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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1912	18	-8.2	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	1	2	.333	4.50	5.58	17	2	13	1	0	2	50.0	48	31	25	1	30		38	3	0	2	216	1.560	8.6	0.2	5.4	6.8	1.27
1913	19	-6.6	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	2	1	.667	5.13	6.48	14	3	1	1	0	0	33.1	30	24	19	4	22		17	0	0	1	143	1.560	8.1	1.1	5.9	4.6	0.77
1914	20	-5.0	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	11	4	.733	2.79	3.32	28	14	10	8	3	3	151.2	136	56	47	1	65		90	2	1	8	615	1.325	8.1	0.1	3.9	5.3	1.38
1915	21		2 Teams	AL	Maj	BOS-PHA	3	6	.333	6.36	7.76	16	9	5	3	1	1	58.0	69	50	41	2	39		31	2	0	2	273	1.862	10.7	0.3	6.1	4.8	0.79
1915	21	-3.8	Providence	IL	AA		6	4	.600	2.19	2.79	13	9					90.1	72	28	22		38							1.218	7.2		3.8
1915	21	-4.1	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	3	6	.333	5.32	6.95	11	8	3	3	1	1	44.0	46	34	26	2	29		24	2	0	2	204	1.705	9.4	0.4	5.9	4.9	0.83
1915	21	-4.1	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	0	0		9.64	10.29	5	1	2	0	0	0	14.0	23	16	15	0	10		7	0	0	0	69	2.357	14.8	0.0	6.4	4.5	0.70
1916	22	-2.9	Buffalo	IL	AA		7	6	.538	1.67	2.63	15	13					113.0	99	33	21		36							1.195	7.9		2.9
1916	22	-3.8	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	0	2	.000	3.04	3.71	9	2	6	0	0	1	26.2	23	11	9	0	8		12	1	0	1	103	1.163	7.8	0.0	2.7	4.1	1.50
1917	23	-3.2	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	5	5	.500	3.31	4.38	24	5	13	4	1	1	100.2	90	49	37	2	23		35	3	0	0	397	1.123	8.0	0.2	2.1	3.1	1.52

1919	25	-2.2	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	16	8	.667	2.71	3.21	32	26	5	16	5	0	219.0	223	78	66	2	48		70	3	0	7	866	1.237	9.2	0.1	2.0	2.9	1.46
1920	26	-1.2	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	16	13	.552	3.68	4.01	37	31	6	19	4	2	242.1	244	108	99	9	61		68	4	1	2	990	1.259	9.1	0.3	2.3	2.5	1.11
1921	27	-0.3	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	13	14	.481	4.04	4.89	32	31	1	16	1	1	222.2	268	121	100	7	59		91	2	0	0	967	1.469	10.8	0.3	2.4	3.7	1.54
1922	28	0.5	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	10	17	.370	4.32	4.81	32	26	3	15	1	1	202.0	230	108	97	7	74		59	1	0	7	885	1.505	10.2	0.3	3.3	2.6	0.80
1923	29	1.2	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	19	6	.760	3.13	3.25	35	27	5	21	1	3	238.1	235	86	83	11	68		93	2	0	1	991	1.271	8.9	0.4	2.6	3.5	1.37
1924	30	1.9	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	21	9	.700	2.83	3.27	40	34	5	25	4	3	286.1	302	104	90	13	64		101	1	1	4	1201	1.278	9.5	0.4	2.0	3.2	1.58
1925	31	2.1	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	16	17	.485	2.96	3.80	47	31	11	21	2	2	277.0	267	117	91	11	71		88	2	0	3	1143	1.220	8.7	0.4	2.3	2.9	1.24
1926	32	3.2	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	23	11	.676	3.62	4.49	40	33	5	19	1	3	266.1	294	133	107	11	43		78	4	0	6	1124	1.265	9.9	0.4	1.5	2.6	1.81
1927	33	4.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	19	8	.704	3.00	3.82	34	26	7	18	1	3	209.2	225	89	70	5	48		51	2	0	0	880	1.302	9.7	0.2	2.1	2.2	1.06
1928	34	6.0	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	17	6	.739	2.56	3.03	28	24	3	19	5	3	211.0	215	71	60	2	40	1	53	0	0	3	861	1.209	9.2	0.1	1.7	2.3	1.33
1929	35	6.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	9	11	.450	4.92	5.78	27	23	2	8	1	2	157.1	205	101	86	11	28	1	49	3	2	2	701	1.481	11.7	0.6	1.6	2.8	1.75
1930	36	8.0	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	11	7	.611	4.32	5.47	25	19	3	11	1	0	156.1	194	95	75	8	20	2	46	0	0	4	676	1.369	11.2	0.5	1.2	2.6	2.30
1931	37	8.7	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	11	6	.647	4.28	4.56	25	25	0	12	1	0	189.1	247	96	90	7	30	3	65	1	1	3	826	1.463	11.7	0.3	1.4	3.1	2.17
1932	38	9.7	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	9	5	.643	4.60	5.77	22	21	1	9	1	0	146.2	191	94	75	8	38	1	54	0	0	4	664	1.561	11.7	0.5	2.3	3.3	1.42
1933	39	10.1	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	7	4	.636	5.54	6.37	23	5	10	2	1	4	65.0	96	46	40	4	21	10	22	0	0	4	306	1.800	13.3	0.6	2.9	3.0	1.05
1934	40	11.6	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	2	0	1.000	3.05	4.50	30	2	20	1	0	2	62.0	68	31	21	2	16	0	16	0	0	1	265	1.355	9.9	0.3	2.3	2.3	1.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (22 seasons)					Majors		241	162	.598	3.60	4.28	617	419	135	249	35	37	3571.2	3900	1699	1428	128	916	18	1227	36	6	65	15093	1.348	9.8	0.3	2.3	3.1	1.34
Minors (2 seasons)					Minors		13	10	.565	1.90	2.70	28	22					203.1	171	61	43		74							1.205	7.6		3.3
All Levels (22 Seasons)							254	172	.596	3.51	4.20	645	441	135	249	35	37	3775.0	4071	1760	1471	128	990	18	1227	36	6	65	15093	1.341	9.7		2.4