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Johnny Pesky
John Michael Pesky
born John Michael Paveskovich

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 168 lb.

Debut April 14, 1942
Final Game September 24, 1954
Born September 27, 1919 in Portland, OR

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1942 22 BOS AL 147  620  105  205  29  9   2   51  12  7  42  36  .331  .375  .416  119  258  22           2   8 MVP-3
 1946 26 BOS AL 153  621  115  208  43  4   2   55   9  8  65  29  .335  .401  .427  126  265  14           3   8 MVP-4,AS
 1947 27 BOS AL 155  638  106  207  27  8   0   39  12  9  72  22  .324  .393  .392  112  250   9           0  10 MVP-18
 1948 28 BOS AL 143  565  124  159  26  6   3   55   3  5  99  32  .281  .394  .365   98  206   7           6  10
 1949 29 BOS AL 148  604  111  185  27  7   2   69   8  4 100  19  .306  .408  .384  104  232   5           4  12
 1950 30 BOS AL 127  490  112  153  22  6   1   49   2  1 104  31  .312  .437  .388  104  190   6           5  13
 1951 31 BOS AL 131  480   93  150  20  6   3   41   2  2  84  15  .313  .417  .398  113  191   7           2  10 MVP-26
 1952 32 TOT AL  94  244   36   55   6  0   1   11   1  5  56  16  .225  .372  .262   76   64   6           1   3
         BOS AL  25   67   10   10   2  0   0    2   0  3  15   5  .149  .313  .179   35   12   1           1   1
         DET AL  69  177   26   45   4  0   1    9   1  2  41  11  .254  .394  .294   93   52   5           0   2
 1953 33 DET AL 103  308   43   90  22  1   2   24   3  7  27  10  .292  .353  .390  101  120   5           2   4
 1954 34 TOT AL  69  175   22   43   4  3   1   10   1  1  13   8  .246  .296  .320   73   56   2   1       0   4
         DET AL  20   17    5    3   0  0   1    1   0  0   3   1  .176  .300  .353   81    6   0   0       0   2
         WSH AL  49  158   17   40   4  3   0    9   1  1  10   7  .253  .296  .316   72   50   2   1       0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons    1270 4745  867 1455 226 50  17  404  53 49 662 218  .307  .394  .386  108 1832  83   1   0  25  82
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        605  111  186  29  6   2   52   7  6  84  28  .307  .394  .386  108  234  11   0   0   3  10
 Career High    155  638  124  208  43  9   3   69  12  9 104  36  .335  .437  .427  126  265  22   1   0   6  13
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1942 22 BOS AL  686  452   96   5.7    97| .331  .269| .375  .344| .416  .377| .791  .721| 119  .644  15.0   1.6  63%
 1946 26 BOS AL  703  443  104   6.3   101| .335  .270| .401  .346| .427  .389| .828  .735| 126  .679  24.4   2.5  52%
 1947 27 BOS AL  719  459   98   5.7   102| .324  .270| .393  .352| .392  .389| .785  .741| 112  .638  12.8   1.3  57%
 1948 28 BOS AL  677  428   79   4.9   110| .281  .279| .394  .365| .365  .403| .759  .768|  98  .530   3.0   0.3  37%
 1949 29 BOS AL  713  440   94   5.7   112| .306  .279| .408  .372| .384  .405| .792  .778| 104  .597   8.0   0.8  66%
 1950 30 BOS AL  605  357   82   6.1   122| .312  .290| .437  .379| .388  .435| .825  .814| 104  .593   9.9   0.9  66%
 1951 31 BOS AL  573  349   79   6.1   109| .313  .278| .417  .361| .398  .407| .815  .768| 113  .633  13.3   1.3  50%
 1952 32 TOT AL  307  203   23   3.1    99| .225  .263| .372  .344| .262  .385| .634  .728|  76  .364  -4.5  -0.5  16%
         BOS AL   84   62    3   1.3   103| .149  .269| .313  .350| .179  .393| .492  .743|  35  .108  -5.5  -0.6   0%
         DET AL  223  141   20   3.8    97| .254  .261| .394  .341| .294  .381| .688  .723|  93  .463   0.9   0.1  33%
 1953 33 DET AL  342  234   40   4.6   102| .292  .268| .353  .344| .390  .395| .743  .740| 101  .513   1.2   0.1  30%
 1954 34 TOT AL  191  140   17   3.3    95| .246  .260| .296  .334| .320  .380| .616  .714|  73  .380  -7.0  -0.8  50%
         DET AL   20   16    2   3.4    97| .176  .263| .300  .338| .353  .384| .653  .723|  81  .392  -0.5  -0.1   0%
         WSH AL  171  124   15   3.2    95| .253  .259| .296  .334| .316  .379| .612  .713|  72  .377  -6.5  -0.7  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     5516 3505  712   5.4   106| .307  .274| .394  .357| .386  .398| .780  .754| 108  .594  76.1   7.5  51%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1942 22 BOS AL  SS  147    320  465   37   94  .955  .949  5.34  4.78            
 1946 26 BOS AL  SS  153    296  479   25   96  .969  .954  5.07  4.65             AS
 1947 27 BOS AL  SS  133    251  391   16   90  .976  .964  4.83  4.93            
                 3B   22     25   38    1    7  .984  .959  2.86  2.91            
 1948 28 BOS AL  3B  141    121  303   22   35  .951  .958  3.01  2.93            
 1949 29 BOS AL  3B  148    184  333   16   48  .970  .960  3.49  2.95            
 1950 30 BOS AL  3B  116    160  257   11   29  .974  .960  3.59  3.04            
                 SS    8     23   32    2    7  .965  .962  6.88  4.74            
 1951 31 BOS AL  SS  106    204  340   22   74  .961  .961  5.13  4.72            
                 3B   11     14   19    4    2  .892  .951  3.00  2.87            
                 2B    5      5   11    0    3 1.000  .976  3.20  5.36            
 1952 32 TOT AL  SS   43     81  103    9   26  .953  .962  4.28  4.29            
         TOT AL  3B   22     18   33    4    0  .927  .953  2.32  2.98            
         BOS AL  3B   19     16   28    4    0  .917  .952  2.32  2.98            
                 SS    2      3    2    0    1 1.000  .962  2.50  4.30            
         DET AL  SS   41     78  101    9   25  .952  .962  4.37  4.29            
                 2B   22     27   36    2   12  .969  .978  2.86  5.13            
                 3B    3      2    5    0    0 1.000  .959  2.33  2.97            
 1953 33 DET AL  2B   73    166  183    3   49  .991  .979  4.78  5.13            
 1954 34 WSH AL  2B   37     92   91    4   22  .979  .976  4.95  4.84            
                 SS    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  4.30            

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1951 31 BOS AL  2B    5      5   11    0    3 1.000  .976  3.20  5.36            
 1952 32 DET AL  2B   22     27   36    2   12  .969  .978  2.86  5.13            
 1953 33 DET AL  2B   73    166  183    3   49  .991  .979  4.78  5.13            
 1954 34 WSH AL  2B   37     92   91    4   22  .979  .976  4.95  4.84            

 1947 27 BOS AL  3B   22     25   38    1    7  .984  .959  2.86  2.91            
 1948 28 BOS AL  3B  141    121  303   22   35  .951  .958  3.01  2.93            
 1949 29 BOS AL  3B  148    184  333   16   48  .970  .960  3.49  2.95            
 1950 30 BOS AL  3B  116    160  257   11   29  .974  .960  3.59  3.04            
 1951 31 BOS AL  3B   11     14   19    4    2  .892  .951  3.00  2.87            
 1952 32 TOT AL  3B   22     18   33    4    0  .927  .953  2.32  2.98            
         BOS AL  3B   19     16   28    4    0  .917  .952  2.32  2.98            
         DET AL  3B    3      2    5    0    0 1.000  .959  2.33  2.97            

 1942 22 BOS AL  SS  147    320  465   37   94  .955  .949  5.34  4.78            
 1946 26 BOS AL  SS  153    296  479   25   96  .969  .954  5.07  4.65            
 1947 27 BOS AL  SS  133    251  391   16   90  .976  .964  4.83  4.93            
 1950 30 BOS AL  SS    8     23   32    2    7  .965  .962  6.88  4.74            
 1951 31 BOS AL  SS  106    204  340   22   74  .961  .961  5.13  4.72            
 1952 32 TOT AL  SS   43     81  103    9   26  .953  .962  4.28  4.29            
         BOS AL  SS    2      3    2    0    1 1.000  .962  2.50  4.30            
         DET AL  SS   41     78  101    9   25  .952  .962  4.37  4.29            
 1954 34 WSH AL  SS    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  4.30            

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Position Total  SS  591   1175 1810  111  387  .964  .957  5.05  4.73            
                 3B  460    522  983   58  121  .963  .959  3.27  2.96            
                 2B  137    290  321    9   86  .985  .978  4.46  5.06            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Overall Total      1188   1987 3114  178  594  .966  .960  4.29  4.09
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1946   WS    BOS STL     L   7  30   2   7  0  0  0   0   1   3  .233  .258  .233   1  1   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1946   BOS AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1946 (SS)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1942-AL-3-0.43
1946-AL-4-0.42
1947-AL-18-0.03
1951-AL-26-0.01
Car-270-0.89 shares

Batting Average
1942 AL-.331-2
1946 AL-.335-3
1947 AL-.324-3
1949 AL-.306-8
1951 AL-.313-6

On-base %
1946 AL-.401-4
1947 AL-.393-7
1948 AL-.394-9
1949 AL-.408-9
1950 AL-.437-3
1951 AL-.417-6
Car-.394-76

OPS
1946 AL-.827-9

Games
1946 AL-153-3
1947 AL-155-3

At Bats
1942 AL-620-6
1946 AL-621-1
1947 AL-638-1
1948 AL-565-10
1949 AL-604-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1942 AL-686-4
1946 AL-703-1
1947 AL-719-2
1948 AL-677-5
1949 AL-713-2

Runs
1942 AL-105-6
1946 AL-115-2
1947 AL-106-3
1948 AL-124-3
1949 AL-111-5
1950 AL-112-8
1951 AL-93-6

Hits
1942 AL-205-1
1946 AL-208-1
1947 AL-207-1
1949 AL-185-4

Total Bases
1942 AL-258-8
1946 AL-265-6
1947 AL-250-5

Doubles
1946 AL-43-3
1949 AL-27-9

Triples
1942 AL-9-10
1947 AL-8-10
1949 AL-7-9

Bases on Balls
1948 AL-99-5
1949 AL-100-8
1950 AL-104-3
1951 AL-84-6

Stolen Bases
1946 AL-9-9
1947 AL-12-3

Singles
1942 AL-165-1
1946 AL-159-1
1947 AL-172-1
1948 AL-124-8
1949 AL-149-2
1950 AL-124-8
1951 AL-121-8

Adjusted OPS+
1946 AL-126-10

Runs Created
1942 AL-96-8
1946 AL-104-5
1947 AL-98-3

Adjusted Batting Runs
1946 AL-24-9

Batting Wins
1946 AL-2.5-9

Times on Base
1942 AL-249-9
1946 AL-276-2
1947 AL-279-2
1948 AL-264-6
1949 AL-289-3

Offensive Win%
1946 AL-.679-7

Hit By Pitch
1948 AL-6-4
1949 AL-4-7
1950 AL-5-9

Sac. Hits
1942 AL-22-1
1946 AL-14-3

Caught Stealing
1946 AL-8-5
1947 AL-9-6
1953 AL-7-6

At Bats per Strikeout
1946 AL-21.4-6
1947 AL-29.0-4
1949 AL-31.8-4
1951 AL-32.0-3
Car-21.8-84

Outs
1942 AL-452-10
1946 AL-443-4
1947 AL-459-5
1949 AL-440-9

      

Black Ink: Batting - 11 (208) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 79 (295) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 31.9 (232) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 71.0 (252) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1940 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

June 3, 1952: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Walt Dropo, Fred Hatfield, Don Lenhardt, and Bill Wight to the Detroit Tigers for Dizzy Trout, George Kell, Johnny Lipon, and Hoot Evers.

June 14, 1954: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Washington Senators for Mel Hoderlein.

November 10, 1954: Released by the Washington Senators.

December 21, 1954: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

April 14, 1955: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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