Kent Peterson

Kent Franklin Peterson (Pete)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 21, 1925 in Goshen, UT
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 15, 1944
Teams (by GP): Reds/Phillies 1944-1953

Final Game: July 18, 1953
Died: April 27, 1995 in Highland, UT
Buried: Orem City Cemetery, Orem, UT
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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	Pos	Awards
1944	18	CIN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0		/1

1947	21	CIN	NL	37	50	44	0	3	0	0	0	2	0		2	13	.068	.109	.068	.177	-52	3	2	0	4		1
1948	22	CIN	NL	43	38	36	0	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	7	.139	.139	.139	.278	-24	5	1	0	2		1
1949	23	CIN	NL	30	20	18	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	8	.056	.056	.056	.111	-70	1	1	0	2		1
1950	24	CIN-min	AAA	34	59	54	1	6	0	0	0	5	0		2	12	.111	.143	.111	.254		6		0	3			SYR · IL
1950	24	CIN	NL	9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	76	1	0	0	1		/1
1951	25	LAD-min	AAA	12	17	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	3	.167	.333	.167	.500		2	1	1	2			STP · AA
1951	25	CIN	NL	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		/1
1952	26	PHI-CIN-min	AAA,AA	39	57	46	1	6	0	0	0	3	0		2	16	.130	.167	.130	.297		6		0	9			BLT,TUL · IL,TL
1952	26	PHI	NL	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		/1
1953	27	PHI-min	AAA	22	17	17	2	6	1	0	0	0	0		0	3	.353	.353	.412	.765		7		0	0			BLT · IL
1953	27	PHI	NL	15	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	2	0	0		1
1954	28	PHI-min	AAA	41	57	47	2	9	2	0	0	2	0		4	14	.191	.255	.234	.489		11		0	6	0		SYR · IL
1955	29	PHI-min	AAA	35	15	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	7	.077	.200	.077	.277		1		0	0	0		SYR · IL
1956	30	CLE-min	Opn	6	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	1	0		SDG · PCL
8 Yrs				147	121	110	3	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	31	.091	.107	.091	.198	-46	10	6	0	9
162 Game Avg.				162	133	121	3	11	0	0	0	3	0		2	34	.091	.107	.091	.198	-46	11	7	0	10

CIN (6 yrs)				129	113	102	2	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	29	.098	.115	.098	.213	-42	10	4	0	9
PHI (2 yrs)				18	8	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	2	0	0

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
1944	18	CIN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1947	21	CIN	NL	37	50	-10	0	0	0	5	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.5	.486	.497	-0.5	0.0	-3	$	1
1948	22	CIN	NL	43	38	-6	0	0	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.494	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
1949	23	CIN	NL	30	20	-5	0	-0	0	2	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.491	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	1
1950	24	CIN	NL	9	4	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.504	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	/1
1951	25	CIN	NL	9	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1952	26	PHI	NL	3	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1953	27	PHI	NL	15	7	-1	-0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.493	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1
8 Seasons				147	121	-23	0	-1	0	13	-11	-1.1	4	-7	-1.1	.492	.499	-1.1	0.0	-7	$

CIN (6 yrs)				129	113	-22	0	-0	0	12	-10	-1.0	4	-6	-1.0	.492	.499	-1.0	0.0	-6	$
PHI (2 yrs)				18	8	-1	-0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.493	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$

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
1947	21	CIN	NL	50	47	0	0.0	106	.097	.068	.274	.109	.349	.068	.406	.177	.756	-52	.000	-9.8	-1.0	.116	.045	.000
1948	22	CIN	NL	38	34	1	0.8	99	.172	.139	.265	.139	.339	.139	.393	.278	.732	-24	.040	-6.3	-0.6	.156	.000	.000
1949	23	CIN	NL	20	20	0	0.0	105	.100	.056	.272	.056	.345	.056	.406	.111	.752	-70	.000	-4.4	-0.4	.056	.000	.000
1950	24	CIN	NL	4	3	0	0.0	108	.333	.333	.270	.333	.346	.333	.418	.667	.764	76	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
1951	25	CIN	NL	1	1	0	0.0	104		.000	.269	.000	.343	.000	.407	.000	.750	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1952	26	PHI	NL	1	1	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.260	.000	.333	.000	.388	.000	.721	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1953	27	PHI	NL	7	9	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.274	.000	.345	.000	.427	.000	.773	-100	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
8 Yrs				121	115	1	0.2	104	.127	.091	.271	.107	.345	.091	.403	.198	.748	-46	.004	-23.2	-2.3	.113	.018	.000
162 Game Avg.				133	127	1	0.2	104	.127	.091	.271	.107	.345	.091	.403	.198	.748	-46	.004	-23.2	-2.3	.113	.018	.000

CIN (6 yrs)				113	105	1	0.3	103	.137	.098	.270	.115	.345	.098	.402	.213	.747	-42	.005	-20.9	-2.1	.125	.020	.000
PHI (2 yrs)				8	10	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.272	.000	.344	.000	.422	.000	.766	-100	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1947	21	CIN	NL	50	0.0%	26.0%	4.0%	0.0%	0%	6.50	3.4		22.0		62%
1948	22	CIN	NL	38	0.0%	18.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.1			2.50	76%
1949	23	CIN	NL	20	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.3		18.0	9.00	50%
1950	24	CIN	NL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					2.00	75%
1951	25	CIN	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1952	26	PHI	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1953	27	PHI	NL	7	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%			3.5			5.00	71%
8 Yrs				121	0.0%	25.6%	1.7%	0.0%	0%	15.50	3.5		36.7	4.40	65%
MLB Averages					1.7%	9.7%	9.5%	6.2%	27%	1.02	9.2	53.6	8.3	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1944	18	CIN	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1947	21	CIN	NL	-9.8	-1.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	22	CIN	NL	-6.3	-0.6	13	-0.4	0.1	-0.4	1.39	-0.3	0.0	-2.6	-0.3	0.85	-2.8	0
1949	23	CIN	NL	-4.4	-0.4	18	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.96	-0.4	0.1	-4.3	-0.4	0.97	-4.6	0
1950	24	CIN	NL	-0.1	-0.0	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.97	-0.0	-0.0	-0.5	-0.0	0.82	-0.4	0
1951	25	CIN	NL	-0.3	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1952	26	PHI	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.12	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.38	-0.3	0
1953	27	PHI	NL	-2.1	-0.2	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.65	-0.2	-0.0	-2.0	-0.2	0.87	-2.1	0
8 Yrs				-23.2	-2.3	43	-0.9	0.2	-1.0	1.02	-0.9	0.1	-9.5	-0.9	0.89	-10.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	22	CIN	NL	0	0%	1		1		0	0	0	0	0
1949	23	CIN	NL	0	100%	3		0	100%	0	0	1	0	1
1950	24	CIN	NL	0	100%	2		0		0	0	0	0	0
1951	25	CIN	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
1952	26	PHI	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
1953	27	PHI	NL	1		2	0	0	0%	1	1	1	1	0
8 Yrs				1	25%	8	0	1	33%	1	1	2	1	1

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
1948	22	CIN	NL	38	46%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1949	23	CIN	NL	20	22%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	3	1	33%	6	2	33%	12	1	8%	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	0
1950	24	CIN	NL	4	75%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1951	25	CIN	NL	1		0				0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0			0	0		0	0		0
1952	26	PHI	NL	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	0		0
1953	27	PHI	NL	7	29%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	2	100%	3	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
8 Yrs				71	35%	10			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	225%	7	6	86%	11	3	27%	22	1	5%	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			180%			21%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1947	21	38	50	44	0	3	2		2	13	.068	.109	.068	.177	-52	3	2	4
1948	22	81	88	80	0	8	2		2	20	.100	.122	.100	.222	-40	8	3	6
1949	23	111	108	98	1	9	3		2	28	.092	.110	.092	.202	-45	9	4	8
1950	24	120	112	101	2	10	3		2	28	.099	.117	.099	.216	-42	10	4	9
1951	25	129	113	102	2	10	3	0	2	29	.098	.115	.098	.213	-42	10	4	9
1952	26	132	114	103	2	10	3	0	2	29	.097	.114	.097	.211	-43	10	4	9
1953	27	147	121	110	3	10	3	0	2	31	.091	.107	.091	.198	-46	10	6	9

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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1947	21	39	52	46	0	0	2	14	.000	.042	.000	.042	0	37
1948	22	45	40	38	0	6	0	7	.158	.158	.158	.316	1	43
1949	23	31	21	19	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	30
1950	24	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9
1951	25	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9
1952	26	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1953	27	16	7	7	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	15
7 Yrs		152	126	115	1	6	2	32	.052	.068	.052	.121	1	146
162 Game Avg.		162	134	123	1	6	2	34	.052	.068	.052	.121	1	146

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