Rusty Peters
[edit] Biography
Rusty Peters (Russell Dixon Peters) was born on December 14, 1914 in Roanoke, Virginia. He made his Major League debut on April 14, 1936 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1937, his rookie year, he hit .260 with 3 home runs and 43 RBI. Peters played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Cleveland Indians and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 10 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1936
| PHI
| A
| 45
| 119
| 12
| 26
| 3
| 16
| .218
| .244
| .353
| 3
| 2
| 4
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| PHI
| A
| 116
| 339
| 39
| 88
| 3
| 43
| .260
| .339
| .372
| 17
| 6
| 41
| 59
| 0
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| PHI
| A
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1940
| CLE
| A
| 30
| 71
| 5
| 17
| 0
| 7
| .239
| .280
| .338
| 3
| 2
| 4
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| 1941
| CLE
| A
| 29
| 63
| 6
| 13
| 0
| 2
| .206
| .286
| .238
| 2
| 0
| 7
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1942
| CLE
| A
| 34
| 58
| 6
| 13
| 0
| 2
| .224
| .250
| .345
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1943
| CLE
| A
| 79
| 215
| 22
| 47
| 1
| 19
| .219
| .282
| .279
| 6
| 2
| 18
| 29
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 5
|
| 1944
| CLE
| A
| 88
| 282
| 23
| 63
| 1
| 24
| .223
| .268
| .301
| 13
| 3
| 15
| 35
| 2
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 6
|
| 1946
| CLE
| A
| 9
| 21
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .286
| .318
| .286
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1947
| STL
| A
| 39
| 47
| 10
| 16
| 0
| 2
| .340
| .415
| .426
| 4
| 0
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 471
| 1222
| 123
| 289
| 8
| 117
| .236
| .295
| .326
| 53
| 16
| 98
| 199
| 3
| 24
| 9
| 0
| 18
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1936
| PHI
| A
| 3B
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 29
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1936
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1936
| PHI
| A
| SS
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 44
| 53
| 11
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .898
|
| 1936
| PHI
| A
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1937
| PHI
| A
| 2B
| 70
| 0
| 0
| 138
| 170
| 11
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1937
| PHI
| A
| 3B
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 37
| 54
| 13
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1937
| PHI
| A
| SS
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 42
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .921
|
| 1938
| PHI
| A
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .714
|
| 1940
| CLE
| A
| 3B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 16
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .826
|
| 1940
| CLE
| A
| 2B
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 23
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .922
|
| 1940
| CLE
| A
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1940
| CLE
| A
| SS
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1941
| CLE
| A
| SS
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 28
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .891
|
| 1941
| CLE
| A
| 3B
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 15
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1941
| CLE
| A
| 2B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1942
| CLE
| A
| SS
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 46
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1942
| CLE
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1942
| CLE
| A
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1943
| CLE
| A
| 3B
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 39
| 76
| 11
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .913
|
| 1943
| CLE
| A
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1943
| CLE
| A
| SS
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 16
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1943
| CLE
| A
| 2B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1944
| CLE
| A
| 3B
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1944
| CLE
| A
| 2B
| 63
| 0
| 0
| 151
| 181
| 8
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1944
| CLE
| A
| SS
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 16
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1946
| CLE
| A
| SS
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 13
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1947
| STL
| A
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1947
| STL
| A
| 2B
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 29
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 111
| 0
| 0
| 99
| 202
| 35
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .896
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 166
| 0
| 0
| 356
| 411
| 27
| 97
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 117
| 0
| 0
| 154
| 223
| 28
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Philadelphia Athletics to Atlanta (Southern Association) (May 10, 1938).
- Sold by Atlanta (Southern Association) to Cleveland Indians (August 7, 1939).
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