Pete Appleton

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Full Name: Peter William Appleton	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/180	First Game: September 14, 1927
Birthdate: May 20, 1904	Final Game: September 20, 1945
Birthplace: Terryville, Connecticut	MLB Experience: 14 years
Died: January 18, 1974
Deathplace: Trenton, New Jersey
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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[edit] Biography

Born on May 20, 1904 in Terryville, Connecticut, Pete Appleton (Peter William Appleton) played for the Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 14 year career. Appleton broke into the bigs on September 14, 1927 with the Cincinnati Reds, and put up a 4.68 ERA in 82.2 innings pitched in 1928, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Pete Appleton's best season was 1936, when he posted a 3.53 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 77 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1927	CIN	N	6	2	2	1	1.82	3	7	6	2	1	0	29.2	29	0	17	0	1	0
1928	CIN	N	31	2	3	4	4.68	20	50	43	0	0	0	82.2	101	7	22	0	2	2
1930	CLE	A	39	7	8	7	4.02	45	71	53	2	0	1	118.2	122	8	53	0	2	5
1931	CLE	A	29	4	4	4	4.63	25	51	41	3	0	0	79.2	100	2	29	0	3	1
1932	CLE	A	4	0	0	0	16.20	1	11	9	0	0	0	5	11	1	3	0	0	0
1932	BOS	A	11	3	0	3	4.11	15	35	21	0	0	0	46	49	2	26	0	1	2
1932	TOT	A	15	3	0	3	5.29	16	46	30	0	0	0	51	60	3	29	0	1	2
1933	NY	A	1	0	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	0
1936	WAS	A	38	20	14	9	3.53	77	94	79	12	1	3	201.2	199	7	77	0	5	3
1937	WAS	A	35	18	8	15	4.39	62	103	82	7	4	2	168	167	16	72	0	4	5
1938	WAS	A	43	10	7	9	4.60	62	99	84	5	0	5	164.1	175	12	61	0	8	1
1939	WAS	A	40	4	5	10	4.56	50	62	52	2	0	6	102.2	104	7	48	0	2	4
1940	CHI	A	25	0	4	0	5.62	21	39	36	0	0	5	57.2	54	8	28	0	3	1
1941	CHI	A	13	0	0	3	5.27	12	21	16	0	0	1	27.1	27	4	17	0	1	2
1942	STL	A	14	0	1	1	2.96	12	9	9	0	0	2	27.1	25	1	11	0	0	0
1942	CHI	A	4	0	0	0	3.86	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.2	2	0	3	0	0	0
1942	TOT	A	18	0	1	1	3.09	14	11	11	0	0	2	32	27	1	14	0	0	0
1945	WAS	A	6	2	1	0	3.38	12	8	8	1	0	1	21.1	16	1	11	0	0	0
1945	STL	A	2	0	0	0	15.43	1	5	4	0	0	0	2.1	3	0	7	0	0	0
1945	TOT	A	8	2	1	0	4.56	13	13	12	1	0	1	23.2	19	1	18	0	0	0
Total	NL		37	4	5	5	3.93	23	57	49	2	1	0	112.1	130	7	39	0	3	2
Total	AL		304	68	52	61	4.34	397	610	496	32	5	26	1028.2	1057	69	447	0	29	24
Total			341	72	57	66	4.30	420	667	545	34	6	26	1141	1187	76	486	0	32	26

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1927	CIN	N	P	6	0	0	4	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1928	CIN	N	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1928	CIN	N	P	31	0	0	3	28	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1930	CLE	A	P	39	0	0	6	30	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1931	CLE	A	P	29	0	0	4	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.909
1932	CLE	A	P	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1932	BOS	A	P	11	0	0	5	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1932	TOT	A	P	15	0	0	5	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1933	NY	A	P	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1936	WAS	A	P	38	0	0	9	42	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1937	WAS	A	P	35	0	0	8	43	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1938	WAS	A	P	43	0	0	9	29	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	.905
1939	WAS	A	P	40	0	0	4	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1940	CHI	A	P	25	0	0	4	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.923
1941	CHI	A	P	13	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1942	STL	A	P	14	0	0	1	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1942	CHI	A	P	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1942	TOT	A	P	18	0	0	1	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1945	WAS	A	P	6	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1945	STL	A	P	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1945	TOT	A	P	8	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	341	0	0	58	266	12	25	0	0	0	0	0	.964
Total			OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1927	CIN	N	6	11	1	6	0	1	.545	.545	.545	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1928	CIN	N	32	31	3	10	0	3	.323	.323	.452	2	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	0
1930	CLE	A	39	40	4	8	0	2	.200	.256	.225	1	0	3	9	0	1	0	0	0
1931	CLE	A	30	24	1	5	0	1	.208	.240	.292	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	0
1932	CLE	A	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1932	BOS	A	11	17	3	3	0	1	.176	.176	.235	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
1932	TOT	A	15	17	3	3	0	1	.176	.176	.235	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
1933	NY	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1936	WAS	A	38	76	7	19	0	8	.250	.250	.289	1	1	0	15	0	1	0	0	0
1937	WAS	A	35	59	3	11	0	7	.186	.186	.220	0	1	0	12	0	1	0	0	0
1938	WAS	A	43	59	4	15	0	9	.254	.267	.356	2	2	1	8	0	2	0	0	0
1939	WAS	A	40	25	1	4	0	0	.160	.192	.200	1	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	2
1940	CHI	A	25	17	2	3	0	0	.176	.222	.176	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	0
1941	CHI	A	13	4	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1942	STL	A	14	6	1	1	0	1	.167	.286	.500	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1942	CHI	A	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1942	TOT	A	18	6	1	1	0	1	.167	.286	.500	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1945	WAS	A	6	5	0	1	0	1	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1945	STL	A	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1945	TOT	A	8	5	0	1	0	1	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		38	42	4	16	0	4	.381	.381	.476	2	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	0
Total	AL		305	332	26	71	0	30	.214	.232	.268	6	6	8	62	0	10	0	0	2
Total			343	374	30	87	0	34	.233	.249	.291	8	7	8	66	0	12	0	0	2

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Cleveland Indians to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Jack Russell (June 10, 1932).
Selected by Washington Senators from Montreal (International) in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 1, 1935).
Traded by Washington Senators with Taffy Wright to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Gee Walker (December 8, 1939).
Released by Chicago White Sox (July 5, 1942).
Signed by St. Louis Browns (@July 10, 1942).
Released by St. Louis Browns (August 28, 1945).
Signed by Washington Senators (@August 30, 1945).
Released by Washington Senators (April 10, 1946).

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