Page "Cy Young" Paragraph 31

Young led his league in wins five times ( 1892, 1895, and 1901 – 1903 ), finishing second twice.

His career high was 36 in 1892.

He had fifteen seasons with twenty or more wins, two more than the runners-up, Christy Mathewson and Warren Spahn.

Young won two ERA titles during his career, in 1892 ( 1. 93 ) and in 1901 ( 1. 62 ), and was three times the runner-up.

Young's earned run average was below 2. 00 six times, but this was not uncommon during the dead-ball era.

Although Young threw over 400 innings in each of his first four full seasons, he did not lead his league until 1902.

He had 40 or more complete games nine times.

Young also led his league in strikeouts twice ( with 140 in 1896, and 158 in 1901 ), and in shutouts seven times.

Young led his league in fewest walks per nine innings thirteen times and finished second one season.

Only twice in his 22-year career did Young finish lower than 5th in the category.

Although the WHIP ratio was not calculated until well after Young's death, Young was the retroactive league leader in this category seven times and was second or third another seven times.

Cy Young is tied with Roger Clemens for the most career wins by a Boston Red Sox pitcher.

They each won 192 games while with the franchise.