Born on June 5, 1874 in North Adams, Massachusetts, Jack Chesbro (John Dwight Chesbro) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Highlanders and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 11 year career. Chesbro broke into the bigs on July 12, 1899 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 4.11 ERA in 149 innings pitched in 1899, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Jack Chesbro's best season was 1904, when he posted a 1.82 ERA, won 41 games and struck out 239 batters.
Statistics[]
Pitching Stats[]
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
1899
PIT
N
19
17
6
9
4.11
28
99
68
15
0
0
149
165
3
59
0
5
11
1900
PIT
N
32
26
15
13
3.67
56
123
88
20
3
1
215.2
220
4
79
0
7
12
1901
PIT
N
36
28
21
10
2.38
129
104
76
26
6
1
287.2
261
4
52
0
5
14
1902
PIT
N
35
33
28
6
2.17
136
81
69
31
8
1
286.1
242
1
62
0
3
21
1903
NY
A
40
36
21
15
2.77
147
140
100
33
1
0
324.2
300
7
74
0
5
9
1904
NY
A
55
51
41
12
1.82
239
128
92
48
6
0
454.2
338
4
88
0
9
7
1905
NY
A
41
38
19
15
2.20
156
125
74
24
3
0
303.1
262
5
71
0
7
6
1906
NY
A
49
42
23
17
2.96
152
138
107
24
4
1
325
314
2
75
0
7
10
1907
NY
A
30
25
10
10
2.53
78
83
58
17
1
0
206
192
0
46
0
3
6
1908
NY
A
45
31
14
20
2.93
124
133
94
20
3
1
288.2
271
6
67
0
11
14
1909
NY
A
9
4
0
4
6.34
17
51
35
2
0
0
49.2
70
2
13
0
0
3
1909
BOS
A
1
1
0
1
4.50
3
4
3
0
0
0
6
7
1
4
0
0
0
1909
TOT
A
10
5
0
5
6.14
20
55
38
2
0
0
55.2
77
3
17
0
0
3
Total
NL
122
104
70
38
2.89
349
407
301
92
17
3
938.2
888
12
252
0
20
58
Total
AL
270
228
128
94
2.59
916
802
563
168
18
2
1958
1754
27
438
0
42
55
Total
392
332
198
132
2.68
1265
1209
864
260
35
5
2896.2
2642
39
690
0
62
113
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1899
PIT
N
P
19
0
0
5
26
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
.912
1900
PIT
N
OF
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1900
PIT
N
P
32
0
0
4
44
7
3
0
0
0
0
0
.873
1901
PIT
N
P
36
0
0
12
57
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
.932
1902
PIT
N
P
35
0
0
11
60
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
.947
1903
NY
A
P
40
0
0
13
103
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
.983
1904
NY
A
P
55
0
0
24
166
12
7
0
0
0
0
0
.941
1905
NY
A
P
41
0
0
11
97
7
5
0
0
0
0
0
.939
1906
NY
A
P
49
0
0
11
95
5
3
0
0
0
0
0
.955
1907
NY
A
P
30
0
0
3
71
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
.937
1908
NY
A
1B
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1908
NY
A
P
45
0
0
7
96
6
2
0
0
0
0
0
.945
1909
NY
A
P
9
0
0
1
21
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1909
BOS
A
P
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1909
TOT
A
P
10
0
0
2
21
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Total
P
392
0
0
103
836
56
28
0
0
0
0
0
.944
Total
1B
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Total
OF
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1899
PIT
N
19
58
3
9
0
3
.155
.197
.155
0
0
3
0
0
2
0
0
0
1900
PIT
N
32
85
10
15
0
9
.176
.231
.247
4
1
6
0
0
0
1
0
0
1901
PIT
N
36
116
9
25
1
8
.216
.242
.302
5
1
3
0
1
4
0
0
0
1902
PIT
N
35
112
11
20
0
8
.179
.200
.223
3
1
3
0
0
4
1
0
0
1903
NY
A
40
124
8
23
2
9
.185
.198
.266
4
0
2
0
0
3
0
0
0
1904
NY
A
56
174
17
41
1
17
.236
.253
.339
9
3
4
0
0
3
1
0
0
1905
NY
A
41
112
6
21
0
10
.188
.202
.295
6
3
2
0
0
2
2
0
0
1906
NY
A
49
125
10
26
1
4
.208
.214
.264
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1907
NY
A
30
76
1
15
0
4
.197
.197
.276
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1908
NY
A
45
102
8
18
0
6
.176
.184
.216
2
1
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
1909
NY
A
9
17
1
3
0
3
.176
.222
.176
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1909
BOS
A
1
2
1
1
0
1
.500
.500
.500
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1909
TOT
A
10
19
2
4
0
4
.211
.250
.211
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
NL
122
371
33
69
1
28
.186
.220
.243
12
3
15
0
1
10
2
0
0
Total
AL
271
732
52
148
4
54
.202
.214
.280
25
10
10
0
1
11
3
0
0
Total
393
1103
85
217
5
82
.197
.216
.267
37
13
25
0
2
21
5
0
0
Transactions[]
Sold by Richmond (Atlantic) to Pittsburgh Pirates (July, 1899).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Paddy 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 and Honus Wagner (December 8, 1899).
Assigned to Pittsburgh Pirates by Louisville Colonels with Paddy Fox, Art Madison and John O'Brien (March 9, 1900).
Claimed on waivers by Boston Red Sox from New York Highlanders (September 11, 1909).
