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For starters:  Chavez was going against pro pitching at 17 and 18.  You can't use career numbers when Chavez' include apples-to-oranges early years.
Apples-to-apples, say their age-21 years:  26:72 for Dye per 100 games, vs. 36:100 for Chavez per 100 games.
The EYE is actually better for Chavez; it's just that he hit in slightly deeper counts.  Age 21, they're both in the 0.30 to 0.40 range, Chavez simply taking a few more pitches.
C'mon.  Chavez just finished up a 22-game hitting streak and his HIT grade is 50-60, just like Dye's was.  You're looking at surface numbers IMHO and missing the big picture - that Chavez can square the ball up real well, against RHP and LHP.
EYE is only one of 9,000 factors anyway.  The niceties of their strike-zone management aren't that big a deal.