Adam Peterson
Adam Charles Peterson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 11, 1965 in Long Beach, CA
High School: Timpview (Provo, UT)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 5th round of the 1984 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1987
Final Game: August 6, 1991
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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
1987 21 CHW AL 0 0 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 8 6 6 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 22 34 2.750 18.0 2.3 6.8 2.3 0.33
1988 22 CHW AL 0 1 .000 13.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 9 9 0 6 1 5 0 0 1 31 29 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 7.5 0.83
1989 23 CHW AL 0 1 .000 15.19 3 2 0 0 0 0 5.1 13 9 9 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 31 25 2.813 21.9 1.7 3.4 5.1 1.50
1990 24 CHW AL 2 5 .286 4.55 20 11 4 2 0 0 85.0 90 46 43 12 26 0 29 2 0 3 357 84 1.365 9.5 1.3 2.8 3.1 1.12
1991 25 SDP NL 3 4 .429 4.45 13 11 0 0 0 0 54.2 50 33 27 10 28 2 37 0 1 7 241 85 1.427 8.2 1.6 4.6 6.1 1.32
5 Seasons 5 11 .313 5.46 39 27 4 2 0 0 155.0 167 103 94 24 65 3 75 2 1 11 682 71 1.497 9.7 1.4 3.8 4.4 1.15
162 Game Avg. 5 11 .313 5.46 40 28 4 2 0 0 160 172 106 97 25 67 3 77 2 1 11 703 71 1.497 9.7 1.4 3.8 4.4 1.15
CHW (4 yrs) 2 7 .222 6.01 26 16 4 2 0 0 100.1 117 70 67 14 37 1 38 2 0 4 441 64 1.535 10.5 1.3 3.3 3.4 1.03
SDP (1 yr) 3 4 .429 4.45 13 11 0 0 0 0 54.2 50 33 27 10 28 2 37 0 1 7 241 85 1.427 8.2 1.6 4.6 6.1 1.32
AL (4 yrs) 2 7 .222 6.01 26 16 4 2 0 0 100.1 117 70 67 14 37 1 38 2 0 4 441 64 1.535 10.5 1.3 3.3 3.4 1.03
NL (1 yr) 3 4 .429 4.45 13 11 0 0 0 0 54.2 50 33 27 10 28 2 37 0 1 7 241 85 1.427 8.2 1.6 4.6 6.1 1.32

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
1987 21 CHW AL 1 22 18 6 8 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 .444 .500 .722 1.222 .412 13 1 0 0 1 0
1988 22 CHW AL 2 31 25 9 6 1 0 0 3 0 6 5 .240 .387 .280 .667 .300 7 0 0 0 0 1
1989 23 CHW AL 3 31 28 9 13 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 .464 .500 .643 1.143 .500 18 0 0 1 0 0
1990 24 CHW AL 20 357 324 46 90 10 5 12 2 5 26 29 .278 .332 .451 .783 .273 146 9 2 2 3 0
1991 25 SDP NL 13 241 207 33 50 7 3 10 2 4 28 37 .242 .329 .449 .778 .247 93 4 0 4 2 2
5 Seasons 39 682 602 103 167 22 8 24 9 9 65 75 .277 .347 .460 .807 .281 277 14 2 7 6 3
162 Game Avg. 40 703 620 106 172 23 8 25 9 9 67 77 .277 .347 .460 .807 .281 285 14 2 7 6 3
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
1987 21 CHW AL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 20 20 20 0 0 0 1 11.3 0.0 4.0
1988 22 CHW AL 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 35 42 27 3 1 0 1 3.8 3.0 3.0 65 2 0 0 0 72
1989 23 CHW AL 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 30 36 23 4 1 0 2 7.4 0.0 1.3 44 2 0 0 0 58
1990 24 CHW AL 20 11 2 4 5 1 1 5 6 .455 2 0 2 0 3 27% 48 60 27 18 8 0 5 4.6 5.1 5.7 87 6 1 1 2 124
1991 25 SDP NL 13 11 3 4 4 0 0 5 6 .455 0 4 0 0 4 36% 48 73 24 9 0 0 7 3.7 2.6 4.8 82 4 5 2 0 107
5 Seasons 39 27 5 10 12 1 1 12 15 .444 2 7 2 0 7 26% 45 73 20 34 10 0 16 4.6 3.8 4.7 80 14 6 3 2 124
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
1989 23 CHW AL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 1.075 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 8.0 38
1990 24 CHW AL 20 9 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 30% 4 0.740 2 1 6 1 0 8 6 3 5 1 6 0 7.4 34
1991 25 SDP NL 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.983 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 3.0 15
3 Seasons 36 12 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 27% 0.850 3 2 7 1 1 10 7 5 7 2 8 0 6.8 31

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%
1987 21 CHW AL 22 55% 4.6% 4.6% 13.6% 13.6% 38% 0.83 77% 8 1 13%
1988 22 CHW AL 31 39% 0.0% 16.1% 19.4% 3.2% 17% 0.82 1.17 65% 15% 0.0% 45% 7 0 0%
1989 23 CHW AL 31 45% 3.2% 9.7% 6.5% 9.7% 23% 0.14 0.30 77% 46% 5.6% 18% 10 0 0%
1990 24 CHW AL 357 43% 3.4% 8.1% 7.3% 7.6% 30% 0.38 0.48 80% 24% 7.2% 22% 74 9 12%
1991 25 SDP NL 241 54% 4.2% 15.4% 11.6% 8.3% 40% 0.65 0.81 67% 22% 11.5% 16% 48 4 8%
5 Seasons 682 47% 3.5% 11.0% 9.5% 7.9% 32% 0.46 0.59 75% 24% 8.3% 21% 147 14 10%
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
1988 22 CHW AL 31 130 4.19 76 58% 24% 16% 34% 26% 76% 7% 45% 79% 58% 3% 1 0 39% 12 7 1 0% 1 0 0 0 0
1989 23 CHW AL 31 126 4.06 79 63% 16% 18% 33% 33% 84% 0% 52% 79% 48% 0% 0 0 23% 7 6 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0
1990 24 CHW AL 327 1148 3.51 703 61% 23% 10% 28% 39% 77% 0% 47% 87% 57% 5% 16 9 15% 48 24 2 33% 2 7 30 0 0
1991 25 SDP NL 241 926 3.84 557 60% 28% 13% 27% 32% 72% 2% 43% 82% 58% 7% 17 5 21% 51 30 1 27% 7 10 0 0 0
4 Seasons 630 2330 3.70 1415 61% 25% 12% 28% 35% 75% 1% 46% 84% 57% 5% 34 14 19% 118 67 4 26% 12 17 30 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
1987 21 CHW AL 22 8 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 33% 0 0 0 13 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1988 22 CHW AL 31 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 60% 1 1 0 9 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1989 23 CHW AL 31 13 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 7 3 0 43% 0 0 0 16 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1990 24 CHW AL 357 90 7 3 12 1 2 6 6 4 8 13 4 2 31% 4 3 1 138 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
1991 25 SDP NL 241 50 14 0 10 0 3 2 8 7 3 15 11 2 73% 6 7 1 84 2 4 33% 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 0
5 Seasons 682 167 21 3 24 1 12 8 16 12 12 43 22 4 51% 11 11 2 260 9 9 50% 9 8 0 0 0 1 4 0 25 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+
1987 21 0 0 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 8 6 6 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 22 34 2.750 18.0 2.3 6.8 2.3 0.33 34
1988 22 0 1 .000 13.50 3 3 0 0 0 0 10.0 14 15 15 1 9 1 6 0 0 1 53 31 2.300 12.6 0.9 8.1 5.4 0.67 31
1989 23 0 2 .000 14.09 6 5 0 0 0 0 15.1 27 24 24 2 11 1 9 0 0 1 84 29 2.478 15.8 1.2 6.5 5.3 0.82 29
1990 24 2 7 .222 6.01 26 16 4 2 0 0 100.1 117 70 67 14 37 1 38 2 0 4 441 64 1.535 10.5 1.3 3.3 3.4 1.03 64
1991 25 5 11 .313 5.46 39 27 4 2 0 0 155.0 167 103 94 24 65 3 75 2 1 11 682 71 1.497 9.7 1.4 3.8 4.4 1.15 71

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1987 21 0 0 11.25 4.0 7 6 5 1 3 1 0 2.500 15.8 6.8 2.3 0.33 2.3 1
1988 22 0 0 15.00 6.0 6 11 10 0 6 5 0 2.000 9.0 9.0 7.5 0.83 0.0 2
1989 23 0 0 18.00 5.0 14 11 10 1 2 3 0 3.200 25.2 3.6 5.4 1.50 1.8 3
1990 24 3 5 .375 5.54 78.0 95 53 48 13 27 27 2 1.564 11.0 3.1 3.1 1.00 1.5 20
1991 25 2 3 .400 4.92 53.0 53 32 29 11 30 36 0 1.566 9.0 5.1 6.1 1.20 1.9 13
5 Seasons 5 8 .385 6.29 146.0 175 113 102 26 68 72 2 1.664 10.8 4.4 1.06 1.6 39

* 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

Youngest s c a p y
1987 AL  born 1965-12-11 (8th)

                                         

Similarity Scores

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