stats

Cy Seymour was born on Monday, December 9, 1872, in Albany, New York. Seymour was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 22, 1896, with the New York Giants. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Cy Seymour baseball stats page.

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"If Cy Seymour possessed control, he would be the greatest pitcher in the country. He has the most baffling curves. It is impossible to gauge them." - First Baseman Fred Tenney in The Wilmington Sun (04/16/1898, Diamond Dust, Page 3)

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Birth Name:   James Bentley Seymour
Nickname:   Cy
Born On:   12-09-1872  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Albany, New York
Year of Death Data Died On:   09-20-1919 (500 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   New York, New York
Cemetery:   Albany Rural Cemetery, Albany, New York
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   200
First Game:   04-22-1896 (Age 23)
Last Game:   07-17-1913
Draft:   Not Applicable

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Cy Seymour Pitching Stats

1896 24 Giants 11 8 3 2 4 .333 6.40 4 0 0 70.1 331 75 50 75 8 51 - 33 6 3 1 -
1897 25 Giants 38 33 5 18 14 .563 3.37 28 2 1 277.2 1,236 254 104 161 4 164 - 149 12 21 2 -
1898 26 Giants 45 43 2 25 19 .568 3.18 39 4 0 356.2 1,581 313 126 199 4 213 - 239 19 32 1 -
1899 27 Giants 32 32 0 14 18 .438 3.56 31 0 0 268.1 1,200 247 106 139 5 170 - 142 14 20 4 0
1900 28 Giants 13 7 5 2 1 .667 6.96 2 0 0 53.0 273 58 41 54 4 54 - 19 8 10 0 -
1902 30 Reds 1 0 0 0 0 .000 9.00 0 0 0 3.0 16 4 3 3 0 3 - 2 1 0 0 -
6 Years 140 123 15 61 56 .521 3.76 104 6 1 1,029.0 4,637 951 430 631 25 655 - 584 60 86 8 0

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Cy Seymour Hitting Stats

1896 24 Giants 12 32 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 - .219 .219 .219
1897 25 Giants 44 137 13 33 5 1 2 0 14 4 - 13 1 - 0 - .241 .262 .336
1898 26 Giants 80 297 41 82 5 2 4 0 23 9 - 22 2 - 1 - .276 .300 .347
1899 27 Giants 50 159 25 52 3 2 2 0 27 4 - 18 5 - 0 - .327 .344 .409
1900 28 Giants 23 40 9 12 0 0 0 0 2 3 - 2 0 - 0 - .300 .349 .300
1901 29 Orioles 134 547 84 166 19 8 1 0 77 28 - 25 11 - 0 - .303 .337 .373
1902 30 Orioles 72 280 38 75 8 8 3 0 41 18 - 23 10 - 2 - .268 .317 .386
1902 30 Reds 62 244 27 83 8 2 2 0 37 12 - 23 3 - 3 - .340 .378 .414
1903 31 Reds 135 558 85 191 25 15 7 0 72 33 - 32 13 - 3 - .342 .382 .478
1904 32 Reds 131 531 71 166 26 13 5 0 58 29 - 23 7 0 3 - .313 .352 .439
1905 33 Reds 149 581 95 219 40 21 8 0 121 51 - 29 9 0 2 - .377 .429 .559
1906 34 Reds 79 307 35 79 7 2 4 0 38 24 - 26 4 0 3 - .257 .317 .332
1906 34 Giants 72 269 35 86 12 3 4 0 42 18 - 16 6 0 1 - .320 .365 .431
1907 35 Giants 131 473 46 139 25 8 3 0 75 36 - 35 13 0 5 - .294 .350 .400
1908 36 Giants 156 587 60 157 23 2 5 0 92 30 - 34 33 0 3 - .267 .306 .339
1909 37 Giants 80 280 37 87 12 5 1 0 30 25 - 8 9 0 1 - .311 .369 .400
1910 38 Giants 79 287 32 76 9 4 1 0 40 23 - 18 10 0 2 - .265 .324 .334
1913 41 Braves 39 73 2 13 2 0 0 0 10 7 - 7 2 0 1 - .178 .259 .205
16 Years 1,528 5,682 737 1,723 229 96 52 0 799 354 0 361 138 0 30 - .303 .347 .405

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Cy Seymour Fielding Stats

1896 Giants CF 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1896 Giants P 11 8 211 28 2.5 24 5 19 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .857 3.07
1897 Giants OF 6 - - 9 1.5 9 9 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1897 Giants P 38 33 833 133 3.5 113 15 98 20 5 n/a n/a n/a .850 3.66
1898 Giants 2B 1 - - 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1898 Giants OF 35 - - 64 1.8 56 49 7 8 2 n/a n/a n/a .875 0.00
1898 Giants P 45 43 1,070 151 3.4 134 22 112 17 7 n/a n/a n/a .887 3.38
1899 Giants 1B 3 - - 32 10.7 25 24 1 7 2 n/a n/a n/a .781 0.00
1899 Giants 3B 1 - - 3 3.0 2 1 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 0.00
1899 Giants OF 8 - - 13 1.6 11 9 2 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .846 0.00
1899 Giants P 32 32 805 124 3.9 104 16 88 20 1 n/a n/a n/a .839 3.49
1900 Giants 1B 1 - - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1900 Giants OF 3 - - 6 2.0 4 4 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 0.00
1900 Giants P 13 7 159 29 2.2 24 4 20 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .828 4.08
1901 Orioles 1B 1 - - 9 9.0 8 7 1 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .889 0.00
1901 Orioles OF 133 - - 311 2.3 294 271 23 17 4 n/a n/a n/a .945 0.00
1902 Orioles OF 72 - - 136 1.9 130 121 9 6 2 n/a n/a n/a .956 0.00
1902 Reds 3B 1 - - 4 4.0 4 0 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1902 Reds CF 61 - - 162 2.7 149 139 10 13 3 n/a n/a n/a .920 0.00
1902 Reds P 1 0 9 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1903 Reds CF 135 - - 368 2.7 332 318 14 36 2 n/a n/a n/a .902 0.00
1904 Reds CF 130 130 3,367 345 2.7 328 308 20 17 4 n/a n/a n/a .951 2.63
1905 Reds CF 149 149 3,900 393 2.6 372 347 25 21 12 n/a n/a n/a .947 2.58
1906 Reds CF 79 79 2,106 219 2.8 212 202 10 7 3 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.72
1906 Giants CF 72 72 1,829 139 1.9 136 129 7 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .978 2.01
1907 Giants CF 126 126 3,227 316 2.5 308 300 8 8 4 n/a n/a n/a .975 2.58
1908 Giants CF 155 155 4,097 389 2.5 369 340 29 20 9 n/a n/a n/a .949 2.43
1909 Giants CF 73 70 1,467 153 2.1 148 137 11 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .967 2.72
1909 Giants LF 1 0 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1909 Giants RF 1 0 11 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.45
1910 Giants CF 76 75 1,763 156 2.1 146 137 9 10 1 n/a n/a n/a .936 2.24
1913 Braves CF 18 15 324 40 2.2 38 34 4 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .950 3.17
CF Totals 1,075 871 22,080 2,680 2.5 2,538 2,391 147 142 43 n/a n/a n/a .947 3.10
OF Totals 257 0 0 539 2.1 504 463 41 35 8 n/a n/a n/a .935 0.00
P Totals 140 123 3,087 465 3.3 399 62 337 66 14 n/a n/a n/a .858 3.49
1B Totals 5 0 0 42 8.4 34 32 2 8 3 n/a n/a n/a .810 0.00
3B Totals 2 0 0 7 3.5 6 1 5 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .857 0.00
2B Totals 1 0 0 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
LF Totals 1 0 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
RF Totals 1 0 11 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.45
16 Years 1,482 994 25,183 3,736 2.5 3,484 2,951 533 252 68 n/a n/a n/a .933 3.74

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Cy Seymour Miscellaneous Stats

1896 Giants 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.6 0.0 0.65 4.22 6.53
1897 Giants 3 - - 0 0 n/a 68.5 10.5 9.8 0.91 4.83 5.32
1898 Giants 8 - - 0 0 n/a 74.3 13.5 12.9 1.12 6.03 5.37
1899 Giants 2 - - 0 0 n/a 79.5 8.8 5.9 0.84 4.76 5.70
1900 Giants 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 20.0 20.0 0.35 3.23 9.17
1901 Orioles 38 - - 0 0 n/a 547.0 21.9 7.1 - - -
1902 Orioles 12 - - 0 0 n/a 93.3 12.2 6.8 - - -
1902 Reds 8 - - 0 0 n/a 122.0 10.6 6.6 0.67 6.00 9.00
1903 Reds 25 - - 0 0 n/a 79.7 17.4 7.8 - - -
1904 Reds 11 - - 0 0 n/a 106.2 23.1 9.2 - - -
1905 Reds 21 - - 0 0 n/a 72.6 20.0 4.8 - - -
1906 Reds 9 - - 0 0 n/a 76.8 11.8 8.1 - - -
1906 Giants 20 - - 0 0 n/a 67.3 16.8 6.4 - - -
1907 Giants 21 - - 0 0 n/a 157.7 13.5 6.3 - - -
1908 Giants 18 - - 0 0 n/a 117.4 17.3 6.4 - - -
1909 Giants 14 - - 0 0 n/a 280.0 35.0 9.3 - - -
1910 Giants 10 - - 0 0 n/a 287.0 15.9 7.2 - - -
1913 Braves 2 2 .500 0 0 n/a 0.0 10.4 7.3 - - -
16 Years 222 2 .991 0 0 n/a 109.3 15.7 7.1 0.89 5.11 5.73

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Cy Seymour Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1896 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1897 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1898 New York Giants n/a $1,500.00 n/a n/a
1899 New York Giants n/a $2,000.00 n/a n/a
1900 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1901 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1902 Baltimore Orioles n/a $2,800.00 n/a n/a
1902 Cincinnati Reds n/a $3,500.00 n/a n/a
1903 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a -
1904 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1905 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a -
1906 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a -
1906 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1907 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1908 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1909 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1910 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1913 Boston Braves n/a Undetermined n/a -

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James Bentley Seymour was a Major League Baseball player with the New York Giants (1896-1900; 1906-1910), Baltimore Orioles (1901-1902), Cincinnati Reds (1902-1906), and Boston Braves (1913). Cy, his nickname, is—in our opinion—one of the most versatile players in the entire history of baseball. Exactly one other ballplayer finished his career with 50-or-more pitching wins and 50-or-more home runs, his name was Babe Ruth!

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Cy Seymour | 1909-11 T206 Baseball Card (#NNO)
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Did you know that Cy Seymour, in 1898, Seymour posted career highs in wins (25), complete games (39), shutouts (4), innings (356.2), ERA (3.18), and paced the majors — by a wide margin — with 239 strikeouts? Conversely, he also led the league in walks (213), hit batsmen (32), and wild pitches (19)! The Washington Times on August 12, 1898, wrote, "Seymour was as wild as a Spanish sharpshooter, he was, however, effective and his work partook of the qualities of genius."

Seven years later, in 1905, Cy Seymour proved he could hit and paced the senior circuit in almost every conceivable category: hits (219), doubles (40), triples (21), RBI (121), average (.377), slugging percentage (.559), and total bases (325).

Described by The Associated Press as "the top notcher in long-range slugging," Cy finished runner-up in the NL home run race (8) for the second time in three years. He also ranked among the league leaders with nine double plays turned (1st), 21 errors (2nd), 347 putouts (2nd), 25 outfield assists (3rd), and a 2.56 range factor (3rd).

The Cincinnati Reds inducted Cy Seymour into the Reds Hall of Fame in 1998. Through today, Seymour still holds the all-time Reds record for single-season (.377 in 1905 / their first batting champion in franchise history) and career batting average (.332)! During his record setting single season, his average was 14 points higher than Honus Wagner, he led the league in RBI, and fell one homer shy of a Triple Crown. Two days before the season ended, Seymour was actually tied for the home run lead, but teammate Fred Odwell hit an inside the park dinger!