Elio Chacon
Elio (Rodriguez) Chacon
Bats: Right , Throws: Right

Born: October 26, 1936 in Caracas, Venezuela
Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1960
Final Game: September 30, 1962
Died: April 24, 1992 in Caracas, Venezuela
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1960 23 CIN NL 49 135 116 14 21 1 0 0 7 7 1 14 23 .181 .271 .190 .460 28 22 0 1 2 2 1 4/9
1961 24 CIN NL 61 158 132 26 35 4 2 2 5 1 4 21 22 .265 .374 .371 .745 98 49 0 2 3 0 0 4/97
1962 25 NYM NL 118 449 368 49 87 10 3 2 27 12 7 76 64 .236 .368 .296 .664 81 109 13 1 3 1 3 *6/45
3 Seasons 228 742 616 89 143 15 5 4 39 20 12 111 109 .232 .351 .292 .644 75 180 13 4 8 3 4
162 Game Avg. 162 527 438 63 102 11 4 3 28 14 9 79 77 .232 .351 .292 .644 75 128 9 3 6 2 3
CIN (2 yrs) 110 293 248 40 56 5 2 2 12 8 5 35 45 .226 .326 .286 .613 66 71 0 3 5 2 1
NYM (1 yr) 118 449 368 49 87 10 3 2 27 12 7 76 64 .236 .368 .296 .664 81 109 13 1 3 1 3

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1960 23 CIN NL 135 100 8 2.2 101 .221 .181 .265 .271 .332 .190 .407 .460 .739 28 .216 -11.3 -1.2 .448 .181 .009 .0
1961 24 CIN NL 158 104 20 5.1 107 .306 .265 .272 .374 .339 .371 .424 .745 .763 98 .545 0.2 0.0 .683 .242 .106 1.3
1962 25 NYM NL 449 305 44 3.9 103 .281 .236 .270 .368 .337 .296 .410 .664 .747 81 .424 -6.1 -0.6 .635 .280 .060 3.4
3 Seasons 742 509 72 3.8 104 .275 .232 .270 .351 .337 .292 .412 .644 .749 75 .417 -17.2 -1.8 .608 .253 .060 6.7
162 Game Avg. 527 362 51 3.8 104 .275 .232 .270 .351 .337 .292 .412 .644 .749 75 .417 -17.2 -1.8 .608 .253 .060 5
CIN (2 yrs) 293 204 28 3.7 104 .266 .226 .269 .326 .336 .286 .416 .613 .752 66 .407 -11.2 -1.2 .569 .214 .060 3.2
NYM (1 yr) 449 305 44 3.9 103 .281 .236 .270 .368 .337 .296 .410 .664 .747 81 .424 -6.1 -0.6 .635 .280 .060 3.4

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1961 24 CIN NL WS NYY L 4 13 12 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .308 .250 .558 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 13 12 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .308 .250 .558 3 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1960 23 CIN NL 135 0.0% 17.0% 10.4% 0.7% 5% 1.64 5.0 16.6 0.72 70%
1961 24 CIN NL 158 1.3% 13.9% 13.3% 5.1% 23% 1.05 6.0 66.0 26.4 0.47 68%
1962 25 NYM NL 449 0.5% 14.3% 16.9% 3.3% 17% 0.84 5.8 184.0 13.6 1.09 67%
3 Seasons 742 0.5% 14.7% 15.0% 3.2% 17% 0.98 5.7 154.0 15.8 0.86 68%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1960 23 CIN NL 2 0 39% 58 7 1 88% 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 71% 8 3 5 1 0 1 5 1 4
1961 24 CIN NL 2 0 43% 84 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 49% 17 12 4 6 3 3 10 1 9
1962 25 NYM NL 7 0 29% 199 12 7 63% 9 7 2 0 1 0 3 1 6 24 50% 28 14 13 7 5 2 15 5 10
3 Seasons 11 0 34% 341 20 12 63% 16 12 2 0 2 0 3 1 12 27 53% 53 29 22 14 8 6 30 7 23
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1960 23 CIN NL 135 30% 21 3 0 0 0 0.55 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 19 0 0% 12 5 42% 84 7 8% 7 3 43% 7 4 57% 0
1961 24 CIN NL 158 56% 35 1 0 0 0 0.79 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 3 3 100% 23 0 0% 11 4 36% 70 3 4% 4 1 25% 6 2 33% 0
1962 25 NYM NL 449 24% 87 3 0 0 0 2.00 2 0 9 1 1 1 1 0 6 3 50% 77 13 17% 41 10 24% 247 28 11% 23 7 30% 22 9 41% 0
3 Seasons 742 32% 143 7 0 0 0 1.20 4 0 16 1 3 2 2 0 11 8 73% 119 13 11% 64 19 30% 401 38 9% 34 11 32% 35 15 43% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1960 23 49 135 116 14 21 1 0 0 7 7 1 14 23 .181 .271 .190 .460 28 22 0 1 2 2 1
1961 24 110 293 248 40 56 5 2 2 12 8 5 35 45 .226 .326 .286 .613 66 71 0 3 5 2 1
1962 25 228 742 616 89 143 15 5 4 39 20 12 111 109 .232 .351 .292 .644 75 180 13 4 8 3 4

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1960 23 51 145 125 14 26 1 0 0 7 9 17 24 .208 .303 .216 .519 8 49
1961 24 64 164 139 26 38 4 2 2 5 1 23 23 .273 .384 .374 .758 20 61
1962 25 118 453 372 48 91 10 3 2 27 13 79 64 .245 .377 .304 .681 43 118
3 Seasons 233 762 636 88 155 15 5 4 39 23 119 111 .244 .365 .302 .667 71 228
162 Game Avg. 162 530 442 61 108 10 3 3 27 16 83 77 .244 .365 .302 .667 49 228

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1962 NL--76--5th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2000), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2826), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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