Herb Pennock

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

6-0, 160lb (183cm, 72kg)

Born: February 10, 1894 in Kennett Square, PA us

Died: January 30, 1948 in New York, NY

Buried: Union Hill Cemetery, Kennett Square, PA

High School: Cedarcroft Boarding School (Kennett Square, PA)

Debut: May 14, 1912 (Age 18-094d, 3,679th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: August 27, 1934 (Age 40-198d)
vs. CLE 4.0 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1948. (Voted by BBWAA on 94/121 ballots)
View Herb Pennock's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1912 season

Full Name: Herbert Jefferis Pennock

Nicknames: The Squire/Knight Of Kennett Square

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

45.1

241

162

ERA

3.60

617

419

3571.2

1227

WHIP

1.348

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Team Record in Appearances: 8-2 / in Starts: 5-0

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1914	WS g4	Oct 13	PHA	@	BSN	L,1-3	6-GF(8)		5	3.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.00	2.44	12	52	30	14	0	4	2	1	0	1		0	0	1	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.056	8.03	0.64%	1.34	6b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
1923 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	1923	WS g2	Oct 11	NYY	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	W(1-0)	4	9.0	9	2	2	1	1	1	0	2.00	4.59	36					14	17	5	3	3	61			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	0.436	63.98	14.30%	2.87	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
3	1923	WS g4	Oct 13	NYY	@	NYG	W,8-4	8-GF	S(1)	1	1.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.61	5.46	5					1	3	1	1	0		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.041	26.82	1.66%	0.34	8b 123 2 out a5	9b end a 4
4	1923	WS g6	Oct 15	NYY	@	NYG	W,6-4	GS-7	W(2-0)	1	7.0	9	4	4	0	6	1	0	3.63	4.54	29					11	8	1	0	4	49			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.111	64.91	-5.47%	-0.21	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d3
1926 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	1926	WS g1	Oct 2	NYY		STL	W,2-1	CG	W(1-0)	6	9.0	3	1	1	3	4	0	0	1.00	3.14	33					15	9	0	0	2	78			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.654	79.07	18.22%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
6	1926	WS g5	Oct 7	NYY	@	STL	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(2-0)	4	10.0	7	2	2	1	4	0	0	1.42	2.82	37					15	11	1	4	6	73			1	1	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.35	0.448	111.26	22.05%	3.31	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
7	1926	WS g7	Oct 10	NYY		STL	L,2-3	7-GF		2	3.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	2.85	12					7	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.155	175.14	16.99%	1.58	7t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
1927 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	1927	WS g3	Oct 7	NYY		PIT	W,8-1	CG	W(1-0)	6	9.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.00	2.28	30					12	14	1	4	3	78			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.422	22.15	9.50%	3.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
1932 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	1932	WS g3	Oct 1	NYY	@	CHC	W,7-5	9-GF	S(1)	13	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.79	3	10	7	1	3	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	0.186	99.05	5.14%	0.90	9b 1-- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
10	1932	WS g4	Oct 2	NYY	@	CHC	W,13-6	7-GF	S(2)	0	3.0	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.25	1.54	13	49	31	16	5	4	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	.84	0.065	15.51	0.80%	0.53	7b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 7
											55.1	39	12	12	8	24	3	0	1.95		210																			0

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