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Jack Chesbro
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Birthdate: 6/5/1874
Died: 11/6/1931
Height / Weight: 5' 9" / 180 lbs.
Place of Birth: North Adams, MA, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

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Jack Chesbro, New York Yankees pitcher, following through after throwing a baseball against White Sox 1909 Photo SUMMARY
Informal full-length portrait of baseball player Jack Chesbro of the American League's New York Yankees, following through after throwing a baseball, standing in profile in front of bleachers on the field at South Side Park, located at West 37th Street, South Princeton Avenue, West Pershing Road (formerly West 39th Street), and South Wentworth Avenue in the Armour Square community area of Chicago, Illinois. SDN-055108, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

Top spitball pitcher of all-time. Chesbro won 41 games in 1904; the most wins by any pitcher in one year in this century. He lost only 12 games that year and had an ERA of 1.82. Jack Chesbro won over 20 games- 5 different years. Pitched 57 career shutouts and had a career record of 198-132; .600 pct.; started 332 games and completed 260. Lifetime ERA of 2.68. Jack Chesbro only pitched 10 years but his 1904 record puts him in the history books as the greatest year for any pitcher in this century. Spitball Jack Chesbro Baseball Historian presents Famous Baseball Players


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1899 PIT (NL) 19 17 6 9 0 15 0 149.0 165 99 68 3 59 0 28 5 11 0 4.11
1900 PIT (NL) 32 26 15 13 1 20 3 215.2 220 123 88 4 79 0 56 7 12 0 3.67
1901 PIT (NL) 36 28 21 10 1 26 6 287.2 261 104 76 4 52 0 129 5 14 0 2.38
1902 PIT (NL) 35 33 28 6 1 31 8 286.1 242 81 69 1 62 0 136 3 21 1 2.17
1903 NYY (AL) 40 36 21 15 0 33 1 324.2 300 140 100 7 74 0 147 5 9 1 2.77
1904 NYY (AL) 55 51 41 12 0 48 6 454.2 338 128 92 4 88 0 239 9 7 0 1.82
1905 NYY (AL) 41 38 19 15 0 24 3 303.1 262 125 74 5 71 0 156 7 6 0 2.20
1906 NYY (AL) 49 42 23 17 1 24 4 325.0 314 138 107 2 75 0 152 7 10 0 2.96
1907 NYY (AL) 30 25 10 10 0 17 1 206.0 192 83 58 0 46 0 78 3 6 0 2.53
1908 NYY (AL) 45 31 14 20 1 20 3 288.2 271 133 94 6 67 0 124 11 14 0 2.93
1909 NYY (AL) 9 4 0 4 0 2 0 49.2 70 51 35 2 13 0 17 0 3 0 6.34
1909 BOS (AL) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 7 4 3 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 4.50
12 years   392 332 198 132 5 260 35 2896.2 2642 1209 864 39 690 0 1265 62 113 2 2.68
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1899 PIT (NL) 19 58 3 9 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .155 .197 SLG
1900 PIT (NL) 32 85 10 15 4 1 0 9 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .176 .231 SLG
1901 PIT (NL) 36 116 9 25 5 1 1 8 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 .216 .242 SLG
1902 PIT (NL) 35 112 11 20 3 1 0 8 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 .179 .200 SLG
1903 NYY (AL) 40 124 8 23 4 0 2 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .185 .198 SLG
1904 NYY (AL) 56 174 17 41 9 3 1 17 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 .236 .253 SLG
1905 NYY (AL) 41 112 6 21 6 3 0 10 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 .188 .202 SLG
1906 NYY (AL) 49 125 10 26 2 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 .214 SLG
1907 NYY (AL) 30 76 1 15 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .197 .197 SLG
1908 NYY (AL) 45 102 8 18 2 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 .176 .184 SLG
1909 NYY (AL) 9 17 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176 .222 SLG
1909 BOS (AL) 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 SLG
12 years   393 1103 85 217 37 13 5 82 25 0 5 0 0 2 21 0 .197 .216 .SLG



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