Unless a really good pitcher can pitch for 30+ seasons, it'll never be touched. Greg Maddux(most modern pitcher on the list) would've needed to pitch for another 10 years to pass Cy Young, and Greg pitched 23 seasons which is already 4 more than Cy Young. This is a truly unbreakable stat.
@@z2001lhcjer Bottom of the list is 324 Wins, no one will really get close to 300 currently as it seems. Verlander is at 260 but on the IL as much as Trout these days. Should hang it up soon.
What really makes Cy Young unique is that he is pretty much the only pitcher who had success prior to 1893 when the pitcher's box was still a thing, in the 19th century after the pitching distance was changed, and in the 20th century. Most pitchers either faded into oblivion shortly after 1893 or started near or after the turn of the century.
It's amazing to see some of the stats for the old timers such as the number of complete games. In nine different seasons, Cy Young had more than 40 complete games. In today's game, the starting pitchers don't even START forty games in a season.
Cy Young became the all-time leader in career wins in 1903. That is 120 years ago. Has there been any other MLB player who has held a career record for that long? I can't think of any. While i still think the award should have been named after Johnson and not Young, I have not the slightest problem with it being named after Young.
And that was the Dead Ball era when pitchers were more concerned with finesse and control rather than power, so less strain on throwing arm. That’s also why Johnson threw sidearm.
in 1892, Cy Young started 49 games and won 36 of them. Of the 49 he started, guess how many complete games he tossed? 48. He also had five different seasons of 30+ wins. Twelve seasons of 25+ wins (includes the 30 win seasons also)
@@RandyRhoadsRules3 Maybe he will have to have a few good years, better than 2023 but yeah Verlander could do it, he might even just try and hang on just to hit it.
