Johnny Pesky

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Major League Baseball player baseball coach baseball player human shortstop

Johnny Pesky was a beloved Boston Red Sox shortstop, coach, and ambassador whose long association with the team made him one of the franchise’s most iconic figures.

Aliases (1)

Red Sox player Johnny Pesky ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball player → baseball coach → baseball player → human → shortstop →
alsoPlayedPosition	third baseman →
associatedWith	Fenway Park →
bats	left →
battingAverage	.307 →
coachedForTeam	Boston Red Sox → Cincinnati Reds → Pittsburgh Pirates → Texas Rangers →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1919-09-27 →
dateOfDeath	2012-08-13 →
finalMLBGameDate	1954-09-24 →
finalMLBTeam	Washington Senators →
fullName	John Michael Paveskovich →
givenName	John →
hasMemorial	Pesky’s Pole at Fenway Park →
hits	1455 →
homeRuns	17 →
honoredBy	Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame → Red Sox retired number ceremony in 2008 →
jerseyNumber	6 →
managedTeam	Boston Red Sox → Pittsburgh Pirates →
MLBDebutDate	1942-04-14 →
MLBDebutTeam	Boston Red Sox →
nickname	Johnny Pesky → The Needle →
notableFor	excellent bat control → high on-base percentage →
numberRetired	6 →
onBasePercentage	.394 →
placeOfBirth	Portland, Oregon, United States →
placeOfDeath	Danvers, Massachusetts, United States →
playedForTeam	Boston Red Sox → Detroit Tigers → Washington Senators →
primaryPosition	shortstop →
residence	Massachusetts, United States →
role	team ambassador for Boston Red Sox →
runsBattedIn	404 →
servedIn	United States Navy →
teamRetiredNumberBy	Boston Red Sox →
throws	right →
yearsMissedForMilitaryService	1943-1945 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Pesky's Pole →	associatedPlayer
Pesky's Pole →	namedAfter
Pesky's Pole ("Red Sox player Johnny Pesky") →	namedForRole
Johnny Pesky →	nickname
Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame →	notableInductee