Vallie Eaves

Vallie Ennis Eaves (Chief or Tom)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 6, 1911 in Allen, OK
High School: Rosedale (Rosedale, OK) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1935
Teams (by GP): Cubs/WhiteSox/Athletics 1935-1942

Final Game: April 26, 1942
Died: April 19, 1960 in Norman, OK
Buried: Connerville Cemetery, Connerville, OK
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

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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	Awards
1935	23	PHA	AL	1	2	.333	5.14	3	3	0	1	0	0	14.0	12	9	8	0	15	6	0	0	1	68	90	1.929	7.7	0.0	9.6	3.9	0.40

1939	27	CHW-min	A1	21	10	.677	2.77	42	36					263.0	214	105	81		119							1.266	7.3		4.1			SHV · TL
1939	27	CHW	AL	0	1	.000	4.63	2	1	0	1	0	0	11.2	11	7	6	1	8	5	1	0	1	54	106	1.629	8.5	0.8	6.2	3.9	0.63
1940	28	OAK-min	AA	5	14	.263	4.74	29	18					148.0	155	90	78		68							1.507	9.4		4.1			TTO · IL
1940	28	CHW	AL	0	2	.000	6.75	5	3	1	0	0	0	18.2	22	16	14	2	24	11	1	0	2	98	67	2.464	10.6	1.0	11.6	5.3	0.46
1941	29	OAK-CHC-min	AA	6	18	.250	4.68	32	8	3	10	0		177.0	187	111	92		80	90	4	1	4			1.508	9.5		4.1	4.6	1.13	TTO,MLW · IL,AA
1941	29	CHC	NL	3	3	.500	3.53	12	7	1	4	0	0	58.2	56	27	23	4	21	24	3	0	0	246	100	1.313	8.6	0.6	3.2	3.7	1.14
1942	30	CHC-min	A1,AA	10	11	.476	5.19	31	20	2	1	0		156.0	180	102	90		85	26	2	0	1			1.699	10.4		4.9	1.5	0.31	NVL,MLW · SOUA,AA
1942	30	CHC	NL	0	0		9.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	4	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	16	41	2.000	12.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	0.00
1943	31	MIN-min	AA,A1	1	4	.200	3.07	7	6	1	1	0		41.0	37	15	14	0	23	16	1	0	1			1.463	8.1	0.0	5.0	3.5	0.70	MNE,CNG · AA,SOUA
1945	33	-min	AA	21	15	.583	3.00	52	35		24	2		312.0	290	136	104		127	187	3	0	6			1.337	8.4		3.7	5.4	1.47	SDG · PCL
1946	34	CHW-CLE-min	C,AA,AAA	16	11	.593	2.90	33	27		2	1		211.0	201	91	68		66	21						1.265	8.6		2.8	0.9	0.32	TXA,OKC,SDG · ETXL,TL,PCL
1947	35	-min	B	25	5	.833	4.45	34	32					261.0	262	152	129		77							1.299	9.0		2.7			TXA · BSTL
1948	36	-min	C,B	16	12	.571	4.28	37	14					242.0	341	158	115		95							1.802	12.7		3.5			GLA,TXA · LONE,BSTL
1949	37	-min	C	7	11	.389	6.50	32						108.0	142	101	78		66							1.926	11.8		5.5			BOR,ABL · WTNM
1950	38	-min	C	26	10	.722	3.15	43						297.0	288	141	104	22	89							1.269	8.7	0.7	2.7			LUF · GULF
1951	39	-min	C,B	0	6	.000	1.80	8						45.0	32	20	9		3							0.778	6.4		0.6			GVL,TXA,LKC · CSTL,BSTL,GULF
1952	40	-min	B,C	19	7	.731	3.37	33	7					195.0	199	89	73		66							1.359	9.2		3.0			PTA,MRD · GULF,CSTL
1953	41	-min	B	19	11	.633	2.61	33	29					272.0	247	104	79		68							1.158	8.2		2.2			BVL · GULF
1954	42	MIN-min	B,C	13	13	.500	5.91	36	19					204.0	264	158	134	21	85							1.711	11.6	0.9	3.8			GAL,BRY,ROS,WFL · BSTL,LONG
1957	45	-min	B	2	4	.333	9.17	15	9					54.0	89	75	55	7	48							2.537	14.8	1.2	8.0			HOB · SWLG
5 Seasons				4	8	.333	4.58	24	14	3	6	0	0	106.0	105	62	54	7	70	46	6	0	4	482	87	1.651	8.9	0.6	5.9	3.9	0.66
162 Game Avg.				7	14	.333	4.58	43	25	5	11	0	0	190	188	111	97	13	125	82	11	0	7	863	87	1.651	8.9	0.6	5.9	3.9	0.66

CHC (2 yrs)				3	3	.500	3.79	14	7	2	4	0	0	61.2	60	30	26	4	23	24	4	0	0	262	93	1.346	8.8	0.6	3.4	3.5	1.04
CHW (2 yrs)				0	3	.000	5.93	7	4	1	1	0	0	30.1	33	23	20	3	32	16	2	0	3	152	78	2.143	9.8	0.9	9.5	4.7	0.50
PHA (1 yr)				1	2	.333	5.14	3	3	0	1	0	0	14.0	12	9	8	0	15	6	0	0	1	68	90	1.929	7.7	0.0	9.6	3.9	0.40

AL (3 yrs)			AL	1	5	.167	5.68	10	7	1	2	0	0	44.1	45	32	28	3	47	22	2	0	4	220	82	2.075	9.1	0.6	9.5	4.5	0.47
NL (2 yrs)			NL	3	3	.500	3.79	14	7	2	4	0	0	61.2	60	30	26	4	23	24	4	0	0	262	93	1.346	8.8	0.6	3.4	3.5	1.04

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1935	23	PHA	AL	14.0	3	9	9	0	1.0	0	0.0	$

1939	27	CHW	AL	11.2	1	7	8	0	1.0	1	0.1	$
1940	28	CHW	AL	18.2	3	16	12	0	1.0	-4	-0.4	$
1941	29	CHC	NL	58.2	7	27	32	-1	1.0	5	0.5	$
1942	30	CHC	NL	3.0	0	3	1	0	1.0	-2	-0.2	$
5 Seasons				106.0	14	62	62	-1	1.0	0	-0.0	$

CHC (2 yrs)				61.2	7	30	33	-1	1.0	3	0.3	$
CHW (2 yrs)				30.1	4	23	20	0	1.0	-3	-0.3	$
PHA (1 yr)				14.0	3	9	9	0	1.0	0	0.0	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos
1935	23	PHA	AL	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0	/1

1939	27	CHW-min	A1	42	95	95		15	3	0	1						.158	.158	.221	.379		21				SHV · TL
1939	27	CHW	AL	2	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	69	2	0	0	0	/1
1940	28	OAK-min	AA	29	47	47		8	0	0	0						.170	.170	.170	.340		8				TTO · IL
1940	28	CHW	AL	5	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	/1
1941	29	OAK-CHC-min	AA	32	63	59	3	13	2	0	0	2	0		0	22	.220	.220	.254	.475		15		0	4	TTO,MLW · IL,AA
1941	29	CHC	NL	12	21	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	7	.100	.100	.100	.200	-43	2	1	0	1	1
1942	30	CHC-min	A1,AA	31	63	61	1	7	0	0	1	2	0		2	6	.115	.143	.164	.307		10	1	0	0	NVL,MLW · SOUA,AA
1942	30	CHC	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0	/1
1943	31	MIN-min	A1,AA	7	14	14		4									.286	.286								CNG,MNE · SOUA,AA
1945	33	-min	AA	52	118	106	5	14	3	0	1	13	4		2	28	.132	.156	.189	.345		20		1	9	SDG · PCL
1946	34	CHW-CLE-min	C,AA,AAA	35	79	79		10	1	0	1	0	0				.127	.127	.177	.304		14				TXA,OKC,SDG · ETXL,TL,PCL
1947	35	-min	B	33	110	110		24	2	0	5						.218	.218	.373	.591		41				TXA · BSTL
1948	36	-min	C,B	39	90	90		19	0	0	1						.211	.211	.244	.456		22				GLA,TXA · LONE,BSTL
1949	37	-min	C	33	48	48		8	1	0	2						.167	.167	.313	.479		15				BOR,ABL · WTNM
1950	38	-min	C	44	120	120		22	2	0	4						.183	.183	.300	.483		36				LUF · GULF
1951	39	-min	C,B																							LKC,GVL,TXA · GULF,CSTL,BSTL
1952	40	-min	B,C	33	52	52		6	0	0	0						.115	.115	.115	.231		6				PTA,MRD · GULF,CSTL
1953	41	-min	B	33	73	73		10	1	0	0						.137	.137	.151	.288		11				BVL · GULF
1954	42	MIN-min	B,C	35	80	80		8	1	0	1						.100	.100	.150	.250		12				GAL,BRY,WFL,ROS · BSTL,LONG
1957	45	-min	B	4	1	1		0									.000	.000								HOB · SWLG
5 Seasons				24	37	35	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	.114	.114	.114	.229	-38	4	1	0	2
162 Game Avg.				162	250	236	0	27	0	0	0	7	0		0	81	.114	.114	.114	.229	-38	27		0	14

CHC (2 yrs)				14	21	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	7	.100	.100	.100	.200	-43	2	1	0	1
CHW (2 yrs)				7	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.182	.182	.182	.364	-7	2	0	0	1
PHA (1 yr)				3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0

AL (3 yrs)				10	16	15	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.133	.133	.133	.267	-32	2	0	0	1
NL (2 yrs)				14	21	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	7	.100	.100	.100	.200	-43	2	1	0	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1935	23	PHA	AL	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1

1939	27	CHW	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
1940	28	CHW	AL	6	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	/1
1941	29	CHC	NL	21	-4	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	1
4 Seasons				37	-7	0	0	0	0	2	1	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$

CHW (2 yrs)				12	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$
PHA (1 yr)				4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
CHC (1 yr)				21	-4	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	A	E	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1935	PHA	AL	23	P	3	3	1	14.0	2	2	0	1.000	1.29	0.67	.950	2.12	2.13
1939	CHW	AL	27	P	2	1	1	11.2	2	2	0	1.000	1.54	1.00	.950	1.93	1.90
1940	CHW	AL	28	P	5	3	0	18.2	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		2.02	2.00
1941	CHC	NL	29	P	12	7	4	58.2	6	6	0	1.000	0.92	0.50	.965	2.22	2.21
1942	CHC	NL	30	P	2	0	0	3.0	1	0	1	.000	0.00	0.00	.970	2.40	2.35
	5 Seasons			P	24	14	6	106.0	11	10	1	.909	0.85	0.42	.960	2.15	2.14
	5 Seasons			TOT	24	14	6	106.0	11	10	1	.909	0.85	0.42	.960	2.15	2.14

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Transactions

March 19, 1943: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to Minneapolis (American Association) for Stu Martin. Ival Goodman refused to report to his new team.

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