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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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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
1959 22 CHW AL 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7 4.000 18.0 0.0 18.0 9.0 0.50
1960 23 CHW AL 0 0 2.70 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 4 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 15 140 1.500 10.8 0.0 2.7 10.8 4.00
1961 24 CHW AL 0 0 1.74 3 0 2 0 0 1 10.1 10 2 2 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 41 224 1.161 8.7 0.0 1.7 5.2 3.00
1962 25 CHW AL 0 1 .000 5.68 5 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 8 5 4 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 29 69 1.421 11.4 0.0 1.4 5.7 4.00
1963 26 CHW AL 19 8 .704 2.33 41 30 4 13 4 1 243.0 192 69 63 9 68 2 189 8 0 5 978 149 1.070 7.1 0.3 2.5 7.0 2.78 MVP-8,RoY-1
1964 27 CHW AL 20 8 .714 2.50 37 36 0 11 3 0 273.2 217 89 76 20 104 9 205 7 0 15 1117 138 1.173 7.1 0.7 3.4 6.7 1.97 AS,MVP-7
1965 28 CHW AL 10 12 .455 3.62 33 30 1 1 0 0 176.1 181 76 71 19 63 8 95 4 0 8 764 88 1.384 9.2 1.0 3.2 4.8 1.51
1966 29 CHW AL 12 10 .545 1.98 30 27 3 11 4 0 204.2 156 54 45 11 45 6 129 3 1 11 801 160 0.982 6.9 0.5 2.0 5.7 2.87
1967 30 CHW AL 16 11 .593 2.28 38 36 0 11 3 0 260.0 187 81 66 15 91 8 215 11 1 7 1060 132 1.069 6.5 0.5 3.2 7.4 2.36 AS,MVP-9
1968 31 CHW AL 4 13 .235 3.76 31 25 4 6 1 1 162.2 146 79 68 7 60 6 110 7 1 9 684 85 1.266 8.1 0.4 3.3 6.1 1.83
1969 32 CHW AL 10 15 .400 4.53 36 32 2 7 3 0 218.2 238 118 110 21 78 1 140 5 0 9 946 86 1.445 9.8 0.9 3.2 5.8 1.79
1970 33 BOS AL 16 11 .593 4.06 34 34 0 10 4 0 221.2 221 114 100 20 83 2 155 7 0 16 960 98 1.371 9.0 0.8 3.4 6.3 1.87
1971 34 BOS AL 14 11 .560 4.37 34 32 1 9 1 1 214.0 241 111 104 25 70 3 100 6 0 2 927 86 1.453 10.1 1.1 2.9 4.2 1.43
1972 35 BOS AL 3 3 .500 4.32 33 4 17 0 0 1 85.1 91 48 41 10 38 8 67 3 0 1 378 75 1.512 9.6 1.1 4.0 7.1 1.76
14 Seasons 124 103 .546 3.25 359 286 35 79 23 5 2081.0 1894 847 751 157 706 53 1420 62 3 83 8707 106 1.249 8.2 0.7 3.1 6.1 2.01
162 Game Avg. 13 11 .546 3.25 38 30 4 8 2 1 219 200 89 79 17 74 6 150 7 0 9 918 106 1.249 8.2 0.7 3.1 6.1 2.01
CHW (11 yrs) 91 78 .538 2.92 258 216 17 60 18 3 1560.0 1341 574 506 102 515 40 1098 46 3 64 6442 115 1.190 7.7 0.6 3.0 6.3 2.13
BOS (3 yrs) 33 25 .569 4.23 101 70 18 19 5 2 521.0 553 273 245 55 191 13 322 16 0 19 2265 89 1.428 9.6 1.0 3.3 5.6 1.69

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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

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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 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)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1963 AL--2.333--1st
1964 AL--2.499--4th
1966 AL--1.979--1st
1967 AL--2.285--2nd

Wins s c a p y
1963 AL--19--6th
1964 AL--20--1st
1967 AL--16--6th
1970 AL--16--10th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1963 AL--.704--6th
1964 AL--.714--3rd
1967 AL--.593--8th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1963 AL--1.070--3rd
1964 AL--1.173--10th
1966 AL--.982--1st
1967 AL--1.069--5th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1963 AL--7.111--6th
1964 AL--7.136--4th
1966 AL--6.860--3rd
1967 AL--6.473--1st
Career--8.191--178th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1966 AL--1.979--4th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1963 AL--7.000--7th
1964 AL--6.742--10th
1967 AL--7.442--9th
1970 AL--6.293--9th
Career--6.141--197th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1964 AL--273.7--2nd
1967 AL--260.0--5th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1963 AL--189--4th
1964 AL--205--4th
1967 AL--215--5th
Career--1420--196th

Games Started s c a p y
1964 AL--36--2nd
1967 AL--36--9th

Complete Games s c a p y
1963 AL--13--6th
1964 AL--11--9th
1966 AL--11--5th
1967 AL--11--8th

Shutouts s c a p y
1963 AL--4--3rd
1964 AL--3--9th
1966 AL--4--4th
1969 AL--3--10th
1970 AL--4--3rd
Career--23--204th

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

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1964 AL--104--3rd
1967 AL--91--6th

Hits s c a p y
1969 AL--238--6th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1963 AL--2.779--9th
1966 AL--2.867--3rd
Career--2.011--247th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1963 AL--.333--1st
1964 AL--.658--6th
1966 AL--.484--3rd
1967 AL--.519--4th
1968 AL--.387--4th

Losses s c a p y
1969 AL--15--8th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1969 AL--110--1st
1970 AL--100--9th
1971 AL--104--3rd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1964 AL--15--1st
1966 AL--11--5th
1968 AL--9--8th
1970 AL--16--3rd
Career--83--148th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1963 AL--8--7th
1964 AL--7--9th
1967 AL--11--2nd
1970 AL--7--9th
Career--62--222nd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1964 AL--1117--2nd
1967 AL--1060--6th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1963 AL--149--1st
1964 AL--138--4th
1966 AL--160--1st
1967 AL--132--4th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 4 (339), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 49 (317), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 37 (350), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3544), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 21 (267), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1956 Season: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.

December 13, 1969: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Don Pavletich to the Boston Red Sox for Billy Farmer (minors) and Syd O'Brien. Billy Farmer (minors) refused to report to his new team. The Boston Red Sox sent Jerry Janeski (March 9, 1970) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

October 27, 1972: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

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