Pete Filson
Pitcher
Born: (1958-09-28) September 28, 1958
Darby, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Batted: Switch
Threw: Left
MLB debut
May 15, 1982, for the Minnesota Twins
Last MLB appearance
August 11, 1990, for the Kansas City Royals
MLB statistics
Win–loss record15–18
Earned run average4.18
Strikeouts187
Teams

William Peter Filson (born September 28, 1958) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played during seven seasons at the major league level for the Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, and Kansas City Royals.

Playing career

Filson attended Temple University, and in 1977 and 1978 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Hyannis Mets of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[1] He was selected by the Yankees in the 9th round of the 1979 MLB Draft.[2]

Filson played his first professional season with their Rookie league Paintsville Yankees and Class-A (Short Season) Oneonta Yankees in 1979, and split his last between Kansas City and their Triple-A Omaha Royals in 1990. Filson can be seen delivering a single pitch as a Royal in the Ken Burns documentary Baseball, at the beginning of the section entitled "Extra Innings."

He was dealt along with Larry Milbourne and John Pacella from the Yankees to the Twins for Butch Wynegar and Roger Erickson on May 12, 1982.[3]

With the Twins, Filson was affectionately nicknamed "Freeze".[4]

Filson with the Nashville Sounds in 1981

Coaching career

In 2003 Filson was hired as pitching coach for the Newark Bears of the independent Atlantic League, Filson remained with the team until 2006.

Filson is currently a pitching instructor at AFC Baseball in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, where he provides instruction to players at Harriton High School, Radnor High School, the Chester County Crawdads, and Wayne Wolverines.

References

  1. ↑ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  2. ↑ The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia. Sterling Publishing. 2007. p. 1195. ISBN 978-1-4027-4771-7.
  3. ↑ Durso, Joseph. "Yankees Acquire Wynegar in Trade, Beat Angels by 6–5," The New York Times, Thursday, May 13, 1982. Retrieved October 31, 2020
  4. ↑ "Pete Filson's nickname is 'Freeze' because of his expressionless..." UPI.
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