Ike Pearson
[edit] Biography
Born on March 1, 1917 in Grenada, Mississippi, Ike Pearson (Isaac Overton Pearson) played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 6 year career. Pearson broke into the bigs on June 6, 1939 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 5.76 ERA in 125 innings pitched in 1939, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Ike Pearson's best season was 1941, when he posted a 3.57 ERA.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1939
| PHI
| N
| 26
| 13
| 2
| 13
| 5.76
| 29
| 84
| 80
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 125
| 144
| 15
| 56
| 0
| 2
| 5
|
| 1940
| PHI
| N
| 29
| 20
| 3
| 14
| 5.45
| 43
| 91
| 88
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 145.1
| 160
| 13
| 57
| 0
| 4
| 3
|
| 1941
| PHI
| N
| 46
| 10
| 4
| 14
| 3.57
| 38
| 75
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 136
| 139
| 8
| 70
| 0
| 2
| 8
|
| 1942
| PHI
| N
| 35
| 7
| 1
| 6
| 4.54
| 21
| 48
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 85.1
| 87
| 4
| 50
| 0
| 2
| 4
|
| 1946
| PHI
| N
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 3.77
| 6
| 8
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 14.1
| 16
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1948
| CHI
| A
| 23
| 2
| 2
| 3
| 4.92
| 12
| 32
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 53
| 62
| 8
| 27
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 141
| 52
| 11
| 47
| 4.82
| 137
| 306
| 271
| 10
| 2
| 7
| 506
| 546
| 41
| 241
| 0
| 10
| 21
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 23
| 2
| 2
| 3
| 4.92
| 12
| 32
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 53
| 62
| 8
| 27
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 164
| 54
| 13
| 50
| 4.83
| 149
| 338
| 300
| 10
| 2
| 8
| 559
| 608
| 49
| 268
| 0
| 12
| 23
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1939
| PHI
| N
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 30
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1940
| PHI
| N
| P
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 37
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1941
| PHI
| N
| P
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 28
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1942
| PHI
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 17
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1946
| PHI
| N
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1948
| CHI
| A
| P
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 164
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 128
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1939
| PHI
| N
| 27
| 37
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .054
| .103
| .054
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 12
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1940
| PHI
| N
| 29
| 44
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 5
| .205
| .239
| .250
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1941
| PHI
| N
| 46
| 40
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .125
| .125
| .125
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1942
| PHI
| N
| 35
| 23
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .043
| .083
| .043
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1946
| PHI
| N
| 5
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 1
| .200
| .200
| .800
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1948
| CHI
| A
| 23
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 142
| 149
| 8
| 18
| 1
| 8
| .121
| .149
| .154
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 31
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 23
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 165
| 159
| 8
| 20
| 1
| 8
| .126
| .152
| .157
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 34
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
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