Virgil Cheeves vs. Lance McCullers — Career Comparison

Virgil Cheeves
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lance McCullers
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Virgil Cheeves built a career as a starting pitcher and Lance McCullers as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lance McCullers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.25 and WHIP 1.370 compared to 4.73 and 1.557 for Virgil Cheeves. By the career numbers, Lance McCullers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Virgil Cheeves and Lance McCullers

Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
2.18
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
5.23
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.1
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.51
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.48
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.06
49.06
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.46
47.46
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.45
50.45
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.35
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.67
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
4.73
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
3.25
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1376
27
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1579
27
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
458.2
9
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526.1
9
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
526
10.32
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
7.3
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.32
10.32
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.3
7.3
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.55
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.8
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.69
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
4.31
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.72
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
1.92
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
7.56
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.56
7.56
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.624
0.624
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.36
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.45
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2035
39.93
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2221
37.98
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
2.65
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
277
5.44
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
3.74
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.27
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.557
1.557
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
35.79
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1912
32.69
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.93
39.93
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.98
37.98

Fielding Stats for Virgil Cheeves and Lance McCullers

Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
5.23
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1579
27
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
526.1
9
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.56
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.15
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.88
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.71
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.26
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.91
90.91
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.928
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.327
0.327
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Virgil Cheeves and Lance McCullers

Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
111
432.47
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
312
3172.88
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
154
600
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
59
600
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
549.35
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
48
488.14
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.497
0.497
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.447
0.447
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
101.3
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
50.85
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
77.92
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
30.51
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
15.58
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.34
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.9
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.9
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
23.38
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.34
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.88
30.72
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
1.73
17.63
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
136.36
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
7
71.19
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
124.68
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
101.69
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.335
0.335
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
42.86
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.58
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
40.68
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
54.55
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
91.53
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.11
27.71
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
6.14
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.79
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.58
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
151.95
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
233.9
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
3.95
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
27.27
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
61.02
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Virgil Cheeves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.9
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.9
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Virgil Cheeves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100