What is Tony Cloninger?
[[File:Tony Cloninger 1962.png|thumb|right|200px|Cloninger in 1962]] '''Tony Lee Cloninger''' (August 13, 1940 – July 24, 2018) was an American baseball player. He was born in [[Cherryville, North Carolina]]. Cloninger played in the [[Major League Baseball]] as a [[starting pitcher]] for the [[Atlanta Braves|Milwaukee]] and [[Atlanta Braves]] (1961–68), the [[Cincinnati Reds]] (1968–71), and the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] (1972). Cloninger batted and threw right-handed. He also coached the [[New York Yankees]] from 1992 to 2001 and the [[Boston Red Sox]] from 2002 to 2003. Cloninger died on July 24, 2018 in [[Denver, Colorado]] from an [[aortic dissection]] at the age of 77.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Walker |first1=Richard |title=Local athletic icon Tony Cloninger dies at 77 |url=http://www.gastongazette.com/sports/20180726/local-athletic-icon-tony-cloninger-dies-at-77 |website=GastonGazette.com |access-date=July 27, 2018 |date=July 26, 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{Baseballstats |mlb=112412 |espn= |br=c/clonito01 |fangraphs= |cube=c/tony-cloninger |brm=clonin001ton }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cloninger, Tony}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from aortic dissection]] [[Category:Atlanta Braves players]] [[Category:Cincinnati Reds players]] [[Category:St. Louis Cardinals players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from North Carolina]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}