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Fritz
Peterson		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: February 8, 1942 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1966 24 TOR AL   8 4 3 3 8 8 8 7 6 7
1967 25 MON NL $ 300,000 8 4 3 3 8 8 8 7 6 6
1968 26 MON NL $ 300,000 7 4 3 3 8 8 8 7 6 7
1969 27 MON NL $ 300,000 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 6 6
1970 28 MON NL $ 350,000 6 4 3 3 8 8 8 7 6 6
1971 29 MON NL $ 350,000 6 4 3 3 8 8 8 7 6 7
1972 30 MON NL $ 320,000 5 4 3 3 9 8 8 7 6 6
1973 31 MON NL $ 320,000 4 4 3 3 9 8 8 7 6 6
1974 32 MON NL $ 350,000 4 4 3 3 9 8 8 8 7 7
1975 33 MON NL $ 1,017,143 4 4 3 3 9 8 8 7 7 7
1976 34 MON NL $ 560,000 4 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 5 5
1977 35 MON NL $ 560,000 3 3 2 2 8 8 8 5 4 4
1978 36 MON NL $ 560,000 3 3 2 2 9 8 8 5 4 5
1979 37 MON NL $ 560,000 3 3 2 3 9 8 9 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   3 3 2 2 8 8 8 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,017,143 8 4 3 3 9 8 9 8 7 7
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  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1966 24 TOR AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1967 25 MON NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1968 26 MON NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1969 27 MON NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1970 28 MON NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1971 29 MON NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1972 30 MON NL $ 320,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1973 31 MON NL $ 320,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1974 32 MON NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1975 33 MON NL $ 1,017,143   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1976 34 MON NL $ 560,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1977 35 MON NL $ 560,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1978 36 MON NL $ 560,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1979 37 MON NL $ 560,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,017,143   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
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
1966 24 AAA   5 10 .333 19 19 4 1 0 137.3 164 55 9 29 107 3.60 .295 .330 .395 .725  
1967 25 MON NL 6 19 .240 30 30 9 0 0 237.0 253 112 33 61 90 4.25 .280 .329 .431 .760 10.6
1968 26 MON NL 10 16 .385 32 32 9 1 0 246.0 276 125 26 79 88 4.57 .287 .341 .422 .763 5.4
1969 27 MON NL 0 2 .000 24 1 0 0 2 45.7 61 25 5 14 13 4.93 .321 .361 .484 .845 1.1
1970 28 MON NL 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 .143 .143 .214 .357 0.9
    AAA   3 4 .429 52 0 0 0 3 49.7 66 24 3 11 28 4.35 .322 .356 .429 .786  
1971 29 MON NL 0 2 .000 9 0 0 0 1 7.7 8 4 0 3 2 4.70 .258 .324 .355 .678 0.3
    AAA   3 3 .500 25 3 1 0 0 49.0 70 28 6 12 28 5.14 .330 .366 .486 .852  
1972 30 MON NL 0 0 .000 12 0 0 0 2 24.7 28 10 3 4 10 3.65 .277 .311 .386 .697 1.6
    AAA   6 2 .750 16 4 0 0 2 49.0 47 11 3 15 30 2.02 .258 .315 .352 .666  
1973 31 MON NL 0 1 .000 4 0 0 0 0 5.7 10 6 1 1 5 9.54 .385 .429 .577 1.005 0.0
    AAA   5 1 .833 26 0 0 0 1 50.7 63 18 5 13 24 3.20 .312 .353 .426 .779  
1974 32 MON NL 9 6 .600 48 0 0 0 4 65.0 67 22 3 11 17 3.05 .268 .304 .344 .648 6.9
1975 33 MON NL 8 8 .500 88 0 0 0 17 111.7 127 62 13 34 36 5.00 .286 .336 .428 .764 6.5
1976 34 MON NL 9 4 .692 55 0 0 0 12 92.7 102 41 10 27 24 3.98 .281 .329 .416 .745 8.8
1977 35 MON NL 0 1 .000 19 0 0 0 4 28.7 17 3 1 10 5 0.94 .173 .250 .224 .474 4.3
1978 36 MON NL 2 5 .286 44 0 0 0 4 71.7 102 46 7 18 18 5.78 .337 .372 .469 .840 0.0
    AAA   0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.7 4 2 0 1 1 6.77 .400 .455 .500 .955  
1979 37 AAA   3 0 1.000 31 0 0 0 6 30.0 37 10 0 7 17 3.00 .301 .338 .374 .712  
12 Years Sim 45 64 .413 367 63 18 1 46 940.3 1053 456 102 262 308 4.36 .286 .334 .420 .753 46.4
7 Years AAA 25 20 .556 171 26 5 1 12 368.3 451 148 26 88 235 3.62 .303 .342 .410 .752  
Season Average 3 5 .375 30 5 1 0 3 78.4 87 38 8 21 25 4.36 .286 .334 .420 .753  
Career Highs 10 19 1.000 88 32 9 1 17 246.0 276 125 33 79 90 9.54 .385 .429 .577 1.005  
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   800 346 76 187 198   .298 .344 .434 .778
vs LH   253 110 26 75 110   .252 .304 .382 .686
Home 31 24 .564 182 31 7 1 21 498.7 526 237 50 150 150 4.28 .273 .326 .401 .726
Away 14 40 .259 185 32 11 0 26 441.6 527 219 52 112 158 4.46 .299 .341 .440 .782
Mar/Apr 6 8 .429 65 10 4 1 10 161.6 179 82 15 46 61 4.57 .285 .334 .417 .751
May 3 14 .176 63 11 2 0 7 159.6 209 95 16 49 61 5.36 .318 .365 .433 .798
June 9 10 .474 62 11 3 0 9 168.3 209 78 22 37 45 4.17 .310 .346 .464 .810
July 12 11 .522 67 11 2 0 6 167.0 170 84 19 58 52 4.53 .260 .321 .406 .726
August 10 10 .500 55 11 3 0 7 154.6 146 57 18 37 42 3.32 .257 .302 .376 .678
Sep/Oct 5 11 .313 55 9 4 0 8 129.0 140 60 12 35 47 4.19 .278 .325 .412 .737
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
1967 25 MON NL 30 75 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 21 .147 .179 .147 .326 0.4 0.0
1968 26 MON NL 32 80 2 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 27 .088 .088 .088 .175 -2.6 0.0
2 Years Sim 62 155 6 18 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 48 .116 .133 .116 .249 -2.2 0.0
162 Game Average 405 15 47 0 0 0 2 2 0 7 125 .116 .133 .116 .249 -5.9  
Career Highs 32 80 4 11 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 27 .147 .179 .147 .326 0.4  
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   94 5 12 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 24 .128 .155 .128 .282 -0.7
vs LH   61 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 .098 .098 .098 .197 -2.3
Home 30 76 4 10 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 25 .132 .132 .132 .263 -1.2
Away 32 79 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 23 .101 .134 .101 .235 -1.8
RISP   28 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .036 .069 .036 .105 -1.8
Close/Late   15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .067 .125 .067 .192 -0.5
Mar/Apr 9 23 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .087 .087 .087 .174 -0.8
May 11 28 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .214 .241 .214 .456 1.2
June 11 30 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .100 .129 .100 .229 -0.8
July 11 27 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .074 .074 .074 .148 -1.4
August 11 28 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.3
Sep/Oct 9 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .053 .100 .053 .153 -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    
1967 25 MON NL P 30 30 237.0 11 43 1 3 .982 2.05    
1968 26 MON NL P 32 32 246.0 20 55 1 3 .987 2.74    
1969 27 MON NL P 24 1 45.7 7 8 0 3 1.000 2.96    
1970 28 MON NL P 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1971 29 MON NL P 9 0 7.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.35    
1972 30 MON NL P 12 0 24.7 3 6 2 0 .818 3.28    
1973 31 MON NL P 4 0 5.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1974 32 MON NL P 48 0 65.0 4 12 0 3 1.000 2.22    
1975 33 MON NL P 88 0 111.7 6 25 1 2 .969 2.50    
1976 34 MON NL P 55 0 92.7 10 9 1 3 .950 1.85    
1977 35 MON NL P 19 0 28.7 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.26    
1978 36 MON NL P 44 0 71.7 5 7 0 0 1.000 1.51    
Career Totals   367 63 940.3 66 171 6 17 .975 2.27    
Career Highs   88 32 246.0 20 55 2 3 1.000 3.28    
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
1974 32 MON NL 0 1 .000 6 0 0 0 0 9.0 22 8 0 5 4 8.00 .489 .540 .556 1.096
1975 33 MON NL 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 1 4.0 3 0 0 1 0 0.00 .214 .267 .214 .481
1977 35 MON NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 .500 .000 .500
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 1 .500 9 0 0 0 1 13.3 25 8 0 7 4 5.40 .417 .478 .467 .944
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1967-4-19
 Saves
1975-3-17
1976-6-12
 Games Pitched
1975-1-88
 Homeruns Allowed
1967-8-33
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Toronto in 1966
Injured on 7/4/1966 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for full season
Traded from Toronto to Montreal on 3/3/1967 (Going to MON: P Fritz Peterson, 2B Bob Schroder. Going to TOR: P Don Drysdale, SS Mike De la hoz, RF Wes Covington, C Doc Edwards, P Joe Grzenda)
Had first career hit on 5/7/1967, off Tug Mcgraw (STL)
Earned first career win on 6/9/1967
Injured on 9/2/1968 with a Sore Elbow, out for one week
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
6/1/1971: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $320,000 per year, for 2 years
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,017,143 through salary arbitration
10/31/1975: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $560,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Montreal to Oakland on 3/3/1976 (Going to MON: P Frank Riccelli, P Mickey Lolich. Going to OAK: P Fritz Peterson, P John Hiller, C Rene Lachemann, LF Jerry Martin)
Traded from Oakland to Montreal on 3/3/1976 (Going to MON: P Fritz Peterson. Going to OAK: LF Floyd Wicker)
 
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