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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
2	2	Apr 20	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	42	9.1	1	1	1	3	0
3	3	Apr 21	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 22	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 23	BOS		NYY	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 24	BOS		NYY	L,4-9	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 25	BOS		WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 27	BOS		PHA	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
9	9	Apr 28	BOS		PHA	W,12-5	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
10	10	Apr 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
11	11	Apr 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	BOS	@	NYY	W,11-2	CG	32	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
13	13	May 3	BOS	@	DET	T,14-14	CG	69	13.0	1	1	0	2	0
14	14	May 4	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
15	15	May 5	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
16	16	May 7	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	50	11.1	0	5	0	5	1
17	17	May 8 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,10-6	CG	51	13.0	1	5	0	6	2
18	18	May 8 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
19	19	May 10	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
20	20	May 11	BOS	@	CHW	L,8-12	CG	46	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	21	May 12	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	44	11.0	0	4	0	4	0
22	22	May 14	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
23	23	May 15	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
24	24	May 16	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	25	May 17	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
26	26	May 18	BOS		CHW	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	27	May 19	BOS		CHW	L,6-7	CG	46	10.0	0	3	0	3	2
28	28	May 21	BOS		CLE	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
29	29	May 22	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	50	12.0	3	5	1	9	0
30	30	May 23	BOS		DET	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
31	31	May 24	BOS		DET	W,8-7	CG	45	10.0	1	1	1	3	0
32	32	May 25	BOS		SLB	L,4-8	CG	48	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
33	33	May 26	BOS		SLB	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
34	34	May 28	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	35	May 29	BOS		WSH	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
36	36	May 30 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
37	37	May 30 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 1	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
39	39	Jun 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	44	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
40	40	Jun 3	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
41	41	Jun 4	BOS	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	0	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
42	42	Jun 5 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
43	43	Jun 5 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	2	4	1	7	0
44	44	Jun 6	BOS	@	DET	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
45	45	Jun 7	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
46	46	Jun 8	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
47	47	Jun 9	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-11	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	48	Jun 10	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
49	49	Jun 12 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,15-3	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
50	50	Jun 12 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
51	51	Jun 14	BOS		CLE	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
52	52	Jun 15	BOS		CLE	L,5-8	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
53	53	Jun 16	BOS		CLE	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
54	54	Jun 17 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
55	55	Jun 17 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,10-8	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	56	Jun 18	BOS		CHW	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
57	57	Jun 19	BOS		CHW	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
58	58	Jun 20	BOS		DET	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
59	59	Jun 21	BOS		DET	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
60	60	Jun 22	BOS		DET	L,4-13	CG	50	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
61	61	Jun 23	BOS		SLB	W,7-0	CG	28	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
62	62	Jun 24	BOS		SLB	W,21-2	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
63	63	Jun 25	BOS		SLB	W,13-2	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
64	64	Jun 26	BOS		SLB	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
65	65	Jun 28	BOS		NYY	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	66	Jun 29	BOS		NYY	L,7-9	CG	48	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
67	67	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	68	Jul 1	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-11	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
69	69	Jul 2	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
70	70	Jul 3	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	71	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
72	72	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	35	7.0	1	4	0	5	0
73	73	Jul 5	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
74	74	Jul 6	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	75	Jul 7 susp	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-4	GS	28	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
76	76	Jul 8	BOS		PHA	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	77	Jul 9	BOS		PHA	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
78	78	Jul 10 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,8-5	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
79	79	Jul 10 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,11-10	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	80	Jul 14	BOS	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	81	Jul 15	BOS	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	43	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
82	82	Jul 16	BOS	@	DET	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
83	83	Jul 17 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
84	84	Jul 17 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
85	85	Jul 18	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
86	86	Jul 19	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
87	87	Jul 20	BOS	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	43	8.1	1	1	0	2	0
88	88	Jul 22	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
89	89	Jul 23	BOS	@	SLB	W,16-5	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
90	90	Jul 24 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-9	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
91	91	Jul 24 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
92	92	Jul 26	BOS		CHW	W,11-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	93	Jul 27	BOS		CHW	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
94	94	Jul 28	BOS		CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
95	95	Jul 29 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
96	96	Jul 29 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
97	97	Jul 30	BOS		CLE	L,6-10	CG	49	10.0	2	1	0	3	1
98	98	Jul 31	BOS		CLE	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	99	Aug 1	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
100	100	Aug 2	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
101	101	Aug 3	BOS		SLB	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
102	102	Aug 4	BOS		SLB	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
103	103	Aug 5	BOS		DET	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
104	104	Aug 6	BOS		DET	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	8	0	8	1
105	105	Aug 7	BOS		DET	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
106	106	Aug 9	BOS		NYY	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
107	107	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	108	Aug 11	BOS		NYY	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
109	109	Aug 12 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,15-7	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
110	110	Aug 12 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,13-11	CG	50	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
111	111	Aug 13	BOS		WSH	W,5-1	CG	47	12.0	1	2	0	3	0
112	112	Aug 14 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,9-3	CG	42	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
113	113	Aug 14 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,13-4	GS	26	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
114	121 (7)	Aug 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
115	122	Aug 26 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
116	123	Aug 26 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,10-7	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
117	124	Aug 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
118	125	Aug 28	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	42	10.1	1	3	0	4	1
119	126	Aug 29 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
120	127	Aug 29 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	44	9.2	3	3	0	6	0
121	128	Aug 30	BOS	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
122	129	Aug 31	BOS	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	130	Sep 1	BOS	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	42	8.0	0	3	1	4	2
124	131	Sep 2	BOS		PHA	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
125	132	Sep 3	BOS		PHA	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
126	133	Sep 4	BOS		PHA	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
127	134	Sep 5 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
128	135	Sep 5 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,12-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
129	136	Sep 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
130	137	Sep 9	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
131	138	Sep 10	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
132	139	Sep 11 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	2
133	140	Sep 11 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
134	141	Sep 13	BOS		DET	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
135	142	Sep 14	BOS		DET	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
136	143	Sep 16	BOS		SLB	W,12-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
137	144	Sep 17	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
138	145	Sep 18	BOS		CHW	W,11-5	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
139	146	Sep 20	BOS		CLE	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
140	147	Sep 21	BOS		CLE	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
141	148	Sep 24	BOS		NYY	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
142	149	Sep 25	BOS		NYY	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
143	150	Sep 26	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
144	151	Sep 27	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
145	152	Sep 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
146	153	Sep 30	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-9	CG	47	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
147	154	Oct 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
148	155	Oct 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
							148gm		1307.0	184	333	16	533	48