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.

1908 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1908 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 17	NYY		PHA	L,2-8	GF	0	4.0	0	1	1	2	0
2	5 (1)	Apr 20	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	GF	0	1.1	1	0	0	1	0
3	7 (1)	Apr 22	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	11 (3)	Apr 27	NYY		BOS	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	14 (2)	May 1	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-4	GF	0	7.2	0	3	1	4	1
6	19 (4)	May 9	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	8	0	9	1
7	23 (3)	May 14	NYY		CLE	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
8	25 (1)	May 18	NYY		DET	L,6-11	GS	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
9	31 (5)	May 27	NYY		SLB	L,2-7	GS	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	35 (3)	Jun 1	NYY		BOS	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
11	41 (5)	Jun 6	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
12	45 (3)	Jun 11	NYY	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	49 (3)	Jun 15	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	51 (1)	Jun 17	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-2	GF	0	3.2	0	2	0	2	0
15	53 (1)	Jun 19	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-4	GS	0	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	56 (2)	Jun 23	NYY	@	PHA	L,6-9	GS	0	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
17	57	Jun 24	NYY	@	PHA	T,6-6	GF	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
18	60 (2)	Jun 26	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-6	GF	0	5.1	0	2	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	64 (3)	Jul 1	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
20	67 (2)	Jul 3	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-7	GF	0	3.2	0	2	0	2	0
21	69 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-6	GF	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
22	73 (3)	Jul 8	NYY		DET	L,3-6	GS	0	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	75 (1)	Jul 10	NYY		DET	L,2-8	GS	0	4.1	0	4	0	4	0
24	81 (5)	Jul 16	NYY		SLB	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
25	84 (2)	Jul 20	NYY		SLB	L,3-8	GS	0	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
26	88 (3)	Jul 23 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,3-6	GF	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
27	89	Jul 25	NYY	@	DET	L,3-5	GS	0	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
28	91 (1)	Jul 27	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
29	93 (1)	Jul 31	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-16	GS	0	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	95 (1)	Aug 3	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-2	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	97 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
32	101 (3)	Aug 10	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.2	0	5	0	5	0
33	104 (2)	Aug 15	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	GF	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	107 (2)	Aug 19	NYY		DET	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
35	111 (3)	Aug 24 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	115 (3)	Aug 29 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	119 (3)	Sep 1 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	12.0	0	5	0	5	0
38	123 (3)	Sep 4	NYY		WSH	L,0-3	GS	0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	125 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
40	128 (2)	Sep 9	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-6	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	130 (1)	Sep 11 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
42	135 (4)	Sep 18	NYY	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
43	140 (4)	Sep 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-9	GS	0	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
44	142 (1)	Sep 26	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-12		0	1.1	0	0	1	1	0
45	147 (4)	Oct 1	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
							46gm		290.0	7	96	6	109	2