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Indy Neidell's Baseball History Time Machine

Indy Neidell's Baseball History Time Machine

S2E7: The 19 K Club, Part 3

Jul 5, 2026 · 45 min · 14 segments

This excellent mini series continues, covering two more pitchers who struck out 19 or more players in a single major league game, Tom Cheney and Luis Tiant, but there also sidetracks as usual. In…

This excellent mini series continues, covering two more pitchers who struck out 19 or more players in a single major league game, Tom Cheney and Luis Tiant, but there also sidetracks as usual. In fact, there are more sidetracks than ever! Indy and Berns veer off into Fidel Castro and Cuban amateur baseball, the history of Indy's last name, the career of the elder Luis Tiant... and plenty more. (...AND AS A BONUS, you even get a bumping sound off and on during the whole episode, since it turns out Indy's mike stand kept banging the table edge whenever anyone would move) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This excellent mini series continues, covering two more pitchers who struck out 19 or more players in a single major league game, Tom Cheney and Luis Tiant, but there also sidetracks as usual. In…

Speakers: Indy NeidellHostBernsHost

Show signals: SuitabilitySafeBiasNot politicalAudience≈3k followers

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Top entities: Tom Cheney×40 Ralph Kiner×6 World Series×13 Jack Coombs×8 Chicago Cubs×6

19K Club – Tom Chaney’s Early Career & 21-Strikeout Feat1:52 – 11:20

B

BernsHost

1:52

Is this the next part of the 19K Club?

Indy NeidellHost

1:55

It sure is.

Indy NeidellHost

1:56

We covered the first two guys who struck out 19 guys in one game, Charlie Sweeney and Hugh Daly.

B

BernsHost

2:02

You mean Evil Eye Sweeney and One Arm Daly.

Indy NeidellHost

2:06

That's who I mean.

Indy NeidellHost

2:08

And they both did it in 1884.

Indy NeidellHost

2:09

And it would be 78 years before anyone else struck out 19 guys in one game.

Indy NeidellHost

2:14

And that anyone else...

Indy NeidellHost

2:15

It was Tom Chaney.

B

BernsHost

2:16

But he didn't do it in nine innings, right? You said last time.

Indy NeidellHost

2:19

Yeah, he did not.

Indy NeidellHost

2:20

He did it in a 16-inning complete game.

Indy NeidellHost

2:22

But he did strike out an all-time Major League Baseball record.

Indy NeidellHost

2:27

21 hitters in that game.

Indy NeidellHost

2:29

And I don't think anything should be taken away from him for the extra innings because no one else has ever done that.

Indy NeidellHost

2:34

And there have been loads of fireballers who pitched long extra inning games.

B

BernsHost

2:38

I mean, 21 strikeouts in one game.

B

BernsHost

2:40

That's pretty special.

B

BernsHost

2:42

So who is Tom Cheney? And why don't you hear his name as much compared to some of the other pitchers?

Indy NeidellHost

2:48

We don't hear much about Cheney because he didn't have all that long a career.

Indy NeidellHost

2:52

He appeared in eight seasons.

Indy NeidellHost

2:54

But only twice did he throw more than 100 innings, 1962 and 63.

Indy NeidellHost

2:59

Now, in the first of those years, he finished second in the American League in strikeouts per nine innings and few assists per nine innings.

Indy NeidellHost

3:05

But he went seven and nine in 173 innings.

B

BernsHost

3:09

Did he play for bad teams, maybe?

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19K Club – Tom Chaney’s Early Career & 21-Strikeout Feat1:52 – 11:20

B

BernsHost

1:52

Is this the next part of the 19K Club?

Indy NeidellHost

1:55

It sure is.

Indy NeidellHost

1:56

We covered the first two guys who struck out 19 guys in one game, Charlie Sweeney and Hugh Daly.

B

BernsHost

2:02

You mean Evil Eye Sweeney and One Arm Daly.

Indy NeidellHost

2:06

That's who I mean.

Indy NeidellHost

2:08

And they both did it in 1884.

Indy NeidellHost

2:09

And it would be 78 years before anyone else struck out 19 guys in one game.

Indy NeidellHost

2:14

And that anyone else...

Indy NeidellHost

2:15

It was Tom Chaney.

B

BernsHost

2:16

But he didn't do it in nine innings, right? You said last time.

Indy NeidellHost

2:19

Yeah, he did not.

Indy NeidellHost

2:20

He did it in a 16-inning complete game.

Indy NeidellHost

2:22

But he did strike out an all-time Major League Baseball record.

Indy NeidellHost

2:27

21 hitters in that game.

Indy NeidellHost

2:29

And I don't think anything should be taken away from him for the extra innings because no one else has ever done that.

Indy NeidellHost

2:34

And there have been loads of fireballers who pitched long extra inning games.

B

BernsHost

2:38

I mean, 21 strikeouts in one game.

B

BernsHost

2:40

That's pretty special.

B

BernsHost

2:42

So who is Tom Cheney? And why don't you hear his name as much compared to some of the other pitchers?

Indy NeidellHost

2:48

We don't hear much about Cheney because he didn't have all that long a career.

Indy NeidellHost

2:52

He appeared in eight seasons.

Indy NeidellHost

2:54

But only twice did he throw more than 100 innings, 1962 and 63.

Indy NeidellHost

2:59

Now, in the first of those years, he finished second in the American League in strikeouts per nine innings and few assists per nine innings.

Indy NeidellHost

3:05

But he went seven and nine in 173 innings.

B

BernsHost

3:09

Did he play for bad teams, maybe?

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