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Fritz Fred Peterson (born Fred Ingels Peterson February 8, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois) was a Major League Baseball player for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, and Texas Rangers from 1966 to 1976. Peterson was a southpaw starting pitcher who enjoyed his best success in 1970 with the Yankees when he won 20 games while losing only 11.

However, he is better remembered today for swapping families with fellow Yankees hurler Mike Kekich in 1973. Peterson and Kekich were inseperable friends and they decided that they would one day trade wives, children, and even dogs. This trade worked out better for Peterson than it did for Kekich as Peterson is still married to the former Susanne Kekich, while Kekich and Marilyn Peterson did not last long. Peterson's pitching abilities seem to have suffered after this "deal" and he was roundly booed in nearly every American League ballpark afterwards.

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