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Johnny Pesky

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Full Name: John Michael Pesky Primary Position: SS,3B,2B
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/168 First Game: April 14, 1942
Birthdate: September 27, 1919 Final Game: September 24, 1954
Birthplace: Portland, Oregon MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Johnny Pesky (John Michael Pesky) was born on September 27, 1919 in Portland, Oregon. He made his Major League debut on April 14, 1942 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1942, his rookie year, he hit .331 with 2 home runs and 51 RBI. Pesky played for the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers and Washington Senators over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that Johnny Pesky's best season was 1946, when he hit for a .335 average and knocked in 55 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1942 BOS A 147 620 105 205 2 51 .331 .375 .416 29 9 42 36 2 22 12 0 8
1946 BOS A 153 621 115 208 2 55 .335 .401 .427 43 4 65 29 3 14 9 0 8
1947 BOS A 155 638 106 207 0 39 .324 .393 .392 27 8 72 22 0 9 12 0 10
1948 BOS A 143 565 124 159 3 55 .281 .394 .365 26 6 99 32 6 7 3 0 10
1949 BOS A 148 604 111 185 2 69 .306 .408 .384 27 7 100 19 4 5 8 0 12
1950 BOS A 127 490 112 153 1 49 .312 .437 .388 22 6 104 31 5 6 2 0 13
1951 BOS A 131 480 93 150 3 41 .313 .417 .398 20 6 84 15 2 7 2 0 10
1952 DET A 69 177 26 45 1 9 .254 .394 .294 4 0 41 11 0 5 1 0 2
1952 BOS A 25 67 10 10 0 2 .149 .313 .179 2 0 15 5 1 1 0 0 1
1952 TOT A 94 244 36 55 1 11 .225 .372 .262 6 0 56 16 1 6 1 0 3
1953 DET A 103 308 43 90 2 24 .292 .353 .390 22 1 27 10 2 5 3 0 4
1954 WAS A 49 158 17 40 0 9 .253 .296 .316 4 3 10 7 0 2 1 0 2
1954 DET A 20 17 5 3 1 1 .176 .300 .353 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2
1954 TOT A 69 175 22 43 1 10 .246 .296 .320 4 3 13 8 0 2 1 0 4
Total 1270 4745 867 1455 17 404 .307 .394 .386 226 50 662 218 25 83 53 0 82

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1942 BOS A SS 147 0 0 320 465 37 94 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1946 BOS A SS 153 0 0 296 479 25 96 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1947 BOS A SS 133 0 0 251 391 16 90 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1947 BOS A 3B 22 0 0 25 38 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1948 BOS A 3B 141 0 0 121 303 22 35 0 0 0 0 0 .951
1949 BOS A 3B 148 0 0 184 333 16 48 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1950 BOS A SS 8 0 0 23 32 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 .965
1950 BOS A 3B 116 0 0 160 257 11 29 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1951 BOS A 2B 5 0 0 5 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 BOS A SS 106 0 0 204 340 22 74 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1951 BOS A 3B 11 0 0 14 19 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .892
1952 DET A SS 41 0 0 78 101 9 25 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1952 DET A 2B 22 0 0 27 36 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1952 DET A 3B 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 BOS A 3B 19 0 0 16 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .917
1952 BOS A SS 2 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 TOT A 3B 22 0 0 18 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .927
1952 TOT A SS 43 0 0 81 103 9 26 0 0 0 0 0 .953
1953 DET A 2B 73 0 0 166 183 3 49 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1954 WAS A 2B 37 0 0 92 91 4 22 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1954 WAS A SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 2B 137 0 0 290 321 9 86 0 0 0 0 0 .985
Total 3B 460 0 0 522 983 58 121 0 0 0 0 0 .963
Total SS 591 0 0 1175 1810 111 387 0 0 0 0 0 .964

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1940).
  • Traded by Boston Red Sox with Bill Wight, Walt Dropo, Fred Hatfield and Don Lenhardt to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Dizzy Trout, George Kell, Johnny Lipon and Hoot Evers (June 3, 1952).
  • Traded by Detroit Tigers to Washington Senators in exchange for Mel Hoderlein (June 14, 1954).
  • Released by Washington Senators (November 10, 1954).
  • Signed by Baltimore Orioles (December 21, 1954).
  • Released by Baltimore Orioles (April 14, 1955).

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