Peter Sven Broberg (born March 2, 1950) is an American former
Major League Baseball
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pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...
.
Career
Broberg played in the major leagues from to . He played for the
Washington Senators/
Texas Rangers,
Milwaukee Brewers,
Chicago Cubs, and
Oakland Athletics. He was drafted in 1971, and went straight to the Major Leagues. He was the fifth player to go straight to the Major Leagues after being drafted without spending a day in the minors. He was traded from the
Rangers to the
Brewers for
Clyde Wright
Clyde Wright (born February 20, 1941), nicknamed "Skeeter", is an American former professional baseball player. A left-handed pitcher, he played all or part of ten seasons in Major League Baseball for the California Angels (1966–73), Milwauk ...
at the
Winter Meetings
Representatives of all 30 Major League Baseball teams and their 120 Minor League Baseball affiliates convene for four days each December in the Winter Meetings to discuss league business and conduct off-season trades and transactions. Attendees in ...
on December 5, 1974.
Durso, Joseph. "Major Leagues Set Up Expansion Committee," ''The New York Times'', Friday, December 6, 1974.
Retrieved September 27, 2022. Broberg was acquired by the expansion Seattle Mariners prior to the 1977 season and traded to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later (Jim Todd
Jim Todd (born 1952 in Billerica, Massachusetts) is a professional basketball coach who last served as an assistant for the New York Knicks.
NBA coaching career Los Angeles Clippers
He was the coach at Salem State College for nearly ten years, an ...
).
Personal life
Pete Broberg's father was Gus Broberg, a three-time All-American basketball standout for Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native ...
from 1938 to 1941.
References
External links
Baseball Gauge
Pura Pelota : VPBL pitching statistics
1950 births
Águilas del Zulia players
Baseball players from Florida
Chicago Cubs players
Dartmouth Big Green baseball players
Dartmouth College alumni
Florida lawyers
Leones del Caracas players
American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
Living people
Major League Baseball pitchers
Milwaukee Brewers players
Oakland Athletics players
Spokane Indians players
Sportspeople from West Palm Beach, Florida
Texas Rangers players
Tigres de Aragua players
Washington Senators (1961–1971) players
West Palm Beach Tropics players
Wichita Aeros players
Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks players
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