Virgil Cheeves

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Full Name: Virgil Earl Cheeves	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/195	First Game: September 7, 1920
Birthdate: February 12, 1901	Final Game: May 13, 1927
Birthplace: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: May 5, 1979
Deathplace: Dallas, Texas
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on February 12, 1901 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Virgil Cheeves (Virgil Earl Cheeves) played for the Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians and New York Giants over the course of his 6 year career. Cheeves broke into the bigs on September 7, 1920 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 4.64 ERA in 163 innings pitched in 1921, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Virgil Cheeves's best season was 1922, when he posted a 4.09 ERA and won 12 games.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1920	CHI	N	5	2	0	0	3.50	3	7	7	0	0	0	18	16	0	7	0	0	0
1921	CHI	N	37	22	11	12	4.64	39	97	84	9	1	0	163	192	8	47	0	0	9
1922	CHI	N	39	22	12	11	4.09	40	99	83	9	1	2	182.2	195	9	76	0	1	10
1923	CHI	N	19	8	3	4	6.18	13	54	49	0	0	0	71.1	89	8	37	0	0	3
1924	CLE	A	8	1	0	0	7.79	2	17	15	0	0	0	17.1	26	2	17	0	0	1
1927	NY	N	3	0	0	0	4.26	1	3	3	0	0	0	6.1	8	1	4	0	0	0
Total	NL		103	54	26	27	4.61	96	260	226	18	2	2	441.1	500	26	171	0	1	22
Total	AL		8	1	0	0	7.79	2	17	15	0	0	0	17.1	26	2	17	0	0	1
Total			111	55	26	27	4.73	98	277	241	18	2	2	458.2	526	28	188	0	1	23

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1920	CHI	N	P	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1921	CHI	N	P	37	22	163	4	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.902
1922	CHI	N	P	39	22	183.1	3	38	0	3	0	0	14	16	0	1.000
1923	CHI	N	P	19	0	0	2	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1924	CLE	A	P	8	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1927	NY	N	P	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	111	44	346.1	10	93	4	4	0	0	14	16	0	.963

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1920	CHI	N	5	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
1921	CHI	N	37	48	3	8	0	0	.167	.184	.188	1	0	1	13	0	4	0	0	0
1922	CHI	N	39	62	6	13	1	3	.210	.258	.306	1	1	2	16	2	2	0	0	4
1923	CHI	N	19	23	1	4	0	1	.174	.174	.217	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
1924	CLE	A	8	4	1	1	0	0	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1927	NY	N	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Total	NL		103	137	10	25	1	4	.182	.217	.241	3	1	4	37	2	7	0	0	4
Total	AL		8	4	1	1	0	0	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Total			111	141	11	26	1	4	.184	.218	.248	4	1	4	39	2	7	0	0	4

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Wichita Falls (Texas) to Cleveland Indians (June 16, 1924).

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