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.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
2	2	Apr 16	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	43	10.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
3	3	Apr 17	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-2	GS	19	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
4	10 (6)	Apr 23	BOS		NYY	W,3-1	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
5	11	Apr 24	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	GF	35	7.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	16 (4)	May 4	BOS		CLE	L,6-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
7	18 (1)	May 6	BOS		CHW	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
8	19	May 7	BOS		CHW	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
9	20	May 8	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
10	21	May 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
11	23 (1)	May 11	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-1	GF	27	6.2	3	2	0	5	1	SS
12	26 (2)	May 15	BOS	@	CHW	W,1-0	GS	25	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
13	27	May 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-2	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
14	28	May 17	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	0	4	0	4	0	3B
15	29	May 18	BOS	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
16	30	May 19	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
17	31	May 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
18	32	May 22	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
19	33	May 24	BOS		NYY	W,5-2	GS	28	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
20	34	May 26	BOS		NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
21	35	May 27	BOS		PHA	L,3-7	GS	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to Detroit Tigers
22	49	Jun 9	DET	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	42	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
23	50	Jun 10	DET	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
24	51	Jun 11	DET	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS	5	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	SS
25	52	Jun 12	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
26	53	Jun 14	DET		WSH	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
27	54	Jun 15 (1)	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
28	55	Jun 15 (2)	DET		WSH	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
29	56	Jun 17	DET		NYY	W,7-6	CG	50	11.0	3	8	0	11	0
30	57	Jun 18	DET		NYY	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
31	58	Jun 19	DET		NYY	L,0-8	CG	0	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
32	59	Jun 20	DET		PHA	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
33	60	Jun 22 (1)	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	12.0	3	5	0	8	1
34	61	Jun 22 (2)	DET		PHA	L,0-10	CG	51	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
35	62	Jun 23	DET		BOS	L,6-12	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	3	SS
36	63	Jun 24	DET		BOS	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	SS
37	64	Jun 25	DET		BOS	L,3-10	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	1	SS
38	65	Jun 26	DET	@	SLB	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	7	1	9	2
39	66	Jun 27	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	GS	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	80 (13)	Jul 13 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-12	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
41	81	Jul 14	DET	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
42	82	Jul 15 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-8	GS	25	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
43	83	Jul 15 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,8-9	CG	43	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
44	88 (4)	Jul 20 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,7-8	GF	6	1.1	1	2	0	3	0	2B
45	89	Jul 20 (2)	DET	@	PHA	T,3-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
46	91 (1)	Jul 23	DET		WSH	L,2-5	GF	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	PH 2B
47	93 (1)	Jul 25	DET		NYY	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
48	94	Jul 26	DET		NYY	W,10-6	GF	13	4.0	3	4	0	7	1	PH 2B
49	100 (5)	Jul 30	DET		PHA	L,3-4	GF	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	3	2B
50	101	Jul 31 (1)	DET		PHA	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
51	102	Jul 31 (2)	DET		PHA	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	6	1	7	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	103	Aug 1	DET		BOS	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
53	104	Aug 2	DET		BOS	L,5-10	CG	42	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
54	114 (9)	Aug 13	DET		CHW	L,1-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
55	115	Aug 14	DET		CHW	L,0-2	CG	40	10.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
56	116	Aug 16	DET		SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
57	118 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	3
58	119	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS	40	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	SS 2B
59	120	Aug 19 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
60	121	Aug 20	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
61	122	Aug 22	DET	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
62	123	Aug 23	DET	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
63	124	Aug 24	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
64	125	Aug 25	DET	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
65	126	Aug 26	DET	@	BOS	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
66	128 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	DET		CLE	L,3-9	GS	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	SS 2B
67	129	Aug 28 (2)	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
68	130	Aug 29	DET		CLE	L,2-4	GS	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
69	131	Aug 30	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
70	132	Aug 31	DET	@	SLB	L,4-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	133	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS	23	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
72	134	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
73	135	Sep 3	DET	@	CLE	W,11-8	GS	29	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
74	136	Sep 4	DET	@	CLE	L,0-2	GS	31	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS 2B
75	137	Sep 6	DET		CHW	L,3-4	GF	19	4.0	5	2	1	8	2	PH 2B
76	142 (4)	Sep 12	DET		PHA	L,6-7	GF	17	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR 2B
77	144 (1)	Sep 14	DET		WSH	L,2-6	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	PH 2B
78	145	Sep 15	DET		WSH	W,5-4	GF	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
79	147 (1)	Sep 17	DET		NYY	L,3-12	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
80	148	Sep 19	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	GF	6	2.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
81	149	Sep 20	DET	@	CLE	L,3-11	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
82	150	Sep 21	DET	@	CLE	L,1-7	GF	9	2.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
83	156 (5)	Sep 28	DET		CLE	L,2-8	GF	14	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
							87gm		579.1	126	172	15	313	38