Herb Pennock

Herbert Jefferis Pennock (February 10, 1894 – January 30, 1948) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball from 1912 through 1933. He is best known for his time spent with the star-studded New York Yankee teams of the mid to late 1920s and early 1930s. He batted and threw left-handed.

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Major League pitching statistics for Herb Pennock.

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1912	PHA	1-2	4.50	17	2	1	0	2	50	48	31	25	30	38
1913	PHA	2-1	5.13	14	3	1	0	0	33	30	24	19	22	17
1914	PHA	11-4	2.79	28	14	8	3	3	151	136	56	47	65	90
1915	BOS	0-0	9.64	5	1	0	0	0	14	23	16	15	10	7
1915	PHA	3-6	5.32	11	8	3	1	1	44	46	34	26	29	24
1916	BOS	0-2	3.04	9	2	0	0	1	26	23	11	9	8	12
1917	BOS	5-5	3.31	24	5	4	1	1	100	90	49	37	23	35
1919	BOS	16-8	2.71	32	26	16	5	0	219	223	78	66	48	70
1920	BOS	16-13	3.68	37	31	19	4	2	242	244	108	99	61	68
1921	BOS	13-14	4.04	32	31	15	1	0	222	268	121	100	59	91
1922	BOS	10-17	4.32	32	26	15	1	1	202	230	108	97	74	59
1923	NYY	19-6	3.13	35	27	21	1	3	238	235	86	83	68	93
1924	NYY	21-9	2.83	40	34	25	4	3	286	302	104	90	64	101
1925	NYY	16-17	2.96	47	31	21	2	2	277	267	117	91	71	88
1926	NYY	23-11	3.62	40	33	19	1	2	266	294	133	107	43	78
1927	NYY	19-8	3.00	34	26	18	1	2	209	225	89	70	48	51
1928	NYY	17-6	2.56	28	24	18	5	3	211	215	71	60	40	53
1929	NYY	9-11	4.92	27	23	8	1	2	157	205	101	86	28	49
1930	NYY	11-7	4.32	25	19	11	1	0	156	194	95	75	20	46
1931	NYY	11-6	4.28	25	25	12	1	0	189	247	96	90	30	65
1932	NYY	9-5	4.60	22	21	9	1	0	146	191	94	75	38	54
1933	NYY	7-4	5.54	23	5	2	1	4	65	96	46	40	21	22
1934	BOS	2-0	3.05	30	2	1	0	1	62	68	31	21	16	16
Career		241-162	-	617	419	247	35	33	-	3900	1699	1428	916	1227

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Major League fielding statistics for Herb Pennock.

Year	Team	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1912	PHA	17	-	2	15	1	0	0.944
1913	PHA	14	-	0	9	0	0	1.000
1914	PHA	28	-	9	37	3	1	0.939
1915	BOS	5	-	1	0	1	0	0.500
1915	PHA	11	-	1	15	1	1	0.941
1916	BOS	11	-	3	4	0	0	1.000
1917	BOS	24	-	1	30	2	2	0.939
1919	BOS	32	-	13	45	2	5	0.967
1920	BOS	38	-	6	53	1	0	0.983
1921	BOS	32	-	11	59	2	3	0.972
1922	BOS	32	-	8	56	1	1	0.985
1923	NYY	35	-	4	66	1	4	0.986
1924	NYY	40	-	10	61	0	5	1.000
1925	NYY	47	-	7	54	4	3	0.938
1926	NYY	40	-	2	73	1	6	0.987
1927	NYY	34	-	4	45	1	2	0.980
1928	NYY	28	-	5	59	1	3	0.985
1929	NYY	27	-	4	31	0	2	1.000
1930	NYY	25	-	3	26	1	1	0.967
1931	NYY	25	-	1	37	1	4	0.974
1932	NYY	22	-	4	29	1	1	0.971
1933	NYY	23	-	2	12	1	1	0.933
1934	BOS	30	-	0	8	0	0	1.000
Career		620	-	101	824	26	45	-

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Major League batting statistics for Herb Pennock.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1912	PHA	17	15	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.133	0.133	0.200
1913	PHA	14	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.111	0.200	0.111
1914	PHA	28	56	7	12	0	2	0	9	0	2	11	0.214	0.241	0.286
1915	BOS	5	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.167	0.167	0.333
1915	PHA	11	18	1	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	0.278	0.278	0.333
1916	BOS	11	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.125	0.222	0.125
1917	BOS	24	24	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	7	5	0.167	0.375	0.167
1919	BOS	32	75	7	13	4	0	0	7	0	6	12	0.173	0.253	0.227
1920	BOS	38	77	7	20	3	0	0	6	0	9	18	0.260	0.345	0.299
1921	BOS	32	85	9	18	8	0	1	11	0	6	10	0.212	0.272	0.341
1922	BOS	32	65	5	9	1	1	0	2	0	4	9	0.138	0.188	0.185
1923	NYY	35	83	11	16	3	0	0	7	0	9	8	0.193	0.272	0.229
1924	NYY	40	101	13	16	2	0	2	9	1	7	13	0.158	0.220	0.238
1925	NYY	47	99	6	20	1	1	0	7	0	2	7	0.202	0.218	0.232
1926	NYY	40	85	8	18	2	0	0	6	0	10	8	0.212	0.302	0.235
1927	NYY	34	69	6	15	2	0	0	6	0	3	10	0.217	0.250	0.246
1928	NYY	28	74	1	15	0	0	0	9	0	3	7	0.203	0.234	0.203
1929	NYY	27	51	4	9	0	0	0	1	0	4	6	0.176	0.236	0.176
1930	NYY	25	60	5	11	0	0	0	4	0	4	12	0.183	0.234	0.183
1931	NYY	25	66	8	10	2	0	1	6	0	9	12	0.152	0.253	0.227
1932	NYY	22	53	4	8	2	0	0	6	0	7	5	0.151	0.250	0.189
1933	NYY	23	21	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0.238	0.238	0.238
1934	BOS	30	14	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0.214	0.214	0.214
Career		620	1214	108	232	33	4	4	103	1	94	172	-	-	-

First Name	Herbert
Middle Name	Jefferis
Last Name	Pennock
Full Name at Birth	Herbert Jefferis Pennock
Other Names	The Knight Of Kennett Square
Age	53 (age at death)
Date of Birth	February 10, 1894
Birthplace	Kennett Square, PA
Date of Death	January 30, 1948
Location of Death	New York, NY
Buried	Union Hill Cemetery, Kennett Square, PA
Height	6' (183 cm)
Weight	160 lbs (72.6 kg)
Star Sign	Aquarius
Nationality	American
High School	Cedarcroft Boarding School (Kennett Square, PA)
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Pitcher
Bats	Both
Throws	Left
MLB Debut	14 May 1912
Last MLB Game	27 August 1934
Hall of Fame	Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1948 (94/121 ballots).