How many strikeouts (pitching) did Kent Peterson have in 1953?
201953 Regular Season
Kent Peterson recorded 20 strikeouts (pitching) in the 1953 regular season, 146th in the MLB.
- 4th-best of Kent Peterson's 8 seasons on file; the high is 78 in 1947.
- Up 13 from 7 in 1952.
Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 23, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 |  CIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 1947 | CIN | 37 | 6 | 13 | 4.25 | 152.1 | 78 | 62 | 1.43 | 2 |
| 1948 | CIN | 43 | 2 | 15 | 4.60 | 137.0 | 64 | 59 | 1.50 | 1 |
| 1949 | CIN | 30 | 4 | 5 | 6.24 | 66.1 | 28 | 46 | 1.69 | 0 |
| 1950 | CIN | 9 | 0 | 3 | 7.20 | 20.0 | 6 | 17 | 2.10 | 0 |
| 1951 | CIN | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6.52 | 9.2 | 5 | 8 | 2.17 | 0 |
| 1952 |  PHI | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 0.57 | 2 |
| 1953 | PHI | 15 | 0 | 1 | 6.67 | 27.0 | 20 | 21 | 1.74 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV