Johnny Pesky

John Michael Pesky
born John Michael Paveskovich

All-Star Player

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
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
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Tigers/Senators 1942-1954
Final Game: September 24, 1954
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1942 BOS AL 22 SS 147 822 320 465 37 94 .955 5.34 .949 4.78 MVP-3
1946 BOS AL 26 SS 153 800 296 479 25 96 .969 5.07 .953 4.65 AS,MVP-4
1947 BOS AL 27 SS 133 658 251 391 16 90 .976 4.83 .964 4.93 MVP-18
1947 BOS AL 27 3B 22 64 25 38 1 7 .984 2.86 .958 2.91 MVP-18
1948 BOS AL 28 3B 141 446 121 303 22 35 .951 3.01 .958 2.93
1949 BOS AL 29 3B 148 533 184 333 16 48 .970 3.49 .960 2.95
1950 BOS AL 30 3B 116 428 160 257 11 29 .974 3.59 .959 3.04
1950 BOS AL 30 SS 8 57 23 32 2 7 .965 6.88 .961 4.74
1951 BOS AL 31 SS 106 566 204 340 22 74 .961 5.13 .961 4.72 MVP-26
1951 BOS AL 31 3B 11 37 14 19 4 2 .892 3.00 .954 2.87 MVP-26
1951 BOS AL 31 2B 5 16 5 11 0 3 1.000 3.20 .975 5.36 MVP-26
1952 TOT AL 32 SS 43 193 81 103 9 26 .953 4.28 .962 4.29
1952 TOT AL 32 3B 22 55 18 33 4 0 .927 2.32 .955 2.98
1952 BOS AL 32 3B 19 48 16 28 4 0 .917 2.32 .954 2.98
1952 BOS AL 32 SS 2 5 3 2 0 1 1.000 2.50 .960 4.30
1952 DET AL 32 SS 41 188 78 101 9 25 .952 4.37 .962 4.29
1952 DET AL 32 2B 22 65 27 36 2 12 .969 2.86 .978 5.13
1952 DET AL 32 3B 3 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.33 .957 2.97
1953 DET AL 33 2B 73 352 166 183 3 49 .991 4.78 .979 5.13
1954 WSH AL 34 2B 37 35 297.2 187 92 91 4 22 .979 -3.4 -13.7 -2.4 -3.0 0.6 -1 5.53 4.95 .976 5.37 4.84
1954 WSH AL 34 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.30
7 Seasons SS 591 0 1.0 3096 1175 1810 111 387 .964 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 26865.00 5.05 .956 5.40 4.73
6 Seasons 3B 460 1563 522 983 58 121 .963 3.27 .959 2.96
4 Seasons 2B 137 35 297.2 620 290 321 9 86 .985 -3.4 -13.7 -2.4 -3.0 0.6 -1 18.47 4.46 .978 5.37 5.06
10 Seasons TOT 1188 35 298.2 5279 1987 3114 178 594 .966 -3.4 -13.7 -2.4 -3.0 0.6 -1 153.71 4.29 .926 5.37 4.09
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1942 BOS AL 22 147 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0
1946 BOS AL 26 153 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0
1947 BOS AL 27 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 22 133 0 0 0 0
1948 BOS AL 28 143 143 143 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0
1949 BOS AL 29 148 148 148 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0
1950 BOS AL 30 127 127 127 0 0 0 0 116 8 0 0 0 0
1951 BOS AL 31 131 131 131 0 0 0 5 11 106 0 0 0 0
1952 DET AL 32 55 35 55 50 0 0 0 21 2 30 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
1952 BOS AL 32 25 17 25 21 0 0 0 0 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1953 DET AL 33 103 67 103 73 0 0 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 1
1954 WSH AL 34 49 35 49 38 0 0 0 37 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1954 DET AL 34 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
10 Seasons 1256 154 1256 1186 0 0 0 136 459 580 0 0 0 0 0 82 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1920 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1952 DET AL 32 391 68% 84% 27% 34 91% 0 28 6 14 8 37 28 6 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 12 2 3 3 0 10 3 7 1 1 0
1953 DET AL 33 2711 65% 82% 23% 215 96% 2 166 58 78 30 182 145 32 0 1 4 0 4 0 1 51 9 18 11 1 40 13 27 7 2 5
1954 WSH AL 34 1309 70% 84% 25% 115 96% 1 92 37 39 16 89 67 18 0 1 4 0 1 3 1 22 5 4 6 2 18 8 10 4 3 1
3 Seasons 4411 67% 83% 24% 364 95% 3 286 101 131 54 308 240 56 0 2 10 0 6 4 3 85 16 25 20 3 68 24 44 12 6 6
MLB Averages 63% 82% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1952 DET AL 32 990 68% 82% 25% 101 84% 0 50 26 21 3 64 41 22 0 0 6 0 6 0 6 16 9 1 2 1 0 13 10 3 3 0 3
1952 BOS AL 32 30 67% 90% 27% 3 100% 0 3 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1954 WSH AL 34 3 100% 100% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 1023 68% 82% 25% 104 85% 0 53 28 22 3 66 42 23 0 0 6 0 6 0 6 17 9 1 2 2 0 14 10 4 3 0 3
MLB Averages 63% 82% 27% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1952 BOS AL 32 607 61% 81% 30% 49 84% 2 16 14 1 1 27 22 5 0 0 4 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1952 DET AL 32 85 64% 79% 21% 5 80% 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1 Season 692 61% 81% 29% 54 83% 2 16 14 1 1 31 26 5 0 0 4 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75%
MLB Averages 63% 82% 27% 89% 64%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1920 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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