MLB / Players

Larry Cheney

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 1 in · 185 lb
BornMay 2, 1886 · Belleville, KS, USA
MLB debutSeptember 9, 1911
Final gameSeptember 26, 1919
Seasons9 (1911–1919)

Chicago Cubs 1911–1914; Brooklyn Robins 1915; Chicago Cubs 1915; Brooklyn Robins 1916–1919; Boston Braves 1919; Philadelphia Phillies 1919

Percentile snapshot

1918 season — qualified pitchers

G
32
69.9
GS
21
54.8
W
11
64.5
L
13
20.4
SV
1
52.7
CG
15
68.8
SHO
0
0
H
177
39.8
ER
67
20.4
BB
74
17.2
SO
83
81.7
HR
2
31.2
IP
200.7
64.5
ERA
3.00
41.9
WHIP
1.251
44.1
K/9
3.72
81.7
FIP
2.86
45.2
FIP-
103.8
33.3
ERA+
91.6
34.4
sWAR
1.6
48.4

of 94 qualified 1918 pitchers (min 126 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
109.0
69.7
sWAR
24.6
95.2

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
19113540100001000.250.400.250.650101.085.2.3440.5
19124212310613245211262500.226.274.340.61464.968.5.2915.1
1913561211046203007103400.192.270.221.49142.640.9.2475.4
1914501151008182201083510.180.255.240.49546.547.2.2484.3
191530534727000231602.149.216.149.3654.59.1.1900.6
191641887949200252920.114.167.139.306-17.4-6.1.1564.6
1917357268514320231600.206.239.309.54858.866.1.2603.4
1918337266716210531600.242.275.303.57871.876.6.2791.6
19192645431600022800.140.178.140.317-18.2-4.3.160-0.9

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1911311000080311010.00.001.1009.901.3239.70.5
1912423726100284262961111405303.32.851.2304.153.2195.7117.65.1
1913543621141125227187981367305.02.571.2104.013.0796.0124.65.4
1914504020185216239881401579311.32.541.2174.543.07110.2109.64.3
191530228110721365772791158.33.241.3144.492.92102.588.00.6
1916413218120155178541051665253.01.921.1195.912.6199.1137.24.6
19173524812214118555731024210.32.351.2274.362.77100.9116.73.4
19183221111311501776774832200.73.001.2513.722.86103.891.61.6
191926123100701496057523129.34.181.5933.623.33110.272.4-0.9

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
316
PA
694
AB
617
R
46
H
115
2B
17
3B
7
HR
1
RBI
42
BB
41
SO
179
SB
3
BA
.1864
OBP
.2428
SLG
.2415
OPS
.4843

Pitching

G (P)
313
GS
225
W
116
474th-most career W
L
100
SV
19
CG
132
289th-most career CG
SHO
20
246th-most career SHO
IP
1,881
SO (P)
926
BB allowed
733
338th-most career BB allowed
ERA
2.698
82nd-lowest career ERA
WHIP
1.2427
303rd-lowest career WHIP
K/9
4.43

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1912-07-24LAD @ CHC Gameday423010005
1912-09-13CHC @ ATL Gameday312001105
1914-06-06CHC @ LAD Gameday302010304
1917-07-24CIN @ LAD Gameday402010204
1912-07-02CHC @ PIT Gameday412010104

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1911-09-17LAD @ CHC Gameday7.27002100
1919-08-26CIN @ PHI Gameday15.01488690
1912-04-21PIT @ CHC Gameday9.0500390
1914-06-15CHC @ ATL Gameday9.0855790
1916-09-21STL @ LAD Gameday8.0510090

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.