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)

Debut: May 14, 1912 (Age 18-094d, 3,679th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	23-12 / in Starts: 19-8
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 100 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	56 (30-16-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 100 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	67 (33-21-12)

Most Driven In
A Ward	4
E Scott	3
B Meusel	1

Most Driven In By
W Witt	3
J Dugan	3
B Ruth	2
W Pipp	1

1923 Batting Game Log

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1923 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	246	5 (4)	Apr 22	NYY		WSH	L,3-4	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	247	8 (2)	Apr 25	NYY		WSH	W,7-1	CG	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.750	1.000	1.750	9	.39	0.162	1.22	0.30%	2.04	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	248	15 (6)	May 3	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.500	.400	.900	9	.80	-0.047	2.74	-0.10%	-0.46	P
4	249	20 (4)	May 10	NYY	@	CLE	W,13-4	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		1		0	0	.333	.500	.444	.944	9	.82	0.080	3.36	0.20%	1.53	P
5	250	24 (3)	May 15	NYY	@	DET	W,9-5	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.462	.400	.862	9	.99	-0.026	4.51	-0.07%	-0.25	P
6	251	31 (6)	May 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG(15)	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.200	.368	.267	.635	9	1.91	-0.076	9.62	-0.23%	0.18	P
7	252	34 (2)	May 26	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-8	8-GF(11)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.381	.294	.675	9	4.08	-0.099	26.78	-0.39%	-0.43	P
8	253	37 (2)	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.360	.250	.610	9	1.50	0.053	7.59	0.16%	0.03	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	254	41 (3)	Jun 2	NYY		BOS	L,3-7	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.360	.250	.610	9						P
10	255	44 (2)	Jun 6	NYY		CHW	L,1-4	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0		0	0	.190	.346	.238	.584	9	1.93	-0.084	9.64	-0.25%	-0.70	P
11	256	48 (3)	Jun 11	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.345	.250	.595	9	1.42	0.028	8.95	0.11%	0.22	P
12	257	52 (3)	Jun 15	NYY		SLB	W,10-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.364	.259	.623	9	.18	0.010	.99	0.03%	0.88	P
13	258	57 (4)	Jun 20	NYY		DET	L,7-9	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.207	.343	.241	.584	9	.81	-0.040	4.45	-0.13%	-0.57	P
14	259	64 (6)	Jun 30	NYY		PHA	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.333	.242	.576	9	.58	-0.035	3.66	-0.13%	0.81	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	260	68 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,12-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.349	.270	.619	9	.15	0.020	.55	0.04%	0.24	P
16	261	73 (4)	Jul 9	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.238	.333	.262	.595	9	.25	0.037	.66	0.06%	-0.25	P
17	262	78 (4)	Jul 14 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.333	.267	.600	9	.62	-0.024	1.49	-0.04%	-0.09	P
18	263	82 (3)	Jul 16 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.333	.267	.600	9						P
19	264	91 (8)	Jul 27	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.327	.265	.593	9	1.06	-0.098	.31	-0.02%	-0.81	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	265	96 (4)	Aug 1	NYY		CLE	L,3-5	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.327	.265	.593	9						P
21	266	98 (1)	Aug 4	NYY		CLE	L,7-15	4-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.316	.255	.571	9	.45	-0.026	.23	-0.01%	-0.36	P
22	267	102 (3)	Aug 8	NYY		SLB	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.317	.259	.576	9	.82	0.059	.32	0.01%	0.54	P
23	268	104 (1)	Aug 11 (1)	NYY		DET	W,10-4	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.306	.250	.556	9	.07	-0.003	.04	0.00%	-0.43	P
24	269	108 (3)	Aug 16	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.292	.237	.530	9	.50	-0.040	.21	-0.01%	-0.36	P
25	270	110 (1)	Aug 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.292	.237	.530	8						P
26	271	112 (1)	Aug 20	NYY	@	CHW	W,16-5	CG	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2		0		0	0	.230	.309	.262	.571	9	.14	-0.008	.03	0.00%	-0.28	P
27	272	115 (2)	Aug 24	NYY	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.319	.281	.601	9	.30	0.008	.05	0.00%	0.03	P
28	273	117 (1)	Aug 26	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.319	.281	.601	9						P
29	274	119 (1)	Aug 30	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.221	.303	.265	.567	9	.96	-0.100	.08	-0.01%	-1.15	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	275	124 (4)	Sep 3 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.288	.250	.538	9	.62	-0.066	.01	0.00%	-0.71	P
31	276	127 (2)	Sep 8	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-4	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.203	.289	.243	.532	9	.88	-0.049	.01	0.00%	-0.82	P
32	277	133 (5)	Sep 12 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.208	.291	.247	.537	9	1.45	0.038	.00	0.00%	0.43	P
33	278	138 (4)	Sep 16 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.281	.238	.518	9	.94	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-0.76	P
34	279	143 (4)	Sep 25	NYY		DET	L,4-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.195	.275	.232	.506	9	.72	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.12	P
35	280	151 (7)	Oct 6	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.193	.272	.229	.501	9	1.07	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.38	P
							23-12		100	83	11	16	3	0	0	8	9	0	8	0	7		4		0	0	.193	.272	.229	.501		.87	-0.447	2.91	-0.47%	-1.98

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