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Bob Chakales (The Golden Greek)

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 10, 1927 in Asheville, NC
High School: Benedictine (Richmond, VA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1951
Final Game: September 17, 1957
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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
1951	23	CLE	AL	17	21	20	1	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	2	.350	.350	.500	.850	133	10	0	0	1			1
1952	24	CLE	AL	5	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	186	2	1	0	0			/1
1953	25	CLE	AL	7	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	56	2	0	0	0			/1
1954	26	TOT	AL	41	29	25	2	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.360	.385	.400	.785	122	10	1	0	3	0		1
1954	26	CLE	AL	3	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	131	1	0	0	1	0		/1
1954	26	BAL	AL	38	24	22	2	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.364	.364	.409	.773	120	9	1	0	2	0		1
1955	27	TOT	AL	36	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1955	27	CHW	AL	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1955	27	WSH	AL	29	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1956	28	WSH	AL	43	23	20	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.150	.150	.150	.300	-19	3	0	0	3	0	0	1
1957	29	TOT	AL	22	11	10	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	.300	.300	.500	.800	115	5	0	0	1	0	0	1
1957	29	WSH	AL	4	7	7	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.429	.571	52	3	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1957	29	BOS	AL	18	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	258	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
7 Seasons				171	105	96	5	26	1	1	1	9	0	0	1	10	.271	.278	.333	.612	68	32	2	0	8	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	99	91	5	25	1	1	1	9	0	0	1	9	.271	.278	.333	.612	68	30	2	0	8

CLE (4 yrs)				32	37	34	1	12	0	0	1	6	0	0	1	3	.353	.371	.441	.813	124	15	1	0	2	0
WSH (3 yrs)				76	38	35	2	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	5	.114	.114	.171	.286	-23	6	0	0	3	0	0
BOS (1 yr)				18	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	258	2	0	0	1	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				38	24	22	2	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.364	.364	.409	.773	120	9	1	0	2	0
CHW (1 yr)				7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1951	23	CLE	AL	21	14	4	7.7	98	.353	.350	.261	.350	.342	.500	.383	.850	.725	133	.726	0.7	0.1	.769	.150	.150	.0
1952	24	CLE	AL	4	3	1	9.0	91	.500	.500	.253	.500	.332	.500	.370	1.000	.701	186	.805	0.4	0.0	.667	.000	.000
1953	25	CLE	AL	7	5	1	5.4	101	.333	.286	.267	.286	.343	.286	.393	.571	.736	56	.584	-0.5	-0.1	.400	.000	.000
1954	26	TOT	AL	29	20	4	5.4	93	.391	.360	.257	.385	.332	.400	.376	.785	.708	122	.604	0.7	0.1	.647	.080	.040
1954	26	CLE	AL	5	3	1	8.9	100	.333	.333	.268	.500	.344	.333	.391	.833	.735	131	.795	0.2	0.0	1.000	.333	.000
1954	26	BAL	AL	24	17	3	4.7	92	.400	.364	.256	.364	.330	.409	.374	.773	.704	120	.548	0.5	0.0	.600	.045	.045
1955	27	TOT	AL	10	10	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.264	.000	.343	.000	.394	.000	.737	-100	.000	-2.8	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
1955	27	CHW	AL	2	2	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.270	.000	.350	.000	.402	.000	.752	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1955	27	WSH	AL	8	8	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.263	.000	.342	.000	.391	.000	.733	-100	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1956	28	WSH	AL	23	20	1	1.3	103	.176	.150	.262	.150	.344	.150	.401	.300	.744	-19	.088	-3.4	-0.3	.176	.000	.000
1957	29	TOT	AL	11	8	1	3.4	100	.375	.300	.264	.300	.336	.500	.398	.800	.733	115	.383	0.0	-0.0	.714	.200	.200
1957	29	WSH	AL	7	6	0	0.0	98	.200	.143	.261	.143	.333	.429	.393	.571	.726	52	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.500	.286	.286
1957	29	BOS	AL	4	2	1	13.5	104	.667	.667	.270	.667	.343	.667	.407	1.333	.750	258	.887	0.6	0.1	2.000	.000	.000
7 Seasons				105	80	12	4.0	98	.294	.271	.261	.278	.339	.333	.388	.612	.726	68	.452	-4.9	-0.5	.458	.073	.063	.0
162 Game Avg.				99	76	11	4.0	98	.294	.271	.261	.278	.339	.333	.388	.612	.726	68	.452	-4.9	-0.5	.458	.073	.063

CLE (4 yrs)				37	25	7	7.5	98	.367	.353	.262	.371	.341	.441	.384	.813	.726	124	.725	0.9	0.1	.696	.118	.088	.0
WSH (3 yrs)				38	34	1	0.8	101	.133	.114	.262	.114	.341	.171	.397	.286	.738	-23	.037	-6.3	-0.6	.194	.057	.057
BOS (1 yr)				4	2	1	13.5	104	.667	.667	.270	.667	.343	.667	.407	1.333	.750	258	.887	0.6	0.1	2.000	.000	.000
BAL (1 yr)				24	17	3	4.7	92	.400	.364	.256	.364	.330	.409	.374	.773	.704	120	.548	0.5	0.0	.600	.045	.045
CHW (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.270	.000	.350	.000	.402	.000	.752	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

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	GO/AO	IP%
1951	23	CLE	AL	21	4.8%	9.5%	0.0%	4.8%	14%		10.0	20.0	3.3		81%
1952	24	CLE	AL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						100%
1953	25	CLE	AL	7	0.0%	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		7.0				86%
1954	26	TOT	AL	29	0.0%	6.9%	3.5%	3.5%	11%	2.00	12.5		25.0	2.40	79%
1954	26	CLE	AL	5	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	0.00					60%
1954	26	BAL	AL	24	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	4.2%	13%		11.0		22.0	1.80	83%
1955	27	TOT	AL	10	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						1.25	100%
1955	27	CHW	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						1.00	100%
1955	27	WSH	AL	8	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						1.33	100%
1956	28	WSH	AL	23	0.0%	13.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		6.7			2.40	74%
1957	29	TOT	AL	11	0.0%	18.2%	0.0%	9.1%	33%		5.0		5.0	0.50	73%
1957	29	WSH	AL	7	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	14.3%	100%		3.5		3.5	0.33	71%
1957	29	BOS	AL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					1.00	75%
7 Seasons				105	1.0%	9.5%	1.0%	2.9%	12%	10.00	9.6	96.0	10.7	1.72	81%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1954	26	TOT	AL	0	0	20%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	50%	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1
1954	26	CLE	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	26	BAL	AL	0	0	25%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	33%	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1
1955	27	TOT	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	27	CHW	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	27	WSH	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	28	WSH	AL	0	0	67%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1957	29	TOT	AL	0	0	0%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	29	WSH	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	29	BOS	AL	0	0	0%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Seasons				0	0	15%	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	43%	3	1	1	1	0	0	3	1	2
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
1954	26	TOT	AL	28	43%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	3	1	33%	5	3	60%	16	1	6%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	1
1954	26	CLE	AL	5	60%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	0	0		1	1	100%	4	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1954	26	BAL	AL	23	39%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	3	1	33%	4	2	50%	12	1	8%	1	0	0%	0	0		1
1955	27	TOT	AL	10	20%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1955	27	CHW	AL	2	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1955	27	WSH	AL	8	13%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1956	28	WSH	AL	23	22%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	7	0	0%	7	2	29%	12	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1957	29	TOT	AL	11	9%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	4	2	50%	0	0		0	0		0
1957	29	WSH	AL	7	14%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	2	67%	0	0		0	0		0
1957	29	BOS	AL	4	0%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Seasons				72	28%	26			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	8	114%	13	2	15%	15	6	40%	33	3	9%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1951	23	17	21	20	1	7	0	0	1	6	0	2	.350	.350	.500	.850	133	10	0	1
1952	24	22	25	24	1	9	0	0	1	6	0	2	.375	.375	.500	.875	141	12	1	1
1953	25	29	32	31	1	11	0	0	1	6	0	3	.355	.355	.452	.806	122	14	1	1
1954	26	70	61	56	3	20	1	0	1	7	1	5	.357	.368	.429	.797	122	24	2	4	0
1955	27	106	71	66	3	20	1	0	1	7	1	5	.303	.313	.364	.677	88	24	2	4	0	0
1956	28	149	94	86	5	23	1	0	1	7	1	8	.267	.276	.314	.590	63	27	2	7	0	0
1957	29	171	105	96	5	26	1	1	1	9	1	10	.271	.278	.333	.612	68	32	2	8	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1951	23	18	21	21	1	0	0	7	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	4	17
1952	24	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	5
1953	25	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	7
1954	26	43	28	27	2	10	1	1	1	2	.370	.393	.407	.800	4	41
1955	27	38	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	36
1956	28	45	21	21	4	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	43
1957	29	23	11	11	0	0	0	2	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	22
7 Seasons		179	102	101	7	10	1	10	1	10	.099	.108	.109	.217	13	171
162 Game Avg.		162	92	91	6	9	1	9	1	9	.099	.108	.109	.217	12	171

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