Herb Pennock

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

6-0, 160lb (183cm, 72kg)

Born: February 10, 1894 in Kennett Square, PA us

Died: January 30, 1948 in New York, NY

Buried: Union Hill Cemetery, Kennett Square, PA

High School: Cedarcroft Boarding School (Kennett Square, PA)

Debut: May 14, 1912 (Age 18-094d, 3,679th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: August 27, 1934 (Age 40-198d)
vs. CLE 4.0 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1948. (Voted by BBWAA on 94/121 ballots)
View Herb Pennock's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1912 season

Full Name: Herbert Jefferis Pennock

Nicknames: The Squire/Knight Of Kennett Square

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

45.1

241

162

ERA

3.60

617

419

3571.2

1227

WHIP

1.348

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-19 / in Starts: 15-16
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 93 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	61 (32-17-12) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 93 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	59 (28-19-11)

Most Driven In
R Walters	2
E Scott	2
M McNally	1
H Hiller	1

Most Driven In By
M Menosky	3
O Vitt	2
T Hendryx	1
C Brady	1

1920 Batting Game Log

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1920 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	144	1	Apr 15	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0		1.000			9	.84	0.025	2.07	0.04%	0.66	P
2	145	5 (3)	Apr 20	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.667	.750	.667	1.417	9	1.16	-0.029	3.84	-0.06%	-0.15	P
3	146	10 (4)	Apr 26	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	9	.30	-0.030	1.01	-0.06%	-1.15	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	147	14 (3)	May 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.300	.222	.522	9	1.06	-0.054	4.24	-0.13%	-0.44	P
5	148	18 (3)	May 5	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	0-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0	0	.200	.273	.200	.473	9						P
6	149	23 (4)	May 15	BOS		CHW	L,1-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.286	.231	.516	9	1.48	0.009	5.95	0.02%	-0.32	P
7	150	27 (3)	May 20	BOS		DET	W,6-0	CG	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.353	.333	.686	9	.63	0.081	2.24	0.17%	1.09	P
8	151	31 (3)	May 26	BOS		SLB	W,9-5	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.235	.350	.294	.644	9	.19	-0.007	.79	-0.02%	-0.29	P
9	152	36 (4)	May 31 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.348	.300	.648	9	.69	0.078	2.42	0.16%	0.85	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	153	41 (4)	Jun 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.346	.304	.651	9	.87	-0.035	2.47	-0.06%	-0.05	P
11	154	45 (3)	Jun 11	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.379	.385	.764	9	1.13	0.140	3.32	0.25%	1.12	P
12	155	49 (3)	Jun 15	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-12	GS-4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.308	.379	.385	.764	9	1.58	0.060	2.59	0.06%	0.62	P
13	156	53 (3)	Jun 20	BOS	@	CLE	W,10-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.367	.370	.737	9	1.49	-0.078	3.21	-0.10%	-0.83	P
14	157	57 (3)	Jun 25	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.267	.333	.333	.667	9	.90	-0.076	1.22	-0.06%	-0.83	P
15	158	60 (2)	Jun 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.333	.333	.667	9						P
16	159	62 (1)	Jun 30 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,2-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.333	.313	.646	9	1.53	-0.032	.92	-0.01%	-0.24	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	160	65 (2)	Jul 5 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.273	.385	.333	.718	9	.51	0.001	.13	0.00%	0.51	P
18	161	71 (5)	Jul 8	BOS		SLB	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.381	.333	.714	9	.93	-0.003	.22	0.00%	-0.01	P
19	162	74 (2)	Jul 12	BOS		SLB	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.372	.324	.696	9	10.84	-0.274	.92	-0.01%	-0.78	PH
20	163	75	Jul 13	BOS		DET	L,4-10	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.372	.324	.696	9						P
21	164	76	Jul 14 (1)	BOS		DET	W,6-5	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.372	.324	.696	9						P
22	165	77	Jul 14 (2)	BOS		DET	W,4-0	CG	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.308	.400	.359	.759	9	.74	-0.021	.04	0.00%	-0.16	P
23	166	82 (4)	Jul 19 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.380	.341	.721	9	2.09	0.080	.03	0.00%	0.08	P
24	167	86 (3)	Jul 23	BOS		CHW	L,7-8	GS-6	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.385	.333	.718	9	.65	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.22	P
25	168	91 (4)	Jul 29	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-9	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.364	.313	.676	9	.87	-0.092	.00	0.00%	-1.07	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	169	97 (5)	Aug 3	BOS	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.356	.308	.664	9	.97	-0.166	.00	0.00%	-1.93	P
27	170	102 (4)	Aug 8	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.344	.296	.641	9	1.41	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.49	P
28	171	105 (2)	Aug 11	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.339	.291	.630	9	.19	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.11	P
29	172	109 (3)	Aug 16	BOS		DET	W,6-4	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.338	.293	.632	9	.80	-0.029	.00	0.00%	0.30	P
30	173	115 (5)	Aug 21 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.338	.295	.633	9	.54	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-1.55	P
31	174	121 (5)	Aug 27	BOS		SLB	L,5-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.324	.281	.605	9	1.28	-0.095	.00	0.00%	-0.86	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	175	125 (3)	Sep 1	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.269	.347	.313	.660	9	.66	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.78	P
33	176	130 (4)	Sep 5	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.351	.309	.659	9	1.19	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.03	P
34	177	136 (5)	Sep 10	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-5	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.261	.346	.304	.651	9	1.42	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.39	P
35	178	142 (5)	Sep 16	BOS	@	DET	L,6-7	0-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1				0	0	.261	.346	.304	.651	9						P
36	179	145 (2)	Sep 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-2	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.338	.296	.633	9	1.14	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-0.50	P
37	180	149 (3)	Sep 24	BOS		PHA	L,9-10	GS-6	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.354	.306	.659	9	1.06	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.30	P
38	181	153 (3)	Sep 28 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.349	.303	.651	9	.56	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.57	P
							19-19		93	76	7	20	3	0	0	6	9	0	17	1	7		0		0	0	.263	.349	.303	.651		1.04	-0.693	1.06	0.19%	-6.22

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