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Gary
Peters		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: April 21, 1937 in Usa, PA, GROVE CITY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1966   
All-Star Selections 1966    1967    1968    1970   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1959 22 SDP NL $ 300,000 8 6 5 5 7 6 6 7 7 7
1960 23 SDP NL $ 300,000 8 6 5 5 7 6 6 7 7 7
1961 24 SDP NL $ 300,000 8 6 5 5 7 6 6 7 7 7
1962 25 SDP NL $ 300,000 8 6 5 5 7 6 6 8 8 8
1963 26 CLN NL $ 2,821,429 7 6 5 5 8 7 7 8 8 8
1964 27 CLN NL $ 3,605,714 7 6 5 6 8 7 8 8 8 8
1965 28 CLN NL $ 3,700,000 8 7 6 6 8 7 8 9 8 8
1966 29 CLN NL $ 3,700,000 7 7 6 6 8 7 7 8 8 8
1967 30 CLN NL $ 3,700,000 7 8 7 8 8 7 7 8 8 8
1968 31 CLN NL $ 3,700,000 7 8 7 7 8 7 7 8 8 8
1969 32 CLN NL $ 9,300,000 7 8 7 7 8 7 7 8 7 7
1970 33 CLN NL $ 9,300,000 7 8 7 7 7 6 6 8 7 7
1971 34 CLN NL $ 9,300,000 7 8 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7
1972 35 CLN NL $ 9,300,000 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5
1973 36 OAK AL   7 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,300,000 8 8 7 8 8 7 8 9 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1959 22 SDP NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1960 23 SDP NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1961 24 SDP NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1962 25 SDP NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1963 26 CLN NL $ 2,821,429   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1964 27 CLN NL $ 3,605,714   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1965 28 CLN NL $ 3,700,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1966 29 CLN NL $ 3,700,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1967 30 CLN NL $ 3,700,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1968 31 CLN NL $ 3,700,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1969 32 CLN NL $ 9,300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1970 33 CLN NL $ 9,300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1971 34 CLN NL $ 9,300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1972 35 CLN NL $ 9,300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1973 36 OAK AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1959 22 SDP NL 12 9 .571 25 25 5 2 0 188.3 174 77 28 70 125 3.68 .243 .310 .414 .724 16.1
    AAA   3 4 .429 8 8 0 0 0 48.0 50 14 3 17 44 2.63 .265 .325 .370 .696  
1960 23 SDP NL 7 22 .241 34 34 6 0 0 254.3 301 139 24 94 125 4.92 .298 .359 .434 .792 9.1
1961 24 SDP NL 8 16 .333 34 34 9 0 0 259.3 260 125 24 90 191 4.34 .259 .323 .408 .731 11.3
1962 25 SDP NL 15 21 .417 39 39 16 4 0 307.0 308 128 23 95 176 3.75 .261 .318 .366 .684 15.0
1963 26 CLN NL 8 10 .444 60 17 4 2 4 168.0 158 51 11 43 100 2.73 .249 .297 .353 .650 15.7
1964 27 CLN NL 15 16 .484 40 40 7 3 0 286.0 283 129 20 59 184 4.06 .258 .298 .382 .680 11.7
1965 28 CLN NL 16 14 .533 42 42 11 3 0 318.0 270 99 15 73 228 2.80 .228 .275 .305 .579 24.8
1966 29 CLN NL 22 10 .688 40 40 11 2 0 293.7 245 86 17 67 215 2.64 .224 .270 .330 .601 23.5
1967 30 CLN NL 24 5 .828 47 37 5 2 0 281.0 234 90 18 78 208 2.88 .225 .280 .336 .616 21.8
1968 31 CLN NL 16 10 .615 44 37 4 0 0 263.7 232 98 18 68 204 3.35 .236 .285 .348 .634 17.7
1969 32 CLN NL 13 8 .619 32 32 3 0 0 221.0 234 109 20 66 179 4.44 .270 .322 .412 .734 10.0
1970 33 CLN NL 16 11 .593 32 31 1 0 1 214.0 187 91 17 80 148 3.83 .232 .303 .352 .654 11.9
1971 34 CLN NL 13 12 .520 34 33 2 0 0 232.0 222 108 28 85 167 4.19 .248 .315 .387 .701 11.2
1972 35 CLN NL 3 3 .500 8 8 0 0 0 55.3 46 19 8 15 31 3.09 .221 .276 .375 .651 4.2
1973 36 AAA   10 10 .500 26 26 1 0 0 166.3 178 81 25 87 115 4.38 .273 .358 .441 .799  
14 Years Sim 188 167 .530 511 449 84 18 5 3341.6 3154 1349 271 983 2281 3.63 .248 .303 .369 .673 204.0
2 Years AAA 13 14 .481 34 34 1 0 0 214.3 228 95 28 104 159 3.99 .271 .351 .425 .776  
Season Average 13 11 .542 36 32 6 1 0 238.7 225 96 19 70 162 3.63 .248 .303 .369 .673  
Career Highs 24 22 .828 60 42 16 4 4 318.0 308 139 28 95 228 4.92 .298 .359 .434 .792  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2376 994 207 748 1582   .259 .315 .386 .700
vs LH   778 355 64 235 699   .220 .269 .327 .596
Home 100 76 .568 242 211 39 13 2 1602.0 1461 601 106 481 1084 3.38 .241 .297 .344 .641
Away 88 91 .492 269 238 45 5 3 1739.6 1693 748 165 502 1197 3.87 .254 .307 .392 .699
Mar/Apr 34 32 .515 82 82 17 4 0 601.3 553 247 53 160 408 3.70 .242 .292 .375 .667
May 30 28 .517 77 77 18 4 0 545.6 498 215 41 162 341 3.55 .241 .296 .356 .652
June 39 26 .600 86 74 8 3 1 560.3 501 202 31 171 388 3.24 .237 .294 .344 .638
July 31 33 .484 90 76 18 3 2 565.0 564 266 68 156 400 4.24 .260 .309 .405 .714
August 38 19 .667 81 81 18 4 0 608.6 536 202 46 185 423 2.99 .237 .295 .348 .643
Sep/Oct 16 29 .356 95 59 11 1 2 460.6 502 217 32 149 321 4.24 .276 .331 .392 .723
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1959 22 SDP NL 25 62 4 13 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 19 .210 .222 .258 .480 3.4 0.0
1960 23 SDP NL 34 81 6 16 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 19 .198 .235 .198 .433 3.9 0.0
1961 24 SDP NL 34 79 4 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 25 .127 .148 .127 .275 -1.0 0.0
1962 25 SDP NL 39 102 5 18 4 0 0 5 0 0 1 25 .176 .184 .216 .400 3.0 0.0
1963 26 CLN NL 60 46 4 10 1 0 2 6 1 0 2 7 .217 .245 .370 .614 5.2 0.6
1964 27 CLN NL 40 100 5 20 2 0 0 11 0 0 2 26 .200 .214 .220 .434 3.9 0.0
1965 28 CLN NL 42 106 5 16 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 24 .151 .165 .179 .344 1.7 0.0
1966 29 CLN NL 40 108 7 19 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 25 .176 .182 .185 .367 2.7 0.0
1967 30 CLN NL 47 102 5 13 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 30 .127 .126 .127 .254 -0.8 0.0
1968 31 CLN NL 44 94 8 25 1 0 1 9 2 1 1 26 .266 .281 .309 .590 8.4 0.9
10 Years Sim 405 880 53 160 13 1 3 55 5 1 16 226 .182 .196 .209 .405 30.5 1.5
162 Game Average 352 21 64 5 0 1 22 2 0 6 90 .182 .196 .209 .405 12.2  
Career Highs 60 108 8 25 4 1 2 11 2 1 4 30 .266 .281 .370 .614 8.4  
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   581 40 112 8 1 3 39 4 0 9 139 .193 .203 .225 .429 19.9
vs LH   299 13 48 5 0 0 16 1 1 7 87 .161 .182 .177 .360 3.2
Home 195 404 24 70 3 0 1 23 1 0 7 106 .173 .186 .188 .375 7.1
Away 210 476 29 90 10 1 2 32 4 1 9 120 .189 .204 .227 .431 16.0
RISP   197 0 38 3 0 1 53 0 0 4 46 .193 .204 .223 .427 6.7
Close/Late   68 6 18 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 18 .265 .261 .309 .570 5.1
Mar/Apr 59 159 10 31 6 0 1 14 4 0 3 41 .195 .209 .252 .460 7.2
May 60 142 7 22 2 0 0 10 0 0 2 37 .155 .171 .169 .340 0.6
June 56 140 8 26 1 0 0 6 0 1 2 36 .186 .197 .193 .390 2.6
July 73 149 6 32 2 1 0 12 0 0 2 33 .215 .224 .242 .465 6.4
August 66 181 16 31 2 0 2 11 1 0 5 50 .171 .193 .215 .408 5.3
Sep/Oct 62 109 6 18 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 29 .165 .179 .165 .344 0.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1959 22 SDP NL P 25 25 188.3 6 28 1 3 .971 1.62    
1960 23 SDP NL P 34 34 254.3 15 49 3 3 .955 2.26    
1961 24 SDP NL P 34 34 259.3 16 48 1 2 .985 2.22    
1962 25 SDP NL P 39 39 307.0 16 55 0 2 1.000 2.08    
1963 26 CLN NL P 60 17 168.0 5 24 1 0 .967 1.55    
1964 27 CLN NL P 40 40 286.0 18 50 6 4 .919 2.14    
1965 28 CLN NL P 42 42 318.0 23 48 4 3 .947 2.01    
1966 29 CLN NL P 40 40 293.7 26 48 2 2 .974 2.27    
1967 30 CLN NL P 47 37 281.0 19 30 1 6 .980 1.57    
1968 31 CLN NL P 44 37 263.7 9 38 3 6 .940 1.60    
1969 32 CLN NL P 32 32 221.0 15 24 2 4 .951 1.59    
1970 33 CLN NL P 32 31 214.0 16 33 2 5 .961 2.06    
1971 34 CLN NL P 34 33 232.0 11 32 2 2 .956 1.67    
1972 35 CLN NL P 8 8 55.3 2 10 0 0 1.000 1.95    
Career Totals   511 449 3341.6 197 517 28 42 .962 1.92    
Career Highs   60 42 318.0 26 55 6 6 1.000 2.27    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1962 25 SDP NL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.3 4 5 1 1 0 33.83 .571 .625 1.143 1.768
1964 27 CLN NL 3 1 .750 4 4 0 0 0 27.0 31 8 3 5 17 2.67 .274 .305 .389 .694
1965 28 CLN NL 1 1 .500 3 3 0 0 0 23.0 19 5 0 7 15 1.96 .229 .289 .241 .530
1966 29 CLN NL 4 1 .800 6 6 2 0 0 48.3 34 10 3 12 30 1.86 .202 .256 .274 .529
1967 30 CLN NL 3 0 1.000 4 4 1 0 0 32.3 23 6 2 7 31 1.67 .200 .246 .304 .550
1968 31 CLN NL 1 1 .500 6 6 1 0 0 43.0 31 11 6 11 27 2.30 .200 .253 .342 .595
1969 32 CLN NL 3 1 .750 5 5 1 0 0 40.0 36 13 3 9 29 2.93 .235 .278 .346 .624
1970 33 CLN NL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 1 0 16.0 15 3 1 5 8 1.69 .259 .317 .345 .662
1971 34 CLN NL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 12.7 19 14 5 7 10 9.95 .345 .419 .691 1.110
Career Post-Season Pitching 16 9 .640 34 32 6 1 0 243.7 212 75 24 64 167 2.77 .234 .284 .350 .634
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
1964 27 CLN NL 4 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400
1965 28 CLN NL 3 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222
1966 29 CLN NL 6 18 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .278 .278 .389 .667
1967 30 CLN NL 4 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .182 .182 .182 .364
1968 31 CLN NL 6 14 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 .071 .071 .286 .357
Career Post-Season Batting 23 62 5 11 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 19 .177 .177 .258 .435
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1959-10-3.68
1963-5-2.73
1965-7-2.80
1966-7-2.64
1967-8-2.88
 Wins
1966-4-22
1967-1-24
1970-5-16
 Losses
1960-1-22
1961-8-16
1962-2-21
 Winning Pct
1966-8-.688
1967-1-.828
1969-9-.619
 Games Started
1965-8-42
1971-4-33
 Complete Games
1966-10-11
Shutouts
1959-6-2
1962-6-4
1963-7-2
1964-8-3
1965-3-3
1966-10-2
1967-8-2
 Hits Allowed
1960-7-301
1962-8-308
 Strikeouts
1965-7-228
 Walks Allowed
1960-8-94
1962-9-95
 Walks per 9IP
1964-10-1.9
1966-8-2.1
 Hits per 9IP
1966-9-7.5
1967-8-7.5
1970-9-7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP
1968-8-7.0
1969-8-7.3
 WHiP
1965-6-1.08
1966-8-1.06
1967-9-1.11
1968-8-1.14
 OAVG
1966-9-.224
1967-8-.225
1970-9-.232
 OOBP
1965-5-.275
1966-8-.270
1967-9-.280
1968-8-.285
 OSLG
1965-7-.305
1966-9-.330
1967-9-.336
1970-8-.352
 OOPS
1965-4-.579
1966-9-.601
1967-7-.616
1970-8-.654
 
   Black Ink Test: 7    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 70    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 41    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  6. Frank Tanana (917)
  7. Bob Chipman (916)
  8. Ramon Monzant (914)
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  1. Ray Scarborough (994)
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  6. Joe Heving (983)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by San Diego in 1959
Injured on 5/3/1959 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Earned first career win on 6/4/1959
Had first career hit on 6/8/1959, off Ramon Monzant (BOS)
Won Bronze Rookie in 1959, going 12-9, 3.68 ERA
Injured on 3/18/1960 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 6/19/1960 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,821,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from San Diego to Cleveland (N) on 3/3/1963 (Going to SDP: CF Jimmie Hall. Going to CLN: P Gary Peters, SS Marty Martinez)
Hit first career homerun on 4/7/1963, off Don Drysdale (NYA)
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,605,714 through salary arbitration
6/1/1964: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $3,700,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1966, going 5-2, 1.78
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1966
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1967, going 7-0, 1.01
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1967, winning 2 games with a 1.76 ERA
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Injured on 5/4/1968 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
9/1/1968: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $9,300,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 5/3/1969 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
Injured on 8/15/1970 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 5/10/1972 with a Torn Ligament Elbow, out for full season
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/2/1973 to a minor league deal
 
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