Fred Toney
| Fred Toney | |
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| Pitcher | |
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Born: December 11, 1888 Nashville, Tennessee | |
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Died: March 11, 1953 (aged 64) Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Batted: Right | Threw: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| April 15, 1911 for the Chicago Cubs | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 29, 1923 for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Career statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 139-102 |
| Earned run average | 2.69 |
| Strikeouts | 718 |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Fred Toney (December 11, 1888 – March 11, 1953) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals from 1911-1923. His career record was 139 wins, 102 losses, and a 2.69 earned run average. Toney twice won 20 games in a season (1917, 1920) and also led the National League in saves in 1918.[1]
Toney is best remembered for his participation in what the record books used to refer to as a double no-hitter.
On May 2, 1917, at the ballpark now known as Wrigley Field, Toney dueled with Hippo Vaughn of the Chicago Cubs during nine hitless innings. In the top of the tenth, the Reds scored on a couple of hits after Vaughn had retired the first batter, while Toney continued to hold the Cubs hitless in the bottom of the inning, winning the game for the Reds. With changes to the scoring rules in recent years, this game is no longer considered as a no-hitter for Vaughn; but it is still the only occasion in major league history in which a regulation nine innings was played without either team logging a hit.[2]
On July 1, 1917, Toney pitched two complete-game, three-hitters for victories in a doubleheader against the Pittsburgh Pirates, to set a record for fewest hits allowed in a double header by a major league pitcher.[3]
Toney also holds the record for the longest no-hitter in organized baseball history. On May 10, 1909, while pitching for the Winchester Hustlers of the Blue Grass League, he defeated the Lexington Colts in 17 innings, 1–0, striking out 19 batters and walking only one, before Winchester finally scored a run on a squeeze play in the bottom of the 17th.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Baseball Reference – Fred Toney profile
- ↑ Baseball Library – Fred Toney biography
- ↑ "Today in Baseball". Washington Post. July 1, 2008. p. E5.
- ↑ Baseball Library: Charlton's Baseball Chronology – May 10, 1909
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Biography: http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/ec97d575
| Preceded by George Mogridge |
No-hitter pitcher May 2, 1917 |
Succeeded by Ernie Koob |
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