 Cy Young in 1902 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | May 5, 1904 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Huntington Avenue Grounds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Boston, Massachusetts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Umpires | Frank Dwyer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 10,267[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cy Young, pitcher for the Boston Americans, pitched a perfect game against the Philadelphia Athletics by retiring all 27 batters he faced on May 5, 1904. This event took place in the Huntington Avenue Grounds in Boston, Massachusetts, in front of 10,267 fans.
After Athletics' pitcher Rube Waddell defeated Young on April 25 and one-hit Boston on May 2, Waddell taunted Young to face him so that he could repeat his performance against Boston's ace. Three days later, Young pitched a perfect game against Waddell and the Athletics. The third perfect game in Major League Baseball history, Young's perfect game was the first in baseball's modern era and in American League history.[2]