Peter Harvey Daley (born January 14, 1930) is a former

catcher Catcher is a Baseball positions, position in baseball and softball. When a Batter (baseball), batter takes their at bat, turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the (home plate, home) Umpire (baseball), umpire, and recei ...

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. From 1955 through 1961, Daley played for the

Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight ...

(1955–59),

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(1960) and Washington Senators (1961). He batted and threw right-handed. In a seven-season career, Daley posted a .239

batting average Batting average is a statistic in cricket, baseball, and softball that measures the performance of batters. The development of the baseball statistic was influenced by the cricket statistic. Cricket In cricket, a player's batting average is ...

with 18

home run In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home plate safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team. A home run i ...

s and 120 RBI in 391

games played Games played (GP) is a statistic used in team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has participated (in any capacity); the statistic is generally applied irrespective of whatever portion of the game is contested. Basebal ...

. Daley was served as a backup for Sammy White with the Boston Red Sox. His most productive season came in 1956, when he compiled career-numbers in average (.267), home runs (five), RBI (29), runs (22),

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(50) and doubles (11). Before the 1960 season Daley was traded by Boston to the Kansas City Athletics in exchange for

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 ...

Tom Sturdivant Thomas Virgil Sturdivant (April 28, 1930 – February 28, 2009), nicknamed "Snake", was an American pitcher who played for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators (1961–71), Washington Senators, Pittsbu ...

. With the Athletics, he shared catching duties with

Harry Chiti Harry Dominic Chiti Jr. (pronounced ) (November 16, 1932 – January 31, 2002) was an American catcher in Major League Baseball. He appeared in 502 games over all or parts of ten seasons between and for the Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Athletic ...

. Then, he was taken by the new Washington Senators in the

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, spending one season with them to end his major league career.

Anecdote

* August 22, 1957: Boston Red Sox at

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. Boston had one out in the top of the ninth inning, with

Gene Mauch Gene William Mauch (November 18, 1925 – August 8, 2005) was an American professional baseball player and manager, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a second baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers (, ), Pittsburgh Pirates (), Chicago Cubs ...

running at second base, Pete Daley at

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, and

Mike Fornieles : José Miguel Fornieles y Torres (January 18, 1932 – February 11, 1998) was a Major League Baseball pitcher from La Habana, Cuba. The right-hander pitched a one hitter in his major league debut on September 2, . Washington Senators Fornieles s ...

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. Fornieles hit a sinking liner that Cleveland

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Chico Carrasquel Alfonso Carrasquel Colón, better known as Chico Carrasquel (January 23, 1926 – May 26, 2005), was a Venezuelan professional baseball player, coach, scout and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a shortstop from 1950 to 1 ...

speared in shallow

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. Carrasquel then threw to first to double-up Daley while Mauch continued around

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and gone to

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. The teams then switched positions. As soon as Boston

Fornieles made his first pitch,

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informed the scorer that Mauch's run counted because no appeal had been made on Mauch before Daley had been put out. Had the Indians also made an appeal on Mauch at second base, that "fourth out" would take precedence over the appeal on Daley, and the run scored by Mauch would have been prevented
Rule 7.10-d
. Source: ''Rules and Lore of Baseball'', by Rich Marazzi.

Sources

Baseball Library

Baseball Reference

{{DEFAULTSORT:Daley, Pete 1930 births Living people Baseball players from California Boston Red Sox players Kansas City Athletics players Louisville Colonels (minor league) players Major League Baseball catchers People from Grass Valley, California Raleigh Capitals players Roanoke Red Sox players San Jose Red Sox players Scranton Miners players Toronto Maple Leafs (International League) players Washington Senators (1961–1971) players