Tony Cloninger
Tony Lee Cloninger
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: August 13, 1940 in Cherryville, NC
High School: Rock Springs (Denver, NC)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 1961
Final Game: July 22, 1972
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1961 20 MLN NL 19 33 30 4 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 6 .167 .194 .167 .360 -0 5 0 0 2 0 0 1
1962 21 MLN NL 24 41 39 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 .103 .103 .128 .231 -37 5 2 0 2 0 0 1
1963 22 MLN NL 41 43 37 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .135 .158 .135 .293 -14 5 0 0 5 0 0 1
1964 23 MLN NL 38 98 87 9 21 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 20 .241 .241 .241 .483 36 21 0 0 11 0 0 1
1965 24 MLN NL 41 114 105 12 17 3 2 1 8 0 0 0 25 .162 .159 .257 .416 15 27 1 0 7 2 0 1 MVP-28
1966 25 ATL NL 47 117 111 12 26 5 0 5 23 1 1 2 22 .234 .261 .414 .675 82 46 1 2 2 0 0 1
1967 26 ATL NL 16 26 25 1 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 10 .200 .231 .240 .471 36 6 0 0 0 0 0 1
1968 27 TOT NL 29 42 38 6 7 2 0 2 8 0 0 1 7 .184 .205 .395 .600 73 15 0 0 3 0 0 1
1968 27 ATL NL 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1968 27 CIN NL 21 38 34 6 7 2 0 2 8 0 0 1 5 .206 .229 .441 .670 93 15 0 0 3 0 0 1
1969 28 CIN NL 36 78 72 10 12 1 0 1 5 1 0 3 26 .167 .200 .222 .422 16 16 1 0 3 0 0 1
1970 29 CIN NL 30 49 47 7 10 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 16 .213 .213 .383 .596 54 18 1 0 2 0 0 1
1971 30 CIN NL 28 29 27 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .259 .259 .296 .556 61 8 0 0 2 0 0 1
1972 31 STL NL 17 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Seasons 366 673 621 65 119 16 2 11 67 2 1 9 161 .192 .205 .277 .482 33 172 6 2 39 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 298 275 29 53 7 1 5 30 1 0 4 71 .192 .205 .277 .482 33 76 3 1 17 1 0
ATL (8 yrs) 234 476 438 41 83 10 2 6 50 1 1 5 102 .189 .201 .263 .464 29 115 4 2 29 2 0
CIN (4 yrs) 115 194 180 24 36 6 0 5 17 1 0 4 57 .200 .217 .317 .534 47 57 2 0 10 0 0
STL (1 yr) 17 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1961 20 MLN NL 33 27 1 1.0 100 .208 .167 .263 .194 .328 .167 .409 .360 .737 -0 .055 -4.3 -0.4 .240 .033 .000
1962 21 MLN NL 41 39 0 0.0 100 .133 .103 .266 .103 .333 .128 .404 .231 .737 -37 .000 -7.5 -0.8 .135 .026 .026
1963 22 MLN NL 43 37 1 0.7 88 .172 .135 .253 .158 .315 .135 .378 .293 .693 -14 .044 -5.5 -0.6 .188 .027 .000
1964 23 MLN NL 98 77 6 2.1 94 .313 .241 .265 .241 .322 .241 .393 .483 .715 36 .226 -7.7 -0.8 .318 .000 .000
1965 24 MLN NL 114 98 4 1.1 94 .198 .162 .259 .159 .323 .257 .392 .416 .715 15 .081 -12.3 -1.3 .303 .095 .095 .0
1966 25 ATL NL 117 89 12 3.6 99 .250 .234 .268 .261 .327 .414 .404 .675 .731 82 .432 -3.2 -0.3 .575 .198 .180 1.7
1967 26 ATL NL 26 20 1 1.4 90 .333 .200 .257 .231 .319 .240 .377 .471 .696 36 .122 -2.1 -0.2 .350 .080 .040
1968 27 TOT NL 42 34 4 3.2 86 .172 .184 .258 .205 .317 .395 .364 .600 .681 73 .447 -1.5 -0.2 .516 .237 .211 .0
1968 27 ATL NL 4 4 0 0.0 82 .000 .000 .253 .000 .312 .000 .357 .000 .668 -100 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1968 27 CIN NL 38 30 4 3.6 86 .185 .206 .259 .229 .318 .441 .364 .670 .682 93 .504 -0.5 -0.1 .593 .265 .235 .0
1969 28 CIN NL 78 64 3 1.3 99 .244 .167 .265 .200 .336 .222 .393 .422 .729 16 .101 -8.6 -0.9 .328 .111 .056 1.0
1970 29 CIN NL 49 40 3 2.0 107 .276 .213 .272 .213 .345 .383 .415 .596 .760 54 .179 -3.5 -0.3 .474 .170 .170 .0
1971 30 CIN NL 29 22 2 2.4 88 .412 .259 .254 .259 .319 .296 .372 .556 .691 61 .282 -1.4 -0.2 .400 .037 .037
1972 31 STL NL 3 3 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .255 .000 .323 .000 .377 .000 .701 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
12 Seasons 673 550 37 1.8 96 .239 .192 .263 .205 .327 .277 .393 .482 .720 33 .178 -58.3 -6.1 .361 .101 .085 3.4
162 Game Avg. 298 243 16 1.8 96 .239 .192 .263 .205 .327 .277 .393 .482 .720 33 .178 -58.3 -6.1 .361 .101 .085 2
ATL (8 yrs) 476 391 25 1.7 96 .232 .189 .263 .201 .324 .263 .395 .464 .719 29 .164 -43.5 -4.5 .339 .084 .073 1.7
CIN (4 yrs) 194 156 12 2.1 97 .263 .200 .264 .217 .332 .317 .390 .534 .722 47 .218 -14.0 -1.5 .425 .144 .117 1.7
STL (1 yr) 3 3 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .255 .000 .323 .000 .377 .000 .701 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1970 29 CIN NL NLCS PIT W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 29 CIN NL WS BAL L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1961 20 MLN NL 33 0.0% 18.2% 3.0% 0.0% 0% 6.00 5.0 7.5 3.00 73%
1962 21 MLN NL 41 0.0% 22.0% 0.0% 2.4% 25% 4.3 13.0 3.80 73%
1963 22 MLN NL 43 0.0% 18.6% 2.3% 0.0% 0% 8.00 4.6 37.0 2.11 67%
1964 23 MLN NL 98 0.0% 20.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.4 12.4 2.64 68%
1965 24 MLN NL 114 0.9% 21.9% 0.0% 5.3% 35% 4.2 105.0 13.1 1.41 71%
1966 25 ATL NL 117 4.3% 18.8% 1.7% 8.6% 39% 11.00 5.0 22.2 4.8 3.57 72%
1967 26 ATL NL 26 0.0% 38.5% 3.9% 3.9% 20% 10.00 2.5 6.3 0.67 58%
1968 27 TOT NL 42 4.8% 16.7% 2.4% 9.5% 57% 7.00 5.4 19.0 4.8 0.92 69%
1968 27 ATL NL 4 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
1968 27 CIN NL 38 5.3% 13.2% 2.6% 10.5% 57% 5.00 6.8 17.0 4.3 0.85 71%
1969 28 CIN NL 78 1.3% 33.3% 3.9% 2.6% 17% 8.67 2.8 72.0 14.4 2.17 58%
1970 29 CIN NL 49 4.1% 32.7% 0.0% 8.2% 40% 2.9 23.5 15.7 1.78 59%
1971 30 CIN NL 29 0.0% 34.5% 0.0% 3.5% 14% 2.7 27.0 1.75 59%
1972 31 STL NL 3 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 0.00 33%
12 Seasons 673 1.6% 23.9% 1.3% 4.3% 24% 17.89 3.9 56.5 9.3 2.04 67%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1961 20 MLN NL 0 0 67% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 67% 2 2 0 1 0 1 3 0 3
1962 21 MLN NL 0 0 25% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1963 22 MLN NL 1 0 33% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1964 23 MLN NL 1 0 43% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11% 4 4 0 3 3 0 2 1 1
1965 24 MLN NL 5 0 69% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 29% 5 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1966 25 ATL NL 2 0 28% 37 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 20% 5 5 0 2 2 0 3 1 2
1967 26 ATL NL 0 0 17% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 27 TOT NL 1 0 67% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 38% 1 1 0 1 1 0 6 2 3
1968 27 ATL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 27 CIN NL 1 0 67% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 38% 1 1 0 1 1 0 6 2 3
1969 28 CIN NL 1 0 64% 23 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 29% 4 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 1
1970 29 CIN NL 0 0 63% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1971 30 CIN NL 0 0 14% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 31 STL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 11 0 45% 188 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 14 29% 29 25 4 10 9 1 20 7 12
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1961 20 MLN NL 33 30% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 7 0 0% 7 1 14% 22 4 18% 2 2 100% 3 1 33% 0
1962 21 MLN NL 33 33% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 8 2 25% 9 4 44% 23 4 17% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 8
1963 22 MLN NL 43 14% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 8 0 0% 11 5 45% 27 2 7% 2 0 0% 5 2 40% 0
1964 23 MLN NL 90 22% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 11 122% 14 0 0% 14 1 7% 72 7 10% 6 3 50% 4 2 50% 8
1965 24 MLN NL 106 25% 17 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 10 7 70% 19 1 5% 23 8 35% 59 8 14% 10 5 50% 6 2 33% 8
1966 25 ATL NL 113 19% 26 5 0 0 0 1.62 5 2 5 4 1 3 2 0 3 2 67% 19 1 5% 20 3 15% 85 19 22% 6 4 67% 10 5 50% 4
1967 26 ATL NL 26 23% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 11 4 36% 0 0 0 0 0
1968 27 TOT NL 41 20% 7 3 1 0 0 0.51 2 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 5 3 60% 10 0 0% 9 1 11% 28 6 21% 2 2 100% 4 1 25% 1
1968 27 ATL NL 3 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 1
1968 27 CIN NL 38 18% 7 3 1 0 0 0.51 2 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 5 3 60% 10 0 0% 8 1 13% 27 6 22% 2 2 100% 3 1 33% 0
1969 28 CIN NL 78 28% 12 1 0 0 0 0.10 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 5 3 60% 14 1 7% 18 3 17% 47 4 9% 5 1 20% 4 0 0% 0
1970 29 CIN NL 49 31% 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 2 67% 4 1 25% 6 1 17% 22 1 5% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
1971 30 CIN NL 26 38% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 16 1 6% 0 0 3 2 67% 3
1972 31 STL NL 3 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 641 25% 119 9 1 0 0 1.08 11 2 21 7 4 8 3 0 48 39 81% 108 6 6% 123 28 23% 414 60 14% 34 18 53% 42 17 40% 32
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1961 20 19 33 30 4 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 6 .167 .194 .167 .360 -0 5 0 0 2 0 0
1962 21 43 74 69 5 9 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 15 .130 .143 .145 .288 -21 10 2 0 4 0 0
1963 22 84 117 106 7 14 1 0 0 8 0 0 2 23 .132 .148 .142 .290 -19 15 2 0 9 0 0
1964 23 122 215 193 16 35 1 0 0 15 0 0 2 43 .181 .190 .187 .376 6 36 2 0 20 0 0
1965 24 163 329 298 28 52 4 2 1 23 0 0 2 68 .174 .179 .211 .390 9 63 3 0 27 2 0
1966 25 210 446 409 40 78 9 2 6 46 1 1 4 90 .191 .201 .267 .468 29 109 4 2 29 2 0
1967 26 226 472 434 41 83 10 2 6 50 1 1 5 100 .191 .203 .265 .468 30 115 4 2 29 2 0
1968 27 255 514 472 47 90 12 2 8 58 1 1 6 107 .191 .203 .275 .479 33 130 4 2 32 2 0
1969 28 291 592 544 57 102 13 2 9 63 2 1 9 133 .188 .203 .268 .471 31 146 5 2 35 2 0
1970 29 321 641 591 64 112 15 2 11 66 2 1 9 149 .190 .204 .277 .481 33 164 6 2 37 2 0
1971 30 349 670 618 65 119 16 2 11 67 2 1 9 159 .193 .206 .278 .484 34 172 6 2 39 2 0
1972 31 366 673 621 65 119 16 2 11 67 2 1 9 161 .192 .205 .277 .482 33 172 6 2 39 2 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1961 20 20 32 31 4 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 6 .161 .188 .161 .349 1 19
1962 21 24 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 24
1963 22 41 39 38 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 .158 .179 .158 .337 1 41
1964 23 38 87 87 9 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 20 .000 .000 .000 .000 6 38
1965 24 41 106 104 13 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 25 .000 .000 .000 .000 5 41
1966 25 47 116 112 12 27 5 0 5 24 1 2 22 .241 .267 .420 .687 12 47
1967 26 16 27 26 1 6 1 0 0 6 0 1 10 .231 .259 .269 .528 2 16
1968 27 29 40 39 7 8 2 0 2 9 0 1 7 .205 .225 .410 .635 4 29
1969 28 36 78 74 12 14 1 0 1 6 1 4 26 .189 .231 .243 .474 4 36
1970 29 30 47 47 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 16 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 30
1971 30 28 27 27 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 28
1972 31 18 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 17
12 Seasons 368 641 627 67 66 9 0 8 70 2 10 161 .105 .122 .158 .280 41 366
162 Game Avg. 162 282 276 29 29 4 0 4 31 1 4 71 .105 .122 .158 .280 18 366

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1965-NL-28-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1964 NL--11--6th

Youngest s c a p y
1961 NL--born 1940-08-13--9th

             

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