Tom Cheney
Thomas Edgar Cheney
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 14, 1934 in Morgan, GA
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1957
Final Game: May 9, 1966
Died: November 1, 2001 in Rome, GA
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1957 STL NL 22 P 4 3 9.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.00 0.75 .967 2.10 0.82
1959 STL NL 24 P 11 2 11.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.54 0.18 .950 2.01 0.82
1960 PIT NL 25 P 11 8 52.0 7 2 3 2 0 .714 0.87 0.45 .971 2.09 0.87
1961 TOT MLB 26 P 11 7 29.2 5 1 3 1 0 .800 1.21 0.36 .960 2.06 0.84
1961 PIT NL 26 P 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90
1961 WSA AL 26 P 10 7 29.2 5 1 3 1 0 .800 1.21 0.40 .960 2.06 0.83
1962 WSA AL 27 P 37 23 173.1 36 9 26 1 1 .972 1.82 0.95 .958 2.08 0.79
1963 WSA AL 28 P 23 21 136.1 22 9 10 3 1 .864 1.25 0.83 .959 1.99 0.79
1964 WSA AL 29 P 15 6 48.2 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.48 0.53 .950 1.90 0.72
1966 WSA AL 31 P 3 1 5.1 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.38 0.67 .950 2.02 0.73
8 Seasons P 115 71 466.0 85 23 55 7 4 .918 1.51 0.68 .959 2.03 0.80
8 Seasons TOT 115 71 466.0 85 23 55 7 4 .918 1.51 0.68 .876 2.03 0.80

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1957 STL NL 22 4 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 STL NL 24 11 2 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 PIT NL 25 11 8 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 WSA AL 26 13 7 13 13 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1961 PIT NL 26 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 WSA AL 27 37 23 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 WSA AL 28 26 21 26 26 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1964 WSA AL 29 15 6 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 WSA AL 31 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 121 71 121 121 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1957 STL NL 22 45 47% 13% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
1959 STL NL 24 67 69% 10% 3 67% 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1960 PIT NL 25 231 71% 19% 3 67% 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1961 WSA AL 26 151 70% 15% 3 67% 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1961 PIT NL 26 7 43% 14% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 WSA AL 27 763 68% 18% 28 89% 0 7 1 6 25 18 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 50%
1963 WSA AL 28 558 75% 19% 13 62% 0 9 0 6 10 6 1 3 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 7 29%
1964 WSA AL 29 206 82% 20% 6 100% 0 2 0 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 WSA AL 31 27 63% 11% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
8 Seasons 2055 71% 18% 60 82% 0 21 2 16 52 36 5 7 1 2 4 3 4 3 4 0 14 50%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 89% 81%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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