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 Fielding

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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
1959 CHW AL 22 P 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.85
1960 CHW AL 23 P 2 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.89 0.80
1961 CHW AL 24 P 3 0 10.1 9 3 6 0 1 1.000 7.84 3.00 .956 2.00 0.83
1962 CHW AL 25 P 5 0 6.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.84 0.40 .950 2.13 0.80
1963 CHW AL 26 P 41 30 243.0 49 17 30 2 4 .959 1.74 1.15 .955 1.99 0.79 MVP-8,RoY-1
1964 CHW AL 27 P 37 36 273.2 60 16 41 3 4 .950 1.87 1.54 .957 1.90 0.72 AS,MVP-7
1965 CHW AL 28 P 33 30 176.1 45 12 32 1 0 .978 2.25 1.33 .949 2.04 0.75
1966 CHW AL 29 P 30 27 204.2 49 7 41 1 4 .980 2.11 1.60 .951 1.99 0.75
1967 CHW AL 30 P 38 36 260.0 67 15 50 2 5 .970 2.25 1.71 .957 1.96 0.74 AS,MVP-9
1968 CHW AL 31 P 31 25 162.2 33 12 21 0 3 1.000 1.83 1.06 .955 1.89 0.73
1969 CHW AL 32 P 36 32 218.2 32 6 25 1 1 .969 1.28 0.86 .950 1.88 0.69
1970 BOS AL 33 P 34 34 221.2 37 7 27 3 3 .919 1.38 1.00 .951 1.86 0.67
1971 BOS AL 34 P 34 32 214.0 42 13 27 2 2 .952 1.68 1.18 .957 1.98 0.77
1972 BOS AL 35 P 33 4 85.1 13 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.37 0.39 .946 1.86 0.75
14 Seasons P 359 286 2081.0 438 111 312 15 27 .966 1.83 1.18 .954 1.94 0.74
14 Seasons TOT 359 286 2081.0 438 111 312 15 27 .966 1.83 1.18 .919 1.94 0.74

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1959 CHW AL 22 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CHW AL 23 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CHW AL 24 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CHW AL 25 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CHW AL 26 50 30 50 50 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7
1964 CHW AL 27 54 36 54 54 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1
1965 CHW AL 28 42 30 42 42 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
1966 CHW AL 29 38 27 38 38 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
1967 CHW AL 30 48 36 48 48 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3
1968 CHW AL 31 46 25 46 46 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1969 CHW AL 32 37 32 37 37 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1970 BOS AL 33 37 34 37 37 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1971 BOS AL 34 53 32 53 53 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1972 BOS AL 35 33 4 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 450 286 450 450 359 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 16
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1959 CHW AL 22 7 57% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CHW AL 23 16 69% 19% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CHW AL 24 42 81% 36% 6 100% 0 3 1 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 100%
1962 CHW AL 25 29 79% 24% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CHW AL 26 1000 74% 27% 39 92% 0 16 2 9 31 25 4 2 0 1 1 0 4 3 3 1 9 78%
1964 CHW AL 27 1152 72% 25% 51 94% 0 16 4 8 42 35 3 3 0 0 3 1 5 3 4 1 5 100%
1965 CHW AL 28 778 79% 24% 33 100% 0 9 1 6 32 30 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 100%
1966 CHW AL 29 826 79% 25% 42 100% 0 8 1 6 41 33 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 4 0 9 100%
1967 CHW AL 30 1078 71% 23% 64 92% 1 15 4 5 51 40 7 2 1 1 0 1 5 3 3 2 12 83%
1968 CHW AL 31 706 75% 24% 33 88% 0 12 5 3 22 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 4 100%
1969 CHW AL 32 982 77% 21% 29 86% 0 7 1 3 23 19 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 9 89%
1970 BOS AL 33 988 75% 27% 34 85% 0 7 2 2 28 18 5 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 2 1 7 100%
1971 BOS AL 34 945 81% 27% 37 84% 1 13 6 6 25 22 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 12 75%
1972 BOS AL 35 388 72% 23% 12 92% 0 3 1 2 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 100%
14 Seasons 8937 76% 25% 382 92% 2 109 28 52 313 252 32 15 1 5 9 5 28 18 20 8 82 90%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 83%

* 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.

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