Bob Chakales vs. Kevin Kobel — Career Comparison

Bob Chakales
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kevin Kobel
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kevin Kobel 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. Kevin Kobel posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.88 and WHIP 1.368 compared to 4.54 and 1.623 for Bob Chakales. By the career numbers, Kevin Kobel had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Chakales and Kevin Kobel

Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
3.66
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
2.17
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.49
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.21
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.32
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.34
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.54
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.64
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.62
34.62
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.45
13.45
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.65
55.65
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.21
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
212
4.54
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
3.88
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
1261
27
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428
27
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
420.1
9
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
476
9
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
9.53
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
9.09
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.53
9.53
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.09
9.09
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.66
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.93
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
4.82
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
2.87
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.26
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.34
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
4
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
3.88
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.13
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.15
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1883
40.32
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2014
38.08
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.88
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.42
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
5.27
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
4.42
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.49
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.36
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.81
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.594
1.594
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1651
35.35
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1809
34.2
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.03
2.03
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.32
40.32
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Bob Chakales and Kevin Kobel

Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
4.91
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
2.17
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.26
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.21
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
940
27
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428
27
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
313.1
9
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
476
9
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.4
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.47
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
2.27
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.46
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.2
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
2.87
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
2.02
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
2.67
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
1.93
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
93
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.33
95.33
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.544
0.544
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.65
55.65
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.17
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Chakales and Kevin Kobel

Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
171
977.14
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
115
793.1
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
105
600
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
87
600
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
548.57
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
73
503.45
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.643
0.643
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.489
0.489
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
148.57
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
13
89.66
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
131.43
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
11
75.86
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.71
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.79
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.71
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.71
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
17.14
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.08
46.18
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
2.56
17.64
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
182.86
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
15
103.45
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
154.29
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
14
96.55
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.612
0.612
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.458
0.458
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
28.57
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
4
27.59
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
51.43
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
4
27.59
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
74.29
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
8
55.17
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.86
56.32
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
14.38
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.71
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.9
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
57.14
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
26
179.31
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.5
10.5
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
3.35
3.35
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
8
45.71
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
89.66
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.43
Kevin Kobel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.9
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
Kevin Kobel
Career
Per 600 PA