Tom Cheney
Pitcher, Baseball Player
1934 – 2001
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Who was Tom Cheney?
Thomas Edgar Cheney was a Major League Baseball player. Cheney, a right-handed pitcher from Morgan, Georgia, played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Washington Senators during his 8-year major league career. Tom Cheney is most notable for striking out the highest number of batters in a single MLB game. He did so on September 12, 1962, when as a Senator, he struck out 21 Baltimore Orioles in 16 innings en route to a 2-1 victory.
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- Born
- Oct 14, 1934
Morgan - Profession
- Lived in
- Morgan
- Died
- Nov 1, 2001
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on July 23, 2013
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