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Virgil Cheeves
Virgil Earl Cheeves (Chief)

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

Born: February 12, 1901 in Oklahoma City, OK (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1920
Final Game: May 13, 1927
Died: May 5, 1979 in Dallas, TX
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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
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	91	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	82	1.466	10.6	0.4	2.6	2.2	0.83
1922	21	CHC	NL	12	11	.522	4.09	39	23	9	9	1	2	182.2	195	99	83	9	76	40	10	0	1	802	103	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	CLE	AL	0	0		7.79	8	1	1	0	0	0	17.1	26	17	15	2	17	2	1	0	0	90	55	2.481	13.5	1.0	8.8	1.0	0.12

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	90	1.895	11.4	1.4	5.7	1.4	0.25
6 Seasons				26	27	.491	4.73	111	56	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	187	214	113	98	11	77	40	9	0	0	829	85	1.557	10.3	0.5	3.7	1.9	0.52

CHC (4 yrs)				26	27	.491	4.61	100	55	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	90	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	55	2.481	13.5	1.0	8.8	1.0	0.12

NL (5 yrs)				26	27	.491	4.61	103	55	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	55	2.481	13.5	1.0	8.8	1.0	0.12

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1920	19	CHC	NL	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	-40	0	0	0	/1
1921	20	CHC	NL	37	53	48	3	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	.167	.184	.188	.371	-2	9	0	4	1
1922	21	CHC	NL	39	68	62	6	13	1	1	1	3	0	1	2	16	.210	.258	.306	.564	44	19	2	2	1
1923	22	CHC	NL	19	23	23	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.174	.174	.217	.391	3	5	0	0	1
1924	23	CLE	AL	8	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750	90	2	0	0	/1

1927	26	NYG	NL	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	1	/1
6 Seasons				111	154	141	11	26	4	1	1	4	0	1	4	39	.184	.218	.248	.466	21	35	2	7
162 Game Avg.				162	225	206	16	38	6	1	1	6	0		6	57	.184	.218	.248	.466	21	51	3	10

CHC (4 yrs)				100	149	137	10	25	3	1	1	4	0	1	4	37	.182	.217	.241	.458	19	33	2	6
NYG (1 yr)				3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	1
CLE (1 yr)				8	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750	90	2	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				103	150	137	10	25	3	1	1	4	0	1	4	37	.182	.217	.241	.458	19	33	2	7
AL (1 yr)				8	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750	90	2	0	0

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1920	CHC	NL	19	P	5	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.40	.950	1.76
1921	CHC	NL	20	P	37	41	4	33	4	0	.902	1.00	.956	1.52
1922	CHC	NL	21	P	39	41	3	38	0	3	1.000	1.05	.956	1.29
1923	CHC	NL	22	P	19	15	2	13	0	1	1.000	0.79	.953	1.34
1924	CLE	AL	23	P	8	5	0	5	0	0	1.000	0.63	.960	1.32
1927	NYG	NL	26	P	3	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.00	.967	1.30
6 Seasons				P	111	107	10	93	4	4	.963	0.93	.956	1.40
6 Seasons				TOT	111	107	10	93	4	4	.963	0.93	.919	1.40

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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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 (1970), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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Transactions

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

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