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Tony Cloninger

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Full Name: Tony Lee Cloninger Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/210 First Game: June 15, 1961
Birthdate: August 13, 1940 Final Game: July 22, 1972
Birthplace: Lincoln County, North Carolina MLB Experience: 12 years
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 August 13, 1940 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, Tony Cloninger (Tony Lee Cloninger) played for the Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 12 year career. Cloninger broke into the bigs on June 15, 1961 with the Milwaukee Braves, and put up a 5.25 ERA in 84 innings pitched in 1961, his rookie year.

Cloninger is perhaps most famous for being one of only twelve players in Major League Baseball history to hit two grand slams in one game -- and the only pitcher to accomplish the feat. He did it on July 3, 1966 against the San Francisco Giants at Candlestick Park in a game won by the Braves 17-3. He also had an RBI single in the game, giving him a total of nine RBI.

Most people believe that Tony Cloninger's best season was 1965, when he posted a 3.29 ERA, won 24 games and struck out 211 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
1961 MIL N 19 10 7 2 5.25 51 49 49 3 0 0 84 84 16 33 1 7 1
1962 MIL N 24 15 8 3 4.30 69 61 53 4 1 0 111 113 10 46 1 5 1
1963 MIL N 41 18 9 11 3.78 100 68 61 4 2 1 145.1 131 17 63 12 11 2
1964 MIL N 38 34 19 14 3.56 163 112 96 15 3 2 242.2 206 20 82 9 13 3
1965 MIL N 40 38 24 11 3.29 211 115 102 16 1 1 279 247 20 119 5 22 3
1966 ATL N 39 38 14 11 4.12 178 134 118 11 1 1 257.2 253 29 116 9 27 6
1967 ATL N 16 16 4 7 5.17 55 50 44 1 0 0 76.2 85 13 31 4 5 0
1968 CIN N 17 17 4 3 4.04 65 49 41 2 2 0 91.1 81 7 48 6 6 3
1968 ATL N 8 1 1 3 4.26 7 9 9 0 0 0 19 15 0 11 2 1 0
1968 TOT N 25 18 5 6 4.08 72 58 50 2 2 0 110.1 96 7 59 8 7 3
1969 CIN N 35 34 11 17 5.03 103 123 106 6 2 0 189.2 184 24 103 4 14 5
1970 CIN N 30 18 9 7 3.83 56 69 63 0 0 1 148 136 10 78 6 7 4
1971 CIN N 28 8 3 6 3.88 51 42 42 1 1 0 97.1 79 12 49 3 1 4
1972 STL N 17 0 0 2 5.19 11 17 15 0 0 0 26 29 2 19 3 0 1
Total 352 247 113 97 4.07 1120 898 799 63 13 6 1767.2 1643 180 798 65 119 33

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1961 MIL N P 19 10 84 11 16 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1.000
1962 MIL N P 24 15 111 10 18 1 3 0 0 5 5 0 .966
1963 MIL N P 41 18 145.1 8 17 1 0 0 1 8 2 0 .962
1964 MIL N P 38 34 242.2 14 41 2 1 0 2 10 2 0 .965
1965 MIL N P 40 38 279 15 41 6 2 0 2 14 10 1 .903
1966 ATL N P 39 38 257.2 14 43 8 1 0 5 16 14 2 .877
1967 ATL N P 16 16 76.2 3 11 0 1 0 2 2 3 1 1.000
1968 CIN N P 17 17 91.1 11 11 1 0 0 2 10 2 0 .957
1968 ATL N P 8 1 19 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1.000
1968 TOT N P 25 18 110.1 12 15 1 0 0 2 13 3 1 .964
1969 CIN N P 35 34 189.2 9 23 3 3 0 0 12 6 1 .914
1970 CIN N P 30 18 148 13 31 2 5 0 0 6 5 0 .957
1971 CIN N P 28 8 97.1 4 16 2 3 0 2 4 2 0 .909
1972 STL N P 17 0 26 1 7 0 1 0 0 5 2 0 1.000
Total P 352 247 1767.2 114 279 26 20 0 16 98 56 7 .938

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1961 MIL N 19 30 4 5 0 4 .167 .194 .167 0 0 1 6 0 2 0 0 0
1962 MIL N 24 39 1 4 0 3 .103 .103 .128 1 0 0 9 0 2 0 0 2
1963 MIL N 41 37 2 5 0 1 .135 .158 .135 0 0 1 8 0 5 0 0 0
1964 MIL N 38 87 9 21 0 7 .241 .241 .241 0 0 0 20 0 11 0 0 0
1965 MIL N 41 105 12 17 1 8 .162 .159 .257 3 2 0 25 0 7 0 0 1
1966 ATL N 47 111 12 26 5 23 .234 .261 .414 5 0 2 22 2 2 1 0 1
1967 ATL N 16 25 1 5 0 4 .200 .231 .240 1 0 1 10 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CIN N 21 34 6 7 2 8 .206 .229 .441 2 0 1 5 0 3 0 0 0
1968 ATL N 8 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1968 TOT N 29 38 6 7 2 8 .184 .205 .395 2 0 1 7 0 3 0 0 0
1969 CIN N 36 72 10 12 1 5 .167 .200 .222 1 0 3 26 0 3 1 0 1
1970 CIN N 30 47 7 10 2 3 .213 .213 .383 2 0 0 16 0 2 0 0 1
1971 CIN N 28 27 1 7 0 1 .259 .259 .296 1 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 0
1972 STL N 17 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Total 366 621 65 119 11 67 .192 .205 .277 16 2 9 161 2 39 2 0 6

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Milwaukee Braves (May 23, 1958).
  • Traded by Atlanta Braves with Woody Woodward and Clay Carroll to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Milt Pappas, Ted Davidson and Bob Johnson (June 11, 1968).
  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Julian Javier (March 24, 1972).
  • Released by St. Louis Cardinals (July 26, 1972).
  • Signed by Atlanta Braves (August 1, 1972).

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