Larry Cheney

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: May 2, 1886 in Belleville, KS us

Died: January 6, 1969 in Daytona Beach, FL

Buried: Shady Rest Cemetery, Holly Hill, FL

Debut: September 9, 1911 (Age 25-130d, 3,582nd in MLB history)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 26, 1919 (Age 33-147d)
vs. BRO 3.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1912 season

Full Name: Laurence Russell Cheney

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.8

W

116

L

100

ERA

2.70

G

313

GS

225

SV

IP

1881.1

SO

926

WHIP

1.243

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1905	19	KMN	D	0	1	.000		1						1.0		7																	KMN KSSL
1906	20	BAR	D	8	4	.667		12						104.0	70	26			20								0.865	6.1		1.7			BAR KSSL
1907	21	BAR	D	24	13	.649		42																									BAR OAKL
1909	23	INA	A	19	10	.655		39						272.0	195	97			99	149	20		12				1.081	6.5		3.3	4.9	1.51	INA AA
1910	24	INA	A	10	12	.455		34						173.0	157	80			90								1.428	8.2		4.7			INA AA
1911	25	INA,TOL	A																														INA,TOL AA
1911	25	CHC	NL	1	0	1.000	0.00	3	1	2	0	0	0	10.0	8	0	0	0	3	11	0	0	0	38		1.47	1.100	7.2	0.0	2.7	9.9	3.67
1912	26	CHC	NL	26	10	.722	2.85	42	37	4	28	4	0	303.1	262	122	96	5	111	140	7	0	18	1267	116	3.31	1.230	7.8	0.1	3.3	4.2	1.26
1913	27	CHC	NL	21	14	.600	2.57	54	36	18	25	2	11	305.0	271	117	87	7	98	136	8	0	19	1255	122	3.01	1.210	8.0	0.2	2.9	4.0	1.39	MVP-7
1914	28	CHC	NL	20	18	.526	2.54	50	40	10	21	6	5	311.1	239	136	88	9	*140*	157	10	0	26	1295	107	3.25	1.217	6.9	0.3	4.0	4.5	1.12
1915	29	TOT	NL	8	11	.421	3.24	30	22	3	7	2	0	158.1	136	79	57	1	72	79	6	0	9	678	86	2.97	1.314	7.7	0.1	4.1	4.5	1.10
1915	29	CHC	NL	8	9	.471	3.56	25	18	3	6	2	0	131.1	120	69	52	1	55	68	4	0	8	563	78	2.82	1.332	8.2	0.1	3.8	4.7	1.24
1915	29	BRO	NL	0	2	.000	1.67	5	4	0	1	0	0	27.0	16	10	5	0	17	11	2	0	1	115	171	3.71	1.222	5.3	0.0	5.7	3.7	0.65
1916	30	BRO	NL	18	12	.600	1.92	41	32	4	15	5	0	253.0	178	91	54	5	105	166	10	1	15	1043	140	2.62	1.119	*6.3*	0.2	3.7	*5.9*	1.58
1917	31	BRO	NL	8	12	.400	2.35	35	24	4	14	1	2	210.1	185	80	55	4	73	102	5	0	11	869	119	2.65	1.227	7.9	0.2	3.1	4.4	1.40
1918	32	BRO	NL	11	13	.458	3.00	32	21	10	15	0	1	200.2	177	84	67	2	74	83	10	0	13	850	92	2.79	1.251	7.9	0.1	3.3	3.7	1.12
1919	33	TOT	NL	3	10	.231	4.18	26	12	8	7	0	0	129.1	149	75	60	3	57	52	3	0	8	570	73	3.38	1.593	10.4	0.2	4.0	3.6	0.91
1919	33	BRO	NL	1	3	.250	4.15	9	4	2	2	0	0	39.0	45	21	18	1	14	14	2	0	2	173	72	3.33	1.513	10.4	0.2	3.2	3.2	1.00
1919	33	BSN	NL	0	2	.000	3.55	8	2	4	0	0	0	33.0	35	20	13	0	15	13	0	0	3	136	80	3.06	1.515	9.5	0.0	4.1	3.5	0.87
1919	33	PHI	NL	2	5	.286	4.55	9	6	2	5	0	0	57.1	69	34	29	2	28	25	1	0	3	261	71	3.59	1.692	10.8	0.3	4.4	3.9	0.89
1920	34	CLM	C	23	6	.793	2.63	35						263.0	218	106	77		82								1.141	7.5		2.8			CLM SALL
1921	35	CHS	B	19	5	.792	2.23	27						194.0	163	72	48		51								1.103	7.6		2.4			CHS SALL
1922	36	SAN	A	15	12	.556	3.98	33						199.0	193	110	88		69								1.317	8.7		3.1			SAN TL
9 Yrs				116	100	.537	2.70	313	225	63	132	20	19	1881.1	1605	784	564	36	733	926	59	1	119	7865	109	3.00	1.243	7.7	0.2	3.5	4.4	1.26
162 Game Avg.				15	13	.537	2.70	40	28	8	17	3	2	238	203	99	71	5	93	117	7	0	15	994	109	3.00	1.243	7.7	0.2	3.5	4.4	1.26

BRO (5 yrs)				38	42	.475	2.45	122	85	20	47	6	3	730.0	601	286	199	12	283	376	29	1	42	3050	113	2.76	1.211	7.4	0.1	3.5	4.6	1.33
CHC (5 yrs)				76	51	.598	2.74	174	132	37	80	14	16	1061.0	900	444	323	22	407	512	29	0	71	4418	110	3.13	1.232	7.6	0.2	3.5	4.3	1.26
PHI (1 yr)				2	5	.286	4.55	9	6	2	5	0	0	57.1	69	34	29	2	28	25	1	0	3	261	71	3.59	1.692	10.8	0.3	4.4	3.9	0.89
BSN (1 yr)				0	2	.000	3.55	8	2	4	0	0	0	33.0	35	20	13	0	15	13	0	0	3	136	80	3.06	1.515	9.5	0.0	4.1	3.5	0.87

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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Larry Cheney

SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

Player News

Postseason Pitching

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Postseason Batting

Standard Fielding

Appearances

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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