Jack Pfiester
[edit] Biography
Born on May 24, 1878 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jack Pfiester (John Albert Pfiester) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 8 year career. Pfiester broke into the bigs on September 8, 1903 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 1.51 ERA in 250.2 innings pitched in 1906, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Jack Pfiester's best season was 1906, when he posted a 1.51 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 153 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1903
| PIT
| N
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 6.16
| 15
| 21
| 13
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 26
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1904
| PIT
| N
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 7.20
| 6
| 18
| 16
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 28
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1906
| CHI
| N
| 31
| 29
| 20
| 8
| 1.51
| 153
| 63
| 42
| 20
| 4
| 0
| 250.2
| 173
| 3
| 63
| 0
| 4
| 13
|
| 1907
| CHI
| N
| 30
| 22
| 14
| 9
| 1.15
| 90
| 61
| 25
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 195
| 143
| 1
| 48
| 0
| 2
| 5
|
| 1908
| CHI
| N
| 33
| 29
| 12
| 10
| 2.00
| 117
| 80
| 56
| 18
| 3
| 0
| 252
| 204
| 1
| 70
| 0
| 5
| 11
|
| 1909
| CHI
| N
| 29
| 25
| 17
| 6
| 2.43
| 73
| 67
| 53
| 13
| 5
| 0
| 196.2
| 179
| 1
| 49
| 0
| 3
| 5
|
| 1910
| CHI
| N
| 14
| 13
| 6
| 3
| 1.79
| 34
| 28
| 20
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 100.1
| 82
| 0
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1911
| CHI
| N
| 6
| 5
| 1
| 4
| 4.01
| 15
| 25
| 15
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 33.2
| 34
| 0
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 149
| 128
| 71
| 44
| 2.02
| 503
| 363
| 240
| 75
| 17
| 0
| 1067.1
| 869
| 6
| 293
| 0
| 16
| 39
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1903
| PIT
| N
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1904
| PIT
| N
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1906
| CHI
| N
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 62
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .922
|
| 1907
| CHI
| N
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 44
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .881
|
| 1908
| CHI
| N
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 56
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1909
| CHI
| N
| P
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 69
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1910
| CHI
| N
| P
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 25
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1911
| CHI
| N
| P
| 6
| 5
| 33.2
| 1
| 13
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 2
| .933
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 149
| 5
| 33.2
| 59
| 278
| 23
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 2
| .936
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1903
| PIT
| N
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1904
| PIT
| N
| 3
| 7
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| .286
| .375
| .571
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1906
| CHI
| N
| 31
| 84
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .048
| .091
| .048
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1907
| CHI
| N
| 30
| 64
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 1
| .094
| .159
| .109
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| CHI
| N
| 33
| 79
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 2
| .101
| .134
| .114
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| CHI
| N
| 29
| 65
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 4
| .169
| .229
| .185
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1910
| CHI
| N
| 14
| 33
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .091
| .143
| .091
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1911
| CHI
| N
| 6
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| .182
| .250
| .182
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 149
| 349
| 18
| 36
| 0
| 14
| .103
| .154
| .117
| 3
| 1
| 20
| 17
| 1
| 19
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Omaha (Western) to Chicago Cubs (@August, 1905).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs to Louisville (American Association) in exchange for Reggie Richter (May 15, 1911).
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