Gary Peters
Gary Charles Peters
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 21, 1937 in Grove City, PA
High School: Mercer (Mercer, PA)
School: Grove City College
Signed
by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1959
Final Game: September 23, 1972
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Standard Batting

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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
1959 22 CHW AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1960 23 CHW AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1961 24 CHW AL 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 80 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1962 25 CHW AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1963 26 CHW AL 50 89 81 12 21 4 1 3 12 0 0 3 19 .259 .287 .444 .732 104 36 1 1 2 2 1 1 MVP-8,RoY-1
1964 27 CHW AL 54 126 120 9 25 7 0 4 19 0 0 2 29 .208 .228 .367 .594 65 44 4 1 3 0 0 1 AS,MVP-7
1965 28 CHW AL 42 75 72 2 13 1 0 1 6 0 0 2 15 .181 .200 .236 .436 28 17 0 0 0 1 0 1
1966 29 CHW AL 38 84 81 12 19 3 2 1 9 0 0 0 19 .235 .235 .358 .593 73 29 1 0 3 0 0 1
1967 30 CHW AL 48 107 99 10 21 0 2 2 13 0 0 2 23 .212 .243 .313 .556 69 31 3 2 4 0 1 1 AS,MVP-9
1968 31 CHW AL 46 79 72 10 15 3 1 2 8 0 0 6 13 .208 .278 .361 .640 88 26 2 1 0 0 1 1
1969 32 CHW AL 37 81 71 9 12 4 0 2 4 0 0 2 15 .169 .200 .310 .510 38 22 1 1 6 1 0 1
1970 33 BOS AL 37 92 82 12 20 3 1 1 11 0 0 8 11 .244 .311 .341 .653 75 28 3 0 2 0 0 1
1971 34 BOS AL 53 107 96 7 26 4 0 3 19 0 1 3 20 .271 .294 .406 .700 91 39 1 1 5 2 0 1
1972 35 BOS AL 33 32 30 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .200 .219 .267 .485 41 8 1 0 0 1 0 1
14 Seasons 450 875 807 86 179 31 7 19 102 0 1 29 172 .222 .253 .348 .601 70 281 17 7 25 7 3
162 Game Avg. 162 315 291 31 64 11 3 7 37 0 0 10 62 .222 .253 .348 .601 70 101 6 3 9 3 1
CHW (11 yrs) 327 644 599 65 127 22 6 15 71 0 0 17 134 .212 .240 .344 .584 67 206 12 6 18 4 3
BOS (3 yrs) 123 231 208 21 52 9 1 4 31 0 1 12 38 .250 .290 .361 .651 78 75 5 1 7 3 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1961 24 CHW AL 3 2 0 0.0 103 .500 .333 .263 .333 .338 .333 .409 .667 .746 80 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
1963 26 CHW AL 89 65 10 4.2 93 .295 .259 .253 .287 .319 .444 .391 .732 .710 104 .496 0.2 0.0 .656 .222 .185 .0
1964 27 CHW AL 126 102 9 2.4 94 .241 .208 .252 .228 .320 .367 .392 .594 .712 65 .258 -6.1 -0.6 .475 .175 .158 .0
1965 28 CHW AL 75 60 4 1.8 86 .211 .181 .243 .200 .311 .236 .372 .436 .683 28 .185 -6.8 -0.7 .322 .083 .056 .0
1966 29 CHW AL 84 66 7 2.9 84 .295 .235 .240 .235 .306 .358 .370 .593 .676 73 .361 -3.2 -0.4 .460 .123 .123 .0
1967 30 CHW AL 107 85 7 2.2 79 .257 .212 .235 .243 .303 .313 .353 .556 .656 69 .280 -4.4 -0.5 .432 .121 .101 .0
1968 31 CHW AL 79 59 7 3.2 84 .228 .208 .244 .278 .315 .361 .362 .640 .676 88 .456 -1.2 -0.1 .559 .236 .153 .0
1969 32 CHW AL 81 67 5 2.0 100 .182 .169 .261 .200 .339 .310 .394 .510 .733 38 .205 -6.4 -0.7 .417 .169 .141 .0
1970 33 BOS AL 92 67 8 3.2 104 .271 .244 .267 .311 .342 .341 .407 .653 .750 75 .369 -3.1 -0.3 .554 .195 .098 .0
1971 34 BOS AL 107 79 11 3.7 99 .307 .271 .264 .294 .337 .406 .392 .700 .729 91 .467 -1.5 -0.2 .583 .156 .135 .0
1972 35 BOS AL 32 26 2 2.1 88 .250 .200 .253 .219 .323 .267 .365 .485 .688 41 .264 -2.2 -0.2 .360 .100 .067
14 Seasons 875 678 70 2.8 91 .257 .222 .251 .253 .321 .348 .381 .601 .703 70 .337 -34.9 -3.7 .489 .161 .126 .0
162 Game Avg. 315 244 25 2.8 91 .257 .222 .251 .253 .321 .348 .381 .601 .703 70 .337 -34.9 -3.7 .489 .161 .126
CHW (11 yrs) 644 506 49 2.6 88 .247 .212 .247 .240 .316 .344 .377 .584 .692 67 .315 -28.0 -3.0 .473 .160 .132 .0
BOS (3 yrs) 231 172 21 3.3 99 .284 .250 .263 .290 .337 .361 .394 .651 .731 78 .402 -6.9 -0.7 .537 .163 .111 .0

All-Star Batting

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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
1964 CHW AL 27 DNP
1967 CHW AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1961 24 CHW AL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 67%
1963 26 CHW AL 89 3.4% 21.4% 3.4% 9.0% 38% 6.33 4.3 27.0 6.8 1.14 69%
1964 27 CHW AL 126 3.2% 23.0% 1.6% 8.7% 44% 14.50 4.1 30.0 6.3 1.50 69%
1965 28 CHW AL 75 1.3% 20.0% 2.7% 2.7% 15% 7.50 4.8 72.0 12.0 0.79 76%
1966 29 CHW AL 84 1.2% 22.6% 0.0% 7.1% 32% 4.3 81.0 9.0 1.88 73%
1967 30 CHW AL 107 1.9% 21.5% 1.9% 3.7% 19% 11.50 4.3 49.5 7.6 0.94 69%
1968 31 CHW AL 79 2.5% 16.5% 7.6% 7.6% 40% 2.17 5.5 36.0 9.0 1.00 72%
1969 32 CHW AL 81 2.5% 18.5% 2.5% 7.4% 50% 7.50 4.7 35.5 17.8 1.36 68%
1970 33 BOS AL 92 1.1% 12.0% 8.7% 5.4% 25% 1.38 7.5 82.0 7.5 1.33 76%
1971 34 BOS AL 107 2.8% 18.7% 2.8% 6.5% 27% 6.67 4.8 32.0 5.1 1.07 70%
1972 35 BOS AL 32 0.0% 21.9% 3.1% 6.3% 33% 7.00 4.3 30.0 0.73 75%
14 Seasons 875 2.2% 19.7% 3.3% 6.5% 32% 5.93 4.7 42.5 7.9 1.17 71%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1961 24 CHW AL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 26 CHW AL 1 0 41% 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20% 5 4 1 3 3 0 2 1 1
1964 27 CHW AL 1 0 21% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 3
1965 28 CHW AL 1 0 7% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40% 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
1966 29 CHW AL 1 0 61% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1967 30 CHW AL 0 0 35% 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1968 31 CHW AL 0 0 40% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 5 3 2 1 1 0 6 2 4
1969 32 CHW AL 1 0 54% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 44% 3 2 1 4 3 1 2 0 2
1970 33 BOS AL 0 0 41% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 70% 5 2 3 0 0 0 5 1 4
1971 34 BOS AL 0 0 15% 30 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 38% 6 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 1
1972 35 BOS AL 0 0 29% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 5 0 34% 270 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 9 12 44% 36 23 12 11 10 1 23 5 18
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1961 24 CHW AL 3 33% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 26 CHW AL 89 67% 21 1 0 0 0 2.58 3 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 2 2 100% 19 1 5% 20 6 30% 57 9 16% 9 4 44% 9 5 56% 0
1964 27 CHW AL 126 61% 25 15 4 1 1 2.73 4 0 7 3 1 3 1 0 5 3 60% 35 4 11% 39 6 15% 104 16 15% 10 2 20% 11 4 36% 0
1965 28 CHW AL 74 86% 13 7 3 0 1 1.88 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 7 1 14% 29 5 17% 2 1 50% 3 1 33% 1
1966 29 CHW AL 84 65% 19 5 1 0 1 3.25 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 100% 14 1 7% 11 3 27% 51 8 16% 7 2 29% 5 3 60% 0
1967 30 CHW AL 107 79% 21 6 1 0 1 1.11 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 4 4 100% 14 3 21% 20 5 25% 63 11 17% 4 1 25% 8 4 50% 0
1968 31 CHW AL 79 80% 15 14 2 1 2 1.62 2 1 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 15 2 13% 11 1 9% 49 6 12% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 0
1969 32 CHW AL 81 64% 12 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 6 100% 19 1 5% 20 7 35% 48 2 4% 2 1 50% 4 3 75% 0
1970 33 BOS AL 92 70% 20 2 0 0 0 0.93 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 17 3 18% 12 2 17% 66 10 15% 5 3 60% 5 1 20% 0
1971 34 BOS AL 107 80% 26 18 5 2 3 1.49 3 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 6 5 83% 27 1 4% 18 7 39% 79 16 20% 10 7 70% 4 3 75% 0
1972 35 BOS AL 32 75% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 8 2 25% 18 1 6% 2 1 50% 3 1 33% 0
14 Seasons 874 72% 179 68 16 4 9 1.92 19 1 30 15 4 7 12 0 30 25 83% 168 17 10% 166 40 24% 564 84 15% 53 22 42% 55 25 45% 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1961 24 7 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 80 1 0 0 0 0 0
1962 25 12 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 80 1 0 0 0 0 0
1963 26 62 92 84 13 22 4 1 3 12 0 0 3 20 .262 .289 .440 .729 103 37 1 1 2 2 1
1964 27 116 218 204 22 47 11 1 7 31 0 0 5 49 .230 .254 .397 .651 81 81 5 2 5 2 1
1965 28 158 293 276 24 60 12 1 8 37 0 0 7 64 .217 .240 .355 .595 67 98 5 2 5 3 1
1966 29 196 377 357 36 79 15 3 9 46 0 0 7 83 .221 .238 .356 .594 69 127 6 2 8 3 1
1967 30 244 484 456 46 100 15 5 11 59 0 0 9 106 .219 .239 .346 .586 69 158 9 4 12 3 2
1968 31 290 563 528 56 115 18 6 13 67 0 0 15 119 .218 .245 .348 .593 71 184 11 5 12 3 3
1969 32 327 644 599 65 127 22 6 15 71 0 0 17 134 .212 .240 .344 .584 67 206 12 6 18 4 3
1970 33 364 736 681 77 147 25 7 16 82 0 0 25 145 .216 .249 .344 .592 68 234 15 6 20 4 3
1971 34 417 843 777 84 173 29 7 19 101 0 1 28 165 .223 .254 .351 .606 71 273 16 7 25 6 3
1972 35 450 875 807 86 179 31 7 19 102 0 1 29 172 .222 .253 .348 .601 70 281 17 7 25 7 3

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
1961 24 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1963 26 50 89 83 14 23 4 1 3 14 0 3 19 .277 .303 .458 .761 12 50
1964 27 54 122 119 10 25 7 0 4 21 0 2 29 .210 .230 .370 .599 10 54
1965 28 42 76 73 2 14 1 0 1 7 0 2 15 .192 .211 .247 .457 4 42
1966 29 38 82 82 15 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 19 .000 .000 .000 .000 8 38
1967 30 48 106 102 13 24 0 2 2 17 0 2 23 .235 .264 .333 .597 9 48
1968 31 46 82 74 13 17 3 1 2 10 0 7 13 .230 .305 .378 .683 9 46
1969 32 37 76 72 10 13 4 0 2 4 0 2 15 .181 .211 .319 .530 5 37
1970 33 37 89 81 11 19 3 1 1 10 0 8 11 .235 .303 .333 .637 8 37
1971 34 53 103 97 7 27 4 0 3 20 0 3 20 .278 .301 .412 .713 12 53
1972 35 34 34 32 3 7 2 0 0 1 0 1 7 .219 .235 .281 .517 2 33
11 Seasons 442 862 818 98 169 28 5 18 115 0 30 172 .207 .239 .319 .558 79 441
162 Game Avg. 162 316 300 36 62 10 2 7 42 0 11 63 .207 .239 .319 .558 29 441

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1964
1967 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1963-AL-Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1963-AL-8-20%
1964-AL-7-16%
1967-AL-9-13%
0.49 Career Shares (437th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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