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Bob
Chakales		  
Nickname: Golden Greek
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 198
 
Born: August 10, 1927 in , ,
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1951 23 PIT NL   6 4 5 5 4 5 5 6 7 6
1952 24 PIT NL   6 5 6 5 4 5 5 6 6 6
1953 25 PIT NL   6 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 7 7
1954 26 PIT NL $ 300,000 6 5 6 6 4 5 5 6 6 6
1955 27 PIT NL   6 5 6 6 4 5 4 6 6 6
1956 28 PIT NL $ 300,000 6 6 7 6 4 5 5 7 8 8
1957 29 PIT NL $ 300,000 6 7 7 7 4 5 5 7 8 8
1958 30 DET AL $ 300,000 5 7 8 7 4 5 5 7 8 8
1959 31 DET AL $ 300,000 6 7 8 7 4 5 4 8 8 8
1960 32 DET AL $ 1,892,857 6 6 7 7 3 4 3 8 8 8
1961 33 DET AL $ 1,500,000 5 6 7 7 2 4 3 7 7 7
1962 34 BSN NL $ 1,500,000 5 6 7 6 2 3 3 6 7 7
1963 35 BSN NL $ 1,500,000 4 5 6 6 2 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 4 5 5 2 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,892,857 6 7 8 7 4 5 5 8 8 8
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1951 23 PIT NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1952 24 PIT NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1953 25 PIT NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1954 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1955 27 PIT NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1956 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1957 29 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1958 30 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1959 31 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1960 32 DET AL $ 1,892,857   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1961 33 DET AL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1962 34 BSN NL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1963 35 BSN NL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,892,857   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1951 23 AAA   1 4 .200 30 1 0 0 2 25.7 31 20 7 16 11 7.01 .330 .427 .553 .980  
    AA   0 0 .000 13 0 0 0 2 12.7 8 5 2 5 13 3.55 .195 .283 .341 .624  
1952 24 AAA   10 4 .714 19 19 1 0 0 133.0 118 53 11 67 93 3.59 .237 .327 .351 .679  
    AA   0 1 .000 12 0 0 0 3 11.0 4 1 0 5 13 0.82 .118 .231 .118 .348  
1953 25 AAA   8 12 .400 30 30 1 0 0 199.3 185 77 20 108 163 3.48 .242 .336 .365 .700  
1954 26 PIT NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 2 4 1 2 1 109.09 .667 .800 1.667 2.467 0.0
    AAA   9 10 .474 28 28 1 0 0 183.0 187 86 15 109 150 4.23 .268 .367 .402 .769  
1955 27 AAA   12 6 .667 29 29 0 0 0 196.0 166 70 21 96 173 3.21 .228 .318 .359 .677  
1956 28 PIT NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 4.3 5 1 1 0 2 2.08 .313 .313 .500 .813 0.5
    AAA   9 11 .450 28 28 4 2 0 169.7 177 88 20 94 166 4.67 .267 .358 .411 .769  
1957 29 PIT NL 6 4 .600 65 0 0 0 3 66.7 63 32 6 34 45 4.32 .246 .336 .379 .715 5.6
1958 30 DET AL 17 11 .607 41 41 1 0 0 263.7 246 130 32 130 201 4.44 .249 .334 .404 .738 14.5
1959 31 DET AL 15 18 .455 44 43 1 1 0 273.0 257 136 31 129 225 4.48 .249 .333 .395 .728 11.8
1960 32 DET AL 6 4 .600 34 5 0 0 3 66.7 60 43 6 50 43 5.81 .250 .379 .383 .762 1.3
1961 33 DET AL 2 7 .222 47 3 0 0 0 46.0 45 34 11 28 33 6.65 .257 .363 .543 .906 0.0
1962 34 BSN NL 4 6 .400 45 3 0 0 1 61.3 62 33 9 45 44 4.84 .256 .373 .413 .786 1.0
    AAA   0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 0 5.3 5 0 0 2 5 0.00 .238 .304 .333 .638  
    AA   0 1 .000 11 0 0 0 0 13.0 10 3 1 4 19 2.08 .204 .264 .347 .611  
1963 35 BSN NL 2 1 .667 14 0 0 0 0 17.3 16 11 5 7 13 5.71 .235 .303 .500 .803 0.4
    AAA   2 1 .667 30 0 0 0 2 39.7 35 17 2 20 40 3.86 .233 .324 .300 .624  
9 Years Sim 52 51 .505 293 95 2 1 7 799.3 756 424 102 425 607 4.77 .250 .342 .410 .752 35.1
8 Years AAA 51 48 .515 202 135 7 2 4 951.6 904 411 96 512 801 3.89 .250 .343 .379 .722  
3 Years AA 0 2 .000 36 0 0 0 5 36.7 22 9 3 14 45 2.21 .177 .261 .282 .543  
11 Years Minors 51 50 .505 238 135 7 2 9 988.3 926 420 99 526 846 3.82 .248 .340 .376 .717  
Season Average 5 5 .500 32 10 0 0 0 88.8 84 47 11 47 67 4.77 .250 .342 .410 .752  
Career Highs 17 18 .667 65 43 1 1 3 273.0 257 136 32 130 225 109.09 .667 .800 1.667 2.467  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   404 223 61 198 356   .245 .325 .410 .736
vs LH   352 201 41 227 251   .257 .362 .409 .772
Home 29 22 .569 155 46 2 1 1 416.0 367 206 55 201 332 4.46 .236 .323 .399 .722
Away 23 29 .442 138 49 0 0 6 383.3 389 218 47 224 275 5.12 .265 .362 .422 .784
Mar/Apr 6 7 .462 40 14 1 1 2 121.3 83 55 17 69 95 4.08 .193 .305 .365 .670
May 7 6 .538 35 15 1 0 0 122.3 109 59 14 67 104 4.34 .243 .341 .401 .742
June 11 6 .647 54 18 0 0 1 145.0 135 77 16 70 94 4.78 .243 .327 .397 .725
July 13 12 .520 54 18 0 0 3 150.7 142 70 20 77 88 4.18 .251 .341 .411 .752
August 8 11 .421 49 16 0 0 0 127.3 141 91 15 79 117 6.43 .280 .378 .425 .803
Sep/Oct 7 9 .438 61 14 0 0 1 132.6 146 72 20 63 109 4.89 .281 .358 .452 .810
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1953 25 AAA   3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1955 27 AAA   6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3  
1958 30 DET AL 41 94 7 24 4 0 0 12 0 0 0 7 .255 .253 .298 .551 6.6 0.0
1959 31 DET AL 44 94 9 18 1 1 1 8 0 0 1 12 .191 .200 .255 .455 4.0 0.0
1960 32 DET AL 34 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .182 .182 .364 0.2 0.0
1961 33 DET AL 47 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
1962 34 BSN NL 45 8 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .375 .375 .375 .750 1.1 0.2
    AA   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1963 35 BSN NL 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
6 Years Sim 225 212 19 48 5 1 1 23 0 0 1 21 .226 .229 .274 .503 12.0 0.2
2 Years AAA 9 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
1 Years AA 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
3 Years Minors 11 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5  
162 Game Average 152 13 34 3 0 0 16 0 0 0 15 .226 .229 .274 .503 8.6  
Career Highs 47 94 9 24 4 1 1 12 0 0 1 12 .375 .375 .375 .750 6.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   130 15 31 4 0 1 13 0 0 0 11 .238 .238 .292 .531 7.8
vs LH   82 4 17 1 1 0 10 0 0 1 10 .207 .214 .244 .458 3.4
Home 121 98 7 21 3 0 0 9 0 0 0 10 .214 .212 .245 .457 3.8
Away 99 114 12 27 2 1 1 14 0 0 1 11 .237 .243 .298 .542 7.4
RISP   61 0 15 0 0 1 22 0 0 0 6 .246 .242 .295 .537 4.0
Close/Late   10 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 1.4
Mar/Apr 30 39 3 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .308 .308 .359 .667 3.8
May 15 32 0 6 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 4 .188 .212 .281 .493 1.6
June 39 40 3 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 .175 .175 .175 .350 0.3
July 31 42 8 13 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 3 .310 .302 .381 .683 4.7
August 25 31 3 7 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 .226 .226 .290 .516 1.6
Sep/Oct 17 28 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .107 .107 .107 .214 -0.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1954 26 PIT NL P 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1956 28 PIT NL P 2 0 4.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.16    
1957 29 PIT NL P 65 0 66.7 6 15 2 0 .913 2.84    
1958 30 DET AL P 41 41 263.7 13 64 3 7 .963 2.63    
1959 31 DET AL P 44 43 273.0 17 49 3 3 .957 2.18    
1960 32 DET AL P 34 5 66.7 4 17 0 3 1.000 2.84    
1961 33 DET AL P 47 3 46.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.98    
1962 34 BSN NL P 45 3 61.3 2 8 1 1 .909 1.47    
1963 35 BSN NL P 14 0 17.3 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.12    
Career Totals   293 95 799.3 45 163 9 14 .959 2.34    
Career Highs   65 43 273.0 17 64 3 7 1.000 4.16    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1956 28 PIT NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.7 2 1 0 1 1 5.42 .286 .375 .286 .661
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.7 2 1 0 1 1 5.42 .286 .375 .286 .661
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
1958-5-17
 Losses
1959-6-18
 Winning Pct
1958-5-.607
 Games Started
1958-4-41
1959-3-43
 Shutouts
1959-7-1
 Strikeouts
1958-9-201
Walks Allowed
1958-3-130
1959-4-129
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1959-10-7.4
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  2. Pete Vuckovich (962)
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  4. Bob Bruce (956)
  5. Dave Stewart (951)
  6. Joe Sparma (950)
  7. Ralph Buxton (950)
  8. Si Johnson (949)
  9. Lefty Mills (947)
  10. Fred Frankhouse (943)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 38th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1951
Injured on 7/12/1952 with a Strained Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 5/9/1954 with a Inflamed Tricep Tendon, out for 2 weeks
10/21/1954: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
Injured on 4/18/1955 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 6/24/1955 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Earned first career win on 5/1/1957
Traded from Pittsburgh to Detroit on 2/21/1958 (Going to PIT: P Jose Santiago. Going to DET: 2B Willie Jones, SS Jack Lohrke, SS Red Schoendienst, P Bob Chakales)
Had first career hit on 4/3/1958, off Leo Kiely (TAM)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1958, winning 2 games with a 0.53 ERA
Hit first career homerun on 7/21/1959, off Jack Urban (SDP)
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration
9/1/1960: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Detroit to Boston (N) on 4/2/1962 (Going to BSN: P Bob Chakales. Going to DET: CF Gus Bell, 3B Nellie Fox, RF Walt Moryn)
Injured on 5/10/1962 with a Blister On Finger, out for 5 days
 
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