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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,4-5	CG	49	11.0	2	3	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	0	4	2	6	0
3	3	Apr 22	BOS		PHA	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
4	4	Apr 23	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
6	6	Apr 25	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
7	7	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 30	BOS		NYY	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 1	BOS		NYY	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	11	May 2	BOS		NYY	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	12	May 4	BOS		DET	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
13	13	May 5	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	0	5	0	5	0
14	14	May 6	BOS		DET	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	15	May 8	BOS		SLB	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
16	16	May 9 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	CG	40	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
17	17	May 9 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
18	18	May 10	BOS		CLE	L,7-12	CG	50	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
19	19	May 11	BOS		CHW	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
20	20	May 12	BOS		CHW	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	1	2	0	3	2
21	21	May 15	BOS		WSH	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
22	22	May 16	BOS		WSH	W,14-5	GS	22	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	28 (5)	May 23 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	0	3	1	4	0
24	29	May 23 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	41	9.1	0	1	2	3	0
25	30	May 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
26	31	May 26	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	37	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
27	32	May 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
28	33	May 29 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	1	4	0	5	2
29	34	May 29 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	43 (8)	Jun 6 (1)	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
31	44	Jun 6 (2)	BOS		DET	W,12-4	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	45	Jun 8	BOS		CLE	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	46	Jun 10	BOS		CLE	W,15-7	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
34	47	Jun 11	BOS		CHW	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
35	48	Jun 12	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
36	49	Jun 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
37	50	Jun 16	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
38	51	Jun 17	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	0	8	0	8	0
39	52	Jun 19	BOS	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	53	Jun 20	BOS	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
41	54	Jun 22	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	55	Jun 24 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
43	56	Jun 24 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
44	57	Jun 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
45	58	Jun 27 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
46	59	Jun 27 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	0	7.0	1	4	0	5	2
47	60	Jun 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
48	61	Jun 30	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	62	Jul 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-10	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
50	63	Jul 2	BOS		PHA	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
51	64	Jul 3	BOS		PHA	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
52	65	Jul 4	BOS		PHA	W,19-5	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
53	66	Jul 5 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
54	67	Jul 5 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
55	68	Jul 6	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
56	69	Jul 7	BOS		WSH	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
57	70	Jul 8	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
58	71	Jul 9	BOS	@	PHA	L,7-8	CG	45	8.2	2	1	0	3	0
59	72	Jul 10	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	73	Jul 11 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-8	CG	45	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	74	Jul 11 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-7	CG	35	7.0	2	1	0	3	1
62	75	Jul 15 (1)	BOS		DET	W,13-5	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
63	76	Jul 15 (2)	BOS		DET	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	77	Jul 16	BOS		DET	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
65	78	Jul 17	BOS		DET	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
66	79	Jul 18 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
67	80	Jul 18 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
68	81	Jul 19	BOS		SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
69	82	Jul 20	BOS		SLB	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
70	83	Jul 21 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	84	Jul 21 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
72	85	Jul 22 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
73	86	Jul 22 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
74	87	Jul 23	BOS		CHW	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
75	88	Jul 24 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	GS	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	90 (1)	Jul 25	BOS		CLE	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
77	91	Jul 27	BOS	@	DET	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
78	92	Jul 28	BOS	@	DET	L,0-13	CG	48	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
79	93	Jul 29	BOS	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
80	94	Jul 30	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
81	95	Jul 31	BOS	@	CLE	L,9-10	CG	50	10.2	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	96	Aug 1 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-12	CG	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	2
83	97	Aug 1 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
84	98	Aug 3	BOS	@	SLB	W,15-8	CG	47	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
85	99	Aug 4	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-9	CG	40	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
86	100	Aug 5	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
87	101	Aug 6	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	102	Aug 7	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
89	103	Aug 8 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
90	104	Aug 8 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	48	10.2	2	1	0	3	0
91	105	Aug 10	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
92	106	Aug 11	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
93	107	Aug 13	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
94	108	Aug 14	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
95	109	Aug 15 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
96	110	Aug 15 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
97	111	Aug 18	BOS		PHA	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
98	112	Aug 19	BOS		PHA	L,3-10	CG	49	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
99	113	Aug 20 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	0	5	1	6	0
100	114	Aug 20 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
101	115	Aug 21	BOS		WSH	W,10-6	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
102	116	Aug 22	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
103	117	Aug 24	BOS		CLE	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
104	118	Aug 25	BOS		CLE	L,0-9	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	119	Aug 26	BOS		CLE	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
106	120	Aug 27	BOS		CHW	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
107	121	Aug 28	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
108	122	Aug 29 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
109	123	Aug 29 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,4-12	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
110	124	Aug 31	BOS		DET	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	125	Sep 1	BOS		DET	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
112	126	Sep 3	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
113	127	Sep 4	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	128	Sep 5	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	45	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
115	129	Sep 6 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,14-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	130	Sep 6 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	131	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
118	132	Sep 9	BOS		NYY	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
119	133	Sep 10	BOS		NYY	L,6-11	CG	52	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
120	134	Sep 11 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	1	5	2
121	135	Sep 11 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
122	136	Sep 12	BOS		PHA	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
123	137	Sep 14	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
124	138	Sep 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,10-17	CG	47	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
125	139	Sep 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
126	140	Sep 17	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
127	141	Sep 18	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
128	142	Sep 19 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	47	11.2	0	3	0	3	0
129	143	Sep 19 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	37	7.0	0	0	1	1	0
130	144	Sep 20	BOS	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
131	145	Sep 21	BOS	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	2
132	146	Sep 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
133	147	Sep 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
134	148	Sep 25	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
135	149	Sep 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
136	150	Sep 28	BOS		WSH	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
137	151	Sep 29	BOS		WSH	W,5-1	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
138	152	Sep 30	BOS		WSH	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
139	153	Oct 2	BOS		NYY	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
140	154	Oct 3	BOS		NYY	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
141	155	Oct 4	BOS		CLE	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
							141gm		1246.2	121	303	22	446	35