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Jack Pfiester

John Albert Pfiester (Jack The Giant Killer)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 24, 1878 in Cincinnati, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1903
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Pirates 1903-1911

Final Game: May 10, 1911
Died: September 3, 1953 in Loveland, OH
Buried: Union Cemetery, Montgomery, OH
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 8:16PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #679. Oral Hildebrand… #680. Greg Minton… #681. Arthur Rhodes… #682. JACK PFIESTER… #683. Fred Goldsmith… #684. Jack Kralick… #685. Ed Stein… 

Standard Pitching

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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
1903 25 PIT NL 0 3 .000 6.16 3 3 0 2 0 0 19.0 26 21 13 0 10 15 2 0 0 93 54 1.895 12.3 0.0 4.7 7.1 1.50
1904 26 PIT NL 1 1 .500 7.20 3 2 0 1 0 0 20.0 28 18 16 0 9 6 0 0 1 97 39 1.850 12.6 0.0 4.1 2.7 0.67
1906 28 CHC NL 20 8 .714 1.51 31 29 2 20 4 0 250.2 173 63 42 3 63 153 13 1 4 966 174 0.941 6.2 0.1 2.3 5.5 2.43
1907 29 CHC NL 14 9 .609 1.15 30 22 5 13 3 0 195.0 143 61 25 1 48 90 5 0 2 745 216 0.979 6.6 0.0 2.2 4.2 1.88
1908 30 CHC NL 12 10 .545 2.00 33 29 1 18 3 0 252.0 204 82 56 1 70 117 11 0 5 994 118 1.087 7.3 0.0 2.5 4.2 1.67
1909 31 CHC NL 17 6 .739 2.43 29 25 4 13 5 0 196.2 179 67 53 1 49 73 5 1 3 800 105 1.159 8.2 0.0 2.2 3.3 1.49
1910 32 CHC NL 6 3 .667 1.79 14 13 0 5 2 0 100.1 82 28 20 0 26 34 1 1 0 391 161 1.076 7.4 0.0 2.3 3.0 1.31
1911 33 CHC NL 1 4 .200 4.01 6 5 0 3 0 0 33.2 34 25 15 0 18 15 2 0 1 150 83 1.545 9.1 0.0 4.8 4.0 0.83
8 Seasons 71 44 .617 2.02 149 128 12 75 17 0 1067.1 869 365 240 6 293 503 39 3 16 4236 128 1.089 7.3 0.1 2.5 4.2 1.72
162 Game Avg. 17 11 .617 2.02 37 31 3 18 4 0 262 213 90 59 1 72 123 10 1 4 1040 128 1.089 7.3 0.1 2.5 4.2 1.72
CHC (6 yrs) 70 40 .636 1.85 143 123 12 72 17 0 1028.1 815 326 211 6 274 482 37 3 15 4046 139 1.059 7.1 0.1 2.4 4.2 1.76
PIT (2 yrs) 1 4 .200 6.69 6 5 0 3 0 0 39.0 54 39 29 0 19 21 2 0 1 190 46 1.872 12.5 0.0 4.4 4.8 1.11

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1903 25 PIT NL 19.0 3 21 12 0 1.0 -9 -1.0 $
1904 26 PIT NL 20.0 2 18 10 0 1.0 -8 -0.9 $
1906 28 CHC NL 250.2 29 63 115 10 1.0 52 5.0 $
1907 29 CHC NL 195.0 22 61 86 8 1.0 25 2.1 $
1908 30 CHC NL 252.0 29 80 105 5 1.0 25 2.6 $
1909 31 CHC NL 196.2 25 67 90 3 1.0 23 2.3 $
1910 32 CHC NL 100.1 13 28 51 1 1.0 23 2.3 $
1911 33 CHC NL 33.2 5 25 19 1 1.0 -6 -0.8 $
8 Seasons 1067.1 128 363 488 28 1.0 125 11.6 $
CHC (6 yrs) 1028.1 123 324 466 28 1.0 142 13.5 $
PIT (2 yrs) 39.0 5 39 22 0 1.0 -17 -1.9 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1906 28 CHC NL WS L CHW 0 2 .000 6.10 2 1 0 1 0 0 10.1 7 7 7 0 3 0 11 2 0 0 43 0.968 6.1 0.0 2.6 9.6 3.67
1907 29 CHC NL WS W DET 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 10 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 34 1.222 10.0 0.0 1.0 3.0 3.00
1908 30 CHC NL WS W DET 0 1 .000 7.88 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 11 8 7 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 37 1.750 12.4 0.0 3.4 1.1 0.33
1910 32 CHC NL WS L PHA 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 10 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 31 1.650 13.5 0.0 1.4 1.4 1.00
4 Seasons (4 Series) 1 3 .250 3.97 5 3 1 2 0 0 34.0 38 21 15 0 8 0 16 3 0 0 145 1.353 10.1 0.0 2.1 4.2 2.00
4 WS 1 3 .250 3.97 5 3 1 2 0 0 34.0 38 21 15 0 8 0 16 3 0 0 145 1.353 10.1 0.0 2.1 4.2 2.00

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
1903 25 PIT NL 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1904 26 PIT NL 3 8 7 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 .286 .375 .571 .946 187 4 0 0 /1
1906 28 CHC NL 31 90 84 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 34 .048 .091 .048 .139 -58 4 1 2 1
1907 29 CHC NL 30 77 64 4 6 1 0 0 1 0 5 26 .094 .159 .109 .269 -18 7 0 8 1
1908 30 CHC NL 33 86 79 2 8 1 0 0 2 1 3 30 .101 .134 .114 .248 -22 9 0 4 1
1909 31 CHC NL 29 73 65 5 11 1 0 0 4 1 5 26 .169 .229 .185 .413 27 12 0 3 1
1910 32 CHC NL 14 36 33 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 12 .091 .143 .091 .234 -31 3 0 1 1
1911 33 CHC NL 6 13 11 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 .182 .250 .182 .432 22 2 0 1 /1
8 Seasons 149 389 349 18 36 3 1 0 14 2 20 137 .103 .154 .117 .272 -17 41 1 19
162 Game Avg. 162 423 379 20 39 3 1 0 15 2 22 149 .103 .154 .117 .272 -17 45 1 21
CHC (6 yrs) 143 375 336 17 34 3 0 0 12 2 19 133 .101 .152 .110 .262 -20 37 1 19
PIT (2 yrs) 6 14 13 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 .154 .214 .308 .522 53 4 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1903 25 PIT NL 6 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /1
1904 26 PIT NL 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
1906 28 CHC NL 90 -16 0 0 0 0 3 3 -10 -1.4 -10 -1.1 -0.3 $ 1
1907 29 CHC NL 77 -8 0 0 0 0 2 2 -4 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $ 1
1908 30 CHC NL 86 -10 0 0 0 0 3 2 -5 -0.7 -5 -0.6 -0.1 $ 1
1909 31 CHC NL 73 -5 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1910 32 CHC NL 36 -6 0 0 0 0 1 1 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ 1
1911 33 CHC NL 13 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
8 Seasons 389 -47 0 0 0 0 13 10 -24 -3.4 -24 -2.6 -0.8 $
CHC (6 yrs) 375 -46 0 0 0 0 13 10 -23 -3.3 -23 -2.5 -0.8 $
PIT (2 yrs) 14 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1906 28 CHC NL WS CHW L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1907 29 CHC NL WS DET W 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1908 30 CHC NL WS DET W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1910 32 CHC NL WS PHA L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 5 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
4 WS 5 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1903 PIT NL 25 P 3 19.0 6 2 3 1 0 .833 2.37 1.67 .923 2.89 2.80
1904 PIT NL 26 P 3 20.0 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 2.70 2.00 .940 3.02 2.97
1906 CHC NL 28 P 31 250.2 90 21 62 7 1 .922 2.98 2.68 .948 3.05 2.99
1907 CHC NL 29 P 30 195.0 59 8 44 7 0 .881 2.40 1.73 .950 2.97 2.89
1908 CHC NL 30 P 33 252.0 71 13 56 2 2 .972 2.46 2.09 .953 2.99 2.98
1909 CHC NL 31 P 29 196.2 77 6 69 2 1 .974 3.43 2.59 .940 2.83 2.84
1910 CHC NL 32 P 14 100.1 36 8 25 3 0 .917 2.96 2.36 .945 2.82 2.80
1911 CHC NL 33 P 6 33.2 15 1 13 1 1 .933 3.74 2.33 .943 2.78 2.73
8 Seasons P 149 1067.1 360 59 278 23 5 .936 2.84 2.26 .947 2.95 2.91
8 Seasons TOT 149 1067.1 360 59 278 23 5 .936 2.84 2.26 .947 2.95 2.91
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1906 NL  5.0 (4th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1906 NL  1.51 (2nd)
1907 NL  1.15 (1st)
1908 NL  2.00 (9th)
Career  2.02 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
1906 NL  20 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1906 NL  .714 (5th)
1907 NL  .609 (10th)
1909 NL  .739 (4th)
Career  .617 (79th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1906 NL  0.941 (2nd)
1907 NL  0.979 (3rd)
Career  1.089 (14th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1906 NL  6.211 (2nd)
1907 NL  6.600 (2nd)
Career  7.328 (24th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1907 NL  2.215 (10th)
1909 NL  2.242 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1906 NL  5.493 (3rd)
1907 NL  4.154 (9th)
1908 NL  4.179 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1906 NL  153 (4th)
1908 NL  117 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1909 NL  5 (8th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1906 NL  2.429 (2nd)
1907 NL  1.875 (6th)
1908 NL  1.671 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1907 NL  0.046 (9th)
1908 NL  0.036 (5th)
1909 NL  0.046 (10th)
Career  0.051 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1906 NL  13 (7th)
1908 NL  11 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1906 NL  174 (2nd)
1907 NL  216 (1st)
1908 NL  118 (9th)
Career  128 (47th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1906 NL  30 (3rd)
1907 NL  20 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1906 NL  3.5 (3rd)
1907 NL  2.4 (6th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1907 NL  7 (5th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1909 NL  .974 (3rd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (462), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 42 (599), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 37 (362), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 32 (130), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  3. Lady Baldwin (932)
  4. Harry Coveleski (928)
  5. Rube Foster (924)
  6. Bob Wicker (921)
  7. Reb Russell (918)
  8. Andy Coakley (915)
  9. Hod Eller (913)
  10. Babe Ruth (910) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  3. Jake Weimer (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jake Weimer (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Harry Brecheen (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Babe Ruth (917) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

  • August, 1905: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from Omaha (Western). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
  • May 15, 1911: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to Louisville (American Association) for Reggie Richter.
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