Johnny Pesky

Name Note: Formerly known as John Michael Paveskovich

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 168lb (175cm, 76kg)

Born: February 27, 1919 in Portland, OR us

Died: August 13, 2012 in Danvers, MA

High School: Lincoln HS (Portland, OR)

Debut: April 14, 1942 (Age 23-046d, 9,201st in major league history)
vs. PHA 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1954 (Age 35-209d)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: John Michael Pesky

Nicknames: The Needle

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

34.2

4745

1455

.307

867

RBI

404

OBP

.394

SLG

.386

OPS

.780

OPS+

107

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
2	2	Apr 17	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
3	3	Apr 18	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
4	4	Apr 19	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	38	10.0	2	2	0	4	1
5	5	Apr 20	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	3	3	1	7	0
7	7	Apr 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	2
8	8	Apr 24	BOS	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 25	BOS		PHA	L,7-11	CG	45	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
10	10	Apr 26	BOS		PHA	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
11	11	Apr 27	BOS		PHA	T,6-6	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	14 (2)	May 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
13	15	May 3	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
14	16	May 4 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	17	May 4 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	18	May 6	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	50	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	19	May 8	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
18	20	May 10	BOS		NYY	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
19	21	May 11	BOS		NYY	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	2
20	22	May 12	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
21	23	May 13	BOS		CHW	W,19-6	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
22	24	May 14	BOS		CHW	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
23	25	May 15	BOS		SLB	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
24	26	May 16	BOS		SLB	W,12-7	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	27	May 17	BOS		SLB	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
26	28	May 19 (1)	BOS		DET	L,2-3	CG	50	12.0	2	2	0	4	0
27	29	May 19 (2)	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	30	May 20	BOS		DET	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
29	31	May 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-9	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	32	May 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
31	33	May 25	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-17	CG	54	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	34	May 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
33	35	May 27	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
34	36	May 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
35	37	May 29	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	0	2	0	2	0
36	38	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-13	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
37	39	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	40	Jun 2 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
39	41	Jun 2 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
40	42	Jun 3	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
41	43	Jun 4	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
42	44	Jun 8	BOS	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	3	3	1	7	0
43	45	Jun 9	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	46	Jun 10	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
45	47	Jun 11	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
46	48	Jun 13	BOS		CHW	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
47	49	Jun 15 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
48	50	Jun 15 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
49	51	Jun 17	BOS		SLB	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
50	52	Jun 18	BOS		SLB	W,6-5	CG	68	15.0	1	6	0	7	0
51	53	Jun 20	BOS		CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
52	54	Jun 21	BOS		CLE	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
53	55	Jun 22 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
54	56	Jun 22 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
55	57	Jun 23	BOS		DET	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
56	58	Jun 25 (1)	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
57	59	Jun 25 (2)	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
58	60	Jun 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
59	61	Jun 27	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
60	62	Jun 28	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
61	63	Jun 29 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
62	64	Jun 29 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	3	5	0	8	2
63	65	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	66	Jul 2	BOS		PHA	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
65	67	Jul 3	BOS		PHA	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
66	68	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,6-8	CG	0	12.0	2	5	0	7	2
67	69	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
68	70	Jul 5	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
69	71	Jul 6 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	2
70	72	Jul 6 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
71	73	Jul 10	BOS	@	DET	T,2-2	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	74	Jul 11 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	2
73	75	Jul 11 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
74	76	Jul 12	BOS	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
75	77	Jul 13 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-8	GS	37	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
76	78	Jul 13 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	79	Jul 14	BOS	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
78	80	Jul 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
79	81	Jul 16	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
80	82	Jul 17 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
81	83	Jul 17 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	0	11.0	3	5	0	8	1
82	84	Jul 18	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-9	CG	0	8.0	1	6	1	8	0
83	85	Jul 19	BOS	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
84	86	Jul 20 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
85	87	Jul 20 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
86	88	Jul 22	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	44	10.0	4	2	0	6	0
87	89	Jul 23	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	CG	58	14.0	0	2	0	2	0
88	90	Jul 24	BOS		CHW	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
89	91	Jul 25	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	2	6	1	9	1
90	92	Jul 26	BOS		SLB	W,12-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
91	93	Jul 27 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
92	94	Jul 27 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
93	95	Jul 29	BOS		CLE	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
94	96	Jul 30	BOS		CLE	L,7-13	GS	36	6.0	1	3	0	4	0
95	97	Jul 31	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	2	2	0	4	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	98	Aug 1	BOS		DET	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	2
97	99	Aug 2	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	100	Aug 3	BOS		DET	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	101	Aug 5	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
100	102	Aug 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
101	103	Aug 7	BOS	@	WSH	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	104	Aug 8	BOS		NYY	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
103	105	Aug 9	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
104	106	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
105	107	Aug 11	BOS		WSH	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	3
106	108	Aug 12	BOS		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
107	109	Aug 13	BOS		WSH	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	110	Aug 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
109	111	Aug 16	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
110	112	Aug 17	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	40	11.0	1	6	0	7	0
111	113	Aug 19	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
112	114	Aug 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
113	115	Aug 22 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	43	8.0	1	1	2	4	0
114	116	Aug 22 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	10	0	12	1
115	117	Aug 24 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
116	118	Aug 24 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
117	119	Aug 25	BOS	@	CLE	L,8-10	CG	46	8.0	0	2	0	2	2
118	120	Aug 26 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-12	CG	45	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
119	121	Aug 26 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
120	122	Aug 27 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	0	4	1	5	1
121	123	Aug 27 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
122	124	Aug 28	BOS	@	DET	W,13-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
123	125	Aug 29	BOS		PHA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
124	126	Aug 30	BOS		PHA	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
125	127	Aug 31	BOS		PHA	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	128	Sep 1 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
127	129	Sep 1 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
128	130	Sep 3 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
129	131	Sep 3 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,6-9	CG	48	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
130	132	Sep 5	BOS	@	PHA	L,7-9	CG	43	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
131	133	Sep 6	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
132	134	Sep 7 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
133	135	Sep 7 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	4	4	0	8	3
134	136	Sep 9	BOS		DET	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
135	137	Sep 10	BOS		DET	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
136	138	Sep 11 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,8-10	CG	49	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
137	139	Sep 11 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,8-3	CG	27	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
138	140	Sep 12	BOS		CLE	L,6-11	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
139	141	Sep 13	BOS		CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
140	142	Sep 14	BOS		CHW	T,1-1	CG	0	7.0	2	2	0	4	1
141	143	Sep 15 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
142	144	Sep 15 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
143	145	Sep 16 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	5	5	0	10	3
144	146	Sep 16 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
145	147	Sep 17 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	5	4	1	10	2
146	148	Sep 17 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
147	149	Sep 18	BOS		SLB	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
148	150	Sep 20 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
149	151	Sep 20 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
150	152	Sep 21	BOS		WSH	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
151	153	Sep 23 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
152	154	Sep 23 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
153	155	Sep 26	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
154	156	Sep 27	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
155	157	Sep 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	2	5	1	8	1
							155gm		1365.0	276	429	17	722	97