Fred Toney Notable

b. December 11, 1888 · Chicago Cubs 1911–1913, Cincinnati Reds 1915–1918, New York Giants 1918–1922, St. Louis Cardinals 1923

Fred Toney played for four clubs across 13 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Chicago Cubs in 1911 and closing with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1923. His longest stay was with the New York Giants, from 1918 to 1922.

He went 139 and 102 with a 2.69 earned run average, pitching 2,206 innings in 336 games. He struck out 718, completed 158 of his 271 starts and threw 28 shutouts. Across 336 games he batted .159, with 118 hits and 40 runs. He finished with 3 home runs, 12 doubles and 3 stolen bases.

He led the league in saves once, in 1918, with 3.

He threw a no-hitter in 1917.

He was born in Nashville, TN, USA on December 11, 1888, and died on March 11, 1953. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1911	CHC	18	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	.111
1912	CHC	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000
1913	CHC	7	12	0	3	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	.250
1915	CIN	36	74	2	7	0	0	0	1	2	21	0	.095
1916	CIN	41	99	5	12	1	1	0	5	2	36	0	.121
1917	CIN	43	116	5	13	2	0	0	7	3	38	1	.112
1918	CIN/NYG	32	74	3	15	3	0	0	6	0	16	0	.203
1919	NYG	24	66	4	15	1	0	0	3	3	16	0	.227
1920	NYG	42	96	6	23	4	2	0	8	3	19	0	.240
1921	NYG	42	86	11	18	1	0	3	12	2	13	1	.209
1922	NYG	13	30	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	10	0	.067
1923	STL	29	69	2	8	0	0	0	2	2	11	1	.116
Career	—	336	744	40	118	12	4	3	47	21	186	3	.159

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1911	CHC	1	1	18	4	0	67.0	55	18	35	27	2.42
1912	CHC	1	2	9	2	0	24.0	21	14	11	9	5.25
1913	CHC	2	2	7	5	0	39.0	52	26	22	12	6.00
1915	CIN	17	6	36	23	2	222.2	160	39	73	108	1.58
1916	CIN	14	17	41	38	1	300.0	247	76	78	146	2.28
1917	CIN	24	16	43	42	1	339.2	300	83	77	123	2.20
1918	CIN/NYG	12	12	32	28	3	222.0	203	60	38	51	2.43
1919	NYG	13	6	24	20	1	181.0	157	37	35	40	1.84
1920	NYG	21	11	42	37	1	278.1	266	82	57	81	2.65
1921	NYG	18	11	42	32	3	249.1	274	100	65	63	3.61
1922	NYG	5	6	13	12	0	86.1	91	40	31	10	4.17
1923	STL	11	12	29	28	0	196.2	211	84	61	48	3.84
Career	—	139	102	336	271	12	2206.0	2037	659	583	718	2.69

On this day & linked events

1888

Born December 11, 1888

Nashville, TN, USA

1953

Died March 11, 1953

1911

Major-league debut: Fred Toney

Fred Toney made a major-league debut on April 15, 1911.

1917

Fred Toney's No-Hitter

Fred Toney threw a no-hitter for the Cincinnati Reds against the Chicago Cubs on May 2, 1917, winning 1–0.

1923

Final major-league game: Fred Toney

Fred Toney played a final major-league game on September 29, 1923.

Image: The Sporting News via [1], public domain