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Gary Peters
Gary Charles Peters

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.
School Grove City College

Debut September 10, 1959
vs. WSH 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game September 23, 1972
Born April 21, 1937 in Grove City, PA

Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1959 22 CHW AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    2    0    0   0    2    1   0   0     7   0   0  0.00  3.78  inf 4.000
 1960 23 CHW AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  0    3.3    4    1    1   0    1    4   0   0    15   0   0  2.70  3.79  140 1.500
 1961 24 CHW AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   2  1   10.3   10    2    2   0    2    6   0   0    41   0   0  1.74  3.90  224 1.161
 1962 25 CHW AL   0   1   5   0   0   0   0  0    6.3    8    5    4   0    1    4   1   0    29   0   0  5.68  3.93   69 1.421
 1963 26 CHW AL  19   8  41  30  13   4   4  1  243.0  192   69   63   9   68  189   8   5   978   2   0  2.33  3.48  149 1.070 MVP-8,RoY-1
 1964 27 CHW AL  20   8  37  36  11   3   0  0  273.7  217   89   76  20  104  205   7  15  1117   9   0  2.50  3.44  138 1.173 MVP-7,AS
 1965 28 CHW AL  10  12  33  30   1   0   1  0  176.3  181   76   71  19   63   95   4   8   764   8   0  3.62  3.18   88 1.384
 1966 29 CHW AL  12  10  30  27  11   4   3  0  204.7  156   54   45  11   45  129   3  11   801   6   1  1.98  3.16  160 0.982
 1967 30 CHW AL  16  11  38  36  11   3   0  0  260.0  187   81   66  15   91  215  11   7  1060   8   1  2.28  3.00  132 1.069 MVP-9,AS
 1968 31 CHW AL   4  13  31  25   6   1   4  1  162.7  146   79   68   7   60  110   7   9   684   6   1  3.76  3.19   85 1.266
 1969 32 CHW AL  10  15  36  32   7   3   2  0  218.7  238  118  110  21   78  140   5   9   946   1   0  4.53  3.88   86 1.445
 1970 33 BOS AL  16  11  34  34  10   4   0  0  221.7  221  114  100  20   83  155   7  16   960   2   0  4.06  3.98   98 1.371
 1971 34 BOS AL  14  11  34  32   9   1   1  1  214.0  241  111  104  25   70  100   6   2   927   3   0  4.37  3.74   86 1.453
 1972 35 BOS AL   3   3  33   4   0   0  17  1   85.3   91   48   41  10   38   67   3   1   378   8   0  4.32  3.25   75 1.512
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 14 Yr WL% .546 124 103 359 286  79  23  35  5 2081.0 1894  847  751 157  706 1420  62  83  8707  53   3  3.25  3.45  106 1.249
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  10  37  30   8   2   3  0  219.3  199   89   79  16   74  149   6   8   917   5   0  3.25  3.45  106 1.249
 Career High     20  15  41  36  13   4  17  1  273.7  241  118  110  25  104  215  11  16  1117   9   1  1.98  3.98  160 0.982

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1961 24 CHW AL   3    3    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .333  .333  .333   80    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1963 26 CHW AL  50   81   12   21   4  1   3   12   0  0   3  19  .259  .287  .444  104   36   2   2   1   1   1 MVP-8,RoY-1
 1964 27 CHW AL  54  120    9   25   7  0   4   19   0  0   2  29  .208  .228  .367   65   44   3   0   0   1   4 MVP-7,AS
 1965 28 CHW AL  42   72    2   13   1  0   1    6   0  0   2  15  .181  .200  .236   28   17   0   1   0   0   0
 1966 29 CHW AL  38   81   12   19   3  2   1    9   0  0   0  19  .235  .235  .358   73   29   3   0   0   0   1
 1967 30 CHW AL  48   99   10   21   0  2   2   13   0  0   2  23  .212  .243  .313   69   31   4   0   1   2   3 MVP-9,AS
 1968 31 CHW AL  46   72   10   15   3  1   2    8   0  0   6  13  .208  .278  .361   88   26   0   0   1   1   2
 1969 32 CHW AL  37   71    9   12   4  0   2    4   0  0   2  15  .169  .200  .310   38   22   6   1   0   1   1
 1970 33 BOS AL  37   82   12   20   3  1   1   11   0  0   8  11  .244  .311  .341   75   28   2   0   0   0   3
 1971 34 BOS AL  53   96    7   26   4  0   3   19   0  1   3  20  .271  .294  .406   91   39   5   2   0   1   1
 1972 35 BOS AL  33   30    2    6   2  0   0    1   0  0   1   7  .200  .219  .267   41    8   0   1   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     450  807   86  179  31  7  19  102   0  1  29 172  .222  .253  .348   70  281  25   7   3   7  17
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        291   31   64  11  3   7   37   0  0  10  62  .222  .253  .348   70  101   9   3   1   3   6
 Career High     54  120   12   26   7  2   4   19   0  1   8  29                          44   6   2   1   2   4

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1961 24 CHW AL    3    2    0   0.0   103| .333  .263| .333  .338| .333  .409| .666  .746|  80  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
 1963 26 CHW AL   89   65   10   4.2    93| .259  .253| .287  .319| .444  .391| .731  .710| 104  .496   0.2   0.0   0%
 1964 27 CHW AL  126  102    9   2.4    94| .208  .252| .228  .320| .367  .392| .595  .712|  65  .258  -6.1  -0.6   0%
 1965 28 CHW AL   75   60    4   1.8    86| .181  .243| .200  .311| .236  .372| .436  .683|  28  .185  -6.8  -0.7   0%
 1966 29 CHW AL   84   66    7   2.9    84| .235  .240| .235  .306| .358  .370| .593  .676|  73  .361  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1967 30 CHW AL  107   85    7   2.2    79| .212  .235| .243  .303| .313  .353| .556  .656|  69  .280  -4.4  -0.5   0%
 1968 31 CHW AL   79   59    7   3.2    84| .208  .244| .278  .315| .361  .362| .639  .676|  88  .456  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1969 32 CHW AL   81   67    5   2.0   100| .169  .261| .200  .339| .310  .394| .510  .733|  38  .205  -6.4  -0.7   0%
 1970 33 BOS AL   92   67    8   3.2   104| .244  .267| .311  .342| .341  .407| .652  .750|  75  .369  -3.1  -0.3   0%
 1971 34 BOS AL  107   79   11   3.7    99| .271  .264| .294  .337| .406  .392| .700  .729|  91  .467  -1.5  -0.2   0%
 1972 35 BOS AL   32   26    2   2.1    88| .200  .253| .219  .323| .267  .365| .486  .688|  41  .263  -2.2  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons      875  678   70   2.8    91| .222  .251| .253  .321| .348  .381| .601  .703|  70  .337 -34.9  -3.6   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1959 22 CHW AL   P    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.85  0.00  1.80    0    1.0
 1960 23 CHW AL   P    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.80  0.00  1.91    0    3.3
 1961 24 CHW AL   P    3      3    6    0    1 1.000  .957  3.00  0.83  7.86  2.01    0   10.3
 1962 25 CHW AL   P    5      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.40  0.80  2.86  2.14    0    6.3
 1963 26 CHW AL   P   41     17   30    2    4  .959  .955  1.15  0.79  1.74  1.99   30  243.0
 1964 27 CHW AL   P   37     16   41    3    4  .950  .956  1.54  0.72  1.87  1.90   36  273.7 AS
 1965 28 CHW AL   P   33     12   32    1    0  .978  .950  1.33  0.75  2.25  2.04   30  176.3
 1966 29 CHW AL   P   30      7   41    1    4  .980  .952  1.60  0.75  2.11  1.99   27  204.7
 1967 30 CHW AL   P   38     15   50    2    5  .970  .957  1.71  0.74  2.25  1.96   36  260.0 AS
 1968 31 CHW AL   P   31     12   21    0    3 1.000  .957  1.06  0.73  1.83  1.89   25  162.7
 1969 32 CHW AL   P   36      6   25    1    1  .969  .951  0.86  0.69  1.28  1.88   32  218.7
 1970 33 BOS AL   P   34      7   27    3    3  .919  .950  1.00  0.67  1.38  1.86   34  221.7
 1971 34 BOS AL   P   34     13   27    2    2  .952  .957  1.18  0.77  1.68  1.98   32  214.0
 1972 35 BOS AL   P   33      3   10    0    0 1.000  .949  0.39  0.75  1.37  1.86    4   85.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1959 22 CHW AL   P    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.85  0.00  1.80    0    1.0
 1960 23 CHW AL   P    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.80  0.00  1.91    0    3.3
 1961 24 CHW AL   P    3      3    6    0    1 1.000  .957  3.00  0.83  7.86  2.01    0   10.3
 1962 25 CHW AL   P    5      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.40  0.80  2.86  2.14    0    6.3
 1963 26 CHW AL   P   41     17   30    2    4  .959  .955  1.15  0.79  1.74  1.99   30  243.0
 1964 27 CHW AL   P   37     16   41    3    4  .950  .956  1.54  0.72  1.87  1.90   36  273.7
 1965 28 CHW AL   P   33     12   32    1    0  .978  .950  1.33  0.75  2.25  2.04   30  176.3
 1966 29 CHW AL   P   30      7   41    1    4  .980  .952  1.60  0.75  2.11  1.99   27  204.7
 1967 30 CHW AL   P   38     15   50    2    5  .970  .957  1.71  0.74  2.25  1.96   36  260.0
 1968 31 CHW AL   P   31     12   21    0    3 1.000  .957  1.06  0.73  1.83  1.89   25  162.7
 1969 32 CHW AL   P   36      6   25    1    1  .969  .951  0.86  0.69  1.28  1.88   32  218.7
 1970 33 BOS AL   P   34      7   27    3    3  .919  .950  1.00  0.67  1.38  1.86   34  221.7
 1971 34 BOS AL   P   34     13   27    2    2  .952  .957  1.18  0.77  1.68  1.98   32  214.0
 1972 35 BOS AL   P   33      3   10    0    0 1.000  .949  0.39  0.75  1.37  1.86    4   85.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 359    111  312   15   27  .966  .954  1.18  0.74  1.83  1.94  286 2081.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       359    111  312   15   27  .966  .954  1.18  0.74  1.83  1.94  286   2081

An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Pitching

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1964   CHW AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1967   CHW AL      0  0  0   3     0   0   0   0   4  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1964   CHW AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1967   CHW AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1964
1967 *

Awards
1963-AL-ROY

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1963-AL-8-0.20
1964-AL-7-0.16
1967-AL-9-0.13
Car-433-0.49 shares

ERA
1963 AL-2.33-1
1964 AL-2.50-4
1966 AL-1.98-1
1967 AL-2.28-2

Wins
1963 AL-19-6
1964 AL-20-1
1967 AL-16-6
1970 AL-16-10

Won-Loss %
1963 AL-.704-6
1964 AL-.714-3
1967 AL-.593-10

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1963 AL-1.070-3
1964 AL-1.173-10
1966 AL-.982-1
1967 AL-1.069-5

Hits Allowed/9IP
1963 AL-7.11-6
1964 AL-7.14-4
1966 AL-6.86-3
1967 AL-6.47-1

Bases on Balls/9IP
1966 AL-1.98-4

Strikeouts/9IP
1963 AL-7.00-7
1964 AL-6.74-10
1967 AL-7.44-9
1970 AL-6.29-9

Innings
1964 AL-273.7-2
1967 AL-260.0-5

Strikeouts
1963 AL-189-4
1964 AL-205-4
1967 AL-215-5

Games Started
1964 AL-36-2
1967 AL-36-9

Comp. Games
1963 AL-13-6
1964 AL-11-9
1966 AL-11-5
1967 AL-11-8

Shutouts
1963 AL-4-3
1964 AL-3-9
1966 AL-4-4
1969 AL-3-10
1970 AL-4-3

Home Runs Allow.
1971 AL-25-8

Bases On Balls Allow.
1964 AL-104-3
1967 AL-91-6

Hits Allowed
1969 AL-238-6

SO to Walk
1963 AL-2.78-9
1966 AL-2.87-3

Losses
1969 AL-15-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1969 AL-110-1
1970 AL-100-9
1971 AL-104-3

Wild Pitches
1964 AL-15-1
1966 AL-11-5
1968 AL-9-8
1970 AL-16-3

Hit Batsmen
1963 AL-8-7
1964 AL-7-9
1967 AL-11-2
1970 AL-7-9

Batters Faced
1964 AL-1117-2
1967 AL-1060-6

Adjusted ERA+
1963 AL-149-1
1964 AL-138-4
1966 AL-160-1
1967 AL-132-4

Black Ink: Pitching - 14 (152) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 84 (276) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3464) Pitching - 21.0 (264) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 41.0 (319) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
Before 1956 Season: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.
December 13, 1969: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Don Pavletich to the Boston Red Sox for Syd O'Brien and Billy Farmer (minors). Billy Farmer (minors) refused to report to his new team. The Boston Red Sox sent Jerry Janeski (March 9, 1970) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.
October 27, 1972: Released by the Boston Red Sox.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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All-Star 1964 1967 *	Awards 1963-AL-ROY	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1963-AL-8-0.20 1964-AL-7-0.16 1967-AL-9-0.13 Car-433-0.49 shares	ERA 1963 AL-2.33-1 1964 AL-2.50-4 1966 AL-1.98-1 1967 AL-2.28-2	Wins 1963 AL-19-6 1964 AL-20-1 1967 AL-16-6 1970 AL-16-10	Won-Loss % 1963 AL-.704-6 1964 AL-.714-3 1967 AL-.593-10
BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1963 AL-1.070-3 1964 AL-1.173-10 1966 AL-.982-1 1967 AL-1.069-5	Hits Allowed/9IP 1963 AL-7.11-6 1964 AL-7.14-4 1966 AL-6.86-3 1967 AL-6.47-1	Bases on Balls/9IP 1966 AL-1.98-4	Strikeouts/9IP 1963 AL-7.00-7 1964 AL-6.74-10 1967 AL-7.44-9 1970 AL-6.29-9	Innings 1964 AL-273.7-2 1967 AL-260.0-5	Strikeouts 1963 AL-189-4 1964 AL-205-4 1967 AL-215-5
Games Started 1964 AL-36-2 1967 AL-36-9	Comp. Games 1963 AL-13-6 1964 AL-11-9 1966 AL-11-5 1967 AL-11-8	Shutouts 1963 AL-4-3 1964 AL-3-9 1966 AL-4-4 1969 AL-3-10 1970 AL-4-3	Home Runs Allow. 1971 AL-25-8	Bases On Balls Allow. 1964 AL-104-3 1967 AL-91-6	Hits Allowed 1969 AL-238-6
SO to Walk 1963 AL-2.78-9 1966 AL-2.87-3	Losses 1969 AL-15-8	Earned Runs Allow. 1969 AL-110-1 1970 AL-100-9 1971 AL-104-3	Wild Pitches 1964 AL-15-1 1966 AL-11-5 1968 AL-9-8 1970 AL-16-3	Hit Batsmen 1963 AL-8-7 1964 AL-7-9 1967 AL-11-2 1970 AL-7-9	Batters Faced 1964 AL-1117-2 1967 AL-1060-6
Adjusted ERA+ 1963 AL-149-1 1964 AL-138-4 1966 AL-160-1 1967 AL-132-4