Pete is in his fifth season in the Cubs organization (sixth overall)…Has played in 136 career Major League games, batting .228 (88-for-386) with 13 doubles, six triples, 10 homers, 48 RBI and 29 stolen bases...Owns a career .296 average (294-for-995) with 57 doubles, 19 triples, 41 home runs, 161 RBI, 81 stolen bases and an .883 OPS in 240 career Minor League games...Entered the 2024 season ranked as the Cubs No. 1 prospect and the No. 16 prospect overall according to MLB Pipeline...Made his Major League debut with the Cubs on Sept. 11, 2023 in Colorado and played in 13 games to end the season, picking up three walks, one RBI and two stolen bases...Received Cubs Minor League Player of the Month for April 2022 after hitting .375 (24-for-64) with four doubles, one triple, three home runs and 13 RBI in 16 games...Participated in the 2022 and 2023 Sirius XM All-Star Futures Game in Los Angeles and Seattle, respectively...Following the 2022 season, was awarded a Rawlings Minor League Gold Glove and was named a Midwest League Postseason All-Star and an MiLB.com Organizational All-Star...Was acquired from New York (N.L.) July 30, 2021 for SS Javier Báez and RHP Trevor Williams...Missed the majority of the 2021 season after tearing his labrum in his right shoulder in his sixth professional game...Was selected by New York (N.L.) in the first round (19th overall) of the 2020 First-Year Player Draft...Was committed to Vanderbilt prior to signing with the Mets...Graduated from Harvard-Westlake High School in Los Angeles, Calif.
2024
Pete hit .237 (88-for-372) with 13 doubles, six triples, 10 homers, 47 RBI and 27 stolen bases in 123 games with the Cubs in 2024...His six triples were tied with Seiya Suzuki for the most by a Cub and his 27 stolen bases were the second most, trailing Nico Hoerner (31 SB)…Among Major League rookies, his six triples were tied for first, his 90.0% successful stolen base rate ranked first (min. 20 attempts) and his 27 stolen bases were third...Hit .255 (38-for-110) with nine doubles, two triples, five home runs, 14 RBI, 10 stolen bases and a .808 OPS in 26 games with Triple-A Iowa...Was named the International League Player of the Week of May 20-26...Played 117 games at center field, made four pinch-hitting appearances and seven at pinch-running...Became the first Cub since Kris Bryant in 2015 with at least 10 doubles, five triples and 10 home runs in his rookie season...Was recalled from Triple-A Iowa on April 24 and made his season debut as a defensive replacement in center field in the eighth inning vs. Houston...On April 25 vs. Houston launched his first Major League home run, a game-winning, two-run blast which was also his first career hit...Became the first Cub since Christopher Morel (May 17, 2022) to homer for their first career Major League hit...Went 23-for-23 in stolen base attempts from May 2 to Aug. 17, the second-most consecutive successful stolen base attempts to begin a season by any rookie since 1951, trailing Michael Page (26 SB in 1977)…June 1 vs. Cincinnati he recorded his first-career game with two stolen bases as well as his first career outfield assist...On July 3 vs. Philadelphia, notched two RBI doubles, for his first career game with multiple extra-base hits...Had his first career multi-homer game on July 14 at St. Louis, becoming the youngest Cubs with a multi-homer game since Addison Russell (Sept. 4, 2015), which was also the last time a Cubs rookie hit two long balls in a game out of the nine spot in the batting order...During the month of August, his .375 OBP and .933 OPS were the third-highest among Major League rookies, while his .413 average (27-for-86) was the fourth-highest...His two triples, and 17 RBI were also fourth...Recorded a career-high seven-game hitting streak from Aug. 2-9, was batting .417 (10-for-24) with two doubles, two triples and six RBI during the run...Notched his first-career inside-the-park-home run on Aug. 23 at Miami and the first by a Cub since Seiya Suzuki did so (July 4, 2022) and first Cub age 22 or younger to do so since Corey Patterson (age 21 on Sept. 24, 2000 vs. St. Louis)…According to Statcast, he went home to home in 14.08 seconds, the fastest time this season in the Majors...On Aug. 24 at Miami, he tallied a career-high three RBI for the first time...On Aug. 26 at Pittsburgh, recorded a career-high three stolen bases in one game...Became the first Cub since Tony Campana (June 12, 2012) to record three stolen bases in one game...Notched a career-high four hits and scored a career-high four runs on Aug. 28 at Pittsburgh...Became the first Cubs player age 22 or younger to record four hits and four runs since Ron Santo...Tied his career high with three RBI on Sept. 4, tallying his sixth-career three-hit game...From Sept. 14-20 tied his career-high seven-game hitting streak, batting .308 (8-for-26) with one double, two homers and three RBI...On Sept. 14-15, hit a home run in consecutive games, the second time in his career he has notched homers in back-to-back games (also Aug. 23-24 at MIA)…From July 27-end of the season, he batted .289 (56-for-194) with an .806 OPS, ranking fifth in average and sixth in OPS among qualified rookies during the stretch.
2023
Pete made his Major League debut Sept. 11, 2023 ... he played in 13 games with the Cubs, picking up three walks, one RBI and two stolen bases...Hit .283 (124-for-438) with 26 doubles, seven triples, 20 home runs, 82 RBI, 37 stolen bases and a .511 slugging percentage in 107 minor league games between Double-A Tennessee and Triple-A Iowa, his first appearances at the Double-A and Triple-A levels...Named the 2023 MiLB Defensive Player of the Year...Appeared in the Futures Game at All-Star Weekend for the second-straight year...Recorded his first career RBI Sept. 12 at Colorado on a fielder's choice.
2022
Pete enjoyed a breakout 2022 season, batting a combined .312 (132-for-423) with 20 doubles, 10 triples, 16 home runs, 61 RBI, 32 stolen bases and 36 walks, contributing to a .376 on-base percentage and an .896 OPS in 101 games with Low-A Myrtle Beach and High-A South Bend... In 2022, was the lone player in minor league baseball with a .300+ average, 20+ doubles, 10+ triples, 15+ home runs, 60+ RBI and 30+ stolen bases....Began the season with Myrtle Beach, where he was named the Cubs Minor League Player of the Month for April after hitting .375 (24-for-64) with four doubles, one triple, three home runs and 13 RBI in 16 games....Tallied 12 multi-hit efforts in a 14-game span from April 20-May 7, including seven-straight from April 28-May 7, batting .483 (29-for-60) during that span.... Batted .354 (56-for-158) with five doubles, three triples, seven home runs, 27 RBI and 13 stolen bases in 38 games with Myrtle Beach prior to his May 31 promotion... His .354 average was the second-highest in the Carolina League (min. 100 AB)....In 63 games with South Bend, hit .287 (76-for-265) with 15 doubles, seven triples, nine home runs, 34 RBI and 19 steals....Batted .362 (17-for-47) vs. lefties, compared to .271 (59-for.218) against righties with South Bend....Participated in the 2022 Sirius XM All-Star Futures Game in Los Angeles, going 1-for-2 with a double and a run scored....In August, batted .356 (36-for-101) with seven doubles, one triple, three home runs, 17 RBI, 12 stolen bases and a .952 OPS....Following the season, was awarded a Rawlings Minor League Gold Glove and was named a Midwest League Post-Season All-Star and an MiLB.com Organizational All-Star.
2021
Was limited to six games in 2021 due to a torn right labrum suffered on May 11 ... hit .417 (10-for-24) with two doubles, four RBI and two steals with Single-A Lucie...Was traded to the Cubs, July 30 for SS Javier Báez and RHP Trevor Williams...Following the season, was ranked as the Cubs' No. 5 prospect per MLB Pipeline.
2020
Did not play after being taken in the first round of First-Year Player Draft in June due to the cancellation of the minor league season.
