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Pete
Appleton		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: May 20, 1904 in Usa, CT, TERRYVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1935   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 26 MON NL $ 3,078,571 83 39 45 42 49 56 53 66 72 69
1931 27 MON NL $ 3,514,286 9 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7
1932 28 MON NL $ 3,514,286 9 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 7
1933 29 MON NL $ 1,200,000 9 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 7
1934 30 DET AL $ 1,200,000 8 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 8
1935 31 DET AL $ 1,200,000 8 5 5 5 6 7 6 8 8 8
1936 32 DET AL $ 1,200,000 8 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 7
1937 33 DET AL $ 1,200,000 8 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 7
1938 34 SEM AL $ 2,040,000 8 4 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8
1939 35 DET AL $ 3,308,000 8 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 6
1940 36 NYG NL $ 1,424,000 8 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,200,000 8 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,514,286 83 39 45 42 49 56 53 66 72 69
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
1930 26 MON NL $ 3,078,571   36 36 35 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 56 56 56
1931 27 MON NL $ 3,514,286   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1932 28 MON NL $ 3,514,286   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1933 29 MON NL $ 1,200,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1934 30 DET AL $ 1,200,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1935 31 DET AL $ 1,200,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1936 32 DET AL $ 1,200,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1937 33 DET AL $ 1,200,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1938 34 SEM AL $ 2,040,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1939 35 DET AL $ 3,308,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1940 36 NYG NL $ 1,424,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,200,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,514,286   36 36 35 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 56 56 56
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
1930 26 MON NL 13 21 .382 40 40 18 1 0 321.0 366 145 15 95 62 4.07 .289 .337 .383 .720 14.8
1931 27 MON NL 12 10 .545 29 29 14 0 0 233.7 282 123 17 68 44 4.74 .297 .345 .426 .771 9.1
1932 28 MON NL 8 6 .571 66 1 0 0 3 99.7 101 32 6 46 28 2.89 .264 .341 .366 .707 9.5
1933 29 MON NL 15 5 .750 64 13 6 1 3 167.7 191 76 9 68 55 4.08 .289 .353 .402 .754 12.4
1934 30 DET AL 12 9 .571 24 24 9 2 0 187.7 209 88 4 69 54 4.22 .282 .344 .350 .694 13.1
1935 31 DET AL 20 13 .606 42 42 12 0 0 315.0 364 154 14 119 108 4.40 .287 .346 .380 .727 16.3
1936 32 DET AL 12 7 .632 25 25 9 1 0 189.0 195 80 4 65 64 3.81 .264 .326 .343 .669 15.2
1937 33 DET AL 7 13 .350 48 24 8 1 4 202.0 255 116 14 85 60 5.17 .306 .372 .407 .779 7.0
1938 34 SEM AL 19 7 .731 35 35 12 2 0 272.3 270 98 8 97 98 3.24 .261 .324 .340 .664 21.1
1939 35 DET AL 11 9 .550 37 21 9 0 3 175.7 194 80 8 55 45 4.10 .284 .337 .382 .718 11.2
1940 36 NYG NL 2 3 .400 28 0 0 0 4 39.3 54 19 3 13 20 4.35 .333 .381 .469 .850 2.2
    AAA   0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 4 1 3 1 12.00 .267 .389 .467 .856  
11 Years Sim 131 103 .560 438 254 97 8 17 2203.0 2481 1011 102 780 638 4.13 .284 .343 .380 .723 131.9
1 Years AAA 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 4 1 3 1 12.00 .267 .389 .467 .856  
Season Average 11 9 .550 39 23 8 0 1 200.3 225 91 9 70 58 4.13 .284 .343 .380 .723  
Career Highs 20 21 .750 66 42 18 2 4 321.0 366 154 17 119 108 5.17 .333 .381 .469 .850  
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   1212 506 46 338 393   .271 .323 .365 .688
vs LH   1269 505 56 442 245   .298 .364 .396 .761
Home 67 49 .578 218 126 45 5 10 1114.0 1251 493 48 392 319 3.98 .285 .344 .375 .719
Away 64 54 .542 220 128 52 3 8 1089.0 1230 518 54 388 319 4.28 .284 .342 .386 .728
Mar/Apr 20 15 .571 76 43 14 0 2 374.3 404 196 15 149 95 4.71 .277 .345 .365 .710
May 18 23 .439 87 51 16 2 2 422.6 521 227 23 134 113 4.83 .302 .352 .406 .758
June 30 19 .612 82 50 20 1 3 439.0 446 161 20 153 126 3.30 .263 .324 .355 .679
July 16 19 .457 64 34 11 0 4 298.0 356 148 18 114 91 4.47 .296 .357 .412 .770
August 23 15 .605 65 39 19 4 2 341.3 373 139 17 126 110 3.67 .279 .342 .372 .713
Sep/Oct 24 12 .667 64 37 17 1 5 327.6 381 140 9 104 103 3.85 .291 .343 .376 .719
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
1930 26 MON NL 40 111 6 15 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 16 .135 .150 .135 .286 -1.0 0.0
1931 27 MON NL 29 77 7 26 1 0 0 10 0 0 2 16 .338 .346 .351 .696 10.5 1.4
1932 28 MON NL 67 10 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .300 .300 .300 .600 0.9 0.0
1933 29 MON NL 64 44 4 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 13 .227 .239 .250 .489 2.9 0.0
1934 30 DET AL 24 67 9 20 3 0 0 11 0 0 0 4 .299 .299 .343 .642 6.8 0.7
1935 31 DET AL 42 111 11 25 2 0 0 10 0 0 3 17 .225 .243 .243 .487 6.2 0.0
1936 32 DET AL 25 68 10 16 0 0 1 7 0 0 3 13 .235 .268 .279 .547 5.5 0.1
1937 33 DET AL 48 58 4 14 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 9 .241 .241 .259 .500 3.5 0.0
1938 34 SEM AL 35 101 8 18 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 18 .178 .184 .198 .382 3.2 0.0
1939 35 DET AL 37 56 2 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 11 .161 .190 .179 .368 1.0 0.0
1940 36 NYG NL 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
11 Years Sim 439 707 62 156 11 0 1 66 0 0 13 119 .221 .234 .240 .475 39.2 2.2
162 Game Average 260 22 57 4 0 0 24 0 0 4 43 .221 .234 .240 .475 14.5  
Career Highs 67 111 11 26 3 0 1 11 0 0 3 18 .338 .346 .351 .696 10.5  
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   472 41 100 6 0 1 46 0 0 2 76 .212 .213 .231 .444 17.2
vs LH   235 21 56 5 0 0 20 0 0 11 43 .238 .274 .260 .534 15.7
Home 218 334 25 73 3 0 0 37 0 0 5 53 .219 .230 .228 .458 13.8
Away 221 373 37 83 8 0 1 29 0 0 8 66 .223 .238 .252 .490 19.1
RISP   197 0 45 2 0 1 65 0 0 4 40 .228 .242 .254 .495 10.6
Close/Late   48 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 9 .146 .163 .146 .309 -0.1
Mar/Apr 76 120 9 20 2 0 1 10 0 0 4 23 .167 .194 .208 .402 3.1
May 58 136 10 29 2 0 0 10 0 0 2 24 .213 .221 .228 .449 5.3
June 67 142 11 32 0 0 0 11 0 0 3 23 .225 .241 .225 .467 6.5
July 59 95 8 23 2 0 0 9 0 0 1 13 .242 .255 .263 .518 5.4
August 39 103 6 21 3 0 0 15 0 0 2 14 .204 .215 .233 .448 4.0
Sep/Oct 44 111 18 31 2 0 0 11 0 0 1 22 .279 .286 .297 .583 8.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1930 26 MON NL P 40 40 321.0 23 74 1 4 .990 2.72    
1931 27 MON NL P 29 29 233.7 19 45 1 2 .985 2.47    
1932 28 MON NL P 66 1 99.7 5 13 3 2 .857 1.63    
1933 29 MON NL P 64 13 167.7 8 33 2 4 .953 2.20    
1934 30 DET AL P 24 24 187.7 11 38 3 2 .942 2.35    
1935 31 DET AL P 42 42 315.0 21 67 0 8 1.000 2.51    
1936 32 DET AL P 25 25 189.0 10 38 1 4 .980 2.29    
1937 33 DET AL P 48 24 202.0 21 39 1 2 .984 2.67    
1938 34 SEM AL P 35 35 272.3 17 54 1 6 .986 2.35    
1939 35 DET AL P 37 21 175.7 10 38 0 2 1.000 2.46    
1940 36 NYG NL P 28 0 39.3 5 6 0 1 1.000 2.52    
Career Totals   438 254 2203.0 150 445 13 37 .979 2.43    
Career Highs   66 42 321.0 23 74 3 8 1.000 2.72    
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
1932 28 MON NL 0 1 .000 6 0 0 0 0 7.3 12 4 0 1 1 4.91 .353 .371 .500 .871
1933 29 MON NL 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 1 5.0 7 4 2 1 0 7.20 .318 .348 .682 1.030
1934 30 DET AL 1 4 .200 6 6 0 0 0 46.0 53 24 1 21 17 4.70 .299 .374 .362 .735
1938 34 SEM AL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 16.7 14 6 0 5 8 3.24 .226 .284 .242 .526
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 5 .286 19 8 0 0 1 75.0 86 38 3 28 26 4.56 .292 .353 .376 .729
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
1934 30 DET AL 6 16 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .188 .313
1938 34 SEM AL 2 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .600 .600 .800 1.400
Career Post-Season Batting 8 21 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .238 .238 .333 .571
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1936-5-3.81
1938-4-3.24
 Wins
1933-10-15
1935-3-20
1938-7-19
 Losses
1930-4-21
 Winning Pct
1933-1-.750
1935-8-.606
1936-6-.632
1938-2-.731
 Games Pitched
1932-2-66
1933-5-64
1937-8-48
 Games Started
1935-9-42
Shutouts
1933-9-1
1934-4-2
1938-5-2
 Hits Allowed
1935-9-364
 Walks Allowed
1935-7-119
 Hits per 9IP
1936-6-9.3
1938-8-8.9
 WHiP
1938-9-1.35
 OAVG
1936-5-.264
OOBP
1938-9-.324
 OSLG
1934-2-.350
1935-8-.380
1936-1-.343
1938-1-.340
 OOPS
1934-5-.694
1936-2-.669
1938-5-.664
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 43    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Dave Goltz (948)
  2. Mel Parnell (936)
  3. Bud Byerly (936)
  4. Dave Pagan (935)
  5. Tom Johnson (925)
  6. Steve Rogers (924)
  7. Dennis Leonard (923)
  8. Johnny Allen (923)
  9. Rick Mahler (922)
  10. Tony Kaufmann (922)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Willis Hudlin (988)
  2. Tony Kaufmann (986)
  3. Ted Lyons (981)
  4. Dutch Henry (981)
  5. Dizzy Trout (978)
  6. Dave Keefe (977)
  7. Early Wynn (976)
  8. Thornton Lee (976)
  9. Monte Pearson (975)
  10. Rip Sewell (974)
History
Traded from Seattle (P) to Montreal on 2/1/1930 (Going to MON: P Pete Appleton, P Ed Brandt. Going to SEP: P Willis Hudlin)
Earned first career win on 4/2/1930
Had first career hit on 4/6/1930, off Dick Coffman (CHN)
1/31/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,514,286 through salary arbitration
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,514,286 through salary arbitration
5/16/1932: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $1,200,000 per year, for 5 years
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1933, winning 2 games with a 1.06 ERA
Traded from Montreal to Detroit on 3/7/1934 (Going to DET: P Pete Appleton. Going to MON: 3B Art Scharein)
Injured on 6/21/1934 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game
Hit first career homerun on 4/24/1936, off Tex Carleton (MIN)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1936, going 5-2, 1.76
Injured on 7/19/1936 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 5/14/1937 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Seattle (M) on 2/26/1938 to a 1-year deal worth $2,040,000 per year
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1938, going 4-1, 1.79
Won World Series with Seattle (M) in 1938
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 4/2/1939 to a 1-year deal worth $3,308,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/22/1940 to a 7-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Released by Detroit on 3/3/1940
Signed as a free agent by New York (G) on 4/2/1940 to a 1-year deal worth $1,424,000 per year
 
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