Buddy Peterson

{{Short description|American baseball player (1925–2006)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Buddy Peterson

|position=Shortstop

|image=Buddy Peterson 1954 (cropped).jpg

|width=170px

|caption=Peterson in 1954

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1925|4|23}}

|birth_place=Portland, Oregon, US

|death_date={{death date and age|2006|9|19|1925|4|23}}

|death_place=Sacramento, California, US

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 14

|debutyear=1955

|debutteam=Chicago White Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 29

|finalyear=1957

|finalteam=Baltimore Orioles

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.237

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=2

|stat2league = NPB

|stat21label=Batting average

|stat21value=.272

|stat22label=Home runs

|stat22value=58

|stat23label=Runs batted in

|stat23value=186

|teams=

• Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1955}})
• Baltimore Orioles ({{mlby|1957}})
• Nankai Hawks ({{npby|1961}}–{{npby|1963}})

}}

Carl Francis "Buddy" Peterson (April 23, 1925 – September 19, 2006)[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/P/Ppeteb102.htm Retrosheet] was an American professional baseball player and manager who spent all but 13 games of his career at the minor league level. The native of Portland, Oregon, primarily a shortstop in his playing days, threw and batted right-handed, and stood {{convert|5|ft|9+1/2|in|m}} tall and weighed {{convert|170|lb|kg}}.

Peterson's playing career extended from {{baseball year|1947}} through {{baseball year|1960}} and included two brief Major League trials — with the Chicago White Sox in September {{baseball year|1955}} and the Baltimore Orioles in September {{baseball year|1957}}. Peterson recorded 38 at bats and made nine hits, including three doubles, for a batting average of .237, with two runs batted in.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/peterbu01.shtml Information] at Baseball Reference Peterson was a fixture in the Pacific Coast League during the 1950s, as the regular shortstop for three teams: the San Diego Padres, Vancouver Mounties and Sacramento Solons. He batted .280 in 2,005 minor league games, with 93 home runs.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=peters001car Information] at Baseball Reference

Peterson also played three seasons (1961–1963) in Nippon Professional Baseball, appearing in 357 games for the Nankai Hawks of the Pacific League, and batting .272 with 344 hits.

After his playing career, Peterson managed in the farm systems of the New York Mets, Kansas City Royals and Oakland Athletics, with his final season as a skipper coming in {{baseball year|1974}}. He died at age 81 in Sacramento, California.