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The best baseball player ever at Clarion, Pete had an extremely successful collegiate baseball career as well as an outstanding major league baseball career. The 1970 Conemaugh Valley High School graduate attended Clarion from 1970 to 1974 with an elementary education major. At Clarion he lettered all four years, was selected to the NAIA D-18 first team all four seasons (1971-74), was second team All-PSAC at second base in 1971, then first team All-PSAC 1972-74, and an AACBS and NAIA All-American in 1974. Pete threw a no-hitter at Clarion in 1972 and had a career mark of 15-6 before being drafted by the Chicago White Sox in 1974.

The fireballing righthander played in the White Sox organization from 1974 to 1976 then went to the Toronto Blue Jays in 1977 in the expansion draft and posted the Jays' first save and shutout in the team's history. He went to the St. Louis Cardinals from 1978 to 1980 and led the Cards in strikeouts and victories before being traded to the Milwaukee Brewers where he pitched from 1981 to 1986. He retired in 1987 after two shoulder surgeries, but by that time had led the 1981 Brewers to the A.L. playoffs with a 14-4 record, and in 1982 won the American League Cy Young Award with an 18-6 record while pitching in the ALCS and World Series.