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Johnny Pesky played 10 major-league seasons (1942-1954) as a SS (591), 3B (460), 2B (137). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 10 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | 23 | BOS | 147 | 620 | 105 | 205 | 2 | 51 | 12 | 42 | 36 | .331 | .791 | 131 |
| 1946 | 27 | BOS | 153 | 621 | 115 | 208 | 2 | 55 | 9 | 65 | 29 | .335 | .827 | 139 |
| 1947 | 28 | BOS | 155 | 638 | 106 | 207 | 0 | 39 | 12 | 72 | 22 | .324 | .785 | 125 |
| 1948 | 29 | BOS | 143 | 565 | 124 | 159 | 3 | 55 | 3 | 99 | 32 | .281 | .759 | 108 |
| 1949 | 30 | BOS | 148 | 604 | 111 | 185 | 2 | 69 | 8 | 100 | 19 | .306 | .792 | 117 |
| 1950 | 31 | BOS | 127 | 490 | 112 | 153 | 1 | 49 | 2 | 104 | 31 | .312 | .825 | 119 |
| 1951 | 32 | BOS | 131 | 480 | 93 | 150 | 3 | 41 | 2 | 84 | 15 | .313 | .815 | 126 |
| 1952 | 33 | BOS|DET | 94 | 244 | 36 | 55 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 56 | 16 | .225 | .634 | 85 |
| 1953 | 34 | DET | 103 | 308 | 43 | 90 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 27 | 10 | .292 | .743 | 107 |
| 1954 | 35 | DET|WS1 | 69 | 175 | 22 | 43 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 8 | .246 | .616 | 75 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | SS | 147 | 0 | 320 | 465 | 37 | 94 |
| 1946 | SS | 153 | 0 | 296 | 479 | 25 | 96 |
| 1947 | SS | 133 | 0 | 251 | 391 | 16 | 90 |
| 1947 | 3B | 22 | 0 | 25 | 38 | 1 | 7 |
| 1948 | 3B | 141 | 0 | 121 | 303 | 22 | 35 |
| 1949 | 3B | 148 | 0 | 184 | 333 | 16 | 48 |
| 1950 | 3B | 116 | 0 | 160 | 257 | 11 | 29 |
| 1950 | SS | 8 | 0 | 23 | 32 | 2 | 7 |
| 1951 | SS | 106 | 0 | 204 | 340 | 22 | 74 |
| 1951 | 3B | 11 | 0 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 2 |
| 1951 | 2B | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| 1952 | SS | 43 | 0 | 81 | 103 | 9 | 26 |
| 1952 | 3B | 22 | 0 | 18 | 33 | 4 | 0 |
| 1952 | 2B | 22 | 0 | 27 | 36 | 2 | 12 |
| 1953 | 2B | 73 | 0 | 166 | 183 | 3 | 49 |
| 1954 | 2B | 37 | 35 | 92 | 91 | 4 | 22 |
| 1954 | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Johnny Pesky won: TSN All-Star 1942 (ML), TSN All-Star 1946 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (4 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1951, 1947, 1946, 1942.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 3 | 143 / 336 | 2 |
| 1946 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 141 / 336 | 2 |
| 1947 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 18 | 11 / 336 | 0 |
| 1951 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 26 | 5 / 336 | 0 |
Johnny Pesky ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #112 | shortstops | 1946 | 139 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.