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Jack Chesbro
John Dwight Chesbro (Happy Jack)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 5, 1874 in North Adams, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: July 12, 1899
Final Game: October 2, 1909
Died: November 6, 1931 in Conway, MA
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Old Timers Committee as Player in 1946.
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1899 25 PIT NL 6 9 .400 4.11 19 17 2 15 0 0 149.0 165 99 68 3 59 28 11 0 5 664 93 1.503 10.0 0.2 3.6 1.7 0.47
1900 26 PIT NL 15 13 .536 3.67 32 26 4 20 3 1 215.2 220 123 88 4 79 56 12 0 7 947 99 1.386 9.2 0.2 3.3 2.3 0.71
1901 27 PIT NL 21 10 .677 2.38 36 28 8 26 6 1 287.2 261 104 76 4 52 129 14 0 5 1187 137 1.088 8.2 0.1 1.6 4.0 2.48
1902 28 PIT NL 28 6 .824 2.17 35 33 2 31 8 1 286.1 242 81 69 1 62 136 21 1 3 1163 127 1.062 7.6 0.0 1.9 4.3 2.19
1903 29 NYY AL 21 15 .583 2.77 40 36 4 33 1 0 324.2 300 140 100 7 74 147 9 1 5 1354 112 1.152 8.3 0.2 2.1 4.1 1.99
1904 30 NYY AL 41 12 .774 1.82 55 51 3 48 6 0 454.2 338 128 92 4 88 239 7 0 9 1778 148 0.937 6.7 0.1 1.7 4.7 2.72
1905 31 NYY AL 19 15 .559 2.20 41 38 2 24 3 0 303.1 262 125 74 5 71 156 6 0 7 1239 133 1.098 7.8 0.1 2.1 4.6 2.20
1906 32 NYY AL 23 17 .575 2.96 49 42 7 24 4 1 325.0 314 138 107 2 75 152 10 0 7 1363 100 1.197 8.7 0.1 2.1 4.2 2.03
1907 33 NYY AL 10 10 .500 2.53 30 25 3 17 1 0 206.0 192 83 58 0 46 78 6 0 3 843 110 1.155 8.4 0.0 2.0 3.4 1.70
1908 34 NYY AL 14 20 .412 2.93 45 31 13 20 3 1 288.2 271 133 94 6 67 124 14 0 11 1202 84 1.171 8.4 0.2 2.1 3.9 1.85
1909 35 TOT AL 0 5 .000 6.14 10 5 4 2 0 0 55.2 77 55 38 3 17 20 3 0 0 273 41 1.689 12.4 0.5 2.7 3.2 1.18
1909 35 NYY AL 0 4 .000 6.34 9 4 4 2 0 0 49.2 70 51 35 2 13 17 3 0 0 247 40 1.671 12.7 0.4 2.4 3.1 1.31
1909 35 BOS AL 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 4 3 1 4 3 0 0 0 26 55 1.833 10.5 1.5 6.0 4.5 0.75
11 Seasons 198 132 .600 2.68 392 332 52 260 35 5 2896.2 2642 1209 864 39 690 1265 113 2 62 12013 110 1.150 8.2 0.1 2.1 3.9 1.83
162 Game Avg. 19 12 .600 2.68 37 31 5 24 3 0 272 248 114 81 4 65 119 11 0 6 1128 110 1.150 8.2 0.1 2.1 3.9 1.83
NYY (7 yrs) 128 93 .579 2.58 269 227 36 168 18 2 1952.0 1747 798 560 26 434 913 55 1 42 8026 109 1.117 8.1 0.1 2.0 4.2 2.10
PIT (4 yrs) 70 38 .648 2.89 122 104 16 92 17 3 938.2 888 407 301 12 252 349 58 1 20 3961 113 1.214 8.5 0.1 2.4 3.3 1.38
BOS (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 4 3 1 4 3 0 0 0 26 55 1.833 10.5 1.5 6.0 4.5 0.75
AL (7 yrs) 128 94 .577 2.59 270 228 36 168 18 2 1958.0 1754 802 563 27 438 916 55 1 42 8052 109 1.120 8.1 0.1 2.0 4.2 2.09
NL (4 yrs) 70 38 .648 2.89 122 104 16 92 17 3 938.2 888 407 301 12 252 349 58 1 20 3961 113 1.214 8.5 0.1 2.4 3.3 1.38

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1899 25 PIT NL 19 63 58 3 9 0 0 0 3 0 3 .155 .197 .155 .352 -3 9 0 2 1
1900 26 PIT NL 32 91 85 10 15 4 1 0 9 1 6 .176 .231 .247 .478 31 21 0 0 1/O
1901 27 PIT NL 36 124 116 9 25 5 1 1 8 0 3 .216 .242 .302 .543 55 35 1 4 1
1902 28 PIT NL 35 119 112 11 20 3 1 0 8 1 3 .179 .200 .223 .423 28 25 0 4 1
1903 29 NYY AL 40 129 124 8 23 4 0 2 9 0 2 .185 .198 .266 .465 35 33 0 3 1
1904 30 NYY AL 56 181 174 17 41 9 3 1 17 1 4 .236 .253 .339 .592 82 59 0 3 1
1905 31 NYY AL 41 116 112 6 21 6 3 0 10 2 2 .188 .202 .295 .496 50 33 0 2 1
1906 32 NYY AL 49 126 125 10 26 2 1 1 4 0 1 .208 .214 .264 .478 43 33 0 0 1
1907 33 NYY AL 30 76 76 1 15 2 2 0 4 0 0 .197 .197 .276 .474 46 21 0 0 1
1908 34 NYY AL 45 106 102 8 18 2 1 0 6 0 0 .176 .184 .216 .400 29 22 1 3 1/3
1909 35 TOT AL 10 20 19 2 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 .211 .250 .211 .461 45 4 0 0 1
1909 35 NYY AL 9 18 17 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 .176 .222 .176 .399 26 3 0 0 /1
1909 35 BOS AL 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 213 1 0 0 /1
11 Seasons 393 1151 1103 85 217 37 13 5 82 5 25 .197 .216 .267 .483 44 295 2 21
162 Game Avg. 162 474 455 35 89 15 5 2 34 2 10 .197 .216 .267 .483 44 122 1 9
NYY (7 yrs) 270 752 730 51 147 25 10 4 53 3 10 .201 .213 .279 .493 50 204 1 11
PIT (4 yrs) 122 397 371 33 69 12 3 1 28 2 15 .186 .220 .243 .462 32 90 1 10
BOS (1 yr) 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 213 1 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 271 754 732 52 148 25 10 4 54 3 10 .202 .214 .280 .494 51 205 1 11
NL (4 yrs) 122 397 371 33 69 12 3 1 28 2 15 .186 .220 .243 .462 32 90 1 10

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1899 PIT NL 25 P 19 34 5 26 3 0 .912 1.63 .909 2.24
1900 PIT NL 26 P 32 55 4 44 7 3 .873 1.50 .925 2.17
1900 PIT NL 26 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0-0-1
1901 PIT NL 27 P 36 74 12 57 5 2 .932 1.92 .934 2.39
1902 PIT NL 28 P 35 75 11 60 4 2 .947 2.03 .932 2.41
1903 NYY AL 29 P 40 118 13 103 2 2 .983 2.90 .946 2.73
1904 NYY AL 30 P 55 202 24 166 12 7 .941 3.45 .952 3.01
1905 NYY AL 31 P 41 115 11 97 7 5 .939 2.63 .943 2.61
1906 NYY AL 32 P 49 111 11 95 5 3 .955 2.16 .948 2.52
1907 NYY AL 33 P 30 79 3 71 5 2 .937 2.47 .947 2.43
1908 NYY AL 34 P 45 109 7 96 6 2 .945 2.29 .946 2.28
1908 NYY AL 34 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 11.00
1909 TOT AL 35 P 10 23 2 21 0 0 1.000 2.30 .935 2.24
1909 NYY AL 35 P 9 22 1 21 0 0 1.000 2.44 .936 2.24
1909 BOS AL 35 P 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 2.20
11 Seasons P 392 995 103 836 56 28 .944 2.40 .943 2.51
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 11.00
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0-0-1
11 Seasons TOT 394 995 103 836 56 28 .944 2.38 .886 2.53 0-0-1

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1937 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1938 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1939 BBWAA ( 2.2%)
1946 Nominating Vote ( 0.5%)
1946 Old Timers (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1946 by Old Timers Committee

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1901 NL  2.378 (5th)
1902 NL  2.169 (9th)
1904 AL  1.821 (4th)
1905 AL  2.196 (10th)
Career  2.684 (73rd)

Wins s c a p y
1901 NL  21 (5th)
1902 NL  28 (1st)
1903 AL  21 (3rd)
1904 AL  41 (1st)
1905 AL  19 (9th)
1906 AL  23 (2nd)
Career  198 (111th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1900 NL  .536 (9th)
1901 NL  .677 (2nd)
1902 NL  .824 (1st)
1903 AL  .583 (9th)
1904 AL  .774 (1st)
Career  .600 (114th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1901 NL  1.088 (3rd)
1902 NL  1.062 (6th)
1904 AL  .937 (2nd)
Career  1.150 (63rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1900 NL  9.181 (10th)
1901 NL  8.166 (5th)
1902 NL  7.607 (5th)
1904 AL  6.691 (1st)
Career  8.209 (186th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1901 NL  1.627 (7th)
Career  2.144 (133rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1902 NL  4.275 (6th)
1904 AL  4.731 (8th)
1905 AL  4.629 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1902 NL  35 (9th)
1903 AL  40 (3rd)
1904 AL  55 (1st)
1905 AL  41 (5th)
1906 AL  49 (1st)
1908 AL  45 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1900 NL  1 (3rd)
1901 NL  1 (6th)
1902 NL  1 (5th)
1906 AL  1 (10th)
1908 AL  1 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1902 NL  286.3 (8th)
1903 AL  324.7 (3rd)
1904 AL  454.7 (1st)
1906 AL  325.0 (4th)
1908 AL  288.7 (10th)
Career  2896.7 (148th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1902 NL  136 (7th)
1903 AL  147 (9th)
1904 AL  239 (2nd)
1905 AL  156 (7th)
1906 AL  152 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1902 NL  33 (6th)
1903 AL  36 (3rd)
1904 AL  51 (1st)
1905 AL  38 (3rd)
1906 AL  42 (1st)
Career  332 (213th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1902 NL  31 (6th)
1903 AL  33 (4th)
1904 AL  48 (1st)
Career  260 (69th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1900 NL  3 (5th)
1901 NL  6 (1st)
1902 NL  8 (1st)
1904 AL  6 (6th)
Career  35 (71st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1903 AL  7 (6th)
1905 AL  5 (8th)
1908 AL  6 (2nd)
1909 AL  3 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1903 AL  74 (5th)
1904 AL  88 (7th)
1906 AL  75 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1903 AL  300 (5th)
1904 AL  338 (4th)
1905 AL  262 (8th)
1906 AL  314 (3rd)
1908 AL  271 (4th)
Career  2642 (195th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1901 NL  2.481 (6th)
1902 NL  2.194 (9th)
1904 AL  2.716 (5th)
1905 AL  2.197 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1902 NL  .031 (5th)
1907 AL  0.00 (1st)
Career  .121 (56th)

Losses s c a p y
1906 AL  17 (7th)
1908 AL  20 (2nd)
Career  132 (243rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1903 AL  100 (4th)
1904 AL  92 (10th)
1906 AL  107 (1st)
1908 AL  94 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1904 AL  9 (6th)
1906 AL  7 (8th)
1908 AL  11 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1901 NL  14 (6th)
1902 NL  21 (1st)
1903 AL  9 (10th)
1906 AL  10 (7th)
1908 AL  14 (4th)
Career  113 (42nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1899 NL  664 (5th)
1900 NL  947 (4th)
1902 NL  1163 (7th)
1903 AL  1354 (2nd)
1904 AL  1778 (1st)
1905 AL  1239 (5th)
1906 AL  1363 (3rd)
1908 AL  1202 (6th)
Career  12013 (131st)

Games Finished s c a p y
1901 NL  8 (2nd)
1903 AL  4 (10th)
1906 AL  7 (9th)
1908 AL  13 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1901 NL  137 (6th)
1902 NL  127 (10th)
1904 AL  148 (3rd)
1905 AL  133 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 27 (60), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 136 (117), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 100 (93), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 40 (70), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

July, 1899: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from Richmond (Atlantic).

December 8, 1899: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Paddy Fox, Art Madison, John O'Brien and $25,000 to the Louisville Colonels for Fred Clarke, Bert Cunningham, Mike Kelley, Tacks Latimer, Tommy Leach, Tom Messitt, Deacon Phillippe, Claude Ritchey, Rube Waddell, Jack Wadsworth, Honus Wagner and Chief Zimmer.

March 9, 1900: Assigned to the Pittsburgh Pirates by the Louisville Colonels.

Before 1903 Season: Jumped from the Pittsburgh Pirates to the New York Highlanders.

September 11, 1909: Selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the New York Highlanders.

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