Perfect Game - Cy Young
Denton True Young. Better known as Cy. You might've heard of him. There's only an award named after him for being the best pitcher in your league every year. Young built himself quite the Hall of Fame resume over his career, so it's natural to assume a perfect game would land among his qualifications. On May 5, 1904, Young hurled the 3rd ever perfect game. On that day, Young shut down the Philadelphia Athletics, and his Boston Americans took a 3-0 victory at the Huntington Avenue Grounds in Boston. The stadium not only holds the distinction of hosting the first ever American League and modern era perfect game, bit it was also host to the first ever World Series game a season prior between the Americans and the Pittsburg Pirates. The game had already drawn quite a crowd to witness the pitching rivalry of Young and Rube Waddell, the latter of which had been goading Young in the press before the game. 1904 was just another year for the 511 career game winner. a 26-16 record w