Fritz Peterson

Full Name: Fred Ingles Peterson	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/185	First Game: April 15, 1966
Birthdate: February 8, 1942	Final Game: June 19, 1976
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois	MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Both/Left

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Born on February 8, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, Fritz Peterson (Fred Ingles Peterson) played for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers over the course of his 11 year career. Peterson broke into the bigs on April 15, 1966 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 3.31 ERA in 215 innings pitched in 1966, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Fritz Peterson's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1970, when he posted a 2.90 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 127 batters. However, others believe that it was 1969, when he posted a 2.55 ERA, won 17 games and struck out 150 batters.

However, he is better remembered today for swapping families with fellow Yankees hurler Mike Kekich in 1973. Peterson and Kekich were inseperable friends and they decided that they would one day trade wives, children, and even dogs. This trade worked out better for Peterson than it did for Kekich as Peterson is still married to the former Susanne Kekich, while Kekich and Marilyn Peterson did not last long. Peterson's pitching abilities seem to have suffered after this "deal" and he was roundly booed in nearly every American League ballpark afterwards.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1966	NY	A	34	32	12	11	3.31	96	89	79	11	2	0	215	196	15	40	6	3	3
1967	NY	A	36	30	8	14	3.47	102	88	70	6	1	0	181.1	179	11	43	9	1	3
1968	NY	A	36	27	12	11	2.63	115	72	62	6	2	0	212.1	187	13	29	9	2	4
1969	NY	A	37	37	17	16	2.55	150	95	77	16	4	0	272	228	15	43	11	2	3
1970	NY	A	39	37	20	11	2.90	127	102	84	8	2	0	260.1	247	24	40	6	2	3
1971	NY	A	37	35	15	13	3.05	139	106	93	16	4	1	274	269	25	42	7	6	4
1972	NY	A	35	35	17	15	3.24	100	98	90	12	3	0	250.1	270	17	44	5	7	5
1973	NY	A	31	31	8	15	3.95	59	93	81	6	0	0	184.1	207	18	49	10	6	7
1974	NY	A	3	1	0	0	4.70	5	4	4	0	0	0	7.2	13	1	2	1	1	0
1974	CLE	A	29	29	9	14	4.36	52	89	74	3	0	0	152.2	187	16	37	7	0	4
1974	TOT	A	32	30	9	14	4.38	57	93	78	3	0	0	160.1	200	17	39	8	1	4
1975	CLE	A	25	25	14	8	3.94	47	73	64	6	2	0	146.1	154	15	40	4	2	6
1976	TEX	A	4	2	1	0	3.60	4	7	6	0	0	0	15	21	0	7	0	0	0
1976	CLE	A	9	9	0	3	5.55	19	31	29	0	0	0	47	59	3	10	0	1	0
1976	TOT	A	13	11	1	3	5.08	23	38	35	0	0	0	62	80	3	17	0	1	0
Total			355	330	133	131	3.30	1015	947	813	90	20	1	2218.1	2217	173	426	75	33	42

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1966	NY	A	P	34	32	215	16	36	4	1	0	6	2	4	.929
1967	NY	A	P	36	30	181.1	13	35	2	4	0	5	7	0	.960
1968	NY	A	P	36	27	212.1	6	56	2	6	1	4	3	3	.969
1969	NY	A	P	37	37	272	15	53	3	5	2	3	3	3	.958
1970	NY	A	P	39	37	260.1	12	52	3	7	0	6	5	1	.955
1971	NY	A	P	37	35	274	14	54	1	7	0	3	2	1	.986
1972	NY	A	P	35	35	250.1	13	44	1	6	2	3	3	0	.983
1973	NY	A	P	31	31	184.1	11	30	2	3	4	2	4	0	.953
1974	NY	A	P	3	1	7.2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1974	CLE	A	P	29	29	152.2	8	30	2	2	2	2	5	1	.950
1974	TOT	A	P	32	30	160.1	8	31	2	2	2	2	5	1	.951
1975	CLE	A	P	25	25	146.1	8	26	1	3	1	2	6	0	.971
1976	TEX	A	P	4	2	15	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1976	CLE	A	P	9	9	47	0	8	0	0	0	1	4	1	1.000
1976	TOT	A	P	13	11	62	0	12	0	0	0	1	4	1	1.000
Total			P	355	330	2218.1	116	429	21	44	12	37	44	14	.963

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1966	NY	A	34	67	4	15	0	0	.224	.246	.299	5	0	2	19	0	8	0
1967	NY	A	36	48	2	7	0	1	.146	.226	.167	1	0	5	19	0	3	0
1968	NY	A	36	63	2	5	0	4	.079	.106	.127	1	1	1	24	1	5	0
1969	NY	A	37	80	8	9	0	2	.112	.193	.150	3	0	8	22	0	7	0
1970	NY	A	39	90	7	20	2	7	.222	.228	.322	3	0	0	24	1	7	0
1971	NY	A	37	85	2	7	0	8	.082	.132	.094	1	0	5	22	0	14	2
1972	NY	A	35	82	6	19	0	9	.232	.259	.244	1	0	3	14	0	15	1
1973	NY	A	31	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	NY	A	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	CLE	A	29	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	TOT	A	32	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	CLE	A	25	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	TEX	A	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	CLE	A	9	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	TOT	A	13	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			355	515	31	82	2	31	.159	.199	.204	15	1	24	144	2	59	3

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Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1963).
Traded by New York Yankees with Steve Kline, Fred Beene and Tom Buskey to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Chris Chambliss, Dick Tidrow and Cecil Upshaw (April 26, 1974).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Texas Rangers in exchange for Stan Perzanowski and cash (May 28, 1976).
Released by Texas Rangers (February 2, 1977).
Signed by Chicago White Sox (February 15, 1977).

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