Pete Broberg
Peter Sven Broberg
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 2, 1950 in West Palm Beach, FL
High School: Palm Beach (Palm Beach, FL)
School: Dartmouth College
Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 20, 1971
Final Game: October 1, 1978
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Standard Pitching

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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
1971 21 WSA AL 5 9 .357 3.47 18 18 0 7 1 0 124.2 104 57 48 10 53 2 89 10 4 10 527 95 1.259 7.5 0.7 3.8 6.4 1.68
1972 22 TEX AL 5 12 .294 4.29 39 25 4 3 2 1 176.1 153 93 84 14 85 3 133 13 0 14 760 70 1.350 7.8 0.7 4.3 6.8 1.56
1973 23 TEX AL 5 9 .357 5.61 22 20 1 6 1 0 118.2 130 77 74 8 66 3 57 5 1 5 542 66 1.652 9.9 0.6 5.0 4.3 0.86
1974 24 TEX AL 0 4 .000 8.07 12 2 2 0 0 0 29.0 29 29 26 7 13 0 15 1 0 2 128 44 1.448 9.0 2.2 4.0 4.7 1.15
1975 25 MIL AL 14 16 .467 4.13 38 32 3 7 2 0 220.1 219 114 101 17 106 2 100 16 0 10 967 93 1.475 8.9 0.7 4.3 4.1 0.94
1976 26 MIL AL 1 7 .125 4.97 20 11 3 1 0 0 92.1 99 59 51 5 72 6 28 4 0 8 437 70 1.852 9.6 0.5 7.0 2.7 0.39
1977 27 CHC NL 1 2 .333 4.75 22 0 2 0 0 0 36.0 34 22 19 8 18 4 20 0 0 0 158 92 1.444 8.5 2.0 4.5 5.0 1.11
1978 28 OAK AL 10 12 .455 4.62 35 26 4 2 0 0 165.2 174 101 85 16 65 5 94 3 0 1 728 79 1.443 9.5 0.9 3.5 5.1 1.45
8 Seasons 41 71 .366 4.56 206 134 19 26 6 1 963.0 942 552 488 85 478 25 536 52 5 50 4247 78 1.475 8.8 0.8 4.5 5.0 1.12
162 Game Avg. 8 14 .366 4.56 41 27 4 5 1 0 193 188 110 98 17 96 5 107 10 1 10 849 78 1.475 8.8 0.8 4.5 5.0 1.12
TEX (4 yrs) 15 34 .306 4.65 91 65 7 16 4 1 448.2 416 256 232 39 217 8 294 29 5 31 1957 71 1.411 8.3 0.8 4.4 5.9 1.35
MIL (2 yrs) 15 23 .395 4.38 58 43 6 8 2 0 312.2 318 173 152 22 178 8 128 20 0 18 1404 85 1.586 9.2 0.6 5.1 3.7 0.72
OAK (1 yr) 10 12 .455 4.62 35 26 4 2 0 0 165.2 174 101 85 16 65 5 94 3 0 1 728 79 1.443 9.5 0.9 3.5 5.1 1.45
CHC (1 yr) 1 2 .333 4.75 22 0 2 0 0 0 36.0 34 22 19 8 18 4 20 0 0 0 158 92 1.444 8.5 2.0 4.5 5.0 1.11
AL (7 yrs) 40 69 .367 4.55 184 134 17 26 6 1 927.0 908 530 469 77 460 21 516 52 5 50 4089 77 1.476 8.8 0.7 4.5 5.0 1.12
NL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 4.75 22 0 2 0 0 0 36.0 34 22 19 8 18 4 20 0 0 0 158 92 1.444 8.5 2.0 4.5 5.0 1.11

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1971 21 WSA AL 18 527 456 57 104 17 5 10 10 4 53 89 .228 .319 .353 .672 .260 161 10 10 4 4 2
1972 22 TEX AL 39 759 644 93 153 19 2 14 10 4 85 133 .238 .333 .339 .671 .273 218 14 13 5 12 3
1973 23 TEX AL 22 542 460 77 130 29 3 8 10 4 66 57 .283 .375 .411 .786 .305 189 9 5 6 5 3
1974 24 TEX AL 12 128 110 29 29 7 4 7 0 1 13 15 .264 .344 .591 .935 .247 65 3 1 3 1 0
1975 25 MIL AL 38 967 832 114 219 32 2 17 15 17 106 100 .263 .356 .368 .723 .281 306 19 16 8 5 2
1976 26 MIL AL 20 437 352 59 99 10 5 5 8 6 72 28 .281 .403 .381 .784 .289 134 9 4 3 6 6
1977 27 CHC NL 22 157 132 22 34 3 0 8 2 2 18 20 .258 .342 .462 .804 .245 61 4 0 5 2 4
1978 28 OAK AL 35 730 647 101 174 39 8 16 11 7 65 94 .269 .336 .428 .764 .291 277 13 3 9 6 5
8 Seasons 206 4247 3633 552 942 156 29 85 66 45 478 536 .259 .350 .388 .739 .281 1411 81 52 43 41 25
162 Game Avg. 41 849 727 110 188 31 6 17 13 9 96 107 .259 .350 .388 .739 .281 282 16 10 9 8 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1971 21 WSA AL 18 18 5 9 4 0 4 6 12 .333 2 1 7 1 12 67% 56 86 21 12 5 1 6 3.6 3.8 6.9
1972 22 TEX AL 39 25 5 12 8 1 4 8 17 .320 2 3 3 2 12 48% 50 85 18 26 12 5 7 3.2 2.9 6.0
1973 23 TEX AL 22 20 5 9 6 1 2 7 13 .350 4 1 6 1 9 45% 44 79 14 23 7 4 7 3.5 3.2 5.9
1974 24 TEX AL 12 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34 39 28 5 3 0 2 3.0 1.3 3.3
1975 25 MIL AL 38 32 12 16 4 5 6 14 18 .438 0 2 7 2 14 44% 47 79 16 35 10 16 5 4.7 4.6 6.0
1976 26 MIL AL 20 11 1 7 3 1 5 2 9 .182 0 1 1 0 5 45% 46 65 30 20 2 2 5 3.5 3.6 5.6
1978 28 OAK AL 35 26 8 11 7 1 4 11 15 .423 1 5 2 0 11 42% 47 77 26 39 18 6 8 3.7 3.5 5.3
7 Seasons 184 134 36 66 32 9 25 48 86 .358 9 13 26 6 63 47% 48 86 14 160 57 34 40 3.8 3.7 5.9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1972 22 TEX AL 39 14 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 18 7 39% 8 0.970 4 3 7 1 1 12 9 5 10 1 10 1 5.9
1973 23 TEX AL 22 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.056 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 1.5
1974 24 TEX AL 12 10 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 25% 3 0.577 1 2 7 2 0 8 7 3 6 1 8 2 6.7
1975 25 MIL AL 38 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 3 38% 4 1.080 2 1 3 2 1 3 4 2 5 0 5 1 13.5
1976 26 MIL AL 20 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 2 0.802 0 3 6 0 0 9 3 6 9 0 9 0 10.3
1977 27 CHC NL 22 22 2 1 2 1 0 1 0% 2 1 18 6 33% 4 0.929 7 8 7 3 4 15 8 14 13 4 16 2 4.9
1978 28 OAK AL 35 9 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 67% 4 0.965 4 3 2 1 1 7 6 3 7 1 7 0 9.6
7 Seasons 188 72 19 5 5 2 1 1 50% 5 2 72 28 39% 0.975 18 21 33 9 7 56 37 35 50 8 55 7 7.2

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1971 21 WSA AL 527 46% 1.9% 16.9% 10.1% 6.1% 31% 0.81 69% 100 10 10%
1972 22 TEX AL 759 42% 1.8% 17.5% 11.2% 4.6% 23% 1.19 67% 155 14 9%
1973 23 TEX AL 542 38% 1.5% 10.5% 12.2% 7.4% 31% 0.75 74% 104 9 9%
1974 24 TEX AL 128 40% 5.5% 11.7% 10.2% 14.1% 62% 1.26 70% 19 3 16%
1975 25 MIL AL 967 47% 1.8% 10.3% 11.0% 5.3% 23% 0.73 74% 196 19 10%
1976 26 MIL AL 437 41% 1.1% 6.4% 16.5% 4.6% 20% 0.89 74% 101 9 9%
1977 27 CHC NL 158 46% 5.1% 12.7% 11.5% 7.0% 32% 1.10 68% 36 4 11%
1978 28 OAK AL 730 51% 2.2% 12.9% 8.9% 8.6% 36% 0.84 74% 126 13 10%
8 Seasons 4248 45% 2.0% 12.6% 11.3% 6.4% 29% 0.87 72% 837 81 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1971 21 WSA AL 527 104 10 0 5 5 5 6 4 25 15 6 60% 5 10 2 196 10 4 71% 10 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 26 0
1972 22 TEX AL 758 153 14 0 10 6 8 9 5 42 22 5 52% 7 14 0 291 10 4 71% 9 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 35 1
1973 23 TEX AL 542 130 8 1 12 5 3 2 6 23 12 0 52% 7 5 0 219 10 4 71% 9 4 0 0 1 0 3 1 14 0
1974 24 TEX AL 128 29 7 0 3 5 2 2 5 8 6 0 75% 2 2 0 45 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1975 25 MIL AL 967 219 17 1 19 10 8 8 10 49 32 5 65% 10 10 3 377 15 17 47% 13 12 1 4 1 1 6 0 25 0
1976 26 MIL AL 437 99 5 0 18 2 3 2 3 35 20 3 57% 6 8 1 177 8 6 57% 7 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 21 0
1977 27 CHC NL 158 34 8 0 6 6 2 7 1 10 4 1 40% 5 0 1 62 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1978 28 OAK AL 730 174 16 0 12 7 9 10 6 38 20 2 53% 12 1 1 263 11 7 61% 10 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
8 Seasons 4247 942 85 2 85 46 40 46 40 230 131 22 57% 54 50 8 1630 66 45 59% 60 37 4 7 2 1 14 1 142 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1971 21 5 9 .357 3.47 18 18 0 7 1 0 124.2 104 57 48 10 53 2 89 10 4 10 527 95 1.259 7.5 0.7 3.8 6.4 1.68 95
1972 22 10 21 .323 3.95 57 43 4 10 3 1 301.0 257 150 132 24 138 5 222 23 4 24 1287 79 1.312 7.7 0.7 4.1 6.6 1.61 79
1973 23 15 30 .333 4.42 79 63 5 16 4 1 419.2 387 227 206 32 204 8 279 28 5 29 1829 74 1.408 8.3 0.7 4.4 6.0 1.37 74
1974 24 15 34 .306 4.65 91 65 7 16 4 1 448.2 416 256 232 39 217 8 294 29 5 31 1957 71 1.411 8.3 0.8 4.4 5.9 1.35 71
1975 25 29 50 .367 4.48 129 97 10 23 6 1 669.0 635 370 333 56 323 10 394 45 5 41 2924 78 1.432 8.5 0.8 4.3 5.3 1.22 78
1976 26 30 57 .345 4.54 149 108 13 24 6 1 761.1 734 429 384 61 395 16 422 49 5 49 3361 77 1.483 8.7 0.7 4.7 5.0 1.07 77
1977 27 31 59 .344 4.55 171 108 15 24 6 1 797.1 768 451 403 69 413 20 442 49 5 49 3519 77 1.481 8.7 0.8 4.7 5.0 1.07 77
1978 28 41 71 .366 4.56 206 134 19 26 6 1 963.0 942 552 488 85 478 25 536 52 5 50 4247 78 1.475 8.8 0.8 4.5 5.0 1.12 78

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1971 21 5 7 .417 4.54 115.0 115 64 58 11 59 82 11 1.513 9.0 4.6 6.4 1.39 0.9 18
1972 22 5 13 .278 6.22 165.0 182 127 114 17 101 124 15 1.715 9.9 5.5 6.8 1.23 0.9 39
1973 23 3 9 .250 6.87 110.0 138 93 84 8 70 53 5 1.891 11.3 5.7 4.3 0.76 0.7 22
1974 24 0 3 .000 10.00 27.0 32 33 30 8 14 14 1 1.704 10.7 4.7 4.7 1.00 2.7 12
1975 25 9 13 .409 4.81 206.0 228 122 110 18 110 94 17 1.641 10.0 4.8 4.1 0.85 0.8 38
1976 26 2 7 .222 6.61 83.0 108 68 61 5 79 25 4 2.253 11.7 8.6 2.7 0.32 0.5 20
1977 27 2 2 .500 4.25 36.0 33 19 17 8 17 20 0 1.389 8.3 4.3 5.0 1.18 2.0 22
1978 28 6 11 .353 5.75 155.0 189 110 99 17 71 88 3 1.677 11.0 4.1 5.1 1.24 1.0 35
8 Seasons 32 65 .330 5.75 897.0 1025 636 573 92 521 500 56 1.724 10.3 5.0 0.96 0.9 206

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1972 AL--6.788--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1972 AL--85--6th
1975 AL--106--5th

Losses s c a p y
1975 AL--16--7th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1971 AL--10--5th
1972 AL--14--2nd
1975 AL--10--6th
1976 AL--8--5th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1971 AL--10--2nd
1972 AL--13--1st
1975 AL--16--1st

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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