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Tony Cloninger
Tony Lee Cloninger

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 210 lb.

Debut June 15, 1961
vs. SFG 4.0 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 6 ER, L
Final Game July 22, 1972
Born August 13, 1940 in Cherryville, NC

Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)

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I Still Vividly Recall the Day Tony Cloninger Set a Record for RBIs by a Pitcher With TWO GRAND SLAMS and an RBI Single in Atlanta's 17-3 Win Over the Giants, in San Francisco...July 3, 1966.

Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1961 20 MLN NL   7   2  19  10   3   0   4  0   84.0   84   49   49  16   33   51   1   7   363   1   4  5.25  3.71   71 1.393
 1962 21 MLN NL   8   3  24  15   4   1   2  0  111.0  113   61   53  10   46   69   1   5   483   1   0  4.30  3.78   88 1.432
 1963 22 MLN NL   9  11  41  18   4   2  11  1  145.3  131   68   61  17   63  100   2  11   622  12   2  3.78  3.22   85 1.335
 1964 23 MLN NL  19  14  38  34  15   3   2  2  242.7  206  112   96  20   82  163   3  13   997   9   0  3.56  3.54   99 1.187
 1965 24 MLN NL  24  11  40  38  16   1   2  1  279.0  247  115  102  20  119  211   3  22  1180   5   1  3.29  3.50  106 1.312 MVP-28
 1966 25 ATL NL  14  11  39  38  11   1   1  1  257.7  253  134  118  29  116  178   6  27  1132   9   0  4.12  3.68   89 1.432
 1967 26 ATL NL   4   7  16  16   1   0   0  0   76.7   85   50   44  13   31   55   0   5   337   4   0  5.17  3.34   65 1.513
 1968 27 TOT NL   5   6  25  18   2   2   4  0  110.3   96   58   50   7   59   72   3   7   487   8   0  4.08  3.14   77 1.405
         ATL NL   1   3   8   1   0   0   4  0   19.0   15    9    9   0   11    7   0   1    80   2   0  4.26  3.02   71 1.368
         CIN NL   4   3  17  17   2   2   0  0   91.3   81   49   41   7   48   65   3   6   407   6   0  4.04  3.16   78 1.412
 1969 28 CIN NL  11  17  35  34   6   2   1  0  189.7  184  123  106  24  103  103   5  14   854   4   2  5.03  3.78   75 1.513
 1970 29 CIN NL   9   7  30  18   0   0   4  1  148.0  136   69   63  10   78   56   4   7   637   6   0  3.83  4.18  109 1.446
 1971 30 CIN NL   3   6  28   8   1   1   5  0   97.3   79   42   42  12   49   51   4   1   410   3   0  3.88  3.26   84 1.315
 1972 31 STL NL   0   2  17   0   0   0   4  0   26.0   29   17   15   2   19   11   1   0   122   3   0  5.19  3.42   66 1.846
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .538 113  97 352 247  63  13  40  6 1767.7 1643  898  799 180  798 1120  33 119  7624  65   9  4.07  3.58   88 1.381
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  11  39  28   7   1   4  0  200.7  186  101   90  20   90  127   3  13   865   7   1  4.07  3.58   88 1.381
 Career High     24  17  41  38  16   3  11  2  279.0  253  134  118  29  119  211   6  27  1180  12   4  3.29  4.18  109 1.187

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1961 20 MLN NL  19   30    4    5   0  0   0    4   0  0   1   6  .167  .194  .167   -0    5   2   0   0   0   0
 1962 21 MLN NL  24   39    1    4   1  0   0    3   0  0   0   9  .103  .103  .128  -37    5   2   0   0   0   2
 1963 22 MLN NL  41   37    2    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   8  .135  .158  .135  -14    5   5   0   0   0   0
 1964 23 MLN NL  38   87    9   21   0  0   0    7   0  0   0  20  .241  .241  .241   36   21  11   0   0   0   0
 1965 24 MLN NL  41  105   12   17   3  2   1    8   0  0   0  25  .162  .159  .257   15   27   7   2   0   0   1 MVP-28
 1966 25 ATL NL  47  111   12   26   5  0   5   23   1  1   2  22  .234  .261  .414   82   46   2   0   0   2   1
 1967 26 ATL NL  16   25    1    5   1  0   0    4   0  0   1  10  .200  .231  .240   36    6   0   0   0   0   0
 1968 27 TOT NL  29   38    6    7   2  0   2    8   0  0   1   7  .184  .205  .395   73   15   3   0   0   0   0
         ATL NL   8    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         CIN NL  21   34    6    7   2  0   2    8   0  0   1   5  .206  .229  .441   93   15   3   0   0   0   0
 1969 28 CIN NL  36   72   10   12   1  0   1    5   1  0   3  26  .167  .200  .222   16   16   3   0   0   0   1
 1970 29 CIN NL  30   47    7   10   2  0   2    3   0  0   0  16  .213  .213  .383   54   18   2   0   0   0   1
 1971 30 CIN NL  28   27    1    7   1  0   0    1   0  0   0  10  .259  .259  .296   61    8   2   0   0   0   0
 1972 31 STL NL  17    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     366  621   65  119  16  2  11   67   2  1   9 161  .192  .205  .277   33  172  39   2   0   2   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        275   29   53   7  1   5   30   1  0   4  71  .192  .205  .277   33   76  17   1   0   1   3
 Career High     47  111   12   26   5  2   5   23   1  1   3  26                          46  11   2   0   2   2

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1961 20 MLN NL   33   27    1   1.0   100| .167  .263| .194  .328| .167  .409| .361  .737|  -0  .055  -4.3  -0.4   0%
 1962 21 MLN NL   41   39    0   0.0   100| .103  .266| .103  .333| .128  .404| .231  .737| -37  .000  -7.5  -0.8   0%
 1963 22 MLN NL   43   37    1   0.7    88| .135  .253| .158  .315| .135  .378| .293  .693| -14  .044  -5.5  -0.6   0%
 1964 23 MLN NL   98   77    6   2.1    94| .241  .265| .241  .322| .241  .393| .482  .715|  36  .226  -7.7  -0.8   0%
 1965 24 MLN NL  114   98    4   1.1    94| .162  .259| .159  .323| .257  .392| .416  .715|  15  .081 -12.3  -1.3   0%
 1966 25 ATL NL  117   89   12   3.6    99| .234  .268| .261  .327| .414  .404| .675  .731|  82  .432  -3.2  -0.3  50%
 1967 26 ATL NL   26   20    1   1.4    90| .200  .257| .231  .319| .240  .377| .471  .696|  36  .122  -2.1  -0.2   0%
 1968 27 TOT NL   42   34    4   3.2    86| .184  .258| .205  .317| .395  .364| .600  .681|  73  .447  -1.5  -0.2   0%
         ATL NL    4    4    0   0.0    82| .000  .253| .000  .312| .000  .357| .000  .668|-100  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
         CIN NL   38   30    4   3.6    86| .206  .259| .229  .318| .441  .365| .670  .682|  93  .504  -0.5  -0.1   0%
 1969 28 CIN NL   78   64    3   1.3    99| .167  .265| .200  .336| .222  .393| .422  .729|  16  .101  -8.6  -0.9 100%
 1970 29 CIN NL   49   40    3   2.0   107| .213  .272| .213  .345| .383  .415| .596  .760|  54  .179  -3.5  -0.3   0%
 1971 30 CIN NL   29   22    2   2.4    88| .259  .254| .259  .319| .296  .372| .555  .691|  61  .282  -1.4  -0.2   0%
 1972 31 STL NL    3    3    0   0.0    91| .000  .255| .000  .323| .000  .377| .000  .701|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      673  550   37   1.8    96| .192  .263| .205  .327| .277  .393| .482  .720|  33  .178 -58.3  -6.1  66%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1961 20 MLN NL   P   19     11   16    0    0 1.000  .957  1.42  0.88  2.89  2.18   10   84.0
 1962 21 MLN NL   P   24     10   18    1    3  .966  .949  1.17  0.82  2.27  2.07   15  111.0
 1963 22 MLN NL   P   41      8   17    1    0  .962  .951  0.61  0.84  1.55  2.06   18  145.3
 1964 23 MLN NL   P   38     14   41    2    1  .965  .953  1.45  0.84  2.04  2.14   34  242.7
 1965 24 MLN NL   P   40     15   41    6    2  .903  .956  1.40  0.81  1.81  2.08   38  279.0
 1966 25 ATL NL   P   39     14   43    8    1  .877  .947  1.46  0.74  1.99  1.96   38  257.7
 1967 26 ATL NL   P   16      3   11    0    1 1.000  .959  0.88  0.78  1.64  1.99   16   76.7
 1968 27 TOT NL   P   25     12   15    1    0  .964  .957  1.08  0.85  2.20  2.01   18  110.3
         ATL NL   P    8      1    4    0    0 1.000  .962  0.62  0.85  2.37  1.99    1   19.0
         CIN NL   P   17     11   11    1    0  .957  .957  1.29  0.85  2.17  2.01   17   91.3
 1969 28 CIN NL   P   35      9   23    3    3  .914  .958  0.91  0.78  1.52  1.95   34  189.7
 1970 29 CIN NL   P   30     13   31    2    5  .957  .950  1.47  0.71  2.68  1.85   18  148.0
 1971 30 CIN NL   P   28      4   16    2    3  .909  .952  0.71  0.78  1.85  1.90    8   97.3
 1972 31 STL NL   P   17      1    7    0    1 1.000  .952  0.47  0.73  2.77  1.77    0   26.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1961 20 MLN NL   P   19     11   16    0    0 1.000  .957  1.42  0.88  2.89  2.18   10   84.0
 1962 21 MLN NL   P   24     10   18    1    3  .966  .949  1.17  0.82  2.27  2.07   15  111.0
 1963 22 MLN NL   P   41      8   17    1    0  .962  .951  0.61  0.84  1.55  2.06   18  145.3
 1964 23 MLN NL   P   38     14   41    2    1  .965  .953  1.45  0.84  2.04  2.14   34  242.7
 1965 24 MLN NL   P   40     15   41    6    2  .903  .956  1.40  0.81  1.81  2.08   38  279.0
 1966 25 ATL NL   P   39     14   43    8    1  .877  .947  1.46  0.74  1.99  1.96   38  257.7
 1967 26 ATL NL   P   16      3   11    0    1 1.000  .959  0.88  0.78  1.64  1.99   16   76.7
 1968 27 TOT NL   P   25     12   15    1    0  .964  .957  1.08  0.85  2.20  2.01   18  110.3
         ATL NL   P    8      1    4    0    0 1.000  .962  0.62  0.85  2.37  1.99    1   19.0
         CIN NL   P   17     11   11    1    0  .957  .957  1.29  0.85  2.17  2.01   17   91.3
 1969 28 CIN NL   P   35      9   23    3    3  .914  .958  0.91  0.78  1.52  1.95   34  189.7
 1970 29 CIN NL   P   30     13   31    2    5  .957  .950  1.47  0.71  2.68  1.85   18  148.0
 1971 30 CIN NL   P   28      4   16    2    3  .909  .952  0.71  0.78  1.85  1.90    8   97.3
 1972 31 STL NL   P   17      1    7    0    1 1.000  .952  0.47  0.73  2.77  1.77    0   26.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 352    114  279   26   20  .938  .953  1.12  0.80  2.00  2.02  247 1767.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       352    114  279   26   20  .938  .953  1.12  0.80  2.00  2.02  247   1768

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1970   NLCS  CIN PIT     W   1   1   3.60  0  0  0  0   5     7   2   4   1 
        WS    CIN BAL     L   2   1   7.36  0  1  0  0   7.1  10   6   5   4 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      1-1   3   2   5.84  0  1  0  0  12.1  17   8   9   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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1970   NLCS  CIN PIT     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    CIN BAL     L   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1   3   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   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)
1965-NL-28-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Sac. Hits
1964 NL-11-6

Wins
1964 NL-19-4
1965 NL-24-2

Won-Loss %
1965 NL-.686-6

Hits Allowed/9IP
1964 NL-7.64-7

Strikeouts/9IP
1965 NL-6.81-10

Innings
1964 NL-242.7-9
1965 NL-279.0-8
1966 NL-257.7-9

Strikeouts
1964 NL-163-10
1965 NL-211-8
1966 NL-178-9

Games Started
1965 NL-38-8
1966 NL-38-5

Comp. Games
1964 NL-15-6
1965 NL-16-5
1966 NL-11-9

Shutouts
1964 NL-3-10

Home Runs Allow.
1966 NL-29-3
1969 NL-24-6

Bases On Balls Allow.
1964 NL-82-4
1965 NL-119-1
1966 NL-116-1
1969 NL-103-2

Hits Allowed
1965 NL-247-7
1966 NL-253-6

Losses
1964 NL-14-10
1969 NL-17-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1964 NL-96-8
1965 NL-102-4
1966 NL-118-3
1969 NL-106-7

Wild Pitches
1963 NL-11-6
1964 NL-13-4
1965 NL-22-1
1966 NL-27-1
1969 NL-14-4
Car-119-47

Batters Faced
1964 NL-997-10
1965 NL-1180-6
1966 NL-1132-6

Youngest Player
1961 NL-20-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 43 (567) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 8.0 (975) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 17.0 (661) (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.

Transactions
May 23, 1958: Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent.
June 11, 1968: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with Clay Carroll and Woody Woodward to the Cincinnati Reds for Milt Pappas, Ted Davidson, and Bob Johnson.
March 24, 1972: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Julian Javier.
July 26, 1972: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
August 1, 1972: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
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Uniforms
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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1965-NL-28-0.01 Car-1440-0.01 shares	Sac. Hits 1964 NL-11-6	Wins 1964 NL-19-4 1965 NL-24-2	Won-Loss % 1965 NL-.686-6	Hits Allowed/9IP 1964 NL-7.64-7	Strikeouts/9IP 1965 NL-6.81-10
Innings 1964 NL-242.7-9 1965 NL-279.0-8 1966 NL-257.7-9	Strikeouts 1964 NL-163-10 1965 NL-211-8 1966 NL-178-9	Games Started 1965 NL-38-8 1966 NL-38-5	Comp. Games 1964 NL-15-6 1965 NL-16-5 1966 NL-11-9	Shutouts 1964 NL-3-10	Home Runs Allow. 1966 NL-29-3 1969 NL-24-6
Bases On Balls Allow. 1964 NL-82-4 1965 NL-119-1 1966 NL-116-1 1969 NL-103-2	Hits Allowed 1965 NL-247-7 1966 NL-253-6	Losses 1964 NL-14-10 1969 NL-17-6	Earned Runs Allow. 1964 NL-96-8 1965 NL-102-4 1966 NL-118-3 1969 NL-106-7	Wild Pitches 1963 NL-11-6 1964 NL-13-4 1965 NL-22-1 1966 NL-27-1 1969 NL-14-4 Car-119-47	Batters Faced 1964 NL-997-10 1965 NL-1180-6 1966 NL-1132-6
Youngest Player 1961 NL-20-9