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Show :i Old Cy Young Holds ; ; Major League Record ; ; " Denton T Cy) Young, holds ', the major league record for con- , . J secuttve shutout Innings. Be pitched 45 Innings In a row In ) J which opposing teams did not make a run. J I There Is another record that should be bracketed with this ; ' ', one. It concerns a left-handed 1 ' pitcher named Walter Leverens, ' ; ', who worked for the St. Louis ' Americans several years- ago. ; '. ', Leverens pitched 55 conjsecii- . . ; ; tlve Innings in which his team ; ' ! did not score a run for him. In ; ; other words, Leverens was shut ', out six games In a row. And ; J the peculiar part of It was that ', ', Leverens pitched good ball In )' these games; his team simply could not hit opposing pitching I ', well enough to score one run. 1 ', |