Tom Cheney

Full Name: Thomas Edgar Cheney	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/170	First Game: April 21, 1957
Birthdate: October 14, 1934	Final Game: May 9, 1966
Birthplace: Morgan, Georgia	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: November 1, 2001
Deathplace: Rome, Georgia
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on October 14, 1934 in Morgan, Georgia, Tom Cheney (Thomas Edgar Cheney) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Senators over the course of his 8 year career. Cheney broke into the bigs on April 21, 1957 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.98 ERA in 52 innings pitched in 1960, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Tom Cheney's best season was 1962, when he posted a 3.17 ERA and struck out 147 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1957	STL	N	4	3	0	1	5.00	10	6	5	0	0	0	9	6	0	15	0	0	0
1959	STL	N	11	2	0	1	6.94	8	9	9	0	0	0	11.2	17	2	11	2	1	2
1960	PIT	N	11	8	2	2	3.98	35	25	23	1	1	0	52	44	5	33	0	1	0
1961	WAS	A	10	7	1	3	8.80	20	30	29	0	0	0	29.2	32	8	26	0	3	0
1961	PIT	N	1	0	0	0	.00	0	5	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	1	0
1961	Total		11	7	1	3	1.01	20	35	33	0	0	0	29.2	33	9	30	0	4	0
1962	WAS	A	37	23	7	9	3.17	147	68	61	4	3	1	173.1	134	12	97	0	6	2
1963	WAS	A	23	21	8	9	2.71	97	51	41	7	4	0	136.1	99	14	40	3	0	1
1964	WAS	A	15	6	1	3	3.70	25	26	20	1	0	1	48.2	45	10	13	1	2	0
1966	WAS	A	3	1	0	1	5.06	3	4	3	0	0	0	5.1	4	1	6	0	1	1
Total	NL		27	13	2	4	5.08	53	45	41	1	1	0	72.2	68	8	63	2	3	2
Total	AL		88	58	17	25	3.52	292	179	154	12	7	2	393.1	314	45	182	4	12	4
Total			115	71	19	29	3.77	345	224	195	13	8	2	466	382	53	245	6	15	6

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1957	STL	N	P	4	3	9	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1.000
1959	STL	N	P	11	2	11.2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
1960	PIT	N	P	11	8	52	2	3	2	0	0	2	4	0	.714
1961	WAS	A	P	10	7	29.2	1	3	1	0	2	2	0	1	.800
1961	PIT	N	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1961	Total		P	11	7	29.2	1	3	1	0	2	2	0	1	.800
1962	WAS	A	P	37	23	173.1	9	26	1	1	2	5	9	1	.972
1963	WAS	A	P	23	21	136.1	9	10	3	1	0	8	3	3	.864
1964	WAS	A	P	15	6	48.2	1	7	0	0	1	1	2	0	1.000
1966	WAS	A	P	3	1	5.1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000
Total			P	115	71	466	23	55	7	4	5	20	21	5	.918

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1957	STL	N	4	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0
1959	STL	N	11	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1960	PIT	N	11	17	2	3	2	.176	.222	.235	1	1	4	1	0
1961	WAS	A	13	8	1	4	3	.500	.500	.625	1	0	2	1	0
1961	PIT	N	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1961	Total		14	8	1	4	3	.500	.500	.625	1	0	2	1	0
1962	WAS	A	37	48	1	3	1	.063	.118	.063	0	3	11	6	1
1963	WAS	A	26	46	2	5	1	.109	.109	.109	0	0	10	2	2
1964	WAS	A	15	12	1	3	2	.250	.250	.250	0	0	5	4	0
1966	WAS	A	3	0	1	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0
Total	NL		27	19	2	3	2	.158	.200	.211	1	1	4	2	0
Total	AL		94	114	6	15	7	.132	.161	.140	1	4	28	13	3
Total			121	133	8	18	9	.135	.167	.150	2	5	32	15	3

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1952).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Gino Cimoli to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Ron Kline (December 21, 1959).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Washington Senators in exchange for Tom Sturdivant (June 29, 1961).

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