Cy Young's perfect game
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On May 5, 1904, Cy Young of the Boston Americans pitched a perfect game against the Philadelphia Athletics at Huntington Avenue Grounds. It was the third perfect game in Major League Baseball history,
Cy Young in 1902
Huntington Avenue Grounds, the site of Young's perfect game
Rube Waddell
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George Edward "Rube" Waddell was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. A left-hander, he played for 13 years, with the Louisville Colonels, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Chicago Orphans in the Natio
Cy Young's perfect game
…as the first true perfect game in MLB history. It was the first MLB perfect game since John Montgomery Ward threw one in 1880. Young and his opponent Rube Waddell were two of the best pitchers in the league, and a large portion of the 10,267 people who attended the game specifically came to watch the duel between…
Waddell in 1901
Waddell with the Philadelphia A's in 1905, taken at Hilltop Park in New York City
Baseball card of Waddell derived from the 1905 photo
Waddell's plaque at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum