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Pete Appleton

Peter William Appleton (Jake)
born Peter William Jablonowski and legally changed name in 1933

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 20, 1904 in Terryville, CT
School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)(All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1927
Teams (by GP): Senators/Indians/WhiteSox/Reds/Browns/... 1927-1945

Final Game: September 20, 1945
Died: January 18, 1974 in Trenton, NJ
Buried: St. Gertrude Cemetery, Colonia, NJ
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1927 23 CIN NL 2 1 .667 1.82 6 2 3 2 1 0 29.2 29 7 6 0 17 3 0 1 1 128 214 1.551 8.8 0.0 5.2 0.9 0.18
1928 24 CIN NL 3 4 .429 4.68 31 3 18 0 0 0 82.2 101 50 43 7 22 20 2 0 2 361 85 1.488 11.0 0.8 2.4 2.2 0.91
1930 26 CLE AL 8 7 .533 4.02 39 7 21 2 0 1 118.2 122 71 53 8 53 45 5 0 2 527 119 1.475 9.3 0.6 4.0 3.4 0.85
1931 27 CLE AL 4 4 .500 4.63 29 4 16 3 0 0 79.2 100 51 41 2 29 25 1 0 3 371 100 1.619 11.3 0.2 3.3 2.8 0.86
1932 28 TOT AL 0 3 .000 5.29 15 3 5 0 0 0 51.0 60 46 30 3 29 16 2 0 1 247 86 1.745 10.6 0.5 5.1 2.8 0.55
1932 28 CLE AL 0 0 16.20 4 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 11 11 9 1 3 1 0 0 0 30 31 2.800 19.8 1.8 5.4 1.8 0.33
1932 28 BOS AL 0 3 .000 4.11 11 3 4 0 0 0 46.0 49 35 21 2 26 15 2 0 1 217 109 1.630 9.6 0.4 5.1 2.9 0.58
1933 29 NYY AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
1936 32 WSH AL 14 9 .609 3.53 38 20 17 12 1 3 201.2 199 94 79 7 77 77 3 0 5 868 135 1.369 8.9 0.3 3.4 3.4 1.00
1937 33 WSH AL 8 15 .348 4.39 35 18 9 7 4 2 168.0 167 103 82 16 72 62 5 0 4 732 101 1.423 8.9 0.9 3.9 3.3 0.86
1938 34 WSH AL 7 9 .438 4.60 43 10 23 5 0 5 164.1 175 99 84 12 61 62 1 0 8 722 98 1.436 9.6 0.7 3.3 3.4 1.02
1939 35 WSH AL 5 10 .333 4.56 40 4 27 2 0 6 102.2 104 62 52 7 48 50 4 0 2 459 95 1.481 9.1 0.6 4.2 4.4 1.04
1940 36 CHW AL 4 0 1.000 5.62 25 0 16 0 0 5 57.2 54 39 36 8 28 21 1 0 3 254 79 1.422 8.4 1.2 4.4 3.3 0.75
1941 37 CHW AL 0 3 .000 5.27 13 0 11 0 0 1 27.1 27 21 16 4 17 12 2 0 1 127 79 1.610 8.9 1.3 5.6 4.0 0.71
1942 38 TOT AL 1 1 .500 3.09 18 0 16 0 0 2 32.0 27 11 11 1 14 14 0 0 0 133 123 1.281 7.6 0.3 3.9 3.9 1.00
1942 38 CHW AL 0 0 3.86 4 0 4 0 0 0 4.2 2 2 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 19 101 1.071 3.9 0.0 5.8 3.9 0.67
1942 38 SLB AL 1 1 .500 2.96 14 0 12 0 0 2 27.1 25 9 9 1 11 12 0 0 0 114 128 1.317 8.2 0.3 3.6 4.0 1.09
1945 41 TOT AL 1 0 1.000 4.56 8 2 3 1 0 1 23.2 19 13 12 1 18 13 0 0 0 106 72 1.563 7.2 0.4 6.8 4.9 0.72
1945 41 SLB AL 0 0 15.43 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 3 5 4 0 7 1 0 0 0 18 27 4.286 11.6 0.0 27.0 3.9 0.14
1945 41 WSH AL 1 0 1.000 3.38 6 2 2 1 0 1 21.1 16 8 8 1 11 12 0 0 0 88 94 1.266 6.8 0.4 4.6 5.1 1.09
14 Yrs 57 66 .463 4.30 341 73 186 34 6 26 1141.0 1187 667 545 76 486 420 26 1 32 5044 104 1.466 9.4 0.6 3.8 3.3 0.86
162 Game Avg. 9 11 .463 4.30 56 12 31 6 1 4 187 195 110 90 12 80 69 4 0 5 828 104 1.466 9.4 0.6 3.8 3.3 0.86
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
WSH (5 yrs) 35 43 .449 4.17 162 54 78 27 5 17 658.0 661 366 305 43 269 263 13 0 19 2869 108 1.413 9.0 0.6 3.7 3.6 0.98
CLE (3 yrs) 12 11 .522 4.56 72 11 38 5 0 1 203.1 233 133 103 11 85 71 6 0 5 928 104 1.564 10.3 0.5 3.8 3.1 0.84
CHW (3 yrs) 4 3 .571 5.42 42 0 31 0 0 6 89.2 83 62 54 12 48 35 3 0 4 400 80 1.461 8.3 1.2 4.8 3.5 0.73
CIN (2 yrs) 5 5 .500 3.93 37 5 21 2 1 0 112.1 130 57 49 7 39 23 2 1 3 489 101 1.504 10.4 0.6 3.1 1.8 0.59
SLB (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 3.94 16 0 13 0 0 2 29.2 28 14 13 1 18 13 0 0 0 132 97 1.551 8.5 0.3 5.5 3.9 0.72
BOS (1 yr) 0 3 .000 4.11 11 3 4 0 0 0 46.0 49 35 21 2 26 15 2 0 1 217 109 1.630 9.6 0.4 5.1 2.9 0.58
NYY (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
AL (12 yrs) 52 61 .460 4.34 304 68 165 32 5 26 1028.2 1057 610 496 69 447 397 24 0 29 4555 104 1.462 9.2 0.6 3.9 3.5 0.89
NL (2 yrs) 5 5 .500 3.93 37 5 21 2 1 0 112.1 130 57 49 7 39 23 2 1 3 489 101 1.504 10.4 0.6 3.1 1.8 0.59

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1927 23 CIN NL 29.2 6 2 7 2.12 4.52 0.20 0.00 96.0 4.14 7 0.7 1.0 -0.0 0.9 10 .622 .505 $
1928 24 CIN NL 82.2 31 3 50 5.44 4.82 0.17 0.00 98.2 4.57 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 0 .475 .495 $
1930 26 CLE AL 118.2 39 7 71 5.38 5.26 -0.20 0.00 103.6 5.66 3 0.3 1.0 -0.1 1.3 19 .508 .502 $
1931 27 CLE AL 80.2 29 4 51 5.69 4.83 -0.22 0.00 105.4 5.33 -4 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 0.3 7 .488 .498 $
1932 28 CLE AL 5.0 4 0 11 19.80 5.26 -0.05 0.00 110.4 5.85 -8 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.6 -7 .344 .496 $
1932 28 BOS AL 46.0 11 3 35 6.85 5.30 -0.18 0.00 100.2 5.49 -7 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .443 .496 $
1933 29 NYY AL 2.0 1 0 0 0.00 4.74 -0.29 0.00 96.0 4.83 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .609 .501 $
1936 32 WSH AL 201.2 38 20 94 4.20 5.62 0.13 0.00 94.7 5.20 22 2.0 1.0 -0.1 3.6 50 .552 .512 $
1937 33 WSH AL 168.0 35 18 103 5.52 5.35 0.16 0.00 97.5 5.06 -9 -0.8 1.0 -0.1 0.5 12 .476 .495 $
1938 34 WSH AL 164.1 43 10 99 5.42 5.45 0.06 0.00 96.8 5.22 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.1 0.9 17 .489 .497 $
1939 35 WSH AL 102.2 40 4 62 5.44 5.56 0.08 0.00 94.4 5.16 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.5 10 .492 .498 $
1940 36 CHW AL 57.2 25 0 39 6.09 5.05 0.21 0.00 102.8 4.98 -8 -0.7 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .472 .496 $
1941 37 CHW AL 27.1 13 0 21 6.91 4.95 0.15 0.00 97.5 4.68 -7 -0.7 1.0 -0.0 -0.5 -4 .449 .496 $
1942 38 CHW AL 4.2 4 0 2 3.86 3.79 0.07 0.00 105.1 3.91 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.0 0 .500 .500 $
1942 38 SLB AL 27.1 14 0 9 2.96 4.07 -0.13 0.00 104.2 4.38 4 0.5 1.0 -0.0 0.6 6 .533 .503 $
1945 41 SLB AL 2.1 2 0 5 19.29 3.54 0.09 0.00 101.1 3.49 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -4 .308 .498 $
1945 41 WSH AL 21.1 6 2 8 3.38 3.87 -0.01 0.00 89.9 3.49 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.2 2 .506 .500 $
14 Seasons 1142.0 341 73 667 5.26 5.23 0.05 0.00 98.3 5.09 -26 -2.1 1.0 -0.7 6.7 115 .494 .499 $
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
WSH (5 yrs) 658.0 162 54 366 5.01 5.44 0.11 0.00 95.7 5.11 4 0.4 1.0 -0.4 5.7 91 .502 .500 $
CLE (3 yrs) 204.1 72 11 133 5.86 5.09 -0.20 0.00 104.5 5.53 -8 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 1.0 18 .491 .499 $
CHW (3 yrs) 89.2 42 0 62 6.22 4.96 0.19 0.00 101.3 4.83 -15 -1.4 1.0 -0.1 -0.8 -6 .467 .497 $
CIN (2 yrs) 112.1 37 5 57 4.57 4.74 0.18 0.00 97.6 4.45 -1 -0.0 1.0 -0.1 0.7 10 .499 .500 $
SLB (2 yrs) 29.2 16 0 14 4.25 4.03 -0.12 0.00 104.0 4.31 0 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.2 2 .504 .500 $
BOS (1 yr) 46.0 11 3 35 6.85 5.30 -0.18 0.00 100.2 5.49 -7 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .443 .496 $
NYY (1 yr) 2.0 1 0 0 0.00 4.74 -0.29 0.00 96.0 4.83 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .609 .501 $

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1927 23 CIN NL 128 0.0% 2.3% 13.3% 3.1% 14% 84%
1928 24 CIN NL 361 1.9% 5.5% 6.1% 83%
1930 26 CLE AL 523 1.5% 8.6% 10.1% 1.9% 8% 74%
1931 27 CLE AL 371 0.5% 6.7% 7.8% 2.2% 8% 85%
1932 28 TOT AL 247 1.2% 6.5% 11.7% 78%
1932 28 CLE AL 30 3.3% 3.3% 10.0% 83%
1932 28 BOS AL 217 0.9% 6.9% 12.0% 77%
1933 29 NYY AL 9 0.0% 0.0% 11.1% 89%
1936 32 WSH AL 867 0.8% 8.9% 8.9% 3.0% 13% 80%
1937 33 WSH AL 732 2.2% 8.5% 9.8% 3.3% 14% 77%
1938 34 WSH AL 722 1.7% 8.6% 8.5% 3.5% 14% 80%
1939 35 WSH AL 459 1.5% 10.9% 10.5% 2.0% 9% 73%
1940 36 CHW AL 254 3.2% 8.3% 11.0% 74%
1941 37 CHW AL 127 3.2% 9.5% 13.4% 70%
1942 38 TOT AL 133 0.8% 10.5% 10.5% 77%
1942 38 CHW AL 19 0.0% 10.5% 15.8% 68%
1942 38 SLB AL 114 0.9% 10.5% 9.7% 79%
1945 41 TOT AL 106 0.9% 12.3% 17.0% 2.8% 16% 69%
1945 41 SLB AL 18 0.0% 5.6% 38.9% 56%
1945 41 WSH AL 88 1.1% 13.6% 12.5% 3.4% 19% 72%
14 Yrs 5039 1.5% 8.3% 9.6% 2.2% 9% 78%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.4% 8.4% 3.1% 13% 80%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1927 23 2 1 .667 1.82 6 2 3 2 1 0 29.2 29 7 6 0 17 3 0 1 1 128 214 1.551 8.8 0.0 5.2 0.9 0.18 214
1928 24 5 5 .500 3.93 37 5 21 2 1 0 112.1 130 57 49 7 39 23 2 1 3 489 101 1.504 10.4 0.6 3.1 1.8 0.59 101
1929 25 5 5 .500 3.93 37 5 21 2 1 0 112.1 130 57 49 7 39 23 2 1 3 489 101 1.504 10.4 0.6 3.1 1.8 0.59 101
1930 26 13 12 .520 3.97 76 12 42 4 1 1 231.0 252 128 102 15 92 68 7 1 5 1016 110 1.489 9.8 0.6 3.6 2.6 0.74 110
1931 27 17 16 .515 4.14 105 16 58 7 1 1 310.2 352 179 143 17 121 93 8 1 8 1387 107 1.523 10.2 0.5 3.5 2.7 0.77 107
1932 28 17 19 .472 4.31 120 19 63 7 1 1 361.2 412 225 173 20 150 109 10 1 9 1634 104 1.554 10.3 0.5 3.7 2.7 0.73 104
1933 29 17 19 .472 4.28 121 19 64 7 1 1 363.2 415 225 173 20 151 109 10 1 9 1643 104 1.556 10.3 0.5 3.7 2.7 0.72 104
1934 30 17 19 .472 4.28 121 19 64 7 1 1 363.2 415 225 173 20 151 109 10 1 9 1643 104 1.556 10.3 0.5 3.7 2.7 0.72 104
1935 31 17 19 .472 4.28 121 19 64 7 1 1 363.2 415 225 173 20 151 109 10 1 9 1643 104 1.556 10.3 0.5 3.7 2.7 0.72 104
1936 32 31 28 .525 4.01 159 39 81 19 2 4 565.1 614 319 252 27 228 186 13 1 14 2511 114 1.489 9.8 0.4 3.6 3.0 0.82 114
1937 33 39 43 .476 4.10 194 57 90 26 6 6 733.1 781 422 334 43 300 248 18 1 18 3243 111 1.474 9.6 0.5 3.7 3.0 0.83 111
1938 34 46 52 .469 4.19 237 67 113 31 6 11 897.2 956 521 418 55 361 310 19 1 26 3965 108 1.467 9.6 0.6 3.6 3.1 0.86 108
1939 35 51 62 .451 4.23 277 71 140 33 6 17 1000.1 1060 583 470 62 409 360 23 1 28 4424 107 1.469 9.5 0.6 3.7 3.2 0.88 107
1940 36 55 62 .470 4.30 302 71 156 33 6 22 1058.0 1114 622 506 70 437 381 24 1 31 4678 105 1.466 9.5 0.6 3.7 3.2 0.87 105
1941 37 55 65 .458 4.33 315 71 167 33 6 23 1085.1 1141 643 522 74 454 393 26 1 32 4805 104 1.470 9.5 0.6 3.8 3.3 0.87 104
1942 38 56 66 .459 4.29 333 71 183 33 6 25 1117.1 1168 654 533 75 468 407 26 1 32 4938 104 1.464 9.4 0.6 3.8 3.3 0.87 104
1943 39 56 66 .459 4.29 333 71 183 33 6 25 1117.1 1168 654 533 75 468 407 26 1 32 4938 104 1.464 9.4 0.6 3.8 3.3 0.87 104
1944 40 56 66 .459 4.29 333 71 183 33 6 25 1117.1 1168 654 533 75 468 407 26 1 32 4938 104 1.464 9.4 0.6 3.8 3.3 0.87 104
1945 41 57 66 .463 4.30 341 73 186 34 6 26 1141.0 1187 667 545 76 486 420 26 1 32 5044 104 1.466 9.4 0.6 3.8 3.3 0.86 104

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1927 23 2 1 .667 1.86 29.0 30 7 6 0 18 3 0 1.655 9.3 5.6 0.9 0.17 0.0 6
1928 24 4 5 .444 4.61 84.0 104 48 43 7 23 20 2 1.512 11.1 2.5 2.1 0.87 0.8 31
1930 26 9 5 .643 3.09 128.0 114 49 44 7 50 49 5 1.281 8.0 3.5 3.4 0.98 0.5 39
1931 27 5 4 .556 3.68 88.0 95 40 36 2 28 28 1 1.398 9.7 2.9 2.9 1.00 0.2 29
1932 28 3 3 .500 4.26 57.0 58 30 27 3 28 18 2 1.509 9.2 4.4 2.8 0.64 0.5 15
1933 29 0 0 0.00 2.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.000 13.5 4.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
1936 32 15 8 .652 2.92 213.0 190 77 69 7 74 81 3 1.239 8.0 3.1 3.4 1.09 0.3 38
1937 33 10 9 .526 3.88 174.0 162 83 75 16 70 64 5 1.333 8.4 3.6 3.3 0.91 0.8 35
1938 34 10 9 .526 3.92 177.0 173 86 77 12 60 67 1 1.316 8.8 3.1 3.4 1.12 0.6 43
1939 35 6 6 .500 4.13 109.0 104 56 50 7 48 53 4 1.394 8.6 4.0 4.4 1.10 0.6 40
1940 36 2 4 .333 4.87 61.0 53 37 33 8 27 22 1 1.311 7.8 4.0 3.2 0.81 1.2 25
1941 37 1 2 .333 4.66 29.0 27 17 15 4 17 13 2 1.517 8.4 5.3 4.0 0.76 1.2 13
1942 38 2 1 .667 3.38 32.0 30 13 12 1 16 14 0 1.438 8.4 4.5 3.9 0.88 0.3 18
1945 41 1 1 .500 5.87 23.0 22 17 15 1 21 13 0 1.870 8.6 8.2 5.1 0.62 0.4 8
14 Yrs 70 58 .547 3.75 1206.0 1165 560 502 75 481 445 26 1.365 8.7 3.3 0.93 0.6 341

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitcherss c a p y
1936 AL  3.6 (9th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1936 AL  3.53 (3rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1936 AL  1.369 (5th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1936 AL  8.881 (6th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1936 AL  3.436 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1938 AL  43 (3rd)
1939 AL  40 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1936 AL  3 (6th)
1938 AL  5 (4th)
1939 AL  6 (5th)
1940 AL  5 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1937 AL  4 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1936 AL  0.312 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
1937 AL  15 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1938 AL  8 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1930 AL  5 (6th)
1937 AL  5 (5th)
1939 AL  4 (7th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1928 NL  18 (2nd)
1930 AL  21 (2nd)
1931 AL  16 (6th)
1936 AL  17 (5th)
1938 AL  23 (4th)
1939 AL  27 (4th)
1940 AL  16 (9th)
1942 AL  16 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1936 AL  136 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1936 AL  28 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1936 AL  2.6 (7th)

Oldest s c a p y
1941 AL  born 1904-05-20 (10th)
1942 AL  born 1904-05-20 (10th)
1945 AL  born 1904-05-20 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 23 (984), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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