How Virgil Cheeves's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Virgil Cheeves posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .288, above the starting pitcher average of .260 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1920, posting .242, near the starting pitcher average of .264 that year. The highest point came in 1924 at .361, well above the starting pitcher average of .274 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .305 in 1923 to .361 in 1924 and .308 in 1927. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 6 seasons.

Virgil Cheeves Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Virgil Cheeves Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Virgil Cheeves's Opposing Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Virgil Cheeves Opposing Batting Average per season line chart

Virgil Cheeves Opposing Batting Average by Team

Virgil Cheeves's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Virgil Cheeves Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Virgil Cheeves's career Opposing Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Virgil Cheeves Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Virgil Cheeves Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Virgil Cheeves's seasonal Opposing Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Virgil Cheeves Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Virgil Cheeves Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Virgil Cheeves's MLB career with Opposing Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Virgil Cheeves Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table