Books and articles about Pete Appleton

Image provided by Matthew Fulling

SHOPPING » Look for Pete Appleton books at BN.com » Look for Pete Appleton books at Amazon.com Your purchases keep BaseballLibrary.com online. Thank you!

RELATED LINKS Book Excerpts » Appleton on Babe Ruth » Breaking the Slump: Baseball in the Depression Era by Charles C. Alexander Around the Web » Pete Appleton from baseball-reference.com Jump directly to Library content from any website!

An accomplished pianist and college bandleader at the University of Michigan, Pete opted for a baseball career at graduation. He played under his real name until 1933, then had it legally changed to Appleton. Used mainly in relief for most of his ML career, his best year was 1936, when he started 20 games for the Senators and finished 14-9. (LRD)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » April 29, 1936: Tiger first sacker Hank Greenberg breaks his left wrist in a baseline collision with Washington's Jake Powell and is finished for the season. It will be suggested that Powell's anti-Semitism is behind the crash. This is the same wrist that Greenberg broke in the 2nd game of the 1935 World Series. The Tigers lose, 7–3 to Pete Appleton as they collect just two hits, one a 9th inning home run by Al Simmons. » May 30, 1937: At Boston, Senators pitcher Pete Appleton pitches and bats his way to an 11–4 win over the Sox. Appleton drives in six runs, hitting a single and triple with the sacks full in the 2nd and 3rd and going 4-for-5, to beat Fritz Ostermueller. Appleton's RBI mark ties the major-league record for pitchers that Vic Raschi will top (7 on August 4, 1953). Wes Ferrell did it last year. » August 31, 1937: Detroit's rookie Rudy York sets a new record for HRs in a month, hitting his 17th and 18th to eclipse Babe Ruth's mark set in September 1927. He knocks in seven runs against Pete Appleton, as Detroit beats Washington 12-3. » December 8, 1939: The White Sox trade Gee Walker to the Senators for Pete Appleton and Taffy Wright. The Sox also pick up OF Moose Solters from the Browns for OF Ray Radcliffe, both sluggers coming of poor years. The Dodgers get Gus Mancuso and Newt Kimball from the Cubs for Al Todd. » July 26, 1940: New York P Spud Chandler beats the White Sox with his bat, knocking in six runs with a single and two HRs, one a grand slam off Pete Appleton. The six RBI ties the AL record held by Appleton, George Uhle and Wes Ferrell.