Bob Chakales vs. Craig Swan — Career Comparison

Bob Chakales
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Craig Swan
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Craig Swan 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. Craig Swan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.74 and WHIP 1.299 compared to 4.54 and 1.623 for Bob Chakales. By the career numbers, Craig Swan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Chakales and Craig Swan

Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
3.66
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
1.68
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.49
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
1.35
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.32
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.43
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.54
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.52
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.04
45.04
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.45
13.45
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.09
80.09
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.18
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.21
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
4.54
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
3.74
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
1261
27
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3707
27
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
420.1
9
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1235.2
9
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
9.53
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1199
8.73
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.53
9.53
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.66
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.84
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
4.82
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
2.68
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.26
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.28
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
4
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
4.9
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.843
0.843
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1883
40.32
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5163
37.6
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.88
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
5.27
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
575
4.19
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.41
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.31
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.55
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.594
1.594
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.268
1.268
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1651
35.35
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4686
34.13
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.49
2.49
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.32
40.32
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.6
37.6

Fielding Stats for Bob Chakales and Craig Swan

Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
4.91
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
1.68
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.26
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
1.35
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
940
27
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3707
27
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
313.1
9
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1235.2
9
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.4
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.58
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
2.27
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.01
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.2
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
2.87
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
1.66
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
2.67
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
1.58
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
93
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.18
95.18
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.544
0.544
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.939
0.939
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.09
80.09
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.17
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Chakales and Craig Swan

Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PAverified
171
977.14
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
231
329.22
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
105
600
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
421
600
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PAverified
96
548.57
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
358
510.21
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.643
0.643
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.449
0.449
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
148.57
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
76.96
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
131.43
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
71.26
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.71
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
4.28
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.71
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.71
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.43
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
17.14
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
5.7
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8.08
46.18
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.1
17.24
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
182.86
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
85.51
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
154.29
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
112.59
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.612
0.612
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.374
0.374
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.458
0.458
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
28.57
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
25.65
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
51.43
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
25.65
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
74.29
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
49.88
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.86
56.32
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
8.9
12.68
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.43
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.71
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
34.2
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
57.14
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
131
186.7
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.5
10.5
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
3.21
3.21
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
8
45.71
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
54.16
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chakales
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
11.43
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.7
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.43
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.43
Bob Chakales
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0