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On July 1, 1917, Toney pitched two [[complete game|complete-game]], three-hitters for victories in a [[Doubleheader (baseball)|doubleheader]] against the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], to set a record for fewest hits allowed in a double header by a Major League pitcher.<ref>{{cite news|title=Today in Baseball|newspaper=Washington Post|date=July 1, 2008|page=E5}}</ref><ref name="Preston">{{cite web|last1=Preston|first1=JG|title=A thorough account of pitchers who have started both games of a doubleheader in the major leagues|url=https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/a-thorough-account-of-pitchers-who-have-started-both-games-of-a-doubleheader-in-the-major-leagues|website=prestonjg.wordpress.com|accessdate=30 January 2017}}</ref>
On July 1, 1917, Toney pitched two [[complete game|complete-game]], three-hitters for victories in a [[Doubleheader (baseball)|doubleheader]] against the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], to set a record for fewest hits allowed in a double header by a Major League pitcher.<ref>{{cite news|title=Today in Baseball|newspaper=Washington Post|date=July 1, 2008|page=E5}}</ref><ref name="Preston">{{cite web|last1=Preston|first1=JG|title=A thorough account of pitchers who have started both games of a doubleheader in the major leagues|url=https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/a-thorough-account-of-pitchers-who-have-started-both-games-of-a-doubleheader-in-the-major-leagues|website=prestonjg.wordpress.com|accessdate=30 January 2017}}</ref>


Toney also holds the record for the longest no-hitter in organized baseball history. On May 10, 1909, while pitching for the [[Blue Grass League#1908–1912|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 (baseball)|squeeze play]] in the bottom of the 17th.<ref>[http://www.baseballlibrary.com/chronology/byyear.php?year=1909 Baseball Library: Charlton's Baseball Chronology – May 10, 1909]</ref>
Toney also holds the record for the longest no-hitter in organized baseball history. On May 10, 1909, while pitching for the [[Blue Grass League#1908–1912|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 (baseball)|squeeze play]] in the bottom of the 17th.<ref>[http://www.baseballlibrary.com/chronology/byyear.php?year=1909 Baseball Library: Charlton's Baseball Chronology – May 10, 1909] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017183628/http://www.baseballlibrary.com/chronology/byyear.php?year=1909 |date=October 17, 2007 }}</ref>


==See also==
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Fred Toney
Pitcher
Born: (1888-12-11)December 11, 1888
Nashville, Tennessee
Died: March 11, 1953(1953-03-11) (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
MLB statistics
Win–loss record139-102
Earned run average2.69
Strikeouts718
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams
Career highlights and awards

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 to 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][4]

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.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Baseball Reference – Fred Toney profile
  2. ^ – Fred Toney biography Baseball Library
  3. ^ "Today in Baseball". Washington Post. July 1, 2008. p. E5.
  4. ^ Preston, JG. "A thorough account of pitchers who have started both games of a doubleheader in the major leagues". prestonjg.wordpress.com. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  5. ^ Baseball Library: Charlton's Baseball Chronology – May 10, 1909 Archived October 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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