Virgil Cheeves

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: February 12, 1901 in Oklahoma City, OK us

Died: May 5, 1979 in Dallas, TX

Buried: Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, TX

Debut: September 7, 1920 (Age 19-208d, 5,090th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 13, 1927 (Age 26-090d)
vs. STL 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1921 season

Full Name: Virgil Earl Cheeves

Nicknames: Chief

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.2

ERA

4.73

111

458.2

WHIP

1.557

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-22 / in Starts: 11-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 6

1921 Pitching Game Log

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1921 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	6	5	Apr 20	CHC		PIT	L,5-6	9-GF		99	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	6.14	4		0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.03%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
2	7	15	May 5	CHC		CIN	L,7-11	2-7		14	6.0	9	4	3	1	2	0	0	3.86	3.42	29		2	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	1	.48	-0.13%
3	8	25	May 19	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-3	GS-3		13	2.1	2	2	2	4	1	0	0	4.82	4.42	12	42	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.39	-0.12%
4	9	28	May 22	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-4	10-GF(12)	W(1-0)	2	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.65	4.35	10		0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.27	0.36%
5	10	32	May 28(2)	CHC		STL	L,2-9	CG	L(1-1)	5	9.0	13	9	9	4	4	1	0	5.91	4.64	42	25	4	2	0	35	3	1	0	0	1	0	.80	-0.19%
6	11	34	May 30(1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-13	3-GF(8)		1	6.0	11	6	6	1	0	0	0	6.59	4.42	27		0	1	0	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	.03	-0.02%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
7	12	40	Jun 5	CHC		BRO	L,3-5	3-8		5	5.1	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	5.79	4.18	22		0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.04%
8	13	44	Jun 9	CHC		PHI	W,4-2	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	8	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.97	3.93	35	64	1	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	1	0	.32	0.08%
9	14	48	Jun 14	CHC		BSN	L,2-10	GS-5	L(2-2)	4	4.1	6	6	5	0	1	2	2	5.48	4.51	21	30	0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	1	.33	-0.07%
10	15	51	Jun 17	CHC		NYG	W,11-10	2-4		2	2.1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.40	4.40	10		0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.01%
11	16	53	Jun 19	CHC		NYG	L,1-9	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.29	4.37	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
12	17	58	Jun 25	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	W(3-2)	5	9.0	6	2	2	2	1	0	2	4.78	4.35	36	66	0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	1	0	.28	0.04%
13	18	63	Jun 29	CHC		PIT	L,1-3	GS-5	L(3-3)	3	4.0	9	2	2	4	1	0	0	4.76	4.44	24	33	1	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.50	-0.01%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
14	19	69	Jul 5	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	W(4-3)	5	9.0	9	2	2	1	2	1	0	4.42	4.44	35	62	0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.02%
15	20	73	Jul 11	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-2	CG	W(5-3)	5	9.0	4	2	2	3	5	1	1	4.15	4.48	33	73	0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.03	0.00%
16	21	79	Jul 16(2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,9-6	GS-4		4	3.1	5	5	2	2	1	0	1	4.20	4.51	18	35	0	0	0	15	0	2	0	0	0	1	.01	0.00%
17	22	82	Jul 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-1	GS-7		2	7.0	8	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.97	4.53	26	58	0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	.01	0.00%
18	23	88	Jul 24	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-7	GS-5	L(5-4)	4	4.1	8	5	4	0	1	0	0	4.17	4.44	21	30	1	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	1	1	.01	0.00%
19	24	91	Jul 28	CHC		BRO	L,2-3	CG	L(5-5)	3	9.0	10	3	3	3	2	0	0	4.07	4.38	38	54	1	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	1	1	.00	0.00%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
20	25	96	Aug 1	CHC		PHI	L,1-6	GS-1	L(5-6)	3	0.1	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	4.49	4.37	7	21	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
21	26	100	Aug 5	CHC		BSN	L,1-6	GS-5	L(5-7)	3	5.0	6	3	3	3	2	0	0	4.53	4.36	23	42	1	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
22	27	101	Aug 6	CHC		NYG	W,7-4	CG	W(6-7)	0	9.0	9	4	1	2	0	0	0	4.26	4.32	34	57	1	1	0	31	2	0	0	1	1	1	.00	0.00%
23	28	104	Aug 9	CHC		NYG	W,8-7	9-GF(10)	W(7-7)	2	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.19	4.30	8		0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
24	29	107	Aug 12	CHC	@	PIT	L,9-12	GS-1	L(7-8)	2	0.1	5	7	6	1	0	0	0	4.62	4.32	8	14	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
25	30	108	Aug 13	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	4.55	4.36	9		1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
26	31	119	Aug 25	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-3	GS-7	L(7-9)	11	7.0	7	3	1	2	1	0	0	4.37	4.32	29	54	0	0	0	27	2	1	0	1	0	1	.00	0.00%
27	32	121	Aug 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-15	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	8	8	7	2	1	0	1	4.78	4.36	18		2	0	0	15	2	1	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
28	33	126	Sep 3	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.75	4.37	5		1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
29	34	128	Sep 4(2)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.71	4.35	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
30	35	130	Sep 5(2)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	5-GF(5)	BL(7-10)	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.75	4.34	4		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
31	36	132	Sep 6(2)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.71	4.33	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
32	37	134	Sep 8	CHC		CIN	W,6-2	CG	W(8-10)	1	9.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	1	4.54	4.27	34	66	1	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
33	38	137	Sep 11	CHC		STL	L,5-10	GS-1	L(8-11)	2	0.1	5	5	5	0	0	1	0	4.84	4.36	6	21	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
34	39	142	Sep 18(1)	CHC		BRO	W,1-0	SHO	W(9-11)	6	9.0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.56	4.27	33	76	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
35	40	144	Sep 20	CHC		NYG	W,7-6	8-GF(10)	W(10-11)	1	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.47	4.26	10		0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
36	41	149	Sep 27	CHC		CIN	L,3-8	GS-2	L(10-12)	6	2.0	6	6	6	3	0	1	0	4.75	4.38	15	17	1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
37	42	153	Oct 2(2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-0	GS-4	W(11-12)	4	4.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.64	4.33	13	58	0	1	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
							15-22		W-L:11-12,BSv:1	2.8	163.0	192	97	84	47	39	8	9	4.64	4.33	708	45	18	10	0	622	29	10	0	7	7	10	.25	0.06%

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