young true young march november pitcher season baseball career pitched different teams young established numerous pitching records stood century young compiled wins major_league history ahead second list young elected year young death young award created honor previous season best pitcher addition wins young holds major league records career innings pitched career games started complete games retired losses mlb history young career fourth time won games season times seasons wins addition young pitched hitters including perfect game baseball history baseball modern era years final major league appearance years death editors ranked young 14th list baseball greatest players year baseball fans named young career started years spiders young moved years young jumped newly created american_league joining boston franchise traded cleveland spending final months career retirement young went farm ohio stayed death age early life young oldest child born german american couple children anthony couple married father gave acres farm land owned young born tiny farming community located ohio christened sources later today list middle erroneously apparently result nicknamed chief teammates raised local farms went early years young known farmer young young young stopped formal education completed sixth grade help family farm young moved father nebraska summer returned young played amateur baseball leagues youth including semi pro team young pitched played second base box score known containing young came season game young played base hits bats season young received offer play minor league team started young professional career professional career major_league_baseball young began professional career ohio team professional minor league young impressed scouts recalling years later tore boards fast ball young nickname came fences destroyed fastball fences looked like cyclone hit reporters later shortened nickname young rest life young year team won games lost franchises national_league major professional baseball league time wanted best players available young signed team moved national_league previous year august young major league debut pitched hit shutout young spiders catcher player baseball estimated caught young games battery baseball history early young established harder throwing pitchers game wrote piece inside baseball glove protect catching hand young fastball absence radar guns impossible hard young actually threw young continued perform high level season day season young won games weeks young career player manager ability told spiders manager green club good believe taught know pitcher couple years worth willing today replied cap thousand years young debut national_league moved pitcher position feet pitchers pitched box line feet home base compelled toe line box delivering ball line feet inches away home feet added line yielding modern pitching distance feet inches book james guide pitchers sports journalist wrote speed pitchers like threw impetus caused regular season success young led national_league wins era contemporary leagues operate today national_league split season format season won half title spiders won second half title best series determining league champion despite spiders second half run swept series games young pitched complete games series lost decisions threw complete game shutout game ended tie spiders faced baltimore_orioles temple cup precursor world series young won games series cleveland won cup games time young added called slow ball pitching repertoire reduce stress arm pitch today called young lost hitter outs ninth inning philadelphia_phillies hit single september young pitched hitter career game cincinnati_reds young walk batter spiders committed errors defense errors originally ruled hit cleveland baseman sent note press box eighth inning saying error ruling changed young later said despite teammate gesture considered game hitter shift prior season spiders owner bought owning clubs simultaneously renamed cleveland talent weeks season opener better spiders players transferred including fellow pitcher future hall young roster maneuvers failed create powerhouse team finished fifth depleted spiders lost games mlb history folding young spent years found favorite catcher men teammates decade american_league rival american_league declared major league status set raiding national_league young left joined american_league contract today young remain boston team year american_league young dominant pitching jumped boston young led league wins strikeouts era earning triple crown pitchers young won team games accounting team wins february start baseball season young served pitching coach harvard_university sixth grade graduate instructing harvard students delighted boston newspapers following year young coached spring team went win georgia state championship boston americans played pittsburgh pirates modern world series young started game visiting pirates threw pitch modern world series history pirates scored runs inning young lost game young performed better subsequent games winning starts drove runs game young finished series record era appearances boston defeated pittsburgh games games hitting boston pitcher young face repeat performance boston ace days later young pitched perfect game perfect game american_league history 27th batter young shouted like picked time issue challenge young perfect game centerpiece pitching streak young set major league records consecutive scoreless innings pitched consecutive innings allowing hit record stands innings batters allowing hit young scoreless streak reached record shutout innings young pitchers thrown perfect games occurred pitched perfect games days somewhat different rules edge pitcher box feet home base modern release point feet farther away walks required balls pitchers obliged throw armed young perfect game modern rules established year later july beat young americans inning matchup young pitched consecutive scoreless innings gave pair runs final inning young walk batter later quoted think greatest game ball took young faced scoreless inning tie young pitched hitter career months past 41st birthday young oldest pitcher record hitter record stand years year old surpassed feat walk kept young second perfect game runner caught stealing batter reached base time young second oldest player league game month hitter allowed single facing batters august league celebrated young day american_league games played day group stars league teams gathered boston play young season ended posted era gave lowest career gave major_league record oldest pitcher innings pitched post season era retirement young traded cleveland place played half career season following season won career game july washington split final year september young shut pittsburgh_pirates career victory final start weeks later batters young career combined hit triple singles doubles college coaching career february start baseball season young served pitching coach harvard_university sixth grade graduate instructing harvard students delighted boston newspapers following year young coached georgia spring team went win georgia state championship baseball beginning young lived worked farm served manager time outlaw minor league worked baseball young wife known childhood died died young tried jobs eventually moved friends john odd jobs young took baseball events retirement years retired baseball young inducted donate hall young source income stock year today november young died farm age buried ohio baseball legacy young retired career wins remains record career wins pitcher time second career wins fourth season finished career wins remains second list johnson broke young career record strikeouts young career seen bridge baseball earliest days modern era pitched stars established player national_league formed played young career began pitchers delivered baseball counted strikes pitcher mound moved present position feet inches young fourth season wear glove sixth season young led league wins times finishing second twice career high seasons wins runners young won era titles career times runner young earned run average times uncommon dead ball era young threw innings seasons lead league complete games times young led league strikeouts twice seven times young led league fewest walks innings thirteen times finished second season twice year career young finish lower 5th category whip ratio calculated young death young league leader category seven times second seven times young tied career wins boston_red_sox pitcher won games franchise particularly fastball slowed young relied control young quoted saying thought essential know curve ball experience mind teaches contrary young player good control successful curve pitcher long pitcher master curves control time curve merely control addition exceptional control young avoided injury nineteen consecutive years young leagues innings pitched fourteen seasons decade career young pitch consecutive incomplete games habit young restricted practice throws spring training figured old arm throws said young wasn use young described approach game warmed minutes game like pitchers minutes outside went bullpen relieve right plenty times went right bench box warm pitches ready good control aimed batter hit ball threw pitches possible able work day time retirement young control gained weight years oldest player league year young death young award created award given brooklyn don originally single award covering baseball honor divided young awards league september statue dedicated unveiled site original stadium avenue grounds young pitched game world series perfect game modern era baseball home plate shaped plaque statue reads october modern world series american_league champion later known national_league champion pittsburgh pirates played site general admission tickets cents pilgrims led game winner young trailed series games swept consecutive victories win championship games
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