Achievements
Overall, Weber has won 36 PBA Tour events, including nine major titles. His 36th tour win on February 26, 2012 came at age 49 in the 69th U.S. Open. He defeated Michael Fagan by one pin (215-214) by rolling a strike on his last ball of the 10th frame. He is the oldest bowler to win a U.S. Open title. He is fourth on the all-time PBA Tour titles list, behind only Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (47), Earl Anthony (43) and Norm Duke (37). Weber's 35th Tour win at the end of the 2009-10 season ensured Walter Ray Williams Jr. of his record 7th Player of the Year award, as well as making Williams (then age 50) the oldest ever to win it. Had Weber lost in the final match against Mike Scroggins, then Scroggins would have been named Player of the Year.
Pete's nine majors place him second all-time to the legendary Earl Anthony, who has ten. Weber has rolled 64 perfect 300 games in PBA competition through the 2010-11 season. His five U.S. Open titles are the most of any bowler in PBA history. Weber is one of six PBA players to have earned the career Triple Crown. If he wins one more Tournament of Champions title, he'll become the first bowler to win all three jewels of the Triple Crown at least twice in a career.
Pete Weber claimed his first career European Bowling Tour title in 2008, in the 30th Trofeu Internacional, July 22–27, 2008, Ciutat de Barcelona at Bowling Pedralbes in Barcelona, Spain.
Pete joined his father in the PBA Hall of Fame in 1998, and he became a member of the United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame in 2002. His career PBA Tour earnings of over $3.3 million (through the 2010-11 season) place him second all-time, behind only all-time titles leader Walter Ray Williams, Jr. Weber, Williams and Norm Duke are the only PBA bowlers to have topped the $3 million mark in career earnings. Weber is also second to Williams in career TV appearances (123) and TV match wins (111). Pete owns 46 PBA Regional titles, the most all-time.
Pete was ranked 4th on the PBA's 2008 list of "50 Greatest Players of the Last 50 Years," one place behind his father.
On ESPN's Cold Pizza he mentioned that he has made the 7-10 split four times in his career. He also noted that he is a near-scratch golfer and has six career holes-in-one.
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