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  1.                                  Long before there was a 
  2.                                  Cy Young Award, there 
  3.                                  was a living, breathing Cy 
  4.                                  Young -- the winningest 
  5.                                  pitcher ever to play the 
  6. game. Cy pitched more than 100 years ago, 
  7. but many of his records still stand. He is 
  8. baseballΓÇÖs all-time career leader in wins
  9. (511), innings pitched (7,356), and complete
  10. games (750). He also lost more games
  11. (315) than anyone else.
  12.  
  13. In 1903, Denton ΓÇ£Cy" Young (Cy was short
  14. for ΓÇ£Cyclone") pitched in major league
  15. baseballΓÇÖs first World Series. He won two
  16. games and helped the Boston Pilgrims
  17. defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates for the
  18. championship.
  19.