Rick Peters

Richard Devin Peters (born November 21, 1955) is a former professional baseball player. He played professional baseball, principally as an outfielder, including five seasons in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers (1979–1981) and Oakland Athletics (1983, 1986). In five major league seasons, he compiled a .277 batting average and .356 on-base percentage. Peters was also a member of the 1977 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team that won the 1977 College World Series and the 1979 Evansville Triplets team that won the American Association championship. Early years Peters was born in 1955 in Lynwood, California. He attended Dominguez High School in Compton, California, and Arizona State University. At Arizona State, he played at the designated hitter position in 1975, as a second baseman in 1976, and the center fielder in 1977. As a senior co-captain, he led the 1977 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team with a .426 batting average, and helped the team to a national championship by defeating South Carolina in the 1977 College World Series. Professional baseball Detroit Tigers Peters was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 1977 amateur draft. He played in the Tigers' farm system for the Montgomery Rebels in 1977 and for the Evansville Triplets in 1978 and 1979.