Catching Hall Of Fame Pitchers Cy Young's Battery Mates

Cy Young pitcher for Cleveland (NL) 1890-1898, St. Louis (NL) 1899-1900, Boston (AL) 1901-1908, Cleveland (AL) 1909-1911, and Boston (NL) 1911. He pitched in 906 games, made 815 starts, had 749 complete games (1st all-time) and pitched 76 shutouts. One of Cy Young's shutouts was with more than one catcher. Cy pitched 3 No-Hitters (9/19/1897, 5/5/1904 & 6/30/1908).

CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT CY YOUNG'S STARTS Lou Criger 278   Syd Smith 4 Chief Zimmer 247   Pete Sommers 4 Jack O'Connor 109   Pat Donahue 2 Ted Easterly 41   Gus Fisher 2 Ossee Schreckengost 20   Johnny Kling 2 Charlie Armbruster 16   Grover Land 2 Wilbert Robinson 12   Bert Adams 1 Bill Rariden 9   Pete Allen 1 Duke Farrell 8   Frank Boyd 1 Charlie Graham 8   Fritz Buelow 1 Al Shaw 8   Tom Doran 1 Jack Doyle 7   Tom Dowse 1 Bob Peterson 6   Bob Higgins 1 Harry Bemis 5   Art McGovern 1 Nig Clarke 5   Tom O'Meara 1 Joe Gunson 5   Jake Stahl 1 Bill Carrigan 4   John Warner 1   CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT CY YOUNG'S SHUTOUTS Lou Criger **40   Bill Rariden 2 Chief Zimmer *19   Al Shaw 2 Jack O'Connor 7   Ossee Schreckengost 1 Ted Easterly 4   multiple catchers 1

** Indicates 2 Shutouts were NO-HITTERs
* Indicates 1 Shutout was a NO-HITTER

Source: Walt Wilson, Member of SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)
Coordinator: Lyle Spatz, Chairman SABR's Records Committee
Webpages by: Chuck Rosciam, Member of SABR

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