First name: Johnny
Last name: Pesky
Birthdate: 1919-02-27
Bats: L Throws: R
RetroID: peskj101
| Year | Team | Off GS | Def GS | Game Shares | WAR | W | L | Victory Shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | BOS | 8.4 | 2.8 | 11.2 | 6.9 | 10.2 | 1.0 | 31 |
| 1946 | BOS | 8.6 | 2.9 | 11.6 | 7.4 | 10.8 | 0.8 | 32 |
| 1947 | BOS | 9.0 | 2.8 | 11.8 | 4.0 | 7.5 | 4.3 | 22 |
| 1948 | BOS | 8.1 | 1.8 | 9.8 | 2.2 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 15 |
| 1949 | BOS | 8.5 | 1.8 | 10.4 | 4.8 | 7.9 | 2.5 | 24 |
| 1950 | BOS | 7.1 | 1.6 | 8.7 | 3.7 | 6.3 | 2.5 | 19 |
| 1951 | BOS | 6.9 | 2.2 | 9.1 | 3.4 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 18 |
| 1952 | BOS | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.3 | -0.6 | -0.3 | 1.5 | -1 |
| 1952 | DET | 2.8 | 0.9 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 5 |
| 1953 | DET | 4.2 | 1.2 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 7 |
| 1954 | DET | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 1954 | WS1 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3 |
| Career | 67.1 | 18.8 | 86.0 | 33.3 | 58.5 | 27.5 | 175 |
| Year | Team | PA | BatRuns | Adj R | RISP | BSR | DP | ROE | Fld | Pos | DH | Pit | RAA | RPW | WAA | Pos Wins | LgA | WAM | DVoDH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | BOS | 686 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 9.6 | 4.0 | 0.7 | -0.1 | 4.6 | 37 |
| 1946 | BOS | 703 | 29 | 25 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 9.5 | 4.4 | 0.7 | -0.1 | 5.0 | 35 |
| 1947 | BOS | 719 | 19 | 14 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9.5 | 1.1 | 0.6 | -0.1 | 1.6 | 20 |
| 1948 | BOS | 677 | 7 | 4 | -2 | 9 | 3 | -1 | -9 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10.8 | 0.4 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 0.2 | 4 |
| 1949 | BOS | 712 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10.4 | 2.9 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 2.7 | 24 |
| 1950 | BOS | 605 | 16 | 7 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 11.8 | 2.1 | 0.0 | -0.2 | 1.9 | 26 |
| 1951 | BOS | 573 | 19 | 12 | -2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10.3 | 1.2 | 0.5 | -0.2 | 1.5 | 13 |
| 1952 | BOS | 84 | -5 | -6 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8 | 9.3 | -0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.9 | 2 |
| 1952 | DET | 223 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 9.1 | -0.3 | 0.2 | -0.1 | -0.2 | 3 |
| 1953 | DET | 342 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 10.6 | -0.5 | 0.2 | -0.1 | -0.4 | 1 |
| 1954 | DET | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1954 | WS1 | 171 | -7 | -6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 9.2 | -0.5 | 0.1 | -0.1 | -0.5 | 3 |
| Career | 5,515 | 112 | 75 | -3 | 30 | 14 | 0 | 24 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 140 | - | 13.9 | 2.8 | -1.2 | 15.5 | 168 |
| Year | Team | POS | BIP | Chances | OAA | OAA adj | DER Runs | Play+ | GB+ | DP Start | DP Turn | DP Runs | Total Fielding Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | BOS | SS | 3830 | 703 | 24.0 | 22 | 15 | 33 | 21 | 0.4 | -0.9 | 0 | 15 |
| 1946 | BOS | SS | 3802 | 710 | 23.0 | 21 | 15 | 75 | 61 | 0.2 | -1.9 | -2 | 13 |
| 1947 | BOS | 3B | 609 | 70 | -6.0 | -5 | -4 | -10 | -5 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1 | -3 |
| 1947 | BOS | SS | 3213 | 542 | 0.0 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -11 | 2.0 | -0.4 | 2 | 1 |
| 1948 | BOS | 3B | 3954 | 536 | -20.0 | -15 | -11 | -13 | 15 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 2 | -9 |
| 1949 | BOS | 3B | 4097 | 654 | 8.0 | 11 | 8 | 49 | 26 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 2 | 10 |
| 1950 | BOS | 3B | 3096 | 507 | 18.0 | 19 | 14 | 58 | 25 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0 | 14 |
| 1950 | BOS | SS | 242 | 49 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | -0.8 | 0.1 | -1 | 0 |
| 1951 | BOS | 2B | 202 | 32 | -2.0 | -2 | -1 | -1 | 1 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | -1 |
| 1951 | BOS | 3B | 306 | 46 | -3.0 | -3 | -2 | -4 | -4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | -2 |
| 1951 | BOS | SS | 3003 | 550 | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -2.0 | -0.7 | -3 | -1 |
| 1952 | DET | 2B | 300 | 45 | -1.0 | -1 | -1 | -2 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1952 | BOS | 3B | 453 | 59 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | -6 | -0.4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | DET | 3B | 68 | 9 | -1.0 | -1 | -1 | -3 | -1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | -1 |
| 1952 | BOS | SS | 26 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | DET | SS | 851 | 149 | -4.0 | -4 | -3 | -11 | -15 | 0.5 | -0.8 | 0 | -3 |
| 1953 | DET | 2B | 2046 | 303 | -10.0 | -10 | -7 | -23 | -10 | -0.8 | -0.1 | -1 | -8 |
| 1954 | WS1 | 2B | 1011 | 156 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0.2 | -0.8 | -1 | -1 |
| 1954 | WS1 | SS | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2B | 3559 | 536 | -13.0 | -13 | -9 | -23 | -5 | -0.5 | -0.4 | -1 | -10 | ||
| 3B | 12583 | 1881 | -4.0 | 6 | 4 | 72 | 50 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 5 | 9 | ||
| SS | 14970 | 2708 | 47.0 | 42 | 29 | 110 | 72 | 0.2 | -4.6 | -4 | 25 |
| Year | Team | Off GS | Def GS | Game Shares | WAR | W | L | Victory Shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | BOS | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | -0.3 | -0.1 | 0.7 | 0 |
| Career | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | -0.3 | -0.1 | 0.7 | 0 |
| Year | Team | PA | BatRuns | Adj R | RISP | BSR | DP | ROE | Fld | Pos | DH | Pit | RAA | RPW | WAA | Pos Wins | LgA | WAM | DVoDH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | BOS | 31 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 7.9 | -0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.4 | 0 |
| Career | 31 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | - | -0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.4 | 0 |
| Stat description | |
|---|---|
| GS | Game Shares |
| WAM | Wins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name. |
| WAR | Wins above Replacement |
| VS | Victory Shares |
| W | Wins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense. |
| L | Losses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score. |
| BatRuns | Batting runs above average |
| Adj R | Park adjusted batting runs |
| RISP | Runs for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position |
| BSR | Baserunning runs |
| DP | Double play avoidance runs |
| ROE | Runs from reaching on error |
| Fld | Fielding runs |
| Pos | Position adjustment |
| DH | Designated hitter adjustment |
| Pit | Pitcher batting adjustment |
| RAA | Runs above average before position and league adjustment |
| RPW | Runs per win |
| WAA | Wins above average before position and league adjustment |
| POS Wins | Position adjustment converted to wins |
| LGA | League quality adjustment |
| DVoDH | Defensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter |
| G | Games pitched |
| GS | Game shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index |
| XR | Expected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced |
| DR | Defensive runs support |
| Role | Starter vs reliever role adjustment |
| LgAdj | League adjustment |
| R+ | Runs above average |
| LI | Leverage index |
| R_lev+ | Leverage adjusted runs above average |
| Chances | Estimated opportunies to make a defensive play |
| BIP | Balls in play while this player was on the field |
| OAA | Outs above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level |
| OAA adj | Park adjusted outs above average |
| DER runs | Run value of outs above average |
| Frame Runs | Runs from framing balls and strikes |
| SB Runs | Stolen base prevention runs |
| Block Runs | Wild pitch and passed ball prevention runs |
| Err Runs | Catcher error prevention runs |
| Catcher Runs | Catcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing. |
| Play+ | plays made above average per ball in play |
| GB+ | ground ball plays above average per ball in play |
| DP Start | Runs from starting double plays |
| DP Turn | Runs from turning double plays |
| DP runs | Total double play runs |
| OF Arm opps | Opportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play |
| OF Arm runs | Runs from throwing from the outfield |
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