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Pete Reiser
Harold Patrick Reiser
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
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
Final Game: July 5, 1952
Died: October 25, 1981 in Palm Springs, CA
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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 58 241 225 34 66 11 4 3 20 2 15 33 .293 .338 .418 .755 102 94 4 0 1 5O/6
1941 22 BRO NL 137 601 536 117 184 39 17 14 76 4 46 71 .343 .406 .558 .964 165 299 6 11 8 *O AS,MVP-2
1942 23 BRO NL 125 537 480 89 149 33 5 10 64 20 48 45 .310 .375 .463 .838 143 222 0 2 7 *O 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 O5 AS,MVP-9
1947 28 BRO NL 110 462 388 68 120 23 2 5 46 14 68 41 .309 .415 .418 .832 118 162 3 2 4 *O
1948 29 BRO NL 64 159 127 17 30 8 2 1 19 4 29 21 .236 .382 .354 .736 98 45 2 1 2 O/5
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 O/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 O/5
1951 32 PIT NL 74 167 140 22 38 9 3 2 13 4 2 27 20 .271 .389 .421 .811 115 59 2 0 0 O/5
1952 33 CLE AL 34 48 44 7 6 1 0 3 7 1 1 4 16 .136 .208 .364 .572 61 16 1 0 0 O
10 Seasons 861 3053 2662 473 786 155 41 58 368 87 3 343 369 .295 .380 .450 .829 128 1197 26 20 28
162 Game Avg. 162 574 501 89 148 29 8 11 69 16 65 69 .295 .380 .450 .829 128 225 5 4 5
BRO (6 yrs) 616 2482 2179 400 666 135 35 44 298 78 261 269 .306 .384 .460 .845 133 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 .811 115 59 2 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 34 48 44 7 6 1 0 3 7 1 1 4 16 .136 .208 .364 .572 61 16 1 0 0
NL (9 yrs) 827 3005 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 61 16 1 0 0

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
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 Seasons (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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1940 BRO NL 21 3B 30 100 38 58 4 7 .960 3.20 .947 2.82
1940 BRO NL 21 OF 17 22 21 0 1 0 .955 1.24 .977 2.17 5-1-9
1940 BRO NL 21 SS 5 27 13 12 2 1 .926 5.00 .952 5.00
1941 BRO NL 22 OF 133 377 356 14 7 0 .981 2.78 .975 2.15 0-133-2 AS,MVP-2
1942 BRO NL 23 OF 125 295 277 9 9 2 .969 2.29 .981 2.15 0-125-0 AS,MVP-6
1946 BRO NL 27 OF 97 224 205 14 5 2 .978 2.26 .977 2.16 69-28-0 AS,MVP-9
1946 BRO NL 27 3B 15 50 16 32 2 2 .960 3.20 .952 2.84 AS,MVP-9
1947 BRO NL 28 OF 108 246 240 3 3 0 .988 2.25 .977 2.19 51-62-0
1948 BRO NL 29 OF 30 54 52 1 1 0 .981 1.77 .978 2.20 17-10-5
1948 BRO NL 29 3B 4 12 4 7 1 1 .917 2.75 .942 2.80
1949 BSN NL 30 OF 63 147 139 5 3 2 .980 2.29 .977 2.25 27-36-0
1949 BSN NL 30 3B 4 9 3 5 1 2 .889 2.00 .956 2.98
1950 BSN NL 31 OF 24 47 46 0 1 0 .979 1.92 .979 2.14 16-6-0
1950 BSN NL 31 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00
1951 PIT NL 32 OF 27 55 53 1 1 0 .982 2.00 .982 2.23 20-6-1
1951 PIT NL 32 3B 5 11 3 7 1 1 .909 2.00 .955 3.10
1952 CLE AL 33 OF 10 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .980 2.18 4-6-0
10 Seasons OF 634 1487 1409 47 31 6 .979 2.30 .978 2.17 209-413-17
6 Seasons 3B 59 182 64 109 9 13 .951 2.93 .949 2.86
1 Season SS 5 27 13 12 2 1 .926 5.00 .952 5.00
10 Seasons TOT 698 1696 1486 168 42 20 .975 2.37 .949 2.25 209-413-17
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1941 NL (2, 54%)
1942 NL (6, 27%)
1946 NL (9, 17%)
0.98 Career Shares (246th)

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 (168th)

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)
Career  .830 (238th)

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  165 (1st)
1942 NL  143 (8th)
Career  128 (191st)

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  46 (2nd)
1942 NL  26 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1941 NL  4.7 (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 (138th)

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)

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 17 (131), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 44 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 38 (494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (942), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Shane Mack (952)
  3. David DeJesus (951)
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  5. Beau Bell (940)
  6. Johnny Moore (935)
  7. Marlon Byrd (935)
  8. Harvey Hendrick (934)
  9. Roy Weatherly (933)
  10. Danny Taylor (933)
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  1. Bug Holliday (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Barney McCosky (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Minnie Minoso (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Irish Meusel (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Hoot Evers (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Shane Mack (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Shane Mack (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Shane Mack (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Shane Mack (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1937 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

April 1, 1938: Granted Free Agency.

April 15, 1938: Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Dodgers. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

December 15, 1948: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Boston Braves for Nanny Fernandez and Mike McCormick.

October 24, 1950: Released by the Boston Braves.

November 30, 1950: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

November 13, 1951: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

February 6, 1952: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

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