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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 (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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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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
1945	17	PHI-min	B,A	13	8	.619	5.05	22						123.0	118	81	69		67								1.504	8.6		4.9			WMT,UTI · ISLG,EL
1947	19	PHI-min	A	7	5	.583	5.36	22						94.0	74	70	56		76								1.596	7.1		7.3			UTI · EL
1948	20	PHI-min	B,A	13	9	.591	3.22	29						165.0	134	79	59		113								1.497	7.3		6.2			PRT,UTI · NENL,EL
1949	21	CLE-min	A,AA	6	11	.353	5.33	23	19					135.0	168	114	80		94								1.941	11.2		6.3			WKB,OKC · EL,TL
1950	22	CLE-min	A	16	5	.762	2.04	33						168.0	133	59	38		69								1.202	7.1		3.7			WKB · EL
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-min	AAA	10	6	.625	5.18	30	16		4	0		125.0	147	88	72		72		69	7	3	4			1.752	10.6		5.2	5.0	0.96	INA · AA
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	36	2.250	14.3	1.5	6.0	5.3	0.88
1953	25	CLE-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.91	11	10		2	1		69.0	70	40	30	7	32		31	2	0	4			1.478	9.1	0.9	4.2	4.0	0.97	INA · AA
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	143	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	105	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	436	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	88	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	277	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	76	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	104	1.573	8.8	0.3	5.3	3.1	0.58
1957	29	BOS-min	Opn	5	2	.714	3.45	9	9		5	2		60.0	65	24	23	3	25		30	1	0	2			1.500	9.8	0.4	3.8	4.5	1.20	SFR · PCL
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	56	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	73	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
1958	30	NYY-BOS-min	AAA	10	8	.556	3.44	34	21		9	4		162.0	144	73	62	13	79	8	72	3	1	4			1.377	8.0	0.7	4.4	4.0	0.91	RMD,MNE · IL,AA
1959	31	-min	AAA	13	10	.565	4.04	34	28		9	2		216.0	228	114	97	24	68	6	117	7	1	5			1.370	9.5	1.0	2.8	4.9	1.72	TTO · IL
1960	32	CLE-min	AAA	9	3	.750	3.74	24	15		6	2		113.0	110	50	47	11	42	3	53	6	1	3			1.345	8.8	0.9	3.3	4.2	1.26	TTO · IL
1961	33	OAK-min	AAA	7	4	.636	5.44	24	15					96.0	112	65	58	14	40								1.583	10.5	1.3	3.8			TTO,HAW · IL,PCL
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	86	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	86	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	85	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	277	1.378	8.0	1.5	4.4	4.4	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1951	23	CLE	AL	68.1	10	40	41	0	1.0	1	-0.3	$
1952	24	CLE	AL	12.0	1	13	7	0	1.0	-6	-0.8	$
1953	25	CLE	AL	27.0	3	13	16	1	1.0	3	0.1	$
1954	26	CLE	AL	10.1	0	1	5	0	1.1	4	0.4	$
1954	26	BAL	AL	89.1	6	43	50	-2	1.2	7	0.5	$
1955	27	CHW	AL	12.1	0	2	7	0	.5	5	0.3	$
1955	27	WSH	AL	54.2	0	38	35	-3	.7	-3	-0.7	$
1956	28	WSH	AL	96.0	1	53	67	-6	1.0	14	0.6	$
1957	29	WSH	AL	18.1	2	13	11	-1	1.3	-2	-0.3	$
1957	29	BOS	AL	32.0	0	30	17	1	.7	-13	-1.3	$
7 Seasons				420.1	23	246	256	-10	1.0	10	-1.5	$

CLE (4 yrs)				117.2	14	67	69	1	1.0	2	-0.6	$
WSH (3 yrs)				169.0	3	104	113	-10	.9	9	-0.4	$
BOS (1 yr)				32.0	0	30	17	1	.7	-13	-1.3	$
BAL (1 yr)				89.1	6	43	50	-2	1.2	7	0.5	$
CHW (1 yr)				12.1	0	2	7	0	.5	5	0.3	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
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	133	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	186	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	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	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	-min	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 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1951	23	CLE	AL	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$	1
1952	24	CLE	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
1953	25	CLE	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	/1
1954	26	CLE	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
1954	26	BAL	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$	1
1955	27	CHW	AL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
1955	27	WSH	AL	8	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1956	28	WSH	AL	23	-4	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	1
1957	29	WSH	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	/1
1957	29	BOS	AL	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	1
7 Seasons				105	-5	0	0	1	0	8	3	7	0.6	7	0.7	-0.1	$

CLE (4 yrs)				37	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0.4	4	0.4	0.0	$
WSH (3 yrs)				38	-6	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$
BOS (1 yr)				4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$
BAL (1 yr)				24	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$
CHW (1 yr)				2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1951	CLE	AL	23	P	17	10	2	68.1	12	1	11	0	0	1.000	1.58	0.71	.953	2.07	2.06	6	3	33%	0
1952	CLE	AL	24	P	5	1	0	12.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		2.10	2.10	0	1	100%	0
1953	CLE	AL	25	P	7	3	1	27.0	8	2	5	1	1	.875	2.33	1.00	.958	1.93	1.93	0	3	100%	0
1954	TOT	AL	26	P	41	6	0	99.2	24	5	16	3	1	.875	1.90	0.51	.959	2.00	1.99	1	3	75%	0
1954	CLE	AL	26	P	3	0	0	10.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		2.00	2.00	0	0		0
1954	BAL	AL	26	P	38	6	0	89.1	24	5	16	3	1	.875	2.12	0.55	.959	2.00	1.99	1	3	75%	0
1955	TOT	AL	27	P	36	0	0	67.0	18	3	14	1	1	.944	2.28	0.47	.956	1.99	1.97	7	2	22%	0
1955	CHW	AL	27	P	7	0	0	12.1	5	2	2	1	0	.800	2.92	0.57	.956	1.97	1.97	1	0	0%	0
1955	WSH	AL	27	P	29	0	0	54.2	13	1	12	0	1	1.000	2.14	0.45	.956	1.99	1.97	6	2	25%	0
1956	WSH	AL	28	P	43	1	0	96.0	27	1	25	1	2	.963	2.44	0.60	.950	1.92	1.91	3	4	57%	0
1957	TOT	AL	29	P	22	2	0	50.1	11	2	8	1	1	.909	1.79	0.45	.964	1.98	2.00	3	1	25%	1
1957	WSH	AL	29	P	4	2	0	18.1	5	0	5	0	1	1.000	2.45	1.25	.964	1.96	2.00	1	0	0%	0
1957	BOS	AL	29	P	18	0	0	32.0	6	2	3	1	0	.833	1.41	0.28	.963	2.00	2.00	2	1	33%	1
	7 Seasons			P	171	23	3	420.1	100	14	79	7	6	.930	1.99	0.54	.956	1.99	1.97	20	17	46%	1
	7 Seasons			TOT	171	23	3	420.1	100	14	79	7	6	.930	1.99	0.54	.956	1.99	1.97	20	17	46%	1

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1954 AL 3 (3rd)

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)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1954 AL 3 (3rd)

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Pitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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Kent Bottenfield (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kent Bottenfield (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Williams (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

Before 1945 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.
November 15, 1948: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1948 minor league draft.
June 1, 1954: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Baltimore Orioles for Vic Wertz.
December 6, 1954: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Jim Brideweser and Clint Courtney to the Chicago White Sox for Matt Batts, Don Ferrarese, Don Johnson and Fred Marsh.
June 7, 1955: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Clint Courtney and Johnny Groth to the Washington Senators for Jim Busby.
April 29, 1957: Traded by the Washington Senators with Dean Stone to the Boston Red Sox for Milt Bolling, Russ Kemmerer and Faye Throneberry.

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