Jack Chesbro

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 180lb (175cm, 81kg)

Born: June 5, 1874 in North Adams, MA us

Died: November 6, 1931 in Conway, MA

Buried: Howland Cemetery, Conway, MA

Debut: July 12, 1899 (Age 25-037d, 2,154th in major league history)

Last Game: October 2, 1909 (Age 35-119d)
vs. NYY 6.0 IP, 7 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, L

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1946. (Voted by Old Timers Committee)
Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1947.
View Jack Chesbro's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1899 season

Full Name: John Dwight Chesbro

Nicknames: Happy Jack

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

42.7

198

132

ERA

2.68

392

332

2896.2

1265

WHIP

1.152

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

1905 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1905 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	4 (2)	Apr 19	NYY	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	0	8.1	1	1	0	2	0
3	9 (4)	Apr 26	NYY		PHA	W,4-3	GS	0	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	14 (4)	May 3	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	GS	0	7.0	2	1	1	4	0
5	17 (2)	May 6	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-8	GS	0	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	38 (20)	Jun 1	NYY		BOS	W,15-5	GS	0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
7	41 (2)	Jun 8	NYY		CLE	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
8	45 (3)	Jun 15	NYY		CHW	L,1-5	GS	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
9	48 (2)	Jun 19	NYY		CHW	L,6-9	GS	0	6.0	0	1	1	2	0
10	50 (1)	Jun 23	NYY		DET	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	52 (1)	Jun 28 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-2	GS	0	5.0	1	4	0	5	1
12	53	Jun 28 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	56 (2)	Jul 1 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
14	60 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
15	64 (3)	Jul 8 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS	0	6.1	1	1	1	3	0
16	66 (1)	Jul 10	NYY	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
17	69 (2)	Jul 13	NYY	@	DET	L,3-6	GS	0	5.1	0	3	1	4	0
18	71 (1)	Jul 15	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
19	74 (2)	Jul 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
20	77 (2)	Jul 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
21	79 (1)	Jul 24	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-5	GS	0	5.2	0	1	0	1	0
22	81 (1)	Jul 29 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	84 (2)	Aug 2	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	87 (2)	Aug 5 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
25	90 (2)	Aug 10	NYY		CHW	L,2-8	GS	0	3.0	0	2	1	3	0
26	92 (1)	Aug 12 (1)	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
27	96 (3)	Aug 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	98 (1)	Aug 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-2	GF	0	3.0	0	3	0	3	1
29	100 (1)	Aug 21	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
30	105 (4)	Aug 25	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	0	11.0	0	3	0	3	0
31	107 (1)	Aug 28	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	GF	0	2.1	1	1	0	2	0
32	109 (1)	Aug 30	NYY	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	112 (2)	Sep 4 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,4-9	GS	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	114 (1)	Sep 5	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
35	118 (3)	Sep 8	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-6	GS	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
36	121 (2)	Sep 12 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	0	7	2	9	0
37	125 (3)	Sep 15	NYY		WSH	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
38	131 (5)	Sep 21 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
39	135 (3)	Sep 23 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,1-10		0	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	140 (4)	Sep 28 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
41	145 (4)	Oct 2 (1)	NYY		DET	L,2-7	GS	0	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
							41gm		303.0	11	97	7	115	5