Hardy
Peterson
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: October 17, 1929 in Usa, NJ, PERTH AMBOY
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1956 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1957 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
1958 28 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1959 29 BOS AL     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1960 30 SEM AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 5 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1962 32 CLE AL $ 600,001   4 4 5 3 3 3 6 5 6 6 5 5 7 7 7
1963 33 CLE AL $ 600,001   4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 7
1964 34 CLE AL $ 600,001   4 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 600,001   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
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
1955 25 BOS AL 32 102 10 23 2 0 0 11 0 0 14 13 .225 .316 .245 .561 7.5 0.1
    AAA   81 293 42 91 10 4 11 40 8 4 47 32 .311 .406 .485 .891 56.9  
1956 26 BOS AL 52 110 8 29 5 1 2 15 0 0 11 12 .264 .331 .382 .712 13.7 2.1
1957 27 BOS AL 73 165 15 38 7 0 4 28 0 0 22 16 .230 .316 .345 .661 19.1 1.8
1958 28 BOS AL 107 304 38 88 16 0 6 38 0 0 24 34 .289 .345 .401 .747 39.3 6.8
1959 29 BOS AL 74 245 36 51 12 0 7 27 0 0 25 40 .208 .284 .343 .626 26.2 3.1
1960 30 SEM AL 72 175 15 42 11 0 2 17 0 0 18 31 .240 .306 .337 .643 18.8 2.2
1962 32 AAA   137 468 66 120 35 4 13 62 6 5 51 47 .256 .329 .432 .761 65.5  
1963 33 CLE AL 12 34 6 13 2 0 1 4 0 0 4 4 .382 .462 .529 .991 7.3 2.2
    AAA   38 78 16 20 3 0 2 13 1 0 16 6 .256 .383 .372 .755 12.6  
1964 34 AAA   119 366 31 83 14 3 9 43 0 0 44 42 .227 .310 .355 .665 42.5  
7 Years Sim 422 1135 128 284 55 1 22 140 0 0 118 150 .250 .321 .359 .680 132.0 18.4
4 Years AAA 375 1205 155 314 62 11 35 158 15 9 158 127 .261 .345 .417 .762 177.5  
162 Game Average 435 49 109 21 0 8 53 0 0 45 57 .250 .321 .359 .680 50.7  
Career Highs 107 304 38 88 16 1 7 38 0 0 25 40 .382 .462 .529 .991 39.3  
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   571 55 146 29 1 9 66 0 0 46 65 .256 .311 .357 .668 63.2
vs LH   564 73 138 26 0 13 74 0 0 72 85 .245 .331 .360 .691 70.5
Home 218 568 65 154 25 1 12 72 0 0 64 68 .271 .344 .382 .726 76.3
Away 204 567 63 130 30 0 10 68 0 0 54 82 .229 .297 .335 .633 57.4
RISP   246 0 68 12 1 4 104 0 0 22 28 .276 .329 .382 .711 31.3
Pinch Hitting   113 14 34 5 0 3 14 0 0 10 15 .301 .357 .425 .782 16.7
Close/Late   163 13 39 9 0 1 20 0 0 11 19 .239 .290 .313 .603 14.3
Mar/Apr 60 134 13 31 11 0 1 16 0 0 14 18 .231 .307 .336 .642 13.7
May 47 133 16 39 7 1 2 18 0 0 11 14 .293 .352 .406 .758 18.2
June 62 165 18 38 8 0 5 29 0 0 14 25 .230 .289 .370 .659 18.0
July 66 179 20 42 5 0 4 20 0 0 29 24 .235 .343 .330 .672 22.6
August 95 282 37 81 14 0 8 34 0 0 24 39 .287 .343 .422 .765 40.0
Sep/Oct 92 242 24 53 10 0 2 23 0 0 26 30 .219 .292 .285 .577 21.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1955 25 BOS AL C 29 29 241.3 131 12 1 0 .993 5.33 9 1 .111 1 0.8
1956 26 BOS AL C 37 24 236.3 160 13 1 0 .994 6.59 13 7 .538 1 2.2
1957 27 BOS AL C 47 38 355.7 270 9 1 1 .996 7.06 10 5 .500 1 2.9
    3B 1 0 3.3 0 1 0 1 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 28 BOS AL C 85 71 658.0 441 19 2 0 .996 6.29 17 6 .353 0 5.1
1959 29 BOS AL C 66 63 551.0 423 22 2 0 .996 7.27 24 14 .583 0 3.8
1960 30 SEM AL C 48 45 393.3 239 10 2 0 .992 5.70 23 6 .261 1 0.6
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 33 CLE AL C 11 10 87.0 65 6 1 0 .986 7.34 12 4 .333 1 0.5
  C 323 280 2522.7 1729 91 10 1 .995 6.49 108 43 .398 5 16.0
  3B 2 0 5.3 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   325 280 2528.0 1729 92 10 2 .995 6.48 108 43 .398 5 16.0
Career Highs   85 71 658.0 441 22 2 2 .996 7.34 24 14 .583 1  
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
1958 28 BOS AL 11 34 11 10 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 1 .294 .351 .412 .763
Career Post-Season Batting 11 34 11 10 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 1 .294 .351 .412 .763
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 50th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1955
Had first career hit on 7/7/1955, off Dean Stone (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 7/27/1956, off Ted Gray (OAK)
Injured on 6/5/1958 with a Concussion, out for one week
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,588,571 through salary arbitration
Released by Boston (A) on 10/13/1959
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/4/1960 to a 4-year deal worth $500,000 per year
Released by Seattle on 10/13/1960
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 2/25/1962 to a 2-year deal worth $600,001 per year
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $600,001 through salary arbitration