Pete Broberg

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: March 2, 1950 in West Palm Beach, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (2nd) of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Palm Beach HS (Palm Beach, FL) and the Washington Senators in the 1st round (1st) of the 1971 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH).

High School: Palm Beach HS (Palm Beach, FL)

School: Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH)

Debut: June 20, 1971 (Age 21-110d, 13,131st in major league history)
vs. BOS 6.1 IP, 3 H, 7 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: October 1, 1978 (Age 28-213d)
vs. MIL 4.2 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: Peter Sven Broberg

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.9

ERA

4.56

206

134

963.0

536

WHIP

1.475

Summary of 86 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 5 tying, 29 go ahead

4 Tms
TEX/WSA	39
MIL	23
OAK	16
CHC	8

Platoon
vs RHB	46
vs LHB	40

Home/Road
Home	46
Away	40

Outs
0	31
1	29
2	26

20 Opps
BOS	17
DET	9
CHW	7
CAL	6
BAL	6
MIN	5
OAK	5
NYY	5
KCR	5
TEX	4
CLE	4
MIL	3
CIN	2
PHI	2
SDP	1
SEA	1
PIT	1
MON	1
HOU	1
TOR	1

64 Batters
Jim Rice	4
Rico Petrocelli	4
John Mayberry	3
Bill Freehan	3
Cecil Cooper	2
Ron Blomberg	2
Vada Pinson	2
George Foster	2
Reggie Smith	2
Aurelio Rodríguez	2
Reggie Jackson	2
Bobby Darwin	2
Jim Spencer	2
Joe Lahoud	2
George Hendrick	2
Bill Stein	2
Henry Cruz	1
Ed Kirkpatrick	1
Roy Howell	1
Leroy Stanton	1
Sal Bando	1
Tim McCarver	1
César Cedeño	1
Lyman Bostock	1
Gates Brown	1
Ben Oglivie	1
Rich Dauer	1
John Kennedy	1
Craig Kusick	1
Bill Melton	1
Eddie Murray	1
Pat Kelly	1
George Mitterwald	1
Dick McAuliffe	1
Butch Hobson	1
Hosken Powell	1
Bobby Grich	1
Orlando Cepeda	1
Frank Robinson	1
Ken Singleton	1
Tom Hutton	1
Dave Winfield	1
Mike Epstein	1
Mickey Rivers	1
George Scott	1
Buddy Bell	1
Rick Dempsey	1
Bill Robinson	1
Ellis Valentine	1
Tom Paciorek	1
Bobby Murcer	1
Toby Harrah	1
Richie Scheinblum	1
Dick Allen	1
Norm Cash	1
Carlton Fisk	1
Jim Sundberg	1
Willie Horton	1
Larry Harlow	1
Oscar Gamble	1
Joe Rudi	1
Graig Nettles	1
John Lowenstein	1
Mike Hargrove	1

17 Parks
Arlington St (ARL)	16
RingCentral Col (OAK)	12
County Stad (MIL)	12
Fenway Pk (BOS)	10
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	7
RFK Stad (WAS)	6
Angel Stad (ANA)	5
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	4
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
Munic. Stad (KAN)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1

Where Hit
9	28
7	26
8	11
78	3
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	57
2·HR gms	10
3·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	43
1--	23
--3	6
12-	5
-2-	3
1-3	3
123	2
-23	1

142 Runs
RISP	20
0 on	43
1 on	32
2 on	9
3 on	2
Any on	43

Inning
1	7
2	10
3	12
4	13
5	16
6	10
7	7
8	8
9	3

1-3	29
4-6	39
7-end	18

RelScore
+4..	12
+3	5
+2	7
+1	12
Tied	24
-1	6
-2	8
-3	6
-4..	6

Ahead	36
Tied	24
Behind	26

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	17
1B	15
LF	11
3B	11
CF	9
C	8
DH	8
2B	7

OrderPos
3rd	18
5th	18
4th	11
6th	11
1st	9
8th	7
7th	5
2nd	4
9th	3

Leverage
High Lev	17
Medium Lev	30
Low Lev	39

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1971-06-25	Ron Blomberg	NYY		WSA	ahead 5-1	b 3	0	--3	2	5	9	3%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Alou Scores
2	2	2	1	1971-06-29	John Kennedy	BOS		WSA	ahead 3-0	b 2	2	--3	2	1	4	9%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Montgomery Scores/unER; J. Kennedy Scores/unER
3	3	3	1	1971-07-16	Bill Melton	CHW	@	WSA	tied 0-0	t 6	1	--3	2	4	5	21%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Kelly Scores
4	4	4	1	1971-08-24	Jim Spencer	CAL		WSA	behind 0-1	b 9	1	1--	2	5	3	82%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); J. Fregosi Scores
5	5	5	1	1971-08-29 (1)	Reggie Jackson	OAK		WSA	ahead 2-0	b 3	1	---	1	3	9	8%	85%		Home Run (LF-CF)
6	6	6	1	1971-09-08	Gates Brown	DET	@	WSA	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	7	12%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	7	2	1971-09-08	Aurelio Rodríguez	DET	@	WSA	tied 1-1	t 3	0	---	1	2	5	13%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	8	3	1971-09-08	Bill Freehan	DET	@	WSA	ahead 3-2	t 8	1	1--	2	5	2	16%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); N. Cash Scores
9	9	9	1	1971-09-19	Joe Lahoud	BOS	@	WSA	behind 0-1	t 2	2	-2-	2	7	9	23%	59%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Petrocelli Scores
10	10	10	2	1971-09-19	Rico Petrocelli	BOS	@	WSA	tied 3-3	t 6	1	---	1	5	5	20%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1972-05-29 (1)	Joe Rudi	OAK	@	TEX	behind 0-1	t 7	0	---	1	2	7	23%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	2	2	1972-05-29 (1)	George Hendrick	OAK	@	TEX	tied 1-1	t 7	1	12-	3	6	8	35%	92%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Jackson Scores; S. Bando Scores
13	13	3	1	1972-06-19	Reggie Smith	BOS		TEX	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	9	21%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Yastrzemski Scores
14	14	4	2	1972-06-19	Rico Petrocelli	BOS		TEX	ahead 4-0	b 5	0	1--	2	5	5	3%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Smith Scores
15	15	5	1	1972-06-29	Vada Pinson	CAL	@	TEX	tied 1-1	t 3	0	12-	3	3	9	23%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Alomar Scores; K. Berry Scores
16	16	6	1	1972-07-02 (2)	Richie Scheinblum	KCR		TEX	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	9	13%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	7	1	1972-07-21	Dick McAuliffe	DET	@	TEX	behind 0-1	t 5	2	---	1	1	4	18%	45%		Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	8	2	1972-07-21	Norm Cash	DET	@	TEX	tied 1-1	t 6	1	1--	2	5	3	31%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Northrup Scores
19	19	9	1	1972-08-01	Bobby Darwin	MIN	@	TEX	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	---	1	6	8	9%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	10	1	1972-08-19	Bobby Murcer	NYY	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 3	2	1--	2	3	8	26%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Allen Scores
21	21	11	2	1972-08-19	Ron Blomberg	NYY	@	TEX	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	1--	2	5	3	15%	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. White Scores
22	22	12	1	1972-08-27	Rico Petrocelli	BOS		TEX	ahead 5-0	b 5	2	---	1	5	5	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	13	1	1972-09-02	Joe Lahoud	MIL	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	9	21%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Theobald Scores
24	24	14	1	1972-09-24	Dick Allen	CHW		TEX	ahead 5-4	b 8	2	--3	2	3	3	9%	98%		Home Run (Deep CF); P. Kelly Scores
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1973-04-21	Bobby Darwin	MIN		TEX	behind 0-3	b 2	0	1--	2	5	9	16%	44%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Oliva Scores
26	26	2	1	1973-05-02	Orlando Cepeda	BOS		TEX	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	123	4	5	DH	24%	93%		Home Run (Deep CF); L. Aparicio Scores; C. Yastrzemski Scores; R. Smith Scores
27	27	3	1	1973-05-23	Sal Bando	OAK		TEX	behind 3-5	b 2	2	1-3	3	3	DH	31%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Campaneris Scores; Á. Mangual Scores
28	28	4	1	1973-05-30	Oscar Gamble	CLE	@	TEX	tied 1-1	t 7	0	---	1	6	DH	21%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	5	1	1973-06-08	Reggie Smith	BOS	@	TEX	behind 1-3	t 6	0	---	1	2	8	12%	33%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	6	1	1973-06-13	Buddy Bell	CLE		TEX	behind 0-2	b 5	2	---	1	1	5	12%	35%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	7	1	1973-06-18	George Mitterwald	MIN		TEX	tied 2-2	b 4	1	---	1	8	2	13%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	8	1	1973-06-23	Ed Kirkpatrick	KCR		TEX	behind 0-3	b 6	2	1--	2	5	7	20%	33%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Mayberry Scores
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1974-04-07	Reggie Jackson	OAK	@	TEX	ahead 2-1	t 5	0	12-	3	4	9	17%	91%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Campaneris Scores; S. Bando Scores
34	34	2	1	1974-04-11	Leroy Stanton	CAL		TEX	behind 2-4	b 3	2	-23	3	7	9	33%	65%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Oliver Scores; M. Epstein Scores
35	35	3	2	1974-04-11	Frank Robinson	CAL		TEX	ahead 6-4	b 4	1	--3	2	4	DH	8%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Valentine Scores
36	36	4	3	1974-04-11	Mike Epstein	CAL		TEX	ahead 8-4	b 4	2	---	1	6	3	3%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	5	1	1974-07-11	Rico Petrocelli	BOS		TEX	ahead 7-1	b 7	2	--3	2	6	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Yastrzemski Scores
38	38	6	1	1974-07-14 (1)	George Scott	MIL		TEX	ahead 6-3	b 4	2	12-	3	4	3	10%	97%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Yount Scores; J. Briggs Scores
39	39	7	1	1974-09-02	Craig Kusick	MIN	@	TEX	ahead 6-2	t 8	0	-2-	2	7	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep CF); S. Braun Scores/unER
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1975-04-13	John Lowenstein	CLE	@	MIL	behind 0-1	t 9	0	---	1	1	DH	34%	50%		Home Run
41	41	2	1	1975-04-18	George Hendrick	CLE		MIL	behind 0-3	b 6	2	---	1	3	8	8%	19%		Home Run
42	42	3	1	1975-04-22	Bobby Grich	BAL	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 8	2	---	1	5	4	30%	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	4	1	1975-05-01	Willie Horton	DET	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	DH	18%	68%		Home Run; G. Sutherland Scores
44	44	5	1	1975-05-06	Bill Freehan	DET		MIL	behind 0-2	b 4	2	---	1	5	2	12%	37%		Home Run
45	45	6	1	1975-05-15	Roy Howell	TEX		MIL	behind 0-3	b 3	0	---	1	7	5	9%	31%		Home Run (Deep RF)
46	46	7	2	1975-05-15	Toby Harrah	TEX		MIL	behind 1-7	b 5	0	1--	2	8	4	6%	11%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Howell Scores
47	47	8	3	1975-05-15	Mike Hargrove	TEX		MIL	behind 4-8	b 8	0	---	1	3	DH	4%	8%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	9	1	1975-05-20	Jim Sundberg	TEX	@	MIL	behind 1-4	t 5	2	1--	2	9	2	17%	30%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Howell Scores
49	49	10	1	1975-05-31	John Mayberry	KCR	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	3	11%	61%		Home Run
50	50	11	2	1975-05-31	Vada Pinson	KCR	@	MIL	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	1	2	9	11%	70%		Home Run
51	51	12	1	1975-06-10	Pat Kelly	CHW		MIL	behind 0-1	b 5	1	---	1	1	9	16%	54%		Home Run (CF-RF)
52	52	13	1	1975-06-25	Bill Freehan	DET	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	-2-	2	6	2	14%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Roberts Scores
53	53	14	1	1975-07-02 (2)	Cecil Cooper	BOS	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	6	DH	11%	59%		Home Run
54	54	15	1	1975-07-06 (2)	Aurelio Rodríguez	DET		MIL	ahead 4-1	b 2	0	---	1	9	5	6%	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
55	55	16	1	1975-07-08	John Mayberry	KCR		MIL	ahead 5-0	b 4	1	1-3	3	4	3	3%	99%		Home Run; J. Wohlford Scores; H. McRae Scores
56	56	17	1	1975-07-20 (2)	Bill Stein	CHW		MIL	behind 2-4	b 4	0	123	4	8	4	26%	79%		Home Run; K. Henderson Scores; B. Melton Scores; N. Nyman Scores
57	57	18	1	1975-07-28	Carlton Fisk	BOS		MIL	behind 2-4	b 4	0	1--	2	6	2	20%	56%		Home Run (LF-CF); J. Rice Scores/unER
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1976-06-10	Jim Spencer	CHW	@	MIL	ahead 6-1	t 5	0	1--	2	3	3	3%	98%		Home Run; C. Lemon Scores
59	59	2	1	1976-06-27 (2)	Graig Nettles	NYY		MIL	ahead 2-1	b 3	1	---	1	5	5	11%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF)
60	60	3	1	1976-07-04	Cecil Cooper	BOS	@	MIL	tied 1-1	t 5	0	1--	2	1	3	23%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Montgomery Scores
61	61	4	1	1976-07-18	Bill Stein	CHW		MIL	ahead 10-3	b 8	1	12-	3	8	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Nordhagen Scores; B. Dent Scores
62	62	5	1	1976-09-23	Jim Rice	BOS		MIL	ahead 5-2	b 5	2	1--	2	5	7	8%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Montgomery Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
63	63	1	1	1977-07-06	Ellis Valentine	MON	@	CHC	behind 5-7	t 7	1	---	1	3	9	11%	27%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
64	64	2	1	1977-07-24 (1)	César Cedeño	HOU	@	CHC	ahead 6-3	t 5	2	1--	2	6	8	11%	92%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); A. Howe Scores
65	65	3	1	1977-07-27 (1)	George Foster	CIN	@	CHC	ahead 2-1	t 6	0	---	1	4	7	12%	77%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
66	66	4	1	1977-08-02	George Foster	CIN		CHC	behind 1-5	b 9	0	---	1	4	7	2%	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
67	67	5	1	1977-08-05	Dave Winfield	SDP	@	CHC	ahead 10-8	t 8	1	---	1	4	9	7%	92%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
68	68	6	1	1977-08-12	Tim McCarver	PHI	@	CHC	ahead 7-2	t 5	2	---	1	7	2	3%	95%		Home Run (Deep RF)
69	69	7	2	1977-08-12	Tom Hutton	PHI	@	CHC	ahead 8-2	t 8	0	---	1	6	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
70	70	8	1	1977-08-18	Bill Robinson	PIT	@	CHC	ahead 5-4	t 6	0	---	1	4	3	12%	77%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF)
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
71	71	1	1	1978-05-19	Henry Cruz	CHW	@	OAK	ahead 3-2	t 7	2	---	1	8	8	14%	81%		Home Run
72	72	2	1	1978-05-29	Ben Oglivie	MIL		OAK	behind 0-5	b 6	1	1--	2	5	7	7%	12%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Cooper Scores
73	73	3	1	1978-06-05	Butch Hobson	BOS	@	OAK	behind 1-8	t 5	0	---	1	9	5	1%	3%		Home Run
74	74	4	2	1978-06-05	Jim Rice	BOS	@	OAK	behind 3-8	t 7	2	1--	2	3	7	4%	6%		Home Run; R. Burleson Scores
75	75	5	1	1978-06-09	Eddie Murray	BAL	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 4	1	1--	2	3	3	23%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Smith Scores
76	76	6	2	1978-06-09	Rick Dempsey	BAL	@	OAK	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	---	1	8	2	9%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
77	77	7	1	1978-06-14	Jim Rice	BOS		OAK	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	2	3	7	16%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Remy Scores
78	78	8	1	1978-07-03	Tom Paciorek	SEA		OAK	behind 0-3	b 4	1	1--	2	6	7	18%	39%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Meyer Scores
79	79	9	1	1978-07-09	Hosken Powell	MIN	@	OAK	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	1	1	9	11%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF)
80	80	10	1	1978-07-16	John Mayberry	TOR	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	3	12%	59%		Home Run
81	81	11	1	1978-08-02	Lyman Bostock	CAL		OAK	ahead 2-0	b 6	0	---	1	3	9	6%	92%		Home Run (Deep RF)
82	82	12	1	1978-08-16	Mickey Rivers	NYY	@	OAK	ahead 2-1	t 5	0	---	1	1	8	12%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF)
83	83	13	1	1978-08-22	Larry Harlow	BAL	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	8	11%	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
84	84	14	2	1978-08-22	Ken Singleton	BAL	@	OAK	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	---	1	3	9	10%	69%		Home Run
85	85	15	1	1978-08-29	Rich Dauer	BAL		OAK	ahead 4-0	b 4	0	---	1	8	4	3%	96%		Home Run
86	86	16	1	1978-09-03	Jim Rice	BOS		OAK	tied 5-5	b 4	1	1-3	3	3	7	21%	85%		Home Run; J. Brohamer Scores; F. Lynn Scores