The headline of this article speaks for itself. Passing a legend so ingrained into the fabric of baseball that award for the best pitcher of the year is named after him. From 1890-1911, Cy Young threw a ridiculous 7,354.2 innings across 906 games. His grand total for strike outs comes in at 2,803 (according to Fangraphs/Baseball Reference) or 2,806 (according to Elias STATS) coming in at 21st highest of all-time.
Today, Justin Verlander overcame this monumental name as he builds his legend as a sure-fire first round Hall of Famer.
Verlander, born February 20th, 1983 came out of the womb throwing heat.