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Tom Cheney

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Full Name: Thomas Edgar Cheney Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/170 First Game: April 21, 1957
Birthdate: October 14, 1934 Final Game: May 9, 1966
Birthplace: Morgan, Georgia MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: November 1, 2001
Deathplace: Rome, Georgia
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on October 14, 1934 in Morgan, Georgia, Tom Cheney (Thomas Edgar Cheney) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Senators over the course of his 8 year career. Cheney broke into the bigs on April 21, 1957 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.98 ERA in 52 innings pitched in 1960, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Tom Cheney's best season was 1962, when he posted a 3.17 ERA and struck out 147 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1957 STL N 4 3 0 1 5.00 10 6 5 0 0 0 9 6 0 15 0 0 0
1959 STL N 11 2 0 1 6.94 8 9 9 0 0 0 11.2 17 2 11 2 1 2
1960 PIT N 11 8 2 2 3.98 35 25 23 1 1 0 52 44 5 33 0 1 0
1961 WAS A 10 7 1 3 8.80 20 30 29 0 0 0 29.2 32 8 26 0 3 0
1961 PIT N 1 0 0 0 .00 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 1 0
1961 Total 11 7 1 3 1.01 20 35 33 0 0 0 29.2 33 9 30 0 4 0
1962 WAS A 37 23 7 9 3.17 147 68 61 4 3 1 173.1 134 12 97 0 6 2
1963 WAS A 23 21 8 9 2.71 97 51 41 7 4 0 136.1 99 14 40 3 0 1
1964 WAS A 15 6 1 3 3.70 25 26 20 1 0 1 48.2 45 10 13 1 2 0
1966 WAS A 3 1 0 1 5.06 3 4 3 0 0 0 5.1 4 1 6 0 1 1
Total NL 27 13 2 4 5.08 53 45 41 1 1 0 72.2 68 8 63 2 3 2
Total AL 88 58 17 25 3.52 292 179 154 12 7 2 393.1 314 45 182 4 12 4
Total 115 71 19 29 3.77 345 224 195 13 8 2 466 382 53 245 6 15 6

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1957 STL N P 4 3 9 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.000
1959 STL N P 11 2 11.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000
1960 PIT N P 11 8 52 2 3 2 0 0 0 2 4 0 .714
1961 WAS A P 10 7 29.2 1 3 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 .800
1961 PIT N P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1961 Total P 11 7 29.2 1 3 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 .800
1962 WAS A P 37 23 173.1 9 26 1 1 0 2 5 9 1 .972
1963 WAS A P 23 21 136.1 9 10 3 1 0 0 8 3 3 .864
1964 WAS A P 15 6 48.2 1 7 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1.000
1966 WAS A P 3 1 5.1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
Total P 115 71 466 23 55 7 4 0 5 20 21 5 .918

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1957 STL N 4 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1959 STL N 11 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 PIT N 11 17 2 3 0 2 .176 .222 .235 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0
1961 WAS A 13 8 1 4 0 3 .500 .500 .625 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
1961 PIT N 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 Total 14 8 1 4 0 3 .500 .500 .625 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
1962 WAS A 37 48 1 3 0 1 .063 .118 .063 0 0 3 11 0 6 0 0 1
1963 WAS A 26 46 2 5 0 1 .109 .109 .109 0 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 2
1964 WAS A 15 12 1 3 0 2 .250 .250 .250 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 0
1966 WAS A 3 0 1 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 27 19 2 3 0 2 .158 .200 .211 1 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 0
Total AL 94 114 6 15 0 7 .132 .161 .140 1 0 4 28 0 13 0 0 3
Total 121 133 8 18 0 9 .135 .167 .150 2 0 5 32 0 15 0 0 3

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1952).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Gino Cimoli to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Ron Kline (December 21, 1959).
  • Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Washington Senators in exchange for Tom Sturdivant (June 29, 1961).

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