Rusty Peters Stats

Rusty Peters was born on Monday, December 14, 1914, in Roanoke, Virginia. Peters was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 14, 1936, with the Philadelphia Athletics. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Rusty Peters baseball stats page.

"Mr. Peters was a loving and devoted husband, father and grandfather who enjoyed classical music and was a master craftsman." - Daily News Record (Obituary of February 21, 2003)

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Rusty Peters
 
 
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Birth Name:   Russell Dixon Peters
Nickname:   Rusty
Born On:   12-14-1914  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Roanoke, Virginia
Year of Death Data Died On:   02-21-2003 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Harrisonburg, Virginia
Cemetery:   Christ Church Unity Cemetery, Roanoke, Virginia
High School:   Undetermined
College:   Washington & Lee University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   170
First Game:   04-14-1936 (Age 21)
Last Game:   09-28-1947
Draft:   Not Applicable
Rusty Peters

Rusty Peters Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Rusty Peters

Rusty Peters Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1936 22 Athletics 45 119 12 26 3 2 3 0 16 4 - 28 0 - 0 - .218 .244 .353
1937 23 Athletics 116 339 39 88 17 6 3 0 43 41 - 59 5 - 0 - .260 .339 .372
1938 24 Athletics 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 - 0 - .000 .000 .000
1940 26 Indians 30 71 5 17 3 2 0 0 7 4 - 14 0 - 0 2 .239 .280 .338
1941 27 Indians 29 63 6 13 2 0 0 0 2 7 - 10 0 - 0 1 .206 .286 .238
1942 28 Indians 34 58 6 13 5 1 0 0 2 2 - 14 0 - 0 3 .224 .250 .345
1943 29 Indians 79 215 22 47 6 2 1 0 19 18 - 29 7 - 1 5 .219 .282 .279
1944 30 Indians 88 282 23 63 13 3 1 0 24 15 - 35 11 - 2 6 .223 .268 .301
1946 32 Indians 9 21 0 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 - 1 0 - 0 0 .286 .318 .286
1947 33 Browns 39 47 10 16 4 0 0 0 2 6 - 8 1 - 0 1 .340 .415 .426
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
10 Years 471 1,222 123 289 53 16 8 0 117 98 - 199 24 - 3 18 .236 .295 .326
Rusty Peters

Rusty Peters Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1936 Athletics 2B 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1936 Athletics 3B 10 9 237 39 3.9 36 7 29 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .923 4.10
1936 Athletics LF 2 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1936 Athletics SS 25 17 441 108 4.3 97 44 53 11 12 n/a n/a n/a .898 5.94
1937 Athletics 2B 70 55 1,167 319 4.6 308 138 170 11 34 n/a n/a n/a .966 7.13
1937 Athletics 3B 31 27 702 104 3.4 91 37 54 13 2 n/a n/a n/a .875 3.50
1937 Athletics SS 13 13 165 63 4.8 58 16 42 5 3 n/a n/a n/a .921 9.49
1938 Athletics SS 2 2 24 7 3.5 5 3 2 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .714 5.63
1940 Indians 1B 1 0 - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1940 Indians 2B 9 9 237 51 5.7 47 24 23 4 7 n/a n/a n/a .922 5.35
1940 Indians 3B 6 5 147 23 3.8 19 3 16 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .826 3.49
1940 Indians SS 6 0 - 9 1.5 9 4 5 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1941 Indians 2B 3 0 - 7 2.3 6 4 2 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .857 0.00
1941 Indians 3B 9 8 129 28 3.1 24 9 15 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .857 5.02
1941 Indians SS 11 8 225 46 4.2 41 13 28 5 5 n/a n/a n/a .891 4.92
1942 Indians 2B 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1942 Indians 3B 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1942 Indians SS 24 12 264 71 3.0 67 21 46 4 8 n/a n/a n/a .944 6.85
1943 Indians 2B 6 0 - 11 1.8 11 5 6 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1943 Indians 3B 46 44 1,056 126 2.7 115 39 76 11 9 n/a n/a n/a .913 2.94
1943 Indians LF 2 2 51 5 2.5 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.65
1943 Indians SS 14 2 27 33 2.4 33 17 16 0 7 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 33.00
1944 Indians 2B 63 57 1,461 340 5.4 332 151 181 8 45 n/a n/a n/a .976 6.14
1944 Indians 3B 8 5 123 16 2.0 16 4 12 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.51
1944 Indians SS 13 7 165 42 3.2 41 25 16 1 5 n/a n/a n/a .976 6.71
1946 Indians SS 7 5 102 24 3.4 24 11 13 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.35
1947 Browns 2B 13 9 291 66 5.1 63 34 29 3 8 n/a n/a n/a .955 5.85
1947 Browns SS 2 0 6 2 1.0 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
2B Totals 166 130 3,156 794 4.8 767 356 411 27 97 n/a n/a n/a .966 6.56
SS Totals 117 66 1,419 405 3.5 377 154 223 28 43 n/a n/a n/a .931 7.17
3B Totals 111 98 2,394 336 3.0 301 99 202 35 19 n/a n/a n/a .896 3.39
LF Totals 4 2 51 5 1.3 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.65
1B Totals 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
10 Years 399 296 7,020 1,541 3.9 1,451 615 836 90 159 n/a n/a n/a .942 5.58
Rusty Peters

Rusty Peters Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1936 Athletics 1 1 .500 7 0 n/a 39.7 4.3 7.4 - - -
1937 Athletics 4 4 .500 7 1 n/a 113.0 5.7 7.9 - - -
1938 Athletics 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 7.0 0.0 - - -
1940 Indians 1 0 1.000 9 0 n/a 0.0 5.1 10.1 - - -
1941 Indians 0 1 .000 2 4 n/a 0.0 6.3 31.5 - - -
1942 Indians 0 0 .000 5 6 n/a 0.0 4.1 29.0 - - -
1943 Indians 1 1 .500 11 3 n/a 215.0 7.4 11.3 - - -
1944 Indians 2 1 .667 6 0 n/a 282.0 8.1 11.8 - - -
1946 Indians 0 1 .000 2 0 n/a 0.0 21.0 10.5 - - -
1947 Browns 0 0 .000 12 12 n/a 0.0 5.9 23.5 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
10 Years 9 9 .500 61 26 n/a 152.8 6.1 10.4 - - -
Rusty Peters

Rusty Peters Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1936 Philadelphia Athletics 24, 29 $2,500.00 - -
1937 Philadelphia Athletics 12 $2,500.00 - -
1938 Philadelphia Athletics 11 $3,500.00 - -
1940 Cleveland Indians 3 $4,000.00 - -
1941 Cleveland Indians 3 $5,000.00 - -
1942 Cleveland Indians 3 $5,000.00 - -
1943 Cleveland Indians 3 $5,000.00 - -
1944 Cleveland Indians 3 $6,000.00 - -
1946 Cleveland Indians 12 $7,000.00 - -
1947 St. Louis Browns 3, 40 $7,000.00 - -


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