Herb Pennock

1912–1934 · bats B / throws L · Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics

621G

.191AVG

.253OBP

.235SLG

More career statistics

232H

4HR

103RBI

1SB

241–162W–L

3,571.2IP

1,227K

3.60ERA

419GS

33SV

8Rare feats

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · At bats	1,214	1,202
Batting · Doubles	33	34
Batting · Hits	232	234
Batting · Strikeouts	172	179
Batting · Plate appearances	1,426	1,414
Batting · RBI	103	107
Pitching · Batters faced	15,108	15,201
Pitching · p cg	247	249
Pitching · p er	1,428	1,419
Pitching · p h	3,900	3,906
Pitching · p ipouts	10,715	10,712
Pitching · p k	1,227	1,231
Pitching · p r	1,699	1,703
Pitching · p w	916	923

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
621	1,426	1,214	108	232	33	4	4	103	94	172	1	0	7	0	285	.191	.253	.235	.488

Career pitching

IP	G	GS	CG	W	L	SV	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HBP	WP	ERA	WHIP
3,571.7	617	419	247	241	162	33	3,900	1,699	1,428	128	916	1,227	0	0	3.60	1.348

Streaks

7longest hitting streak · 1925-09-27 to 1926-05-10

11longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
75	Faced the Minimum	1919-06-12	1 in 2,759 games	box score ↗
74	Four Intentional Walks Issued	1933-08-21	1 in 2,511 games	box score ↗
66	15 scoreless innings	1925-07-04	1 in 6,007 pitcher-games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	317	683	132	4	62	53	77	.229	.271	.288
Away	304	731	102	0	45	41	102	.163	.196	.195

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	53	125	27	0	18	12	21	.257	.312	.305
May	118	249	28	2	16	17	34	.136	.181	.184
June	119	273	50	1	21	15	30	.214	.238	.256
July	126	301	51	0	18	22	34	.198	.243	.222
August	107	240	46	0	23	11	29	.221	.237	.293
September	89	210	29	1	11	16	26	.164	.214	.209
October	9	16	3	0	0	1	5	.200	.250	.200

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
detroit-tigers	97	203	43	1	18	11	27	.242	.266	.326
st-louis-browns	94	195	26	0	10	15	20	.159	.210	.213
washington-senators-1901-60	90	206	20	1	10	17	29	.117	.180	.146
chicago-white-sox	86	218	35	0	15	19	18	.206	.248	.241
cleveland-guardians	85	168	32	0	11	5	22	.213	.220	.213
philadelphia-athletics	79	203	33	1	20	14	30	.186	.232	.226
boston-red-sox	61	158	35	0	21	8	19	.252	.272	.302
new-york-yankees	29	63	10	1	2	5	14	.189	.238	.283

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1912	Philadelphia Athletics	17	15	2	–	1	–	.133	49	38
1913	Philadelphia Athletics	14	9	1	–	–	–	.111	33	18
1914	Philadelphia Athletics	28	56	13	–	8	–	.232	151	90
1915	Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics	17	24	6	–	3	–	.250	58	31
1916	Boston Red Sox	11	8	1	–	–	–	.125	26	12
1917	Boston Red Sox	24	25	4	–	2	–	.160	100	38
1919	Boston Red Sox	32	75	13	–	5	–	.173	219	70
1920	Boston Red Sox	38	76	20	–	6	–	.263	242	71
1921	Boston Red Sox	32	75	20	1	11	–	.267	222	91
1922	Boston Red Sox	32	65	9	–	2	–	.138	202	59
1923	New York Yankees	35	83	16	–	8	–	.193	238	95
1924	New York Yankees	40	101	16	2	10	1	.158	286	96
1925	New York Yankees	47	99	20	–	7	–	.202	276	88
1926	New York Yankees	40	85	18	–	8	–	.212	266	78
1927	New York Yankees	34	69	15	–	7	–	.217	209	51
1928	New York Yankees	28	74	15	–	9	–	.203	211	52
1929	New York Yankees	27	51	8	–	2	–	.157	157	49
1930	New York Yankees	25	60	11	–	4	–	.183	156	47
1931	New York Yankees	25	65	10	1	6	–	.154	189	65
1932	New York Yankees	22	53	8	–	6	–	.151	146	54
1933	New York Yankees	23	20	5	–	1	–	.250	65	22
1934	Boston Red Sox	30	14	3	–	1	–	.214	62	16