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Name Team Age
John Peters Retired (1988, Age 35) Died (2025, Age 72)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 9
(1976)
RF B/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Ted Williams League 0 7 years (59 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+ A- A-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C+ B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
A+
Endurance Velocity Control
B-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B- A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
0 8/27/1953
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 2 4
Alt Pos (CF) Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (3B)
A+ (99.0 %) (89.2 %) C+ (49.0 %)

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Year Type   Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1976 Minors 70.00 7 / 11 4 / 7 6 / 8 4 / 6 5 / 12 4 / 14 2 / 12 32 / 70
1977 Minors 50.00 6 / 8 4 / 7 5 / 6 2 / 5 7 / 9 2 / 9 0 / 6 26 / 50
1978 Minors 57.00 1 / 5 5 / 11 3 / 6 2 / 7 4 / 9 3 / 11 1 / 8 19 / 57
1979 Minors 44.00 1 / 10 4 / 8 2 / 5 4 / 10 2 / 4 1 / 2 2 / 5 16 / 44
1980 Minors 38.00 0 / 2 2 / 9 2 / 10 2 / 9 0 / 1 0 / 5 0 / 2 6 / 38
1981 Majors 31.62 151 2 0 0 / 3 0 / 9 3 / 6 0 / 0 1 / 6 0 / 2 0 / 5 4 / 31
1982 Majors 51.81 162 69 0 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 7 1 / 11 0 / 12 0 / 2 0 / 8 1 / 51
1983 Majors 49.57 138 111 24 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 9 1 / 7 1 / 6 2 / 49
1984 Majors 47.01 162 65 0 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 47
1985 Majors 57.85 162 96 0 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 11 0 / 2 0 / 12 0 / 8 0 / 57
1986 Majors 57.84 162 107 0 0 / 12 0 / 11 0 / 9 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 57
1987 Majors 49.10 125 92 37 0 / 11 -2 / 7 -3 / 7 -5 / 7 -4 / 7 -4 / 5 -3 / 5 -21 / 49
1988 Minors 9.00 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 9
1988 Majors 14.16 87 1 0 -4 / 3 -6 / 1 -2 / 4 -2 / 3 -4 / 0 -2 / 1 -3 / 2 -23 / 14
Total 1149 543 61 11 / 92 11 / 97 16 / 87 8 / 87 11 / 86 5 / 88 0 / 86 62 / 623
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1988-11-01John Peters has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1988-10-23The Washington Nationals have designated Roger Bertell for assignment. The Washington Nationals have designated John Peters for assignment. The Washington Nationals have designated Jim Kelly for assignment.
1988-09-03The Washington Nationals have promoted John Peters to the major league team.
1988-08-30The Washington Nationals have acquired John Peters from the waiver wire.
1988-07-27The Washington Nationals have waived John Peters.
1988-06-19The Washington Nationals have promoted Bert Kress to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have designated John Peters for assignment.
1988-04-30The Washington Nationals have re-claimed John Peters from the waiver wire.
1988-04-20The Washington Nationals have promoted Jim Kelly to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have designated John Peters for assignment.
1987-05-07John Peters of the Washington Nationals is injured and is expected to be out 42 days.
1983-10-23A trade has been completed between the Washington Nationals and the Texas Outlaws. The Texas Outlaws receive Draft Pick 1984 Round 1 WAS (Vern Lansford) from the Washington Nationals in exchange for John Peters, Harvey Shoupe.
1983-07-20John Peters of the Texas Outlaws is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1981-04-13The Texas Outlaws have promoted John Peters to the major league team. The Texas Outlaws have sent Dave Travers to the minors.