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Tony
Cloninger		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 215
 
Born: August 13, 1940 in Usa, NC, LINCOLN COUNT
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1961 20 MON NL   8 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 7 7
1962 21 MON NL   9 5 5 5 4 5 5 7 7 7
1963 22 MON NL   9 5 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1964 23 PIT NL   9 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7
1965 24 PIT NL $ 300,000 9 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 7
1966 25 PIT NL $ 300,000 9 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 7
1967 26 PIT NL $ 300,000 9 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8
1968 27 PIT NL $ 2,564,286 9 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7
1969 28 PIT NL $ 2,564,286 9 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7
1970 29 PIT NL $ 2,564,286 9 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 7 7
1971 30 PIT NL $ 2,000,000 8 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 6
1972 31 PIT NL $ 2,000,000 8 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 5
1973 32 PIT NL   7 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 5 5
1974 33 MIN AL $ 750,000 7 4 4 4 6 7 7 4 5 4
1975 34 TOR AL $ 350,000 7 4 4 4 6 7 7 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,564,286 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 8
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1961 20 MON NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1962 21 MON NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1963 22 MON NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1964 23 PIT NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1965 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1966 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1967 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1968 27 PIT NL $ 2,564,286   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1969 28 PIT NL $ 2,564,286   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1970 29 PIT NL $ 2,564,286   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1971 30 PIT NL $ 2,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1972 31 PIT NL $ 2,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1973 32 PIT NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1974 33 MIN AL $ 750,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1975 34 TOR AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,564,286   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1961 20 AAA   9 6 .600 17 17 0 0 0 113.0 116 47 12 48 131 3.74 .259 .331 .382 .712  
    AA   7 1 .875 12 12 2 1 0 91.3 51 12 2 34 109 1.18 .161 .242 .215 .457  
1962 21 AAA   9 13 .409 30 30 1 0 0 208.3 214 82 22 90 188 3.54 .268 .342 .403 .744  
1963 22 AAA   14 7 .667 29 29 1 1 0 193.0 188 67 18 69 174 3.12 .252 .315 .373 .688  
1964 23 AAA   10 12 .455 30 30 1 1 0 210.0 199 74 13 79 195 3.17 .249 .317 .339 .656  
1965 24 PIT NL 12 17 .414 41 41 17 2 0 336.3 349 135 35 95 215 3.61 .272 .320 .399 .719 20.6
1966 25 PIT NL 13 17 .433 36 36 11 3 0 287.3 288 123 19 97 189 3.85 .260 .321 .365 .686 19.7
1967 26 PIT NL 9 29 .237 41 41 19 2 0 313.7 310 151 42 108 212 4.33 .256 .316 .411 .727 9.6
1968 27 PIT NL 14 21 .400 41 41 18 1 0 326.7 326 142 34 86 179 3.91 .256 .302 .390 .692 17.2
1969 28 PIT NL 10 18 .357 34 34 10 1 0 268.3 297 129 29 92 160 4.33 .277 .333 .412 .745 14.1
1970 29 PIT NL 14 14 .500 32 32 13 3 0 251.0 260 133 32 89 140 4.77 .268 .327 .412 .739 10.3
1971 30 PIT NL 12 17 .414 32 32 10 0 0 245.7 267 146 37 82 137 5.35 .274 .329 .437 .766 5.9
1972 31 PIT NL 6 9 .400 32 13 3 0 3 129.0 151 75 14 48 49 5.23 .292 .350 .445 .795 3.9
1973 32 PIT NL 3 3 .500 37 0 0 0 5 51.3 53 23 4 20 29 4.03 .268 .335 .354 .688 3.8
1974 33 MIN AL 2 3 .400 22 0 0 0 1 43.3 45 23 1 22 19 4.78 .260 .342 .370 .712 2.8
1975 34 TOR AL 7 7 .500 57 0 0 0 6 136.3 154 71 12 69 51 4.69 .285 .364 .411 .775 8.0
1976 35 AAA   3 3 .500 51 0 0 0 4 41.3 52 24 7 16 29 5.23 .310 .370 .518 .887  
11 Years Sim 102 155 .397 405 270 101 12 15 2389.0 2500 1151 259 808 1380 4.34 .268 .325 .404 .729 116.1
5 Years AAA 45 41 .523 157 106 3 2 4 765.7 769 294 72 302 717 3.46 .260 .328 .381 .710  
1 Years AA 7 1 .875 12 12 2 1 0 91.3 51 12 2 34 109 1.18 .161 .242 .215 .457  
6 Years Minors 52 42 .553 169 118 5 3 4 857.0 820 306 74 336 826 3.21 .250 .320 .365 .685  
Season Average 9 14 .391 36 24 9 1 1 217.2 227 104 23 73 125 4.34 .268 .325 .404 .729  
Career Highs 14 29 .500 57 41 19 3 6 336.3 349 151 42 108 215 5.35 .292 .364 .445 .795  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1278 586 119 369 852   .254 .305 .379 .684
vs LH   1222 565 140 439 528   .285 .351 .433 .784
Home 61 72 .459 214 144 44 7 6 1275.3 1328 633 148 430 738 4.47 .267 .326 .408 .734
Away 41 83 .331 191 126 57 5 9 1113.6 1172 518 111 378 642 4.19 .269 .328 .399 .726
Mar/Apr 11 33 .250 69 45 15 2 4 381.6 419 219 44 133 219 5.16 .278 .336 .422 .759
May 20 29 .408 82 48 20 2 4 446.3 473 215 61 135 253 4.34 .270 .323 .421 .744
June 18 27 .400 60 46 18 3 2 405.0 436 203 41 137 212 4.51 .276 .333 .410 .743
July 13 22 .371 66 44 12 1 2 382.3 399 201 52 158 209 4.73 .267 .338 .435 .773
August 22 24 .478 70 45 18 2 2 397.6 422 180 33 129 260 4.07 .271 .327 .386 .713
Sep/Oct 18 20 .474 58 42 18 2 1 376.0 351 133 28 116 227 3.18 .245 .301 .344 .646
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1962 21 AAA   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0  
1965 24 PIT NL 41 104 6 24 3 0 0 6 0 1 1 29 .231 .238 .260 .498 5.9 0.0
1966 25 PIT NL 36 88 3 16 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 19 .182 .226 .193 .419 3.8 0.0
1967 26 PIT NL 41 102 5 14 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 36 .137 .137 .176 .314 -0.3 0.0
1968 27 PIT NL 42 112 3 17 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 42 .152 .152 .161 .313 0.2 0.0
4 Years Sim 160 406 17 71 9 0 0 16 0 1 6 126 .175 .187 .197 .384 9.7 0.0
1 Years AAA 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.0  
162 Game Average 411 17 71 9 0 0 16 0 1 6 127 .175 .187 .197 .384 9.8  
Career Highs 42 112 6 24 4 0 0 6 0 1 5 42 .231 .238 .260 .498 5.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   243 11 47 4 0 0 9 0 1 2 76 .193 .200 .210 .410 5.9
vs LH   163 6 24 5 0 0 7 0 0 4 50 .147 .168 .178 .346 1.1
Home 81 193 10 31 5 0 0 9 0 0 3 62 .161 .173 .187 .360 2.1
Away 79 213 7 40 4 0 0 7 0 1 3 64 .188 .199 .207 .406 5.0
RISP   80 0 14 4 0 0 16 0 0 1 18 .175 .185 .225 .410 1.9
Close/Late   47 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 .149 .149 .170 .319 -0.1
Mar/Apr 25 59 2 16 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 16 .271 .271 .305 .576 4.0
May 28 72 1 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 29 .167 .167 .181 .347 0.5
June 25 64 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 26 .109 .136 .109 .246 -1.3
July 28 66 3 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 22 .152 .176 .152 .328 0.3
August 28 76 7 14 4 0 0 5 0 0 1 13 .184 .195 .237 .432 2.3
Sep/Oct 26 69 1 12 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 20 .174 .186 .203 .389 1.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1965 24 PIT NL P 41 41 336.3 16 59 2 4 .974 2.01    
1966 25 PIT NL P 36 36 287.3 26 39 0 2 1.000 2.04    
1967 26 PIT NL P 41 41 313.7 17 52 5 4 .932 1.98    
1968 27 PIT NL P 41 41 326.7 16 49 2 4 .970 1.79    
1969 28 PIT NL P 34 34 268.3 19 37 3 0 .949 1.88    
1970 29 PIT NL P 32 32 251.0 20 43 2 3 .969 2.26    
1971 30 PIT NL P 32 32 245.7 22 27 1 2 .980 1.80    
1972 31 PIT NL P 32 13 129.0 2 22 2 1 .923 1.67    
1973 32 PIT NL P 37 0 51.3 5 6 0 0 1.000 1.93    
1974 33 MIN AL P 22 0 43.3 4 12 0 1 1.000 3.32    
1975 34 TOR AL P 57 0 136.3 8 16 1 1 .960 1.58    
Career Totals   405 270 2389.0 155 362 18 22 .966 1.95    
Career Highs   57 41 336.3 26 59 5 4 1.000 3.32    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1965-10-17
1967-1-29
1968-4-21
1969-3-18
1971-4-17
 Games Pitched
1975-8-57
 Games Started
1967-10-41
 Complete Games
1965-7-17
1966-10-11
1967-4-19
1968-5-18
1970-6-13
1971-7-10
 Shutouts
1965-9-2
1966-6-3
1967-8-2
1970-2-3
 Innings Pitched
1965-8-336.3
1967-9-313.7
1968-7-326.7
1969-9-268.3
1971-9-245.7
Hits Allowed
1965-1-349
1967-6-310
1968-3-326
1969-3-297
1971-5-267
 Homeruns Allowed
1965-6-35
1967-3-42
1968-4-34
1969-8-29
1970-5-32
1971-3-37
 Walks Allowed
1965-8-95
1966-7-97
1967-4-108
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 33    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Milt Pappas (938)
  2. Rick Wise (923)
  3. Fergie Jenkins (919)
  4. Britt Burns (918)
  5. Phil Niekro (916)
  6. Tex Carleton (916)
  7. Butch Wensloff (915)
  8. Don Larsen (914)
  9. Ken Sanders (913)
  10. Cy Blanton (907)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Hank Wyse (989)
  2. Jim Perry (989)
  3. Bob Lemon (989)
  4. Larry Jansen (989)
  5. Randy Gumpert (988)
  6. Lum Davenport (987)
  7. Charley Root (986)
  8. Clint Brown (985)
  9. Hank Thormahlen (984)
  10. Pete Richert (984)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 32nd overall pick, by Montreal in 1961
Injured on 7/30/1963 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Traded from Montreal to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1964 (Going to PIT: P Tony Cloninger. Going to MON: 1B Gordy Coleman, SS Ernie Banks)
Had first career hit on 4/8/1965, off Don Larsen (TOR)
Earned first career win on 4/12/1965
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1966, winning 2 games with a 0.53 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1967, winning 2 games with a 0.55 ERA
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
10/20/1970: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Released by Pittsburgh on 10/14/1973
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/18/1974 to a 1-year deal worth $750,000 per year
Injured on 5/29/1974 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Toronto on 2/9/1975 to a 2-year deal worth $350,000 per year
Released by Toronto on 10/3/1976
 
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