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Pete Sommers
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Birthdate: 10/26/1866 Died: 7/22/1908
Height / Weight: ' " / 181 lbs. Place of Birth: Cleveland, OH, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

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Pete Sommers Catcher Born in Cleveland

Pete Sommers had four solid major league seasons. He was just 21 years old as rookie for New York of the American Association in 1887, had 4 extra base hits among his 21 hits in 116 at bats, and batted .181. Played the next 3 seasons in the more established National League, 1888-1890. Pete Sommers batted .231 and .240 his 1st two years in the NL. Joseph Sommers career: .198 BA, 20 extra base hits in 98 games, 339 at bats. Died at age 41 on July 22 1908.


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
6 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1887 NYP (AA) 33 116 9 21 3 0 1 12 7 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 .181 .234 SLG
1888 BSN (NL) 4 13 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 .231 SLG
1889 IND (NL) 23 84 12 21 2 2 2 14 1 16 2 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .267 SLG
1889 CHC (NL) 12 45 5 10 5 0 0 8 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 .222 .271 SLG
1890 NYG (NL) 17 47 4 5 1 1 0 1 4 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 .106 .192 SLG
1890 CLV (NL) 9 34 4 7 1 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206 .250 SLG
6 years   98 339 35 67 13 4 3 36 16 43 8 0 0 4 0 0 .198 .242 .SLG



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