Pete Broberg

Full Name: Peter Sven Broberg	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/205	First Game: June 20, 1971
Birthdate: March 2, 1950	Final Game: October 1, 1978
Birthplace: West Palm Beach, Florida	MLB Experience: 8 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on March 2, 1950 in West Palm Beach, Florida, Pete Broberg (Peter Sven Broberg) played for the Washington Senators, Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs and Oakland Athletics over the course of his 8 year career. Broberg broke into the bigs on June 20, 1971 with the Washington Senators, and put up a 3.47 ERA in 124.2 innings pitched in 1971, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Pete Broberg's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1975, when he posted a 4.13 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 100 batters. However, others believe that it was 1972, when he posted a 4.29 ERA and struck out 133 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1971	WAS	A	18	18	5	9	3.47	89	57	48	7	1	0	124.2	104	10	53	2	10	10
1972	TEX	A	39	25	5	12	4.29	133	93	84	3	2	1	176.1	153	14	85	3	14	13
1973	TEX	A	22	20	5	9	5.61	57	77	74	6	1	0	118.2	130	8	66	3	5	5
1974	TEX	A	12	2	0	4	8.07	15	29	26	0	0	0	29	29	7	13	0	2	1
1975	MIL	A	38	32	14	16	4.13	100	114	101	7	2	0	220.1	219	17	106	2	10	16
1976	MIL	A	20	11	1	7	4.97	28	59	51	1	0	0	92.1	99	5	72	6	8	4
1977	CHI	N	22	0	1	2	4.75	20	22	19	0	0	0	36	34	8	18	4	0	0
1978	OAK	A	35	26	10	12	4.62	94	101	85	2	0	0	165.2	174	16	65	5	1	3
Total	NL		22	0	1	2	4.75	20	22	19	0	0	0	36	34	8	18	4	0	0
Total	AL		184	134	40	69	4.55	516	530	469	26	6	1	927	908	77	460	21	50	52
Total			206	134	41	71	4.56	536	552	488	26	6	1	963	942	85	478	25	50	52

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1971	WAS	A	P	18	18	124.2	10	12	0	1	2	10	4	0	1.000
1972	TEX	A	P	39	25	176.1	16	27	1	2	0	10	4	1	.977
1973	TEX	A	P	22	20	118.2	5	18	1	1	0	10	4	2	.958
1974	TEX	A	P	12	2	29	2	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	.857
1975	MIL	A	P	38	32	220.1	7	36	4	4	3	15	17	1	.915
1976	MIL	A	P	20	11	92.1	4	11	1	0	1	8	6	0	.938
1977	CHI	N	P	22	0	36	1	7	0	0	1	2	2	0	1.000
1978	OAK	A	P	35	26	165.2	8	28	0	1	1	11	7	0	1.000
Total			P	206	134	963	53	143	8	9	8	66	45	4	.961

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1971	WAS	A	18	44	2	5	1	4	.114	.133	.227	2	1	22	3	0
1972	TEX	A	39	51	1	4	0	2	.078	.096	.118	2	1	24	5	0
1973	TEX	A	23	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1974	TEX	A	12	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1975	MIL	A	38	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1976	MIL	A	20	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1977	CHI	N	22	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	0	1
1978	OAK	A	35	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		22	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	0	1
Total	AL		185	95	3	9	1	6	.095	.113	.168	4	2	46	8	0
Total			207	101	3	9	1	6	.089	.107	.158	4	2	48	8	1

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Selected by Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (2nd pick overall) of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1968).
Selected by Washington Senators in the 1st round (1st pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 8, 1971).
Traded by Texas Rangers to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Clyde Wright (December 5, 1974).
Selected by Seattle Mariners from Milwaukee Brewers (35th pick overall) in the expansion draft (November 5, 1976).
Traded by Seattle Mariners to Chicago Cubs in exchange for a player to be named later (April 20, 1977); Seattle Mariners received Jim Todd (October 25, 1977).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Rodney Scott and cash (March 29, 1978).
Granted free agency (November 2, 1978).
Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (February 23, 1979).
Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (April 4, 1979).

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