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Pete Reiser

Harold Patrick Reiser (Pistol Pete)

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 17, 1919 in St. Louis, MO
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 23, 1940
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Braves/Pirates/Indians 1940-1952

Final Game: July 5, 1952
Died: October 25, 1981 in Palm Springs, CA
Buried: Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, CA
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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 4:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #585. Mark Grudzielanek… #586. Larry Parrish… #587. Terry Turner… #588. PETE REISER… #589. Carlos Pena… #590. Dave Kingman… #591. Kevin Seitzer… 

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
1940 21 BRO NL 58 242 225 34 66 11 4 3 20 2 15 33 .293 .338 .418 .755 101 94 4 0 1 5O9/68
1941 22 BRO NL 137 601 536 117 184 39 17 14 76 4 46 71 .343 .406 .558 .964 164 299 6 11 8 *8O/9 AS,MVP-2
1942 23 BRO NL 125 537 480 89 149 33 5 10 64 20 48 45 .310 .375 .463 .838 142 222 0 2 7 *8O AS,MVP-6
1946 27 BRO NL 122 482 423 75 117 21 5 11 73 34 55 58 .277 .361 .428 .789 122 181 3 1 3 O785 AS,MVP-9
1947 28 BRO NL 110 462 388 68 120 23 2 5 46 14 68 41 .309 .415 .418 .832 119 162 3 2 4 *O87/9
1948 29 BRO NL 64 159 127 17 30 8 2 1 19 4 29 21 .236 .382 .354 .736 97 45 2 1 2 O78/95
1949 30 BSN NL 84 258 221 32 60 8 3 8 40 3 33 42 .271 .369 .443 .812 121 98 4 1 3 O87/5
1950 31 BSN NL 53 98 78 12 16 2 0 1 10 1 18 22 .205 .367 .269 .637 75 21 1 2 0 O7/859
1951 32 PIT NL 74 167 140 22 38 9 3 2 13 4 2 27 20 .271 .389 .421 .811 116 59 2 0 0 O7/859
1952 33 CLE AL 34 48 44 7 6 1 0 3 7 1 1 4 16 .136 .208 .364 .572 62 16 1 0 0 O/87
10 Yrs 861 3054 2662 473 786 155 41 58 368 87 3 343 369 .295 .380 .450 .829 128 1197 26 20 28
162 Game Avg. 162 575 501 89 148 29 8 11 69 16 65 69 .295 .380 .450 .829 128 225 5 4 5
BRO (6 yrs) 616 2483 2179 400 666 135 35 44 298 78 261 269 .306 .384 .460 .845 132 1003 18 17 25
BSN (2 yrs) 137 356 299 44 76 10 3 9 50 4 51 64 .254 .368 .398 .766 109 119 5 3 3
PIT (1 yr) 74 167 140 22 38 9 3 2 13 4 2 27 20 .271 .389 .421 .811 116 59 2 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 34 48 44 7 6 1 0 3 7 1 1 4 16 .136 .208 .364 .572 62 16 1 0 0
NL (9 yrs) 827 3006 2618 466 780 154 41 55 361 86 2 339 353 .298 .383 .451 .834 129 1181 25 20 28
AL (1 yr) 34 48 44 7 6 1 0 3 7 1 1 4 16 .136 .208 .364 .572 62 16 1 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 Awards
1940 21 BRO NL 58 242 -0 -0 0 -3 -0 -4 -0.4 8 5 0.4 .493 .498 0.7 -0.4 8 $ 5O9/68
1941 22 BRO NL 137 601 43 -0 0 10 -1 51 5.3 21 72 7.4 .540 .533 6.3 0.9 62 $ *8O/9 AS,MVP-2
1942 23 BRO NL 125 537 24 1 0 -2 -1 22 2.4 16 39 4.0 .520 .515 4.3 -0.4 41 $ *8O AS,MVP-6
1946 27 BRO NL 122 482 12 4 0 5 -3 17 1.9 17 34 3.6 .516 .512 3.0 0.2 29 $12,500 O785 AS,MVP-9
1947 28 BRO NL 110 462 13 -0 0 3 -3 13 1.4 16 29 3.0 .512 .508 2.6 0.1 26 $17,500 *O87/9
1948 29 BRO NL 64 159 0 0 0 0 -1 -0 -0.0 6 5 0.5 .500 .500 0.5 -0.1 5 $ O78/95
1949 30 BSN NL 84 258 7 -1 0 -1 -2 4 0.4 9 13 1.3 .505 .503 1.4 -0.3 14 $ O87/5
1950 31 BSN NL 53 98 -2 -0 0 0 -1 -3 -0.3 3 0 0.0 .494 .498 0.0 -0.1 0 $ O7/859
1951 32 PIT NL 74 167 4 -1 1 -1 -1 2 0.2 6 8 0.8 .503 .501 0.9 -0.2 9 $ O7/859
1952 33 CLE AL 34 48 -2 0 0 0 -0 -3 -0.3 1 -1 -0.1 .491 .498 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ O/87
10 Seasons 861 3054 98 2 2 11 -13 100 10.5 104 204 20.9 .513 .507 19.6 -0.3 193 $30,000
BRO (6 yrs) 616 2483 92 4 0 13 -10 100 10.6 84 184 18.9 .518 .511 17.4 0.3 171 $30,000
BSN (2 yrs) 137 356 5 -1 1 -1 -2 1 0.1 12 13 1.3 .501 .500 1.4 -0.4 14 $
PIT (1 yr) 74 167 4 -1 1 -1 -1 2 0.2 6 8 0.8 .503 .501 0.9 -0.2 9 $
CLE (1 yr) 34 48 -2 0 0 0 -0 -3 -0.3 1 -1 -0.1 .491 .498 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1941 22 BRO NL WS NYY L 5 21 20 1 4 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 6 .200 .238 .500 .738 10 1 0 0 0 0
1947 28 BRO NL WS NYY L 5 11 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 .250 .455 .250 .705 2 0 0 0 0 2
2 Yrs (2 Series) 10 32 28 2 6 1 1 1 3 0 1 4 7 .214 .313 .429 .741 12 1 0 0 0 2
2 WS 10 32 28 2 6 1 1 1 3 0 1 4 7 .214 .313 .429 .741 12 1 0 0 0 2

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1940 BRO NL 21 3B 30 30 30 100 38 58 4 7 .960 3.20 .948 3.01
1940 BRO NL 21 OF 17 16 14 22 21 0 1 0 .955 1.24 .977 2.32
1940 BRO NL 21 RF 17 16 14 22 21 0 1 0 .955 1.24 .974 2.04
1940 BRO NL 21 SS 5 5 5 27 13 12 2 1 .926 5.00 .950 5.50
1940 BRO NL 21 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70
1941 BRO NL 22 CF 133 130 125 371 350 14 7 0 .981 2.74 .980 2.63 AS,MVP-2
1941 BRO NL 22 OF 133 132 125 377 356 14 7 0 .981 2.78 .975 2.31 AS,MVP-2
1941 BRO NL 22 RF 2 2 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 .968 1.95 AS,MVP-2
1942 BRO NL 23 CF 125 122 113 295 277 9 9 2 .969 2.29 .978 2.62 AS,MVP-6
1942 BRO NL 23 OF 125 122 113 295 277 9 9 2 .969 2.29 .981 2.34 AS,MVP-6
1946 BRO NL 27 OF 97 94 74 224 205 14 5 2 .978 2.26 .977 2.38 AS,MVP-9
1946 BRO NL 27 LF 69 65 52 143 133 9 1 1 .993 2.06 .975 2.26 AS,MVP-9
1946 BRO NL 27 CF 30 29 22 81 72 5 4 1 .951 2.57 .979 2.85 AS,MVP-9
1946 BRO NL 27 3B 15 15 12 50 16 32 2 2 .960 3.20 .952 3.08 AS,MVP-9
1947 BRO NL 28 OF 108 104 77 246 240 3 3 0 .988 2.25 .977 2.42
1947 BRO NL 28 CF 68 66 47 168 164 2 2 0 .988 2.44 .978 2.79
1947 BRO NL 28 LF 50 38 30 78 76 1 1 0 .987 1.54 .976 2.31
1947 BRO NL 28 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
1948 BRO NL 29 OF 30 29 10 54 52 1 1 0 .981 1.77 .978 2.39
1948 BRO NL 29 LF 18 14 7 29 29 0 0 0 1.000 1.61 .970 2.31
1948 BRO NL 29 CF 10 10 3 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .984 2.78
1948 BRO NL 29 RF 5 5 0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 1.40 .976 2.00
1948 BRO NL 29 3B 4 4 3 12 4 7 1 1 .917 2.75 .941 3.10
1949 BSN NL 30 OF 63 53 42 147 139 5 3 2 .980 2.29 .977 2.48
1949 BSN NL 30 CF 36 28 20 77 71 4 2 2 .974 2.08 .978 2.89
1949 BSN NL 30 LF 27 25 22 67 66 0 1 0 .985 2.44 .974 2.41
1949 BSN NL 30 3B 4 3 2 9 3 5 1 2 .889 2.00 .952 3.18
1950 BSN NL 31 OF 24 14 11 141.0 47 46 0 1 0 .979 2.94 1.92 .978 2.34 2.31
1950 BSN NL 31 LF 16 9 9 94.0 34 33 0 1 0 .971 3.16 2.06 .977 2.29 2.27
1950 BSN NL 31 CF 7 5 2 44.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 1.71 .980 2.76 2.73
1950 BSN NL 31 3B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 3.60 3.30
1950 BSN NL 31 RF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1951 PIT NL 32 OF 27 24 22 226.1 55 53 1 1 0 .982 2.15 2.00 .981 2.42 2.41
1951 PIT NL 32 LF 20 19 18 176.2 41 39 1 1 0 .976 2.04 2.00 .977 2.32 2.32
1951 PIT NL 32 CF 6 5 4 49.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.39 2.17 .983 2.88 2.87
1951 PIT NL 32 3B 5 2 2 27.0 11 3 7 1 1 .909 3.33 2.00 .953 3.37 3.36
1951 PIT NL 32 RF 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
1952 CLE AL 33 OF 10 7 5 70.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 2.00 .980 2.40 2.40
1952 CLE AL 33 CF 6 4 3 38.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.61 1.83 .983 2.91 2.92
1952 CLE AL 33 LF 4 3 2 32.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.81 2.50 .979 2.28 2.28
10 Seasons OF 634 595 493 437.1 1487 1409 47 31 6 .979 2.47 2.30 .978 2.39 2.37
10 Seasons CF 422 399 339 131.0 1043 985 34 24 5 .977 2.47 2.41 .979 2.85 2.70
7 Seasons LF 204 173 140 302.2 402 386 11 5 1 .988 2.47 1.95 .975 2.30 2.30
6 Seasons 3B 59 54 49 28.0 182 64 109 9 13 .951 3.21 2.93 .949 3.38 3.08
6 Seasons RF 27 23 14 3.2 35 33 0 2 0 .943 0.00 1.22 .974 1.96 2.02
1 Season SS 5 5 5 27 13 12 2 1 .926 5.00 .950 5.50
10 Seasons TOT 698 654 547 465.1 1696 1486 168 42 20 .975 2.51 2.37 .974 2.45 2.45
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1958 BBWAA ( 2.3%)
1960 BBWAA ( 3.0%)

All-Star Games
1941 (CF)
1942 (CF)
1946

Awards (yr lg award)
1941 NL batting_title

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1941 NL (2, 54%)
1942 NL (6, 27%)
1946 NL (9, 17%)
0.98 Career Shares (256th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1941 NL  7.4 (2nd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1941 NL  7.4 (1st)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1941 NL  6.3 (1st)
1942 NL  4.3 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1941 NL  0.9 (9th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1941 NL  .343 (1st)
1942 NL  .310 (4th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1941 NL  .406 (4th)
1942 NL  .375 (10th)
Career  .380 (171st)

Slugging % s c a p y
1941 NL  .558 (1st)
1942 NL  .463 (8th)
1946 NL  .428 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1941 NL  .964 (1st)
1942 NL  .838 (8th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1941 NL  117 (1st)
1942 NL  89 (5th)
1946 NL  75 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1941 NL  184 (2nd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1941 NL  299 (1st)

Doubles s c a p y
1941 NL  39 (1st)
1942 NL  33 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
1941 NL  17 (1st)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1946 NL  73 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1941 NL  71 (8th)
1946 NL  58 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1942 NL  20 (1st)
1946 NL  34 (1st)
1947 NL  14 (2nd)

Singles s c a p y
1941 NL  114 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1941 NL  164 (1st)
1942 NL  142 (8th)
Career  128 (197th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1941 NL  118 (1st)
1942 NL  83 (8th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1941 NL  45 (2nd)
1942 NL  26 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1941 NL  4.6 (2nd)
1942 NL  2.8 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1941 NL  70 (1st)
1942 NL  48 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1941 NL  241 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1941 NL  .793 (1st)
1942 NL  .733 (7th)
1946 NL  .644 (10th)
Career  .670 (136th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1941 NL  11 (1st)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1942 NL  13.3 (2nd)
1946 NL  16.6 (1st)

AB per HR s c a p y
1946 NL  38.5 (9th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1946 NL  9 (3rd)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1941 NL  133 (3rd)
1942 NL  125 (4th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1941 NL  350 (2nd)
1942 NL  277 (3rd)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1941 NL  14 (1st)
1942 NL  9 (3rd)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1941 NL  7 (4th)
1942 NL  9 (1st)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1941 NL  356 (3rd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1941 NL  14 (3rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1942 NL  9 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1941 NL  2.74 (1st)
1942 NL  2.29 (3rd)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1941 NL  .981 (4th)
1942 NL  .969 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1941 NL  2.78 (1st)
1942 NL  2.29 (5th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1947 NL  .988 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1940 NL  born 1919-03-17 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 17 (134), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 44 (576), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 38 (513), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (925), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Center Field (104th), 20.9 career WAR/20.6 7yr-peak WAR/20.7 JAWS
Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 67.1 career WAR/42.5 7yr-peak WAR/54.8 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
194627Brooklyn Dodgers$12,5001/5/49 TSNRaised from $10,000 for spurning Mexican League
194728Brooklyn Dodgers$17,5002/12/47 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$30,000
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