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Rico Petrocelli
Americo Peter Petrocelli
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 27, 1943 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Sheepshead Bay (Brooklyn, NY)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1963
Final Game: September 14, 1976
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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
1963 20 BOS AL 1 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 102 2 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1965 22 BOS AL 103 363 323 38 75 15 2 13 33 0 2 36 71 .232 .309 .412 .721 99 133 6 1 1 2 4 6
1966 23 BOS AL 139 572 522 58 124 20 1 18 59 1 1 41 99 .238 .295 .383 .678 85 200 8 3 2 4 2 *6/5
1967 24 BOS AL 142 556 491 53 127 24 2 17 66 2 4 49 93 .259 .330 .420 .750 113 206 4 5 8 3 9 *6 AS,MVP-17
1968 25 BOS AL 123 451 406 41 95 17 2 12 46 0 1 31 73 .234 .292 .374 .667 95 152 7 4 6 4 2 *6/3
1969 26 BOS AL 154 643 535 92 159 32 2 40 97 3 5 98 68 .297 .403 .589 .992 167 315 12 1 3 6 13 *6/5 AS,MVP-7
1970 27 BOS AL 157 664 583 82 152 31 3 29 103 1 1 67 82 .261 .334 .473 .807 114 276 16 2 2 10 6 *65
1971 28 BOS AL 158 661 553 82 139 24 4 28 89 2 0 91 108 .251 .354 .461 .815 123 255 20 2 6 9 5 *5
1972 29 BOS AL 147 607 521 62 125 15 2 15 75 0 1 78 91 .240 .339 .363 .702 104 189 8 2 2 4 9 *5 MVP-18
1973 30 BOS AL 100 407 356 44 87 13 1 13 45 0 0 47 64 .244 .333 .396 .729 100 141 10 1 1 2 3 5
1974 31 BOS AL 129 509 454 53 121 23 1 15 76 1 0 48 74 .267 .336 .421 .757 110 191 11 2 0 5 4 *5/D
1975 32 BOS AL 115 454 402 31 96 15 1 7 59 0 2 41 66 .239 .310 .333 .644 75 134 16 3 3 5 1 *5/D
1976 33 BOS AL 85 279 240 17 51 7 1 3 24 0 5 34 36 .213 .307 .288 .594 67 69 9 0 2 3 3 5/4D36
13 Seasons 1553 6170 5390 653 1352 237 22 210 773 10 22 661 926 .251 .332 .420 .752 108 2263 127 26 36 57 61
162 Game Avg. 162 644 562 68 141 25 2 22 81 1 2 69 97 .251 .332 .420 .752 108 236 13 3 4 6 6

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1967 24 BOS AL WS STL L 7 24 20 3 4 1 0 2 3 0 1 3 8 .200 .292 .550 .842 11 0 0 0 1 2
1975 32 BOS AL ALCS OAK W 3 12 12 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .417 .583 5 1 0 0 0 0
1975 32 BOS AL WS CIN L 7 29 26 3 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 6 .308 .379 .346 .725 9 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 17 65 58 7 14 2 0 3 9 0 1 6 17 .241 .308 .431 .739 25 1 0 0 1 2
1 ALCS 3 12 12 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .417 .583 5 1 0 0 0 0
2 WS 14 53 46 6 12 2 0 2 7 0 1 6 14 .261 .340 .435 .774 20 0 0 0 1 2

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1963 BOS AL 20 SS 1 1 9.0 6 3 2 1 0 .833 -0.5 -66.7 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 5.00 5.00 .967 4.80 4.60
1965 BOS AL 22 SS 93 93 791.0 448 151 278 19 45 .958 6.9 10.5 8.9 4.8 4.2 -2 4.88 4.61 .962 4.74 4.38
1966 BOS AL 23 SS 127 125 1089.1 615 206 381 28 69 .954 11.6 12.8 10.6 5.8 4.8 1 4.85 4.62 .960 4.79 4.41
1966 BOS AL 23 3B 5 5 49.0 14 5 9 0 3 1.000 0.7 17.1 0.7 -0.2 0.9 0 2.57 2.80 .950 3.03 2.80
1967 BOS AL 24 SS 141 137 1217.1 644 223 402 19 73 .970 7.7 7.6 8.7 4.6 4.1 -1 4.62 4.43 .963 4.62 4.09 AS,MVP-17
1968 BOS AL 25 SS 117 115 974.2 541 169 360 12 66 .978 14.9 18.3 13.9 2.7 11.1 1 4.88 4.52 .961 4.79 4.07
1968 BOS AL 25 1B 1 1 8.0 10 9 1 0 2 1.000 0.1 15.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 11.25 10.00 .990 9.56 8.30
1969 BOS AL 26 SS 153 153 1334.2 749 269 466 14 103 .981 15.8 14.2 13.8 1.5 12.3 2 4.96 4.80 .965 4.96 4.43 AS,MVP-7
1969 BOS AL 26 3B 1 1 8.0 4 0 3 1 0 .750 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.38 3.00 .975 3.15 2.70 AS,MVP-7
1970 BOS AL 27 SS 141 138 1212.1 675 262 393 20 77 .970 2.9 2.9 1.9 3.2 -1.3 1 4.86 4.65 .967 4.94 4.39
1970 BOS AL 27 3B 18 18 151.0 52 14 37 1 3 .981 0.5 4.0 0.5 1.6 -1.0 0 3.04 2.83 .948 3.07 2.67
1971 BOS AL 28 3B 156 156 1386.0 463 118 334 11 37 .976 2.8 2.4 1.8 5.3 -3.4 1 2.94 2.90 .955 3.04 2.74
1972 BOS AL 29 3B 146 146 1273.1 437 146 278 13 38 .970 -1.8 -1.7 -2.8 -5.5 2.7 1 3.00 2.90 .953 2.98 2.70 MVP-18
1973 BOS AL 30 3B 99 99 851.1 303 73 224 6 22 .980 9.9 14.0 8.9 1.4 7.5 1 3.14 3.00 .949 3.00 2.68
1974 BOS AL 31 3B 116 115 975.1 314 83 219 12 23 .962 -0.4 -0.5 -2.4 0.4 -2.9 2 2.79 2.60 .954 3.12 2.77
1974 BOS AL 31 DH 9
1975 BOS AL 32 3B 113 111 975.1 327 85 229 13 13 .960 -3.1 -3.8 -3.1 -4.1 1.0 0 2.90 2.78 .954 3.16 2.81
1975 BOS AL 32 DH 1
1976 BOS AL 33 3B 73 65 563.1 183 57 120 6 11 .967 -1.2 -2.6 -1.2 -2.9 1.7 0 2.83 2.42 .952 2.94 2.64
1976 BOS AL 33 2B 5 5 43.0 22 9 13 0 4 1.000 -0.1 -2.8 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 0 4.60 4.40 .973 5.40 4.64
1976 BOS AL 33 DH 4
1976 BOS AL 33 1B 1 0 3.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -120.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 12.00 4.00 1.000 9.90 8.90
1976 BOS AL 33 SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.40
8 Seasons SS 774 762 6629.1 3679 1283 2283 113 433 .969 59.6 10.8 57.6 22.6 35.0 2 4.84 4.61 .963 4.81 4.30
9 Seasons 3B 727 716 6232.2 2097 581 1453 63 150 .970 7.4 1.4 2.4 -4.0 6.5 5 2.94 2.80 .953 3.05 2.73
3 Seasons DH 14
1 Season 2B 5 5 43.0 22 9 13 0 4 1.000 -0.1 -2.8 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 0 4.60 4.40 .973 5.40 4.64
2 Seasons 1B 2 1 11.0 14 13 1 0 2 1.000 -0.2 -21.8 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 11.45 7.00 .993 9.65 8.60
13 Seasons TOT 1508 1484 12916.0 5812 1886 3750 176 589 .970 66.7 6.2 59.7 18.1 41.7 7 3.93 3.74 .929 3.97 3.55
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1967 (SS)
1969 (SS)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1967-AL-17-2%
1969-AL-7-21%
1972-AL-18-3%
0.26 Career Shares (636th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1969 AL--.297--7th

On-Base% s c a p y
1969 AL--.403--5th

Slugging % s c a p y
1969 AL--.589--2nd

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1969 AL--.992--3rd

Games Played s c a p y
1971 AL--158--7th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1971 AL--661--7th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1971 AL--82--9th

Total Bases s c a p y
1969 AL--315--5th
1971 AL--255--8th

Doubles s c a p y
1969 AL--32--4th
1970 AL--31--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1969 AL--40--4th
1970 AL--29--8th
1971 AL--28--5th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1969 AL--97--9th
1970 AL--103--6th
1971 AL--89--9th
1972 AL--75--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1969 AL--98--7th
1971 AL--91--4th
1972 AL--78--5th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1971 AL--108--3rd

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1969 AL--167--4th

Runs Created s c a p y
1969 AL--129--4th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1969 AL--52--4th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1969 AL--5.2--4th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1969 AL--74--2nd
1970 AL--63--4th
1971 AL--56--3rd

Times On Base s c a p y
1969 AL--258--7th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1969 AL--.788--4th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1970 AL--10--1st
1971 AL--9--4th
Career--57--225th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1969 AL--13--4th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1971 AL--20--7th

AB per HR s c a p y
1969 AL--13.375--4th
1971 AL--19.750--7th

Outs Made s c a p y
1971 AL--449--10th

Youngest s c a p y
1963 AL--born 1943-06-27--8th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 42 (468), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 19 (805), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (652), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  8. Bill Freehan (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

July 2, 1961: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

March 26, 1977: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

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Name and misspellings: Americo Peter Rico petocelli Petrocelli

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