Rusty Peters
1936–1947 · bats R / throws R · Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns
472G
.236AVG
.295OBP
.326SLG
More career statistics
289H
8HR
117RBI
9SB
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 · Caught stealing | 9 | 11 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 3 | 4 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 199 | 201 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,347 | 1,348 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 472 | 1,347 | 1,222 | 123 | 289 | 53 | 16 | 8 | 117 | 98 | 199 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 398 | .236 | .295 | .326 | .621 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1943-08-11 to 1943-08-22
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1944-04-29 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1937-08-14 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1940-09-29 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 244 | 665 | 141 | 2 | 58 | 43 | 104 | .233 | .277 | .305 |
| Away | 228 | 683 | 148 | 6 | 59 | 55 | 97 | .239 | .297 | .346 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 30 | 103 | 25 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 13 | .260 | .311 | .427 |
| May | 77 | 192 | 31 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 26 | .177 | .224 | .246 |
| June | 85 | 235 | 49 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 48 | .229 | .255 | .299 |
| July | 73 | 194 | 44 | 3 | 25 | 31 | 33 | .272 | .387 | .401 |
| August | 110 | 371 | 84 | 0 | 31 | 27 | 46 | .249 | .299 | .318 |
| September | 92 | 241 | 52 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 35 | .230 | .257 | .327 |
| October | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 72 | 185 | 41 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 23 | .246 | .303 | .281 |
| detroit-tigers | 71 | 217 | 48 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 32 | .236 | .267 | .330 |
| boston-red-sox | 69 | 196 | 36 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 35 | .211 | .301 | .281 |
| chicago-white-sox | 68 | 186 | 36 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 28 | .208 | .220 | .277 |
| new-york-yankees | 65 | 187 | 40 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 27 | .237 | .289 | .308 |
| st-louis-browns | 60 | 186 | 46 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 27 | .267 | .301 | .453 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 38 | 94 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 13 | .265 | .330 | .386 |
| cleveland-guardians | 29 | 97 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 16 | .238 | .330 | .310 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 45 | 119 | 26 | 3 | 16 | 1 | .218 | – | – |
| 1937 | Philadelphia Athletics | 116 | 339 | 88 | 3 | 43 | 4 | .260 | – | – |
| 1938 | Philadelphia Athletics | 2 | 7 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1940 |  Cleveland Guardians | 30 | 71 | 17 | – | 7 | 1 | .239 | – | – |
| 1941 | Cleveland Guardians | 30 | 63 | 13 | – | 2 | – | .206 | – | – |
| 1942 | Cleveland Guardians | 34 | 58 | 13 | – | 2 | – | .224 | – | – |
| 1943 | Cleveland Guardians | 79 | 215 | 47 | 1 | 19 | 1 | .219 | – | – |
| 1944 | Cleveland Guardians | 88 | 282 | 63 | 1 | 24 | 2 | .223 | – | – |
| 1946 | Cleveland Guardians | 9 | 21 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .286 | – | – |
| 1947 |  St. Louis Browns | 39 | 47 | 16 | – | 2 | – | .340 | – | – |