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Larry Cheney
Laurance Russell Cheney

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 9, 1911
Final Game September 26, 1919
Born May 2, 1886 in Belleville, KS
Died January 6, 1969 in Daytona Beach, FL

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1911 25 CHC NL   1   0   3   1   0   0   2  0   10.0    8    0    0   0    3   11   0   0    38       0  0.00  3.29  inf 1.100
 1912 26 CHC NL  26  10  42  37  28   4   4  0  303.3  262  122   96   5  111  140   7  18  1267       0  2.85  3.30  116 1.230
 1913 27 CHC NL  21  14  54  36  25   2  18 11  305.0  271  117   87   7   98  136   8  19  1255       0  2.57  3.16  123 1.210 MVP-7
 1914 28 CHC NL  20  18  50  40  21   6  10  5  311.3  239  136   88   9  140  157  10  26  1295       0  2.54  2.78  109 1.217
 1915 29 TOT NL   8  11  30  22   7   2   3  0  158.3  136   79   57   1   72   79   6   9   678       0  3.24  2.77   85 1.314
         CHC NL   8   9  25  18   6   2   3  0  131.3  120   69   52   1   55   68   4   8   563       0  3.56  2.77   78 1.332
         BRO NL   0   2   5   4   1   0   0  0   27.0   16   10    5   0   17   11   2   1   115       0  1.67  2.77  166 1.222
 1916 30 BRO NL  18  12  41  32  15   5   4  0  253.0  178   91   54   5  105  166  10  15  1043       1  1.92  2.67  139 1.119
 1917 31 BRO NL   8  12  35  24  14   1   4  2  210.3  185   80   55   4   73  102   5  11   869       0  2.35  2.78  118 1.227
 1918 32 BRO NL  11  13  32  21  15   0  10  1  200.7  177   84   67   2   74   83  10  13   850       0  3.00  2.79   93 1.251
 1919 33 TOT NL   3  10  26  12   7   0   8  0  129.3  149   75   60   3   57   52   3   8   570       0  4.18  3.04   73 1.593
         BRO NL   1   3   9   4   2   0   2  0   39.0   45   21   18   1   14   14   2   2   173       0  4.15  2.97   71 1.513
         BSN NL   0   2   8   2   0   0   4  0   33.0   35   20   13   0   15   13   0   3   136       0  3.55  2.85   80 1.515
         PHI NL   2   5   9   6   5   0   2  0   57.3   69   34   29   2   28   25   1   3   261       0  4.55  3.20   70 1.692
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .537 116 100 313 225 132  20  63 19 1881.3 1605  784  564  36  733  926  59 119  7865       1  2.70  2.93  109 1.243
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14  12  39  28  16   2   7  2  237.7  202   99   71   4   92  117   7  15   994   0   0  2.70  2.93  109 1.243
 Career High     26  18  54  40  28   6  18 11  311.3  271  136   96   9  140  166  10  26  1295   0   1  1.92  3.30  139 1.119

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1911 25 CHC NL   3    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      1   0  .250  .400  .250   83    1   0           0    
 1912 26 CHC NL  42  106   13   24   5  2   1   12   0      6  25  .226  .274  .340   67   36  10           1    
 1913 27 CHC NL  56  104    6   20   3  0   0    7   0     10  34  .192  .270  .221   41   23   6           1     MVP-7
 1914 28 CHC NL  50  100    8   18   2  2   0   10   1      8  35  .180  .255  .240   47   24   5           2    
 1915 29 TOT NL  30   47    2    7   0  0   0    2   0  2   3  16  .149  .216  .149   11    7   2           1    
         CHC NL  25   40    2    6   0  0   0    2   0  2   3  13  .150  .209  .150    9    6   2           0    
         BRO NL   5    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   3  .143  .250  .143   19    1   0           1    
 1916 30 BRO NL  41   79    4    9   2  0   0    2   2      5  29  .114  .167  .139   -7   11   4           0    
 1917 31 BRO NL  35   68    5   14   3  2   0    2   0      3  16  .206  .239  .309   65   21   1           0    
 1918 32 BRO NL  33   66    7   16   2  1   0    5   0      3  16  .242  .275  .303   76   20   3           0    
 1919 33 TOT NL  26   43    1    6   0  0   0    2   0      2   8  .140  .178  .140   -5    6   0           0    
         BRO NL   9   11    0    2   0  0   0    1   0      0   3  .182  .182  .182    9    2   0           0    
         BSN NL   8   11    1    2   0  0   0    0   0      2   4  .182  .308  .182   52    2   0           0    
         PHI NL   9   21    0    2   0  0   0    1   0      0   1  .095  .095  .095  -44    2   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      316  617   46  115  17  7   1   42   3  2  41 179  .186  .243  .241   42  149  31   0   0   5   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        316   24   59   9  4   1   22   2  1  21  92  .186  .243  .241   42   76  16   0   0   3   0
 Career High     56  106   13   24   5  2   1   12   2  2  10  35                          36  10   0   0   2   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1911 25 CHC NL    5    3    0   0.0    95| .250  .268| .400  .345| .250  .370| .650  .715|  83  .000  -0.0   0.0     
 1912 26 CHC NL  123   92   10   2.9   100| .226  .280| .274  .350| .340  .382| .614  .732|  67  .331  -5.3  -0.5     
 1913 27 CHC NL  121   90    6   1.8    91| .192  .270| .270  .334| .221  .367| .491  .701|  41  .195  -7.8  -0.8     
 1914 28 CHC NL  115   87    6   1.8    84| .180  .259| .255  .327| .240  .346| .495  .673|  47  .236  -6.7  -0.8     
 1915 29 TOT NL   53   44    1   0.6    81| .149  .256| .216  .319| .149  .343| .365  .662|  11  .044  -5.0  -0.6   0%
         CHC NL   45   38    1   0.7    81| .150  .256| .209  .319| .150  .342| .359  .661|   9  .057  -4.4  -0.5   0%
         BRO NL    8    6    0   0.0    82| .143  .258| .250  .321| .143  .345| .393  .667|  19  .000  -0.7  -0.1     
 1916 30 BRO NL   88   74    2   0.7    80| .114  .258| .167  .316| .139  .344| .306  .660|  -7  .059 -10.1  -1.2     
 1917 31 BRO NL   72   55    5   2.5    81| .206  .260| .239  .318| .309  .343| .548  .661|  65  .362  -3.1  -0.4     
 1918 32 BRO NL   72   53    6   3.1    80| .242  .261| .275  .319| .303  .337| .578  .656|  76  .448  -2.1  -0.2     
 1919 33 TOT NL   45   37    1   0.7    84| .140  .268| .178  .322| .140  .351| .318  .673|  -5  .052  -5.6  -0.6     
         BRO NL   11    9    0   0.0    83| .182  .267| .182  .321| .182  .350| .364  .671|   9  .000  -1.2  -0.1     
         BSN NL   13    9    1   3.0    79| .182  .260| .308  .313| .182  .341| .490  .654|  52  .424  -0.5  -0.1     
         PHI NL   21   19    0   0.0    87| .095  .272| .095  .327| .095  .357| .190  .685| -44  .000  -3.8  -0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       694  535   37   1.9    87| .186  .265| .243  .328| .241  .354| .484  .683|  42  .226 -45.6  -5.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1911 25 CHC NL P 3 0 5 0 0 1.000 .943 1.67 1.73 4.50 2.79 1 10.0 1912 26 CHC NL P 42 4 67 3 0 .959 .948 1.69 1.55 2.11 2.54 37 303.3 1913 27 CHC NL P 54 4 82 9 1 .905 .954 1.59 1.57 2.54 2.61 36 305.0 1914 28 CHC NL P 50 7 84 6 4 .938 .943 1.82 1.65 2.63 2.68 40 311.3 1915 29 TOT NL P 30 13 52 8 0 .890 .952 2.17 1.68 3.70 2.72 22 158.3 CHC NL P 25 10 44 7 0 .885 .952 2.16 1.68 3.70 2.72 18 131.3 BRO NL P 5 3 8 1 0 .917 .948 2.20 1.68 3.67 2.73 4 27.0 1916 30 BRO NL P 41 7 61 7 2 .907 .959 1.66 1.63 2.42 2.67 32 253.0 1917 31 BRO NL P 35 4 56 4 0 .938 .962 1.71 1.78 2.57 2.85 24 210.3 1918 32 BRO NL P 32 8 63 6 0 .922 .965 2.22 2.03 3.18 2.93 21 200.7 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.80 1919 33 TOT NL P 26 8 31 3 1 .929 .961 1.50 1.89 2.71 2.93 12 129.3 BRO NL P 9 1 11 1 0 .923 .960 1.33 1.89 2.77 2.93 4 39.0 BSN NL P 8 3 9 0 1 1.000 .960 1.50 1.89 3.27 2.92 2 33.0 PHI NL P 9 4 11 2 0 .882 .962 1.67 1.89 2.36 2.94 6 57.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1918 32 BRO NL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.80 1911 25 CHC NL P 3 0 5 0 0 1.000 .943 1.67 1.73 4.50 2.79 1 10.0 1912 26 CHC NL P 42 4 67 3 0 .959 .948 1.69 1.55 2.11 2.54 37 303.3 1913 27 CHC NL P 54 4 82 9 1 .905 .954 1.59 1.57 2.54 2.61 36 305.0 1914 28 CHC NL P 50 7 84 6 4 .938 .943 1.82 1.65 2.63 2.68 40 311.3 1915 29 TOT NL P 30 13 52 8 0 .890 .952 2.17 1.68 3.70 2.72 22 158.3 CHC NL P 25 10 44 7 0 .885 .952 2.16 1.68 3.70 2.72 18 131.3 BRO NL P 5 3 8 1 0 .917 .948 2.20 1.68 3.67 2.73 4 27.0 1916 30 BRO NL P 41 7 61 7 2 .907 .959 1.66 1.63 2.42 2.67 32 253.0 1917 31 BRO NL P 35 4 56 4 0 .938 .962 1.71 1.78 2.57 2.85 24 210.3 1918 32 BRO NL P 32 8 63 6 0 .922 .965 2.22 2.03 3.18 2.93 21 200.7 1919 33 TOT NL P 26 8 31 3 1 .929 .961 1.50 1.89 2.71 2.93 12 129.3 BRO NL P 9 1 11 1 0 .923 .960 1.33 1.89 2.77 2.93 4 39.0 BSN NL P 8 3 9 0 1 1.000 .960 1.50 1.89 3.27 2.92 2 33.0 PHI NL P 9 4 11 2 0 .882 .962 1.67 1.89 2.36 2.94 6 57.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 313 55 501 46 8 .924 .954 1.78 1.70 225 1881.3 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.80 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 314 55 501 46 8 .924 .954 1.77 1.73
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1916   WS    BRO BOS     L   1   0   3.00  0  0  0  0   3     4   1   1   5 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1916   WS    BRO BOS     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1913-NL-7-0.19
Car-728-0.19 shares

ERA
1913 NL-2.57-9
1916 NL-1.92-5
Car-2.70-76

Wins
1912 NL-26-1
1913 NL-21-6
1914 NL-20-9
1916 NL-18-7

Won-Loss %
1912 NL-.722-2

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1912 NL-1.230-8

Hits Allowed/9IP
1912 NL-7.77-4
1913 NL-8.00-9
1914 NL-6.91-3
1916 NL-6.33-1
1918 NL-7.94-9
Car-7.68-46

Strikeouts/9IP
1914 NL-4.54-9
1915 NL-4.49-9
1916 NL-5.91-1
1917 NL-4.36-6
1918 NL-3.72-4

Games
1912 NL-42-10
1913 NL-54-1
1914 NL-50-1
1916 NL-41-9

Saves
1913 NL-11-1
1914 NL-5-3
1917 NL-2-7

Innings
1912 NL-303.3-3
1913 NL-305.0-5
1914 NL-311.3-8

Strikeouts
1912 NL-140-8
1913 NL-136-8
1914 NL-157-4
1916 NL-166-2
1918 NL-83-9

Games Started
1912 NL-37-3
1913 NL-36-3
1914 NL-40-1

Comp. Games
1912 NL-28-1
1913 NL-25-2
1914 NL-21-9

Shutouts
1912 NL-4-4
1914 NL-6-3
1916 NL-5-4

Home Runs Allow.
1914 NL-9-3

Bases On Balls Allow.
1912 NL-111-5
1913 NL-98-6
1914 NL-140-1
1916 NL-105-3
1917 NL-73-8
1918 NL-74-6

Hits Allowed
1913 NL-271-6

Losses
1914 NL-18-4

Earned Runs Allow.
1912 NL-96-9
1914 NL-88-6
1918 NL-67-10

Wild Pitches
1912 NL-18-1
1913 NL-19-1
1914 NL-26-1
1915 NL-9-3
1916 NL-15-1
1917 NL-11-1
1918 NL-13-1
1919 NL-8-3
Car-119-47

Hit Batsmen
1913 NL-8-9
1914 NL-10-9
1916 NL-10-4
1918 NL-10-3

Batters Faced
1912 NL-1267-3
1913 NL-1255-2
1914 NL-1295-6

Games Finished
1913 NL-18-4
1918 NL-10-5

Adjusted ERA+
1913 NL-123-10
1916 NL-139-6

Black Ink: Pitching - 14 (152) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 91 (241) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 17.0 (383) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 52.5 (238) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

August, 1915: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Brooklyn Robins for Joe Schultz and $3,000.

June 28, 1919: Selected off waivers by the Boston Braves from the Brooklyn Robins.

August, 1919: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Boston Braves.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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