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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 Pitching

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
1944 18 CIN NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 21 CIN NL 6 13 .316 4.25 37 17 13 3 1 2 152.1 156 74 72 8 62 78 3 1 2 661 98 1.431 9.2 0.5 3.7 4.6 1.26
1948 22 CIN NL 2 15 .118 4.60 43 17 12 2 0 1 137.0 146 82 70 10 59 64 6 0 2 611 85 1.496 9.6 0.7 3.9 4.2 1.08
1949 23 CIN NL 4 5 .444 6.24 30 7 5 2 0 0 66.1 66 54 46 8 46 28 4 0 3 309 68 1.688 9.0 1.1 6.2 3.8 0.61
1950 24 CIN NL 0 3 .000 7.20 9 2 1 0 0 0 20.0 25 20 16 4 17 6 0 0 2 99 60 2.100 11.3 1.8 7.7 2.7 0.35
1951 25 CIN NL 1 1 .500 6.52 9 0 3 0 0 0 9.2 13 8 7 0 8 5 1 0 1 50 65 2.172 12.1 0.0 7.4 4.7 0.63
1952 26 PHI NL 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 2 7.0 2 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 24 0.571 2.6 0.0 2.6 9.0 3.50
1953 27 PHI NL 0 1 .000 6.67 15 0 4 0 0 0 27.0 26 20 20 3 21 20 1 0 1 128 64 1.741 8.7 1.0 7.0 6.7 0.95
8 Yrs 13 38 .255 4.95 147 43 41 7 1 5 420.1 434 258 231 33 215 208 15 1 11 1885 83 1.544 9.3 0.7 4.6 4.5 0.97
162 Game Avg. 5 14 .255 4.95 53 15 15 3 0 2 150 155 92 83 12 77 74 5 0 4 675 83 1.544 9.3 0.7 4.6 4.5 0.97
CIN (6 yrs) 13 37 .260 4.92 129 43 35 7 1 3 386.1 406 238 211 30 192 181 14 1 10 1733 83 1.548 9.5 0.7 4.5 4.2 0.94
PHI (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 5.29 18 0 6 0 0 2 34.0 28 20 20 3 23 27 1 0 1 152 79 1.500 7.4 0.8 6.1 7.1 1.17

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1944 18 CIN NL 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 4.82 0.48 0.00 98.0 4.26 0 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .553 .500 $
1947 21 CIN NL 152.1 37 17 74 4.37 4.59 -0.31 0.00 101.9 4.99 10 1.0 1.0 -0.1 2.4 29 .527 .506 $
1948 22 CIN NL 137.0 43 17 82 5.39 4.67 -0.22 0.00 99.5 4.87 -8 -0.8 1.1 -0.1 0.4 8 .480 .495 $
1949 23 CIN NL 66.1 30 7 54 7.33 4.73 -0.06 0.00 99.6 4.77 -19 -1.9 1.0 -0.0 -1.3 -11 .438 .489 $
1950 24 CIN NL 20.0 9 2 20 9.00 4.87 -0.19 0.00 100.5 5.09 -9 -0.8 .5 0.1 -0.5 -6 .411 .495 $
1951 25 CIN NL 9.2 9 0 8 7.45 4.46 -0.01 0.00 105.5 4.71 -3 -0.3 .5 0.1 -0.2 -2 .467 .498 $
1952 26 PHI NL 7.0 3 0 0 0.00 4.57 0.09 0.00 97.0 4.34 3 0.4 1.7 0.1 0.6 4 .635 .502 $
1953 27 PHI NL 27.0 15 0 20 6.67 4.86 0.25 0.00 98.0 4.52 -6 -0.6 .5 0.1 -0.2 -3 .460 .496 $
8 Seasons 420.1 147 43 258 5.52 4.66 -0.19 0.00 100.4 4.87 -31 -2.9 .9 0.1 1.3 18 .480 .498 $
CIN (6 yrs) 386.1 129 43 238 5.54 4.65 -0.22 0.00 100.6 4.91 -29 -2.7 .9 -0.1 0.9 18 .479 .497 $
PHI (2 yrs) 34.0 18 0 20 5.29 4.80 0.22 0.00 97.8 4.49 -3 -0.2 .7 0.2 0.4 1 .489 .499 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1948 22 CIN NL 43 244 541 82 146 10 0 10 2 1 59 64 .270 .348 .344 .692 .291 186 4 6 8 0 1
1949 23 CIN NL 30 226 253 54 66 12 2 8 0 3 46 28 .261 .383 .419 .802 .267 106 4 4 6 0 2
1950 24 CIN NL 9 82 82 20 25 5 2 4 2 0 17 6 .305 .424 .561 .985 .292 46 1 0 0 0 0
1951 25 CIN NL 9 35 41 8 13 1 0 0 0 1 8 5 .317 .440 .341 .781 .361 14 1 1 0 0 0
1952 26 PHI NL 3 24 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .091 .167 .091 .258 .133 2 1 0 0 0 0
1953 27 PHI NL 15 116 103 20 26 6 4 3 1 1 21 20 .252 .384 .476 .860 .288 49 1 1 3 0 0
6 Yrs 109 727 1042 184 278 34 8 25 5 6 153 130 .267 .367 .387 .754 .285 403 12 12 17 0 3
162 Game Avg. 55 366 525 93 140 17 4 13 3 3 77 65 .267 .367 .387 .754 .285 203 6 6 9 0 2
MLB Averages .261 .335 .353 .688 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 22 CIN NL -11.4 -1.1 256 -0.9 4.4 -5.3 1.16 0.1 -0.9 -7.4 -0.7 1.14 0.4 5 6 4
1949 23 CIN NL -15.1 -1.5 234 -0.2 4.0 -4.2 1.06 -0.4 0.3 -8.3 -0.8 1.05 -7.9 3 2 6
1950 24 CIN NL -7.1 -0.7 89 -0.5 1.0 -1.5 .75 -0.8 0.1 -7.9 -0.7 0.74 -9.1 0 0 5
1951 25 CIN NL -2.4 -0.2 38 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .44 -0.2 0.0 -0.8 -0.1 0.44 0.1 1 0 5
1952 26 PHI NL 3.1 0.3 24 0.4 0.5 -0.2 1.01 0.3 0.0 2.3 0.2 1.01 3.9 2 0 0
1953 27 PHI NL -6.2 -0.6 119 -0.1 0.6 -0.7 .31 -0.4 0.2 -7.1 -0.7 0.31 -5.6 0 4 8
8 Yrs -36.6 -3.5 760 -1.4 10.8 -12.1 .91 -1.3 -0.2 -29.0 -2.8 0.90 -18.3 11 12 28

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1947 21 CIN NL 37 17 3 11 3 0 3 4 13 .235 0 0 3 1 7 41% 46.9 79 21 9 6 3.0 6.4
1948 22 CIN NL 43 17 2 12 3 0 3 2 15 .118 0 0 2 0 7 41% 42.6 72 24 10 2 5 4 3.0 1.6 5.8
1949 23 CIN NL 30 7 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 .429 1 0 2 0 3 43% 45.4 65 19 14 8 4 1 3.8 5.1 5.9
1950 24 CIN NL 9 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37.5 38 37 5 2 1 1 2.0 2.7 5.3
4 Yrs 119 43 8 28 7 1 7 9 34 .209 1 0 7 1 17 40% 45 79 19 29 12 19 12 3.1 3.5 6.1
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 115 -11 4.5 4.6 6.7

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1944 18 CIN NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
1947 21 CIN NL 37 20 13 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 12 2 4 6.5
1948 22 CIN NL 43 26 12 0 3 1 1 1 100% 2 0 11 8 73% 1.163 5 6 4 3 2 10 5 10 13 7 7 5 4.3
1949 23 CIN NL 30 23 5 1 2 1 0 1 0% 2 0 12 3 25% 1.063 3 2 6 2 1 8 6 5 10 11 5 3 3.3
1950 24 CIN NL 9 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .746 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 5 3 3 2 2 4.0
1951 25 CIN NL 9 9 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 5 .443 1 0 5 0 1 7 2 6 2 5 1 2 3.2
1952 26 PHI NL 3 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 2 2 100% 6 1.008 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 7.0
1953 27 PHI NL 15 15 4 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 13 6 46% 7 .307 0 4 8 1 0 12 6 7 9 4 8 4 5.4
8 Yrs 147 104 41 5 10 5 5 3 100% 7 0 41 21 51% .909 11 12 28 8 4 43 20 35 51 32 25 20 4.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1944 18 CIN NL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1947 21 CIN NL 662 1.2% 11.8% 9.4% 1.5% 6% 76%
1948 22 CIN NL 614 25% 4.1% 26.2% 24.2% 8.2% 14% 0.76 191% 54 4 7%
1949 23 CIN NL 309 27% 3.5% 12.4% 20.4% 9.7% 33% 0.46 96% 35 4 11%
1950 24 CIN NL 99 35% 4.9% 7.3% 20.7% 13.4% 44% 0.48 88% 16 1 6%
1951 25 CIN NL 50 49% 0.0% 14.3% 22.9% 2.9% 8% 0.55 103% 4 1 25%
1952 26 PHI NL 24 38% 0.0% 29.2% 8.3% 0.0% 0% 1.00 63% 3 1 33%
1953 27 PHI NL 128 39% 2.6% 17.2% 18.1% 11.2% 50% 0.71 69% 16 1 6%
8 Yrs 1889 31% 2.4% 14.9% 15.5% 5.5% 18% 0.61 100% 128 12 9%
MLB Averages 49% 1.9% 11.1% 10.8% 5.1% 19% 0.95 88% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1944 18 CIN NL 0 0 0
1947 21 CIN NL 156 8 2
1948 22 CIN NL 244 146 10 0 11 3 1 1 3 19 12 1 63% 1 2 0 92 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 370
1949 23 CIN NL 226 66 8 0 3 5 2 4 3 5 5 0 100% 2 3 0 84 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 83
1950 24 CIN NL 82 25 4 0 2 3 1 0 4 5 2 1 40% 0 2 0 32 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 17
1951 25 CIN NL 35 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 0 1 0 13 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15
1952 26 PHI NL 24 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 27 PHI NL 116 26 3 0 8 2 1 0 3 11 7 2 64% 0 1 0 37 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12
8 Yrs 727 434 33 0 25 13 5 5 13 42 26 5 62% 3 11 0 263 5 6 45% 4 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 497
MLB Averages 53% 55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1944 18 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 19 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 20 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 21 6 13 .316 4.23 38 17 14 3 1 2 153.1 156 74 72 8 62 78 3 1 2 664 99 1.422 9.2 0.5 3.6 4.6 1.26 99
1948 22 8 28 .222 4.40 81 34 26 5 1 3 290.1 302 156 142 18 121 142 9 1 4 1275 92 1.457 9.4 0.6 3.8 4.4 1.17 92
1949 23 12 33 .267 4.74 111 41 31 7 1 3 356.2 368 210 188 26 167 170 13 1 7 1584 86 1.500 9.3 0.7 4.2 4.3 1.02 86
1950 24 12 36 .250 4.87 120 43 32 7 1 3 376.2 393 230 204 30 184 176 13 1 9 1683 84 1.532 9.4 0.7 4.4 4.2 0.96 84
1951 25 13 37 .260 4.92 129 43 35 7 1 3 386.1 406 238 211 30 192 181 14 1 10 1733 83 1.548 9.5 0.7 4.5 4.2 0.94 83
1952 26 13 37 .260 4.83 132 43 37 7 1 5 393.1 408 238 211 30 194 188 14 1 10 1757 85 1.531 9.3 0.7 4.4 4.3 0.97 85
1953 27 13 38 .255 4.95 147 43 41 7 1 5 420.1 434 258 231 33 215 208 15 1 11 1885 83 1.544 9.3 0.7 4.6 4.5 0.97 83

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1944 18 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
1947 21 8 9 .471 4.12 155.0 159 79 71 8 63 80 3 1.432 9.2 3.7 4.6 1.27 0.5 37
1948 22 6 9 .400 4.79 139.0 153 82 74 10 62 65 6 1.547 9.9 4.0 4.2 1.05 0.6 43
1949 23 2 5 .286 5.96 68.0 67 50 45 8 47 29 4 1.676 8.9 6.2 3.8 0.62 1.1 30
1950 24 0 2 .000 7.20 20.0 25 18 16 4 17 6 0 2.100 11.3 7.7 2.7 0.35 1.8 9
1951 25 0 1 .000 6.30 10.0 13 8 7 0 8 5 1 2.100 11.7 7.2 4.5 0.63 0.0 9
1952 26 0 0 0.00 8.0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 0.250 0.0 2.3 9.0 4.00 0.0 3
1953 27 1 2 .333 6.43 28.0 27 22 20 3 22 20 1 1.750 8.7 7.1 6.4 0.91 1.0 15
8 Yrs 17 28 .378 4.89 429.0 444 259 233 33 221 213 15 1.550 9.3 4.5 0.96 0.7 147

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1948 NL  43 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1947 NL  13 (7th)
1948 NL  15 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1948 NL  6 (1st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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