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Falkenberg, Cy, 1879-1961
NationalityAmerican
BiographyCy Falkenberg had his best years back-to-back in 1913 and 1914 after learning to pitch the emery ball. [1] In 1913, he went 23-10 for the Cleveland Naps and then jumped to the Federal League where he went 25-16 for the Indianapolis Hoosiers in 1914. In both years he had an ERA of 2.22.Falkenberg, while with the Indians, was a teammate of both the veteran Nap Lajoie, who was six years older, and of the youngster Joe Jackson, who was nine years younger. Falkenberg's real name was not "Cy", so presumably he was nicknamed after Cy Young, who had been a great Cleveland pitcher in the 1890s. Young came back to Cleveland in 1909 and was a teammate of Falkenberg for three years. On September 23, 1905, he gave up the first homer of Ty Cobb's career; it was also the first time he had given up a homer to anyone. -Baseball Reference
