John Peters (catcher)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1893–1932)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=John Peters

|position=Catcher

|image=250px|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1893|7|14}}

|birth_place=Kansas City, Kansas

|death_date={{death date and age|1932|2|21|1893|7|14}}

|death_place=Kansas City, Missouri

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 1

|debutyear=1915

|debutteam= Detroit Tigers

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 25

|finalyear=1922

|finalteam= Philadelphia Phillies

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.265

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=7

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=47

|teams=

• Detroit Tigers ({{mlby|1915}})
• Cleveland Indians ({{mlby|1918}})
• Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|1921}}–{{mlby|1922}})

}}

John William Peters (July 14, 1893 – February 21, 1932) was a reserve catcher in Major League Baseball who played in parts of four seasons for the Detroit Tigers (1915), Cleveland Indians (1918) and Philadelphia Phillies (1921–1922). Peters batted and threw right-handed.