Pete Appleton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: May 20, 1904 in Terryville, CT us

Died: January 18, 1974 in Trenton, NJ

Buried: St. Gertrude Cemetery, Colonia, NJ

School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Debut: September 14, 1927 (Age 23-117d, 5,785th in MLB history)
vs. PHI 6.2 IP, 6 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: September 20, 1945 (Age 41-123d)
vs. NYY 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: Peter William Appleton

Nicknames: Jake

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.7

W

L

ERA

4.30

G

341

GS

SV

IP

1141.0

SO

420

WHIP

1.466

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1927	23	CIN	NL	2	1	.667	1.82	6	2	3	2	1	0	29.2	29	7	6	0	17		3	0	1	1	128	214	4.54	1.551	8.8	0.0	5.2	0.9	0.18
1928	24	CIN	NL	3	4	.429	4.68	31	3	19	0	0	0	82.2	101	50	43	7	22		20	2	0	2	361	85	4.39	1.488	11.0	0.8	2.4	2.2	0.91

1930	26	CLE	AL	8	7	.533	4.02	39	7	20	2	0	1	118.2	122	71	53	8	53		45	5	0	2	527	119	5.09	1.475	9.3	0.6	4.0	3.4	0.85
1931	27	CLE	AL	4	4	.500	4.63	29	4	16	3	0	2	79.2	100	51	41	2	29		25	1	0	3	371	100	3.94	1.619	11.3	0.2	3.3	2.8	0.86
1932	28	NYY-min	AA	11	1	.917	3.73	12						94.0	94	41	39		29									1.309	9.0		2.8			NWK IL
1932	28	TOT	AL	0	3	.000	5.29	15	3	5	0	0	0	51.0	60	46	30	3	29		16	2	0	1	247	86	4.98	1.745	10.6	0.5	5.1	2.8	0.55
1932	28	CLE	AL	0	0		16.20	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	11	11	9	1	3		1	0	0	0	30	31	7.02	2.800	19.8	1.8	5.4	1.8	0.33
1932	28	BOS	AL	0	3	.000	4.11	11	3	4	0	0	0	46.0	49	35	21	2	26		15	2	0	1	217	109	4.76	1.630	9.6	0.4	5.1	2.9	0.58
1933	29	NYY-min	AA	13	7	.650	3.88	22						167.0	159	85	72		61									1.317	8.6		3.3			NWK IL
1933	29	NYY	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	9		4.30	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00

1934	30	STL-min	AA																															ROC IL
1936	32	WSH	AL	14	9	.609	3.53	38	20	17	12	1	2	201.2	199	94	79	7	77		77	3	0	5	868	135	4.14	1.369	8.9	0.3	3.4	3.4	1.00
1937	33	WSH	AL	8	15	.348	4.39	35	18	9	7	4	2	168.0	167	103	82	16	72		62	5	0	4	732	101	4.92	1.423	8.9	0.9	3.9	3.3	0.86
1938	34	WSH	AL	7	9	.438	4.60	43	10	23	5	0	5	164.1	175	99	84	12	61		62	1	0	8	722	98	4.25	1.436	9.6	0.7	3.3	3.4	1.02
1939	35	WSH	AL	5	10	.333	4.56	40	4	27	2	0	7	102.2	104	62	52	7	48		50	4	0	2	459	95	4.40	1.481	9.1	0.6	4.2	4.4	1.04
1940	36	CHW	AL	4	0	1.000	5.62	25	0	16	0	0	5	57.2	54	39	36	8	28		21	1	0	3	254	79	5.42	1.422	8.4	1.2	4.4	3.3	0.75
1941	37	CHW	AL	0	3	.000	5.27	13	0	11	0	0	1	27.1	27	21	16	4	17	0	12	2	0	1	127	79	5.77	1.610	8.9	1.3	5.6	4.0	0.71
1942	38	TOT	AL	1	1	.500	3.09	18	0	16	0	0	2	32.0	27	11	11	1	14	0	14	0	0	0	133	123	3.26	1.281	7.6	0.3	3.9	3.9	1.00
1942	38	CHW	AL	0	0		3.86	4	0	4	0	0	0	4.2	2	2	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	19	101	3.49	1.071	3.9	0.0	5.8	3.9	0.67
1942	38	SLB	AL	1	1	.500	2.96	14	0	12	0	0	2	27.1	25	9	9	1	11	0	12	0	0	0	114	128	3.22	1.317	8.2	0.3	3.6	4.0	1.09

1945	41	TOT	AL	1	0	1.000	4.56	8	2	3	1	0	1	23.2	19	13	12	1	18	0	13	0	0	0	106	72	4.27	1.563	7.2	0.4	6.8	4.9	0.72
1945	41	SLB	AL	0	0		15.43	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	3	5	4	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	18	27	10.68	4.286	11.6	0.0	27.0	3.9	0.14
1945	41	WSH	AL	1	0	1.000	3.38	6	2	2	1	0	1	21.1	16	8	8	1	11	0	12	0	0	0	88	94	3.57	1.266	6.8	0.4	4.6	5.1	1.09
1946	42	DET-min	AAA	9	5	.643	3.66	36	1		0	0		91.0	89	40	37		40		56	1	0	1				1.418	8.8		4.0	5.5	1.40	BFL IL
1947	43	DET-min	AAA	7	7	.500	3.68	36	5		3	0		115.0	107	62	47		55		53	0	0	6				1.409	8.4		4.3	4.1	0.96	BFL IL
1948	44	MIN-DET-min	B,AAA	12	4	.750	3.54	18	17		0	0		155.0	153	74	61		32		0	0	0	0				1.194	8.9		1.9	0.0	0.00	SHD,BFL BSTL,IL
1950	46	MIN-min	A	2	2	.500	2.25	13						28.0	24	12	7	1	7									1.107	7.7	0.3	2.3			AUG SALL
1951	47	MIN-min	C					10																										ERI MATL
14 Yrs				57	66	.463	4.30	341	73	186	34	6	28	1141.0	1187	667	545	76	486	0	420	26	1	32	5044	104	4.53	1.466	9.4	0.6	3.8	3.3	0.86
162 Game Avg.				9	11	.463	4.30	56	12	31	6	1	5	187	195	110	90	12	80	0	69	4	0	5	828	104	4.53	1.466	9.4	0.6	3.8	3.3	0.86
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
WSH (5 yrs)				35	43	.449	4.17	162	54	78	27	5	17	658.0	661	366	305	43	269	0	263	13	0	19	2869	108	4.39	1.413	9.0	0.6	3.7	3.6	0.98
CLE (3 yrs)				12	11	.522	4.56	72	11	37	5	0	3	203.1	233	133	103	11	85		71	6	0	5	928	104	4.68	1.564	10.3	0.5	3.8	3.1	0.84
CHW (3 yrs)				4	3	.571	5.42	42	0	31	0	0	6	89.2	83	62	54	12	48	0	35	3	0	4	400	80	5.43	1.461	8.3	1.2	4.8	3.5	0.73
CIN (2 yrs)				5	5	.500	3.93	37	5	22	2	1	0	112.1	130	57	49	7	39		23	2	1	3	489	101	4.43	1.504	10.4	0.6	3.1	1.8	0.59
SLB (2 yrs)				1	1	.500	3.94	16	0	13	0	0	2	29.2	28	14	13	1	18	0	13	0	0	0	132	97	3.81	1.551	8.5	0.3	5.5	3.9	0.72
BOS (1 yr)				0	3	.000	4.11	11	3	4	0	0	0	46.0	49	35	21	2	26		15	2	0	1	217	109	4.76	1.630	9.6	0.4	5.1	2.9	0.58
NYY (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	9		4.30	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00

AL (12 yrs)				52	61	.460	4.34	304	68	164	32	5	28	1028.2	1057	610	496	69	447	0	397	24	0	29	4555	104	4.54	1.462	9.2	0.6	3.9	3.5	0.89
NL (2 yrs)				5	5	.500	3.93	37	5	22	2	1	0	112.1	130	57	49	7	39		23	2	1	3	489	101	4.43	1.504	10.4	0.6	3.1	1.8	0.59

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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Pete Appleton

SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

Player News

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Standard Fielding

Appearances

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Hall of Fame Statistics

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