Johnny Pesky Stats

Johnny Pesky was born on Thursday, February 27, 1919, in Portland, Oregon. Pesky was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 14, 1942, with the Boston Red Sox. 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 Johnny Pesky baseball stats page.

"He's (Johnny Pesky) also one of the only people in baseball to have a part of a ballpark named after him. Fenway's famed 'Pesky Pole' -- the right field foul pole -- was given the nickname by Sox broadcaster Mel Parnell. A former teammate, Parnell was poking a little fun at Johnny's lack of power -- he hit just 17 home runs, and only six at Fenway -- every one of which went out past the right field foul pole, now the shortest distance for a home run in major league ball." - Author Bill Nowlin in Spahn, Sain, and Teddy Ballgame: Boston's (almost) Perfect Baseball Summer of 1948 (Bill Nowlin, 2008)

Birth Name:	John Michael Paveskovich
Nickname:	Johnny - Needle Nose
Born On:	02-27-1919 (Pisces)
Born In:	Portland, Oregon
Died On:	08-13-2012 (500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Danvers, Massachusetts
Cemetery:	Swampscott Cemetery, Swampscott, Massachusetts

High School:	Lincoln High School (Portland, OR)
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Left	Throws:	Right
Height:	5-09	Weight:	168
First Game:	04-14-1942 (Age 23)
Last Game:	09-24-1954
Draft:	Not Applicable

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Johnny Pesky Johnny Pesky Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1942	23	Red Sox	147	620	105	205	29	9	2	0	51	42	1	36	22	-	2	8	.331	.375	.416
1946	27	Red Sox	153	621	115	208	43	4	2	0	55	65	1	29	14	-	3	8	.335	.401	.427
1947	28	Red Sox	155	638	106	207	27	8	0	0	39	72	0	22	9	-	0	10	.324	.393	.392
1948	29	Red Sox	143	565	124	159	26	6	3	0	55	99	0	32	7	-	6	10	.281	.394	.365
1949	30	Red Sox	148	604	111	185	27	7	2	0	69	100	0	19	5	-	4	12	.306	.408	.384
1950	31	Red Sox	127	490	112	153	22	6	1	0	49	104	2	31	6	-	5	13	.312	.437	.388
1951	32	Red Sox	131	480	93	150	20	6	3	0	41	84	0	15	7	-	2	10	.313	.417	.398
1952	33	Red Sox	25	67	10	10	2	0	0	0	2	15	0	5	1	-	1	1	.149	.313	.179
1952	33	Tigers	69	177	26	45	4	0	1	0	9	41	2	11	5	-	0	2	.254	.394	.294
1953	34	Tigers	103	308	43	90	22	1	2	0	24	27	0	10	5	-	2	4	.292	.353	.390
1954	35	Tigers	20	17	5	3	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	.176	.300	.353
1954	35	Senators	49	158	17	40	4	3	0	0	9	10	0	7	2	1	0	2	.253	.296	.316
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
10 Years			1,270	4,745	867	1,455	226	50	17	0	404	662	6	218	83	1	25	82	.307	.394	.386

Johnny Pesky Johnny Pesky Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1942 Red Sox	SS	147	147	3,873	822	5.6	785	320	465	37	94	n/a	n/a	n/a	.955	5.47
1946 Red Sox	SS	153	153	3,956	800	5.2	775	296	479	25	96	n/a	n/a	n/a	.969	5.29
1947 Red Sox	3B	22	21	564	64	2.9	63	25	38	1	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	3.02
1947 Red Sox	SS	133	134	3,541	658	4.9	642	251	391	16	90	n/a	n/a	n/a	.976	4.90
1948 Red Sox	3B	141	141	3,738	446	3.2	424	121	303	22	35	n/a	n/a	n/a	.951	3.06
1949 Red Sox	3B	148	148	3,921	533	3.6	517	184	333	16	48	n/a	n/a	n/a	.970	3.56
1950 Red Sox	3B	116	116	3,054	428	3.7	417	160	257	11	29	n/a	n/a	n/a	.974	3.69
1950 Red Sox	SS	8	7	207	57	7.1	55	23	32	2	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	.965	7.17
1951 Red Sox	2B	5	6	159	16	3.2	16	5	11	0	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.72
1951 Red Sox	3B	11	10	291	37	3.4	33	14	19	4	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.892	3.06
1951 Red Sox	SS	106	100	2,751	566	5.3	544	204	340	22	74	n/a	n/a	n/a	.961	5.34
1952 Red Sox	3B	19	17	444	48	2.5	44	16	28	4	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.917	2.68
1952 Red Sox	SS	2	0	21	5	2.5	5	3	2	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	6.43
1952 Tigers	2B	22	5	270	65	3.0	63	27	36	2	12	n/a	n/a	n/a	.969	6.30
1952 Tigers	3B	3	2	54	7	2.3	7	2	5	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.50
1952 Tigers	SS	41	38	939	188	4.6	179	78	101	9	25	n/a	n/a	n/a	.952	5.15
1953 Tigers	2B	73	67	1,818	352	4.8	349	166	183	3	49	n/a	n/a	n/a	.991	5.18
1954 Senators	2B	37	35	891	187	5.1	183	92	91	4	22	n/a	n/a	n/a	.979	5.55
1954 Senators	SS	1	0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
SS Totals		591	579	15,291	3,096	5.2	2,985	1,175	1,810	111	387	n/a	n/a	n/a	.964	5.27
3B Totals		460	455	12,066	1,563	3.4	1,505	522	983	58	121	n/a	n/a	n/a	.963	3.37
2B Totals		137	113	3,138	620	4.5	611	290	321	9	86	n/a	n/a	n/a	.985	5.26
10 Years		1,188	1,147	30,495	5,279	4.4	5,101	1,987	3,114	178	594	n/a	n/a	n/a	.966	4.52

Johnny Pesky Johnny Pesky Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1942 Red Sox	12	7	.632	0	0	n/a	310.0	17.2	12.2	-	-	-
1946 Red Sox	9	8	.529	0	0	n/a	310.5	21.4	11.3	-	-	-
1947 Red Sox	12	9	.571	0	0	n/a	0.0	29.0	16.4	-	-	-
1948 Red Sox	3	5	.375	2	0	n/a	188.3	17.7	10.3	-	-	-
1949 Red Sox	8	4	.667	0	0	n/a	302.0	31.8	8.8	-	-	-
1950 Red Sox	2	1	.667	3	0	n/a	490.0	15.8	10.0	-	-	-
1951 Red Sox	2	2	.500	11	2	n/a	160.0	32.0	11.7	-	-	-
1952 Red Sox	0	3	.000	5	0	n/a	0.0	13.4	33.5	-	-	-
1952 Tigers	1	2	.333	14	1	n/a	177.0	16.1	19.7	-	-	-
1953 Tigers	3	7	.300	33	1	n/a	154.0	30.8	12.8	-	-	-
1954 Tigers	0	0	.000	20	0	n/a	17.0	17.0	17.0	-	-	-
1954 Senators	1	1	.500	13	0	n/a	0.0	22.6	17.6	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
10 Years	53	49	.520	101	4	n/a	279.1	21.8	11.7	-	-	-

Johnny Pesky Johnny Pesky Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1942 Boston Red Sox	6	$4,000.00	-	-
1946 Boston Red Sox	6	$12,000.00	Stats	Stats
1947 Boston Red Sox	6	$20,000.00	-	-
1948 Boston Red Sox	6	$17,500.00	-	-
1949 Boston Red Sox	6	$17,500.00	-	-
1950 Boston Red Sox	6	$20,000.00	-	-
1951 Boston Red Sox	6	$20,000.00	-	-
1952 Boston Red Sox	6	$22,500.00	-	-
1952 Detroit Tigers	7	" "	-	-
1953 Detroit Tigers	7	$20,000.00	-	-
1954 Detroit Tigers	7	$15,000.00	-	-
1954 Washington Senators	11	" "	-	-
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