Virgil Cheeves

Virgil Earl Cheeves (Chief)

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

Born: February 12, 1901 in Oklahoma City, OK (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1920
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Indians/Giants 1920-1927

Final Game: May 13, 1927
Died: May 5, 1979 in Dallas, TX
Buried: Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, TX
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1920	19	CHC	NL	0	0		3.50	5	2	2	0	0	0	18.0	16	7	7	0	7	3	0	0	0	73	93	1.278	8.0	0.0	3.5	1.5	0.43
1921	20	CHC	NL	11	12	.478	4.64	37	22	12	9	1	0	163.0	192	97	84	8	47	39	9	1	0	708	83	1.466	10.6	0.4	2.6	2.2	0.83
1922	21	CHC	NL	12	11	.522	4.09	39	22	9	9	1	2	182.2	195	99	83	9	76	40	10	0	1	802	102	1.484	9.6	0.4	3.7	2.0	0.53
1923	22	CHC	NL	3	4	.429	6.18	19	8	6	0	0	0	71.1	89	54	49	8	37	13	3	0	0	332	65	1.766	11.2	1.0	4.7	1.6	0.35
1924	23	CHC-min	A,AA	2	3	.400	5.57	9						42.0	56	27	26		38							2.238	12.0		8.1			WFL,KCY · TL,AA
1924	23	CLE	AL	0	0		7.79	8	1	1	0	0	0	17.1	26	17	15	2	17	2	1	0	0	90	56	2.481	13.5	1.0	8.8	1.0	0.12

1926	25	TRL	D	5	4	.556		12						88.0	66	42			30							1.091	6.8		3.1			TRL · TEXA
1927	26	NWK	AA	3	6	.333	6.05	14						64.0	73	50	43		23							1.500	10.3		3.2			NWK · IL
1927	26	NYG	NL	0	0		4.26	3	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	8	3	3	1	4	1	0	0	0	30	97	1.895	11.4	1.4	5.7	1.4	0.25
1929	28	WAC	A	3	8	.273	7.73	29						71.0	103	71	61		36							1.958	13.1		4.6			WAC · TL
6 Yrs				26	27	.491	4.73	111	55	32	18	2	2	458.2	526	277	241	28	188	98	23	1	1	2035	85	1.557	10.3	0.5	3.7	1.9	0.52
162 Game Avg.				11	11	.491	4.73	45	23	13	7	1	1	188	215	113	99	11	77	40	9	0	0	834	85	1.557	10.3	0.5	3.7	1.9	0.52

CHC (4 yrs)				26	27	.491	4.61	100	54	29	18	2	2	435.0	492	257	223	25	167	95	22	1	1	1915	86	1.515	10.2	0.5	3.5	2.0	0.57
NYG (1 yr)				0	0		4.26	3	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	8	3	3	1	4	1	0	0	0	30	97	1.895	11.4	1.4	5.7	1.4	0.25
CLE (1 yr)				0	0		7.79	8	1	1	0	0	0	17.1	26	17	15	2	17	2	1	0	0	90	56	2.481	13.5	1.0	8.8	1.0	0.12

NL (5 yrs)				26	27	.491	4.61	103	54	31	18	2	2	441.1	500	260	226	26	171	96	22	1	1	1945	87	1.520	10.2	0.5	3.5	2.0	0.56
AL (1 yr)				0	0		7.79	8	1	1	0	0	0	17.1	26	17	15	2	17	2	1	0	0	90	56	2.481	13.5	1.0	8.8	1.0	0.12

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1920	19	CHC	NL	18.0	5	2	7	3.50	3.72	-0.15	0.00	104.1	4.02	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.3	3	.526	.501	$
1921	20	CHC	NL	163.0	37	22	97	5.36	4.59	0.01	0.00	100.8	4.62	-13	-1.3	1.0	-0.1	0.0	3	.465	.492	$
1922	21	CHC	NL	183.1	39	22	99	4.86	5.09	0.03	0.00	102.9	5.22	6	0.6	1.0	-0.1	1.9	27	.514	.503	$
1923	22	CHC	NL	70.1	19	8	54	6.91	5.12	0.29	0.00	97.0	4.69	-18	-1.6	1.0	-0.0	-1.1	-10	.415	.490	$
1924	23	CLE	AL	17.0	8	1	17	9.00	5.08	-0.22	0.00	98.0	5.19	-7	-0.7	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-5	.417	.496	$

1927	26	NYG	NL	6.1	3	0	3	4.26	4.43	0.15	0.00	99.1	4.24	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.0	1	.500	.500	$
6 Seasons				458.0	111	55	277	5.44	4.86	0.05	0.00	101.1	4.86	-31	-2.9	1.0	-0.2	0.6	17	.474	.497	$

CHC (4 yrs)				434.2	100	54	257	5.32	4.85	0.05	0.00	101.2	4.86	-24	-2.2	1.0	-0.2	1.1	22	.478	.497	$
NYG (1 yr)				6.1	3	0	3	4.26	4.43	0.15	0.00	99.1	4.24	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.0	1	.500	.500	$
CLE (1 yr)				17.0	8	1	17	9.00	5.08	-0.22	0.00	98.0	5.19	-7	-0.7	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-5	.417	.496	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1920	19	CHC	NL	73	0.0%	4.1%	9.6%			84%
1921	20	CHC	NL	708	1.1%	5.5%	6.6%			81%
1922	21	CHC	NL	803	1.1%	5.0%	9.5%			81%
1923	22	CHC	NL	332	2.4%	3.9%	11.1%			79%
1924	23	CLE	AL	90	2.2%	2.2%	18.9%			70%

1927	26	NYG	NL	30	3.3%	3.3%	13.3%			73%
6 Yrs				2036	1.4%	4.8%	9.2%			80%
MLB Averages					1.0%	7.2%	7.7%	2.8%	11%	81%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1920	19	0	0		3.50	5	2	2	0	0	0	18.0	16	7	7	0	7	3	0	0	0	73	93	1.278	8.0	0.0	3.5	1.5	0.43	93
1921	20	11	12	.478	4.52	42	24	14	9	1	0	181.0	208	104	91	8	54	42	9	1	0	781	83	1.448	10.3	0.4	2.7	2.1	0.78	83
1922	21	23	23	.500	4.31	81	46	23	18	2	2	363.2	403	203	174	17	130	82	19	1	1	1583	92	1.466	10.0	0.4	3.2	2.0	0.63	92
1923	22	26	27	.491	4.61	100	54	29	18	2	2	435.0	492	257	223	25	167	95	22	1	1	1915	86	1.515	10.2	0.5	3.5	2.0	0.57	86
1924	23	26	27	.491	4.74	108	55	30	18	2	2	452.1	518	274	238	27	184	97	23	1	1	2005	84	1.552	10.3	0.5	3.7	1.9	0.53	84
1925	24	26	27	.491	4.74	108	55	30	18	2	2	452.1	518	274	238	27	184	97	23	1	1	2005	84	1.552	10.3	0.5	3.7	1.9	0.53	84
1926	25	26	27	.491	4.74	108	55	30	18	2	2	452.1	518	274	238	27	184	97	23	1	1	2005	84	1.552	10.3	0.5	3.7	1.9	0.53	84
1927	26	26	27	.491	4.73	111	55	32	18	2	2	458.2	526	277	241	28	188	98	23	1	1	2035	85	1.557	10.3	0.5	3.7	1.9	0.52	85

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1920	19	0	1	.000	4.24	17.0	18	9	8	0	8	3	0	1.529	9.5	4.2	1.6	0.38	0.0	5
1921	20	8	10	.444	4.66	164.0	199	94	85	8	49	39	9	1.512	10.9	2.7	2.1	0.80	0.4	37
1922	21	11	9	.550	3.64	188.0	190	84	76	9	74	41	10	1.404	9.1	3.5	2.0	0.55	0.4	39
1923	22	3	5	.375	5.79	73.0	89	52	47	8	37	13	3	1.726	11.0	4.6	1.6	0.35	1.0	19
1924	23	0	1	.000	7.00	18.0	25	16	14	2	16	2	1	2.278	12.5	8.0	1.0	0.13	1.0	8

1927	26	0	0		3.86	7.0	8	3	3	1	4	1	0	1.714	10.3	5.1	1.3	0.25	1.3	3
6 Yrs		22	26	.458	4.49	467.0	529	258	233	28	188	99	23	1.535	10.2		1.9	0.53	0.5	111

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1922 NL 9.608 (9th)	Saves s c a p y 1922 NL 2 (7th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1922 NL 76 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1921 NL 9 (5th) 1922 NL 10 (5th)
Youngest s c a p y 1920 NL born 1901-02-12 (2nd) 1921 NL born 1901-02-12 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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