Nickname:
Bats: L
Throws: R
Born: 09-27-1919
Birthplace: Portland, OR, USA
Career Positions Played: SS,3B,2B
All-Star: 1946
Height: 5 ft., 9 in. Weight: 168 lbs.
(Johnny Pesky at www.retrosheet.org)
NSB Total Offensive Rank: 454 / 5240
BATTING STATS
YEAR CITY POS AGE G PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG LAV OBA SLA BB IBB SO SH SF HP YEAR CITY
1942 BOS:A 6 22 147 686 620 205 165 29 9 2 51 105 .331 .257 .375 .416 42 - 36 22 - 2 1942 BOS:A
1946 BOS:A 6 26 153 703 621 208 159 43 4 2 55 115 .335 .256 .401 .427 65 - 29 14 - 3 1946 BOS:A
1947 BOS:A 5,6 27 155 719 638 207 172 27 8 0 39 106 .324 .256 .393 .392 72 - 22 9 - 0 1947 BOS:A
1948 BOS:A 5 28 143 677 565 159 124 26 6 3 55 124 .281 .266 .394 .365 99 - 32 7 - 6 1948 BOS:A
1949 BOS:A 5 29 148 713 604 185 149 27 7 2 69 111 .306 .263 .408 .384 100 - 19 5 - 4 1949 BOS:A
1950 BOS:A 5,6 30 127 605 490 153 124 22 6 1 49 112 .312 .271 .437 .388 104 - 31 6 - 5 1950 BOS:A
1951 BOS:A 4,5,6 31 131 573 480 150 121 20 6 3 41 93 .312 .262 .417 .398 84 0 15 7 0 2 1951 BOS:A
1952 BOS:A 5,6 32 25 84 67 10 8 2 0 0 2 10 .149 .253 .313 .179 15 - 5 1 - 1 1952 BOS:A
1952 DET:A 4,5,6 32 69 223 177 45 40 4 0 1 9 26 .254 .253 .394 .294 41 - 11 5 - 0 1952 DET:A
1953 DET:A 4 33 103 342 308 90 65 22 1 2 24 43 .292 .262 .353 .390 27 0 10 5 0 2 1953 DET:A
1954 DET:A 34 20 20 17 3 2 0 0 1 1 5 .176 .257 .300 .353 3 0 1 0 0 0 1954 DET:A
1954 WAS:A 4,6 34 49 171 158 40 33 4 3 0 9 17 .253 .257 .296 .316 10 0 7 2 1 0 1954 WAS:A
BATTING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 SB4 CS4 AT2 AT3 1>3 2>H GWBI IPHR LOHR GSHR TB OM GB FB LD G/F GDP GDPO YEAR CITY
1942 BOS:A 22 12 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - 258 - - - - - 8 - 1942 BOS:A
1946 BOS:A 26 9 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - 265 - - - - 1.22 8 - 1946 BOS:A
1947 BOS:A 27 12 9 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0 250 - - - - - 10 - 1947 BOS:A
1948 BOS:A 28 3 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - 206 - - - - - 10 - 1948 BOS:A
1949 BOS:A 29 8 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 232 - - - - - 12 - 1949 BOS:A
1950 BOS:A 30 2 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 190 - - - - - 13 - 1950 BOS:A
1951 BOS:A 31 2 2 0 0 0 0 .02 .00 .27 .78 8 0 0 0 191 351 171 146 12 1.17 12 140 1951 BOS:A
1952 BOS:A 32 0 3 0 - 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0 12 - - - - - 1 - 1952 BOS:A
1952 DET:A 32 1 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 52 - - - - - 2 - 1952 DET:A
1953 DET:A 33 3 6 1 0 0 0 .08 .01 .20 .81 2 0 0 0 120 233 100 111 5 .90 4 74 1953 DET:A
1954 DET:A 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 1.00 0 0 0 0 6 16 11 2 0 5.50 2 4 1954 DET:A
1954 WAS:A 34 1 1 0 0 0 0 .04 .00 .44 1.00 1 0 0 0 50 124 58 52 5 1.12 2 41 1954 WAS:A
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA
1942 BOS:A 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1946 BOS:A 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1947 BOS:A 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1948 BOS:A 28 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500
1949 BOS:A 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1950 BOS:A 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 - .000 .000
1951 BOS:A 31 10 3 0 0 0 1 0 .300 .300
1952 BOS:A 32 - - - 0 0 - - - -
1952 DET:A 32 - - - 0 - - - - -
1953 DET:A 33 31 12 4 0 0 2 0 .387 .516
1954 DET:A 34 17 3 0 0 1 3 1 .176 .353
1954 WAS:A 34 12 1 0 0 0 1 0 .083 .083
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1942 BOS:A 22 303 94 13 5 1 20 20 .310 .396 317 111 16 4 1 22 16 .350 .435 1942 BOS:A
1946 BOS:A 26 315 107 18 2 2 30 17 .340 .429 306 101 25 2 0 35 13 .330 .425 1946 BOS:A
1947 BOS:A 27 330 109 12 4 0 40 14 .330 .391 308 98 15 4 0 32 8 .318 .393 1947 BOS:A
1948 BOS:A 28 283 84 15 5 0 52 20 .297 .385 282 75 11 1 3 47 12 .266 .344 1948 BOS:A
1949 BOS:A 29 315 110 19 4 0 51 8 .349 .435 289 75 8 3 2 49 11 .260 .329 1949 BOS:A
1950 BOS:A 30 246 82 12 3 1 62 11 .333 .419 244 71 10 3 0 42 20 .291 .357 1950 BOS:A
1951 BOS:A 31 260 83 10 4 2 36 12 .319 .412 220 67 10 2 1 48 3 .305 .382 1951 BOS:A
1952 BOS:A 32 26 3 2 0 0 7 3 .115 .192 41 7 0 0 0 8 2 .171 .171 1952 BOS:A
1952 DET:A 32 96 28 2 0 1 26 5 .292 .344 81 17 2 0 0 15 6 .210 .235 1952 DET:A
1953 DET:A 33 141 45 12 0 2 14 2 .319 .447 167 45 10 1 0 13 8 .269 .341 1953 DET:A
1954 DET:A 34 7 1 0 0 1 2 0 .143 .571 10 2 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .200 1954 DET:A
1954 WAS:A 34 50 10 0 2 0 3 1 .200 .280 108 30 4 1 0 7 6 .278 .333 1954 WAS:A
Bats: L AGAINST LHP AGAINST RHP
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1942 BOS:A 22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1942 BOS:A
1946 BOS:A 26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1946 BOS:A
1947 BOS:A 27 - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - 1947 BOS:A
1948 BOS:A 28 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1948 BOS:A
1949 BOS:A 29 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1949 BOS:A
1950 BOS:A 30 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1950 BOS:A
1951 BOS:A 31 99 26 5 2 1 16 3 .263 .384 381 124 15 4 2 68 12 .325 .402 1951 BOS:A
1952 BOS:A 32 - - - 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 0 - - - - 1952 BOS:A
1952 DET:A 32 37 6 0 0 0 11 9 .162 .162 140 39 4 0 1 30 2 .279 .329 1952 DET:A
1953 DET:A 33 17 5 1 0 0 2 3 .294 .353 291 85 21 1 2 25 7 .292 .392 1953 DET:A
1954 DET:A 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 17 3 0 0 1 3 1 .176 .353 1954 DET:A
1954 WAS:A 34 21 5 0 0 0 0 2 .238 .238 137 35 4 3 0 10 5 .255 .328 1954 WAS:A
FIELDING STATS - SECOND BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1951 BOS:A 31 .972 .978 8 6 53.7 15 20 1 0 7
1952 DET:A 32 .969 .978 22 - - 27 36 2 - 12
1953 DET:A 33 .991 .979 73 67 606.3 166 182 3 0 50
1954 WAS:A 34 .978 .976 37 35 297.7 92 89 4 3 22
FIELDING STATS - THIRD BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1947 BOS:A 27 .984 .959 22 21 188.0 25 38 1 - 7
1948 BOS:A 28 .951 .957 141 141 - 121 303 22 - 35
1949 BOS:A 29 .970 .960 148 148 - 184 333 16 - 48
1950 BOS:A 30 .974 .960 116 - - 160 257 11 - 29
1951 BOS:A 31 .895 .950 11 10 97.0 14 20 4 0 2
1952 BOS:A 32 .917 .953 19 - - 16 28 4 - 0
1952 DET:A 32 1.000 .953 3 - - 2 5 0 0 0
FIELDING STATS - SHORTSTOP
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1942 BOS:A 22 .955 .949 147 147 - 320 465 37 - 94
1946 BOS:A 26 .969 .954 153 153 - 296 479 25 - 96
1947 BOS:A 27 .976 .964 133 134 - 251 391 16 - 90
1950 BOS:A 30 .965 .961 8 - - 23 32 2 - 7
1951 BOS:A 31 .961 .961 103 100 917.0 198 326 21 2 70
1952 BOS:A 32 1.000 .962 2 - - 3 2 0 0 1
1952 DET:A 32 .952 .962 41 - - 78 101 9 - 25
1954 WAS:A 34 .000 .960 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
AVG OBA SLA DB TP HR BB SO SB
RANK: 114 356 2,116 2,157 2,001 4,948 2,681 163 2,118
ERA OAV WPct SO BB HRA GF SVP WHIP
RANK: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Pesky - Historical Batting Stastistics
Johnny Pesky - Batting - Home / Road Splits
Johnny Pesky - Batting - Left / Right Splits
Fielding Statistics - Second Base
Fielding Statistics - Third Base
Fielding Statistics - Shortstop
Itemized Sim Rankings - Offense
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