Bob Chakales

Robert Edward Chakales (The Golden Greek)

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

Born: August 10, 1927 in Asheville, NC
High School: Benedictine HS (Richmond, VA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1951
Teams (by GP): Senators/Orioles/Indians/RedSox/WhiteSox 1951-1957

Final Game: September 17, 1957
Died: February 18, 2010 in Richmond, VA
Buried: Westhampton Memorial Park, Richmond, VA
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Standard Batting

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
1945	17	PHI-min	B,A	25	49	49		16	2	0	0						.327	.327	.367	.694		18							WMT,UTI · ISLG,EL
1947	19	PHI-min	A	22	37	37		11	1	1	0						.297	.297	.378	.676		14							UTI · EL
1948	20	PHI-min	B,A	32	69	69		21	5	2	1						.304	.304	.478	.783		33							PRT,UTI · NENL,EL
1949	21	CLE-min	A,AA	28	45	45		10	3	0	0						.222	.222	.289	.511		13							WKB,OKC · EL,TL
1950	22	CLE-min	A	36	63	63		18	5	1	0						.286	.286	.397	.683		25							WKB · EL
1951	23	CLE	AL	17	21	20	1	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	2	.350	.350	.500	.850	134	10	0	0	1			1
1952	24	CLE-min	AAA	32	50	47	7	11	0	0	4	11	0		3	10	.234	.280	.489	.769		23	0	0	0				INA · AA
1952	24	CLE	AL	5	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	187	2	1	0	0			/1
1953	25	CLE-min	AAA	13	28	26	2	4	1	0	0	1	0		2	3	.154	.214	.192	.407		5	0	0	0				INA · AA
1953	25	CLE	AL	7	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	57	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	BOS-min	Opn	9	23	22	0	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	2	.182	.174	.182	.356		4	0	0	0	1			SFR · PCL
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
1958	30	NYY-BOS-min	AAA	36	71	62	3	11	3	0	0	5	0		6	20	.177	.246	.210	.456		13		0	2	1	0		RMD,MNE · IL,AA
1959	31	TTO	AAA	35	81	77	8	13	4	1	0	8	0		1	11	.169	.177	.247	.424		19		0	2	1	0		TTO · IL
1960	32	CLE-min	AAA	25	42	38	3	11	5	0	1	4	0	0	0	6	.289	.289	.500	.789		19		0	4	0			TTO · IL
1961	33	OAK-min	AAA	27	33	30	2	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	7	.233	.303	.267	.570		8							TTO,HAW · IL,PCL
7 Yrs				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	125	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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1951	23	CLE	AL	17	21	1	0	0	0	2	3	0.3	1	4	0.3	.517	.502	0.3	0.0	4	$	1
1952	24	CLE	AL	5	4	0	0	-0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.513	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1953	25	CLE	AL	7	7	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.504	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	/1
1954	26	CLE	AL	3	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.535	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1954	26	BAL	AL	38	24	0	-0	-0	0	3	2	0.3	1	3	0.3	.507	.502	0.3	0.0	3	$	1
1955	27	CHW	AL	7	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.494	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1955	27	WSH	AL	29	8	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
1956	28	WSH	AL	43	23	-4	-0	1	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-1	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
1957	29	WSH	AL	4	7	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.505	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1957	29	BOS	AL	18	4	1	-0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.507	.501	0.1	-0.0	1	$	1
7 Seasons				171	105	-5	-1	0	0	11	6	0.6	3	8	0.7	.504	.500	0.7	0.0	9	$

CLE (4 yrs)				32	37	1	0	-0	0	4	5	0.5	1	6	0.5	.515	.501	0.5	0.0	6	$
WSH (3 yrs)				76	38	-7	-0	1	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.497	.500	-0.2	0.0	-1	$
BOS (1 yr)				18	4	1	-0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.507	.501	0.1	-0.0	1	$
BAL (1 yr)				38	24	0	-0	-0	0	3	2	0.3	1	3	0.3	.507	.502	0.3	0.0	3	$
CHW (1 yr)				7	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.494	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

Advanced Batting

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	97	.353	.350	.260	.350	.340	.500	.382	.850	.722	134	.726	0.7	0.1	.769	.150	.150	.0
1952	24	CLE	AL	4	3	1	9.0	90	.500	.500	.252	.500	.330	.500	.368	1.000	.698	187	.805	0.4	0.0	.667	.000	.000
1953	25	CLE	AL	7	5	1	5.4	100	.333	.286	.266	.286	.342	.286	.392	.571	.733	57	.584	-0.4	-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	100	.000	.000	.263	.000	.342	.000	.392	.000	.734	-100	.000	-2.8	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
1955	27	CHW	AL	2	2	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.269	.000	.348	.000	.400	.000	.749	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1955	27	WSH	AL	8	8	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.262	.000	.340	.000	.390	.000	.730	-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	.734	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	.394	.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	.408	1.333	.751	258	.887	0.6	0.1	2.000	.000	.000
7 Yrs				105	80	12	4.0	98	.294	.271	.261	.278	.338	.333	.387	.612	.725	68	.452	-4.9	-0.5	.458	.073	.063	.0
162 Game Avg.				99	76	11	4.0	98	.294	.271	.261	.278	.338	.333	.387	.612	.725	68	.452	-4.9	-0.5	.458	.073	.063

CLE (4 yrs)				37	25	7	7.5	97	.367	.353	.261	.371	.340	.441	.383	.813	.723	125	.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	.408	1.333	.751	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	104	.000	.000	.269	.000	.348	.000	.400	.000	.749	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

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	2.25	81%
1952	24	CLE	AL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					1.00	100%
1953	25	CLE	AL	7	0.0%	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		7.0			3.00	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 Yrs				105	1.0%	9.5%	1.0%	2.9%	12%	10.00	9.6	96.0	10.7	1.80	81%
MLB Averages					2.1%	11.2%	9.3%	6.5%	28%	1.20	7.9	41.3	8.2	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1951	23	CLE	AL	0.7	0.1	21	0.2	0.5	-0.3	1.00	0.2	-0.0	2.3	0.2	0.97	2.4
1952	24	CLE	AL	0.4	0.0	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.17	-0.0	-0.2	-1.8	-0.2	1.26	-0.9
1953	25	CLE	AL	-0.5	-0.1	7	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.06	-0.0	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.93	-0.4
1954	26	TOT	AL	0.7	0.1	28	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	1.13	-0.1	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.92	-1.0
1954	26	CLE	AL	0.2	0.0	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.90	-0.0	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.99	-0.2
1954	26	BAL	AL	0.5	0.0	23	-0.2	0.2	-0.5	1.18	-0.1	-0.1	-0.7	-0.1	0.91	-0.8
1955	27	TOT	AL	-2.8	-0.3	10	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.70	-0.2	0.0	-2.0	-0.2	0.79	-2.5
1955	27	CHW	AL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.43	-0.1	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.61	-0.5
1955	27	WSH	AL	-2.2	-0.2	8	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.77	-0.2	0.0	-1.6	-0.2	0.83	-2.0
1956	28	WSH	AL	-3.4	-0.3	23	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	1.26	-0.4	-0.0	-4.1	-0.4	0.95	-3.9
1957	29	TOT	AL	0.0	-0.0	11	0.0	0.2	-0.2	.83	-0.1	0.1	1.0	0.1	0.88	0.3
1957	29	WSH	AL	-0.6	-0.1	7	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.95	-0.0	0.1	0.8	0.1	0.84	-0.2
1957	29	BOS	AL	0.6	0.1	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.62	-0.0	-0.0	0.2	0.0	0.94	0.4
7 Yrs				-4.9	-0.5	104	-0.7	1.2	-1.9	1.02	-0.6	-0.1	-6.1	-0.6	0.93	-6.2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1951	23	CLE	AL	0%	8	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	24	CLE	AL	0%	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953	25	CLE	AL	0%	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	26	TOT	AL	20%	10	3	50%	1	0	1	1	2	1	1
1954	26	CLE	AL	0%	1	1	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
1954	26	BAL	AL	25%	9	2	33%	0	0	0	1	2	1	1
1955	27	TOT	AL		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	27	CHW	AL		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	27	WSH	AL		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	28	WSH	AL	67%	8	1	50%	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1957	29	TOT	AL	0%	5	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1957	29	WSH	AL	0%	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	29	BOS	AL	0%	5	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				15%	34	5	43%	3	1	1	1	3	1	2

Situational Hitting*

						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
1951	23	CLE	AL	21	67%	7			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	15	5	33%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1952	24	CLE	AL	4	100%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	2	0	0%	4	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1953	25	CLE	AL	7	100%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1954	26	TOT	AL	29	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%	0
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	24	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		0
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 Yrs				105	43%	26			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	9	8	89%	19	2	11%	20	6	30%	57	8	14%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			83%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

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	134	10	0	1
1952	24	22	25	24	1	9	0	0	1	6	0	2	.375	.375	.500	.875	143	12	1	1
1953	25	29	32	31	1	11	0	0	1	6	0	3	.355	.355	.452	.806	123	14	1	1
1954	26	70	61	56	3	20	1	0	1	7	1	5	.357	.368	.429	.797	123	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	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1951	23	18	23	22	1	8	0	0	1	7	0	2	.364	.364	.500	.864	4	17
1952	24	5	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	5
1953	25	7	8	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.375	.375	.375	.750	1	7
1954	26	43	31	27	2	10	1	0	0	1	1	2	.370	.393	.407	.800	4	41
1955	27	38	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	36
1956	28	45	24	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	43
1957	29	23	12	11	0	4	0	1	0	2	0	2	.364	.364	.545	.909	2	22
7 Yrs		179	112	103	3	27	1	1	1	10	1	10	.262	.269	.320	.590	12	171
162 Game Avg.		162	101	93	3	24	1	1	1	9	1	9	.262	.269	.320	.590	11	171

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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