Virgil Cheeves
1920–1927 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Guardians, New York Giants
111G
.184AVG
.218OBP
.248SLG
More career statistics
26H
1HR
4RBI
0SB
26–27W–L
458.2IP
98K
4.79ERA
55GS
2SV
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · RBI | 4 | 5 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,035 | 2,029 |
| Pitching · p er | 244 | 236 |
| Pitching · p h | 526 | 515 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,376 | 1,375 |
| Pitching · p k | 98 | 100 |
| Pitching · p r | 279 | 277 |
| Pitching · p w | 188 | 190 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 111 | 154 | 141 | 11 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 35 | .184 | .218 | .248 | .466 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 458.7 | 111 | 55 | 18 | 26 | 27 | 2 | 526 | 279 | 244 | 28 | 188 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 4.79 | 1.557 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1921-10-02 to 1922-05-13
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1923-04-21 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 34 | 11 innings pitched | 1922-09-22 | 1 in 308 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | 7 walks allowed | 1922-09-04 | 1 in 192 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 |  Chicago Cubs | 5 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 18 | 3 |
| 1921 | Chicago Cubs | 37 | 48 | 8 | – | – | – | .167 | 163 | 39 |
| 1922 | Chicago Cubs | 39 | 62 | 13 | 1 | 4 | – | .210 | 183 | 42 |
| 1923 | Chicago Cubs | 19 | 23 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .174 | 70 | 13 |
| 1924 |  Cleveland Guardians | 8 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | 17 | 2 |
| 1927 |  New York Giants | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 1 |