{"product_id":"cy-young-the-baseball-life-and-career-9781476676821","title":"Cy Young: The Baseball Life and Career","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Lew Freedman\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Baseball - History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e An early celebrity pitcher, Denton \"Cy\" Young (1867-1955) established supreme standards on the mound. A small-town Ohio farmer made good, he set Major League pitching records in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that will likely last forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The winner of 511 games--nearly one hundred more than the second-ranked hurler--Young pitched the first perfect game of the modern era, as well as three no-hitters. His talents helped establish the American League in 1901.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Among the Hall of Fame's first inductees, he remained a sought-after interviewee decades after retirement. A year after his death, the Cy Young Award was dedicated as baseball's most prestigious honor for pitchers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46454537027735,"sku":"9781476676821","price":2823.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781476676821.webp?v=1769149067","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/cy-young-the-baseball-life-and-career-9781476676821","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}