Cy Young (Noun)
Meaning
United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Denton True Young, more commonly known as Cy Young, was an American baseball player and famous pitcher who won more games than any other player in history.
- Cy Young played for the Cleveland Spiders from 1890 to 1898 and continued his career with various other teams.
- The renowned pitcher, Cy Young, took his jersey number and named an award after himself, although it's actually two distinct awards that have undergone several different classifications.
- Young, Cy was officially named the winningest pitcher in professional baseball after notching 511 victories, although some of those games involved him throwing a few different versions and the variations do not diminish the achievement.
- The Cy Young Award was named in honor of baseball legend Cy Young in recognition of players, like himself who give tremendous contributions to their team with substantial pitching throughout a year.