Johnny Pesky
1942–1954 · bats L / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators (1901-60)
1,270G
.307AVG
.394OBP
.386SLG
More career statistics
1,455H
17HR
404RBI
53SB
4Rare 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 · Caught stealing | 49 | 53 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 218 | 220 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,516 | 5,515 |
| Batting · Runs | 867 | 866 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 53 | 54 |
| Batting · Walks | 662 | 661 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,270 | 5,516 | 4,745 | 867 | 1,455 | 226 | 50 | 17 | 404 | 662 | 218 | 53 | 49 | 25 | 1 | 1,832 | .307 | .394 | .386 | .780 |
Streaks
26longest hitting streak · 1947-08-30 to 1947-09-20
33longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | Six-Run Game | 1946-05-08 | 1 in 15,974 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1946-05-08 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1949-06-24 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 638 | 2769 | 756 | 10 | 236 | 342 | 114 | .319 | .397 | .404 |
| Away | 632 | 2746 | 699 | 7 | 168 | 319 | 106 | .295 | .371 | .368 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 101 | 405 | 98 | 1 | 32 | 54 | 17 | .290 | .375 | .376 |
| May | 200 | 861 | 215 | 2 | 59 | 101 | 48 | .287 | .367 | .356 |
| June | 236 | 1033 | 263 | 5 | 75 | 134 | 36 | .298 | .384 | .374 |
| July | 264 | 1174 | 319 | 5 | 88 | 135 | 43 | .316 | .387 | .406 |
| August | 272 | 1203 | 332 | 3 | 88 | 143 | 44 | .319 | .395 | .402 |
| September | 192 | 817 | 225 | 1 | 62 | 90 | 30 | .318 | .386 | .389 |
| October | 5 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .167 | .318 | .278 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 195 | 796 | 205 | 2 | 57 | 105 | 29 | .301 | .389 | .382 |
| chicago-white-sox | 188 | 840 | 216 | 0 | 38 | 101 | 37 | .298 | .377 | .359 |
| new-york-yankees | 187 | 780 | 178 | 5 | 40 | 98 | 32 | .268 | .354 | .344 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 181 | 786 | 203 | 4 | 76 | 92 | 28 | .299 | .375 | .385 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 165 | 744 | 223 | 0 | 63 | 89 | 22 | .350 | .419 | .440 |
| st-louis-browns | 160 | 730 | 210 | 2 | 55 | 76 | 29 | .329 | .392 | .414 |
| detroit-tigers | 150 | 703 | 193 | 2 | 64 | 84 | 36 | .319 | .394 | .392 |
| boston-red-sox | 30 | 89 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 4 | .176 | .281 | .243 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 |  Boston Red Sox | 147 | 620 | 205 | 2 | 51 | 13 | .331 | – | – |
| 1946 | Boston Red Sox | 153 | 621 | 208 | 2 | 55 | 9 | .335 | – | – |
| 1947 | Boston Red Sox | 155 | 638 | 207 | – | 39 | 12 | .324 | – | – |
| 1948 | Boston Red Sox | 143 | 565 | 159 | 3 | 55 | 3 | .281 | – | – |
| 1949 | Boston Red Sox | 148 | 604 | 185 | 2 | 69 | 8 | .306 | – | – |
| 1950 | Boston Red Sox | 127 | 490 | 153 | 1 | 49 | 2 | .312 | – | – |
| 1951 | Boston Red Sox | 131 | 480 | 150 | 3 | 41 | 2 | .312 | – | – |
| 1952 | Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers | 94 | 244 | 55 | 1 | 11 | 1 | .225 | – | – |
| 1953 |  Detroit Tigers | 103 | 308 | 90 | 2 | 24 | 3 | .292 | – | – |
| 1954 | Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 69 | 175 | 43 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .246 | – | – |