Hardy Peterson

Harding William Peterson

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 17, 1929 in Perth Amboy, NJ
School: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, NJ)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 1955
Team: Pirates 1955-1959

Final Game: August 8, 1959
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Standard Batting

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
1950	20	PIT-min	D	45	138	138		38	5	1	2						.275	.275	.370	.645		51							TAL · GAFL
1951	21	PIT-min	B	148	539	539		162	28	2	12						.301	.301	.427	.727		230							WAC · BSTL
1954	24	PIT-min	AA	79	248	248		70	18	0	3						.282	.282	.391	.673		97							NOR · SOUA
1955	25	PIT-min	A	12	35	35		10	4	0	0						.286	.286	.400	.686		14							WPT · EL
1955	25	PIT	NL	32	92	81	7	20	6	0	1	10	0	0	7	7	.247	.311	.358	.669	79	29	3	1	2	1	1	2

1957	27	PIT-min	AAA	47	164	148	7	26	7	0	2	9	0		10	21	.176	.241	.264	.504		39		3	2	1			CLB · IL
1957	27	PIT	NL	30	85	73	10	22	2	1	2	11	0	1	9	10	.301	.378	.438	.816	122	32	5	0	3	0	2	2
1958	28	PIT-min	A,AAA	71	215	198	6	52	10	0	0	8	0		15	14	.263	.313	.303	.616		60	4	0	1	1			SLC,LIN,CLB · PCL,WL,IL
1958	28	PIT	NL	2	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	108	2	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1959	29	PIT-min	B	95	283	283		74	13	0	2						.261	.261	.329	.590		93							WLS · CARL
1959	29	PIT	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1960	30	PIT-min	B	75	217	174	22	44	5	0	1	25	1		43	13	.253	.401	.299	.700		52							BUR · IIIL
1961	31	PIT-min	B	23	62	62		13	4	0	0						.210	.210	.274	.484		17							BUR · IIIL
4 Yrs				66	185	161	17	44	8	1	3	21	0	1	17	17	.273	.344	.391	.736	99	63	8	1	5	1	3
162 Game Avg.				162	454	395	42	108	20	2	7	52	0	2	42	42	.273	.344	.391	.736	99	155	20	2	12	2	7

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1955	25	PIT	NL	32	92	-3	-1	-0	2	1	-2	-0.2	3	2	0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	0.3	-0	$	2

1957	27	PIT	NL	30	85	1	-1	-1	2	1	3	0.3	3	6	0.6	.510	.502	0.4	0.3	4	$	2
1958	28	PIT	NL	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.511	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/2
1959	29	PIT	NL	2	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2
4 Seasons				66	185	-2	-1	-1	4	2	1	0.1	6	7	0.7	.502	.500	0.3	0.6	3	$

Advanced Batting

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
1955	25	PIT	NL	92	67	9	3.6	104	.257	.247	.263	.311	.334	.358	.417	.669	.751	79	.381	-2.1	-0.2	.578	.198	.111	.0

1957	27	PIT	NL	85	60	10	4.5	100	.328	.301	.265	.378	.328	.438	.410	.816	.738	122	.489	2.4	0.2	.702	.247	.137	.0
1958	28	PIT	NL	7	4	1	6.7	104	.333	.333	.267	.429	.335	.333	.418	.762	.753	108	.661	0.1	0.0	.750	.167	.000
1959	29	PIT	NL	1	1	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.268	.000	.334	.000	.415	.000	.749	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				185	132	20	4.1	102	.289	.273	.264	.344	.331	.391	.414	.736	.745	99	.440	0.1	0.0	.635	.217	.118	.0
162 Game Avg.				454	324	49	4.1	102	.289	.273	.264	.344	.331	.391	.414	.736	.745	99	.440	0	0	.635	.217	.118

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1955	25	PIT	NL	92	1.1%	7.6%	7.6%	7.6%	35%	1.00	11.6	81.0	8.1	1.89	80%

1957	27	PIT	NL	85	2.4%	11.8%	10.6%	5.9%	23%	1.11	7.3	36.5	6.6	1.24	72%
1958	28	PIT	NL	7	0.0%	0.0%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	0.00				3.00	86%
1959	29	PIT	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
4 Yrs				185	1.6%	9.2%	9.2%	6.5%	27%	1.00	9.5	53.7	7.7	1.65	77%
MLB Averages					2.4%	12.5%	9.0%	6.6%	29%	1.39	7.1	37.5	8.3	1.00	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1955	25	PIT	NL	-2.1	-0.2	80	-0.1	1.2	-1.3	.99	-0.4	0.3	-3.4	-0.3	0.98	-5.4	0.86	2

1957	27	PIT	NL	2.4	0.2	65	-0.4	0.8	-1.2	.86	-0.0	-0.4	-4.1	-0.4	0.97	-1.5		0
1958	28	PIT	NL	0.1	0.0	7	0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.04	-0.0	0.1	0.5	0.1	0.83	-0.1		0
1959	29	PIT	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	3.03	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	1.11	-0.2		0
4 Yrs				0.1	0.0	153	-0.5	2.1	-2.6	.95	-0.5	-0.0	-7.2	-0.7	0.97	-7.1	0.86	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1955	25	PIT	NL	0	0	22%	26	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13%	5	4	1	0	0	0	3	2	0

1957	27	PIT	NL	0	0	28%	19	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17%	1	1	0	3	2	1	2	2	0
1958	28	PIT	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	29	PIT	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				0	0	24%	47	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	14%	6	5	1	3	2	1	5	4	0

Situational Hitting*

						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
1955	25	PIT	NL	92	66%	20			2	0	0	0	0.86	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	67%	16	3	19%	8	3	38%	53	7	13%	7	3	43%	1	1	100%	0

1957	27	PIT	NL	86	23%	22			0	0	0	0		2	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	3	300%	15	5	33%	8	1	13%	43	6	14%	5	1	20%	4	2	50%	-1
1958	28	PIT	NL	7	0%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1959	29	PIT	NL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				186	44%	44			2	0	0	0	0.86	3	0	6	1	2	0	3	0	4	5	125%	33	8	24%	16	4	25%	101	13	13%	13	4	31%	5	3	60%	-1
MLB Averages					48%																			77%			11%			31%			14%			50%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1955	25	32	92	81	7	20	6	0	1	10	0	7	7	.247	.311	.358	.669	79	29	3	1	2	1	1
1956	26	32	92	81	7	20	6	0	1	10	0	7	7	.247	.311	.358	.669	79	29	3	1	2	1	1
1957	27	62	177	154	17	42	8	1	3	21	1	16	17	.273	.343	.396	.739	99	61	8	1	5	1	3
1958	28	64	184	160	17	44	8	1	3	21	1	17	17	.275	.346	.394	.740	100	63	8	1	5	1	3
1959	29	66	185	161	17	44	8	1	3	21	1	17	17	.273	.344	.391	.736	99	63	8	1	5	1	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
1955	25	34	96	85	7	21	6	0	1	11	0	7	7	.247	.309	.353	.661	9	32

1957	27	31	90	77	11	24	2	1	2	12	0	10	10	.312	.391	.442	.832	14	30
1958	28	2	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	1	2
1959	29	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
4 Yrs		69	194	169	18	47	8	1	3	23	0	18	17	.278	.349	.391	.740	24	66
162 Game Avg.		162	455	397	42	110	19	2	7	54	0	42	40	.278	.349	.391	.740	56	66

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