Pete Falcone
[edit] Biography
Born on October 1, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York, Pete Falcone (Peter Falcone) played for the San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 10 year career. Falcone broke into the bigs on April 13, 1975 with the San Francisco Giants, and put up a 4.17 ERA in 190 innings pitched in 1975, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Pete Falcone's best season was 1976, when he posted a 3.23 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 138 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1975
| SF
| N
| 34
| 32
| 12
| 11
| 4.17
| 131
| 97
| 88
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 190
| 171
| 16
| 111
| 7
| 9
| 4
|
| 1976
| STL
| N
| 32
| 32
| 12
| 16
| 3.23
| 138
| 87
| 76
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 212
| 173
| 12
| 93
| 1
| 9
| 2
|
| 1977
| STL
| N
| 27
| 22
| 4
| 8
| 5.44
| 75
| 79
| 75
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 124
| 130
| 19
| 61
| 3
| 4
| 3
|
| 1978
| STL
| N
| 19
| 14
| 2
| 7
| 5.76
| 28
| 52
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 75
| 94
| 9
| 48
| 2
| 8
| 2
|
| 1979
| NY
| N
| 33
| 31
| 6
| 14
| 4.16
| 113
| 91
| 85
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 184
| 194
| 24
| 76
| 10
| 10
| 1
|
| 1980
| NY
| N
| 37
| 23
| 7
| 10
| 4.52
| 109
| 89
| 79
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 157.1
| 163
| 16
| 58
| 9
| 9
| 2
|
| 1981
| NY
| N
| 35
| 9
| 5
| 3
| 2.55
| 56
| 32
| 27
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 95.1
| 84
| 3
| 36
| 4
| 2
| 0
|
| 1982
| NY
| N
| 40
| 23
| 8
| 10
| 3.84
| 101
| 82
| 73
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 171
| 159
| 24
| 71
| 4
| 10
| 1
|
| 1983
| ATL
| N
| 33
| 15
| 9
| 4
| 3.63
| 59
| 47
| 43
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 106.2
| 102
| 14
| 60
| 2
| 5
| 1
|
| 1984
| ATL
| N
| 35
| 16
| 5
| 7
| 4.12
| 55
| 61
| 55
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 120
| 115
| 15
| 57
| 3
| 4
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 325
| 217
| 70
| 90
| 4.07
| 865
| 717
| 649
| 25
| 7
| 7
| 1435.1
| 1385
| 152
| 671
| 45
| 70
| 16
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1975
| SF
| N
| P
| 34
| 32
| 190
| 2
| 29
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 14
| 7
| 0
| .939
|
| 1976
| STL
| N
| P
| 32
| 32
| 212
| 3
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 17
| 5
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1977
| STL
| N
| P
| 27
| 22
| 124
| 4
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 8
| 3
| 1.000
|
| 1978
| STL
| N
| P
| 19
| 14
| 75
| 0
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 5
| 1
| .778
|
| 1979
| NY
| N
| P
| 33
| 31
| 184
| 3
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 12
| 12
| 1
| .944
|
| 1980
| NY
| N
| P
| 37
| 23
| 157.1
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 19
| 7
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1981
| NY
| N
| P
| 35
| 9
| 95.1
| 2
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 3
| 1
| .917
|
| 1982
| NY
| N
| P
| 40
| 23
| 171
| 2
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 20
| 3
| 1.000
|
| 1983
| ATL
| N
| P
| 33
| 15
| 106.2
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 9
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| ATL
| N
| P
| 35
| 16
| 120
| 0
| 17
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 12
| 7
| 0
| .944
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 325
| 217
| 1435.1
| 18
| 144
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 8
| 124
| 83
| 9
| .959
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1975
| SF
| N
| 34
| 65
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .062
| .076
| .062
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 26
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| 1976
| STL
| N
| 32
| 62
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 2
| .129
| .156
| .145
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 23
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1977
| STL
| N
| 27
| 41
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 2
| .244
| .279
| .293
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 12
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| STL
| N
| 19
| 21
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .238
| .238
| .286
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| NY
| N
| 33
| 52
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 2
| .173
| .204
| .173
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 19
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1980
| NY
| N
| 37
| 41
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 3
| .146
| .186
| .146
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 12
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| NY
| N
| 35
| 22
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 5
| .182
| .182
| .318
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1982
| NY
| N
| 40
| 53
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 3
| .113
| .113
| .132
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1983
| ATL
| N
| 33
| 26
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .115
| .111
| .115
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1984
| ATL
| N
| 35
| 33
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 2
| .212
| .212
| .273
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 325
| 416
| 17
| 62
| 1
| 21
| .149
| .167
| .173
| 5
| 1
| 8
| 141
| 1
| 43
| 1
| 0
| 10
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 13th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 6, 1972).
- Selected by Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (January 10, 1973).
- Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (4th pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 5, 1973).
- Traded by San Francisco Giants to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Ken Reitz (December 8, 1975).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to New York Mets in exchange for Tom Grieve and Kim Seaman (December 5, 1978).
- Granted free agency (November 10, 1982).
- Signed by Atlanta Braves (December 20, 1982).
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