Pete Vuckovich
Peter Dennis Vuckovich
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: October 27, 1952 in Johnstown, PA
High School: Clarion (Clarion, PA)
School: Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 3, 1975
Final Game: October 2, 1986
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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
1978 25 STL NL 45 66 58 4 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 22 .138 .153 .155 .308 -13 9 0 0 7 0 0 1
1979 26 STL NL 34 90 79 7 12 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 14 .152 .159 .152 .310 -15 12 2 0 8 2 0 1
1980 27 STL NL 32 81 71 4 13 6 0 0 7 1 0 1 13 .183 .194 .268 .462 26 19 1 0 9 0 0 1
11 Seasons 111 237 208 15 33 7 0 0 13 1 0 3 49 .159 .169 .192 .361 -1 40 3 0 24 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 346 304 22 48 10 0 0 19 1 0 4 72 .159 .169 .192 .361 -1 58 4 0 35 3 0

Advanced Batting

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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 PwrSpd
1978 25 STL NL 66 57 2 0.9 94 .222 .138 .261 .153 .329 .155 .384 .308 .712 -13 .061 -8.9 -0.9 .200 .034 .017
1979 26 STL NL 90 79 2 0.7 101 .179 .152 .271 .159 .337 .152 .403 .310 .740 -15 .032 -12.9 -1.3 .188 .013 .000
1980 27 STL NL 81 68 4 1.6 98 .224 .183 .271 .194 .334 .268 .394 .462 .728 26 .142 -7.2 -0.8 .356 .113 .085 .0
11 Seasons 237 204 8 1.1 98 .205 .159 .268 .169 .334 .192 .394 .361 .728 -1 .072 -29.0 -3.0 .247 .053 .034 .0
162 Game Avg. 346 298 12 1.1 98 .205 .159 .268 .169 .334 .192 .394 .361 .728 -1 .072 -29.0 -3.0 .247 .053 .034

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1978 25 STL NL 66 0.0% 33.3% 1.5% 1.5% 13% 22.00 2.6 19.3 1.64 55%
1979 26 STL NL 90 0.0% 15.6% 1.1% 0.0% 0% 14.00 5.6 26.3 1.78 74%
1980 27 STL NL 81 0.0% 16.1% 1.2% 7.4% 46% 13.00 5.5 10.1 3.38 72%
11 Seasons 237 0.0% 20.7% 1.3% 3.0% 21% 16.33 4.2 16.0 2.16 68%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1978 25 STL NL 1 0 44% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 33% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1979 26 STL NL 0 0 54% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 27% 9 7 2 1 1 0 1 0 1
1980 27 STL NL 0 0 29% 18 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25% 3 2 0 1 1 0 4 2 2
11 Seasons 1 0 42% 54 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 27% 14 10 3 2 2 0 6 3 3
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1978 25 STL NL 66 45% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 64% 15 0 0% 17 4 24% 42 3 7% 2 0 0% 5 1 20% 0
1979 26 STL NL 90 37% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 8 73% 18 2 11% 20 7 35% 60 3 5% 6 3 50% 2 2 100% 0
1980 27 STL NL 81 42% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 9 82% 16 1 6% 20 5 25% 49 7 14% 4 1 25% 4 2 50% 0
11 Seasons 237 41% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 33 24 73% 49 3 6% 57 16 28% 151 13 9% 12 4 33% 11 5 45% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1978 25 45 66 58 4 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 22 .138 .153 .155 .308 -13 9 0 0 7 0 0
1979 26 79 156 137 11 20 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 36 .146 .156 .153 .309 -14 21 2 0 15 2 0
1980 27 111 237 208 15 33 7 0 0 13 1 0 3 49 .159 .169 .192 .361 -1 40 3 0 24 2 0
1981 28 111 237 208 15 33 7 0 0 13 1 0 3 49 .159 .169 .192 .361 -1 40 3 0 24 2 0
1982 29 111 237 208 15 33 7 0 0 13 1 0 3 49 .159 .169 .192 .361 -1 40 3 0 24 2 0
1983 30 111 237 208 15 33 7 0 0 13 1 0 3 49 .159 .169 .192 .361 -1 40 3 0 24 2 0
1984 31 111 237 208 15 33 7 0 0 13 1 0 3 49 .159 .169 .192 .361 -1 40 3 0 24 2 0
1985 32 111 237 208 15 33 7 0 0 13 1 0 3 49 .159 .169 .192 .361 -1 40 3 0 24 2 0
1986 33 111 237 208 15 33 7 0 0 13 1 0 3 49 .159 .169 .192 .361 -1 40 3 0 24 2 0

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 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1978 25 45 61 60 5 10 1 0 0 3 0 1 22 .167 .180 .183 .364 2 45
1979 26 34 82 79 7 12 0 0 0 3 0 1 14 .152 .159 .152 .310 2 34
1980 27 32 73 72 4 14 6 0 0 7 1 1 13 .194 .205 .278 .483 4 32
3 Seasons 111 216 211 16 36 7 0 0 13 1 3 49 .171 .181 .204 .384 8 111
162 Game Avg. 162 315 308 23 53 10 0 0 19 1 4 72 .171 .181 .204 .384 12 111

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1992 BBWAA ()

Awards (yr lg award)
1982 AL Cy Young

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1982 AL (18, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1233rd)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1981 AL (4, 6%)
1982 AL (1, 62%)
1 Cy Young
0.68 Career Shares (75th)

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