Johnny Pesky
John Michael Pesky
born John Michael Paveskovich
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 168 lb.

Born: September 27, 1919 in Portland, OR
High School: Lincoln (Portland, OR)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1942
Final Game: September 24, 1954
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Standard Batting

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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
1942 22 BOS AL 147 686 620 105 205 29 9 2 51 12 7 42 36 .331 .375 .416 .791 119 258 8 2 22 *6 MVP-3
1946 26 BOS AL 153 703 621 115 208 43 4 2 55 9 8 65 29 .335 .401 .427 .827 126 265 8 3 14 *6 AS,MVP-4
1947 27 BOS AL 155 719 638 106 207 27 8 0 39 12 9 72 22 .324 .393 .392 .785 112 250 10 0 9 *65 MVP-18
1948 28 BOS AL 143 677 565 124 159 26 6 3 55 3 5 99 32 .281 .394 .365 .759 98 206 10 6 7 *5
1949 29 BOS AL 148 713 604 111 185 27 7 2 69 8 4 100 19 .306 .408 .384 .792 104 232 12 4 5 *5
1950 30 BOS AL 127 605 490 112 153 22 6 1 49 2 1 104 31 .312 .437 .388 .825 104 190 13 5 6 *5/6
1951 31 BOS AL 131 573 480 93 150 20 6 3 41 2 2 84 15 .313 .417 .398 .815 113 191 10 2 7 *65/4 MVP-26
1952 32 TOT AL 94 307 244 36 55 6 0 1 11 1 5 56 16 .225 .372 .262 .634 76 64 3 1 6 645
1952 32 BOS AL 25 84 67 10 10 2 0 0 2 0 3 15 5 .149 .313 .179 .492 35 12 1 1 1 5/6
1952 32 DET AL 69 223 177 26 45 4 0 1 9 1 2 41 11 .254 .394 .294 .688 93 52 2 0 5 64/5
1953 33 DET AL 103 342 308 43 90 22 1 2 24 3 7 27 10 .292 .353 .390 .743 101 120 4 2 5 4
1954 34 TOT AL 69 191 175 22 43 4 3 1 10 1 1 13 8 .246 .296 .320 .616 74 56 4 0 2 1 4/6
1954 34 DET AL 20 20 17 5 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 .176 .300 .353 .653 81 6 2 0 0 0
1954 34 WSH AL 49 171 158 17 40 4 3 0 9 1 1 10 7 .253 .296 .316 .612 73 50 2 0 2 1 4/6
10 Seasons 1270 5516 4745 867 1455 226 50 17 404 53 49 662 218 .307 .394 .386 .780 108 1832 82 25 83 1
162 Game Avg. 162 704 605 111 186 29 6 2 52 7 6 84 28 .307 .394 .386 .780 108 234 10 3 11
BOS (8 yrs) 1029 4760 4085 776 1277 196 46 13 361 48 39 581 189 .313 .401 .393 .794 110 1604 72 23 71
DET (3 yrs) 192 585 502 74 138 26 1 4 34 4 9 71 22 .275 .367 .355 .722 98 178 8 2 10 0
WSH (1 yr) 49 171 158 17 40 4 3 0 9 1 1 10 7 .253 .296 .316 .612 73 50 2 0 2 1

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1942 22 BOS AL 686 452 96 5.7 97 .349 .331 .269 .375 .344 .416 .377 .791 .721 119 .644 15.0 1.6 .714 .161 .085 3.4
1946 26 BOS AL 703 443 104 6.3 101 .349 .335 .270 .401 .346 .427 .389 .827 .735 126 .679 24.4 2.5 .779 .198 .092 3.3
1947 27 BOS AL 719 459 98 5.7 102 .336 .324 .270 .393 .352 .392 .389 .785 .741 112 .638 12.8 1.3 .722 .185 .067 .0
1948 28 BOS AL 677 428 79 4.9 110 .294 .281 .279 .394 .365 .365 .403 .759 .768 98 .530 3.0 0.3 .734 .255 .083 3.0
1949 29 BOS AL 713 440 94 5.7 112 .314 .306 .279 .408 .372 .384 .405 .792 .778 104 .597 8.0 0.8 .782 .250 .078 3.2
1950 30 BOS AL 605 357 82 6.1 122 .332 .312 .290 .437 .379 .388 .435 .825 .814 104 .593 9.9 0.9 .855 .290 .076 1.3
1951 31 BOS AL 573 349 79 6.1 109 .318 .313 .278 .417 .361 .398 .407 .815 .768 113 .633 13.3 1.3 .810 .260 .085 2.4
1952 32 TOT AL 307 203 23 3.1 99 .238 .225 .263 .372 .344 .262 .385 .634 .728 76 .364 -4.5 -0.5 .594 .250 .037 1.0
1952 32 BOS AL 84 62 3 1.3 103 .161 .149 .269 .313 .350 .179 .393 .492 .743 35 .108 -5.5 -0.6 .410 .209 .030
1952 32 DET AL 223 141 20 3.8 97 .267 .254 .261 .394 .341 .294 .381 .688 .723 93 .463 0.9 0.1 .676 .266 .040 1.0
1953 33 DET AL 342 234 40 4.6 102 .297 .292 .268 .353 .344 .390 .395 .743 .740 101 .513 1.2 0.1 .633 .172 .097 2.4
1954 34 TOT AL 191 140 17 3.3 94 .251 .246 .259 .296 .333 .320 .378 .616 .711 74 .380 -6.8 -0.7 .504 .149 .074 1.0
1954 34 DET AL 20 16 2 3.4 97 .133 .176 .263 .300 .338 .353 .384 .653 .723 81 .392 -0.5 -0.1 .563 .353 .176 .0
1954 34 WSH AL 171 124 15 3.2 94 .263 .253 .258 .296 .333 .316 .377 .612 .710 73 .377 -6.3 -0.6 .496 .127 .063 .0
10 Seasons 5516 3505 712 5.4 106 .319 .307 .274 .394 .357 .386 .398 .780 .754 108 .594 76.4 7.6 .738 .220 .079 25.7
162 Game Avg. 704 447 91 5.4 106 .319 .307 .274 .394 .357 .386 .398 .780 .754 108 .594 10 1 .738 .220 .079 3
BOS (8 yrs) 4760 2990 635 5.7 107 .326 .313 .276 .401 .359 .393 .399 .794 .759 110 .611 81.0 8.1 .760 .224 .080 20.5
DET (3 yrs) 585 391 62 4.3 100 .282 .275 .266 .367 .343 .355 .390 .722 .733 98 .493 1.7 0.2 .646 .211 .080 4.0
WSH (1 yr) 171 124 15 3.2 94 .263 .253 .258 .296 .333 .316 .377 .612 .710 73 .378 -6.3 -0.6 .496 .127 .063 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1946 26 BOS AL WS STL L 7 31 30 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 .233 .258 .233 .491 7 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 31 30 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 .233 .258 .233 .491 7 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1946 BOS AL 26 as SS 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1942 22 BOS AL 686 0.3% 5.3% 6.1% 5.8% 20% 0.86 17.2 310.0 12.2 85%
1946 26 BOS AL 703 0.3% 4.1% 9.3% 7.0% 24% 0.45 21.4 310.5 11.3 84%
1947 27 BOS AL 719 0.0% 3.1% 10.0% 4.9% 17% 0.31 29.0 16.4 86%
1948 28 BOS AL 677 0.4% 4.7% 14.6% 5.2% 22% 0.32 17.7 188.3 10.3 78%
1949 29 BOS AL 713 0.3% 2.7% 14.0% 5.1% 20% 0.19 31.8 302.0 8.8 82%
1950 30 BOS AL 605 0.2% 5.1% 17.2% 4.8% 19% 0.30 15.8 490.0 10.0 76%
1951 31 BOS AL 573 0.5% 2.6% 14.7% 5.1% 19% 0.18 32.0 160.0 11.7 81%
1952 32 TOT AL 307 0.3% 5.2% 18.2% 2.3% 13% 0.29 15.3 244.0 22.2 74%
1952 32 BOS AL 84 0.0% 6.0% 17.9% 2.4% 20% 0.33 13.4 33.5 74%
1952 32 DET AL 223 0.5% 4.9% 18.4% 2.2% 11% 0.27 16.1 177.0 19.7 74%
1953 33 DET AL 342 0.6% 2.9% 7.9% 7.3% 28% 0.37 30.8 154.0 12.8 87%
1954 34 TOT AL 191 0.5% 4.2% 6.8% 4.2% 19% 0.62 21.9 175.0 17.5 1.24 87%
1954 34 DET AL 20 5.0% 5.0% 15.0% 5.0% 33% 0.33 17.0 17.0 17.0 6.50 75%
1954 34 WSH AL 171 0.0% 4.1% 5.9% 4.1% 18% 0.70 22.6 17.6 1.05 89%
10 Seasons 5516 0.3% 4.0% 12.0% 5.3% 20% 0.33 21.8 279.1 11.7 1.24 82%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 34 TOT AL 0 0 38% 73 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 45% 11 6 4 6 4 2 3 0 3
1954 34 DET AL 0 0 80% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25% 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1954 34 WSH AL 0 0 34% 67 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 9 5 4 5 3 2 2 0 2
10 Seasons 0 0 40% 73 53 49 52% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 45% 11 6 4 6 4 2 3 0 3
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 34 TOT AL 191 89% 43 29 4 1 1 1.69 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 43 4 9% 26 10 38% 114 10 9% 9 2 22% 11 9 82% 0
1954 34 DET AL 20 100% 3 17 3 1 1 1.54 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 2 1 50% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1954 34 WSH AL 171 88% 40 12 1 0 0 1.90 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 39 2 5% 24 9 38% 108 10 9% 9 2 22% 11 9 82% 0
10 Seasons 191 89% 1455 29 4 1 1 1.69 17 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 83 4150% 43 82 191% 26 10 38% 114 10 9% 9 2 22% 11 9 82% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1942 22 147 686 620 105 205 29 9 2 51 12 7 42 36 .331 .375 .416 .791 119 258 8 2 22
1943 23 147 686 620 105 205 29 9 2 51 12 7 42 36 .331 .375 .416 .791 119 258 8 2 22
1944 24 147 686 620 105 205 29 9 2 51 12 7 42 36 .331 .375 .416 .791 119 258 8 2 22
1945 25 147 686 620 105 205 29 9 2 51 12 7 42 36 .331 .375 .416 .791 119 258 8 2 22
1946 26 300 1389 1241 220 413 72 13 4 106 21 15 107 65 .333 .388 .421 .809 123 523 16 5 36
1947 27 455 2108 1879 326 620 99 21 4 145 33 24 179 87 .330 .390 .411 .801 119 773 26 5 45
1948 28 598 2785 2444 450 779 125 27 7 200 36 29 278 119 .319 .391 .401 .791 114 979 36 11 52
1949 29 746 3498 3048 561 964 152 34 9 269 44 33 378 138 .316 .394 .397 .792 112 1211 48 15 57
1950 30 873 4103 3538 673 1117 174 40 10 318 46 34 482 169 .316 .401 .396 .797 111 1401 61 20 63
1951 31 1004 4676 4018 766 1267 194 46 13 359 48 36 566 184 .315 .403 .396 .799 111 1592 71 22 70
1952 32 1098 4983 4262 802 1322 200 46 14 370 49 41 622 200 .310 .401 .389 .789 109 1656 74 23 76
1953 33 1201 5325 4570 845 1412 222 47 16 394 52 48 649 210 .309 .398 .389 .786 109 1776 78 25 81
1954 34 1270 5516 4745 867 1455 226 50 17 404 53 49 662 218 .307 .394 .386 .780 108 1832 82 25 83 1

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1942 22 156 704 657 112 218 31 10 2 55 13 45 38 .332 .376 .419 .795 103 147
1946 26 160 722 651 123 219 45 4 2 59 9 68 30 .336 .402 .427 .829 112 153
1947 27 161 735 661 109 213 28 8 0 40 12 74 23 .322 .390 .389 .779 101 155
1948 28 149 678 577 115 153 25 6 3 51 3 95 33 .265 .375 .345 .720 73 143
1949 29 155 718 617 102 179 26 7 2 63 8 97 20 .290 .390 .365 .755 87 148
1950 30 133 590 491 94 139 20 5 1 41 2 94 32 .283 .403 .350 .754 69 127
1951 31 138 575 492 85 145 19 6 3 38 2 81 16 .295 .397 .376 .773 73 131
1952 32 98 316 256 38 58 6 0 1 12 1 59 17 .227 .373 .262 .635 25 94
1953 33 108 348 319 45 91 22 1 2 25 3 27 10 .285 .345 .379 .724 42 103
1954 34 72 200 185 25 47 4 3 1 11 1 14 8 .254 .305 .324 .629 19 69
10 Seasons 1330 5586 4906 848 1462 226 50 17 395 54 654 227 .298 .383 .375 .758 704 1270
162 Game Avg. 162 680 598 103 178 28 6 2 48 7 80 28 .298 .383 .375 .758 86 1270

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1946 (SS)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1942-AL-3-43%
1946-AL-4-42%
1947-AL-18-3%
1951-AL-26-1%
0.89 Career Shares (270th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1942 AL--.331--2nd
1946 AL--.335--3rd
1947 AL--.324--3rd
1949 AL--.306--8th
1951 AL--.313--6th
Career--.307--136th

On-Base% s c a p y
1946 AL--.401--4th
1947 AL--.393--7th
1948 AL--.394--9th
1949 AL--.408--9th
1950 AL--.437--3rd
1951 AL--.417--6th
Career--.394--77th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1946 AL--.827--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1946 AL--153--3rd
1947 AL--155--3rd

At Bats s c a p y
1942 AL--620--6th
1946 AL--621--1st
1947 AL--638--1st
1948 AL--565--10th
1949 AL--604--6th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1942 AL--686--4th
1946 AL--703--1st
1947 AL--719--2nd
1948 AL--677--5th
1949 AL--713--2nd

Runs Scored s c a p y
1942 AL--105--6th
1946 AL--115--2nd
1947 AL--106--3rd
1948 AL--124--3rd
1949 AL--111--5th
1950 AL--112--8th
1951 AL--93--6th

Hits s c a p y
1942 AL--205--1st
1946 AL--208--1st
1947 AL--207--1st
1949 AL--185--4th

Total Bases s c a p y
1942 AL--258--8th
1946 AL--265--6th
1947 AL--250--5th

Doubles s c a p y
1946 AL--43--3rd
1949 AL--27--9th

Triples s c a p y
1942 AL--9--10th
1947 AL--8--10th
1949 AL--7--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1948 AL--99--5th
1949 AL--100--8th
1950 AL--104--3rd
1951 AL--84--6th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1946 AL--9--9th
1947 AL--12--3rd

Singles s c a p y
1942 AL--165--1st
1946 AL--159--1st
1947 AL--172--1st
1948 AL--124--8th
1949 AL--149--2nd
1950 AL--124--8th
1951 AL--121--8th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1946 AL--126--10th

Runs Created s c a p y
1942 AL--96--8th
1946 AL--104--5th
1947 AL--98--3rd

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1946 AL--24--9th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1946 AL--2.5--9th

Times On Base s c a p y
1942 AL--249--9th
1946 AL--276--2nd
1947 AL--279--2nd
1948 AL--264--6th
1949 AL--289--3rd

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1946 AL--.679--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1948 AL--6--4th
1949 AL--4--7th
1950 AL--5--9th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1942 AL--22--1st
1946 AL--14--3rd

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1946 AL--8--5th
1947 AL--9--6th
1953 AL--7--6th

AB per SO s c a p y
1946 AL--21.4--6th
1947 AL--29.0--4th
1949 AL--31.8--4th
1951 AL--32.0--3rd
Career--21.8--84th

Outs Made s c a p y
1942 AL--452--10th
1946 AL--443--4th
1947 AL--459--5th
1949 AL--440--9th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 11 (210), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 79 (298), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 71 (258), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 33 (240), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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