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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
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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
1966 24 NYY AL 12 11 .522 3.31 34 32 1 11 2 0 215.0 196 89 79 15 40 6 96 3 0 3 880 100 1.098 8.2 0.6 1.7 4.0 2.40
1967 25 NYY AL 8 14 .364 3.47 36 30 1 6 1 0 181.1 179 88 70 11 43 9 102 3 1 1 755 89 1.224 8.9 0.5 2.1 5.1 2.37
1968 26 NYY AL 12 11 .522 2.63 36 27 3 6 2 0 212.1 187 72 62 13 29 9 115 4 1 2 833 109 1.017 7.9 0.6 1.2 4.9 3.97
1969 27 NYY AL 17 16 .515 2.55 37 37 0 16 4 0 272.0 228 95 77 15 43 11 150 3 0 2 1066 137 0.996 7.5 0.5 1.4 5.0 3.49
1970 28 NYY AL 20 11 .645 2.90 39 37 0 8 2 0 260.1 247 102 84 24 40 6 127 3 1 2 1051 122 1.102 8.5 0.8 1.4 4.4 3.18 AS
1971 29 NYY AL 15 13 .536 3.05 37 35 2 16 4 1 274.0 269 106 93 25 42 7 139 4 1 6 1104 107 1.135 8.8 0.8 1.4 4.6 3.31
1972 30 NYY AL 17 15 .531 3.24 35 35 0 12 3 0 250.1 270 98 90 17 44 5 100 5 1 7 1042 91 1.254 9.7 0.6 1.6 3.6 2.27
1973 31 NYY AL 8 15 .348 3.95 31 31 0 6 0 0 184.1 207 93 81 18 49 10 59 7 0 6 789 93 1.389 10.1 0.9 2.4 2.9 1.20
1974 32 TOT AL 9 14 .391 4.38 32 30 2 3 0 0 160.1 200 93 78 17 39 8 57 4 1 1 701 83 1.491 11.2 1.0 2.2 3.2 1.46
1974 32 NYY AL 0 0 4.70 3 1 2 0 0 0 7.2 13 4 4 1 2 1 5 0 0 1 38 76 1.957 15.3 1.2 2.3 5.9 2.50
1974 32 CLE AL 9 14 .391 4.36 29 29 0 3 0 0 152.2 187 89 74 16 37 7 52 4 1 0 663 83 1.467 11.0 0.9 2.2 3.1 1.41
1975 33 CLE AL 14 8 .636 3.94 25 25 0 6 2 0 146.1 154 73 64 15 40 4 47 6 0 2 609 95 1.326 9.5 0.9 2.5 2.9 1.18
1976 34 TOT AL 1 3 .250 5.08 13 11 0 0 0 0 62.0 80 38 35 3 17 0 23 0 0 1 273 69 1.565 11.6 0.4 2.5 3.3 1.35
1976 34 CLE AL 0 3 .000 5.55 9 9 0 0 0 0 47.0 59 31 29 3 10 0 19 0 0 1 204 62 1.468 11.3 0.6 1.9 3.6 1.90
1976 34 TEX AL 1 0 1.000 3.60 4 2 0 0 0 0 15.0 21 7 6 0 7 0 4 0 0 0 69 100 1.867 12.6 0.0 4.2 2.4 0.57
11 Seasons 133 131 .504 3.30 355 330 9 90 20 1 2218.1 2217 947 813 173 426 75 1015 42 6 33 9103 101 1.191 9.0 0.7 1.7 4.1 2.38
162 Game Avg. 13 13 .504 3.30 35 33 1 9 2 0 220 220 94 81 17 42 7 101 4 1 3 904 101 1.191 9.0 0.7 1.7 4.1 2.38
NYY (9 yrs) 109 106 .507 3.10 288 265 9 81 18 1 1857.1 1796 747 640 139 332 64 893 32 5 30 7558 106 1.146 8.7 0.7 1.6 4.3 2.69
CLE (3 yrs) 23 25 .479 4.34 63 63 0 9 2 0 346.0 400 193 167 34 87 11 118 10 1 3 1476 84 1.408 10.4 0.9 2.3 3.1 1.36
TEX (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.60 4 2 0 0 0 0 15.0 21 7 6 0 7 0 4 0 0 0 69 100 1.867 12.6 0.0 4.2 2.4 0.57

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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1966 NYY AL 24 P 34 32 215.0 56 16 36 4 1 .929 2.18 1.53 .954 1.99 0.75
1967 NYY AL 25 P 36 30 181.1 50 13 35 2 4 .960 2.38 1.33 .956 1.96 0.74
1968 NYY AL 26 P 36 27 212.1 64 6 56 2 6 .969 2.63 1.72 .956 1.89 0.73
1969 NYY AL 27 P 37 37 272.0 71 15 53 3 5 .958 2.25 1.84 .951 1.88 0.69
1970 NYY AL 28 P 39 37 260.1 67 12 52 3 7 .955 2.21 1.64 .951 1.86 0.67 AS
1971 NYY AL 29 P 37 35 274.0 69 14 54 1 7 .986 2.23 1.84 .957 1.98 0.77
1972 NYY AL 30 P 35 35 250.1 58 13 44 1 6 .983 2.05 1.63 .948 1.86 0.75
1973 NYY AL 31 P 31 31 184.1 43 11 30 2 3 .953 2.00 1.32 .951 1.86 0.86
1974 TOT AL 32 P 32 30 160.4 41 8 31 2 2 .951 2.19 1.22 .946 1.81 0.83
1974 NYY AL 32 P 3 1 7.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.17 0.33 .900 1.76 0.83
1974 CLE AL 32 P 29 29 152.2 40 8 30 2 2 .950 2.24 1.31 .948 1.81 0.83
1975 CLE AL 33 P 25 25 146.1 35 8 26 1 3 .971 2.09 1.36 .937 1.87 0.85
1976 TOT AL 34 P 13 11 62.0 12 0 12 0 0 1.000 1.74 0.92 .950 1.87 0.85
1976 CLE AL 34 P 9 9 47.0 8 0 8 0 0 1.000 1.53 0.89 .950 1.88 0.84
1976 TEX AL 34 P 4 2 15.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.40 1.00 .950 1.86 0.85
11 Seasons P 355 330 2218.1 566 116 429 21 44 .963 2.21 1.54 .951 1.90 0.76
11 Seasons TOT 355 330 2218.1 566 116 429 21 44 .963 2.21 1.54 .914 1.90 0.76

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1970 *

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1969 AL--2.548--5th
1970 AL--2.904--4th

Wins s c a p y
1969 AL--17--9th
1970 AL--20--5th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1970 AL--.645--8th
1975 AL--.636--10th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1966 AL--1.098--9th
1968 AL--1.017--5th
1969 AL--.996--1st
1970 AL--1.102--1st
Career--1.191--118th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 AL--7.544--9th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1966 AL--1.674--2nd
1967 AL--2.134--5th
1968 AL--1.229--1st
1969 AL--1.423--1st
1970 AL--1.383--1st
1971 AL--1.380--1st
1972 AL--1.582--1st
1973 AL--2.392--6th
Career--1.728--44th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1969 AL--272.0--6th

Games Started s c a p y
1969 AL--37--7th
Career--330--221st

Complete Games s c a p y
1966 AL--11--5th
1969 AL--16--5th
1971 AL--16--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
1969 AL--4--4th
1970 AL--2--10th
1971 AL--4--7th
Career--20--244th

Home Runs s c a p y
1971 AL--25--8th

Hits s c a p y
1966 AL--196--10th
1970 AL--247--9th
1971 AL--269--5th
1972 AL--270--3rd

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1968 AL--3.966--2nd
1969 AL--3.488--1st
1970 AL--3.175--1st
1971 AL--3.310--5th
Career--2.383--112th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1966 AL--.628--8th
1967 AL--.546--6th
1969 AL--.496--3rd

Losses s c a p y
1967 AL--14--10th
1969 AL--16--2nd
Career--131--249th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1972 AL--90--7th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1972 AL--7--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1973 AL--7--8th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1969 AL--1066--10th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1969 AL--137--5th
1970 AL--122--7th

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 21 (754), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 18 (642), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (393), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1963 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

April 26, 1974: Traded by the New York Yankees with Fred Beene, Tom Buskey and Steve Kline to the Cleveland Indians for Chris Chambliss, Dick Tidrow and Cecil Upshaw.

May 28, 1976: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Texas Rangers for Stan Perzanowski and cash.

February 2, 1977: Released by the Texas Rangers.

February 15, 1977: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

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