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Larry Cheney

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Full Name: Laurence Russell Cheney Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1.5"/185 First Game: September 9, 1911
Birthdate: May 2, 1886 Final Game: September 26, 1919
Birthplace: Belleville, Kansas MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: January 6, 1969
Deathplace: Daytona Beach, Florida
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on May 2, 1886 in Belleville, Kansas, Larry Cheney (Laurence Russell Cheney) played for the Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Superbas, Brooklyn Robins, Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Braves over the course of his 9 year career. Cheney broke into the bigs on September 9, 1911 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 2.85 ERA in 303.1 innings pitched in 1912, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Larry Cheney's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1913, when he posted a 2.57 ERA, won 21 games, notched 11 saves and struck out 136 batters. However, others believe that it was 1916, when he posted a 1.92 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 166 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1911 CHI N 3 1 1 0 .00 11 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 0 3 0 0 0
1912 CHI N 42 37 26 10 2.85 140 122 96 28 4 0 303.1 262 5 111 0 18 7
1913 CHI N 54 36 21 14 2.57 136 117 87 25 2 11 305 271 7 98 0 19 8
1914 CHI N 50 40 20 18 2.54 157 136 88 21 6 5 311.1 239 9 140 0 26 10
1915 CHI N 25 18 8 9 3.56 68 69 52 6 2 0 131.1 120 1 55 0 8 4
1915 BRO N 5 4 0 2 1.67 11 10 5 1 0 0 27 16 0 17 0 1 2
1915 TOT N 30 22 8 11 3.24 79 79 57 7 2 0 158.1 136 1 72 0 9 6
1916 BRO N 41 32 18 12 1.92 166 91 54 15 5 0 253 178 5 105 0 15 10
1917 BRO N 35 24 8 12 2.35 102 80 55 14 1 2 210.1 185 4 73 0 11 5
1918 BRO N 32 21 11 13 3.00 83 84 67 15 0 1 200.2 177 2 74 0 13 10
1919 PHI N 9 6 2 5 4.55 25 34 29 5 0 0 57.1 69 2 28 0 3 1
1919 BRO N 9 4 1 3 4.15 14 21 18 2 0 0 39 45 1 14 0 2 2
1919 BOS N 8 2 0 2 3.55 13 20 13 0 0 0 33 35 0 15 0 3 0
1919 TOT N 26 12 3 10 4.18 52 75 60 7 0 0 129.1 149 3 57 0 8 3
Total 313 225 116 100 2.70 926 784 564 132 20 19 1881.1 1605 36 733 0 119 59

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1911 CHI N P 3 1 10 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
1912 CHI N P 42 0 0 4 67 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1913 CHI N P 54 0 0 4 82 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 .905
1914 CHI N P 50 0 0 7 84 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1915 CHI N P 25 0 0 10 44 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .885
1915 BRO N P 5 0 0 3 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .917
1915 TOT N P 30 0 0 13 52 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .890
1916 BRO N P 41 0 0 7 61 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 .907
1917 BRO N P 35 0 0 4 56 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1918 BRO N P 32 0 0 8 63 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .922
1918 BRO N 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1919 PHI N P 9 0 0 4 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .882
1919 BRO N P 9 0 0 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1919 BOS N P 8 0 0 3 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1919 TOT N P 26 0 0 8 31 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .929
Total P 313 1 10 55 501 46 8 0 0 1 0 0 .924
Total 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1911 CHI N 3 4 0 1 0 0 .250 .400 .250 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1912 CHI N 42 106 13 24 1 12 .226 .274 .340 5 2 6 25 1 10 0 0 0
1913 CHI N 56 104 6 20 0 7 .192 .270 .221 3 0 10 34 1 6 0 0 0
1914 CHI N 50 100 8 18 0 10 .180 .255 .240 2 2 8 35 2 5 1 0 0
1915 CHI N 25 40 2 6 0 2 .150 .209 .150 0 0 3 13 0 2 0 0 0
1915 BRO N 5 7 0 1 0 0 .143 .250 .143 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0
1915 TOT N 30 47 2 7 0 2 .149 .216 .149 0 0 3 16 1 2 0 0 0
1916 BRO N 41 79 4 9 0 2 .114 .167 .139 2 0 5 29 0 4 2 0 0
1917 BRO N 35 68 5 14 0 2 .206 .239 .309 3 2 3 16 0 1 0 0 0
1918 BRO N 33 66 7 16 0 5 .242 .275 .303 2 1 3 16 0 3 0 0 0
1919 PHI N 9 21 0 2 0 1 .095 .095 .095 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1919 BRO N 9 11 0 2 0 1 .182 .182 .182 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1919 BOS N 8 11 1 2 0 0 .182 .308 .182 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0
1919 TOT N 26 43 1 6 0 2 .140 .178 .140 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0
Total 316 617 46 115 1 42 .186 .243 .241 17 7 41 179 5 31 3 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by Chicago Cubs to Brooklyn Robins in exchange for Joe Schultz and $3000 (August, 1915).
  • Claimed on waivers by Boston Braves from Brooklyn Robins (June 28, 1919).
  • Claimed on waivers by Philadelphia Phillies from Boston Braves (August, 1919).

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