Monte Pearson

Full Name: Montgomery Marcellus Pearson	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/175	First Game: April 22, 1932
Birthdate: September 2, 1908	Final Game: August 5, 1941
Birthplace: Oakland, California	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: January 27, 1978
Deathplace: Fresno, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on September 2, 1908 in Oakland, California, Monte Pearson (Montgomery Marcellus Pearson) played for the Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 10 year career. Pearson broke into the bigs on April 22, 1932 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 2.33 ERA in 135.1 innings pitched in 1933, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Monte Pearson's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1936, when he posted a 3.71 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 118 batters. However, others believe that it was 1934, when he posted a 4.52 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 140 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1932	CLE	A	8	0	0	0	1.12	5	9	9	0	0	0	8	10	1	11	1	0
1933	CLE	A	19	16	10	5	2.33	54	45	35	10	0	0	135.1	111	5	55	2	0
1934	CLE	A	39	33	18	13	4.52	140	144	128	19	0	2	254.2	257	16	130	15	1
1935	CLE	A	30	24	8	13	4.90	90	117	99	10	1	0	181.2	199	9	103	3	0
1936	NY	A	33	31	19	7	3.71	118	99	92	15	1	1	223	191	13	135	6	3
1937	NY	A	22	20	9	3	3.17	71	60	51	7	1	1	144.2	145	6	64	2	1
1938	NY	A	28	27	16	7	3.97	98	107	89	17	1	0	202	198	12	113	9	0
1939	NY	A	22	20	12	5	4.49	76	77	73	8	0	0	146.1	151	9	70	2	1
1940	NY	A	16	16	7	5	3.69	43	48	45	7	1	0	109.2	108	8	44	3	0
1941	CIN	N	7	4	1	3	5.18	8	15	14	1	0	0	24.1	22	3	15	0	0
Total	NL		7	4	1	3	5.18	8	15	14	1	0	0	24.1	22	3	15	0	0
Total	AL		217	187	99	58	3.98	695	706	621	93	5	4	1405.1	1370	79	725	43	6
Total			224	191	100	61	4.00	703	721	635	94	5	4	1429.2	1392	82	740	43	6

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1932	CLE	A	P	8	0	6	0	0	1.000
1933	CLE	A	P	19	1	26	2	2	.931
1934	CLE	A	P	39	15	48	2	5	.969
1935	CLE	A	P	30	8	42	2	5	.962
1936	NY	A	P	33	12	39	1	3	.981
1937	NY	A	P	22	5	23	1	3	.966
1938	NY	A	P	28	11	40	2	8	.962
1939	NY	A	P	22	3	29	0	5	1.000
1940	NY	A	P	16	6	29	0	2	1.000
1941	CIN	N	P	7	1	3	0	0	1.000
Total			P	224	62	285	10	33	.972

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SH	SB	GDP
1932	CLE	A	8	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1933	CLE	A	19	50	6	13	0	4	.260	.275	.280	1	0	1	2	2	0	0
1934	CLE	A	39	92	7	25	1	10	.272	.309	.359	5	0	5	10	6	0	0
1935	CLE	A	30	62	8	11	0	6	.177	.261	.242	4	0	7	7	1	1	0
1936	NY	A	33	91	12	23	1	20	.253	.313	.330	4	0	8	13	6	0	0
1937	NY	A	22	51	6	11	0	7	.216	.259	.255	2	0	3	5	4	0	0
1938	NY	A	28	76	8	13	0	6	.171	.241	.224	4	0	7	7	3	1	0
1939	NY	A	22	53	9	17	0	7	.321	.379	.415	3	1	5	6	5	0	2
1940	NY	A	16	33	2	4	0	2	.121	.194	.152	1	0	3	7	7	0	0
1941	CIN	N	8	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
Total	NL		8	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
Total	AL		217	508	58	117	2	62	.230	.285	.293	24	1	39	57	34	2	2
Total			225	513	58	117	2	62	.228	.283	.290	24	1	39	59	35	2	2

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Traded by Cleveland Indians with Steve Sundra to New York Yankees in exchange for Johnny Allen (December 11, 1935).
Traded by New York Yankees to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Don Lang and $20000 (December 30, 1940).

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