Pete Appleton
1927–1945 · bats R / throws R · ASB, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, MLS, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns
343G
.233AVG
.249OBP
.291SLG
More career statistics
87H
0HR
34RBI
0SB
57–66W–L
1,141.0IP
420K
4.30ERA
73GS
26SV
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 374 | 375 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 66 | 67 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 394 | 395 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,044 | 5,039 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,423 | 3,427 |
| Pitching · p k | 420 | 425 |
| Pitching · p r | 667 | 669 |
| Pitching · p w | 486 | 484 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 343 | 394 | 374 | 30 | 87 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 109 | .233 | .249 | .291 | .540 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,141.0 | 341 | 73 | 34 | 57 | 66 | 26 | 1,187 | 667 | 545 | 76 | 486 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 4.30 | 1.466 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1936-06-19 to 1936-07-17
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1937-08-31 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1930-08-10 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1937-05-30 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 189 | 201 | 50 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 29 | .258 | .264 | .314 |
| Away | 154 | 194 | 37 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 38 | .204 | .216 | .265 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 22 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | .344 | .364 | .406 |
| May | 64 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | .145 | .182 | .177 |
| June | 60 | 68 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 12 | .227 | .235 | .273 |
| July | 76 | 71 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | .300 | .296 | .371 |
| August | 65 | 82 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | .173 | .171 | .240 |
| September | 53 | 70 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | .262 | .271 | .338 |
| October | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 48 | 67 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 10 | .220 | .269 | .322 |
| st-louis-browns | 46 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .190 | .205 | .214 |
| detroit-tigers | 44 | 60 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 16 | .250 | .250 | .300 |
| new-york-yankees | 43 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .212 | .200 | .212 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 40 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .128 | .146 | .179 |
| chicago-white-sox | 37 | 55 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | .222 | .218 | .315 |
| cleveland-guardians | 28 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .206 | .200 | .206 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .333 | .357 | .417 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 |  Cincinnati Reds | 6 | 11 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .545 | 29 | 3 |
| 1928 | Cincinnati Reds | 32 | 31 | 10 | – | 3 | – | .323 | 82 | 20 |
| 1930 |  Cleveland Guardians | 39 | 40 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .200 | 118 | 45 |
| 1931 | Cleveland Guardians | 30 | 25 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .200 | 80 | 25 |
| 1932 | Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians | 15 | 17 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .176 | 51 | 16 |
| 1933 |  New York Yankees | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| 1936 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 38 | 76 | 19 | – | 8 | – | .250 | 201 | 78 |
| 1937 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 35 | 59 | 11 | – | 7 | – | .186 | 168 | 67 |
| 1938 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 43 | 59 | 15 | – | 9 | – | .254 | 164 | 62 |
| 1939 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 40 | 25 | 4 | – | – | – | .160 | 102 | 50 |
| 1940 |  Chicago White Sox | 25 | 17 | 3 | – | – | – | .176 | 57 | 22 |
| 1941 | Chicago White Sox | 13 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | 27 | 12 |
| 1942 | Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns | 18 | 6 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .167 | 32 | 14 |
| 1945 | St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 8 | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .200 | 23 | 11 |