Pete Filson
William Peter Filson
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 28, 1958 in Darby, PA
School: Temple University
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 9th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 15, 1982
Final Game: August 11, 1990
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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
1982 23 MIN AL 0 2 .000 8.76 5 3 1 0 0 0 12.1 17 12 12 2 8 1 10 0 2 0 63 48 2.027 12.4 1.5 5.8 7.3 1.25
1983 24 MIN AL 4 1 .800 3.40 26 8 10 0 0 1 90.0 87 34 34 9 29 0 49 1 2 1 378 126 1.289 8.7 0.9 2.9 4.9 1.69
1984 25 MIN AL 6 5 .545 4.10 55 7 13 0 0 1 118.2 106 56 54 14 54 7 59 3 1 2 514 103 1.348 8.0 1.1 4.1 4.5 1.09
1985 26 MIN AL 4 5 .444 3.67 40 6 12 1 0 2 95.2 93 42 39 13 30 4 42 0 1 1 406 119 1.286 8.7 1.2 2.8 4.0 1.40
1986 27 TOT AL 0 1 .000 6.00 7 1 4 0 0 0 18.0 27 13 12 5 7 0 8 1 0 1 89 72 1.889 13.5 2.5 3.5 4.0 1.14
1986 27 MIN AL 0 0 5.68 4 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 13 4 4 1 2 0 4 1 0 0 35 75 2.368 18.5 1.4 2.8 5.7 2.00
1986 27 CHW AL 0 1 .000 6.17 3 1 2 0 0 0 11.2 14 9 8 4 5 0 4 0 0 1 54 71 1.629 10.8 3.1 3.9 3.1 0.80
1987 28 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 3.27 7 2 3 0 0 0 22.0 26 10 8 2 9 1 10 1 0 0 99 135 1.591 10.6 0.8 3.7 4.1 1.11
1990 31 KCR AL 0 4 .000 5.91 8 7 0 0 0 0 35.0 42 31 23 6 13 0 9 2 1 0 165 65 1.571 10.8 1.5 3.3 2.3 0.69
7 Seasons 15 18 .455 4.18 148 34 43 1 0 4 391.2 398 198 182 51 150 13 187 8 7 5 1714 101 1.399 9.1 1.2 3.4 4.3 1.25
162 Game Avg. 6 7 .455 4.18 55 13 16 0 0 1 146 149 74 68 19 56 5 70 3 3 2 640 101 1.399 9.1 1.2 3.4 4.3 1.25
MIN (5 yrs) 14 13 .519 3.98 130 24 38 1 0 4 323.0 316 148 143 39 123 12 164 5 6 4 1396 107 1.359 8.8 1.1 3.4 4.6 1.33
KCR (1 yr) 0 4 .000 5.91 8 7 0 0 0 0 35.0 42 31 23 6 13 0 9 2 1 0 165 65 1.571 10.8 1.5 3.3 2.3 0.69
NYY (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.27 7 2 3 0 0 0 22.0 26 10 8 2 9 1 10 1 0 0 99 135 1.591 10.6 0.8 3.7 4.1 1.11
CHW (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.17 3 1 2 0 0 0 11.2 14 9 8 4 5 0 4 0 0 1 54 71 1.629 10.8 3.1 3.9 3.1 0.80

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
1982 23 MIN AL 5 63 53 12 17 1 0 2 1 0 8 10 .321 .397 .453 .850 .349 24 0 0 0 2 1
1983 24 MIN AL 26 378 345 34 87 17 1 9 3 4 29 49 .252 .310 .386 .696 .270 133 7 1 1 2 0
1984 25 MIN AL 55 514 445 56 106 24 1 14 8 3 54 59 .238 .323 .391 .714 .245 174 2 3 9 3 7
1985 26 MIN AL 40 406 371 42 93 13 2 13 4 3 30 42 .251 .305 .402 .707 .252 149 2 0 3 2 4
1986 27 TOT AL 7 89 81 13 27 3 0 5 2 0 7 8 .333 .393 .556 .949 .324 45 1 1 0 0 0
1986 27 CHW AL 3 54 49 9 14 3 0 4 0 0 5 4 .286 .352 .592 .944 .244 29 1 0 0 0 0
1986 27 MIN AL 4 35 32 4 13 0 0 1 2 0 2 4 .406 .457 .500 .957 .444 16 0 1 0 0 0
1987 28 NYY AL 7 99 87 10 26 5 0 2 0 2 9 10 .299 .371 .425 .796 .320 37 1 1 2 0 1
1990 31 KCR AL 8 165 149 31 42 11 5 6 3 0 13 9 .282 .345 .544 .889 .267 81 1 2 0 1 0
7 Seasons 148 1714 1531 198 398 74 9 51 21 12 150 187 .260 .327 .420 .747 .266 643 14 8 15 10 13
162 Game Avg. 55 640 572 74 149 28 3 19 8 4 56 70 .260 .327 .420 .747 .266 240 5 3 6 4 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
1982 23 MIN AL 5 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33 38 29 6 1 2 1 3.2 6.4 1.9
1983 24 MIN AL 26 8 3 1 4 0 0 4 4 .500 0 1 0 0 4 50% 49 68 27 17 1 0 7 4.3 3.9 6.1
1984 25 MIN AL 55 7 2 2 3 0 0 4 3 .571 0 1 0 0 3 43% 44 54 31 42 13 1 3 4.6 6.3 5.6
1985 26 MIN AL 40 6 1 5 0 0 1 1 5 .167 0 0 1 0 2 33% 42 56 30 25 10 0 4 4.6 3.4 5.4
1986 27 TOT AL 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 26 26 4 0 0 1 2.0 0.0 3.0
1986 27 CHW AL 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 26 26 26 0 0 0 1 2.0 0.0 3.0
1987 28 NYY AL 7 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 1 0 0 0 1 50% 59 67 51 2 2 1 0 3.5 4.1 6.0
1990 31 KCR AL 8 7 0 4 3 0 1 1 6 .143 0 1 0 0 2 29% 42 56 27 10 7 2 1 3.0 4.2 5.0 88 2 3 2 0 104
7 Seasons 144 34 7 15 12 0 2 11 23 .324 1 3 1 0 12 35% 44 68 26 102 34 6 17 3.9 4.5 5.2 88 2 3 2 0 104
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
1982 23 MIN AL 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 3 0.811 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 10.0
1983 24 MIN AL 26 18 10 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 8 2 25% 5 0.731 0 2 15 1 0 17 7 11 13 2 14 1 6.9
1984 25 MIN AL 55 48 13 4 3 3 1 2 33% 14 9 48 13 27% 7 0.973 20 12 15 16 7 25 33 15 24 18 27 14 5.0
1985 26 MIN AL 40 34 12 3 0 3 2 1 67% 9 6 39 10 26% 8 0.898 13 5 16 12 3 19 24 10 19 11 22 7 5.6
1986 27 TOT AL 7 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 0.268 0 2 4 0 0 6 3 3 4 2 4 0 7.5
1986 27 MIN AL 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 6 0.226 0 2 2 0 0 4 3 1 2 2 2 0 4.8
1986 27 CHW AL 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.295 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 13.0
1987 28 NYY AL 7 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 0.937 1 1 2 0 1 4 1 4 2 1 2 0 6.0
1990 31 KCR AL 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.911 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.0 21
7 Seasons 148 114 43 8 3 7 4 3 57% 24 15 102 30 29% 0.851 35 23 53 29 12 73 70 44 63 36 70 22 5.7 21

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%
1982 23 MIN AL 63 63% 3.2% 15.9% 12.7% 4.8% 18% 0.42 68% 18 0 0%
1983 24 MIN AL 378 86% 2.4% 13.0% 7.7% 7.1% 31% 0.74 76% 58 7 12%
1984 25 MIN AL 514 64% 2.7% 11.5% 10.5% 7.6% 37% 0.75 73% 83 2 2%
1985 26 MIN AL 406 70% 3.2% 10.3% 7.4% 6.9% 30% 0.65 78% 80 2 3%
1986 27 TOT AL 89 72% 5.6% 9.0% 7.9% 9.0% 30% 0.84 76% 14 1 7%
1986 27 MIN AL 35 71% 2.9% 11.4% 5.7% 2.9% 8% 1.50 77% 9 0 0%
1986 27 CHW AL 54 72% 7.4% 7.4% 9.3% 13.0% 50% 0.63 76% 5 1 20%
1987 28 NYY AL 99 70% 2.0% 10.1% 9.1% 7.1% 27% 0.61 76% 19 1 5%
1990 31 KCR AL 165 82% 3.6% 5.5% 7.9% 13.3% 52% 0.65 0.71 82% 16% 8.3% 15% 21 1 5%
7 Seasons 1714 73% 3.0% 10.9% 8.8% 7.8% 34% 0.65 0.70 76% 16% 8.3% 15% 293 14 5%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1990 31 KCR AL 165 635 3.85 379 60% 24% 7% 32% 37% 76% 0% 45% 91% 50% 8% 13 10 15% 25 9 1 22% 0 3 0 0 0
1 Season 165 635 3.85 379 60% 24% 7% 32% 37% 76% 0% 45% 91% 50% 8% 13 10 15% 25 9 1 22% 0 3 0 0 0
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
1982 23 MIN AL 63 17 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 5 4 1 80% 1 0 0 30 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1983 24 MIN AL 378 87 9 0 2 9 0 7 2 11 5 2 45% 4 1 0 136 3 4 43% 3 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 7 0
1984 25 MIN AL 514 106 14 0 10 7 7 10 4 18 9 1 50% 6 2 0 190 8 3 73% 6 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 9 0
1985 26 MIN AL 406 93 13 0 10 10 3 7 6 20 12 1 60% 7 1 1 163 4 3 57% 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 4 0
1986 27 TOT AL 89 27 5 0 1 4 1 2 3 4 3 0 75% 1 1 0 38 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1986 27 MIN AL 35 13 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 100% 0 0 0 20 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 27 CHW AL 54 14 4 0 1 4 0 1 3 1 0 0 0% 1 1 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1987 28 NYY AL 99 26 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
1990 31 KCR AL 165 42 2 0 6 0 1 6 0 2 4 7 4 1 57% 3 0 0 55 3 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
7 Seasons 1714 398 2 0 51 0 28 39 12 29 22 65 37 6 57% 23 5 1 662 21 12 64% 15 9 6 3 0 0 7 5 28 0
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+
1982 23 0 2 .000 8.76 5 3 1 0 0 0 12.1 17 12 12 2 8 1 10 0 2 0 63 48 2.027 12.4 1.5 5.8 7.3 1.25 48
1983 24 4 3 .571 4.05 31 11 11 0 0 1 102.1 104 46 46 11 37 1 59 1 4 1 441 106 1.378 9.1 1.0 3.3 5.2 1.59 106
1984 25 10 8 .556 4.07 86 18 24 0 0 2 221.0 210 102 100 25 91 8 118 4 5 3 955 104 1.362 8.6 1.0 3.7 4.8 1.30 104
1985 26 14 13 .519 3.95 126 24 36 1 0 4 316.2 303 144 139 38 121 12 160 4 6 4 1361 108 1.339 8.6 1.1 3.4 4.5 1.32 108
1986 27 14 14 .500 4.06 133 25 40 1 0 4 334.2 330 157 151 43 128 12 168 5 6 5 1450 105 1.369 8.9 1.2 3.4 4.5 1.31 105
1987 28 15 14 .517 4.01 140 27 43 1 0 4 356.2 356 167 159 45 137 13 178 6 6 5 1549 107 1.382 9.0 1.1 3.5 4.5 1.30 107
1988 29 15 14 .517 4.01 140 27 43 1 0 4 356.2 356 167 159 45 137 13 178 6 6 5 1549 107 1.382 9.0 1.1 3.5 4.5 1.30 107
1989 30 15 14 .517 4.01 140 27 43 1 0 4 356.2 356 167 159 45 137 13 178 6 6 5 1549 107 1.382 9.0 1.1 3.5 4.5 1.30 107
1990 31 15 18 .455 4.18 148 34 43 1 0 4 391.2 398 198 182 51 150 13 187 8 7 5 1714 101 1.399 9.1 1.2 3.4 4.3 1.25 101

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
1982 23 0 1 .000 8.31 13.0 17 13 12 2 8 11 0 1.923 11.8 5.5 7.6 1.38 1.4 5
1983 24 5 4 .556 3.52 87.0 87 38 34 9 29 47 1 1.333 9.0 3.0 4.9 1.62 0.9 26
1984 25 6 6 .500 4.30 115.0 109 61 55 14 56 57 3 1.435 8.5 4.4 4.5 1.02 1.1 55
1985 26 5 5 .500 3.73 94.0 94 43 39 13 30 41 0 1.319 9.0 2.9 3.9 1.37 1.2 40
1986 27 1 1 .500 6.00 18.0 27 13 12 5 7 8 1 1.889 13.5 3.5 4.0 1.14 2.5 7
1987 28 1 1 .500 3.43 21.0 26 9 8 2 9 10 1 1.667 11.1 3.9 4.3 1.11 0.9 7
1990 31 1 2 .333 6.62 34.0 46 28 25 7 14 9 2 1.765 12.2 3.7 2.4 0.64 1.9 8
7 Seasons 19 20 .487 4.36 382.0 406 205 185 52 153 183 8 1.463 9.6 4.3 1.20 1.2 148

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