Larry Cheney
1911–1919 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies
316G
.186AVG
.243OBP
.241SLG
More career statistics
115H
1HR
42RBI
3SB
116–100W–L
1,881.1IP
926K
2.68ERA
225GS
19SV
11Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 316 | 315 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 2 | 0 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 5 | 4 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 179 | 177 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 694 | 692 |
| Batting · RBI | 42 | 44 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 7,865 | 7,861 |
| Pitching · p er | 561 | 555 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,605 | 1,598 |
| Pitching · p hr | 36 | 38 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 5,644 | 5,642 |
| Pitching · p k | 926 | 930 |
| Pitching · p r | 783 | 780 |
| Pitching · p w | 733 | 739 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 316 | 694 | 617 | 46 | 115 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 42 | 41 | 179 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 149 | .186 | .243 | .241 | .484 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,881.3 | 313 | 225 | 132 | 116 | 100 | 19 | 1,605 | 783 | 561 | 36 | 733 | 926 | 0 | 0 | 2.68 | 1.243 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1913-06-26 to 1913-07-09
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Four Wild Pitches | 1914-04-14 | 1 in 2,630 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | 13 scoreless innings | 1917-08-22 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1914-09-29 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 151 | 343 | 55 | 0 | 24 | 18 | 84 | .182 | .213 | .238 |
| Away | 164 | 349 | 60 | 1 | 20 | 23 | 93 | .191 | .238 | .245 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 34 | 62 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | .268 | .258 | .339 |
| May | 49 | 125 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 32 | .191 | .240 | .227 |
| June | 60 | 120 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 32 | .185 | .242 | .222 |
| July | 59 | 131 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 28 | .261 | .290 | .361 |
| August | 57 | 138 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 36 | .103 | .159 | .129 |
| September | 51 | 111 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 38 | .146 | .180 | .204 |
| October | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .400 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 51 | 109 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 29 | .172 | .239 | .215 |
| new-york-giants | 48 | 91 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 29 | .190 | .209 | .226 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 46 | 118 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 32 | .178 | .220 | .271 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 45 | 84 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 26 | .158 | .190 | .184 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 43 | 97 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 15 | .207 | .237 | .230 |
| boston-braves | 40 | 92 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 28 | .139 | .185 | .228 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 23 | 66 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 10 | .267 | .318 | .350 |
| chicago-cubs | 19 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | .226 | .229 | .258 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 |  Chicago Cubs | 3 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | 10 | 11 |
| 1912 | Chicago Cubs | 42 | 106 | 24 | 1 | 11 | – | .226 | 303 | 140 |
| 1913 | Chicago Cubs | 55 | 103 | 20 | – | 9 | – | .194 | 307 | 139 |
| 1914 | Chicago Cubs | 50 | 100 | 18 | – | 10 | 1 | .180 | 311 | 158 |
| 1915 | Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs | 30 | 47 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .149 | 158 | 79 |
| 1916 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 41 | 79 | 9 | – | 2 | 2 | .114 | 253 | 166 |
| 1917 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 35 | 68 | 14 | – | 2 | – | .206 | 210 | 102 |
| 1918 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 33 | 67 | 16 | – | 6 | – | .239 | 198 | 84 |
| 1919 | Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves, Philadelphia Phillies | 26 | 43 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .140 | 129 | 51 |