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John Peters
John Paul Peters

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 7", Weight 180 lb.

Debut May 23, 1874
Final Game June 11, 1884
Born April 8, 1850 in New Orleans, LA
Died January 4, 1924 in St.Louis, MO

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1874 24 CHI NA  55  239   39   69  10  0   1   25   2  2   2  11  .289  .295  .343  102   82                    
 1875 25 CHI NA  69  297   40   85  16  2   0   34  12  6   0   3  .286  .286  .354  119  105                    
 1876 26 CHC NL  66  316   70  111  14  2   1   47          3   2  .351  .357  .418  145  132                    
 1877 27 CHC NL  60  265   45   84  10  3   0   41          1   7  .317  .320  .377  108  100                    
 1878 28 MLG NL  55  246   33   76   6  1   0   22          5   8  .309  .323  .341  113   84                    
 1879 29 CHC NL  83  379   45   93  13  2   1   31          1  19  .245  .247  .298   74  113                    
 1880 30 PRO NL  86  359   30   82   5  0   0   24          5  15  .228  .239  .242   65   87                    
 1881 31 BUF NL  54  229   21   49   8  1   0   25          3  12  .214  .224  .258   51   59                    
 1882 32 PIT AA  78  333   46   96  10  1   0        0      4      .288  .297  .324  109  108                    
 1883 33 PIT AA   8   28    3    3   0  0   0    0   0      0      .107  .107  .107  -29    3                    
 1884 34 PIT AA   1    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     615 2695  372  748  92 12   3  249  14  8  24  77  .278  .284  .324   97  873   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        710   98  197  24  3   1   66   4  2   6  20  .278  .284  .324   97  230   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     86  379   70  111  16  3   1   47  12  6   5  19  .351  .357  .418  145  132   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1874 24 CHI NA  241  172   24   3.8    72| .289  .280| .295  .289| .343  .343| .638  .632| 102  .466   0.8   0.1  50%
 1875 25 CHI NA  297  218   30   3.7    59| .286  .259| .286  .266| .354  .317| .640  .583| 119  .551   5.9   0.7  66%
 1876 26 CHC NL  319  205   47   6.3    73| .351  .280| .357  .293| .418  .340| .775  .633| 145  .732  15.3   1.7     
 1877 27 CHC NL  266  181   32   4.8    82| .317  .290| .320  .309| .377  .361| .697  .670| 108  .597   2.2   0.2     
 1878 28 MLG NL  251  170   27   4.3    71| .309  .272| .323  .291| .341  .335| .664  .626| 113  .601   3.2   0.4     
 1879 29 CHC NL  380  286   28   2.6    70| .245  .266| .247  .282| .298  .345| .545  .627|  74  .375 -10.8  -1.2     
 1880 30 PRO NL  364  277   21   2.0    60| .228  .243| .239  .266| .242  .321| .481  .587|  65  .306 -13.0  -1.6     
 1881 31 BUF NL  232  180   13   1.9    74| .214  .264| .224  .294| .258  .345| .482  .639|  51  .235 -12.9  -1.4     
 1882 32 PIT AA  337  237   32   3.6    63| .288  .249| .297  .276| .324  .321| .621  .597| 109  .552   2.5   0.3     
 1883 33 PIT AA   28   25    0   0.0    66| .107  .250| .107  .280| .107  .330| .214  .609| -29  .000  -3.8  -0.4     
 1884 34 PIT AA    4    4    0   0.0    66| .000  .241| .000  .280| .000  .328| .000  .608|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     2719 1955  254   3.5    69| .278  .265| .284  .284| .324  .335| .608  .619|  97  .499 -11.5  -1.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1876 26 CHC NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  1    1.0    1    1    0   0    1    0       0     5       0  0.00  2.45  inf 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  1    1.0    1    1    0   0    1    0       0     5       0  0.00  2.45  inf 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  68 68   68.0   68   68    0   0   68    0   0   0   340   0   0  0.00  2.45  inf 2.000

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1874 24 CHI NA SS 36 33 122 39 5 .799 .786 4.31 4.49 2B 19 61 61 24 3 .836 .805 6.42 5.19 1875 25 CHI NA SS 65 66 239 45 18 .871 .816 4.69 4.43 2B 6 14 13 6 2 .818 .836 4.50 5.57 1876 26 CHC NL SS 66 95 193 21 16 .932 .866 4.36 4.44 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1877 27 CHC NL SS 60 124 215 45 23 .883 .865 5.65 4.49 1878 28 MLG NL 2B 34 97 136 40 14 .853 .874 6.85 6.31 SS 22 33 69 13 4 .887 .877 4.64 4.26 1879 29 CHC NL SS 83 94 271 71 14 .837 .873 4.40 4.54 1880 30 PRO NL SS 86 111 268 42 26 .900 .882 4.41 4.31 1881 31 BUF NL SS 53 102 183 43 17 .869 .873 5.38 4.55 OF 1 3 2 4 0 .556 .877 5.00 2.00 0 0 1 1882 32 PIT AA SS 77 90 280 49 21 .883 .859 4.81 4.79 2B 1 2 2 2 0 .667 .889 4.00 5.80 1883 33 PIT AA SS 8 9 27 8 3 .818 .835 4.50 3.84 1884 34 PIT AA SS 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .870 2.00 4.20
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1874 24 CHI NA 2B 19 61 61 24 3 .836 .805 6.42 5.19 1875 25 CHI NA 2B 6 14 13 6 2 .818 .836 4.50 5.57 1878 28 MLG NL 2B 34 97 136 40 14 .853 .874 6.85 6.31 1882 32 PIT AA 2B 1 2 2 2 0 .667 .889 4.00 5.80 1881 31 BUF NL OF 1 3 2 4 0 .556 .877 5.00 2.00 0 0 1 1876 26 CHC NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1874 24 CHI NA SS 36 33 122 39 5 .799 .786 4.31 4.49 1875 25 CHI NA SS 65 66 239 45 18 .871 .816 4.69 4.43 1876 26 CHC NL SS 66 95 193 21 16 .932 .866 4.36 4.44 1877 27 CHC NL SS 60 124 215 45 23 .883 .865 5.65 4.49 1878 28 MLG NL SS 22 33 69 13 4 .887 .877 4.64 4.26 1879 29 CHC NL SS 83 94 271 71 14 .837 .873 4.40 4.54 1880 30 PRO NL SS 86 111 268 42 26 .900 .882 4.41 4.31 1881 31 BUF NL SS 53 102 183 43 17 .869 .873 5.38 4.55 1882 32 PIT AA SS 77 90 280 49 21 .883 .859 4.81 4.79 1883 33 PIT AA SS 8 9 27 8 3 .818 .835 4.50 3.84 1884 34 PIT AA SS 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .870 2.00 4.20
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total SS 557 758 1868 377 147 .874 .858 4.71 4.48 2B 60 174 212 72 19 .843 .848 6.43 5.87 OF 1 3 2 4 0 .556 .877 5.00 2.00 0 0 1 P* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 619 935 2082 453 166 .869 .856 4.87 4.61
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1876 NL-.351-4
1877 NL-.317-10
1878 NL-.309-10
1882 AA-.288-7

On-base %
1876 NL-.357-6

OPS
1876 NL-.775-8

Games
1877 NL-60-10
1879 NL-83-7
1880 NL-86-2
1882 AA-78-8

At Bats
1876 NL-316-4
1879 NL-379-3
1880 NL-359-5
1882 AA-333-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1876 NL-319-7
1879 NL-380-5
1880 NL-364-8
1882 AA-337-10

Runs
1876 NL-70-3

Hits
1876 NL-111-2
1877 NL-84-8
1882 AA-96-6

Total Bases
1876 NL-132-7

Doubles
1875 NA-16-8

RBI
1876 NL-47-7
1877 NL-41-2

Strikeouts
1874 NA-11-6

Singles
1876 NL-94-2
1877 NL-71-7
1878 NL-69-7
1880 NL-77-9
1882 AA-85-2

Adjusted OPS+
1876 NL-145-9

Runs Created
1876 NL-47-4

Adjusted Batting Runs
1876 NL-15-8

Batting Wins
1876 NL-1.7-6

Times on Base
1876 NL-114-4

Offensive Win%
1876 NL-.732-6

At Bats per Strikeout
1876 NL-158.0-2
1878 NL-30.8-6
1880 NL-23.9-10

Outs
1879 NL-286-1
1880 NL-277-1

Saves
1876 NL-1-4

Games Finished
1876 NL-1-7

Oldest Player
1880 NL-30-10
1881 NL-31-10
1882 AA-32-5
1883 AA-33-6
1884 AA-34-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 46 (528) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) Pitching - 3 (2072) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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