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.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	25 (24)	May 10 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-10	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
2	26	May 12	DET	@	WSH	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	5	5	0	10	3	2B
3	27	May 14	DET	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
4	28	May 15	DET	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	5	8	0	13	2	2B
5	29	May 16	DET	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
6	30	May 18 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
7	32 (1)	May 19	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	41	10.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
8	34 (1)	May 22	DET		CHW	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
9	35	May 23	DET		CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
10	36	May 24	DET		CHW	L,1-3	GS	28	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	43 (6)	Jun 2	DET		PHA	T,7-7	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
12	46 (2)	Jun 4 (2)	DET		PHA	L,6-9	GF	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
13	47	Jun 6 (1)	DET		BOS	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
14	53 (5)	Jun 11	DET		NYY	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
15	54	Jun 12	DET		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
16	55	Jun 13	DET		WSH	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
17	56	Jun 14	DET		WSH	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
18	57	Jun 16	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
19	58	Jun 17	DET	@	BOS	L,1-17	GS	29	4.0	2	0	0	2	1	2B
20	59	Jun 18	DET	@	BOS	L,3-23	CG	60	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	2B
21	63 (3)	Jun 21 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
22	64	Jun 23	DET	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
23	65	Jun 24	DET	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
24	66	Jun 25	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
25	68 (1)	Jun 27	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	3	5	1	9	2	2B
26	69	Jun 28 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
27	71 (1)	Jun 30	DET		CLE	L,4-6	CG	26	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	72	Jul 1	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
29	73	Jul 2	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
30	74	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
31	75	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	4	6	0	10	1	2B
32	77 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
33	79 (1)	Jul 6	DET	@	SLB	W,8-7	GF	14	3.0	1	3	0	4	0	PH 2B
34	80	Jul 7	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	2	1	1	4	0	2B
35	81	Jul 8	DET	@	CHW	L,4-14	CG	46	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
36	82	Jul 9	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
37	83	Jul 10	DET		SLB	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
38	85 (1)	Jul 12 (1)	DET		SLB	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
39	88 (2)	Jul 17	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	2B
40	89	Jul 18	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
41	91 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	DET		PHA	T,8-8	CG	51	11.0	3	7	0	10	1	2B
42	92	Jul 21	DET		WSH	W,8-7	GS	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
43	93	Jul 23 (1)	DET		WSH	W,9-6	CG	46	10.0	5	4	0	9	3	2B
44	95 (1)	Jul 24	DET		NYY	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
45	96	Jul 25	DET		NYY	L,11-15	GS	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
46	98 (1)	Jul 26 (2)	DET		NYY	L,4-14	CG	50	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	2B
47	99	Jul 28	DET	@	WSH	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
48	100	Jul 29	DET	@	WSH	L,5-13	CG	47	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	103 (2)	Aug 1	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
50	104	Aug 2 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
51	106 (1)	Aug 4	DET	@	NYY	L,0-15	CG	44	8.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
52	107	Aug 5	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
53	110 (2)	Aug 8	DET	@	PHA	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
54	111	Aug 9 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	40	9.2	4	2	0	6	2	2B
55	112	Aug 9 (2)	DET	@	PHA	T,8-8	CG	42	10.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
56	114 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
57	115	Aug 12	DET	@	SLB	W,7-3		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	PH 2B
58	116	Aug 13	DET	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	41	10.1	4	3	0	7	2	2B
59	118 (1)	Aug 15	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
60	119	Aug 16	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
61	120	Aug 18	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
62	121	Aug 19	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
63	122	Aug 20	DET		CLE	L,7-13	CG	54	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
64	123	Aug 21	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
65	124	Aug 22	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	37	11.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
66	125	Aug 23 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
67	126	Aug 23 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,6-11	CG	44	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
68	127	Aug 25	DET		NYY	L,3-6	CG	47	11.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
69	128	Aug 26	DET		NYY	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
70	129	Aug 27	DET		WSH	L,5-12	GS	34	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
71	130	Aug 28	DET		WSH	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
72	135 (4)	Aug 31 (2)	DET		PHA	L,4-10	GF	13	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	155 (19)	Sep 22	DET		SLB	L,3-7	GF	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
							73gm		606.1	166	183	3	352	49