Tom Cheney
1957–1966 · bats R / throws R · Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Senators (1961-71)
121G
.135AVG
.167OBP
.150SLG
More career statistics
18H
0HR
9RBI
0SB
19–29W–L
466.0IP
345K
3.77ERA
71GS
2SV
5Rare 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.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | 153 | 133 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .135 | .167 | .150 | .317 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 466.0 | 115 | 71 | 13 | 19 | 29 | 2 | 382 | 224 | 195 | 53 | 245 | 345 | 0 | 0 | 3.77 | 1.345 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1961-07-22 to 1961-09-06
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | Twenty-Strikeout Game | 1962-09-12 | 1 in 37,273 games | box score ↗ |
| 84 | 18-Strikeout Game | 1962-09-12 | 1 in 6,639 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Complete Game, Fifteen K | 1962-09-12 | 1 in 1,054 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1959 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 8 | |
| 1960 | 11 | 17 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .176 | 52 | 35 | |
| 1961 | Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators (1961-71) | 14 | 8 | 4 | – | 3 | – | .500 | 29 | 20 |
| 1962 | 37 | 48 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .062 | 173 | 147 | |
| 1963 | 26 | 46 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .109 | 136 | 97 | |
| 1964 | 15 | 12 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .250 | 48 | 25 | |
| 1966 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 3 |