Gary Peters

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: April 21, 1937 in Grove City, PA us

High School: Mercer HS (Mercer, PA)

School: Grove City College (Grove City, PA)

Debut: September 10, 1959 (Age 22-142d, 9,284th in MLB history)
vs. WSH 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 23, 1972 (Age 35-155d)
vs. DET 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1963 season

Full Name: Gary Charles Peters

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Rookie of the Year
2x All-Star
2x ERA Title

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

28.7

W

124

L

103

ERA

3.25

G

359

GS

286

SV

IP

2081.0

SO

1420

WHIP

1.249

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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
1956	19	CHW-min	D	10	5	.667	2.81	25	12					128.0	120	58	40	12	58									1.391	8.4	0.8	4.1			HDG NESL
1957	20	CHW-min	D	10	6	.625	2.75	19	14		10	0		131.0	120	62	40	7	51		103	6	0	10				1.305	8.2	0.5	3.5	7.1	2.02	DBQ MIDW
1958	21	CHW-min	B,A	13	9	.591	4.41	31	26		12	2		190.0	226	109	93	14	97		112	3	0	5				1.700	10.7	0.7	4.6	5.3	1.15	DAV,CSP IIIL,WL
1959	22	CHW-min	AAA	13	11	.542	3.56	35	27		12	3		192.0	170	83	76	7	68	5	96	1	1	3				1.240	8.0	0.3	3.2	4.5	1.41	INA AA
1959	22	CHW	AL	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	7		6.54	4.000	18.0	0.0	18.0	9.0	0.50
1960	23	CHW-min	AAA	12	9	.571	4.34	33	24		11	2		172.0	191	99	83	13	49		127	1	1	6				1.395	10.0	0.7	2.6	6.6	2.59	SDG PCL
1960	23	CHW	AL	0	0		2.70	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	4	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	15	159	1.03	1.500	10.8	0.0	2.7	10.8	4.00
1961	24	CHW-min	AAA	13	10	.565	3.59	28	27		12	3		198.0	189	90	79	12	77	2	127	7	0	7				1.343	8.6	0.5	3.5	5.8	1.65	SDG PCL
1961	24	CHW	AL	0	0		1.74	3	0	2	0	0	1	10.1	10	2	2	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	41	233	1.99	1.161	8.7	0.0	1.7	5.2	3.00
1962	25	CHW-min	AAA	8	10	.444	3.69	23	23		8	3		161.0	155	77	66	9	64	2	121	4	0	10				1.360	8.7	0.5	3.6	6.8	1.89	INA AA
1962	25	CHW	AL	0	1	.000	5.68	5	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	8	5	4	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	29	73	2.30	1.421	11.4	0.0	1.4	5.7	4.00
1963	26	CHW	AL	19	8	.704	2.33	41	30	4	13	4	1	243.0	192	69	63	9	68	2	189	8	0	5	978	150	2.34	1.070	7.1	*0.3*	2.5	7.0	2.78	MVP-8,RoY-1
1964	27	CHW	AL	20	8	.714	2.50	37	36	0	11	3	0	273.2	217	89	76	20	104	9	205	7	0	15	1117	138	3.27	1.173	7.1	0.7	3.4	6.7	1.97	AS,MVP-7
1965	28	CHW	AL	10	12	.455	3.62	33	30	1	1	0	0	176.1	181	76	71	19	63	8	95	4	0	8	764	87	3.98	1.384	9.2	1.0	3.2	4.8	1.51
1966	29	CHW	AL	12	10	.545	1.98	30	27	3	11	4	0	204.2	156	54	45	11	45	6	129	3	1	11	801	160	2.70	0.982	6.9	0.5	2.0	5.7	2.87
1967	30	CHW	AL	16	11	.593	2.28	38	36	0	11	3	0	260.0	187	81	66	15	91	8	215	11	1	7	1060	132	2.81	1.069	*6.5*	0.5	3.2	7.4	2.36	AS,MVP-9
1968	31	CHW	AL	4	13	.235	3.76	31	25	4	6	1	1	162.2	146	79	68	7	60	6	110	7	1	9	684	85	2.83	1.266	8.1	0.4	3.3	6.1	1.83
1969	32	CHW	AL	10	15	.400	4.53	36	32	2	7	3	0	218.2	238	118	110	21	78	1	140	5	0	9	946	86	3.62	1.445	9.8	0.9	3.2	5.8	1.79
1970	33	BOS	AL	16	11	.593	4.06	34	34	0	10	4	0	221.2	221	114	100	20	83	2	155	7	0	16	960	98	3.63	1.371	9.0	0.8	3.4	6.3	1.87
1971	34	BOS	AL	14	11	.560	4.37	34	32	1	9	1	1	214.0	241	111	104	25	70	3	100	6	0	2	927	85	4.10	1.453	10.1	1.1	2.9	4.2	1.43
1972	35	BOS	AL	3	3	.500	4.32	33	4	17	0	0	1	85.1	91	48	41	10	38	8	67	3	0	1	378	75	3.79	1.512	9.6	1.1	4.0	7.1	1.76
14 Yrs				124	103	.546	3.25	359	286	35	79	23	5	2081.0	1894	847	751	157	706	53	1420	62	3	83	8707	106	3.24	1.249	8.2	0.7	3.1	6.1	2.01
162 Game Avg.				13	11	.546	3.25	38	30	4	8	2	1	219	200	89	79	17	74	6	150	7	0	9	918	106	3.24	1.249	8.2	0.7	3.1	6.1	2.01

CHW (11 yrs)				91	78	.538	2.92	258	216	17	60	18	3	1560.0	1341	574	506	102	515	40	1098	46	3	64	6442	115	3.04	1.190	7.7	0.6	3.0	6.3	2.13
BOS (3 yrs)				33	25	.569	4.23	101	70	18	19	5	2	521.0	553	273	245	55	191	13	322	16	0	19	2265	89	3.85	1.428	9.6	1.0	3.3	5.6	1.69

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SUMMARY

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L

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IP

SO

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