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Jack Chesbro

Full name John Dwight Chesbro
Born June 5, 1874, North Adams, Massachusetts
Died November 6, 1931, Conway, Massachusetts
Buried at Howland Cemetery, Conway, Massachusetts
First Game: July 12, 1899; Final Game: October 2, 1909
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 9" Weight: 180
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1946
Ejections as player: 1905 (1)
SABR Biography
Top Performances 
Pitcher Matchups   Batter Matchups
Discrepancies
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH  XI   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1899 PIT N                   19    58    3    9   0   0   0    3    3    8   0   2        0  .155  .197  .155   0.0 1899 PIT N
1900 PIT N                   32    85   10   15   4   1   0    9    6   17   0   0        1  .176  .231  .247  -0.1 1900 PIT N
1901 PIT N    Daily Splits   36   116    9   25   5   1   1    8    3   31   1   4   0    0  .216  .242  .302   0.0 1901 PIT N
1902 PIT N    Daily Splits   35   112   11   20   3   1   0    8    3   28   0   4   0    1  .179  .200  .223   0.0 1902 PIT N
1903 NY  A    Daily Splits   40   124    8   23   4   0   2    9    2   29   0   3   0    0  .185  .198  .266   0.0 1903 NY  A
1904 NY  A    Daily Splits   56   174   17   41   9   3   1   17    4   43   0   3   0    1  .236  .253  .339   0.0 1904 NY  A
1905 NY  A    Daily Splits   41   112    6   21   6   3   0   10    2   32   0   2   0    2  .188  .202  .295   0.0 1905 NY  A
1906 NY  A    Daily Splits   49   125   10   26   2   1   1    4    1   34   0   0   0    0  .208  .214  .264   0.0 1906 NY  A
1907 NY  A    Daily Splits   30    76    1   15   2   2   0    4    0   20   0   0   0    0  .197  .197  .276   0.0 1907 NY  A
1908 NY  A    Daily Splits   45   102    8   18   2   1   0    6    0   23   1   3   0    0  .176  .184  .216   0.0 1908 NY  A
1909 NY  A    Daily Splits    9    17    1    3   0   0   0    3    1    4   0   0   0    0  .176  .222  .176   0.0 1909 NY  A
1909 BOS A    Daily Splits    1     2    1    1   0   0   0    1    0    0   0   0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0.0 1909 BOS A
1909 TOT A                   10    19    2    4   0   0   0    4    1    4   0   0   0    0  .211  .250  .211   0.0 1909 TOT A
Total NL ( 4 Years)         122   371   33   69  12   3   1   28   15   84   1  10   0i   2  .186  .220  .243  -0.1 Total NL
Total AL ( 7 Years)         271   732   52  148  25  10   4   54   10  185   1  11   0    3  .202  .214  .280   0.0 Total AL
Total    (11 Years) Splits  393  1103   85  217  37  13   5   82   25  269   2  21   0i   5  .197  .216  .267  -0.1 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH  XI   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
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                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1899 PIT N                   19  17  15   0   2   0  149    165         3   99   68   59   28       5  11   0           6   9   4.11  4.65  -0.9 1899 PIT N
1900 PIT N                   32  26  20   3   4   1  215.2  220         4  123   88   79   56       7  12   0          15  13   3.67  5.88  -0.1 1900 PIT N
1901 PIT N    Daily Splits   36  28  26   6   8   1  287.2  261   943i  4  104   76   52  129  12i  5  14   0  20i 11i 21  10   2.38  5.00   3.3 1901 PIT N
1902 PIT N    Daily Splits   35  33  31   8   2   1  286.1  242  1090i  1   81   69   62  136  14i  3  21   1  25i  9i 28   6   2.17  5.94   2.3 1902 PIT N
1903 NY  A    Daily Splits   40  36  33   1   4   0  324.2  300  1183i  7  140  100   74  147  26i  5   9   1  49i 20i 21  15   2.77  4.08   1.2 1903 NY  A
1904 NY  A    Daily Splits   55  51  48   6   3   0  454.2  338  1680i  4  128   92   88  239  31i  9   7   0  36i 17i 41  12   1.82  4.20   6.1 1904 NY  A
1905 NY  A    Daily Splits   41  38  24   3   2   0  303.1  262   854i  5  125   74   71  156  27i  7   6   0  15i 12i 19  15   2.20  4.05   1.8 1905 NY  A
1906 NY  A    Daily Splits   49  42  24   4   7   1  325    314   867i  2  138  107   75  152  19i  7  10   0  21i 10i 23  17   2.96  4.26  -0.1 1906 NY  A
1907 NY  A    Daily Splits   30  25  17   1   3   0  206    192   619i  0   83   58   46   78  14i  3   6   0  15i 11i 10  10   2.53  3.40   0.6 1907 NY  A
1908 NY  A    Daily Splits   45  31  20   3  13   1  288.2  276  1161   6  134   94   67  124  20i 11  14   0  16i 13i 14  20   2.93  2.90  -1.6 1908 NY  A
1909 NY  A    Daily Splits    9   4   2   0   4   0   49.2   70   218   2   47   35   13   17   2i  0   3   0   6i  3i  0   4   6.34  2.75  -1.4 1909 NY  A
1909 BOS A    Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    6      7    26   1    4    3    4    3   0   0   0   0           0   1   4.50  5.00  -0.2 1909 BOS A
1909 TOT A                   10   5   2   0   4   0   55.2   77   244   3   51   38   17   20   2i  0   3   0   6i  3i  0   5   6.14  3.20  -1.6 1909 TOT A
Total NL ( 4 Years)         122 104  92  17  16   3  938.2  888  2033  12  407  301  252  349  26  20  58   1  45  20  70  38   2.89  5.46   4.6 Total NL
Total AL ( 7 Years)         270 228 168  18  36   2 1958   1759  6608  27  799  563  438  916 139  42  55   1 158  86 128  94   2.59  3.88   6.4 Total AL
Total    (11 Years) Splits  392 332 260  35  52   5 2896.2 2647  8641  39 1206  864  690 1265 165  62 113   2 203 106 198 132   2.68  4.38  11.0 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
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                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1899 PIT N                P   19                       5   26    3    0                     .912
1900 PIT N                P   32                       4   44    7    3                     .873
1900 PIT N               OF    1                       0    0    0    0                        -     0    0    1 
1901 PIT N Daily Splits   P   36   28   26   287.2    12   57    5    2   0    0   13i   0  .932
1902 PIT N Daily Splits   P   35   33   31   286.1    11   60    4    2   0    0   23i   0  .947
1903 NY  A Daily Splits   P   40   36   33   324.1    13  103    2    2   0    0   23i   0  .983
1904 NY  A Daily Splits   P   55   51   48   454.2    24  166   12    7   0    0   44i   0  .941
1905 NY  A Daily Splits   P   41   38   24   301      11   97    7    5   0    0   24i   0  .939
1906 NY  A Daily Splits   P   49   42   24   325.1    11   95    5    3   0    0   30i   0  .955
1907 NY  A Daily Splits   P   30   25   17   210.2     3   71    5    2   0    0   14i   0  .937
1908 NY  A Daily Splits   P   45   31   20   289.1     7   96    6    2   0    0   26i   0  .945
1908 NY  A               1B    1    0    0     0.1     0    0    0    0   0                    -
1909 NY  A Daily Splits   P    9    4    2    48.2     1   21    0    0   0    0    2i   0 1.000
1909 BOS A Daily Splits   P    1    1    0     6       1    0    0    0   0    0         0 1.000
1909 TOT A                P   10    5    2    54.2     2   21    0    0   0    0    2i   0 1.000
Total (11 Years) Splits   P  392  289i 225i 2534  i  103  836   56   28   0i   0i 199i   0i .944
Total ( 1 Year )         1B    1    0    0     0.1     0    0    0    0   0                    -
Total ( 1 Year )         OF    1                       0    0    0    0                        -     0    0    1 
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
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       Coaching Record
Year Team   START    END
1924 WAS A   4-15   5-26
Total ( 1 Year ) 

Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 6-28-1905(1)  BOX  NY  A  Toss Kelly          Call at HP

Transaction Information

Sold by Richmond (Atlantic) to Pittsburgh Pirates (July, 1899).

Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with George Fox, John O'Brien, Art Madison and $25000
to Louisville Colonels in exchange for Rube Waddell, Bert Cunningham, Deacon
Phillippe, Jack Wadsworth, Chief Zimmer, Tacks Latimer, Tom Messitt, Mike Kelley,
Claude Ritchey, Tommy Leach, Fred Clarke, Honus Wagner and Patsy Flaherty (December
8, 1899).

Assigned to Pittsburgh Pirates by Louisville Colonels with George Fox, Art Madison
and John O'Brien (March 9, 1900).

Claimed on waivers by Boston Red Sox from New York Highlanders (September 11, 1909).
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