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.

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	BOS		NYY	L,10-15	CG	51	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
2	2	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,7-16	CG	50	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
4	4	Apr 21	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
5	5	Apr 22	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	63	14.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
6	6	Apr 23 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
7	7	Apr 23 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,12-2	CG	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
8	8	Apr 24	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
9	9	Apr 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
10	10	Apr 27	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
11	11	Apr 28	BOS		PHA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	3B
12	12	Apr 30 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,19-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
13	13	Apr 30 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 2	BOS		CLE	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
15	15	May 3	BOS		CLE	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
16	16	May 4	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
17	17	May 5	BOS		CHW	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
18	18	May 6	BOS		CHW	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
19	19	May 7 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,8-6	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
20	20	May 7 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
21	21	May 9	BOS		DET	W,6-1	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
22	22	May 11 (1)	BOS		DET	L,4-13	GS	38	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
23	30 (7)	May 18	BOS	@	DET	W,13-12	CG	49	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
24	31	May 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
25	32	May 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
26	33	May 21 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
27	34	May 21 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
28	35	May 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,9-10	CG	51	9.1	2	3	0	5	0	3B
29	36	May 24	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
30	37	May 25	BOS	@	SLB	W,15-12	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
31	38	May 27 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
32	39	May 27 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
33	40	May 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
34	41	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-11	CG	43	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
35	42	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	43	Jun 2	BOS		CLE	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
37	44	Jun 3	BOS		CLE	W,11-9	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
38	45	Jun 4	BOS		CHW	W,17-7	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
39	46	Jun 5	BOS		CHW	W,12-0	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
40	47	Jun 6	BOS		CHW	L,4-8	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
41	48	Jun 7	BOS		SLB	W,20-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
42	49	Jun 8	BOS		SLB	W,29-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
43	52 (2)	Jun 11 (1)	BOS		DET	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
44	53	Jun 11 (2)	BOS		DET	L,6-9	CG	62	14.0	4	6	1	11	2	SS
45	54	Jun 13	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
46	55	Jun 14	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
47	56	Jun 15	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
48	57	Jun 16	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
49	58	Jun 17	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
50	59	Jun 18	BOS	@	DET	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
51	60	Jun 20	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	74 (13)	Jul 5	BOS		WSH	L,7-9	CG	37	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
53	75	Jul 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
54	76	Jul 8	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
55	77	Jul 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
56	78	Jul 13	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
57	79	Jul 14	BOS		CHW	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
58	80	Jul 15	BOS		CHW	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
59	81	Jul 16 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,13-10	CG	46	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	3B
60	82	Jul 16 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
61	83	Jul 17 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,6-11	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
62	84	Jul 17 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
63	85	Jul 18	BOS		DET	W,12-9	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
64	86	Jul 19	BOS		DET	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
65	87	Jul 20	BOS		DET	W,6-5	CG	43	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
66	88	Jul 21	BOS		SLB	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
67	89	Jul 22	BOS		SLB	W,11-2	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
68	90	Jul 23	BOS		SLB	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
69	91	Jul 25	BOS	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
70	92	Jul 26	BOS	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
71	93	Jul 27	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
72	94	Jul 28	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-13	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
73	95	Jul 29	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
74	96	Jul 30 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	39	9.2	0	5	0	5	1	3B
75	97	Jul 30 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	98	Aug 1	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
77	99	Aug 2	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
78	100	Aug 4	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	39	9.1	2	2	0	4	1	3B
79	101	Aug 5	BOS	@	CHW	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
80	102	Aug 6 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
81	103	Aug 6 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	104	Aug 8	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
83	105	Aug 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
84	106	Aug 10 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-11	CG	44	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
85	107	Aug 10 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
86	108	Aug 11	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
87	109	Aug 12	BOS	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
88	110	Aug 13	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
89	111	Aug 15 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
90	112	Aug 15 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
91	113	Aug 16 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,11-3	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
92	114	Aug 16 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,12-7	CG	42	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
93	115	Aug 17	BOS		PHA	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
94	116	Aug 18	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	CG	41	10.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
95	117	Aug 19	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
96	118	Aug 22	BOS		SLB	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
97	119	Aug 23	BOS		SLB	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
98	120	Aug 24	BOS		SLB	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	3B
99	121	Aug 25	BOS		DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
100	122	Aug 26	BOS		DET	L,6-8	CG	47	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
101	123	Aug 27	BOS		CLE	W,11-9	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
102	124	Aug 28	BOS		CLE	W,15-14	CG	52	9.0	4	4	1	9	0	SS
103	125	Aug 29	BOS		CHW	W,13-6	CG	39	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
104	126	Aug 30	BOS		CHW	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
105	127	Aug 31	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	128	Sep 1	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
107	129	Sep 2	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
108	130	Sep 4 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	3B
109	131	Sep 4 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
110	132	Sep 6	BOS		NYY	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
111	133	Sep 7	BOS		NYY	W,10-8	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
112	134	Sep 9 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
113	135	Sep 9 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
114	136	Sep 10	BOS		PHA	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
115	137	Sep 12	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
116	138	Sep 14	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
117	143 (4)	Sep 20 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-6	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
118	144	Sep 20 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
119	145	Sep 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
120	147 (1)	Sep 25 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
121	148	Sep 25 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
122	149	Sep 27 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
123	150	Sep 27 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
124	153 (2)	Sep 30	BOS		NYY	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
							124gm		1087.1	183	289	13	485	36