Johnny Pesky

Name Note: Formerly known as John Michael Paveskovich

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 168lb (175cm, 76kg)

Born: February 27, 1919 in Portland, OR us

Died: August 13, 2012 in Danvers, MA

High School: Lincoln HS (Portland, OR)

Debut: April 14, 1942 (Age 23-046d, 9,201st in major league history)
vs. PHA 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1954 (Age 35-209d)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: John Michael Pesky

Nicknames: The Needle

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

34.2

4745

1455

.307

867

RBI

404

OBP

.394

SLG

.386

OPS

.780

OPS+

107

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	BOS		PHA	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
2	2	Apr 15	BOS		PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
3	3	Apr 16	BOS		PHA	W,19-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
4	4	Apr 17	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 18	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
6	6	Apr 19	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 20	BOS		WSH	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
8	8	Apr 22	BOS	@	WSH	W,13-4	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 23	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	4	2	2	8	0
10	10	Apr 24	BOS		NYY	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
11	11	Apr 25	BOS		NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
12	12	Apr 26	BOS		NYY	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
13	13	Apr 28	BOS		DET	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
14	14	Apr 29	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
15	15	Apr 30	BOS		DET	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	BOS		SLB	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	2	5	1	8	4
17	17	May 2	BOS		SLB	W,11-10	CG	44	9.0	2	6	1	9	1
18	18	May 3	BOS		CLE	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
19	19	May 4	BOS		CLE	W,11-8	CG	45	9.0	3	8	0	11	1
20	20	May 5	BOS		CLE	W,13-3	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
21	21	May 6	BOS		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
22	22	May 8	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
23	23	May 10 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
24	24	May 10 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	2	1	0	3	0
25	25	May 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	40	9.2	1	2	0	3	0
26	26	May 14	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
27	27	May 16	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
28	28	May 17	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
29	29	May 18	BOS	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	30	May 19	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	31	May 21	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	37 (5)	May 27	BOS	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	38	May 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
34	39	May 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,14-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
35	40	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
36	41	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
37	42	May 31 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
38	43	May 31 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	44	Jun 2	BOS		CLE	L,2-7	CG	46	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
40	45	Jun 4	BOS		CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
41	46	Jun 5	BOS		CHW	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	47	Jun 6	BOS		CHW	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
43	48	Jun 7 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	49	Jun 7 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	28	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
45	50	Jun 9	BOS		SLB	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
46	51	Jun 10	BOS		SLB	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
47	52	Jun 11	BOS		SLB	W,8-7	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	53	Jun 13	BOS		DET	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
49	54	Jun 14 (1)	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
50	55	Jun 14 (2)	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	1	3	1	5	2
51	56	Jun 16	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
52	57	Jun 17	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
53	58	Jun 19	BOS	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	3
54	59	Jun 21 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
55	60	Jun 21 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
56	61	Jun 23	BOS	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
57	62	Jun 24	BOS	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	3	5	0	8	3
58	63	Jun 25	BOS	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
59	64	Jun 26	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
60	65	Jun 27	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
61	66	Jun 28 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
62	67	Jun 28 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
63	68	Jun 30 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
64	69	Jun 30 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	70	Jul 1 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
66	71	Jul 1 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	4
67	72	Jul 3	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	1
68	73	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
69	74	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
70	75	Jul 5 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	0	1	1	2	0
71	76	Jul 5 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
72	77	Jul 9	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	11.0	4	3	1	8	3
73	78	Jul 10	BOS		DET	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	10	0	12	3
74	79	Jul 12 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
75	80	Jul 12 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,6-10	CG	0	9.0	1	4	2	7	0
76	81	Jul 14	BOS		SLB	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
77	82	Jul 15 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
78	83	Jul 15 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,6-11	CG	0	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
79	84	Jul 16	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
80	85	Jul 17	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	47	12.0	2	4	1	7	1
81	86	Jul 19 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,7-10	CG	56	12.0	4	3	0	7	1
82	87	Jul 19 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,0-4	CG	33	7.0	0	5	0	5	0
83	88	Jul 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	40	9.2	5	5	0	10	0
84	89	Jul 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
85	90	Jul 23	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS	40	8.1	1	1	1	3	1
86	91	Jul 24 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	5	1	9	0
87	92	Jul 24 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	10.2	2	5	1	8	1
88	93	Jul 25	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-8	CG	51	10.0	2	4	0	6	1
89	94	Jul 26 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-9	GS	32	5.0	0	0	1	1	0
90	95	Jul 26 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	2	0	1	3	0
91	96	Jul 27	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	97	Jul 28	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
93	98	Jul 29	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	50	10.2	6	4	0	10	0
94	99	Jul 30	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
95	100	Jul 31	BOS	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	101	Aug 1	BOS	@	DET	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	2	2	1	5	2
97	102	Aug 2 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
98	103	Aug 2 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
99	104	Aug 4	BOS		PHA	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
100	105	Aug 5	BOS		PHA	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
101	106	Aug 6	BOS		PHA	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
102	107	Aug 10 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
103	108	Aug 10 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
104	109	Aug 11	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	46	11.0	3	1	0	4	0
105	110	Aug 12	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	42	8.1	3	2	0	5	0
106	111	Aug 15 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
107	112	Aug 15 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
108	113	Aug 16 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	114	Aug 16 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	115	Aug 18	BOS		NYY	W,8-7	CG	46	10.0	2	9	0	11	2
111	116	Aug 19 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
112	117	Aug 19 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
113	118	Aug 20	BOS		NYY	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
114	119	Aug 21	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
115	120	Aug 22 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
116	121	Aug 22 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
117	122	Aug 23 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
118	123	Aug 23 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
119	124	Aug 25 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG	40	11.0	1	5	0	6	0
120	125	Aug 25 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
121	126	Aug 26	BOS		CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
122	127	Aug 27	BOS		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
123	128	Aug 28	BOS		CHW	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
124	129	Aug 29	BOS		CHW	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
125	130	Aug 30 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
126	131	Aug 30 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,12-6	CG	40	9.0	0	3	2	5	0
127	132	Aug 31	BOS		SLB	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	133	Sep 2 (1)	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
129	134	Sep 2 (2)	BOS		DET	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
130	135	Sep 3	BOS		DET	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
131	136	Sep 5	BOS		PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
132	137	Sep 6	BOS		PHA	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	1	8	0	9	3
133	138	Sep 7	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
134	139	Sep 8	BOS	@	WSH	L,11-15	CG	53	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
135	140	Sep 10	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	2
136	141	Sep 11	BOS	@	CLE	W,15-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	2
137	142	Sep 12	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	4	5	1	10	1
138	143	Sep 13 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
139	144	Sep 13 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
140	145	Sep 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
141	146	Sep 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
142	147	Sep 17	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
143	148	Sep 19	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-6	CG	46	10.0	1	1	0	2	1
144	149	Sep 20 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	3	1	0	4	0
145	150	Sep 20 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
146	151	Sep 21	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	0	3	0	3	0
147	152	Sep 27	BOS		NYY	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
							147gm		1311.0	320	465	37	822	94