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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1951 23 CLE AL 3 4 .429 4.74 17 10 5 2 1 0 68.1 80 40 36 3 43 32 0 1 2 321 80 1.800 10.5 0.4 5.7 4.2 0.74
1952 24 CLE AL 1 2 .333 9.75 5 1 2 0 0 0 12.0 19 13 13 2 8 7 0 0 0 58 34 2.250 14.3 1.5 6.0 5.3 0.88
1953 25 CLE AL 0 2 .000 2.67 7 3 2 1 0 0 27.0 28 13 8 2 10 6 1 0 2 116 141 1.407 9.3 0.7 3.3 2.0 0.60
1954 26 TOT AL 5 7 .417 3.43 41 6 28 0 0 3 99.2 85 44 38 8 55 47 1 0 1 433 104 1.405 7.7 0.7 5.0 4.2 0.85
1954 26 CLE AL 2 0 1.000 0.87 3 0 0 0 0 0 10.1 4 1 1 0 12 3 0 0 0 47 423 1.548 3.5 0.0 10.5 2.6 0.25
1954 26 BAL AL 3 7 .300 3.73 38 6 28 0 0 3 89.1 81 43 37 8 43 44 1 0 1 386 96 1.388 8.2 0.8 4.3 4.4 1.02
1955 27 TOT AL 2 3 .400 4.57 36 0 15 0 0 0 67.0 66 40 34 6 31 4 34 1 1 2 292 87 1.448 8.9 0.8 4.2 4.6 1.10
1955 27 CHW AL 0 0 1.46 7 0 4 0 0 0 12.1 11 2 2 2 6 1 6 0 0 0 50 269 1.378 8.0 1.5 4.4 4.4 1.00
1955 27 WSH AL 2 3 .400 5.27 29 0 11 0 0 0 54.2 55 38 32 4 25 3 28 1 1 2 242 75 1.463 9.1 0.7 4.1 4.6 1.12
1956 28 WSH AL 4 4 .500 4.03 43 1 23 0 0 4 96.0 94 53 43 3 57 7 33 3 0 2 423 103 1.573 8.8 0.3 5.3 3.1 0.58
1957 29 TOT AL 0 3 .000 7.15 22 2 13 0 0 3 50.1 73 43 40 7 21 1 28 1 0 3 240 55 1.868 13.1 1.3 3.8 5.0 1.33
1957 29 WSH AL 0 1 .000 5.40 4 2 1 0 0 0 18.1 20 13 11 2 10 1 12 0 0 2 85 72 1.636 9.8 1.0 4.9 5.9 1.20
1957 29 BOS AL 0 2 .000 8.16 18 0 12 0 0 3 32.0 53 30 29 5 11 0 16 1 0 1 155 49 2.000 14.9 1.4 3.1 4.5 1.45
7 Seasons 15 25 .375 4.54 171 23 88 3 1 10 420.1 445 246 212 31 225 12 187 7 2 12 1883 85 1.594 9.5 0.7 4.8 4.0 0.83
162 Game Avg. 5 9 .375 4.54 60 8 31 1 0 4 147 156 86 74 11 79 66 2 1 4 660 85 1.594 9.5 0.7 4.8 4.0 0.83
CLE (4 yrs) 6 8 .429 4.44 32 14 9 3 1 0 117.2 131 67 58 7 73 48 1 1 4 542 84 1.734 10.0 0.5 5.6 3.7 0.66
WSH (3 yrs) 6 8 .429 4.58 76 3 35 0 0 4 169.0 169 104 86 9 92 11 73 4 1 6 750 89 1.544 9.0 0.5 4.9 3.9 0.79
BOS (1 yr) 0 2 .000 8.16 18 0 12 0 0 3 32.0 53 30 29 5 11 0 16 1 0 1 155 49 2.000 14.9 1.4 3.1 4.5 1.45
BAL (1 yr) 3 7 .300 3.73 38 6 28 0 0 3 89.1 81 43 37 8 43 44 1 0 1 386 96 1.388 8.2 0.8 4.3 4.4 1.02
CHW (1 yr) 0 0 1.46 7 0 4 0 0 0 12.1 11 2 2 2 6 1 6 0 0 0 50 269 1.378 8.0 1.5 4.4 4.4 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 26 TOT AL 41 433 365 44 85 10 4 8 1 3 55 47 .233 .333 .348 .680 .246 127 5 1 9 3
1954 26 BAL AL 38 386 330 43 81 10 4 8 1 3 43 44 .245 .332 .373 .704 .260 123 4 1 9 3
1954 26 CLE AL 3 47 35 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 .114 .340 .114 .455 .125 4 1 0 0 0
1955 27 TOT AL 36 292 252 40 66 5 0 6 7 2 31 34 .262 .343 .353 .696 .280 89 8 1 6 2 4
1955 27 CHW AL 7 50 43 2 11 1 0 2 1 0 6 6 .256 .347 .419 .766 .257 18 2 0 1 0 1
1955 27 WSH AL 29 242 209 38 55 4 0 4 6 2 25 28 .263 .342 .340 .681 .285 71 6 1 5 2 3
1956 28 WSH AL 43 433 361 53 94 14 3 3 3 4 57 33 .260 .361 .341 .701 .275 123 9 3 6 6 7
1957 29 TOT AL 22 240 213 43 73 16 3 7 3 1 21 28 .343 .403 .545 .947 .369 116 4 1 4 1 1
1957 29 BOS AL 18 155 140 30 53 11 1 5 2 1 11 16 .379 .425 .579 1.003 .400 81 3 1 2 1 0
1957 29 WSH AL 4 85 73 13 20 5 2 2 1 0 10 12 .274 .361 .479 .841 .305 35 1 0 2 0 1
4 Seasons 142 1398 1191 180 318 45 10 24 14 10 164 142 .267 .355 .382 .737 .284 455 26 6 25 12 12
162 Game Avg. 64 630 536 81 143 20 5 11 6 5 74 64 .267 .355 .382 .737 .284 205 12 3 11 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 26 TOT AL 41 6 0 3 3 0 0 1 5 .167 1 1 0 0 2 33% 53 19 16 7 3 3 5.3 4.2 5.3
1954 26 BAL AL 38 6 0 3 3 0 0 1 5 .167 1 1 0 0 2 33% 40 53 19 11 6 3 3 5.3 4.2 5.3
1956 28 WSH AL 43 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 40 40 40 7 5 1 0 6.0 3.6 5.0
1957 29 TOT AL 22 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 40 38 6 3 0 2 6.4 8.1 5.7
1957 29 WSH AL 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 39 40 38 2 2 0 2 6.4 8.1 5.7
3 Seasons 85 9 0 3 6 0 0 2 7 .222 1 3 0 0 2 22% 40 53 19 20 13 4 5 5.7 5.0 5.4
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 26 TOT AL 41 35 28 5 4 4 3 0 75% 4 0 31 7 23% 1.191 15 6 12 4 9 21 15 19 19 5 19 8 5.8
1954 26 CLE AL 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 2 1.117 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3 0 3 0 10.3
1954 26 BAL AL 38 32 28 3 4 4 3 0 75% 4 0 26 7 27% 8 1.200 14 5 11 4 9 18 13 18 16 5 16 8 5.4
1955 27 TOT AL 36 36 15 2 3 1 0 1 0% 2 1 31 12 39% 0.709 9 5 21 4 4 28 15 21 24 4 24 6 5.6
1955 27 CHW AL 7 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0% 8 0.454 1 2 4 0 0 7 3 4 5 0 5 0 5.3
1955 27 WSH AL 29 29 11 2 3 1 0 1 0% 2 1 24 12 50% 7 0.762 8 3 17 4 4 21 12 17 19 4 19 6 5.7
1956 28 WSH AL 43 42 23 4 4 5 4 2 80% 8 2 42 21 50% 8 1.043 14 5 23 9 6 27 19 23 23 5 23 11 6.5
1957 29 TOT AL 22 20 13 0 3 5 3 2 60% 5 0 13 3 23% 0.895 6 5 8 5 2 13 6 14 14 3 14 1 5.9
1957 29 WSH AL 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 0 0% 3 1.266 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 10.5
1957 29 BOS AL 18 18 12 0 2 4 3 1 75% 4 0 11 3 27% 7 0.692 5 5 7 4 2 12 5 13 12 3 12 1 5.3
4 Seasons 142 133 79 11 14 15 10 5 67% 19 3 117 43 37% 0.993 44 21 64 22 21 89 55 77 80 17 80 26 6.0

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1951 23 CLE AL
1952 24 CLE AL
1953 25 CLE AL
1954 26 TOT AL 434 34% 1.9% 10.9% 12.7% 5.1% 26% 0.84 72% 93 5 5%
1954 26 CLE AL 47 32% 0.0% 6.4% 25.5% 0.0% 0% 0.56 68% 10 1 10%
1954 26 BAL AL 387 34% 2.1% 11.4% 11.1% 5.7% 27% 0.89 73% 83 4 5%
1955 27 TOT AL 292 37% 2.1% 11.6% 10.6% 3.8% 17% 1.18 73% 78 8 10%
1955 27 CHW AL 50 36% 4.0% 12.0% 12.0% 6.0% 27% 2.00 70% 9 2 22%
1955 27 WSH AL 242 37% 1.7% 11.6% 10.3% 3.3% 15% 1.06 74% 69 6 9%
1956 28 WSH AL 433 30% 0.7% 7.6% 13.2% 4.6% 21% 1.18 76% 111 9 8%
1957 29 TOT AL 240 26% 2.9% 11.7% 8.8% 10.8% 36% 1.19 75% 44 4 9%
1957 29 WSH AL 85 21% 2.4% 14.1% 11.8% 10.6% 45% 1.80 69% 14 1 7%
1957 29 BOS AL 155 28% 3.2% 10.3% 7.1% 11.0% 32% 0.95 77% 30 3 10%
7 Seasons 1399 32% 2.2% 13.4% 16.1% 5.7% 18% 1.06 74% 326 26 8%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1951 23 CLE AL 80 3 2
1952 24 CLE AL 19 2 0
1953 25 CLE AL 28 2 2
1954 26 TOT AL 426 85 8 0 21 5 3 2 6 27 12 2 44% 8 1 0 167 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 8
1954 26 CLE AL 47 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 26 BAL AL 379 81 8 0 17 5 3 2 6 25 12 2 48% 6 1 0 151 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 8
1955 27 TOT AL 292 66 6 0 13 6 0 2 4 31 17 2 55% 4 2 0 132 7 2 78% 6 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 5 0
1955 27 CHW AL 50 11 2 0 5 2 0 2 0 5 0 1 0% 0 0 0 19 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
1955 27 WSH AL 242 55 4 0 8 4 0 0 4 26 17 1 65% 4 2 0 113 6 2 75% 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
1956 28 WSH AL 433 94 3 0 18 1 2 1 2 39 25 2 64% 5 2 0 197 3 4 43% 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 0
1957 29 TOT AL 240 73 7 0 5 5 2 4 3 15 8 0 53% 2 3 1 101 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1957 29 WSH AL 85 20 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 9 3 0 33% 1 2 1 32 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1957 29 BOS AL 155 53 5 0 3 4 1 2 3 6 5 0 83% 1 1 0 69 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
7 Seasons 1391 445 31 0 57 17 7 9 15 112 62 6 55% 19 12 1 597 14 10 58% 13 7 1 1 0 2 5 0 26 8
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1951 23 3 4 .429 4.74 17 10 5 2 1 0 68.1 80 40 36 3 43 32 0 1 2 321 80 1.800 10.5 0.4 5.7 4.2 0.74 80
1952 24 4 6 .400 5.49 22 11 7 2 1 0 80.1 99 53 49 5 51 39 0 1 2 379 68 1.867 11.1 0.6 5.7 4.4 0.76 68
1953 25 4 8 .333 4.78 29 14 9 3 1 0 107.1 127 66 57 7 61 45 1 1 4 495 78 1.752 10.6 0.6 5.1 3.8 0.74 78
1954 26 9 15 .375 4.13 70 20 37 3 1 3 207.0 212 110 95 15 116 92 2 1 5 928 89 1.585 9.2 0.7 5.0 4.0 0.79 89
1955 27 11 18 .379 4.24 106 20 52 3 1 3 274.0 278 150 129 21 147 4 126 3 2 7 1220 88 1.551 9.1 0.7 4.8 4.1 0.86 88
1956 28 15 22 .405 4.18 149 21 75 3 1 7 370.0 372 203 172 24 204 11 159 6 2 9 1643 92 1.557 9.0 0.6 5.0 3.9 0.78 92
1957 29 15 25 .375 4.54 171 23 88 3 1 10 420.1 445 246 212 31 225 12 187 7 2 12 1883 85 1.594 9.5 0.7 4.8 4.0 0.83 85

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1951 23 3 4 .429 5.09 69.0 85 43 39 3 46 32 0 1.899 11.1 6.0 4.2 0.70 0.4 17
1952 24 0 1 .000 13.50 10.0 21 17 15 2 9 6 0 3.000 18.9 8.1 5.4 0.67 1.8 5
1953 25 1 1 .500 3.12 26.0 30 10 9 2 11 6 1 1.577 10.4 3.8 2.1 0.55 0.7 7
1954 26 6 5 .545 3.87 100.0 93 48 43 9 60 47 1 1.530 8.4 5.4 4.2 0.78 0.8 41
1955 27 3 4 .429 4.76 68.0 69 40 36 6 32 35 1 1.485 9.1 4.2 4.6 1.09 0.8 36
1956 28 5 5 .500 4.07 95.0 95 48 43 3 58 33 3 1.611 9.0 5.5 3.1 0.57 0.3 43
1957 29 1 4 .200 7.74 50.0 78 48 43 7 22 28 1 2.000 14.0 4.0 5.0 1.27 1.3 22
7 Seasons 19 24 .442 4.91 418.0 471 254 228 32 238 187 7 1.696 10.1 4.0 0.79 0.7 171

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 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

Games Played s c a p y
1956 AL  43 (8th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1954 AL  28 (5th)
1956 AL  23 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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