Bob Chakales

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: August 10, 1927 in Asheville, NC us

Died: February 18, 2010 in Richmond, VA

Buried: Westhampton Memorial Park, Richmond, VA

High School: Benedictine HS (Richmond, VA)

Debut: April 21, 1951 (Age 23-254d, 8,366th in MLB history)
vs. SLB 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 17, 1957 (Age 30-038d)
vs. KCA 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, Sv

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: Robert Edward Chakales

Nicknames: The Golden Greek

Pronunciation: \SHACK-ulls\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.3

W

L

ERA

4.54

G

171

GS

SV

IP

420.1

SO

187

WHIP

1.594

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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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	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	0	32	0	1	2	321	80	4.00	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	0	7	0	0	0	58	36	5.39	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	0	6	1	0	2	116	141	4.33	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	4	99.2	85	44	38	8	55	0	47	1	0	1	433	105	4.18	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	0	3	0	0	0	47	440	5.30	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	4	89.1	81	43	37	8	43	0	44	1	0	1	386	96	4.05	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	3.95	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	4.96	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	3.72	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	3.96	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	0.5	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	4.46	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	4.20	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	4.61	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
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	KCA-min	AAA	4	3	.571	6.13	11	7		2	0		47.0	57	37	32	7	21	1	14	2	0	0				1.660	10.9	1.3	4.0	2.7	0.67	HAW PCL
7 Yrs				15	25	.375	4.54	171	23	88	3	1	11	420.1	445	246	212	31	225	12	187	7	2	12	1883	86	4.14	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	4	66	2	1	4	660	86	4.14	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	0	48	1	1	4	542	85	4.33	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	3.91	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	4.61	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	4	89.1	81	43	37	8	43	0	44	1	0	1	386	96	4.05	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	4.96	1.378	8.0	1.5	4.4	4.4	1.00

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