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Jack Pfiester
John Albert Pfiester (Jack The Giant Killer)

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.

Debut September 8, 1903
Final Game May 10, 1911
Born May 24, 1878 in Cincinnati, OH
Died September 3, 1953 in Loveland, OH

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Pitching Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1903 25 PIT NL   0   3   3   3   2   0   0  0   19.0   26   21   13   0   10   15   2   0    93       0  6.16  3.23   52 1.895
 1904 26 PIT NL   1   1   3   2   1   0   0  0   20.0   28   18   16   0    9    6   0   1    97       0  7.20  2.73   38 1.850
 1906 28 CHC NL  20   8  31  29  20   4   2  0  250.7  173   63   42   3   63  153  13   4   956       1  1.51  2.62  174 0.941
 1907 29 CHC NL  14   9  30  22  13   3   5  0  195.0  143   61   25   1   48   90   5   2   745       0  1.15  2.49  216 0.979
 1908 30 CHC NL  12  10  33  29  18   3   1  0  252.0  204   80   56   1   70  117  11   5   994       0  2.00  2.35  117 1.087
 1909 31 CHC NL  17   6  29  25  13   5   4  0  196.7  179   67   53   1   49   73   5   3   800       1  2.43  2.54  105 1.159
 1910 32 CHC NL   6   3  14  13   5   2   0  0  100.3   82   28   20   0   26   34   1   0   391       1  1.79  2.87  160 1.076
 1911 33 CHC NL   1   4   6   5   3   0   0  0   33.7   34   25   15   0   18   15   2   1   150       0  4.01  3.29   82 1.545
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .617  71  44 149 128  75  17  12  0 1067.3  869  363  240   6  293  503  39  16  4226       3  2.02  2.57  127 1.089
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    17  10  36  31  18   4   2  0  262.0  213   89   58   1   71  123   9   3  1037   0   0  2.02  2.57  127 1.089
 Career High     20  10  33  29  20   5   5  0  252.0  204   80   56   3   70  153  13   5   994   0   1  1.15  2.87  216 0.941

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1903 25 PIT NL   3    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1904 26 PIT NL   3    7    1    2   0  1   0    2   0      1      .286  .375  .571  187    4   0           0    
 1906 28 CHC NL  31   84    5    4   0  0   0    1   0      3      .048  .091  .048  -58    4   2           1    
 1907 29 CHC NL  30   64    4    6   1  0   0    1   0      5      .094  .159  .109  -18    7   8           0    
 1908 30 CHC NL  33   79    2    8   1  0   0    2   1      3      .101  .134  .114  -22    9   4           0    
 1909 31 CHC NL  29   65    5   11   1  0   0    4   1      5      .169  .229  .185   27   12   3           0    
 1910 32 CHC NL  14   33    1    3   0  0   0    2   0      2  12  .091  .143  .091  -31    3   1           0    
 1911 33 CHC NL   6   11    0    2   0  0   0    2   0      1   5  .182  .250  .182   22    2   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      149  349   18   36   3  1   0   14   2  0  20  17  .103  .154  .117  -17   41  19   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        379   20   39   3  1   0   15   2  0  22  18  .103  .154  .117  -17   45  21   0   0   1   0
 Career High     33   84    5   11   1  1   0    4   1  0   5  12                          12   8   0   0   1   0

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1903 25 PIT NL    6    6    0   0.0    94| .000  .281| .000  .345| .000  .366| .000  .711|-100  .000  -1.6  -0.2     
 1904 26 PIT NL    8    5    2  10.5    80| .286  .261| .375  .320| .571  .337| .946  .657| 187  .894   0.6   0.1     
 1906 28 CHC NL   90   82    0   0.0    80| .048  .259| .091  .327| .048  .330| .139  .658| -58  .000 -15.9  -2.0     
 1907 29 CHC NL   77   66    1   0.4    79| .094  .259| .159  .326| .109  .329| .268  .654| -18  .024  -8.9  -1.1     
 1908 30 CHC NL   86   75    1   0.4    74| .101  .251| .134  .313| .114  .323| .248  .637| -22  .020 -11.1  -1.4     
 1909 31 CHC NL   73   57    3   1.4    79| .169  .255| .229  .324| .185  .329| .414  .653|  27  .181  -5.7  -0.7     
 1910 32 CHC NL   36   31    0   0.0    87| .091  .262| .143  .336| .091  .347| .234  .683| -31  .000  -5.6  -0.6     
 1911 33 CHC NL   13   10    1   2.7    95| .182  .268| .250  .346| .182  .369| .432  .715|  22  .325  -1.2  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       389  332    8   0.6    80| .103  .258| .154  .325| .117  .332| .271  .656| -17  .050 -49.3  -6.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1903 25 PIT NL   P    3      2    3    1    0  .833  .926  1.67  2.43  2.37  2.89    3   19.0
 1904 26 PIT NL   P    3      0    6    0    0 1.000  .938  2.00  2.63  2.70  3.02    2   20.0
 1906 28 CHC NL   P   31     21   62    7    1  .922  .947  2.68  2.40  2.98  3.05   29  250.7
 1907 29 CHC NL   P   30      8   44    7    0  .881  .951  1.73  2.27  2.40  2.97   22  195.0
 1908 30 CHC NL   P   33     13   56    2    2  .972  .953  2.09  2.13  2.46  2.99   29  252.0
 1909 31 CHC NL   P   29      6   69    2    1  .974  .940  2.59  1.95  3.43  2.84   25  196.7
 1910 32 CHC NL   P   14      8   25    3    0  .917  .946  2.36  1.77  2.96  2.82   13  100.3
 1911 33 CHC NL   P    6      1   13    1    1  .933  .946  2.33  1.72  3.74  2.78    5   33.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1903 25 PIT NL   P    3      2    3    1    0  .833  .926  1.67  2.43  2.37  2.89    3   19.0
 1904 26 PIT NL   P    3      0    6    0    0 1.000  .938  2.00  2.63  2.70  3.02    2   20.0
 1906 28 CHC NL   P   31     21   62    7    1  .922  .947  2.68  2.40  2.98  3.05   29  250.7
 1907 29 CHC NL   P   30      8   44    7    0  .881  .951  1.73  2.27  2.40  2.97   22  195.0
 1908 30 CHC NL   P   33     13   56    2    2  .972  .953  2.09  2.13  2.46  2.99   29  252.0
 1909 31 CHC NL   P   29      6   69    2    1  .974  .940  2.59  1.95  3.43  2.84   25  196.7
 1910 32 CHC NL   P   14      8   25    3    0  .917  .946  2.36  1.77  2.96  2.82   13  100.3
 1911 33 CHC NL   P    6      1   13    1    1  .933  .946  2.33  1.72  3.74  2.78    5   33.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 149     59  278   23    5  .936  .947  2.26  2.15  2.84  2.95  128 1067.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       149     59  278   23    5  .936  .947  2.26  2.15  2.84  2.95  128   1067

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1906   WS    CHC CHW     L   2   1   6.10  0  2  0  1  10.1   7   7   3  11 
 1907   WS    CHC DET     W   1   1   1.00  1  0  0  1   9    10   1   1   3 
 1908   WS    CHC DET     W   1   1   7.88  0  1  0  0   8    11   7   3   1 
 1910   WS    CHC PHA     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   6.2  10   0   1   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        2-2   5   3   3.97  1  3  0  2  34    38  15   8  16 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1906   WS    CHC CHW     L   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1907   WS    CHC DET     W   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
 1908   WS    CHC DET     W   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1910   WS    CHC PHA     L   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        2-2   5   8   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   5  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

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.

ERA
1906 NL-1.51-2
1907 NL-1.15-1
1908 NL-2.00-9
Car-2.02-3

Wins
1906 NL-20-6

Won-Loss %
1906 NL-.714-5
1909 NL-.739-5
Car-.617-73

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1906 NL-.941-2
1907 NL-.979-3
Car-1.089-13

Hits Allowed/9IP
1906 NL-6.21-2
1907 NL-6.60-2
Car-7.33-23

Bases on Balls/9IP
1907 NL-2.22-10
1909 NL-2.24-8

Strikeouts/9IP
1906 NL-5.49-3
1907 NL-4.15-9
1908 NL-4.18-7

Strikeouts
1906 NL-153-4
1908 NL-117-9

Shutouts
1909 NL-5-8

SO to Walk
1906 NL-2.43-2
1907 NL-1.88-6
1908 NL-1.67-5
1909 NL-1.49-10

Hit Batsmen
1906 NL-13-7
1908 NL-11-7

Adjusted ERA+
1906 NL-174-2
1907 NL-216-1
1908 NL-117-9
Car-127-47

Black Ink: Pitching - 4 (458) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 39 (618) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 32.0 (125) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 37.0 (352) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
August, 1905: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Omaha (Western). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
May 15, 1911: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Louisville (American Association) for Reggie Richter.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Jack Pfiester's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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ERA 1906 NL-1.51-2 1907 NL-1.15-1 1908 NL-2.00-9 Car-2.02-3	Wins 1906 NL-20-6	Won-Loss % 1906 NL-.714-5 1909 NL-.739-5 Car-.617-73	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1906 NL-.941-2 1907 NL-.979-3 Car-1.089-13	Hits Allowed/9IP 1906 NL-6.21-2 1907 NL-6.60-2 Car-7.33-23	Bases on Balls/9IP 1907 NL-2.22-10 1909 NL-2.24-8
Strikeouts/9IP 1906 NL-5.49-3 1907 NL-4.15-9 1908 NL-4.18-7	Strikeouts 1906 NL-153-4 1908 NL-117-9	Shutouts 1909 NL-5-8	SO to Walk 1906 NL-2.43-2 1907 NL-1.88-6 1908 NL-1.67-5 1909 NL-1.49-10	Hit Batsmen 1906 NL-13-7 1908 NL-11-7	Adjusted ERA+ 1906 NL-174-2 1907 NL-216-1 1908 NL-117-9 Car-127-47