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Johnny Pesky SSRed Sox

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
10 5516 .307 .394 .386 109 28.6
Birth Date2-27-1919
Height5' 9"
Weight168 lbs
Age105 years, 1 months, 30 days
BatsL
ThrowsR
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
1942 BOS 23 147 686 205 29 9 2 42 36 2 12 7 .331 .375 .416 120 16.1 1.7 0.0 4.4
1946 BOS 27 153 703 208 43 4 2 65 29 3 9 8 .335 .401 .427 126 19.1 1.8 0.0 4.8
1947 BOS 28 155 719 207 27 8 0 72 22 0 12 9 .324 .393 .392 113 11.2 2.3 0.0 3.8
1948 BOS 29 143 677 159 26 6 3 99 32 6 3 5 .281 .394 .365 98 1.2 5.7 0.0 2.7
1949 BOS 30 148 713 185 27 7 2 100 19 4 8 4 .306 .408 .384 108 10.2 3.8 0.0 3.6
1950 BOS 31 127 605 153 22 6 1 104 31 5 2 1 .312 .437 .388 106 10.9 2.7 12.2 4.3
1951 BOS 32 131 573 150 20 6 3 84 15 2 2 2 .313 .417 .398 112 12.8 3.1 -0.2 3.9
1952 BOS 33 25 84 10 2 0 0 15 5 1 0 3 .149 .313 .179 94 -0.1 0.4 -1.9 0.1
1952 DET 33 69 223 45 4 0 1 41 11 0 1 2 .254 .394 .294 94 -0.2 0.5 -4.2 0.3
1953 DET 34 103 342 90 22 1 2 27 10 2 3 7 .292 .353 .390 96 -0.5 2.0 -4.4 0.6
1954 DET 35 20 20 3 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 .176 .300 .353 78 -0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0
1954 WS1 35 49 171 40 4 3 0 10 7 0 1 1 .253 .296 .316 77 -4.1 1.4 -1.2 0.1
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Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1942 BOS MLB AL 147 686 .255 .323 .356 .000 107 32.2 14.7 6.8 120 10 0.0 1.7 16.1 4.4
1946 BOS MLB AL 153 703 .250 .322 .357 .000 114 28.3 14.6 6.7 126 13 0.0 1.8 19.1 4.8
1947 BOS MLB AL 155 719 .253 .323 .362 .000 93 31.2 15.6 6.4 113 13 0.0 2.3 11.2 3.8
1948 BOS MLB AL 143 677 .263 .344 .382 .000 116 5.8 17.4 2.4 98 10 0.0 5.7 1.2 2.7
1949 BOS MLB AL 148 713 .265 .350 .384 .000 108 20.8 19.0 2.6 108 10 0.0 3.8 10.2 3.6
1950 BOS MLB AL 127 605 .276 .355 .412 .000 118 16.8 16.3 2.6 106 9 12.2 2.7 10.9 4.3
1951 BOS MLB AL 131 573 .262 .336 .382 .000 103 25.7 16.1 6.4 112 8 -0.2 3.1 12.8 3.9
1952 BOS MLB AL 25 84 .252 .322 .362 .000 110 -3.8 2.2 0.3 94 9 -1.9 0.4 -0.1 0.1
1952 DET MLB AL 69 223 .251 .325 .361 .000 108 0 5.0 1.5 94 9 -4.2 0.5 -0.2 0.3
1953 DET MLB AL 103 342 .260 .329 .378 .000 102 5.2 9.8 -0.4 96 10 -4.4 2.0 -0.5 0.6
1954 DET MLB AL 20 20 .249 .312 .358 .133 88 -1.2 0.5 0 78 13 0.0 0.1 -0.4 0.0
1954 WS1 MLB AL 49 171 .247 .318 .362 .263 82 -4 4.7 -0.2 77 13 -1.2 1.4 -4.1 0.1

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1942 BOS MLB AL 686 620 105 205 29 9 2 258 51 42 36 12 7 .331 .375 .416 .085 22
1946 BOS MLB AL 703 621 115 208 43 4 2 265 55 65 29 9 8 .335 .401 .427 .092 14
1947 BOS MLB AL 719 638 106 207 27 8 0 250 39 72 22 12 9 .324 .393 .392 .067 9
1948 BOS MLB AL 677 565 124 159 26 6 3 206 55 99 32 3 5 .281 .394 .365 .083 7
1949 BOS MLB AL 713 604 111 185 27 7 2 232 69 100 19 8 4 .306 .408 .384 .078 5
1950 BOS MLB AL 605 490 112 153 22 6 1 190 49 104 31 2 1 .312 .437 .388 .076 6
1951 BOS MLB AL 573 480 93 150 20 6 3 191 41 84 15 2 2 .313 .417 .398 .085 7
1952 BOS MLB AL 84 67 10 10 2 0 0 12 2 15 5 0 3 .149 .313 .179 .030 1
1952 DET MLB AL 223 177 26 45 4 0 1 52 9 41 11 1 2 .254 .394 .294 .040 5
1953 DET MLB AL 342 308 43 90 22 1 2 120 24 27 10 3 7 .292 .353 .390 .097 5
1954 DET MLB AL 20 17 5 3 0 0 1 6 1 3 1 0 0 .176 .300 .353 .176 0 0
1954 WS1 MLB AL 171 158 17 40 4 3 0 50 9 10 7 1 1 .253 .296 .316 .063 1 2

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

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2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

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DateQuestionAnswer
2008-01-10 13:00:00 (link to chat)Hi Joe! Schools back in session (boo!) but spring training is next month (yay!) Any good reccomendations for baseball books to help pass the time? Thanks ;)
(Stephanie from Lawerance, KS)		The classic answers, for me, are _Ball Four_ and _Lords of the Realm_. Both are a little dated, but remain excellent reads.

I got the Johnny Pesky book about the '07 Red Sox as a gift for someone. I think it's a tragedy, but not everyone will agree.

_The Baseball Economist_ was the last baseball book that really grabbed me. (Joe Sheehan)


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