Bio
- Debut
- 1961
Bio
- Debut
- 1961
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 352
- W
- 113
- L
- 97
- ERA
- 4.07
- IP
- 1767.2
- K
- 1,120
- BB
- 798
- WHIP
- 1.38
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | ATL | 19 | 7 | 2 | 5.25 | 84.0 | 51 | 33 | 1.39 |
| 1962 | ATL | 24 | 8 | 3 | 4.30 | 111.0 | 69 | 46 | 1.43 |
| 1963 | ATL | 41 | 9 | 11 | 3.78 | 145.1 | 100 | 63 | 1.33 |
| 1964 | ATL | 38 | 19 | 14 | 3.56 | 242.2 | 163 | 82 | 1.19 |
| 1965 | ATL | 40 | 24 | 11 | 3.29 | 279.0 | 211 | 119 | 1.31 |
| 1966 | ATL | 39 | 14 | 11 | 4.12 | 257.2 | 178 | 116 | 1.43 |
| 1967 | ATL | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5.17 | 76.2 | 55 | 31 | 1.51 |
| 1968 |  ATL/CIN | 25 | 5 | 6 | 4.08 | 110.1 | 72 | 59 | 1.40 |
| 1969 | CIN | 35 | 11 | 17 | 5.03 | 189.2 | 103 | 103 | 1.51 |
| 1970 | CIN | 30 | 9 | 7 | 3.83 | 148.0 | 56 | 78 | 1.45 |
| 1971 | CIN | 28 | 3 | 6 | 3.88 | 97.1 | 51 | 49 | 1.32 |
| 1972 | STL | 17 | 0 | 2 | 5.19 | 26.0 | 11 | 19 | 1.85 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 3
- W
- 0
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 6.75
- IP
- 12.0
- K
- 5
- BB
- 9
- WHIP
- 2.17
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 63
- SHO
- 13
- K/9
- 5.7
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | ATL | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | ATL | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | ATL | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | ATL | 0 | 15 | 3 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | ATL | 0 | 16 | 1 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | ATL | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | ATL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | ATL/CIN | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | CIN | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | CIN | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Tony Cloninger's career stats?
Tony Cloninger played 12 seasons for the Braves, the Reds and the Cardinals. He had 113 wins and 1,120 strikeouts with a 4.07 ERA over 1,767.2 innings. His best season was 1965: 24 wins, a 3.29 ERA and 211 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
12 seasons, 1 postseason, 1961 to 1972
Tony Cloninger finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.
Season top 10 finishes
- Wins: 1965 (2nd)
- Strikeouts (Pitching): 1965 (10th)
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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