Johnny Pesky Trades and Transactions

The Johnny Pesky trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Johnny Pesky has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"Never sell the Yankees short. They played great the last three months (in 1978). They'll never play that well againas long as they have assholes." - Johnny Pesky (as a Red Sox coach)

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Johnny Pesky

Johnny Pesky Autograph on a 1953 Topps Archive (#315)

Johnny Pesky Autograph on a 1953 Topps Archive (#315)
 

Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   John Michael Paveskovich
Nickname:   Johnny
Born On:   09-27-1919
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Portland, Oregon
Zodiac:   Libra
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-09
Player Weight Chart Weight:   168
First Game:   04-14-1942 (Age 22)
Last Game:   09-24-1954
Draft:   Not Applicable
Johnny Pesky

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1940: Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox.
06-03-1952: Traded by Boston Red Sox (with Bill Wight, Walt Dropo, Fred Hatfield and Don Lenhardt) to Detroit Tigers for Dizzy Trout, George Kell, Johnny Lipon and Hoot Evers.
06-14-1954: Traded by Detroit Tigers to Washington Senators for Mel Hoderlein.
11-10-1954: Released by Washington Senators.
12-21-1954: Signed by Baltimore Orioles.
04-14-1955: Released by Baltimore Orioles.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Johnny Pesky trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.