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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1951 CLE AL 23 P 17 12 1 11 0 0 1.000 0.71 .950 0.99
1952 CLE AL 24 P 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.04
1953 CLE AL 25 P 7 8 2 5 1 1 .875 1.00 .962 0.89
1954 TOT AL 26 P 41 6 99.2 24 5 16 3 1 .875 1.90 0.51 .962 2.00 0.93
1954 CLE AL 26 P 3 0 10.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.00 0.93
1954 BAL AL 26 P 38 6 89.1 24 5 16 3 1 .875 2.12 0.55 .962 2.00 0.93
1955 TOT AL 27 P 36 0 67.0 18 3 14 1 1 .944 2.28 0.47 .956 1.99 0.83
1955 CHW AL 27 P 7 0 12.1 5 2 2 1 0 .800 2.92 0.57 .960 1.97 0.83
1955 WSH AL 27 P 29 0 54.2 13 1 12 0 1 1.000 2.14 0.45 .954 1.99 0.83
1956 WSH AL 28 P 43 1 96.1 27 1 25 1 2 .963 2.43 0.60 .948 1.92 0.82
1957 TOT AL 29 P 22 2 50.1 11 2 8 1 1 .909 1.79 0.45 .964 1.98 0.86
1957 WSH AL 29 P 4 2 18.1 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 2.45 1.25 .960 1.96 0.85
1957 BOS AL 29 P 18 0 32.0 6 2 3 1 0 .833 1.41 0.28 .967 2.00 0.86
7 Seasons P 171 9 313.1 100 14 79 7 6 .930 2.67 0.54 .956 1.97 0.88
7 Seasons TOT 171 9 313.1 100 14 79 7 6 .930 2.67 0.54 .886 1.97 0.88

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1951 CLE AL 23 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CLE AL 24 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CLE AL 25 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BAL AL 26 38 6 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CLE AL 26 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 WSH AL 27 29 0 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CHW AL 27 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 WSH AL 28 43 1 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 BOS AL 29 18 0 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 WSH AL 29 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 171 9 171 171 171 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 BAL AL 26 383 78% 26% 20 80% 3 5 0 5 17 13 1 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 80%
1954 CLE AL 26 47 68% 21% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 WSH AL 27 251 78% 25% 13 92% 0 1 1 0 11 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1955 CHW AL 27 53 77% 32% 2 100% 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 WSH AL 28 443 79% 29% 27 89% 0 1 0 1 25 18 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 6 67%
1957 BOS AL 29 160 83% 21% 3 67% 0 3 0 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1957 WSH AL 29 89 74% 28% 6 83% 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 100%
4 Seasons 1426 78% 26% 71 86% 3 12 1 9 63 47 4 6 0 3 3 2 5 2 5 0 18 78%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 90% 83%

* 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.

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