Bob Chakales

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Full Name: Robert Edward Chakales	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/185	First Game: April 21, 1951
Birthdate: August 10, 1927	Final Game: September 17, 1957
Birthplace: Asheville, North Carolina	MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
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[edit] Biography

Born on August 10, 1927 in Asheville, North Carolina, Bob Chakales (Robert Edward Chakales) played for the Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 7 year career. Chakales broke into the bigs on April 21, 1951 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 4.74 ERA in 68.1 innings pitched in 1951, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bob Chakales's best season was 1954, when he posted a 3.43 ERA.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1951	CLE	A	17	10	3	4	4.74	32	40	36	2	1	0	68.1	80	3	43	0	2	0
1952	CLE	A	5	1	1	2	9.75	7	13	13	0	0	0	12	19	2	8	0	0	0
1953	CLE	A	7	3	0	2	2.67	6	13	8	1	0	0	27	28	2	10	0	2	1
1954	CLE	A	3	0	2	0	.87	3	1	1	0	0	0	10.1	4	0	12	0	0	0
1954	BAL	A	38	6	3	7	3.73	44	43	37	0	0	3	89.1	81	8	43	0	1	1
1954	TOT	A	41	6	5	7	3.43	47	44	38	0	0	3	99.2	85	8	55	0	1	1
1955	WAS	A	29	0	2	3	5.27	28	38	32	0	0	0	54.2	55	4	25	3	2	1
1955	CHI	A	7	0	0	0	1.46	6	2	2	0	0	0	12.1	11	2	6	1	0	0
1955	TOT	A	36	0	2	3	4.57	34	40	34	0	0	0	67	66	6	31	4	2	1
1956	WAS	A	43	1	4	4	4.03	33	53	43	0	0	4	96	94	3	57	7	2	3
1957	WAS	A	4	2	0	1	5.40	12	13	11	0	0	0	18.1	20	2	10	1	2	0
1957	BOS	A	18	0	0	2	8.16	16	30	29	0	0	3	32	53	5	11	0	1	1
1957	TOT	A	22	2	0	3	7.15	28	43	40	0	0	3	50.1	73	7	21	1	3	1
Total			171	23	15	25	4.54	187	246	212	3	1	10	420.1	445	31	225	12	12	7

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1951	CLE	A	P	17	0	0	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	CLE	A	P	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1953	CLE	A	P	7	0	0	2	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.875
1954	CLE	A	P	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1954	BAL	A	P	38	0	0	5	16	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.875
1954	TOT	A	P	41	0	0	5	16	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.875
1955	WAS	A	P	29	0	0	1	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1955	CHI	A	P	7	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1955	TOT	A	P	36	0	0	3	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.944
1956	WAS	A	P	43	0	0	1	25	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1957	WAS	A	P	4	2	18.1	0	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.000
1957	BOS	A	P	18	0	32	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	.833
1957	TOT	A	P	22	2	50.1	2	8	1	1	0	1	3	1	1	.909
Total			P	171	2	50.1	14	79	7	6	0	1	3	1	1	.930

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1951	CLE	A	17	20	1	7	1	6	.350	.350	.500	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
1952	CLE	A	5	4	0	2	0	0	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1953	CLE	A	7	7	0	2	0	0	.286	.286	.286	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1954	CLE	A	3	3	0	1	0	0	.333	.500	.333	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
1954	BAL	A	38	22	2	8	0	1	.364	.364	.409	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1
1954	TOT	A	41	25	2	9	0	1	.360	.385	.400	1	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	1
1955	WAS	A	29	8	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	CHI	A	7	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	TOT	A	36	10	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	WAS	A	43	20	2	3	0	0	.150	.150	.150	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0
1957	WAS	A	4	7	0	1	0	2	.143	.143	.429	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1957	BOS	A	18	3	0	2	0	0	.667	.667	.667	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1957	TOT	A	22	10	0	3	0	2	.300	.300	.500	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Total			171	96	5	26	1	9	.271	.278	.333	1	1	1	10	0	8	0	0	2

[edit] Transactions

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

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