He is also known for being incredibly versatile, with his high backswing and the side rotation he puts on the bowling ball helping him control numerous oil conditions.
Weber was the youngest player to reach 10 PBA titles, accomplishing the feat in 1987 at age 24 years, 247 days.
On December 4, 2005, Weber overcame a year of trying times both personally and professionally by clinching what was, perhaps, the most emotional title of his career at the 2005 Bowlersparadise.com Classic at Stardust Bowl in Hammond, Indiana.
His 37 wins place him fourth on the all-time PBA tour titles list, behind only Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (47), Earl Anthony (43) and Norm Duke (40).
Along with Mike Aulby, Norm Duke, and Walter Ray Williams Jr., Pete is one of only four bowlers to have won at least one standard PBA Tour title in four different decades (1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s).
At age 58, Weber participated in World Series of Bowling XII and made the Round of 16 match play at the 2021 PBA Scorpion Championship.
[13][14] As he completed his bowling that day, Weber said to the FloBowling cameras: "It's been an honor and a privilege to be part of the Professional Bowlers Association for 41 years.
[17] Weber was named the PBA50 Player of the Year for the 2015 season, after dominating in the earnings, average and competition points categories.
He joined fellow PBA Hall of Famer Tom Baker as the only players to ever win three consecutive PBA50 Tour events.
His victory at the 2016 USBC Senior Masters on June 26 made him the first bowler ever to win five titles in a single PBA50 Tour season.
[21] Weber's unprecedented PBA50 season continued on July 28, when he won his sixth title of 2016 in the PBA50 South Shore Open.
[23] In the 2017 PBA50 season finale on August 8, Weber won his 11th PBA50 title, capturing the DeHayes Insurance Group Championship held in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
[24] On April 29, 2021, Weber won his 12th PBA50 Tour title (and first since 2017) in the Florida Blue Medicare PBA50 National Championship for his fifth PBA50 major.
[25] One week later, on May 5, Weber made it back-to-back PBA50 championships, earning his 13th title at the PBA50 Granville Financial Open, his 50th national tournament win in PBA-sanctioned competition (regular and PBA50).
Weber is one of only 13 players in PBA history to start in the 24th and final spot of the match play round and go on to win a tournament.
Weber won the 2013 ESPY Award for Best Bowler, defeating fellow nominees Jason Belmonte and Scott Norton.
[30] By the early 1980s, Weber had established himself as one of the best bowlers in the world, but his lifestyle saw numerous long binges of alcohol and cocaine use.
[31] In a 1985 Sports Illustrated article, Weber admitted to spending a four-week stretch on tour in a "complete blackout"—staying up for days on end with cocaine, and drinking a fifth of Jack Daniel's every night.
He once bragged about hitting the lanes one evening and scoring in the high 200s after spending the day drinking full-strength Long Island iced teas.
[citation needed] Despite Weber's talent, he was not popular with his bowling peers and was even denied Player of the Year honors in 1987 despite winning the Tournament of Champions and leading the tour in earnings; the award was instead given to Marshall Holman.
[33] By 1989, Weber had won 13 PBA Tour titles and had reached over $1 million (USD) in earnings, but his personal life was plagued with problems.
He went through a three-season stretch (1994–96) without winning a title, and he failed to make a championship round appearance during the entire 1995 season.
In one of the three victories, at the Great Lakes Classic in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Weber rolled a nationally televised 299 game, leaving a 4-pin standing on his final shot.
In the 2012 U.S. Open finals, he repeatedly confronted a young audience member who he believed was intentionally distracting him on his shots.
He eventually won the 2012 event, his unprecedented fifth U.S. Open title, getting a strike on the fill shot of the tenth frame to defeat Mike Fagan by one pin, 215–214.
[39] The video footage of Weber's reaction to his win went viral on the Internet[40] and made the Top 10 on ESPN's "SportsNation 101 Celebration Fails" list.
When the announcer stated that Pete had just passed his father and Don Carter in career U.S. Open titles, Weber replied, "I'll never say I'm better than them.
[35]While there are divided opinions on Pete Weber's PBA legacy, the majority conclude that he had a positive impact on resurrecting the sport's popularity.
[15] Hall of Famer Norm Duke, who also started on Tour while in his teens, was quoted in 2021 saying, "Pete can reach out through a television, grab you by the neck, turn your head toward him and say.
"[15] After his team won the AFC Championship on January 29, 2023, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes tweeted Weber's famous "Who do you think you are?