Peter Sven Broberg (born March 2, 1950) is an American former
Major League Baseball
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pitcher
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.
Career
Broberg played in the major leagues from to . He played for the
Washington Senators/
Texas Rangers,
Milwaukee Brewers
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,
Chicago Cubs
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, and
Oakland Athletics
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. He was drafted from Dartmouth College 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
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* Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with prot ...
to the
Brewers for
Clyde Wright at the
Winter Meetings
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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
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NBA coaching career Los Angeles Clippers
He was the coach at Salem State College for nearly ten years, ...
).
Personal life
Pete Broberg's father was Gus Broberg, a three-time All-American basketball standout for Dartmouth College
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from 1938 to 1941. Pete is a 1972 graduate of Dartmouth.
See also
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References
External links
Retrosheet
1950 births
Águilas del Zulia players
Chicago Cubs players
Dartmouth Big Green baseball players
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
Baseball players 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
20th-century American sportsmen
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