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Pete Vuckovich
Peter Dennis Vuckovich

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 220 lb.
School Clarion University of Pennsylvania

Debut August 3, 1975
vs. MIN 2.3 IP, 7 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 7 ER, L
Final Game October 2, 1986
Born October 27, 1952 in Johnstown, PA

Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1975 22 CHW AL   0   1   4   2   0   0   1  0   10.3   17   15   15   0    7    5   0   3    52   1   0 13.06  3.90   30 2.323
 1976 23 CHW AL   7   4  33   7   1   0  15  0  110.3  122   59   57   3   60   62   4   0   500   4   1  4.65  3.59   77 1.650
 1977 24 TOR AL   7   7  53   8   3   1  35  8  148.0  143   64   57  13   59  123   5  12   633   5   0  3.47  4.19  121 1.365
 1978 25 STL NL  12  12  45  23   6   2  15  1  198.3  187   65   56   9   59  149   2   7   819   5   2  2.54  3.54  139 1.240
 1979 26 STL NL  15  10  34  32   9   0   0  0  233.0  229  108   93  22   64  145   3   7   968   4   3  3.59  3.82  106 1.258
 1980 27 STL NL  12   9  32  30   7   3   1  1  222.3  203   96   84  18   68  132   2   5   907   5   2  3.40  3.72  109 1.219
 1981 28 MIL AL  14   4  24  23   2   1   0  0  149.7  137   61   59   9   57   84   4   1   620   1   0  3.55  3.44   97 1.296 CYA-4
 1982 29 MIL AL  18   6  30  30   9   1   0  0  223.7  234   96   83  14  102  105   5   6   971   1   0  3.34  3.80  114 1.502 MVP-18,CYA-1
 1983 30 MIL AL   0   2   3   3   0   0   0  0   14.7   15    9    8   0   10   10   1   0    69   1   0  4.91  3.75   76 1.705
 1985 32 MIL AL   6  10  22  22   1   0   0  0  112.7  134   74   69  16   48   55   7   3   511   2   0  5.51  4.19   76 1.615
 1986 33 MIL AL   2   4   6   6   0   0   0  0   32.3   33   18   11   3   11   12   2   2   139   0   2  3.06  4.35  142 1.361
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .574  93  69 286 186  38   8  67 10 1455.3 1454  665  592 107  545  882  35  46  6189  29  10  3.66  3.78  103 1.374
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13   9  41  26   5   1   9  1  209.3  209   95   85  15   78  127   5   6   891   4   1  3.66  3.78  103 1.374
 Career High     18  12  53  32   9   3  35  8  233.0  234  108   93  22  102  149   7  12   971   5   3  2.54  4.19  139 1.219

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1978 25 STL NL  45   58    4    8   1  0   0    3   0  0   1  22  .138  .153  .155  -13    9   7   0   0   0   0
 1979 26 STL NL  34   79    7   12   0  0   0    3   0  0   1  14  .152  .159  .152  -15   12   8   2   0   0   2
 1980 27 STL NL  32   71    4   13   6  0   0    7   1  0   1  13  .183  .194  .268   26   19   9   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     286  208   15   33   7  0   0   13   1  0   3  49  .159  .169  .192   -1   40  24   2   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        118    8   19   4  0   0    7   1  0   2  28  .159  .169  .192   -1   23  14   1   0   0   2
 Career High     53   79    7   13   6  0   0    7   1  0   1  22                          19   9   2   0   0   2

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1978 25 STL NL   66   57    2   0.9    94| .138  .261| .153  .329| .155  .384| .308  .712| -13  .061  -8.9  -0.9   0%
 1979 26 STL NL   90   79    2   0.7   101| .152  .271| .159  .337| .152  .403| .311  .740| -15  .032 -12.9  -1.3   0%
 1980 27 STL NL   81   68    4   1.6    98| .183  .271| .194  .334| .268  .394| .462  .728|  26  .142  -7.2  -0.8 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons      237  204    8   1.1    98| .159  .268| .169  .334| .192  .394| .361  .728|  -1  .072 -29.0  -3.0 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1975 22 CHW AL   P    4      1    2    0    0 1.000  .938  0.75  0.85  2.62  1.83    2   10.3
 1976 23 CHW AL   P   33      3   19    3    0  .880  .948  0.67  0.85  1.80  1.87    7  110.3
 1977 24 TOR AL   P   53      9   23    5    3  .865  .947  0.60  0.84  1.95  1.95    8  148.0
 1978 25 STL NL   P   45     12   34    2    4  .958  .950  1.02  0.72  2.09  1.91   23  198.3
 1979 26 STL NL   P   34     14   28    5    2  .894  .950  1.24  0.66  1.62  1.80   32  233.0
 1980 27 STL NL   P   32     16   28    1    3  .978  .952  1.38  0.69  1.78  1.91   30  222.3
 1981 28 MIL AL   P   24     11   27    0    1 1.000  .962  1.58  0.81  2.28  1.98   23  149.7
 1982 29 MIL AL   P   30     13   39    4    1  .929  .958  1.73  0.73  2.09  1.80   30  223.7
 1983 30 MIL AL   P    3      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  0.73  1.22  1.78    3   14.7
 1985 32 MIL AL   P   22      5   14    1    1  .950  .955  0.86  0.70  1.52  1.86   22  112.7
 1986 33 MIL AL   P    6      2    7    0    0 1.000  .957  1.50  0.68  2.51  1.84    6   32.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1975 22 CHW AL   P    4      1    2    0    0 1.000  .938  0.75  0.85  2.62  1.83    2   10.3
 1976 23 CHW AL   P   33      3   19    3    0  .880  .948  0.67  0.85  1.80  1.87    7  110.3
 1977 24 TOR AL   P   53      9   23    5    3  .865  .947  0.60  0.84  1.95  1.95    8  148.0
 1978 25 STL NL   P   45     12   34    2    4  .958  .950  1.02  0.72  2.09  1.91   23  198.3
 1979 26 STL NL   P   34     14   28    5    2  .894  .950  1.24  0.66  1.62  1.80   32  233.0
 1980 27 STL NL   P   32     16   28    1    3  .978  .952  1.38  0.69  1.78  1.91   30  222.3
 1981 28 MIL AL   P   24     11   27    0    1 1.000  .962  1.58  0.81  2.28  1.98   23  149.7
 1982 29 MIL AL   P   30     13   39    4    1  .929  .958  1.73  0.73  2.09  1.80   30  223.7
 1983 30 MIL AL   P    3      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  0.73  1.22  1.78    3   14.7
 1985 32 MIL AL   P   22      5   14    1    1  .950  .955  0.86  0.70  1.52  1.86   22  112.7
 1986 33 MIL AL   P    6      2    7    0    0 1.000  .957  1.50  0.68  2.51  1.84    6   32.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 286     87  222   21   15  .936  .953  1.08  0.75  1.91  1.88  186 1455.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       286     87  222   21   15  .936  .953  1.08  0.75  1.91  1.88  186   1455

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1981   ALDS  MIL NYY     L   2   1   0.00  1  0  0  0   5.1   2   0   3   4 
 1982   ALCS  MIL CAL     W   2   2   4.40  0  1  0  1  14.1  15   7   7   8 
        WS    MIL STL     L   2   2   4.50  0  1  0  0  14    16   7   5   4 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  3 Postseason Ser      1-2   6   5   3.74  1  2  0  1  33.2  33  14  15  16 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1981   ALDS  MIL NYY     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1982   ALCS  MIL CAL     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    MIL STL     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Postseason Series   1-2   6   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

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.

Awards
1982-AL-CYA

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1982-AL-18-0.03
Car-1205-0.03 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1981-AL-4-0.06
1982-AL-1-0.62
1 Cy Young
Car-72-0.68 shares

ERA
1978 NL-2.54-3
1982 AL-3.34-6

Wins
1979 NL-15-9
1981 AL-14-1
1982 AL-18-2

Won-Loss %
1981 AL-.778-2
1982 AL-.750-1

Strikeouts/9IP
1978 NL-6.76-3
1979 NL-5.60-9

Strikeouts
1979 NL-145-7
1980 NL-132-10

Games Started
1981 AL-23-9

Comp. Games
1980 NL-7-10

Shutouts
1980 NL-3-4

Home Runs Allow.
1979 NL-22-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1981 AL-57-9
1982 AL-102-2

SO to Walk
1978 NL-2.53-7
1979 NL-2.27-10

Wild Pitches
1977 AL-12-4

Hit Batsmen
1985 AL-7-9

Games Finished
1977 AL-35-9

Adjusted ERA+
1978 NL-139-4

Black Ink: Pitching - 7 (324) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 38 (629) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 12.0 (650) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 23.0 (533) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
June 5, 1974: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft.
November 5, 1976: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Chicago White Sox as the 19th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.
December 6, 1977: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with a player to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals for Tom Underwood and Victor Cruz. The Toronto Blue Jays sent John Scott (December 16, 1977) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.
December 12, 1980: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Rollie Fingers and Ted Simmons to the Milwaukee Brewers for Sixto Lezcano, David Green, Lary Sorensen, and Dave LaPoint.
November 21, 1985: Granted Free Agency.
August 1, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
October 21, 1986: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Salaries Leaders
1985 Milwaukee Brewers $540,000

Career (may be incomplete) $540,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms
View Pete Vuckovich's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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Don't let the slovenly dress and fu man chu fool you, "Vuke" was a true competitor, as well as a gentleman and a scholar. The head of a wonderful family, he'll always be remembered as the heart of our Beloved '82 Crew. - The Osborne Clan

Awards 1982-AL-CYA	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1982-AL-18-0.03 Car-1205-0.03 shares	CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1981-AL-4-0.06 1982-AL-1-0.62 1 Cy Young Car-72-0.68 shares	ERA 1978 NL-2.54-3 1982 AL-3.34-6	Wins 1979 NL-15-9 1981 AL-14-1 1982 AL-18-2	Won-Loss % 1981 AL-.778-2 1982 AL-.750-1
Strikeouts/9IP 1978 NL-6.76-3 1979 NL-5.60-9	Strikeouts 1979 NL-145-7 1980 NL-132-10	Games Started 1981 AL-23-9	Comp. Games 1980 NL-7-10	Shutouts 1980 NL-3-4	Home Runs Allow. 1979 NL-22-9
Bases On Balls Allow. 1981 AL-57-9 1982 AL-102-2	SO to Walk 1978 NL-2.53-7 1979 NL-2.27-10	Wild Pitches 1977 AL-12-4	Hit Batsmen 1985 AL-7-9	Games Finished 1977 AL-35-9	Adjusted ERA+ 1978 NL-139-4