Kent Peterson was born on Monday, December 21, 1925, in Goshen, Utah. Peterson was 18 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 15, 1944, with the Cincinnati Reds. 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 Kent Peterson baseball stats page.
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Kent Peterson![]() Kent Peterson Autograph on a 1951 Bowman Reprint (#215) |
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Kent PetersonKent Peterson Pitching Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
| 1944 | 19 | Reds | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1947 | 22 | Reds | 37 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 13 | .316 | 4.25 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 152.1 | 661 | 156 | 72 | 74 | 8 | 62 | 8 | 78 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - |
| 1948 | 23 | Reds | 43 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 15 | .118 | 4.60 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 137.0 | 611 | 146 | 70 | 82 | 10 | 59 | 7 | 64 | 2 | 6 | 0 | - |
| 1949 | 24 | Reds | 30 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | .444 | 6.24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.1 | 309 | 66 | 46 | 54 | 8 | 46 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 0 | - |
| 1950 | 25 | Reds | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 99 | 25 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1951 | 26 | Reds | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 50 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - |
| 1952 | 27 | Phillies | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1953 | 28 | Phillies | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 128 | 26 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
| 8 Years | 147 | 43 | 41 | 13 | 38 | .255 | 4.95 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 420.1 | 1,885 | 434 | 231 | 258 | 33 | 215 | 21 | 208 | 11 | 15 | 1 | - | ||
Kent PetersonKent Peterson Hitting Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| 1944 | 19 | Reds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1947 | 22 | Reds | 37 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .068 | .109 | .068 |
| 1948 | 23 | Reds | 43 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .139 | .139 | .139 |
| 1949 | 24 | Reds | 30 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .056 | .056 | .056 |
| 1950 | 25 | Reds | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 |
| 1951 | 26 | Reds | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1952 | 27 | Phillies | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1953 | 28 | Phillies | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
| 8 Years | 147 | 110 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .091 | .107 | .091 | ||
Kent PetersonKent Peterson Fielding Stats |
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| Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| 1944 Reds | P | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1947 Reds | P | 37 | 17 | 457 | 21 | 0.6 | 20 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .952 | 1.18 |
| 1948 Reds | P | 43 | 17 | 411 | 33 | 0.8 | 32 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .970 | 2.10 |
| 1949 Reds | P | 30 | 7 | 199 | 10 | 0.3 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.36 |
| 1950 Reds | P | 9 | 2 | 60 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.45 |
| 1951 Reds | P | 9 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 0.3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.79 |
| 1952 Phillies | P | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1953 Phillies | P | 15 | 0 | 81 | 4 | 0.3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.33 |
| Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| P Totals | 147 | 43 | 1,261 | 72 | 0.5 | 70 | 12 | 58 | 2 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .972 | 1.50 | |
| 8 Years | 147 | 43 | 1,261 | 72 | 0.5 | 70 | 12 | 58 | 2 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .972 | 1.50 | |
Kent PetersonKent Peterson Miscellaneous Stats |
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| Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
| Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 1944 Reds | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 1947 Reds | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.4 | 22.0 | 1.26 | 4.61 | 3.66 |
| 1948 Reds | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 1.08 | 4.20 | 3.88 |
| 1949 Reds | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 2.3 | 18.0 | 0.61 | 3.80 | 6.24 |
| 1950 Reds | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.35 | 2.70 | 7.65 |
| 1951 Reds | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.63 | 4.66 | 7.45 |
| 1952 Phillies | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.50 | 9.00 | 2.57 |
| 1953 Phillies | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.95 | 6.67 | 7.00 |
| Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 8 Years | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.5 | 36.7 | 0.97 | 4.45 | 4.60 |
Kent PetersonKent Peterson Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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| Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
| 1944 Cincinnati Reds | 39 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1947 Cincinnati Reds | 38 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1948 Cincinnati Reds | 38 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1949 Cincinnati Reds | 30 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1950 Cincinnati Reds | 30 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1951 Cincinnati Reds | 30 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1952 Philadelphia Phillies | 33 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1953 Philadelphia Phillies | 33, 27 | Undetermined | - | - |
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