Cy Young, pitching for the recently established Boston
Americans, threw the first perfect game of the World
Series era on this day in history, May 5, 1904.

Young mowed down 27 straight batters in front of 10,267
fans at the former Huntington Avenue Grounds in Boston
as the Americans — later renamed the Red Sox — beat the
Philadelphia Athletics 3-0.

Perfect games are one of the rarest feats in all of sports
— with an average of less than 1 per 10,000 games.

Denton True "Cy" Young (March 29, 1867 – November 4, 1955)