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Gary Peters

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

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

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

Died: January 26, 2023 in Sarasota, FL

High School: Mercer HS (Mercer, PA)

School: Grove City College (Grove City, PA)

Debut: September 10, 1959 (Age 22-142d, 11,676th in major league 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

124

103

ERA

3.25

359

286

2081.0

1420

WHIP

1.249

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-23 / in Starts: 15-15
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	18 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 75 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	30 (13-12-5)
Avg. MLBer w/ 75 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	44 (22-14-7)

Most Driven In
R Hansen	3
K Berry	1
D Cater	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
D Cater	1
Self	1

1965 Batting Game Log

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1965 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	117	1	Apr 13	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.51	-0.055	1.06	-0.07%	-0.81	P
2	118	3 (1)	Apr 15	CHW		WSA	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	5	1.35	0.046	2.77	0.06%	0.25	PH
3	119	5 (1)	Apr 18 (1)	CHW		WSA	W,5-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.45	-0.058	.95	-0.07%	-1.02	P
4	120	7 (1)	Apr 19	CHW		BAL	W,7-2	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	1	2.96	0.235	5.87	0.28%	1.00	PH
5	121	12 (4)	Apr 30	CHW		MIN	L,0-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.33	-0.008	1.12	-0.02%	-0.08	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	122	16 (3)	May 4	CHW	@	DET	W,10-6	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.59	-0.031	1.84	-0.06%	-0.51	P
7	123	20 (3)	May 8	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.71	-0.035	3.03	-0.09%	-0.24	P
8	124	21	May 9	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-6	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	7						PR
9	125	25 (3)	May 13	CHW		KCA	W,6-3	GS-9	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.118	.118	.118	.235	9	.26	0.002	.89	0.00%	0.32	P
10	126	30 (4)	May 17	CHW	@	KCA	W,13-2	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.182	.143	.325	9	.15	-0.018	.65	-0.05%	-0.21	P
11	127	34 (3)	May 22	CHW	@	CAL	L,3-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.182	.143	.325	9						P
12	128	38 (3)	May 26	CHW		CLE	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.208	.174	.382	9	.81	0.020	3.69	0.05%	0.11	P
13	129	41 (2)	May 30	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.192	.160	.352	9	.97	-0.046	4.07	-0.12%	-0.33	P
14	130	43 (1)	May 31 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.185	.154	.339	9	.79	-0.020	3.54	-0.05%	-0.09	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	131	45 (1)	Jun 5	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.167	.138	.305	9	.58	-0.043	2.37	-0.10%	-0.43	P
16	132	51 (5)	Jun 10	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.152	.125	.277	9	1.96	-0.140	7.77	-0.33%	-0.98	P
17	133	56 (4)	Jun 15	CHW		MIN	L,0-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.121	.147	.121	.268	9	.43	-0.010	2.81	-0.04%	-0.08	P
18	134	61 (4)	Jun 20	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.114	.139	.114	.253	9	1.19	-0.056	4.90	-0.14%	-0.39	P
19	135	63 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	CHW		WSA	W,5-0	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.135	.111	.246	9	.01	0.000	.04	0.00%	-0.13	P
20	136	65 (1)	Jun 26	CHW		BAL	L,0-2	GS-10	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.146	.125	.271	9	1.04	-0.023	4.99	-0.07%	0.00	P
21	137	70 (4)	Jun 30 (1)	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-2	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.146	.167	.146	.313	9	.64	0.028	2.62	0.07%	0.24	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	138	76 (5)	Jul 7 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.163	.143	.306	9	1.59	-0.041	6.07	-0.10%	-0.44	P
23	139	80 (3)	Jul 10 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.159	.140	.299	9	.65	-0.016	1.68	-0.03%	-0.21	P
24	140	81	Jul 10 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.178	.182	.360	9	.86	0.057	2.52	0.10%	0.40	PH
25	141	82	Jul 14	CHW	@	CLE	W,12-10	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.191	.261	.452	9	1.00	0.274	2.67	0.44%	2.54	P
26	142	87 (4)	Jul 18 (2)	CHW		KCA	L,5-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.188	.255	.443	9	.26	-0.006	1.03	-0.02%	-0.08	P
27	143	90 (2)	Jul 22	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.200	.265	.465	9	1.29	-0.012	3.42	-0.02%	0.04	P
28	144	92 (1)	Jul 24	CHW	@	DET	L,4-7	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.196	.260	.456	9	.56	-0.013	1.26	-0.02%	-0.14	PH
29	145	94 (1)	Jul 25 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-13	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.173	.189	.250	.439	9	.02	-0.001	.04	0.00%	-0.35	P
30	146	95	Jul 27	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-7	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.185	.245	.430	9	.60	-0.015	1.17	-0.02%	-0.21	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	147	102 (6)	Aug 2	CHW		DET	W,2-0	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.196	.241	.437	9	.63	-0.009	.67	-0.01%	-0.10	P
32	148	104 (1)	Aug 4	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.196	.241	.437	9						PH
33	149	107 (2)	Aug 7	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.193	.236	.429	8	5.43	-0.118	3.27	-0.04%	-0.33	PH
34	150	108	Aug 8	CHW		CLE	L,4-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.186	.228	.415	9	.83	-0.040	.58	-0.02%	-0.28	P
35	151	113 (4)	Aug 14	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-3	1-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.194	.233	.427	9	.33	-0.003	.11	0.00%	-0.05	P
36	152	119 (5)	Aug 20	CHW	@	KCA	W,3-1	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.200	.238	.438	9	.82	0.079	1.01	0.06%	0.53	P
37	153	125 (5)	Aug 25	CHW		BAL	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.194	.231	.425	9	1.73	-0.083	4.14	-0.12%	-0.52	P
38	154	131 (5)	Aug 29 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.214	.250	.464	9	.80	0.007	1.10	0.01%	0.15	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
39	155	139 (7)	Sep 6 (1)	CHW		CAL	W,2-1	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.191	.214	.250	.464	9						P
40	156	144 (4)	Sep 10	CHW		NYY	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.208	.243	.451	9	1.05	-0.053	.66	-0.02%	-0.41	P
41	157	150 (5)	Sep 17	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.208	.243	.451	9						P
42	158	156 (5)	Sep 25 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-0	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.181	.200	.236	.436	9	1.31	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.66	P
							19-23		75	72	2	13	1	0	1	6	2	0	15	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.181	.200	.236	.436		.86	-0.247	2.20	-0.53%	-3.52

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