Herb Pennock

Full Name: Herbert Jefferis Pennock	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/160	First Game: May 14, 1912
Birthdate: February 10, 1894	Final Game: August 27, 1934
Birthplace: Kennett Square, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 22 years
Died: January 30, 1948
Deathplace: New York, New York
Bat/Throw: Both/Left

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1948

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Born on February 10, 1894 in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, Herb Pennock (Herbert Jefferis Pennock) played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees over the course of his 22 year career. Pennock broke into the bigs on May 14, 1912 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 4.50 ERA in 50 innings pitched in 1912, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Herb Pennock's best season was 1924, when he posted a 2.83 ERA, won 21 games and struck out 101 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1912	PHI	A	17	2	1	2	4.50	38	31	25	1	0	2	50	48	1	30	2	3
1913	PHI	A	14	3	2	1	5.13	17	24	19	1	0	0	33.1	30	4	22	1	0
1914	PHI	A	28	14	11	4	2.79	90	56	47	8	3	3	151.2	136	1	65	8	2
1915	PHI	A	11	8	3	6	5.32	24	34	26	3	1	1	44	46	2	29	2	2
1915	BOS	A	5	1	0	0	9.64	7	16	15	0	0	0	14	23	0	10	0	0
1915	TOT	A	16	9	3	6	6.36	31	50	41	3	1	1	58	69	2	39	2	2
1916	BOS	A	9	2	0	2	3.04	12	11	9	0	0	1	26.2	23	0	8	1	1
1917	BOS	A	24	5	5	5	3.31	35	42	37	4	1	1	100.2	90	2	23	0	3
1919	BOS	A	32	26	16	8	2.71	70	78	66	16	5	0	219	223	2	48	7	3
1920	BOS	A	37	31	16	13	3.68	68	108	99	19	4	2	242.1	244	9	61	2	4
1921	BOS	A	32	31	12	14	4.04	91	121	100	15	1	0	222.2	268	7	59	0	2
1922	BOS	A	32	26	10	17	4.32	59	108	97	15	1	1	202	230	7	74	7	1
1923	NY	A	35	27	19	6	3.13	93	86	83	21	1	3	238.1	235	11	68	1	2
1924	NY	A	40	34	21	9	2.83	101	104	90	25	4	3	286.1	302	13	64	4	1
1925	NY	A	47	31	16	17	2.96	88	117	91	21	2	2	277	267	11	71	3	2
1926	NY	A	40	33	23	11	3.62	78	133	107	19	1	2	266.1	294	11	43	6	4
1927	NY	A	34	26	19	8	3.00	51	89	70	18	1	2	209.2	225	5	48	0	2
1928	NY	A	28	24	17	6	2.56	53	71	60	18	5	3	211	215	2	40	3	0
1929	NY	A	27	23	9	11	4.92	49	101	86	8	1	2	157.1	205	11	28	2	3
1930	NY	A	25	19	11	7	4.32	46	95	75	11	1	0	156.1	194	8	20	4	0
1931	NY	A	25	25	11	6	4.28	65	96	90	12	1	0	189.1	247	7	30	3	1
1932	NY	A	22	21	9	5	4.60	54	94	75	9	1	0	146.2	191	8	38	4	0
1933	NY	A	23	5	7	4	5.54	22	46	40	2	1	4	65	96	4	21	4	0
1934	BOS	A	30	2	2	0	3.05	16	31	21	1	0	1	62	68	2	16	1	0
Total			617	419	240	162	3.60	1227	1692	1428	247	35	33	3571.2	3900	128	916	65	36

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1912	PHI	A	P	17	2	15	1	0	.944
1913	PHI	A	P	14	0	9	0	0	1.000
1914	PHI	A	P	28	9	37	3	1	.939
1915	PHI	A	P	11	1	15	1	1	.941
1915	BOS	A	P	5	1	0	1	0	.500
1915	TOT	A	P	16	2	15	2	1	.895
1916	BOS	A	P	9	3	4	0	0	1.000
1917	BOS	A	P	24	1	30	2	2	.939
1919	BOS	A	P	32	13	45	2	5	.967
1920	BOS	A	P	37	6	53	1	0	.983
1921	BOS	A	P	32	11	59	2	3	.972
1922	BOS	A	P	32	8	56	1	1	.985
1923	NY	A	P	35	4	66	1	4	.986
1924	NY	A	P	40	10	61	0	5	1.000
1925	NY	A	P	47	7	54	4	3	.938
1926	NY	A	P	40	2	73	1	6	.987
1927	NY	A	P	34	4	45	1	2	.980
1928	NY	A	P	28	5	59	1	3	.985
1929	NY	A	P	27	4	31	0	2	1.000
1930	NY	A	P	25	3	26	1	1	.967
1931	NY	A	P	25	1	37	1	4	.974
1932	NY	A	P	22	4	29	1	1	.971
1933	NY	A	P	23	2	12	1	1	.933
1934	BOS	A	P	30	0	8	0	0	1.000
Total			P	617	101	824	26	45	.973

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH
1912	PHI	A	17	15	1	2	0	0	.133	.133	.200	1	0	0	0	0	1
1913	PHI	A	14	9	0	1	0	0	.111	.200	.111	0	0	1	2	0	0
1914	PHI	A	28	56	7	12	0	9	.214	.241	.286	0	2	2	11	0	1
1915	PHI	A	11	18	1	5	0	3	.278	.278	.333	1	0	0	5	0	0
1915	BOS	A	5	6	1	1	0	0	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	2	0	0
1915	TOT	A	16	24	2	6	0	3	.250	.250	.333	2	0	0	7	0	0
1916	BOS	A	11	8	0	1	0	0	.125	.222	.125	0	0	1	1	0	0
1917	BOS	A	24	24	2	4	0	2	.167	.375	.167	0	0	7	5	1	1
1919	BOS	A	32	75	7	13	0	7	.173	.253	.227	4	0	6	12	2	6
1920	BOS	A	38	77	7	20	0	6	.260	.345	.299	3	0	9	18	1	7
1921	BOS	A	32	85	9	18	1	11	.212	.272	.341	8	0	6	10	1	4
1922	BOS	A	32	65	5	9	0	2	.138	.188	.185	1	1	4	9	0	2
1923	NY	A	35	83	11	16	0	7	.193	.272	.229	3	0	9	8	0	8
1924	NY	A	40	101	13	16	2	9	.158	.220	.238	2	0	7	13	1	10
1925	NY	A	47	99	6	20	0	7	.202	.218	.232	1	1	2	7	0	9
1926	NY	A	40	85	8	18	0	6	.212	.302	.235	2	0	10	8	1	16
1927	NY	A	34	69	6	15	0	6	.217	.250	.246	2	0	3	10	0	13
1928	NY	A	28	74	1	15	0	9	.203	.234	.203	0	0	3	7	0	7
1929	NY	A	27	51	4	9	0	1	.176	.236	.176	0	0	4	6	0	6
1930	NY	A	25	60	5	11	0	4	.183	.234	.183	0	0	4	12	0	1
1931	NY	A	25	66	8	10	1	6	.152	.253	.227	2	0	9	12	0	7
1932	NY	A	22	53	4	8	0	6	.151	.250	.189	2	0	7	5	0	5
1933	NY	A	23	21	0	5	0	1	.238	.238	.238	0	0	0	5	0	6
1934	BOS	A	30	14	2	3	0	1	.214	.214	.214	0	0	0	4	0	1
Total			620	1214	108	232	4	103	.191	.253	.235	33	4	94	172	7	111

[edit] Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Philadelphia Athletics (May, 1912).
Claimed on waivers by Boston Red Sox from Philadelphia Athletics (June 6, 1915).
Traded by Boston Red Sox to New York Yankees in exchange for Camp Skinner, Norm McMillan, George Murray and $50000 (January 30, 1923).
Released by New York Yankees (January 5, 1934).
Signed by Boston Red Sox (January 20, 1934).

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