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Pete Reiser
Harold Patrick Reiser

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 185 lb.

Debut July 23, 1940
Final Game July 5, 1952
Born March 17, 1919 in St. Louis, MO
Died October 25, 1981 in Palm Springs, CA

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)

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        Grandpa Cripes told me stories of Pistol Pete's all out hustle and amazing crashes, so this one's for you, Cripes! We'll never forget the only ballplayer given last rites who lived to tell about it, the great Beezer Buster himself, Pete "HOF '08" Reiser!

Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1940 21 BRO NL  58  225   34   66  11  4   3   20   2     15  33  .293  .338  .418  102   94   1           0   4
 1941 22 BRO NL 137  536  117  184  39 17  14   76   4     46  71  .343  .406  .558  165  299   8          11   6 MVP-2,AS
 1942 23 BRO NL 125  480   89  149  33  5  10   64  20     48  45  .310  .375  .463  143  222   7           2   0 MVP-6,AS
 1946 27 BRO NL 122  423   75  117  21  5  11   73  34     55  58  .277  .361  .428  122  181   3           1   3 MVP-9,AS
 1947 28 BRO NL 110  388   68  120  23  2   5   46  14     68  41  .309  .415  .418  118  162   4           2   3
 1948 29 BRO NL  64  127   17   30   8  2   1   19   4     29  21  .236  .382  .354   98   45   2           1   2
 1949 30 BSN NL  84  221   32   60   8  3   8   40   3     33  42  .271  .369  .443  121   98   3           1   4
 1950 31 BSN NL  53   78   12   16   2  0   1   10   1     18  22  .205  .367  .269   75   21   0           2   1
 1951 32 PIT NL  74  140   22   38   9  3   2   13   4  2  27  20  .271  .389  .421  115   59   0           0   2
 1952 33 CLE AL  34   44    7    6   1  0   3    7   1  1   4  16  .136  .208  .364   61   16   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     861 2662  473  786 155 41  58  368  87  3 343 369  .295  .380  .450  128 1197  28   0   0  20  26
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        501   89  148  29  8  11   69  16  1  65  69  .295  .380  .450  128  225   5   0   0   4   5
 Career High    137  536  117  184  39 17  14   76  34  2  68  71  .343  .415  .558  165  299   8   0   0  11   6
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1940 21 BRO NL  241  164   32   5.3   103| .293  .279| .338  .344| .418  .401| .756  .745| 102  .584   0.0   0.0     
 1941 22 BRO NL  601  366  118   8.6    97| .343  .270| .406  .342| .558  .381| .964  .723| 165  .793  45.8   4.7     
 1942 23 BRO NL  537  338   83   6.6    88| .310  .258| .375  .330| .463  .359| .838  .689| 143  .733  26.0   2.8     
 1946 27 BRO NL  482  312   65   5.6    93| .277  .264| .361  .339| .428  .369| .789  .708| 122  .644  12.7   1.3     
 1947 28 BRO NL  462  275   67   6.5   109| .309  .279| .415  .355| .418  .413| .833  .768| 118  .648  14.2   1.4     
 1948 29 BRO NL  159  101   17   4.5   104| .236  .273| .382  .347| .354  .403| .736  .750|  98  .502   1.2   0.1     
 1949 30 BSN NL  258  168   36   5.7   100| .271  .264| .369  .337| .443  .396| .812  .733| 121  .601   7.2   0.7     
 1950 31 BSN NL   98   63    7   3.0   103| .205  .262| .367  .338| .269  .407| .636  .745|  75  .299  -1.6  -0.2     
 1951 32 PIT NL  167  106   23   5.8   106| .271  .271| .389  .345| .421  .410| .810  .756| 115  .614   4.2   0.4  66%
 1952 33 CLE AL   48   40    3   2.0    91| .136  .253| .208  .332| .364  .369| .572  .701|  61  .211  -2.7  -0.3  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     3053 1933  451   6.2    98| .295  .268| .380  .341| .450  .386| .830  .727| 128  .669 107.0  10.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1940 21 BRO NL 3B 30 38 58 4 7 .960 .948 3.20 2.82 OF 17 21 0 1 0 .955 .977 1.24 2.17 5 1 9 SS 5 13 12 2 1 .926 .951 5.00 5.00 1941 22 BRO NL OF 133 356 14 7 0 .981 .975 2.78 2.15 0 133 2 AS 1942 23 BRO NL OF 125 277 9 9 2 .969 .981 2.29 2.15 0 125 0 AS 1946 27 BRO NL OF 97 205 14 5 2 .978 .977 2.26 2.16 69 28 0 AS 3B 15 16 32 2 2 .960 .952 3.20 2.84 AS 1947 28 BRO NL OF 108 240 3 3 0 .988 .977 2.25 2.19 51 62 0 1948 29 BRO NL OF 30 52 1 1 0 .981 .978 1.77 2.20 17 10 5 3B 4 4 7 1 1 .917 .940 2.75 2.80 1949 30 BSN NL OF 63 139 5 3 2 .980 .977 2.29 2.25 27 36 0 3B 4 3 5 1 2 .889 .952 2.00 2.98 1950 31 BSN NL OF 24 46 0 1 0 .979 .979 1.92 2.14 16 6 0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 1951 32 PIT NL OF 27 53 1 1 0 .982 .982 2.00 2.23 20 6 1 3B 5 3 7 1 1 .909 .952 2.00 3.10 1952 33 CLE AL OF 10 20 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.00 2.18 4 6 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1940 21 BRO NL 3B 30 38 58 4 7 .960 .948 3.20 2.82 1946 27 BRO NL 3B 15 16 32 2 2 .960 .952 3.20 2.84 1948 29 BRO NL 3B 4 4 7 1 1 .917 .940 2.75 2.80 1949 30 BSN NL 3B 4 3 5 1 2 .889 .952 2.00 2.98 1950 31 BSN NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 1951 32 PIT NL 3B 5 3 7 1 1 .909 .952 2.00 3.10 1940 21 BRO NL OF 17 21 0 1 0 .955 .977 1.24 2.17 5 1 9 1941 22 BRO NL OF 133 356 14 7 0 .981 .975 2.78 2.15 0 133 2 1942 23 BRO NL OF 125 277 9 9 2 .969 .981 2.29 2.15 0 125 0 1946 27 BRO NL OF 97 205 14 5 2 .978 .977 2.26 2.16 69 28 0 1947 28 BRO NL OF 108 240 3 3 0 .988 .977 2.25 2.19 51 62 0 1948 29 BRO NL OF 30 52 1 1 0 .981 .978 1.77 2.20 17 10 5 1949 30 BSN NL OF 63 139 5 3 2 .980 .977 2.29 2.25 27 36 0 1950 31 BSN NL OF 24 46 0 1 0 .979 .979 1.92 2.14 16 6 0 1951 32 PIT NL OF 27 53 1 1 0 .982 .982 2.00 2.23 20 6 1 1952 33 CLE AL OF 10 20 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.00 2.18 4 6 0 1940 21 BRO NL SS 5 13 12 2 1 .926 .951 5.00 5.00
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 634 1409 47 31 6 .979 .978 2.30 2.17 209 413 17 3B 59 64 109 9 13 .951 .949 2.93 2.86 SS 5 13 12 2 1 .926 .951 5.00 5.00 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 698 1486 168 42 20 .975 .974 2.37 2.25
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1941   WS    BRO NYY     L   5  20   1   4  1  1  1   3   1   6  .200  .238  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
 1947   WS    BRO NYY     L   5   8   1   2  0  0  0   0   3   1  .250  .455  .250   0  1   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2  10  28   2   6  1  1  1   3   4   7  .214  .313  .429   0  1   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1941   BRO NL   *   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
 1942   BRO NL   *   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
 1946   BRO NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/3      2   7   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   2   0  0   0   0   0  .143  .143  .143 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1941 (CF)
1942 (CF)
1946

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1941-NL-2-0.54
1942-NL-6-0.27
1946-NL-9-0.17
Car-242-0.98 shares

Batting Average
1941 NL-.343-1
1942 NL-.310-4

On-base %
1941 NL-.406-4
1942 NL-.375-10

Slugging %
1941 NL-.558-1
1942 NL-.463-8
1946 NL-.428-10

OPS
1941 NL-.964-1
1942 NL-.838-8

Runs
1941 NL-117-1
1942 NL-89-5
1946 NL-75-10

Hits
1941 NL-184-2

Total Bases
1941 NL-299-1

Doubles
1941 NL-39-1
1942 NL-33-5

Triples
1941 NL-17-1

RBI
1946 NL-73-8

Strikeouts
1941 NL-71-8
1946 NL-58-8

Stolen Bases
1942 NL-20-1
1946 NL-34-1
1947 NL-14-2

Singles
1941 NL-114-9

Adjusted OPS+
1941 NL-165-1
1942 NL-143-8

Runs Created
1941 NL-118-1
1942 NL-83-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
1941 NL-46-2
1942 NL-26-9

Batting Wins
1941 NL-4.7-2
1942 NL-2.8-9

Extra-Base Hits
1941 NL-70-1
1942 NL-48-7

Times on Base
1941 NL-241-6

Offensive Win%
1941 NL-.793-1
1942 NL-.733-7
1946 NL-.644-10

Hit By Pitch
1941 NL-11-1

Power/Speed Number
1942 NL-13.3-2
1946 NL-16.6-1

At Bats per Home Run
1946 NL-38.5-9

Youngest Player
1940 NL-21-10

       

Black Ink: Batting - 17 (130) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 44 (559) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 17.0 (814) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 37.5 (485) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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