Johnny Pesky
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Born Feb 27, 1919 in Portland, Oregon country flag
Debut Apr 14, 1942
Bats: L, Throws: R   ▪   5'9" / 168
1946 AL All-Star
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Year Team G PA AB AVG OBP SLG H 2B 3B HR R RBI BB IBB BB% HBP SO SO% SB CS CS%
1942
team logo Red Sox   SS
147 620 .331 .416 205 29 9 2 105 51 42 2 36 12 7 .37
1946
team logo Red Sox   SS
153 621 .335 .427 208 43 4 2 115 55 65 3 29 9 8 .47
1947
team logo Red Sox   SS/3B
155 638 .324 .392 207 27 8 0 106 39 72 0 22 12 9 .43
1948
team logo Red Sox   3B
143 565 .281 .365 159 26 6 3 124 55 99 6 32 3 5 .63
1949
team logo Red Sox   3B
148 604 .306 .384 185 27 7 2 111 69 100 4 19 8 4 .33
1950
team logo Red Sox   3B
127 520 490 .312 .388 153 22 6 1 112 49 104 .20 5 31 .06 2 1 .33
1951
team logo Red Sox   SS/3B/PH
131 573 480 .313 .398 150 20 6 3 93 41 84 .15 2 15 .03 2 2 .50
1952
2 teams   SS/2B/3B
94 264 244 .225 .262 55 6 0 1 36 11 56 .21 1 16 .06 1 5 .83
1952
team logo Red Sox   
25 84 67 .149 .179 10 2 0 0 10 2 15 .18 1 5 .06 0 3 1.00
1952
team logo Tigers   
69 177 .254 .294 45 4 0 1 26 9 41 0 11 1 2 .67
1953
team logo Tigers   2B/PH
103 342 308 .292 .390 90 22 1 2 43 24 27 .08 2 10 .03 3 7 .70
1954
2 teams   2B/PH
69 191 175 .246 .296 .320 43 4 3 1 22 10 13 .07 0 8 .04 1 1 .50
1954
team logo Tigers   
20 20 17 .176 .353 3 0 0 1 5 1 3 .15 0 1 .05 0 0
1954
team logo Senators   
49 171 158 .253 .316 40 4 3 0 17 9 10 .06 0 7 .04 1 1 .50
Career
1270 4745 .307 .386 1455 226 50 17 867 404 662 25 218 53 49 .48
Per 162G
162 605 .307 .386 186 29 6 2 111 52 84 3 28 7 6 .48
Games
Batting
Date Team Vs H AB PA 2B 3B HR R RBI BB IBB HBP SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG
 Apr 14 PH
DET @  team logo BAL 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
 Apr 15 PH
DET   team logo CLE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000
 Apr 19 PH
DET @  team logo CWS 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
 Apr 20 PH
DET @  team logo CWS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000
 Apr 25 PH
DET @  team logo CLE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000
 Apr 30 PH
DET   team logo WAS 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000
 May 2 PH
DET   team logo NYY 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .143 .000
 May 13 PH
DET @  team logo NYY 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .125 .000
 May 14 PH
DET @  team logo NYY 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .111 .000
 May 15 PH
DET @  team logo NYY 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000
 May 16 PH
DET @  team logo BOS 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .182 .000
 May 25 PH
DET @  team logo BAL 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .250 .400
 May 28 PH
DET   team logo CLE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .231 .364
 May 30 PH
DET   team logo CLE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .214 .333
 Jun 7 (2) PH
DET   team logo BOS 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .267 .333
 Jun 9 PH
DET   team logo NYY 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 .250 .308
 Jun 10 PH
DET   team logo NYY 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071 .235 .286
 Jun 11 PH
DET   team logo PHA 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 .278 .333
 Jun 12 PH
DET   team logo PHA 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 .316 .375
DET   team logo PHA 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176 .300 .353
 Jun 15 2B
WAS   team logo CLE 1 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .190 .320 .333
 Jun 16 2B
WAS   team logo CLE 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .310 .320
 Jun 17 2B
WAS   team logo CLE 1 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .214 .353 .321
 Jun 18 2B
WAS   team logo BAL 2 6 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .235 .350 .324
 Jun 19 2B
WAS   team logo BAL 2 4 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 .356 .342
 Jun 20 2B
WAS   team logo BAL 3 4 5 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .310 .400 .405
WAS   team logo BAL 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .311 .396 .422
 Jun 22 2B
WAS   team logo CWS 2 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .320 .397 .420
 Jun 23 2B
WAS   team logo CWS 1 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .309 .381 .400
 Jun 24 2B
WAS   team logo CWS 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .305 .373 .390
 Jun 25 2B
WAS   team logo DET 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .361 .365
 Jun 26 PH/2B
WAS   team logo DET 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 .356 .359
 Jun 29 2B
WAS   team logo PHA 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 .333 .333
 Jun 30 2B
WAS   team logo PHA 1 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257 .325 .324
 Jul 2 PH
WAS   team logo NYY 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253 .321 .320
 Jul 3 2B
WAS   team logo NYY 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .253 .318 .316
 Jul 4 2B
WAS   team logo NYY 2 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 .326 .337
 Jul 5 2B
WAS @  team logo BOS 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 .323 .333
 Jul 6 2B
WAS @  team logo PHA 1 4 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .264 .320 .352
 Jul 9 PH
WAS @  team logo NYY 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 .317 .348
 Jul 11 2B
WAS @  team logo NYY 2 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .271 .324 .375
 Jul 15 2B
WAS @  team logo CWS 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270 .321 .370
 Jul 16 2B
WAS @  team logo CWS 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .272 .327 .369
 Jul 18 2B
WAS @  team logo CLE 2 5 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 .331 .370
WAS @  team logo CLE 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .268 .320 .357
 Jul 19 2B
WAS @  team logo CLE 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 .310 .345
 Jul 20 2B
WAS @  team logo BAL 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258 .308 .342
 Jul 21 2B
WAS @  team logo BAL 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258 .306 .339
 Jul 22 2B
WAS @  team logo BAL 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .252 .304 .331
 Jul 27 2B
WAS   team logo BAL 3 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .267 .322 .359
 Jul 28 2B
WAS   team logo BAL 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .261 .320 .351
 Jul 30 PH
WAS   team logo CLE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 .318 .348
 Jul 31 PH
WAS   team logo CLE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257 .315 .346
 Aug 1 2B
WAS   team logo CLE 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257 .314 .343
 Aug 2 2B
WAS   team logo DET 4 6 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274 .327 .356
 Aug 4 2B
WAS   team logo DET 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 .319 .347
 Aug 5 2B
WAS   team logo DET 1 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 .315 .348
 Aug 6 2B
WAS   team logo CWS 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 .312 .344
 Aug 7 2B
WAS   team logo CWS 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 .305 .335
 Aug 11 2B
WAS   team logo BOS 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .298 .327
 Aug 14 PH
WAS @  team logo PHA 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .249 .297 .325
 Aug 17 PH
WAS @  team logo BOS 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247 .295 .324
 Aug 18 PH
WAS @  team logo BOS 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246 .293 .322
 Aug 22 (2) PH/2B
WAS   team logo PHA 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .297 .326
 Aug 29 PH
WAS @  team logo BAL 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .249 .296 .324
WAS @  team logo BAL 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247 .294 .322
 Aug 30 PH
WAS @  team logo BAL 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246 .293 .320
 Sep 18 PH
WAS @  team logo BOS 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246 .296 .320
 Sep 24 SS
WAS   team logo BOS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246 .296 .320