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Cap Peterson

Charles Andrew Peterson

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 15, 1942 in Tacoma, WA
High School: Clover Park HS (Lakewood, WA)
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1962
Teams (by GP): Giants/Senators/Indians 1962-1969

Final Game: September 28, 1969
Died: May 16, 1980 in Tacoma, WA
Buried: Mountain View Memorial Park, Tacoma, WA
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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
1960	17	SFG-min	C	74	308	308		89	12	6	4						.289	.289	.406	.695		125							FRE · CALL
1961	18	SFG-min	B	24	79	79		21	4	1	0						.266	.266	.342	.608		27							EUG · NORW
1962	19	SFG-min	AA	136	609	526	128	176	34	9	29	130	13		71	82	.335	.414	.599	1.013		315		5	1	6	7		ELP · TL
1962	19	SFG	NL	4	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.167	.286	.167	.452	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	/6
1963	20	SFG-min	AAA	85	340	309	40	81	18	3	6	38	0	1	31	59	.262	.329	.398	.727		123							TAC · PCL
1963	20	SFG	NL	22	57	54	7	14	2	0	1	2	0	0	2	13	.259	.286	.352	.638	84	19	0	0	1	0	0	/45796
1964	21	SFG	NL	66	77	74	8	15	1	1	1	8	0	0	3	20	.203	.234	.284	.518	44	21	0	0	0	0	1	7/345
1965	22	SFG	NL	63	117	105	14	26	7	0	3	15	0	0	10	16	.248	.310	.400	.710	97	42	4	0	1	1	2	7/9
1966	23	SFG	NL	89	204	190	13	45	6	1	2	19	2	0	11	32	.237	.279	.311	.590	62	59	9	1	0	2	1	7/39
1967	24	WSA	AL	122	442	405	35	97	17	2	8	46	0	3	32	61	.240	.299	.351	.649	95	142	10	3	0	2	1	97
1968	25	WSA	AL	94	248	226	20	46	8	1	3	18	2	1	18	31	.204	.262	.288	.550	70	65	3	1	0	3	3	97
1969	26	CLE	AL	76	137	110	8	25	3	0	1	14	0	0	24	18	.227	.365	.282	.647	81	31	5	1	0	2	3	7/95
1970	27	CLE-min	AAA	101	333	288	52	84	12	1	5	44	2	2	38	29	.292	.369	.392	.762		113		1	0	6			WCH · AA
1971	28	CLE-min	AAA	91	305	277	41	73	11	4	8	46	1	0	23	42	.264	.325	.419	.743		116		3	0	2			WCH · AA
1972	29	MIN-min	AAA	86	176	147	18	38	7	1	4	31	0	0	27	29	.259	.375	.401	.776		59		1	0	1			TAC · PCL
8 Yrs				536	1289	1170	106	269	44	5	19	122	4	4	101	195	.230	.292	.325	.617	80	380	31	6	2	10	11
162 Game Avg.				162	390	354	32	81	13	2	6	37	1	1	31	59	.230	.292	.325	.617	80	115	9	2	1	3	3

SFG (5 yrs)				244	462	429	43	101	16	2	7	44	2	0	27	85	.235	.280	.331	.611	69	142	13	1	2	3	4
WSA (2 yrs)				216	690	631	55	143	25	3	11	64	2	4	50	92	.227	.286	.328	.614	86	207	13	4	0	5	4
CLE (1 yr)				76	137	110	8	25	3	0	1	14	0	0	24	18	.227	.365	.282	.647	81	31	5	1	0	2	3

NL (5 yrs)				244	462	429	43	101	16	2	7	44	2	0	27	85	.235	.280	.331	.611	69	142	13	1	2	3	4
AL (3 yrs)				292	827	741	63	168	28	3	12	78	2	4	74	110	.227	.299	.321	.620	86	238	18	5	0	7	7

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
1962	19	SFG	NL	4	7	-1	-0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.482	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/6
1963	20	SFG	NL	22	57	0	-0	0	-2	0	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.494	.499	0.3	-0.1	2	$	/45796
1964	21	SFG	NL	66	77	-6	-0	0	-1	-0	-7	-0.8	3	-4	-0.5	.488	.495	-0.4	-0.1	-3	$	7/345
1965	22	SFG	NL	63	117	-0	-1	-0	-2	-1	-5	-0.5	4	-1	-0.1	.492	.497	0.1	-0.4	1	$	7/9
1966	23	SFG	NL	89	204	-11	-0	-1	-1	-2	-16	-1.7	7	-9	-1.0	.480	.489	-1.0	-0.3	-8	$8,500	7/39
1967	24	WSA	AL	122	442	-1	-2	-0	-5	-5	-14	-1.9	12	-1	-0.6	.486	.490	0.1	-1.3	3	$8,500	97
1968	25	WSA	AL	94	248	-9	-0	0	-6	-3	-17	-2.3	7	-10	-1.6	.477	.487	-0.8	-1.1	-4	$	97
1969	26	CLE	AL	76	137	-2	-1	-1	-2	-1	-7	-0.8	4	-3	-0.4	.490	.495	-0.2	-0.4	-1	$12,000	7/95
8 Seasons				536	1289	-29	-5	-2	-18	-13	-66	-8.1	39	-27	-4.2	.485	.494	-1.9	-3.6	-10	$29,000

SFG (5 yrs)				244	462	-17	-2	-1	-6	-4	-29	-3.2	16	-13	-1.6	.487	.496	-1.0	-0.9	-8	$8,500
WSA (2 yrs)				216	690	-10	-2	-0	-10	-8	-31	-4.1	19	-11	-2.2	.482	.488	-0.7	-2.4	-1	$8,500
CLE (1 yr)				76	137	-2	-1	-1	-2	-1	-7	-0.8	4	-3	-0.4	.490	.495	-0.2	-0.4	-1	$12,000

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	PwrSpd
1962	19	SFG	NL	7	5	0	0.0	102	.500	.167	.269	.286	.336	.167	.408	.452	.744	26	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.400	.167	.000
1963	20	SFG	NL	57	41	6	3.9	89	.325	.259	.253	.286	.315	.352	.378	.638	.693	84	.503	-1.3	-0.1	.525	.130	.093	.0
1964	21	SFG	NL	77	59	5	2.3	95	.264	.203	.266	.234	.324	.284	.394	.518	.718	44	.254	-5.9	-0.6	.407	.122	.081	.0
1965	22	SFG	NL	117	85	12	3.8	96	.264	.248	.262	.310	.326	.400	.395	.710	.721	97	.462	-0.4	-0.0	.627	.248	.152	.0
1966	23	SFG	NL	204	156	15	2.6	100	.272	.237	.269	.279	.329	.311	.406	.590	.734	62	.290	-10.1	-1.0	.474	.142	.074	2.0
1967	24	WSA	AL	442	323	41	3.4	81	.263	.240	.239	.299	.307	.351	.358	.649	.666	95	.460	-2.7	-0.3	.542	.183	.111	.0
1968	25	WSA	AL	248	187	18	2.6	77	.221	.204	.234	.262	.302	.288	.346	.550	.648	70	.364	-8.0	-0.9	.462	.168	.084	2.4
1969	26	CLE	AL	137	92	12	3.5	97	.258	.227	.258	.365	.335	.282	.389	.647	.724	81	.418	-1.3	-0.1	.622	.273	.055	.0
8 Yrs				1289	948	109	3.1	88	.259	.230	.249	.292	.316	.325	.373	.617	.689	80	.398	-30.2	-3.2	.520	.181	.095	6.6
162 Game Avg.				390	287	33	3.1	88	.259	.230	.249	.292	.316	.325	.373	.617	.689	80	.398	-30.2	-3.2	.520	.181	.095	2

SFG (5 yrs)				462	346	38	3.0	97	.276	.235	.265	.280	.325	.331	.398	.611	.723	69	.350	-18.2	-1.9	.504	.163	.096	3.1
WSA (2 yrs)				690	510	59	3.1	80	.248	.227	.237	.286	.305	.328	.354	.614	.659	86	.428	-10.7	-1.2	.513	.177	.101	3.4
CLE (1 yr)				137	92	12	3.5	97	.258	.227	.258	.365	.335	.282	.389	.647	.724	81	.418	-1.3	-0.1	.622	.273	.055	.0

NL (5 yrs)				462	346	38	3.0	97	.276	.235	.265	.280	.325	.331	.398	.611	.723	69	.350	-18.2	-1.9	.504	.163	.096	3.1
AL (3 yrs)				827	602	71	3.2	82	.249	.227	.240	.299	.310	.321	.359	.620	.669	86	.425	-12.0	-1.3	.529	.192	.094	3.4

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1962	19	SFG	NL	7	0.0%	57.1%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	4.00	1.5			0.00	29%
1963	20	SFG	NL	57	1.8%	22.8%	3.5%	5.3%	21%	6.50	4.2	54.0	27.0	0.92	70%
1964	21	SFG	NL	77	1.3%	26.0%	3.9%	3.9%	20%	6.67	3.7	74.0	9.3	1.11	69%
1965	22	SFG	NL	117	2.6%	13.7%	8.6%	8.6%	39%	1.60	6.6	35.0	7.0	1.39	74%
1966	23	SFG	NL	204	1.0%	15.7%	5.4%	4.4%	20%	2.91	5.9	95.0	10.0	1.38	77%
1967	24	WSA	AL	442	1.8%	13.8%	7.2%	6.1%	28%	1.91	6.6	50.6	8.8	1.20	76%
1968	25	WSA	AL	248	1.2%	12.5%	7.3%	4.8%	26%	1.72	7.3	75.3	12.6	0.93	79%
1969	26	CLE	AL	137	0.7%	13.1%	17.5%	2.9%	16%	0.75	6.1	110.0	7.9	1.39	68%
8 Yrs				1289	1.5%	15.1%	7.8%	5.3%	25%	1.93	6.0	61.6	9.6	1.18	75%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.4%	8.1%	6.1%	28%	1.89	5.8	42.2	9.2	1.10	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1962	19	SFG	NL	-0.6	-0.1	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.84	-0.1	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.77	-0.6	0.63	3
1963	20	SFG	NL	-1.3	-0.1	57	-0.2	0.6	-0.8	.82	-0.2	-0.0	-2.8	-0.3	1.02	-1.6	1.24	8
1964	21	SFG	NL	-5.9	-0.6	77	-1.0	1.5	-2.5	1.66	-0.4	-0.2	-3.4	-0.4	1.01	-3.6	1.78	55
1965	22	SFG	NL	-0.5	-0.1	119	-0.9	1.7	-2.6	1.18	-0.0	-0.7	-2.7	-0.3	1.02	2.9	1.56	38
1966	23	SFG	NL	-10.1	-1.0	209	-1.6	3.2	-4.8	1.13	-1.1	-0.3	-9.9	-1.0	0.96	-11.1	1.71	37
1967	24	WSA	AL	-2.7	-0.3	449	0.8	8.8	-8.0	1.10	0.1	0.6	6.4	0.7	0.96	1.2	2.14	20
1968	25	WSA	AL	-8.3	-0.9	253	-1.2	3.2	-4.3	1.04	-0.5	-0.6	-5.3	-0.6	0.95	-3.2	1.43	38
1969	26	CLE	AL	-1.3	-0.1	137	-0.3	2.3	-2.6	1.15	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.03	-2.7	1.32	39
8 Yrs				-30.6	-3.3	1308	-4.5	21.4	-25.8	1.12	-2.4	-1.6	-18.9	-2.0	0.97	-18.9	1.60	238

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CSH	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1962	19	SFG	NL	0	50%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	20	SFG	NL	3	40%	22	0	0		0	0	0	1	2	30%	6	5	1	1	0	1	3	2	1
1964	21	SFG	NL	1	41%	29	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	22%	3	3	0	1	1	0	5	3	2
1965	22	SFG	NL	2	33%	46	0	0		0	0	0	2	1	41%	7	6	1	1	1	0	9	2	6
1966	23	SFG	NL	1	20%	69	2	0	100%	2	0	0	4	4	35%	11	10	1	1	0	1	5	0	4
1967	24	WSA	AL	6	22%	156	0	3	0%	0	2	1	5	7	37%	25	18	5	1	0	1	17	7	10
1968	25	WSA	AL	2	27%	84	2	1	67%	2	1	0	3	8	38%	8	5	3	1	1	0	7	2	3
1969	26	CLE	AL	2	14%	45	0	0		0	0	0	1	1	31%	7	4	3	2	2	0	4	2	1
8 Yrs				17	24%	454	4	4	50%	4	3	1	16	23	35%	68	52	14	8	5	3	50	18	27

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
1962	19	SFG	NL	7	43%	1			3	0	0	0	0.63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1963	20	SFG	NL	57	49%	14			8	1	0	0	1.24	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	100%	12	0	0%	10	2	20%	38	3	8%	1	0	0%	6	1	17%	0
1964	21	SFG	NL	77	47%	15			55	12	1	5	1.78	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		14	0	0%	7	1	14%	54	7	13%	5	1	20%	2	0	0%	0
1965	22	SFG	NL	117	74%	26			38	5	0	3	1.56	3	0	4	0	3	3	0	0	1	1	100%	25	4	16%	14	3	21%	82	12	15%	11	4	36%	3	0	0%	0
1966	23	SFG	NL	204	51%	45			37	5	0	2	1.71	2	0	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		43	9	21%	17	3	18%	129	19	15%	14	8	57%	5	3	60%	0
1967	24	WSA	AL	442	31%	97			20	3	1	3	2.14	8	0	15	5	3	5	3	0	0	0		80	10	13%	26	7	27%	274	39	14%	20	11	55%	9	7	78%	0
1968	25	WSA	AL	248	56%	46			38	11	1	7	1.43	3	0	5	2	1	2	1	0	0	0		44	3	7%	29	9	31%	137	16	12%	16	7	44%	13	7	54%	0
1969	26	CLE	AL	137	63%	25			39	9	0	2	1.32	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		31	5	16%	11	5	45%	109	13	12%	12	6	50%	5	3	60%	0
8 Yrs				1289	48%	269			238	46	3	22	1.60	19	0	37	10	9	13	6	0	2	2	100%	250	31	12%	115	30	26%	824	109	13%	79	37	47%	43	21	49%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			77%			10%			30%			14%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1962	19	4	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.167	.286	.167	.452	26	1	0	0	0	0	0
1963	20	26	64	60	8	15	2	0	1	2	0	0	3	17	.250	.286	.333	.619	78	20	0	0	1	0	0
1964	21	92	141	134	16	30	3	1	2	10	0	0	6	37	.224	.257	.306	.563	59	41	0	0	1	0	1
1965	22	155	258	239	30	56	10	1	5	25	0	0	16	53	.234	.281	.347	.629	76	83	4	0	2	1	3
1966	23	244	462	429	43	101	16	2	7	44	2	0	27	85	.235	.280	.331	.611	69	142	13	1	2	3	4
1967	24	366	904	834	78	198	33	4	15	90	2	3	59	146	.237	.289	.341	.630	81	284	23	4	2	5	5
1968	25	460	1152	1060	98	244	41	5	18	108	4	4	77	177	.230	.283	.329	.613	79	349	26	5	2	8	8
1969	26	536	1289	1170	106	269	44	5	19	122	4	4	101	195	.230	.292	.325	.617	80	380	31	6	2	10	11

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
1962	19	4	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	4
1963	20	22	58	55	8	15	2	0	1	2	0	2	13	.273	.298	.364	.662	6	22
1964	21	66	77	74	8	15	1	1	1	8	0	3	20	.203	.234	.284	.518	5	66
1965	22	63	118	106	15	27	7	0	3	16	0	10	16	.255	.316	.406	.722	14	63
1966	23	89	205	191	13	46	6	1	2	20	2	11	32	.241	.283	.314	.597	17	89
1967	24	122	459	418	43	110	19	2	9	57	0	36	61	.263	.325	.383	.707	52	122
1968	25	94	261	235	27	55	10	1	4	24	2	22	31	.234	.299	.336	.635	23	94
1969	26	76	139	111	8	26	3	0	1	15	0	25	18	.234	.374	.288	.662	12	76
8 Yrs		536	1324	1196	122	294	48	5	21	142	4	110	195	.246	.310	.347	.657	129	536
162 Game Avg.		162	400	361	37	89	15	2	6	43	1	33	59	.246	.310	.347	.657	39	536

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y 1962 NL born 1942-08-15 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1962 NL born 1942-08-15 (5th)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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