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Bob Chesnes

Robert Vincent Chesnes

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 6, 1921 in Oakland, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 6, 1948
Team: Pirates 1948-1950

Final Game: September 27, 1950
Died: May 23, 1979 in Everett, WA
Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Everett, WA
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1941	20	BAK	C	9	11	.450	3.42	22						158.0	137	92	60		107							1.544	7.8		6.1			BAK · CALL
1942	21	SJO,SLC,SFR	C,AA	1	3	.250	6.07	11	0		0	0		43.0	47	45	29		49	0						2.233	9.8		10.3	0.0	0.00	SJO,SLC,SFR · CALL,PION,PCL
1943		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946	25	SLC	C	18	6	.750	1.52	34						225.0	152	58	38		87							1.062	6.1		3.5			SLC · PION
1947	26	SFR	AAA	22	8	.733	2.32	34	29		23	0		233.0	185	77	60		83	114	3	2	11			1.150	7.1		3.2	4.4	1.37	SFR · PCL
1948	27	PIT	NL	14	6	.700	3.57	25	23	0	15	0	0	194.1	180	92	77	13	90	69	4	2	6	829	114	1.389	8.3	0.6	4.2	3.2	0.77	MVP-21
1949	28	PIT	NL	7	13	.350	5.88	27	25	1	8	1	1	145.1	153	104	95	16	82	49	5	0	5	647	72	1.617	9.5	1.0	5.1	3.0	0.60
1950	29	PIT-min	AA	2	2	.500	4.50	8						46.0	52	31	23		21							1.587	10.2		4.1			NOR · SOUA
1950	29	PIT	NL	3	3	.500	5.54	9	7	0	2	0	0	39.0	44	26	24	7	17	12	3	0	1	174	79	1.564	10.2	1.6	3.9	2.8	0.71
1951	30	HOL	AAA	2	2	.500	5.05	10	6		1	0		41.0	51	27	23		19	15	4	0	2			1.707	11.2		4.2	3.3	0.79	HOL · PCL
3 Yrs				24	22	.522	4.66	61	55	1	25	1	1	378.2	377	222	196	36	189	130	12	2	12	1650	89	1.495	9.0	0.9	4.5	3.1	0.69
162 Game Avg.				14	13	.522	4.66	36	32	1	15	1	1	222	221	130	115	21	111	76	7	1	7	967	89	1.495	9.0	0.9	4.5	3.1	0.69

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1948	27	PIT	NL	194.1	25	23	92	4.26	4.54	0.19	103.5	4.50	5	0.5	.9	-0.1	2.2	28	.520	.503	$	MVP-21
1949	28	PIT	NL	145.0	27	25	104	6.46	4.58	-0.05	105.1	4.86	-26	-2.5	2.7	-0.1	-1.2	-9	.408	.485	$
1950	29	PIT	NL	39.0	9	7	26	6.00	4.55	-0.09	105.7	4.91	-4	-0.4	.4	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.452	.497	$
3 Seasons				378.1	61	55	222	5.28	4.56	0.07	104.4	4.68	-26	-2.4	1.4	-0.2	0.9	19	.461	.495	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1948	27	PIT	NL	25	328	728	92	180	22	6	13	2	2	90	69	.247	.333	.348	.681	.259	253	9	4	7	0	4
1949	28	PIT	NL	27	356	559	104	153	20	3	16	2	1	82	49	.274	.372	.406	.778	.277	227	9	5	6	0	2
1950	29	PIT	NL	9	139	150	26	44	6	1	7	0	1	17	12	.293	.376	.487	.863	.282	73	6	3	4	0	1
3 Yrs				61	823	1437	222	377	48	10	36	4	4	189	130	.262	.353	.385	.738	.268	553	24	12	17	0	7
162 Game Avg.				36	482	842	130	221	28	6	21	2	2	111	76	.262	.353	.385	.738	.268	324	14	7	10	0	4
MLB Averages																.264	.343	.373	.717	.279

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1948	27	PIT	NL	8.9	0.9	341	0.4	5.4	-5.1	.96	0.7	-0.3	8.6	0.9	0.96	5.9	0	1	0
1949	28	PIT	NL	-24.4	-2.3	375	-2.0	6.4	-8.4	1.14	-2.2	0.4	-27.5	-2.5	1.12	-22.2	2	0	0
1950	29	PIT	NL	-4.0	-0.4	142	0.0	2.0	-2.0	.82	-0.1	0.2	1.7	0.2	0.81	0.2	0	0	2
3 Yrs				-19.5	-1.8	858	-1.6	13.8	-15.4	1.02	-1.7	0.1	-17.3	-1.5	1.00	-16.1	2	1	2

Starting Pitching*

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
1948	27	PIT	NL	25	23	14	6	3	5	2	16	7	.696	1	2	15	0	12	52%	52.4	76	16	5	3	3	8	6.4	6.5	8.2
1949	28	PIT	NL	27	25	7	13	5	3	1	10	15	.400	1	1	8	1	6	24%	42.3	76	14	12	7	2	17	4.8	5.0	5.7
1950	29	PIT	NL	9	7	2	3	2	0	0	3	4	.429	0	0	2	0	2	29%	42.6	68	29	4	4	1	6	6.0	5.1	5.0
3 Yrs				61	55	23	22	10	8	3	29	26	.527	2	3	25	1	20	36%	47	76	14	21	14	6	31	5.6	5.6	6.7
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	104	-9					4.7	4.8	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1948	27	PIT	NL	25	2	0	0	0	0		0	2	2	100%		.965	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	10.0
1949	28	PIT	NL	27	2	1	0	1	1	100%	1	4	1	25%	3	1.136	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2.5
1950	29	PIT	NL	9	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0		3	.819	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	6.0
3 Yrs				61	6	1	1	1	1	100%	1	6	3	50%		1.014	2	1	2	1	1	3	3	2	3	2	2	6.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1948	27	PIT	NL	829	63%	4.0%	21.0%	27.4%	12.5%	23%	1.18	197%	81	9	11%
1949	28	PIT	NL	652	62%	4.5%	13.8%	23.0%	11.0%	26%	1.21	139%	96	9	9%
1950	29	PIT	NL	174	51%	5.0%	8.6%	12.2%	10.1%	32%	1.54	94%	22	6	27%
3 Yrs				1655	61%	4.4%	15.8%	23.0%	11.4%	25%	1.26	154%	199	24	12%
MLB Averages					49%	2.6%	13.6%	14.6%	7.5%	23%	0.95	109%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1948	27	PIT	NL	328	180			13	0	6	3	3	3	3	20	9	2	45%	4	6	0	139	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	501
1949	28	PIT	NL	356	153			16	0	17	8	4	5	7	36	19	8	53%	2	5	2	153	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	296
1950	29	PIT	NL	139	44			7	0	1	2	2	2	2	5	5	0	100%	1	1	1	51	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	35
3 Yrs				823	377			36	0	24	13	9	10	12	61	33	10	54%	7	12	3	343	4	4	50%	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	832
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1948	27	14	6	.700	3.57	25	23	0	15	0	0	194.1	180	92	77	13	90	69	4	2	6	829	114	1.389	8.3	0.6	4.2	3.2	0.77	114
1949	28	21	19	.525	4.56	52	48	1	23	1	1	339.2	333	196	172	29	172	118	9	2	11	1476	91	1.487	8.8	0.8	4.6	3.1	0.69	91
1950	29	24	22	.522	4.66	61	55	1	25	1	1	378.2	377	222	196	36	189	130	12	2	12	1650	89	1.495	9.0	0.9	4.5	3.1	0.69	89

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
1948	27	11	10	.524	3.62	194.0	186	87	78	13	93	69	4	1.438	8.6	4.3	3.2	0.74	0.6	25
1949	28	5	10	.333	5.85	143.0	154	103	93	16	83	48	5	1.657	9.7	5.2	3.0	0.58	1.0	27
1950	29	1	3	.250	5.31	39.0	44	26	23	7	17	12	3	1.564	10.2	3.9	2.8	0.71	1.6	9
3 Yrs		17	23	.425	4.64	376.0	384	216	194	36	193	129	12	1.535	9.2		3.1	0.67	0.9	61

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1948 NL (21, 2%) 0.02 Career Shares (1361st)	Wins s c a p y 1948 NL 14 (9th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1948 NL .700 (3rd)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1948 NL 8.336 (9th)
Complete Games s c a p y 1948 NL 15 (6th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1948 NL 90 (6th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1949 NL 95 (9th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1948 NL 6 (5th) 1949 NL 5 (6th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1948 NL 4 (7th) 1949 NL 5 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 11 (1423), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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