Monday, February 29, 2016

#503 Gary Peters


1963 After 4 seasons of White Sox call ups of no significance, Peter’s MLB career is on line....consider a run of the mill with inconsistent velocity.... relegated to middle relief essentially the kiss of death at the time, fills as a emergency starter and throws hard and gets the win.....fast forward puts it all together with 19 wins....Absconded with ROY and ERA honors....Wins 20 in his follow up season....subsequent campaigns not as productive in the win column but was able to take ERA crown again and lead the AL in several pitching categories  in 1966....1967 brought him 16 wins and All Star status...had lost year in 1968 going 4-13 as White Sox fortune fell with him....returned to double digits wins in 1969 but his ERA ballooned to 4.53 worst of his career.....trade to the offensive minded Red Sox buoyed his win loss record for 3 years....lost starter spot 1972 and summarily used a mop up situations in his last season.....as a Bostonian won 33 games with 25 losses ; 4.23 ERA....Another case of excellent hitter for a pitcher with a .222 average.....sometimes pinch hit, one time batted 7th in the lineup.

5 comments:

  1. Hmm... if this picture is from 1971, that's Billy Conigliaro (#40) in the background. If this picture is from spring training 1972, it's Dwight Evans!

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  2. Hard to say...it seems cards with 700 numbers were taken at 1972 spring training in some cases. The spring training photos really seem to tail off at mid 600 level.

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  3. The 1972 spring training photos that is, there are plenty of spring training photo from 1971.

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  4. I just finished up Billy C's bio last night. Look for it in a couple of weeks.

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