Buddy Peterson

Carl Francis Peterson

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 23, 1925 in Portland, OR (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1955
Teams (by GP): Orioles/WhiteSox 1955-1957

Final Game: September 29, 1957
Died: September 19, 2006 in Sacramento, CA
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1947	22	SLM,POR	B,AAA	139	551	551	3	152	19	15	5	3	2				.276	.276	.392	.668		216							SLM,POR · WINT,PCL
1948	23	NYY-min	AA,AAA	131	487	484	5	111	15	3	4	6	2		3	3	.229	.234	.298	.532		144		0	0				BMT,POR · TL,PCL
1949	24	SLM	B	119	475	475		145	22	11	10						.305	.305	.461	.766		219							SLM · WINT
1950	25	ATL-min	B,A	138	512	512		158	31	7	9						.309	.309	.449	.758		230							TRI,DEN · WINT,WL
1951	26	STL-min	B	127	483	483		160	35	9	13						.331	.331	.522	.853		252							TRI · WINT
1952	27	BOS-min	AAA,Opn	161	701	607	103	163	29	7	3	69	11		86	60	.269	.362	.354	.716		215	9	3	5				LOU,SDG · AA,PCL
1953	28	SDG	Opn	179	736	666	76	186	31	5	5	60	7		56	37	.279	.336	.363	.699		242	10	1	13				SDG · PCL
1954	29	SDG	Opn	157	688	591	91	171	19	1	10	61	10		55	33	.289	.353	.376	.728		222	19	3	39	0			SDG · PCL
1955	30	SDG	Opn	154	657	576	105	176	34	3	2	38	4		57	37	.306	.374	.385	.760		222	7	7	16	1			SDG · PCL
1955	30	CHW	AL	6	25	21	7	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	.286	.400	.333	.733	98	7	0	1	0	0	0	/6

1956	31	CHW-min	AA	143	542	542		151	23	6	9						.279	.279	.393	.672		213							MEM · SOUA
1957	32	BAL-min	Opn	154	699	617	99	184	38	5	9	55	11		64	37	.298	.368	.420	.788		259	11	5	11	2			VAN · PCL
1957	32	BAL	AL	7	19	17	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.176	.263	.294	.557	57	5	1	0	0	0	0	/6
1958	33	BAL-min	AAA	147	639	582	83	154	29	3	5	34	10		45	41	.265	.317	.351	.667		204	12	1	8	3			VAN · PCL
1959	34	ATL-min	AAA	110	487	425	57	104	21	0	2	30	2	7	47	27	.245	.324	.308	.632		131		3	12	0			SAC · PCL
1960	35	ATL-min	AAA	146	632	570	64	138	18	6	7	44	1	2	62	41	.242	.316	.332	.648		189							SAC · PCL
1961	36	NAK	Fgn																										NAK · JPPL
1962	37	NAK	Fgn																										NAK · JPPL
1963	38	NAK	Fgn																										NAK · JPPL
2 Yrs				13	44	38	8	9	3	0	0	2	0	0	5	4	.237	.341	.316	.657	81	12	1	1	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	548	474	100	112	37	0	0	25	0	0	62	50	.237	.341	.316	.657	81	150	12	12	0	0	0

BAL (1 yr)				7	19	17	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.176	.263	.294	.557	57	5	1	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				6	25	21	7	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	.286	.400	.333	.733	98	7	0	1	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1955	30	CHW	AL	6	25	2	0	0	-0	0	2	0.2	1	2	0.2	.525	.501	0.3	-0.0	3	$	/6

1957	32	BAL	AL	7	19	-1	0	-0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.483	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/6
2 Seasons				13	44	0	0	-0	-1	1	0	0.0	1	2	0.1	.502	.500	0.2	-0.0	2	$

BAL (1 yr)				7	19	-1	0	-0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.483	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$
CHW (1 yr)				6	25	2	0	0	-0	0	2	0.2	1	2	0.2	.525	.501	0.3	-0.0	3	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1955	30	CHW	AL	25	15	3	5.4	104	.316	.286	.269	.400	.349	.333	.400	.733	.749	98	.571	0.2	0.0	.733	.190	.048

1957	32	BAL	AL	19	15	1	1.8	93	.200	.176	.255	.263	.326	.294	.385	.557	.710	57	.164	-0.9	-0.1	.467	.235	.118
2 Yrs				44	30	4	3.6	99	.265	.237	.263	.341	.339	.316	.393	.657	.732	81	.398	-0.7	-0.1	.600	.211	.079
162 Game Avg.				548	374	50	3.6	99	.265	.237	.263	.341	.339	.316	.393	.657	.732	81	.398	-0.7	-0.1	.600	.211	.079

BAL (1 yr)				19	15	1	1.8	93	.200	.176	.255	.263	.326	.294	.385	.557	.710	57	.164	-0.9	-0.1	.467	.235	.118
CHW (1 yr)				25	15	3	5.4	104	.316	.286	.269	.400	.349	.333	.400	.733	.749	98	.571	0.2	0.0	.733	.190	.048

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1955	30	CHW	AL	25	0.0%	8.0%	12.0%	4.0%	17%	0.67	10.5		10.5	0.38	76%

1957	32	BAL	AL	19	0.0%	10.5%	10.5%	10.5%	67%	1.00	8.5			1.17	79%
2 Yrs				44	0.0%	9.1%	11.4%	6.8%	33%	0.80	9.5		19.0	0.71	77%
MLB Averages					2.4%	12.0%	9.2%	6.6%	29%	1.31	7.4	37.6	8.2	0.98	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1955	30	CHW	AL	0.2	0.0	26	0.1	0.3	-0.2	.61	0.2	-0.0	2.8	0.3	0.90	2.3	0.14	1

1957	32	BAL	AL	-0.9	-0.1	19	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.94	-0.2	-0.1	-2.7	-0.3	0.98	-1.8	4.39	1
2 Yrs				-0.7	-0.1	45	-0.1	0.5	-0.6	.75	0.0	-0.2	0.2	-0.0	0.93	0.5	2.26	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1955	30	CHW	AL	2	0	70%	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	25%	6	5	1	0	0	0	2	1	1

1957	32	BAL	AL	0	0	20%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
2 Yrs				2	0	53%	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	6	5	1	1	0	1	2	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1955	30	CHW	AL	25	32%	6			1	1	0	0	0.14	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	8	2	25%	0	0		0	0		0

1957	32	BAL	AL	19	47%	3			1	0	0	0	4.39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	1	0	0%	13	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
2 Yrs				44	39%	9			2	1	0	0	2.26	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	2	0	0%	21	2	10%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					48%																			80%			11%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP
1955	30	6	25	21	7	6	1	2	3	2	.286	.400	.333	.733	98	7	0	1
1956	31	6	25	21	7	6	1	2	3	2	.286	.400	.333	.733	98	7	0	1
1957	32	13	44	38	8	9	3	2	5	4	.237	.341	.316	.657	81	12	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1955	30	6	28	23	8	7	1	0	0	2	0	4	2	.304	.429	.348	.776	3	6

1957	32	7	20	18	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	.167	.250	.278	.528	1	7
2 Yrs		13	48	41	9	10	3	0	0	2	0	6	4	.244	.354	.317	.671	4	13
162 Game Avg.		162	598	511	112	125	37	0	0	25	0	75	50	.244	.354	.317	.671	50	13

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