Rube Peters

Oscar Casper Peters

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 195 lb.

• Debut April 13, 1912
• Final Game September 21, 1914
• Born March 15, 1885 in Grantfork, IL USA
• Died February 7, 1965 in Pompton Plains, NJ USA

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Biographical Information

Otto "Rube" Peters pitched 28 games with the Chicago White Sox in 1912 and 11 with the Brooklyn Tip-Tops of the Federal League in 1914. Peters, who was four years younger than White Sox teammate Ed Walsh, had 11 starts with the White Sox.

Peters also pitched nine seasons in minor league and independent ball, winning 20+ games twice and winning 19 games three times.

According to his SABR biography, he left school after fifth grade to help his father build houses and barns. He started out as an amateur club's first baseman, but quickly became a pitcher. He began playing semi-pro ball at age 21. The St. Louis Browns expressed an interest in him, but the Dallas Giants, for whom he had been pitching, convinced the Browns to leave him with the Giants. He learned the spitball in 1910, but in 1911 apparently focused instead on throwing a fadeaway-type pitch. In 1918 he began work as a shipyard foreman and stayed in that line of work until 1949.

Related Sites

• Rube Peters at the SABR Bio Project