Peter
Pete
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 205
 
Born: June 14, 1940 in Venezuela
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Owner's Choice - Hitter Award 1976   
All-Star Selections 1974    1975    1976    1977    1978   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 33 BIR FL $ 7,180,000 7 8 8 3 4 4 5 6 6 5 6 5 7 8 8 5 4 4
1974 34 CHI JL $ 7,180,000 7 9 8 4 4 4 5 6 6 5 6 6 7 8 8 5 4 4
1975 35 MRQ JL $ 8,750,001 7 9 8 4 4 4 5 6 6 5 6 6 7 8 8 5 4 4
1976 36 MRQ JL $ 8,750,001 7 8 8 3 4 3 5 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 8 5 4 5
1977 37 MRQ JL $ 8,750,001 6 8 7 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 7 8 8 5 4 4
1978 38 MRQ JL $ 8,750,001 5 7 7 3 4 3 1 2 2 0 1 1 6 7 6 4 3 4
1979 39 MRQ JL $ 5,440,000 3 5 4 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 6 6 3 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 5,440,000 3 5 4 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 6 6 3 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 8,750,001 7 9 8 4 4 4 5 6 6 5 6 6 7 8 8 5 4 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 33 BIR FL 162 647 116 211 21 5 22 77 70 11 90 142 .326 .409 .476 .885 129.5 20.9
1974 34 BIR FL 85 322 58 118 10 9 6 44 35 10 45 41 .366 .445 .509 .954 70.7 16.8
  CHI JL 70 265 48 89 5 5 7 25 28 8 30 45 .336 .405 .472 .876 50.8 10.5
  TOT   155 587 106 207 15 14 13 69 63 18 75 86 .353 .427 .492 .919 121.4 27.3
1975 35 MRQ JL 156 579 106 198 26 5 12 66 30 8 90 111 .342 .431 .466 .898 117.1 30.0
1976 36 MRQ JL 156 593 118 192 29 9 21 72 58 16 84 131 .324 .410 .509 .919 123.9 34.4
1977 37 MRQ JL 156 584 115 183 19 6 14 49 74 21 94 119 .313 .411 .438 .849 113.0 26.8
1978 38 MRQ JL 151 607 124 193 17 14 12 58 67 23 68 99 .318 .392 .451 .844 112.0 25.7
1979 39 MRQ JL 135 474 51 108 12 5 0 35 27 7 45 101 .228 .299 .274 .573 44.1 4.0
7 Years Sim 1071 4071 736 1292 139 58 94 426 389 104 546 789 .317 .400 .449 .850 761.2 169.1
162 Game Average 615 111 195 21 8 14 64 58 15 82 119 .317 .400 .449 .850 115.1  
Career Highs 162 647 124 211 29 14 22 77 74 23 94 142 .353 .431 .509 .919 129.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2790 534 928 110 41 69 310 279 77 407 608 .333 .420 .476 .896 560.4
vs LH   1281 202 364 29 17 25 116 110 27 139 181 .284 .356 .392 .747 191.4
Home 531 1971 357 631 72 24 47 194 192 46 274 367 .320 .407 .453 .859 372.8
Away 540 2100 379 661 67 34 47 232 197 58 272 422 .315 .394 .446 .841 379.0
RISP   781 0 244 25 13 20 323 0 0 108 150 .312 .391 .455 .845 138.5
Pinch Hitting   42 7 16 3 0 0 9 4 0 7 5 .381 .451 .452 .903 9.3
Close/Late   547 83 166 18 12 10 60 1 0 69 122 .303 .381 .435 .816 89.9
Mar/Apr 184 706 132 225 20 11 22 83 65 16 102 135 .319 .408 .472 .880 138.6
May 168 663 127 222 24 6 19 68 66 10 92 132 .335 .419 .475 .894 135.0
June 168 626 106 202 25 9 6 59 48 14 79 119 .323 .400 .420 .820 107.3
July 177 701 135 220 20 14 13 66 81 15 77 133 .314 .382 .438 .820 124.0
August 189 689 118 221 28 9 14 77 65 24 102 122 .321 .409 .448 .858 128.5
Sep/Oct 185 686 118 202 22 9 20 73 64 25 94 148 .294 .384 .440 .824 118.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1973 33 BIR FL RF 162 161 1439.3 383 8 2 1 .995 2.44   4.3
1974 34 BIR FL RF 47 44 414.3 109 3 1 2 .991 2.43   2.7
  CHI JL RF 39 37 332.1 87 2 1 1 .989 2.41   1.2
  BIR FL CF 37 37 328.8 100 2 2 1 .981 2.79   0.0
  CHI JL CF 30 30 263.6 81 1 2 1 .976 2.80   0.0
  TOT   RF 86 81 746.4 196 5 2 3 .990 2.42   3.9
      CF 67 67 592.4 181 3 4 2 .979 2.80   0.0
1975 35 MRQ JL CF 94 87 802.3 211 5 6 4 .973 2.42   4.1
    RF 58 56 522.3 115 3 1 1 .992 2.03    
    SS 2 2 17.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.12   0.0
1976 36 MRQ JL CF 156 143 1290.3 348 11 11 3 .970 2.50   3.2
1977 37 MRQ JL RF 55 54 506.7 104 3 1 2 .991 1.90   4.3
    LF 48 48 428.3 75 3 2 1 .975 1.64    
    CF 51 43 389.3 80 3 3 3 .965 1.92    
1978 38 MRQ JL CF 81 76 700.3 177 5 4 3 .978 2.34   6.3
    RF 67 66 588.0 137 1 1 1 .993 2.11    
1979 39 MRQ JL RF 132 129 1143.3 262 5 3 2 .989 2.10   3.3
    CF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
  RF 560 547 4946.1 1197 25 10 10 .992 2.22   15.8
  CF 451 416 3780.7 998 27 28 15 .973 2.44   13.7
  LF 48 48 428.3 75 3 2 1 .975 1.64    
  SS 2 2 17.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.12   0.0
Career Totals   1061 1013 9172.1 2271 58 40 26 .983 2.29   29.5
Career Highs   162 161 1439.3 383 11 11 6 .995 2.59    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1975 35 MRQ JL 4 19 2 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 5 .316 .350 .316 .666
1976 36 MRQ JL 5 20 3 10 0 0 0 4 0 3 5 3 .500 .600 .500 1.100
1977 37 MRQ JL 5 20 2 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 8 .150 .227 .150 .377
1978 38 MRQ JL 10 40 5 15 1 1 0 6 2 2 5 9 .375 .457 .450 .907
Career Post-Season Batting 24 99 12 34 1 1 0 14 6 5 13 25 .343 .425 .374 .799
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1973-6-.326
1975-2-.342
1976-2-.324
1977-5-.313
1978-7-.318
CAR-17-.317
On-Base Pct
1973-4-.409
1975-2-.431
1976-2-.410
1977-1-.411
1978-6-.392
CAR-5-.400
Slugging Pct
1976-5-.509
OPS
1975-8-.898
1976-3-.919
1977-7-.849
CAR-45-.850
XR
1973-2-129.5
1975-3-117.1
1976-1-123.9
1977-2-113.0
1978-4-112.0
Games
1973-1-162
1975-8-156
1976-9-156
1977-7-156
At-Bats
1973-4-647
1976-9-593
1978-5-607
Runs
1973-3-116
1975-3-106
1976-2-118
1977-1-115
1978-2-124
Hits
1973-3-211
1975-2-198
1976-2-192
1977-5-183
1978-5-193
Total Bases
1976-3-302
Singles
1973-1-163
1975-1-155
1976-7-133
1977-2-144
1978-2-150
Triples
1976-8-9
1978-1-14
Stolen Bases
1973-1-70
1974-9-35
1976-4-58
1977-2-74
1978-2-67
CAR-38-389
Caught Stealing
1973-6-11
1976-6-16
1977-3-21
1978-2-23
Walks
1973-4-90
1975-3-90
1976-6-84
1977-2-94
1978-8-68
Strikeouts
1973-2-142
1976-6-131
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 82    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 39    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 39th overall pick, by Birmingham in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/1/1973, off Denny Estrada (DM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/4/1973, off Maurice Greenway (NO)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Lexington on 7/25/1973
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/8/1974, hitting .571 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Traded from Birmingham to Chicago on 7/11/1974 (Going to CHI: P Z. Sumner, RF P. Pete. Going to BIR: P J. Porter, LF V. Milani, P A. Heinen, CF C. Vicknair, P G. Caputo)
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1974, hitting .407 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Marquette on 2/10/1975 to a 4-year deal worth $8,750,001 per year
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Had 6 hits with 1 RBI against Chicago on 9/25/1975
Won Player of the Week award on 5/14/1976, hitting .565 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Chicago on 6/27/1977
Won Player of the Week award on 9/24/1977, hitting .630 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Omaha on 4/4/1978
Won Player of the Week award on 4/9/1978, hitting .462 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Injured on 6/24/1978 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for one week
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Injured on 4/29/1979 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks