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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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.

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
2	2	Apr 17	BOS	@	WSH	W,13-6	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
3	3	Apr 18	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
4	4	Apr 20	BOS		PHA	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
5	5	Apr 21 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,12-11	CG	48	10.0	0	7	0	7	1
6	6	Apr 21 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,0-3	CG	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 22	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	GS	0		2	3	0	5	0
8	9 (1)	Apr 24	BOS		NYY	L,5-12	CG	49	9.0	5	4	0	9	3
9	10	Apr 25	BOS		NYY	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	11	Apr 26	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
11	12	Apr 28 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
12	13	Apr 28 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
13	14	Apr 30	BOS		DET	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	15	May 1	BOS		DET	W,13-1	CG	36	9.0	2	9	1	12	0
15	16	May 2	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	4	1	1	6	0
16	17	May 3	BOS		CLE	W,9-4	GS	33	7.0	0	2	2	4	0
17	18	May 4	BOS		CLE	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
18	19	May 6 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
19	20	May 6 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
20	21	May 7	BOS		SLB	W,10-6	CG	0	14.0	3	4	0	7	2
21	22	May 8	BOS		CHW	W,14-10	CG	48	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
22	23	May 9	BOS		CHW	W,7-5	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
23	24	May 10	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
24	25	May 11	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
25	26	May 12	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
26	27	May 14	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
27	28	May 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
28	29	May 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
29	30	May 18	BOS	@	SLB	W,18-8	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
30	31	May 19 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
31	32	May 19 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
32	33	May 21	BOS	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
33	34	May 22	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	50	12.0	0	6	0	6	1
34	35	May 23	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	47	9.2	2	4	0	6	0
35	36	May 25	BOS		NYY	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
36	37	May 26 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
37	38	May 26 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,1-4	CG	31	7.0	2	2	0	4	0
38	39	May 29	BOS		PHA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
39	40	May 30 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
40	41	May 30 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	42	Jun 3 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	8	0	8	1
42	43	Jun 3 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	2	6	2
43	44	Jun 4	BOS		SLB	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
44	45	Jun 5	BOS		SLB	T,8-8	CG	58	12.0	6	3	1	10	2
45	46	Jun 6	BOS		SLB	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
46	47	Jun 8	BOS		DET	W,15-4	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
47	48	Jun 9 (1)	BOS		DET	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	3	5	1	9	2
48	49	Jun 9 (2)	BOS		DET	W,11-6	CG	37	9.0	2	9	0	11	1
49	50	Jun 10	BOS		CLE	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
50	51	Jun 11	BOS		CLE	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
51	52	Jun 12	BOS		CLE	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
52	53	Jun 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	4	3	0	7	2
53	54	Jun 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
54	55	Jun 16 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
55	56	Jun 16 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
56	57	Jun 17	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
57	58	Jun 18	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
58	59	Jun 20	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
59	60	Jun 21	BOS	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
60	61	Jun 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
61	62	Jun 23 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	63	Jun 23 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
63	64	Jun 24	BOS	@	DET	T,5-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
64	65	Jun 25	BOS	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	4	0	4	2
65	66	Jun 26 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-16	GS	0		0	3	0	3	0
66	67	Jun 26 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
67	68	Jun 28	BOS		WSH	W,12-1	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
68	69	Jun 29	BOS		WSH	W,12-8	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
69	70	Jun 30 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,15-8	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
70	71	Jun 30 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	72	Jul 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
72	73	Jul 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	1	1	0	2	0
73	74	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	3	2	8	1
74	75	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
75	76	Jul 5	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
76	77	Jul 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
77	78	Jul 7 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
78	79	Jul 7 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
79	80	Jul 11	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	2	3	0	5	1
80	81	Jul 12	BOS		DET	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
81	82	Jul 13	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
82	83	Jul 14 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,11-10	CG	49	9.0	1	8	0	9	1
83	84	Jul 14 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
84	85	Jul 16	BOS		CLE	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
85	86	Jul 17 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
86	87	Jul 17 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
87	88	Jul 18	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
88	89	Jul 19	BOS		CHW	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
89	90	Jul 20	BOS		SLB	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
90	91	Jul 21 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
91	92	Jul 21 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
92	93	Jul 23	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
93	94	Jul 24	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
94	95	Jul 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
95	96	Jul 26	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
96	97	Jul 27	BOS	@	SLB	W,13-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
97	98	Jul 28 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	6	0	8	1
98	99	Jul 28 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-4	CG	0	9.0	5	2	1	8	1
99	100	Jul 30	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
100	101	Jul 31	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	102	Aug 1	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
102	103	Aug 2	BOS	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
103	104	Aug 3	BOS	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	5	6	1	12	3
104	105	Aug 4	BOS	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	34	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
105	106	Aug 6	BOS		PHA	W,5-0	GS	18	5.0	1	4	0	5	1
106	107	Aug 8 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
107	108	Aug 8 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	4
108	109	Aug 9	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
109	110	Aug 10	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	51	11.2	4	2	0	6	1
110	111	Aug 11 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
111	112	Aug 11 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-9	GS	30	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	113	Aug 13	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
113	114	Aug 14	BOS	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
114	115	Aug 15	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
115	116	Aug 16	BOS		NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
116	117	Aug 17	BOS		NYY	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
117	118	Aug 18 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
118	119	Aug 18 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
119	120	Aug 20 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
120	121	Aug 20 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
121	122	Aug 21	BOS		SLB	W,12-9	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
122	123	Aug 22	BOS		CHW	L,3-4	CG	47	11.0	2	3	0	5	1
123	124	Aug 24 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
124	125	Aug 24 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
125	126	Aug 25 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
126	127	Aug 25 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,13-6	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
127	128	Aug 26	BOS		CLE	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
128	129	Aug 28	BOS		DET	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
129	130	Aug 29	BOS		DET	L,8-9	CG	59	14.0	6	5	0	11	2
130	131	Aug 30 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
131	132	Aug 30 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
132	133	Aug 31	BOS		PHA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
133	134	Sep 1	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	1	3	0	4	3
134	135	Sep 2 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
135	136	Sep 2 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
136	137	Sep 4	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
137	138	Sep 5	BOS	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
138	139	Sep 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	51	10.2	2	3	1	6	1
139	140	Sep 7	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
140	141	Sep 8	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
141	142	Sep 10	BOS	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
142	143	Sep 11	BOS	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
143	144	Sep 12	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
144	145	Sep 13	BOS	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
145	146	Sep 15 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
146	147	Sep 15 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
147	150 (2)	Sep 21	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	42	11.0	3	0	0	3	1
148	151	Sep 22	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
149	152	Sep 24	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
150	153	Sep 25	BOS		NYY	W,5-2	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
151	154	Sep 27	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
152	155	Sep 28	BOS		WSH	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	4	2	7	1
153	156	Sep 29	BOS		WSH	L,0-7	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
							153gm		1353.0	296	479	25	800	96