Gary Peters (baseball)
Gary Peters | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Grove City, Pennsylvania, U.S. | April 21, 1937|
Died: January 26, 2023 Sarasota, Florida, U.S. | (aged 85)|
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
September 10, 1959, for the Chicago White Sox | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 23, 1972, for the Boston Red Sox | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 124–103 |
Earned run average | 3.25 |
Strikeouts | 1,420 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Gary Charles Peters (April 21, 1937 – January 26, 2023) was an American professional baseball player. He was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played on two major league teams for 14 seasons, from 1959 through 1972. He was one of the best-hitting pitchers of his era.
Major league baseball
The
Peters was named to the American League
Peters was a big practical joker. Once, when the White Sox went to play the Los Angeles Angels, they found themselves at the same hotel as the Yankees, who had not left for their next destination yet. Obtaining the key to Joe Pepitone's room, Peters snuck into the hitter's room in the middle of the night and started jumping on the bed and screaming, scaring the hitter tremendously until Pepitone finally got the lights turned on and figured out what had happened.[1] Another time, he caught a baby octopus while skindiving and threw it at Ed Stroud in the locker room the next day.[1]
On September 30, 2000, the Chicago White Sox announced that Gary Peters and 26 other former and active White Sox players were members of the Chicago White Sox All-Century Team.
Personal life and death
On January 26, 2023, it was announced that Peters had died at the age of 85.[3][4]
Major League stats
MLB awards
- American League All-Star (1964, 1967)
- American League Rookie of the Year (1963)
MLB achievements
- American League leader in ERA (1963, 1966)
- American League leader in wins (1964)
- American League leader in fielding average as pitcher (1968)
- American League pennant team (1959)
- 20-game winner (1964)
- Chicago White Sox All-Century Team (2000)
See also
- List of Major League Baseball annual ERA leaders
- List of Major League Baseball annual wins leaders
- List of Major League Baseball all-time leaders in home runs by pitchers
References
- ^ a b c John and Valenti, p. 95
- ^ "Gary Peters". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
- ^ "Chicago White Sox on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
- ^ "Gary Peters, 1963 AL Rookie of the Year, dies at 85". Sports Naut. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- John, Tommy; Valenti, Dan (1991). TJ: My Twenty-Six Years in Baseball. New York: Bantam. ISBN 0-553-07184-X.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet, or SABR Biography Project