Fritz Peterson
Fritz Fred Peterson
born Fred Ingels Peterson
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 8, 1942 in Chicago, IL
High School: Arlington (Arlington, IL)
School: Northern Illinois University
Signed
by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1966
Final Game: June 19, 1976
    About biographical information

Standard Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
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
1966 24 NYY AL 34 77 67 4 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 19 .224 .246 .299 .545 60 20 0 0 8 0 0 1
1967 25 NYY AL 36 56 48 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 19 .146 .226 .167 .393 21 8 0 0 3 0 0 1
1968 26 NYY AL 36 71 63 2 5 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 24 .079 .106 .127 .233 -28 8 0 1 5 1 0 1
1969 27 NYY AL 37 95 80 8 9 3 0 0 2 0 0 8 22 .113 .193 .150 .343 -1 12 0 0 7 0 0 1
1970 28 NYY AL 39 99 90 7 20 3 0 2 7 0 0 0 24 .222 .228 .322 .550 54 29 0 1 7 1 0 1 AS
1971 29 NYY AL 37 105 85 2 7 1 0 0 8 0 0 5 22 .082 .132 .094 .226 -33 8 2 0 14 1 0 1
1972 30 NYY AL 35 100 82 6 19 1 0 0 9 0 0 3 14 .232 .259 .244 .503 53 20 1 0 15 0 0 1
1973 31 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Seasons 255 603 515 31 82 15 1 2 31 0 0 24 144 .159 .199 .204 .402 19 105 3 2 59 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 383 327 20 52 10 1 1 20 0 0 15 91 .159 .199 .204 .402 19 67 2 1 37 2 0

Advanced Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
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
1966 24 NYY AL 77 60 5 2.2 86 .313 .224 .242 .246 .308 .299 .374 .545 .683 60 .267 -3.4 -0.4 .423 .104 .075
1967 25 NYY AL 56 44 2 1.2 80 .241 .146 .238 .226 .306 .167 .356 .393 .662 21 .116 -4.6 -0.5 .317 .125 .021
1968 26 NYY AL 71 64 1 0.4 77 .125 .079 .234 .106 .302 .127 .346 .233 .648 -28 .020 -9.7 -1.1 .172 .063 .048
1969 27 NYY AL 95 78 3 1.0 91 .155 .113 .250 .193 .326 .150 .377 .343 .702 -1 .072 -10.7 -1.1 .282 .138 .038
1970 28 NYY AL 99 78 7 2.4 93 .277 .222 .252 .228 .325 .322 .385 .550 .710 54 .257 -5.9 -0.6 .429 .100 .100 .0
1971 29 NYY AL 105 95 2 0.6 87 .109 .082 .248 .132 .319 .094 .368 .226 .687 -33 .027 -14.6 -1.6 .163 .071 .012
1972 30 NYY AL 100 79 6 2.0 81 .279 .232 .243 .259 .311 .244 .351 .503 .662 53 .258 -5.0 -0.6 .359 .049 .012
11 Seasons 603 498 26 1.4 86 .215 .159 .245 .199 .315 .204 .367 .402 .682 19 .131 -53.7 -5.8 .300 .091 .045 .0
162 Game Avg. 383 316 17 1.4 86 .215 .159 .245 .199 .315 .204 .367 .402 .682 19 .131 -53.7 -5.8 .300 .091 .045

All-Star Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1970 NYY AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1966 24 NYY AL 77 0.0% 24.7% 2.6% 6.5% 33% 9.50 3.5 1.17 62%
1967 25 NYY AL 56 0.0% 33.9% 8.9% 1.8% 14% 3.80 2.5 48.0 1.67 52%
1968 26 NYY AL 71 0.0% 33.8% 1.4% 2.8% 40% 24.00 2.6 15.8 1.86 56%
1969 27 NYY AL 95 0.0% 23.2% 8.4% 3.2% 33% 2.75 3.6 40.0 1.94 61%
1970 28 NYY AL 99 2.0% 24.2% 0.0% 5.1% 25% 3.8 45.0 12.9 1.00 66%
1971 29 NYY AL 105 0.0% 21.0% 4.8% 1.0% 14% 4.40 3.9 10.6 1.84 61%
1972 30 NYY AL 100 0.0% 14.0% 3.0% 1.0% 5% 4.67 5.9 9.1 1.42 68%
11 Seasons 603 0.3% 23.9% 4.0% 3.0% 22% 6.00 3.6 257.5 16.6 1.51 62%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1966 24 NYY AL 2 0 24% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 40% 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1967 25 NYY AL 1 0 17% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 26 NYY AL 1 0 29% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1969 27 NYY AL 2 0 47% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27% 5 5 0 0 0 0 6 3 3
1970 28 NYY AL 0 0 26% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 83% 3 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 2
1971 29 NYY AL 2 0 17% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 25% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1972 30 NYY AL 1 0 27% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 30% 4 4 0 1 1 0 5 2 3
11 Seasons 9 0 27% 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 5 38% 23 18 5 3 2 1 16 6 10
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
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
1966 24 NYY AL 77 100% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 100% 14 0 0% 14 2 14% 51 0 0% 6 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1967 25 NYY AL 56 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 11 0 0% 13 4 31% 29 1 3% 0 0 4 0 0% 0
1968 26 NYY AL 71 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 15 0 0% 17 4 24% 43 5 12% 5 2 40% 4 1 25% 0
1969 27 NYY AL 95 100% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 78% 16 0 0% 15 5 33% 58 3 5% 6 2 33% 2 1 50% 0
1970 28 NYY AL 99 100% 20 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 8 7 88% 19 0 0% 18 4 22% 59 6 10% 4 2 50% 3 1 33% 0
1971 29 NYY AL 106 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 15 14 93% 21 2 10% 25 10 40% 82 8 10% 5 3 60% 4 0 0% 0
1972 30 NYY AL 100 100% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 24 15 63% 31 1 3% 26 8 31% 71 11 15% 8 6 75% 4 2 50% 0
11 Seasons 604 100% 82 0 0 0 0 2 0 23 0 2 2 0 0 74 59 80% 127 3 2% 128 37 29% 393 34 9% 34 15 44% 23 5 22% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
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
1966 24 34 77 67 4 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 19 .224 .246 .299 .545 60 20 0 0 8 0 0
1967 25 70 133 115 6 22 6 0 0 1 0 0 7 38 .191 .238 .243 .481 44 28 0 0 11 0 0
1968 26 106 204 178 8 27 7 1 0 5 0 0 8 62 .152 .191 .202 .394 19 36 0 1 16 1 0
1969 27 143 299 258 16 36 10 1 0 7 0 0 16 84 .140 .192 .186 .378 13 48 0 1 23 1 0
1970 28 182 398 348 23 56 13 1 2 14 0 0 16 108 .161 .201 .221 .422 24 77 0 2 30 2 0
1971 29 219 503 433 25 63 14 1 2 22 0 0 21 130 .145 .187 .196 .384 12 85 2 2 44 3 0
1972 30 254 603 515 31 82 15 1 2 31 0 0 24 144 .159 .199 .204 .402 19 105 3 2 59 3 0
1973 31 255 603 515 31 82 15 1 2 31 0 0 24 144 .159 .199 .204 .402 19 105 3 2 59 3 0
1974 32 255 603 515 31 82 15 1 2 31 0 0 24 144 .159 .199 .204 .402 19 105 3 2 59 3 0
1975 33 255 603 515 31 82 15 1 2 31 0 0 24 144 .159 .199 .204 .402 19 105 3 2 59 3 0
1976 34 255 603 515 31 82 15 1 2 31 0 0 24 144 .159 .199 .204 .402 19 105 3 2 59 3 0

Neutralized Batting

SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons ·

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1966 24 34 72 70 5 18 6 0 0 0 0 2 19 .257 .278 .343 .621 7 34
1967 25 36 56 50 3 9 1 0 0 1 0 6 19 .180 .268 .200 .468 3 36
1968 26 36 71 66 3 8 2 2 0 7 0 2 24 .121 .169 .212 .381 2 36
1969 27 37 94 83 10 12 4 0 0 3 0 11 22 .145 .245 .193 .437 4 37
1970 28 39 92 90 8 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 24 .000 .011 .000 .011 8 39
1971 29 37 96 88 2 10 1 0 0 10 0 7 22 .114 .177 .125 .302 2 37
1972 30 37 96 92 8 26 1 0 0 13 0 4 15 .283 .313 .293 .606 8 35
7 Seasons 256 577 539 39 83 15 2 0 42 0 32 145 .154 .205 .189 .394 34 254
162 Game Avg. 162 365 341 25 53 9 1 0 27 0 20 92 .154 .205 .189 .394 22 254

* 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

All-Star Games
1970 *

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1971 AL--14--5th
1972 AL--15--3rd

                           
Similar Batters 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Eric Show (992)
  2. George Pipgras (990)
  3. Bill Hallahan (989)
  4. Ken Holtzman (988)
  5. Jim Barr (987)
  6. Phil Douglas (986)
  7. Doc McJames (985)
  8. Johnny Morrison (985)
  9. Pat Ragan (983)
  10. Steve Trachsel (983)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Ken Holtzman (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Doug Drabek (993)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ken Holtzman (994)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bill Hallahan (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Eric Show (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Fritz Peterson    

Viewed 58,738 times through November 29, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Fritz Fred Fritz Peterson


Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.