MLB / Players

Tony Cloninger

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 0 in · 210 lb
BornAugust 13, 1940 · Lincoln County, NC, USA
MLB debutJune 15, 1961
Final gameJuly 22, 1972
Seasons12 (1961–1972)

Milwaukee Braves 1961–1965; Atlanta Braves 1966–1968; Cincinnati Reds 1968–1971; St. Louis Cardinals 1972

Percentile snapshot

1969 season — qualified pitchers

G
35
24.4
GS
34
48.7
W
11
20.5
L
17
7.7
SV
0
0
CG
6
24.4
SHO
2
41
H
184
74.4
ER
106
9
BB
103
6.4
SO
103
14.1
HR
24
19.2
IP
189.7
16.7
ERA
5.03
0
WHIP
1.513
0
K/9
4.89
15.4
FIP
4.92
0
FIP-
131.5
0
ERA+
74.4
0
sWAR
-1.0
0

of 79 qualified 1969 pitchers (min 163 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
88.2
3.9
sWAR
9.2
86

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
19611933304500041600.167.194.167.360-3.50.1.170-0.6
19622441391410030900.103.103.128.231-50.7-37.3.1040.3
19634143372500011800.135.158.135.293-27.1-14.0.1400.4
1964389887921000702000.241.241.241.48329.336.5.2212.7
1965411141051217321802500.162.159.257.4161.915.2.1823.8
19664711711112265052322211.234.261.414.67581.182.9.2992.2
196716262515100411000.200.231.240.47131.736.0.223-0.9
19682942386720281700.184.205.395.60066.572.9.2730.0
19693678721012101532610.167.200.222.4226.516.2.201-1.0
1970304947710202301600.213.213.383.59649.656.8.2622.1
197128292717100101000.259.259.296.55652.959.6.2560.5
197217330000000200.000.000.000.000-131.6-100.0.000-0.4

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1961191072030844933511684.05.251.3935.465.14135.472.3-0.6
196224158304111353466910111.04.301.4325.593.92102.888.70.3
19634118911142131616310017145.33.781.3356.193.98122.486.20.4
1964383419142153206968216320242.73.561.1876.053.5399.299.92.7
196540382411116124710211921120279.03.291.3126.813.3794.9107.83.8
196639381411111125311811617829257.74.121.4326.224.17113.689.22.2
1967161647010854431551376.75.171.5136.464.64138.664.8-0.9
1968251856022965059727110.34.081.4055.873.75120.076.60.0
19693534111706218410610310324189.75.031.5134.894.92131.574.4-1.0
197030189710013663785610148.03.831.4463.414.63114.7105.52.1
197128836011794249511297.33.881.3154.724.73140.087.00.5
19721700200029151911226.05.191.8463.814.99146.565.6-0.4

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
366
PA
673
AB
621
R
65
H
119
2B
16
3B
2
HR
11
RBI
67
BB
9
SO
161
SB
2
BA
.1916
OBP
.2050
SLG
.2770
OPS
.4820

Pitching

G (P)
352
GS
247
W
113
L
97
SV
6
CG
63
SHO
13
478th-most career SHO
IP
1,768
SO (P)
1,120
467th-most career SO (P)
BB allowed
798
259th-most career BB allowed
ERA
4.068
WHIP
1.3809
K/9
5.70
450th-highest career K/9

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
1966-07-03ATL @ SF Gameday523002909
1966-06-16NYM @ ATL Gameday523002509
1966-07-29SF @ ATL Gameday312101206
1970-09-23HOU @ CIN Gameday322001205
1969-05-04SD @ CIN Gameday332001115

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1966-04-12PIT @ ATL Gameday13.010333122
1963-08-11STL @ ATL Gameday9.04103110
1964-07-29CIN @ ATL Gameday9.07225110
1968-08-27PHI @ CIN Gameday9.04004110
1965-06-28ATL @ NYM Gameday5.29531110

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.