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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1957 22 STL NL 0 1 .000 5.00 4 3 0 0 0 0 9.0 6 6 5 0 15 0 10 0 0 0 44 79 2.333 6.0 0.0 15.0 10.0 0.67
1959 24 STL NL 0 1 .000 6.94 11 2 5 0 0 0 11.2 17 9 9 2 11 2 8 2 0 1 63 61 2.400 13.1 1.5 8.5 6.2 0.73
1960 25 PIT NL 2 2 .500 3.98 11 8 0 1 1 0 52.0 44 25 23 5 33 0 35 0 0 1 221 95 1.481 7.6 0.9 5.7 6.1 1.06
1961 26 TOT MLB 1 3 .250 10.01 11 7 2 0 0 0 29.2 33 35 33 9 30 0 20 0 0 4 149 39 2.124 10.0 2.7 9.1 6.1 0.67
1961 26 PIT NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 5 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 0.00
1961 26 WSA AL 1 3 .250 8.80 10 7 2 0 0 0 29.2 32 30 29 8 26 0 20 0 0 3 143 44 1.955 9.7 2.4 7.9 6.1 0.77
1962 27 WSA AL 7 9 .438 3.17 37 23 7 4 3 1 173.1 134 68 61 12 97 0 147 2 0 6 738 128 1.333 7.0 0.6 5.0 7.6 1.52
1963 28 WSA AL 8 9 .471 2.71 23 21 1 7 4 0 136.1 99 51 41 14 40 3 97 1 0 0 542 138 1.020 6.5 0.9 2.6 6.4 2.43
1964 29 WSA AL 1 3 .250 3.70 15 6 4 1 0 1 48.2 45 26 20 10 13 1 25 0 0 2 199 100 1.192 8.3 1.8 2.4 4.6 1.92
1966 31 WSA AL 0 1 .000 5.06 3 1 2 0 0 0 5.1 4 4 3 1 6 0 3 1 0 1 25 69 1.875 6.8 1.7 10.1 5.1 0.50
8 Seasons 19 29 .396 3.77 115 71 21 13 8 2 466.0 382 224 195 53 245 6 345 6 0 15 1981 103 1.345 7.4 1.0 4.7 6.7 1.41
162 Game Avg. 7 11 .396 3.77 42 26 8 5 3 1 170 140 82 71 19 90 2 126 2 0 5 724 103 1.345 7.4 1.0 4.7 6.7 1.41
WSA (5 yrs) 17 25 .405 3.52 88 58 16 12 7 2 393.1 314 179 154 45 182 4 292 4 0 12 1647 110 1.261 7.2 1.0 4.2 6.7 1.60
PIT (2 yrs) 2 2 .500 4.67 12 8 0 1 1 0 52.0 45 30 27 6 37 0 35 0 0 2 227 81 1.577 7.8 1.0 6.4 6.1 0.95
STL (2 yrs) 0 2 .000 6.10 15 5 5 0 0 0 20.2 23 15 14 2 26 2 18 2 0 1 107 67 2.371 10.0 0.9 11.3 7.8 0.69
AL (5 yrs) 17 25 .405 3.52 88 58 16 12 7 2 393.1 314 179 154 45 182 4 292 4 0 12 1647 110 1.261 7.2 1.0 4.2 6.7 1.60
NL (4 yrs) 2 4 .333 5.08 27 13 5 1 1 0 72.2 68 45 41 8 63 2 53 2 0 3 334 76 1.803 8.4 1.0 7.8 6.6 0.84

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1960 25 PIT NL WS W NYY 0 0 4.50 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 4 2 2 0 1 0 6 0 0 1 17 1.250 9.0 0.0 2.3 13.5 6.00
1 WS 0 0 4.50 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 4 2 2 0 1 0 6 0 0 1 17 1.250 9.0 0.0 2.3 13.5 6.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1957 22 STL NL 4 44 29 6 6 0 1 0 0 2 15 10 .207 .477 .276 .753 .316 8 2 0 0 0 0
1959 24 STL NL 11 63 48 9 17 2 0 2 2 0 11 8 .354 .484 .521 1.005 .385 25 1 2 1 1 2
1960 25 PIT NL 11 221 185 25 44 9 0 5 2 4 33 35 .238 .352 .368 .719 .267 68 8 0 2 1 0
1961 26 PIT NL 1 6 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 .500 .833 2.000 2.833 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0
1961 26 TOT MLB 11 149 115 35 33 5 1 9 2 0 30 20 .287 .426 .583 1.008 .270 67 3 0 1 3 0
1961 26 WSA AL 10 143 113 30 32 5 1 8 2 0 26 20 .283 .408 .558 .966 .273 63 3 0 1 3 0
1962 27 WSA AL 37 738 630 68 134 19 7 12 5 9 97 147 .213 .318 .322 .640 .257 203 9 2 5 4 0
1963 28 WSA AL 23 542 489 51 99 12 2 14 8 3 40 97 .202 .262 .321 .583 .222 157 5 1 7 5 3
1964 29 WSA AL 15 199 184 26 45 6 2 10 1 2 13 25 .245 .293 .462 .755 .233 85 2 0 1 1 1
1966 31 WSA AL 3 25 18 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 6 3 .222 .440 .444 .884 .214 8 1 1 0 0 0
8 Seasons 115 1981 1698 224 382 54 13 53 20 21 245 345 .225 .322 .366 .688 .250 621 31 6 17 15 6
162 Game Avg. 42 724 621 82 140 20 5 19 7 8 90 126 .225 .322 .366 .688 .250 227 11 2 6 5 2
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1957 22 STL NL 4 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 0 0% 42 55 34 7 2 0 1 5.7 1.3 1.7
1959 24 STL NL 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .000 0 2 0 0 0 0% 38 40 36 9 0 1 0 5.0 0.0 1.0
1960 25 PIT NL 11 8 2 2 4 0 0 5 3 .625 0 2 1 1 4 50% 50 79 29 5 1 1 7 4.0 4.1 6.0
1961 26 TOT MLB 11 7 1 3 3 0 0 2 5 .286 0 1 0 0 1 14% 52 25 10 5 1 4 4.2 6.8 3.2
1961 26 WSA AL 10 7 1 3 3 0 0 2 5 .286 0 1 0 0 1 14% 36 52 25 9 5 1 4 4.2 6.8 3.2
1962 27 WSA AL 37 23 7 8 8 1 3 12 11 .522 4 3 4 3 13 57% 57 115 24 29 11 7 7 3.5 3.1 6.5
1963 28 WSA AL 23 21 8 9 4 0 2 8 13 .381 1 1 7 4 10 48% 59 94 26 17 5 5 5 3.2 3.4 6.3
1964 29 WSA AL 15 6 1 3 2 0 0 3 3 .500 0 1 1 0 2 33% 48 70 37 2 2 2 2 3.6 4.5 5.5
1966 31 WSA AL 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38 38 38 2 2 1 0 7.0 6.0 2.3
8 Seasons 114 71 19 27 25 1 5 32 39 .451 5 11 13 8 30 42% 53 115 24 80 28 18 26 3.7 3.6 5.6
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1957 22 STL NL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 3 1.147 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 12.0
1959 24 STL NL 11 9 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 6 0.799 1 1 7 1 1 7 2 7 4 3 4 2 3.2
1960 25 PIT NL 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0.974 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 1 2 1 2 0 4.3
1961 26 TOT MLB 11 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 0.783 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 3 1 3 1 5.5
1961 26 PIT NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.057 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.0
1961 26 WSA AL 10 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 3 0.813 0 2 1 0 0 3 2 1 3 0 3 1 7.3
1962 27 WSA AL 37 14 7 0 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 9 2 22% 9 1.248 4 2 8 2 2 10 6 8 7 4 7 2 4.9
1963 28 WSA AL 23 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.010 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 6.0
1964 29 WSA AL 15 9 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 6 2 33% 7 0.855 2 3 4 1 1 7 4 5 6 2 6 0 5.2
1966 31 WSA AL 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.723 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
8 Seasons 115 44 21 0 2 2 2 0 100% 3 1 27 7 26% 1.055 7 9 28 4 4 36 17 27 25 11 25 5 4.8

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1957 22 STL NL 44 43% 0.0% 22.7% 34.1% 2.3% 17% 1.50 43% 12 2 17%
1959 24 STL NL 63 52% 3.2% 12.7% 17.5% 6.4% 24% 0.63 62% 18 1 6%
1960 25 PIT NL 221 42% 2.3% 15.8% 14.9% 6.3% 32% 0.73 66% 46 8 17%
1961 26 TOT MLB 149 36% 6.0% 13.4% 20.1% 10.1% 46% 0.58 60% 38 3 8%
1961 26 PIT NL 6 33% 16.7% 0.0% 66.7% 16.7% 100% 17% 3 0 0%
1961 26 WSA AL 143 36% 5.6% 14.0% 18.2% 9.8% 44% 0.58 62% 35 3 9%
1962 27 WSA AL 738 43% 1.6% 19.9% 13.1% 5.2% 28% 0.63 64% 154 9 6%
1963 28 WSA AL 542 39% 2.6% 17.9% 7.4% 5.2% 28% 0.56 71% 91 5 5%
1964 29 WSA AL 199 33% 5.0% 12.6% 6.5% 9.1% 40% 0.61 75% 29 2 7%
1966 31 WSA AL 25 32% 4.0% 12.0% 24.0% 8.0% 50% 0.50 56% 5 1 20%
8 Seasons 1981 40% 2.7% 17.4% 12.4% 6.1% 31% 0.62 66% 393 31 8%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1957 22 STL NL 44 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0% 0 0 0 21 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 24 STL NL 63 17 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 100% 0 1 0 34 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1960 25 PIT NL 221 44 5 0 0 2 3 0 5 8 4 2 50% 2 1 0 92 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
1961 26 TOT MLB 149 33 9 0 5 7 2 4 5 18 12 1 67% 2 4 2 60 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 0
1961 26 PIT NL 6 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1961 26 WSA AL 143 32 8 0 4 6 2 4 4 17 11 1 65% 1 3 2 57 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 0
1962 27 WSA AL 738 134 12 0 7 5 7 8 4 31 12 9 39% 10 6 2 297 5 9 36% 5 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 0
1963 28 WSA AL 542 99 14 0 4 8 6 8 6 15 7 3 47% 7 0 0 172 8 3 73% 7 3 1 0 0 0 4 0 6 0
1964 29 WSA AL 199 45 10 1 4 7 3 4 6 8 6 0 75% 2 2 1 58 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1966 31 WSA AL 25 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Seasons 1981 382 53 1 24 30 23 25 28 83 42 15 51% 23 15 5 746 20 21 49% 19 20 1 1 0 0 12 0 47 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1957 22 0 1 .000 5.00 4 3 0 0 0 0 9.0 6 6 5 0 15 0 10 0 0 0 44 79 2.333 6.0 0.0 15.0 10.0 0.67 79
1958 23 0 1 .000 5.00 4 3 0 0 0 0 9.0 6 6 5 0 15 0 10 0 0 0 44 79 2.333 6.0 0.0 15.0 10.0 0.67 79
1959 24 0 2 .000 6.10 15 5 5 0 0 0 20.2 23 15 14 2 26 2 18 2 0 1 107 67 2.371 10.0 0.9 11.3 7.8 0.69 67
1960 25 2 4 .333 4.58 26 13 5 1 1 0 72.2 67 40 37 7 59 2 53 2 0 2 328 84 1.734 8.3 0.9 7.3 6.6 0.90 84
1961 26 3 7 .300 6.16 37 20 7 1 1 0 102.1 100 75 70 16 89 2 73 2 0 6 477 63 1.847 8.8 1.4 7.8 6.4 0.82 63
1962 27 10 16 .385 4.28 74 43 14 5 4 1 275.2 234 143 131 28 186 2 220 4 0 12 1215 93 1.524 7.6 0.9 6.1 7.2 1.18 93
1963 28 18 25 .419 3.76 97 64 15 12 8 1 412.0 333 194 172 42 226 5 317 5 0 12 1757 104 1.357 7.3 0.9 4.9 6.9 1.40 104
1964 29 19 28 .404 3.75 112 70 19 13 8 2 460.2 378 220 192 52 239 6 342 5 0 14 1956 103 1.339 7.4 1.0 4.7 6.7 1.43 103
1965 30 19 28 .404 3.75 112 70 19 13 8 2 460.2 378 220 192 52 239 6 342 5 0 14 1956 103 1.339 7.4 1.0 4.7 6.7 1.43 103
1966 31 19 29 .396 3.77 115 71 21 13 8 2 466.0 382 224 195 53 245 6 345 6 0 15 1981 103 1.345 7.4 1.0 4.7 6.7 1.41 103

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1957 22 0 0 5.62 8.0 6 6 5 0 15 9 0 2.625 6.8 16.9 10.1 0.60 0.0 4
1959 24 0 1 .000 6.75 12.0 17 10 9 2 11 8 2 2.333 12.8 8.3 6.0 0.73 1.5 11
1960 25 2 3 .400 4.50 50.0 47 28 25 5 35 34 0 1.640 8.5 6.3 6.1 0.97 0.9 11
1961 26 0 3 .000 9.32 28.0 32 32 29 8 26 19 0 2.071 10.3 8.4 6.1 0.73 2.6 10
1962 27 11 7 .611 3.20 169.0 133 67 60 12 96 143 2 1.355 7.1 5.1 7.6 1.49 0.6 37
1963 28 9 5 .643 2.91 133.0 102 48 43 14 41 95 1 1.075 6.9 2.8 6.4 2.32 0.9 23
1964 29 2 3 .400 4.11 46.0 47 23 21 10 14 24 0 1.326 9.2 2.7 4.7 1.71 2.0 15
1966 31 0 0 5.40 5.0 4 3 3 1 6 3 1 2.000 7.2 10.8 5.4 0.50 1.8 3
8 Seasons 24 22 .522 3.89 451.0 388 217 195 52 244 335 6 1.401 7.7 6.7 1.37 1.0 114

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1962 AL  3.167 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1962 AL  6.958 (2nd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1962 AL  7.633 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1962 AL  3 (6th)
1963 AL  4 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1962 AL  97 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1962 AL  .623 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1962 AL  128 (6th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1567), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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