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Monte Pearson
Montgomery Marcellus Pearson (Hoot)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.
School University of California

Debut April 22, 1932
Final Game August 5, 1941
Born September 2, 1908 in Oakland, CA
Died January 27, 1978 in Fresno, CA

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Pitching Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1932 23 CLE AL   0   0   8   0   0   0   5  0    8.0   10    9    9   1   11    5   0   1    43       0 10.13  4.79   47 2.625
 1933 24 CLE AL  10   5  19  16  10   0   3  0  135.3  111   45   35   5   55   54   0   2   561       0  2.33  4.50  193 1.227
 1934 25 CLE AL  18  13  39  33  19   0   6  2  254.7  257  144  128  16  130  140   1  15  1136       0  4.52  4.45   98 1.520
 1935 26 CLE AL   8  13  30  24  10   1   2  0  181.7  199  117   99   9  103   90   0   3   831       0  4.90  4.50   92 1.662
 1936 27 NYY AL  19   7  33  31  15   1   2  1  223.0  191   99   92  13  135  118   3   6   965       0  3.71  4.69  126 1.462 AS
 1937 28 NYY AL   9   3  22  20   7   1   2  1  144.7  145   60   51   6   64   71   1   2   624       0  3.17  4.44  140 1.445
 1938 29 NYY AL  16   7  28  27  17   1   1  0  202.0  198  107   89  12  113   98   0   9   888       1  3.97  4.55  115 1.540
 1939 30 NYY AL  12   5  22  20   8   0   0  0  146.3  151   77   73   9   70   76   1   2   639       0  4.49  4.34   97 1.510
 1940 31 NYY AL   7   5  16  16   7   1   0  0  109.7  108   48   45   8   44   43   0   3   464       0  3.69  4.03  109 1.386 AS
 1941 32 CIN NL   1   3   7   4   1   0   3  0   24.3   22   15   14   3   15    8   0   0   108       0  5.18  3.63   70 1.521
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .621 100  61 224 191  94   5  24  4 1429.7 1392  721  635  82  740  703   6  43  6259       1  4.00  4.46  111 1.491
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    16   9  36  31  15   0   3  0  234.0  228  118  104  13  121  115   0   7  1025   0   0  4.00  4.46  111 1.491
 Career High     19  13  39  33  19   1   6  2  254.7  257  144  128  16  135  140   3  15  1136   0   1  2.33  4.69  193 1.227

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1933 24 CLE AL  19   50    6   13   1  0   0    4   0  0   1   2  .260  .275  .280   44   14   2           0    
 1934 25 CLE AL  39   92    7   25   5  0   1   10   0  0   5  10  .272  .309  .359   72   33   6           0    
 1935 26 CLE AL  30   62    8   11   4  0   0    6   1  0   7   7  .177  .261  .242   30   15   1           0    
 1936 27 NYY AL  33   91   12   23   4  0   1   20   0  0   8  13  .253  .313  .330   61   30   6           0     AS
 1937 28 NYY AL  22   51    6   11   2  0   0    7   0  0   3   5  .216  .259  .255   30   13   4           0    
 1938 29 NYY AL  28   76    8   13   4  0   0    6   1  0   7   7  .171  .241  .224   17   17   3           0    
 1939 30 NYY AL  22   53    9   17   3  1   0    7   0  0   5   6  .321  .379  .415  104   22   5           0   2
 1940 31 NYY AL  16   33    2    4   1  0   0    2   0  0   3   7  .121  .194  .152   -7    5   7           0   0 AS
 1941 32 CIN NL   8    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     225  513   58  117  24  1   2   62   2  0  39  59  .228  .283  .290   46  149  35   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        369   42   84  17  1   1   45   1  0  28  42  .228  .283  .290   46  107  25   0   0   0   1
 Career High     39   92   12   25   5  1   1   20   1  0   8  13                          33   7   0   0   0   2

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1933 24 CLE AL   53   39    4   2.8   110| .260  .287| .275  .359| .280  .413| .555  .772|  44  .269  -4.3  -0.4   0%
 1934 25 CLE AL  103   73   10   3.6   112| .272  .288| .309  .362| .359  .415| .668  .777|  72  .358  -4.1  -0.4   0%
 1935 26 CLE AL   70   52    4   2.1   113| .177  .290| .261  .363| .242  .419| .503  .782|  30  .163  -6.6  -0.6 100%
 1936 27 NYY AL  105   74    9   3.2   119| .253  .295| .313  .370| .330  .433| .643  .803|  61  .272  -5.6  -0.5   0%
 1937 28 NYY AL   58   44    3   1.8   118| .216  .291| .259  .367| .255  .434| .514  .800|  30  .124  -5.7  -0.5   0%
 1938 29 NYY AL   86   66    4   1.6   118| .171  .290| .241  .369| .224  .432| .465  .801|  17  .100 -10.0  -0.9 100%
 1939 30 NYY AL   63   43    8   4.9   113| .321  .285| .379  .360| .415  .422| .794  .782| 104  .487   0.4   0.0   0%
 1940 31 NYY AL   43   36    1   0.7   107| .121  .274| .194  .347| .152  .416| .346  .762|  -7  .030  -5.2  -0.5   0%
 1941 32 CIN NL    6    6    0   0.0    95| .000  .267| .000  .338| .000  .376| .000  .714|-100  .000  -1.4  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      587  433   43   2.6   114| .228  .289| .283  .363| .290  .423| .573  .787|  46  .228 -42.4  -3.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1932 23 CLE AL   P    8      0    6    0    0 1.000  .952  0.75  1.21  6.75  2.25    0    8.0
 1933 24 CLE AL   P   19      1   26    2    2  .931  .961  1.42  1.18  1.80  2.28   16  135.3
 1934 25 CLE AL   P   39     15   48    2    5  .969  .956  1.62  1.11  2.23  2.14   33  254.7
 1935 26 CLE AL   P   30      8   42    2    5  .962  .949  1.67  1.12  2.48  2.15   24  181.7
 1936 27 NYY AL   P   33     12   39    1    3  .981  .957  1.55  1.04  2.06  1.99   31  223.0 AS
 1937 28 NYY AL   P   22      5   23    1    3  .966  .952  1.27  1.09  1.74  2.05   20  144.7
 1938 29 NYY AL   P   28     11   40    2    8  .962  .951  1.82  1.12  2.27  2.11   27  202.0
 1939 30 NYY AL   P   22      3   29    0    5 1.000  .952  1.45  0.98  1.97  1.92   20  146.3
 1940 31 NYY AL   P   16      6   29    0    2 1.000  .956  2.19  1.05  2.87  2.04   16  109.7 AS
 1941 32 CIN NL   P    7      1    3    0    0 1.000  .976  0.57  1.09  1.48  2.22    4   24.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1932 23 CLE AL   P    8      0    6    0    0 1.000  .952  0.75  1.21  6.75  2.25    0    8.0
 1933 24 CLE AL   P   19      1   26    2    2  .931  .961  1.42  1.18  1.80  2.28   16  135.3
 1934 25 CLE AL   P   39     15   48    2    5  .969  .956  1.62  1.11  2.23  2.14   33  254.7
 1935 26 CLE AL   P   30      8   42    2    5  .962  .949  1.67  1.12  2.48  2.15   24  181.7
 1936 27 NYY AL   P   33     12   39    1    3  .981  .957  1.55  1.04  2.06  1.99   31  223.0
 1937 28 NYY AL   P   22      5   23    1    3  .966  .952  1.27  1.09  1.74  2.05   20  144.7
 1938 29 NYY AL   P   28     11   40    2    8  .962  .951  1.82  1.12  2.27  2.11   27  202.0
 1939 30 NYY AL   P   22      3   29    0    5 1.000  .952  1.45  0.98  1.97  1.92   20  146.3
 1940 31 NYY AL   P   16      6   29    0    2 1.000  .956  2.19  1.05  2.87  2.04   16  109.7
 1941 32 CIN NL   P    7      1    3    0    0 1.000  .976  0.57  1.09  1.48  2.22    4   24.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 224     62  285   10   33  .972  .954  1.55  1.09  2.18  2.09  191 1429.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       224     62  285   10   33  .972  .954  1.55  1.09  2.18  2.09  191   1430

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1936   WS    NYY NYG     W   1   1   2.00  1  0  0  1   9     7   2   2   7 
 1937   WS    NYY NYG     W   1   1   1.04  1  0  0  0   8.2   5   1   2   4 
 1938   WS    NYY CHC     W   1   1   1.00  1  0  0  1   9     5   1   2   9 
 1939   WS    NYY CIN     W   1   1   0.00  1  0  0  1   9     2   0   1   8 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        4-0   4   4   1.01  4  0  0  3  35.2  19   4   7  28 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1936   WS    NYY NYG     W   1   4   0   2  1  0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .750   0  0   0   0   0 
 1937   WS    NYY NYG     W   1   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1  .000  .250  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1938   WS    NYY CHC     W   1   3   1   1  0  0  0   0   1   0  .333  .500  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
 1939   WS    NYY CIN     W   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        4-0   4  12   1   3  1  0  0   0   2   2  .250  .357  .333   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1936   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1940   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1936
1940

ERA
1936 AL-3.71-5
1938 AL-3.97-10

Wins
1934 AL-18-6
1936 AL-19-6
1938 AL-16-6

Won-Loss %
1933 AL-.667-6
1936 AL-.731-3
1938 AL-.696-5
1939 AL-.706-9
Car-.621-66

Hits Allowed/9IP
1936 AL-7.71-1
1938 AL-8.82-3

Strikeouts/9IP
1934 AL-4.95-4
1935 AL-4.46-6
1936 AL-4.76-5
1938 AL-4.37-10

Innings
1934 AL-254.7-7

Strikeouts
1934 AL-140-5
1935 AL-90-10
1936 AL-118-5

Games Started
1934 AL-33-2
1936 AL-31-8

Comp. Games
1934 AL-19-5
1938 AL-17-7

Home Runs Allow.
1934 AL-16-5

Bases On Balls Allow.
1934 AL-130-2
1935 AL-103-6
1936 AL-135-3
1938 AL-113-5

Hits Allowed
1934 AL-257-5

Losses
1934 AL-13-10
1935 AL-13-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1934 AL-128-1

Wild Pitches
1934 AL-15-1
1938 AL-9-2

Batters Faced
1934 AL-1136-4

Adjusted ERA+
1936 AL-126-7

Black Ink: Pitching - 2 (727) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 57 (435) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 14.0 (530) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 36.0 (366) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
December 11, 1935: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Steve Sundra to the New York Yankees for Johnny Allen.
December 30, 1940: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Cincinnati Reds for Don Lang and $20,000.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Monte Pearson's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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All-Star 1936 1940	ERA 1936 AL-3.71-5 1938 AL-3.97-10	Wins 1934 AL-18-6 1936 AL-19-6 1938 AL-16-6	Won-Loss % 1933 AL-.667-6 1936 AL-.731-3 1938 AL-.696-5 1939 AL-.706-9 Car-.621-66	Hits Allowed/9IP 1936 AL-7.71-1 1938 AL-8.82-3	Strikeouts/9IP 1934 AL-4.95-4 1935 AL-4.46-6 1936 AL-4.76-5 1938 AL-4.37-10
Innings 1934 AL-254.7-7	Strikeouts 1934 AL-140-5 1935 AL-90-10 1936 AL-118-5	Games Started 1934 AL-33-2 1936 AL-31-8	Comp. Games 1934 AL-19-5 1938 AL-17-7	Home Runs Allow. 1934 AL-16-5	Bases On Balls Allow. 1934 AL-130-2 1935 AL-103-6 1936 AL-135-3 1938 AL-113-5
Hits Allowed 1934 AL-257-5	Losses 1934 AL-13-10 1935 AL-13-8	Earned Runs Allow. 1934 AL-128-1	Wild Pitches 1934 AL-15-1 1938 AL-9-2	Batters Faced 1934 AL-1136-4	Adjusted ERA+ 1936 AL-126-7