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Virgil Cheeves
Virgil Earl Cheeves (Chief)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.

Debut September 7, 1920
Final Game May 13, 1927
Born February 12, 1901 in Oklahoma City, OK
Died May 5, 1979 in Dallas, TX

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1920 19 CHC NL   0   0   5   2   0   0   2  0   18.0   16    7    7   0    7    3   0   0    73       0  3.50  3.20   91 1.278
 1921 20 CHC NL  11  12  37  22   9   1  12  0  163.0  192   97   84   8   47   39   9   0   708       1  4.64  3.82   82 1.466
 1922 21 CHC NL  12  11  39  23   9   1   9  2  182.7  195   99   83   9   76   40  10   1   802       0  4.09  4.22  103 1.484
 1923 22 CHC NL   3   4  19   8   0   0   6  0   71.3   89   54   49   8   37   13   3   0   332       0  6.18  3.99   65 1.766
 1924 23 CLE AL   0   0   8   1   0   0   1  0   17.3   26   17   15   2   17    2   1   0    90       0  7.79  4.27   55 2.481
 1927 26 NYG NL   0   0   3   0   0   0   2  0    6.3    8    3    3   1    4    1   0   0    30       0  4.26  3.84   90 1.895
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .491  26  27 111  56  18   2  32  2  458.7  526  277  241  28  188   98  23   1  2035       1  4.73  4.00   85 1.557
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  10  45  22   7   0  13  0  186.7  214  112   98  11   76   39   9   0   828   0   0  4.73  4.00   85 1.557
 Career High     12  12  39  23   9   1  12  2  182.7  195   99   84   9   76   40  10   1   802   0   1  4.09  4.22  103 1.466

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1920 19 CHC NL   5    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .000  .200  .000  -40    0   0           0    
 1921 20 CHC NL  37   48    3    8   1  0   0    0   0  0   1  13  .167  .184  .188   -2    9   4           0    
 1922 21 CHC NL  39   62    6   13   1  1   1    3   0  1   2  16  .210  .258  .306   44   19   2           2    
 1923 22 CHC NL  19   23    1    4   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   6  .174  .174  .217    3    5   0           0    
 1924 23 CLE AL   8    4    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .250  .250  .500   90    2   0           0    
 1927 26 NYG NL   3    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0                           0   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      111  141   11   26   4  1   1    4   0  1   4  39  .184  .218  .248   21   35   7   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        206   16   38   6  1   1    6   0  1   6  57  .184  .218  .248   21   51  10   0   0   3   0
 Career High     39   62    6   13   1  1   1    3   0  1   2  16                          19   4   0   0   2   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1920 19 CHC NL    5    4    0   0.0    92| .000  .279| .200  .333| .000  .370| .200  .703| -40  .000  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 1921 20 CHC NL   53   44    2   1.2   107| .167  .298| .184  .348| .188  .410| .372  .759|  -2  .080  -7.1  -0.7   0%
 1922 21 CHC NL   68   52    4   2.0   114| .210  .304| .258  .362| .306  .422| .564  .784|  44  .168  -5.6  -0.5   0%
 1923 22 CHC NL   23   19    1   1.4   107| .174  .293| .174  .352| .217  .408| .391  .760|   3  .099  -3.3  -0.3   0%
 1924 23 CLE AL    4    3    1   8.9   113| .250  .299| .250  .369| .500  .410| .750  .780|  90  .750  -0.1   0.0   0%
 1927 26 NYG NL    1    1    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       154  123    8   1.7   110| .184  .299| .218  .355| .248  .414| .466  .769|  21  .137 -16.7  -1.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1920 19 CHC NL P 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 1.76 1.00 2.80 2 18.0 1921 20 CHC NL P 37 4 33 4 0 .902 .954 1.00 1.52 2.04 2.67 22 163.0 1922 21 CHC NL P 39 3 38 0 3 1.000 .958 1.05 1.29 2.02 2.38 23 182.7 1923 22 CHC NL P 19 2 13 0 1 1.000 .955 0.79 1.34 1.89 2.41 8 71.3 1924 23 CLE AL P 8 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.62 1.32 2.60 2.55 1 17.3 1927 26 NYG NL P 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.30 4.29 2.29 0 6.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1920 19 CHC NL P 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 1.76 1.00 2.80 2 18.0 1921 20 CHC NL P 37 4 33 4 0 .902 .954 1.00 1.52 2.04 2.67 22 163.0 1922 21 CHC NL P 39 3 38 0 3 1.000 .958 1.05 1.29 2.02 2.38 23 182.7 1923 22 CHC NL P 19 2 13 0 1 1.000 .955 0.79 1.34 1.89 2.41 8 71.3 1924 23 CLE AL P 8 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.62 1.32 2.60 2.55 1 17.3 1927 26 NYG NL P 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.30 4.29 2.29 0 6.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 111 10 93 4 4 .963 .956 0.93 1.40 2.02 2.51 56 458.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 111 10 93 4 4 .963 .956 0.93 1.40 2.02 2.51 56 459
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Hits Allowed/9IP
1922 NL-9.61-9

Saves
1922 NL-2-7

Bases On Balls Allow.
1922 NL-76-9

Hit Batsmen
1921 NL-9-5
1922 NL-10-5

Youngest Player
1920 NL-19-2
1921 NL-20-6

Gray Ink: Pitching - 5 (1826) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 16, 1924: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Wichita Falls (Texas).


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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