Hardy Peterson
Harding William Peterson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 17, 1929 in Perth Amboy, NJ
School: Rutgers University
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 1955
Final Game: August 8, 1959
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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
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 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 NL 2 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .429 .333 .762 109 2 0 0 0 0 0 /2
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
4 Seasons 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

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
1955 25 PIT NL 92 67 9 3.6 104 .257 .247 .263 .311 .334 .358 .417 .669 .750 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 6.7 103 .333 .333 .266 .429 .334 .333 .416 .762 .749 109 .661 0.1 0.0 .750 .167 .000
1959 29 PIT NL 1 1 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .269 .000 .335 .000 .416 .000 .751 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
4 Seasons 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*

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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
1955 25 PIT NL 92 1.1% 7.6% 7.6% 7.6% 35% 1.00 11.6 81.0 8.1 1.93 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 Seasons 185 1.6% 9.2% 9.2% 6.5% 27% 1.00 9.5 53.7 7.7 1.64 77%
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
1955 25 PIT NL 0 0 22% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 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 Seasons 0 0 24% 33 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25% 3 2 1 3 2 1 2 2 0
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
1955 25 PIT NL 57 61% 20 2 0 0 0 0.90 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 200% 11 3 27% 4 0 0% 37 3 8% 4 1 25% 2 0 0% 35
1957 27 PIT NL 65 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% 6 1 17% 20
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 Seasons 130 38% 44 2 0 0 0 0.90 3 0 5 1 2 0 3 0 2 5 250% 28 8 29% 12 1 8% 85 9 11% 10 2 20% 8 1 13% 55
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
1955 25 32 92 81 7 20 6 0 1 10 0 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 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 0 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 0 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 0 1 17 17 .273 .344 .391 .736 99 63 8 1 5 1 3

Neutralized Batting

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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 94 85 8 21 6 0 1 11 0 7 7 .247 .309 .353 .661 9 32
1957 27 31 84 75 11 22 2 1 2 12 0 9 10 .293 .369 .427 .796 11 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 Seasons 69 186 167 19 45 8 1 3 23 0 17 17 .269 .339 .383 .722 21 66
162 Game Avg. 162 437 392 45 106 19 2 7 54 0 40 40 .269 .339 .383 .722 49 66

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