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Johnny Pesky Red Sox

Johnny Pesky

#31 RANKED AT POSITION
1942—1954
Shortstop
BORN
February 27, 1919, in Portland, OR
BATS / THROWS
Left / Right
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
5-9 / 168
PRIMARY TEAM
Boston Red Sox
.307
BATTING AVERAGE
1270
GAMES
34.4
WAR
.394
ON-BASE PCT
867
RUNS
33.3
WAR7
.386
SLUGGING
1455
HITS
17.9
WAR3
.780
ON-BASE + SLUGGING
17
HOME RUNS
4.4
WAR PER SEASON
Best friend of Ted Williams, Dom DiMaggio, and Bobby Doerr. Didn’t hit a lot of homers, but still got Fenway’s foul pole called “Pesky Pole” in his honor.
1-TIME
ALL-STAR
Red Sox
ALL-TIME TEAM

Compared to Hall of Fame Shortstops

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK JAWS WAR PER
Pesky
CAREER
34.4
LONG PEAK
33.3
PRIME
28.3
SHORT PEAK
17.9
JAWS
33.9
WAR PER
4.4
AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER
CAREER
67.7
LONG PEAK
43.1
PRIME
30.3
SHORT PEAK
21.6
JAWS
55.4
WAR PER
4.9

Where Does Johnny Pesky Rank Among Shortstops?

RANKING CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK JAWS
RANKING
31
CAREER
63
LONG PEAK
47
PRIME
19
SHORT PEAK
55
JAWS
62
RANKING
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CAREER
WAR
LONG PEAK
WAR7
PRIME
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
SHORT PEAK
WAR3
JAWS
JAWS

Hall of Fame Shortstops Wins Above Replacement Comparison

Pesky
Average HOF Shortstop
80.080.060.060.040.040.020.020.00.00.034.433.328.317.933.84.467.743.130.321.655.44.9Career WARCareer WARWAR7WAR7WAR5CWAR5CWAR3WAR3JAWSJAWSWAR PER SNWAR PER SN
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