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Pete Appleton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: May 20, 1904 in Terryville, CT us

Died: January 18, 1974 in Trenton, NJ

Buried: St. Gertrude Cemetery, Colonia, NJ

School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Debut: September 14, 1927 (Age 23-117d, 6,602nd in major league history)
vs. PHI 6.2 IP, 6 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: September 20, 1945 (Age 41-123d)
vs. NYY 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: Peter William Appleton

Nicknames: Jake

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.5

ERA

4.30

341

1141.0

420

WHIP

1.466

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 21	WSH		NYY	L,3-6	GF	22	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	9 (6)	Apr 30	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	11 (1)	May 3	WSH	@	SLB	W,11-10		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	12	May 4	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	15 (2)	May 7	WSH	@	CLE	L,7-8	GF	5	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
6	20 (4)	May 15	WSH		BOS	L,2-9		22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	27 (6)	May 23	WSH		CHW	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	32 (4)	May 27 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-7	GF	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	38 (5)	Jun 2	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	42 (3)	Jun 6	WSH	@	SLB	W,10-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	44 (1)	Jun 7 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,13-9	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	47 (2)	Jun 10 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6		0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	54 (6)	Jun 17	WSH		SLB	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	55	Jun 19 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,1-2	GF	17	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	58 (2)	Jun 21	WSH		CLE	L,8-9	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
16	60 (1)	Jun 23	WSH		DET	L,4-7		0	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
17	62 (1)	Jun 25	WSH		DET	L,5-6		12	3.1	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	69 (6)	Jul 2 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,4-3	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
19	72 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-11	GF	24	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	74 (1)	Jul 6	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-9		8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
21	75	Jul 8 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	79 (3)	Jul 13	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	83 (3)	Jul 16 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
24	89 (5)	Jul 23 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-11	GS	36	7.0	0	0	1	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	97 (7)	Aug 1	WSH		SLB	W,7-5	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
26	99 (1)	Aug 3	WSH		SLB	W,9-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	100	Aug 4	WSH		CHW	W,6-5	GF	6	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
28	103 (2)	Aug 8	WSH		NYY	W,7-4	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
29	105 (1)	Aug 10	WSH		NYY	W,7-5	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	111 (5)	Aug 17	WSH	@	NYY	L,8-9	GF	33	6.2	0	0	0	0	0
31	113 (1)	Aug 19 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,6-8	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	116 (2)	Aug 20 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,5-10	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	117	Aug 22	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-6		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
34	121 (3)	Aug 27 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,8-7	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	123 (1)	Aug 28	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-12	GF	39	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	130 (6)	Sep 4 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	135 (4)	Sep 10 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	141 (5)	Sep 15	WSH		SLB	L,5-9		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	145 (3)	Sep 19	WSH		CLE	W,10-9	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	151 (5)	Sep 28 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,2-4	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	1
							40gm		103.0	4	17	1	22	2