Virgil Cheeves Stats

Virgil Cheeves was born on Tuesday, February 12, 1901, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Cheeves was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 7, 1920, with the Chicago Cubs. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Virgil Cheeves baseball stats page.

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Virgil Cheeves
 
 
Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Virgil Earl Cheeves
Nickname:   Giant Killer
Born On:   02-12-1901
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Zodiac:   Aquarius
Year of Death Data Died On:   05-05-1979
Place of Death Data Died In:   Dallas, Texas
Cemetery:   Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00
Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   09-07-1920 (Age 19)
Last Game:   05-13-1927
Draft:   Not Applicable
Virgil Cheeves

Virgil Cheeves Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1920 Cubs 5 2 2 0 0 .000 3.50 0 0 0 18.0 73 16 7 7 0 7 - 3 0 0 0 -
1921 Cubs 37 22 12 11 12 .478 4.64 9 1 0 163.0 708 192 84 97 8 47 - 39 0 9 1 -
1922 Cubs 39 23 9 12 11 .522 4.09 9 1 2 182.2 802 195 83 99 9 76 - 40 1 10 0 -
1923 Cubs 19 8 6 3 4 .429 6.18 0 0 0 71.1 332 89 49 54 8 37 - 13 0 3 0 -
1924 Indians 8 1 1 0 0 .000 7.79 0 0 0 17.1 90 26 15 17 2 17 - 2 0 1 0 -
1927 Giants 3 0 2 0 0 .000 4.26 0 0 0 6.1 30 8 3 3 1 4 - 1 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
6 Years 111 56 32 26 27 .491 4.73 18 2 2 458.2 2,035 526 241 277 28 188 - 98 1 23 1 -
Virgil Cheeves

Virgil Cheeves Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1920 Cubs 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 0 - 0 - .000 .200 .000
1921 Cubs 37 48 3 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 13 4 - 0 - .167 .184 .188
1922 Cubs 39 62 6 13 1 1 1 0 3 2 - 16 2 - 2 - .210 .258 .306
1923 Cubs 19 23 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 6 0 - 0 - .174 .174 .217
1924 Indians 8 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 0 - 0 - .250 .250 .500
1927 Giants 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 - 0 - .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
6 Years 111 141 11 26 4 1 1 0 4 4 - 39 7 - 2 - .184 .218 .248
Virgil Cheeves

Virgil Cheeves Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1920 Cubs P 5 2 54 2 0.4 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.00 -
1921 Cubs P 37 22 489 41 1.1 37 4 33 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .902 2.04 -
1922 Cubs P 39 23 548 41 1.1 41 3 38 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.02 -
1923 Cubs P 19 8 214 15 0.8 15 2 13 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.89 -
1924 Indians P 8 1 52 5 0.6 5 0 5 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.60 -
1927 Giants P 3 0 19 3 1.0 3 1 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.26 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 111 56 1,376 107 1.0 103 10 93 4 4 n/a n/a n/a .963 2.02 --
6 Years 111 56 1,376 107 1.0 103 10 93 4 4 n/a n/a n/a .963 2.02 --
Virgil Cheeves

Virgil Cheeves Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1920 Cubs 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.43 1.50 3.50
1921 Cubs 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.7 0.0 0.83 2.15 2.60
1922 Cubs 0 1 .000 - - n/a 62.0 3.9 20.7 0.53 1.97 3.74
1923 Cubs 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.8 23.0 0.35 1.64 4.67
1924 Indians 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.12 1.04 8.83
1927 Giants 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.25 1.42 5.68
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
6 Years 0 1 .000 - - n/a 141.0 3.6 35.3 0.52 1.92 3.69
Virgil Cheeves

Virgil Cheeves Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1920 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1921 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1922 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1923 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1924 Cleveland Indians n/a Undetermined n/a -
1927 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -


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