Kent Peterson
[edit] Biography
Born on December 21, 1925 in Goshen, Utah, Kent Peterson (Kent Franklin Peterson) played for the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 8 year career. Peterson broke into the bigs on July 15, 1944 with the Cincinnati Reds, and put up a 4.25 ERA in 152.1 innings pitched in 1947, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Kent Peterson's best season was 1947, when he posted a 4.25 ERA and struck out 78 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1944
| CIN
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1947
| CIN
| N
| 37
| 17
| 6
| 13
| 4.25
| 78
| 74
| 72
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 152.1
| 156
| 8
| 62
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| 1948
| CIN
| N
| 43
| 17
| 2
| 15
| 4.60
| 64
| 82
| 70
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 137
| 146
| 10
| 59
| 0
| 2
| 6
|
| 1949
| CIN
| N
| 30
| 7
| 4
| 5
| 6.24
| 28
| 54
| 46
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 66.1
| 66
| 8
| 46
| 0
| 3
| 4
|
| 1950
| CIN
| N
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 7.20
| 6
| 20
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 25
| 4
| 17
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1951
| CIN
| N
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 6.52
| 5
| 8
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.2
| 13
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1952
| PHI
| N
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1953
| PHI
| N
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6.67
| 20
| 20
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 27
| 26
| 3
| 21
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 147
| 43
| 13
| 38
| 4.95
| 208
| 258
| 231
| 7
| 1
| 5
| 420.1
| 434
| 33
| 215
| 0
| 11
| 15
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1944
| CIN
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1947
| CIN
| N
| P
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 18
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1948
| CIN
| N
| P
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 24
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1949
| CIN
| N
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1950
| CIN
| N
| P
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1951
| CIN
| N
| P
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1952
| PHI
| N
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1953
| PHI
| N
| P
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 147
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 58
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1944
| CIN
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1947
| CIN
| N
| 37
| 44
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .068
| .109
| .068
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1948
| CIN
| N
| 43
| 36
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .139
| .139
| .139
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1949
| CIN
| N
| 30
| 18
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .056
| .056
| .056
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1950
| CIN
| N
| 9
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1951
| CIN
| N
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1952
| PHI
| N
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1953
| PHI
| N
| 15
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 147
| 110
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 3
| .091
| .107
| .091
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 31
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Cincinnati Reds (1944).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Johnny Wyrostek to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Bubba Church (May 23, 1952).
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