Gary Peters | Major Leaguer 1959-1972

Full Name: Gary Charles Peters
Born: April 21,1937 in Grove City, Pennsylvania
Height: 6-2 Weight: 200 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: Grove City (PA)
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Transactions: [Jan 1,1956] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by White Sox. [Dec 13,1969] - Traded by White Sox with Don Pavletich to Red Sox for Billy Farmer and Syd O'Brien. [Oct 27,1972] - Released by Red Sox.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1956	Holdrege	Neb St	19	Chw	D	10	5	2.81	25						128.0	120	58	40		58	142			8.44	---	4.08	9.98	1.39	--
1957	Dubuque	Midw	20	Chw	A	10	6	2.75	19						131.0	120	62	40		51	103			8.24	---	3.50	7.08	1.31	--
1958	Colorado S	West	21	Chw	A	1	1	7.43	6						23.0	29	19	19		15	15			11.35	---	5.87	5.87	1.91	--
	Davenport	III	21	Chw	B	12	8	3.99	25						167.0	197	90	74		82	112			10.62	---	4.42	6.04	1.67	--
1959	Indy	Amer	22	Chw	AAA	13	11	3.56	35						192.0	170	83	76		68	96			7.97	---	3.19	4.50	1.24	--
	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	22	Chw	MLB	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	18.00	0.00	18.00	9.00	4.00	--
1960	San Diego	PCL	23	Chw	AAA	12	9	4.34	33						172.0	191	99	83		49	127			9.99	---	2.56	6.65	1.40	--
	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	23	Chw	MLB	0	0	2.70	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	4	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	10.81	0.00	2.70	10.81	1.50	71%
1961	San Diego	PCL	24	Chw	AAA	13	10	3.59	28						198.0	189	90	79		77	127			8.59	---	3.50	5.77	1.34	--
	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	24	Chw	MLB	0	0	1.74	3	0	0	0	2	1	10.1	10	2	2	0	2	6	0	0	8.71	0.00	1.74	5.23	1.16	80%
1962	Indy	Amer	25	Chw	AAA	8	10	3.69	23						161.0	155	77	66		64	121			8.66	---	3.58	6.76	1.36	--
	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	25	Chw	MLB	0	1	5.69	5	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	8	5	4	0	1	4	0	0	11.37	0.00	1.42	5.69	1.42	65%
1963	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	26	Chw	MLB	19	8	2.33	41	30	13	4	4	1	243.0	192	69	63	9	68	189	5	0	7.11	0.33	2.52	7.00	1.07	53%
1964	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	27	Chw	MLB	20	8	2.50	37	36	11	3	0	0	273.2	217	89	76	20	104	205	15	0	7.14	0.66	3.42	6.74	1.17	53%
1965	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	28	Chw	MLB	10	12	3.62	33	30	1	0	1	0	176.1	181	76	71	19	63	95	8	0	9.24	0.97	3.22	4.85	1.38	50%
1966	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	29	Chw	MLB	12	10	1.98	30	27	11	4	3	0	204.2	156	54	45	11	45	129	11	1	6.86	0.48	1.98	5.67	0.98	48%
1967	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	30	Chw	MLB	16	11	2.28	38	36	11	3	0	0	260.0	187	81	66	15	91	215	7	1	6.47	0.52	3.15	7.44	1.07	49%
1968	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	31	Chw	MLB	4	13	3.76	31	25	6	1	4	1	162.2	146	79	68	7	60	110	9	1	8.08	0.39	3.32	6.09	1.27	45%
1969	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	32	Chw	MLB	10	15	4.53	36	32	7	3	2	0	218.2	238	118	110	21	78	140	9	0	9.80	0.86	3.21	5.76	1.45	41%
1970	Boston	AL	33	Bos	MLB	16	11	4.06	34	34	10	4	0	0	221.2	221	114	100	20	83	155	16	0	8.97	0.81	3.37	6.29	1.37	45%
1971	Boston	AL	34	Bos	MLB	14	11	4.37	34	32	9	1	1	1	214.0	241	111	104	25	70	100	2	0	10.14	1.05	2.94	4.21	1.45	41%
1972	Boston	AL	35	Bos	MLB	3	3	4.32	33	4	0	0	17	1	85.1	91	48	41	10	38	67	1	0	9.60	1.05	4.01	7.07	1.51	48%

Major League Totals - 14 Season(s)						124	103	3.25	359	286	79	23	35	5	2,081.0	1894	847	751	157	706	1420	83	3	8.19	0.68	3.05	6.14	1.25	48%
Minor League Totals - 7 Season(s)						79	60	3.66	194						1,172.0	1171	578	477		464	843			8.99	---	3.56	6.47	1.40	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1959	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	22	Chw	MLB	p	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1960	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	23	Chw	MLB	p	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1961	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	24	Chw	MLB	p	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	0%
1962	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	25	Chw	MLB	p	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1963	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	26	Chw	MLB	p	9	50	81	12	21	4	1	3	12	0	0	3	19	1	1	2	2	1	.259	.287	.444	731	66%
1964	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	27	Chw	MLB	p	9	54	120	9	25	7	0	4	19	0	0	2	29	1	0	3	0	4	.208	.228	.367	595	57%
1965	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	28	Chw	MLB	p	9	42	72	2	13	1	0	1	6	0	0	2	15	0	0	0	1	0	.181	.200	.236	436	42%
1966	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	29	Chw	MLB	p	9	38	81	12	19	3	2	1	9	0	0	0	19	0	0	3	0	1	.235	.235	.358	593	50%
1967	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	30	Chw	MLB	p	9	48	99	10	21	0	2	2	13	0	0	2	23	2	1	4	0	3	.212	.243	.313	556	52%
1968	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	31	Chw	MLB	p	9	46	72	10	15	3	1	2	8	0	0	6	13	1	1	0	0	2	.208	.278	.361	639	59%
1969	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	32	Chw	MLB	p	9	37	71	9	12	4	0	2	4	0	0	2	15	1	0	6	1	1	.169	.200	.310	510	65%
1970	Boston	AL	33	Bos	MLB	p	9	37	82	12	20	3	1	1	11	0	0	8	11	0	0	2	0	3	.244	.311	.341	652	50%
1971	Boston	AL	34	Bos	MLB	p	9	53	96	7	26	4	0	3	19	0	1	3	20	1	0	5	2	1	.271	.294	.406	700	55%
1972	Boston	AL	35	Bos	MLB	p	9	33	30	2	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.219	.267	486	28%

Major League Totals - 14 Season(s)								450	807	86	179	31	7	19	102	0	1	29	172	7	3	25	7	17	.222	.253	.348	601	54%

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1959	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	22	Chw	MLB	P	2		1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

1960	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	23	Chw	MLB	P	2		3.1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

1961	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	24	Chw	MLB	P	3		10.1	3	6	0	9	1	-	-	-	1.000	7.84

1962	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	25	Chw	MLB	P	5		6.1	0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.84

1963	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	26	Chw	MLB	P	41		243	17	30	2	49	4	-	-	-	.959	1.74

1964	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	27	Chw	MLB	P	37		273.2	16	41	3	60	4	-	-	-	.950	1.87

1965	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	28	Chw	MLB	P	33		176.1	12	32	1	45	0	-	-	-	.978	2.25

1966	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	29	Chw	MLB	P	30		204.2	7	41	1	49	4	-	-	-	.980	2.11

1967	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	30	Chw	MLB	P	38		260	15	50	2	67	5	-	-	-	.970	2.25

1968	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	31	Chw	MLB	P	31		162.2	12	21	0	33	3	-	-	-	1.000	1.83

1969	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	32	Chw	MLB	P	36		218.2	6	25	1	32	1	-	-	-	.969	1.28

1970	Boston	AL	33	Bos	MLB	P	34		221.2	7	27	3	37	3	-	-	-	.919	1.38

1971	Boston	AL	34	Bos	MLB	P	34		214	13	27	2	42	2	-	-	-	.952	1.68

1972	Boston	AL	35	Bos	MLB	P	33		85.1	3	10	0	13	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.37

Awards

[1963] - American League Rookie of the Year, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #8) [1964] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #7), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1967] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #9), Played in MLB All-Star Game

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 2 All-Star games during his career (1964, 1967)

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