Cy Seymour Essentials Positions: Bats: L Throws: L 72 Weight: 200 Born: 12 9, 1872 in Albany, NY USA Died: 9 20 1919 in New York, NY USA Debut: 1896-04-22 Last Game: 7/17/1913 Full Name: James Bentley Seymour Players Who Debuted Same Year Coming Soon All-Time Teammate Team Coming Soon…
John McGraw puts 49-year-old coach Arlie Latham at 2B in a 19 – 3 romp over St. Louis. Latham goes hitless but handles 2 assists. Cy Seymour scores 5 runs.
1908 – In a rain-shortened game, Christy Mathewson throws his mitt on the field and defeats the Cards, 3 – 0, in six innings, with Harry Sallee taking the loss. With the Giants at bat in the 5th, John McGraw signals Cy Seymour to steal home – even though Cards C Bill Ludwig has the ball. Shad Barry, the next batter, then strikes out on three pitches, as the Giants race to beat the downpour.
At St. Louis, the Giants edge the Cards, 4 – 3 in 11 innings. New York blows a 2 – 0 lead in the 9th when Christy Mathewson makes a wild throw to first base. A triple by Cy Seymour, sandwiched between two hits, gives the Giants a pair of runs, and Matty holds on to win.
At the Polo Grounds, the New York Giants jump on Cincy’s Bob Wicker, lighting him up for 17 hits to win, 9 – 1. Christy Mathewson and Cy Seymour each have three hits, with Matty exiting the game after six innings. The umps call the game after eight innings on account of darkness.
At Robison Field, the New York Giants clip the St. Louis Cardinals, 5 – 1 and 4 – 0, with the help of two additions to the lineup. Cy Seymour, last year’s near Triple Crown winner, is a new addition from the Cincinnati Reds for $12,000. Seymour was with the Giants from 1896to 1900 as a pitcher and outfielder, and in 1905 led the National League in batting, RBIs, slugging percentage, and was 2nd in homers (8). Cy has four hits for the Giants today. The other addition is Spike Shannon, who moves over from the Cardinal dugout in exchange for Sam Mertesand Doc Marshall. Spike has three hits and two runs in the opener. Christy Mathewson wins the nitecap, shutting out the Birds on six hits.
1905 STANDINGS National League New York Giants 105 48 .686 — Pittsburgh Pirates 96 57 .627 9 Chicago Cubs 92 61 .601 13 Philadelphia Phillies 83 69 .546 21.5 Cincinnati Reds 79 74 .516 26 St. Louis Cardinals 58 96 .377 47.5 Boston Beaneaters 51 103 .331 54.5 Brooklyn Superbas 48 104 .316…
1902 – At Chicago, the Reds’ Cy Seymour sets a major-league record by hitting four sacrifice flies in a 6 – 1 win over the Chicago Orphans. Seymour will be tied but never topped.
John McGraw, accused by Ban Johnson of trying to wreck the Baltimore and Washington clubs, negotiates his release from the Orioles and officially signs to manage the Giantsat $11,000 a year, although he has already secretly signed a contract several days earlier brought to Baltimore by Giants secretary Fred M. Knowles. McGraw says, “I wish to state that I shall not tamper with any of the Baltimore club’s players.” But conspiring with National League owners John Brush and Andrew Freedman, McGraw swings the sale of the Orioles their way, enabling them to release Orioles Dan McGann, Roger Bresnahan, Joe McGinnity and Jack Cronin for signing by the Giants. Joe Kelley and Cy Seymour go to Brush’s Cincinnati Reds.