Jack Chesbro Stats

Jack Chesbro was born on Friday, June 5, 1874, in North Adams, Massachusetts. Chesbro was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 12, 1899, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Jack Chesbro baseball stats page.
"By midseason (1904) he was able to signal to his catcher just how far the ball was going to drop and later admitted, 'Over the last 30 games of the season I pitched spitballs entirely. In those 30 games I didn't pitch a half-dozen balls that weren't spitballs." - Glenn Stout in Yankees Century (2002)

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Jack Chesbro
 
 
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Birth Name:   John D. Cheesbro
Nickname:   Happy Jack or Jack
Born On:   06-05-1874
Place of Birth Data Born In:   North Adams, Massachusetts
Zodiac:   Gemini
Year of Death Data Died On:   11-06-1931
Place of Death Data Died In:   Conway, Massachusetts
Cemetery:   Howland Cemetery, Conway, Massachusetts Click For Grave Photo
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-09
Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   07-12-1899 (Age 25)
Last Game:   10-02-1909
Draft:   Not Applicable
Jack Chesbro

Jack Chesbro Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1899 Pirates 19 17 2 6 9 .400 4.11 15 0 0 149.0 664 165 68 99 3 59 - 28 5 11 0 -
1900 Pirates 32 26 4 15 13 .536 3.67 20 3 1 215.2 947 220 88 123 4 79 - 56 7 12 0 -
1901 Pirates 36 28 8 21 10 .677 2.38 26 6 1 287.2 1,187 261 76 104 4 52 - 129 5 14 0 -
1902 Pirates 35 33 2 28 6 .824 2.17 31 8 1 286.1 1,163 242 69 81 1 62 - 136 3 21 1 -
1903 Highlanders 40 36 4 21 15 .583 2.77 33 1 0 324.2 1,354 300 100 140 7 74 - 147 5 9 1 -
1904 Highlanders 55 51 3 41 12 .774 1.82 48 6 0 454.2 1,778 338 92 128 4 88 - 239 9 7 0 -
1905 Highlanders 41 38 2 19 15 .559 2.20 24 3 0 303.1 1,239 262 74 125 5 71 - 156 7 6 0 -
1906 Highlanders 49 42 7 23 17 .575 2.96 24 4 1 325.0 1,363 314 107 138 2 75 - 152 7 10 0 -
1907 Highlanders 30 25 3 10 10 .500 2.53 17 1 0 206.0 843 192 58 83 0 46 - 78 3 6 0 -
1908 Highlanders 45 31 13 14 20 .412 2.93 20 3 1 288.2 1,202 271 94 133 6 67 - 124 11 14 0 -
1909 Highlanders 9 4 4 0 4 .000 6.34 2 0 0 49.2 247 70 35 51 2 13 - 17 0 3 0 -
1909 Red Sox 1 1 0 0 1 .000 4.50 0 0 0 6.0 26 7 3 4 1 4 - 3 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
11 Years 392 332 52 198 132 .600 2.68 260 35 5 2,896.2 12,013 2,642 864 1,209 39 690 - 1,265 62 113 2 -
Jack Chesbro

Jack Chesbro Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1899 Pirates 19 58 3 9 0 0 0 0 3 3 - - 2 - 0 - .155 .197 .155
1900 Pirates 32 85 10 15 4 1 0 0 9 6 - - 0 - 0 - .176 .231 .247
1901 Pirates 36 116 9 25 5 1 1 0 8 3 - - 4 - 1 - .216 .242 .302
1902 Pirates 35 112 11 20 3 1 0 0 8 3 - - 4 - 0 - .179 .200 .223
1903 Highlanders 40 124 8 23 4 0 2 0 9 2 - - 3 - 0 - .185 .198 .266
1904 Highlanders 56 174 17 41 9 3 1 0 17 4 - - 3 - 0 - .236 .253 .339
1905 Highlanders 41 112 6 21 6 3 0 0 10 2 - - 2 - 0 - .188 .202 .295
1906 Highlanders 49 125 10 26 2 1 1 0 4 1 - - 0 - 0 - .208 .214 .264
1907 Highlanders 30 76 1 15 2 2 0 0 4 0 - - 0 - 0 - .197 .197 .276
1908 Highlanders 45 102 8 18 2 1 0 0 6 0 - - 3 - 1 - .176 .184 .216
1909 Highlanders 9 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 - - 0 - 0 - .176 .222 .176
1909 Red Sox 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - - 0 - 0 - .500 .500 .500
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
11 Years 393 1,103 85 217 37 13 5 0 82 25 - - 21 - 2 - .197 .216 .267
Jack Chesbro

Jack Chesbro Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1899 Pirates P 19 17 447 34 1.8 31 5 26 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .912 1.87 -
1900 Pirates P 32 26 647 55 1.7 48 4 44 7 3 n/a n/a n/a .873 2.00 -
1900 Pirates RF 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1901 Pirates P 36 28 863 74 2.1 69 12 57 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .932 2.16 -
1902 Pirates P 35 33 859 75 2.1 71 11 60 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .947 2.23 -
1903 Highlanders P 40 36 974 118 3.0 116 13 103 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .983 3.22 -
1904 Highlanders P 55 51 1,364 202 3.7 190 24 166 12 7 n/a n/a n/a .941 3.76 -
1905 Highlanders P 41 38 910 115 2.8 108 11 97 7 5 n/a n/a n/a .939 3.20 -
1906 Highlanders P 49 42 975 111 2.3 106 11 95 5 3 n/a n/a n/a .955 2.94 -
1907 Highlanders P 30 25 618 79 2.6 74 3 71 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .937 3.23 -
1908 Highlanders 1B 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1908 Highlanders P 45 31 866 109 2.4 103 7 96 6 2 n/a n/a n/a .945 3.21 -
1909 Highlanders P 9 4 149 22 2.4 22 1 21 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.99 -
1909 Red Sox P 1 1 18 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.50 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 392 332 8,690 995 2.5 939 103 836 56 28 n/a n/a n/a .944 2.92 --
1B Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 --
RF Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 --
11 Years 394 332 8,690 995 2.5 939 103 836 56 28 n/a n/a n/a .944 2.92 --
Jack Chesbro

Jack Chesbro Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1899 Pirates 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 19.3 0.47 1.69 3.56
1900 Pirates 1 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 9.4 0.71 2.34 3.30
1901 Pirates 0 - - - - n/a 116.0 0.0 14.5 2.48 4.04 1.63
1902 Pirates 1 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 14.0 2.19 4.27 1.95
1903 Highlanders 0 - - - - n/a 62.0 0.0 13.8 1.99 4.07 2.05
1904 Highlanders 1 - - - - n/a 174.0 0.0 10.2 2.72 4.73 1.74
1905 Highlanders 2 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 11.2 2.20 4.63 2.11
1906 Highlanders 0 - - - - n/a 125.0 0.0 31.3 2.03 4.21 2.08
1907 Highlanders 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 19.0 1.70 3.41 2.01
1908 Highlanders 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 17.0 1.85 3.87 2.09
1909 Highlanders 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 5.7 1.31 3.08 2.36
1909 Red Sox 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.75 4.50 6.00
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
11 Years 5 - - - - n/a 220.6 0.0 13.5 1.83 3.93 2.14
Jack Chesbro

Jack Chesbro Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1899 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1900 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1901 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1902 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1903 New York Highlanders n/a Undetermined n/a -
1904 New York Highlanders n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1905 New York Highlanders n/a Undetermined n/a -
1906 New York Highlanders n/a Undetermined n/a -
1907 New York Highlanders n/a Undetermined n/a -
1908 New York Highlanders n/a Undetermined n/a -
1909 New York Highlanders n/a Undetermined n/a -
1909 Boston Red Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -




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