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, 5,792nd 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

Name Note: born Peter William Jablonowski and legally changed name in 1933

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.3

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
1926	22	WBY	A	7	6	.538	4.30	23						138.0	138	79	66		51									1.370	9.0		3.3			WBY EL
1927	23	HFD	A	9	8	.529	2.99	40						226.0	208	94	75		93									1.332	8.3		3.7			HFD EL
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	CLB	AA	2	2	.500	5.54	7						39.0	50	28	24		6									1.436	11.5		1.4			CLB AA
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

1929	25	CLB	AA	18	12	.600	4.72	41						246.0	290	156	129		73									1.476	10.6		2.7			CLB AA
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	11	13	.458	4.59	39						208.0	224	122	106		85									1.486	9.7		3.7			ROC,BLT IL
1935	31	MTL	AA	23	9	.719	3.17	41						244.0	211	93	86		80									1.193	7.8		3.0			MTL 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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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	WSH-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
1949	45	SHD,DAL	B,AA	9	10	.474	3.64	30						146.0	159	71	59		47									1.411	9.8		2.9			SHD,DAL BSTL,TL
1950	46	WSH-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	WSH-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		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		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		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		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		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		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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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 on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Hall of Fame Statistics

Similarity Scores

Transactions

Salaries

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