Pete Appleton

Positions: Pitcher and Rightfielder

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)

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

8.5

ERA

4.30

341

1141.0

420

WHIP

1.466

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1926	22	-6.0	Waterbury	EL	A		7	6	.538	4.30	5.15	23						138.0	138	79	66		51							1.370	9.0		3.3
1927	23	-4.8	Hartford	EL	A		9	8	.529	2.99	3.74	40						226.0	208	94	75		93							1.332	8.3		3.7
1927	23	-7.1	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	2	1	.667	1.82	2.12	6	2	3	2	1	0	29.2	29	7	6	0	17		3	0	1	1	128	1.551	8.8	0.0	5.2	0.9	0.18
1928	24	-5.5	Columbus	AA	AA		2	2	.500	5.54	6.46	7						39.0	50	28	24		6							1.436	11.5		1.4
1928	24	-6.1	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	3	4	.429	4.68	5.44	31	3	19	0	0	0	82.2	101	50	43	7	22	0	20	2	0	2	361	1.488	11.0	0.8	2.4	2.2	0.91
1929	25	-4.2	Columbus	AA	AA		18	12	.600	4.72	5.71	41						246.0	290	156	129		73							1.476	10.6		2.7
1930	26	-2.0	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	8	7	.533	4.02	5.38	39	7	20	2	0	1	118.2	122	71	53	8	53	5	45	5	0	2	527	1.475	9.3	0.6	4.0	3.4	0.85
1931	27	-1.3	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	4	4	.500	4.63	5.76	29	4	16	3	0	2	79.2	100	51	41	2	29	1	25	1	0	3	371	1.619	11.3	0.2	3.3	2.8	0.86
1932	28		2 Teams	AL	Maj	BOS-CLE	0	3	.000	5.29	8.12	15	3	5	0	0	0	51.0	60	46	30	3	29	1	16	2	0	1	247	1.745	10.6	0.5	5.1	2.8	0.55
1932	28	0.5	Newark	IL	AA	NYY	11	1	.917	3.73	3.93	12						94.0	94	41	39		29							1.309	9.0		2.8
1932	28	-0.3	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	0	0		16.20	19.80	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	11	11	9	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	30	2.800	19.8	1.8	5.4	1.8	0.33
1932	28	-0.3	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	0	3	.000	4.11	6.85	11	3	4	0	0	0	46.0	49	35	21	2	26	1	15	2	0	1	217	1.630	9.6	0.4	5.1	2.9	0.58
1933	29	1.6	Newark	IL	AA	NYY	13	7	.650	3.88	4.58	22						167.0	159	85	72		61							1.317	8.6		3.3
1933	29	0.1	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
1934	30		2 Teams	IL	AA	STL	11	13				39						208.0	224	122	106		85
1934	30	3.2	Rochester	IL	AA	STL
1934	30	3.2	Baltimore	IL	AA
1935	31	3.2	Montreal	IL	AA		23	9	.719	3.17	3.43	41						244.0	211	93	86		80							1.193	7.8		3.0
1936	32	3.4	WSH	AL	Maj	WSH	14	9	.609	3.53	4.20	38	20	17	12	1	2	201.2	199	94	79	7	77	2	77	3	0	5	868	1.369	8.9	0.3	3.4	3.4	1.00
1937	33	4.2	WSH	AL	Maj	WSH	8	15	.348	4.39	5.52	35	18	9	7	4	2	168.0	167	103	82	16	72	4	62	5	0	4	732	1.423	8.9	0.9	3.9	3.3	0.86
1938	34	5.3	WSH	AL	Maj	WSH	7	9	.438	4.60	5.42	43	10	23	5	0	5	164.1	175	99	84	12	61	3	62	1	0	8	722	1.436	9.6	0.7	3.3	3.4	1.02
1939	35	6.6	WSH	AL	Maj	WSH	5	10	.333	4.56	5.44	40	4	27	2	0	7	102.2	104	62	52	7	48	3	50	4	0	2	459	1.481	9.1	0.6	4.2	4.4	1.04
1940	36	7.5	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	4	0	1.000	5.62	6.09	25	0	16	0	0	5	57.2	54	39	36	8	28	2	21	1	0	3	254	1.422	8.4	1.2	4.4	3.3	0.75
1941	37	8.0	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	0	3	.000	5.27	6.91	13	0	11	0	0	1	27.1	27	21	16	4	17	1	12	2	0	1	127	1.610	8.9	1.3	5.6	4.0	0.71
1942	38		2 Teams	AL	Maj	SLB-CHW	1	1	.500	3.09	3.09	18	0	16	0	0	2	32.0	27	11	11	1	14	1	14	0	0	0	133	1.281	7.6	0.3	3.9	3.9	1.00
1942	38	9.0	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	0	0		3.86	3.86	4	0	4	0	0	0	4.2	2	2	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	19	1.071	3.9	0.0	5.8	3.9	0.67
1942	38	9.0	SLB	AL	Maj	SLB	1	1	.500	2.96	2.96	14	0	12	0	0	2	27.1	25	9	9	1	11	1	12	0	0	0	114	1.317	8.2	0.3	3.6	4.0	1.09

1945	41		2 Teams	AL	Maj	SLB-WSH	1	0	1.000	4.56	4.94	8	2	3	1	0	1	23.2	19	13	12	1	18	1	13	0	0	0	106	1.563	7.2	0.4	6.8	4.9	0.72
1945	41	11.1	SLB	AL	Maj	SLB	0	0		15.43	19.29	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	3	5	4	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	18	4.286	11.6	0.0	27.0	3.9	0.14
1945	41	11.1	WSH	AL	Maj	WSH	1	0	1.000	3.38	3.38	6	2	2	1	0	1	21.1	16	8	8	1	11	1	12	0	0	0	88	1.266	6.8	0.4	4.6	5.1	1.09
1946	42	15.0	Buffalo	IL	AAA	DET	9	5	.643	3.66	3.96	36	1		0	0		91.0	89	40	37		40		56	1	0	1		1.418	8.8		4.0	5.5	1.40
1947	43	16.0	Buffalo	IL	AAA	DET	7	7	.500	3.68	4.85	36	5		3	0		115.0	107	62	47		55		53	0	0	6		1.409	8.4		4.3	4.1	0.96
1948	44	15.9	Sherman-Denison	BSTL	B	WSH	12	4	.750	3.45	4.21	17	17		14	0		154.0	149	72	59		31		78	1	0	2		1.169	8.7		1.8	4.6	2.52
1949	45		2 Teams	2 Lgs	B-C		11	11	.500	3.37	4.05	28			17	2		171.0	166	77	64		50		85	3	0	1		1.263	8.7		2.6	4.5	1.70
1949	45	18.1	Sherman-Denison	BSTL	B		8	10	.444	3.93	4.73	24			13	1		135.0	148	71	59		40		59	2	0	1		1.393	9.9		2.7	3.9	1.48
1949	45	20.0	Gladewater	ETXL	C		3	1	.750	1.25	1.50	4			4	1		36.0	18	6	5		10		26	1	0	0		0.778	4.5		2.5	6.5	2.60
1950	46	21.4	Augusta	SALL	A	WSH						13
1951	47	23.1	Erie	MATL	C	WSH						10
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (14 seasons)					Majors		57	66	.463	4.30	5.26	341	73	186	34	6	28	1141.0	1187	667	545	76	486	24	420	26	1	32	5044	1.466	9.4	0.6	3.8	3.3	0.86
Minors (14 seasons)					Minors		122	72				326	23		34	2		1685.0	1661	827	698		569		272	5	0	10
All Levels (24 Seasons)							179	138				667	96	186	68	8	28	2826.0	2848	1494	1243	76	1055	24	692	31	1	42	5044

AAA (2 seasons)					Minors		16	12	.571	3.67	4.46	72	6		3	0		206.0	196	102	84		95		109	1	0	7		1.413	8.6		4.2	4.8	1.15
AA (6 seasons)					Minors		67	31				123						790.0	804	403	350		249
A (3 seasons)					Minors		16	14				76						364.0	346	173	141		144
B (2 seasons)					Minors		20	14	.588	3.67	4.45	41	17		27	1		289.0	297	143	118		71		137	3	0	3		1.273	9.2		2.2	4.3	1.93
C (2 seasons)					Minors		3	1				14			4	1		36.0	18	6	5		10		26	1	0	0