Bob Chakales vs. Cal Eldred — Career Comparison

Bob Chakales
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cal Eldred
Gen XIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cal Eldred built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Chakales as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cal Eldred posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.42 and WHIP 1.413 compared to 4.54 and 1.623 for Bob Chakales. By the career numbers, Cal Eldred had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Chakales and Cal Eldred

Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
3.66
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
2.24
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.49
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.26
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.32
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.57
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.54
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.49
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.75
53.75
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.45
13.45
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.3
56.3
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.13
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.21
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
4.54
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
672
4.42
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
1261
27
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4104
27
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
420.1
9
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
9
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
9.53
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1340
8.82
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.53
9.53
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.66
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
1.14
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
4.82
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
576
3.79
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
4
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
6.18
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.18
6.18
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.108
1.108
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.26
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.33
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1883
40.32
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5930
39.01
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.88
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.3
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
5.27
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
716
4.71
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.26
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.68
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.594
1.594
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.401
1.401
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1651
35.35
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5221
34.35
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
2.1
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.32
40.32
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.01
39.01

Fielding Stats for Bob Chakales and Cal Eldred

Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
4.91
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
2.24
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.26
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.26
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
940
27
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4104
27
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
313.1
9
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
9
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.4
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.66
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
2.27
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
0.94
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.2
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
2.87
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250
1.64
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
2.67
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
1.61
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
93
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.6
97.6
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.544
0.544
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.716
0.716
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.3
56.3
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.17
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.09
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Chakales and Cal Eldred

Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
171
977.14
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
346
2332.58
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
105
600
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
89
600
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
548.57
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
72
485.39
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.643
0.643
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
0.422
0.422
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
148.57
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
8
53.93
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
131.43
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
6
40.45
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.71
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.48
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.71
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.71
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
17.14
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.48
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.08
46.18
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
9.85
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
182.86
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
10
67.42
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
154.29
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
14
94.38
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.612
0.612
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.458
0.458
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
5
28.57
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
47.19
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
51.43
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.97
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
74.29
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
11
74.16
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.86
56.32
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.61
-4.14
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.71
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40.45
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
57.14
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
39
262.92
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.5
10.5
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
2.28
2.28
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
8
45.71
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
74.16
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.43
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.48
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Eldred
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal Eldred
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0