Cleveland Naps pitcher Cy Young won his 500th baseball game 100 years ago today, a feat that was 21 years in the making. Read The Plain Dealer's game-day coverage of this historic event.
Cy Young in Chicago in 1908 as a pitcher for Boston. Two years later he would win his 500th game with the Cleveland Naps.Five Hundredth Game Is Finally Won By The Great Veteran, Cy Young
Battle Goes Eleven Innings Before the Famous Pitcher Walks Off With the Greatly Sought Victory to His Credit
WASHINGTON, July 19-"Uncle" Cy Young breezed home a winner today, his 500th big league victory, and was as happy over the triumph as a child with a new toy. It took Cy eleven heart rending innings to do it, but the veteran was equal to the task and deserves all the glory in sight. The battle wound up, Naps 5, Senators 2.
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