Born:(1874-06-05)June 5, 1874 North Adams, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died: November 6, 1931(1931-11-06) (aged 57) Conway, Massachusetts, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 12, 1899, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance
October 2, 1909, for the Boston Red Sox
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
198–132
Earned run average
2.68
Strikeouts
1,265
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (1899–1902)
New York Highlanders (1903–1909)
Boston Red Sox (1909)
Career highlights and awards
2× wins leader (1902, 1904)
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction
1946
Election method
Old-Timers Committee
John Dwight Chesbro (June 5, 1874 – November 6, 1931) was an American professional baseball pitcher. Nicknamed "Happy Jack", Chesbro played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1899–1902), the New York Highlanders (1903–1909), and the Boston Red Sox (1909) of Major League Baseball (MLB). Chesbro finished his career with a 198–132 win–loss record, a 2.68 earned run average, and 1,265 strikeouts. His 41 wins during the 1904 season remains an American League record.[1] Though some pitchers have won more games in some seasons prior to 1901,[2][3] historians demarcating 1901 as the beginning of 'modern-era' major league baseball refer to and credit Jack Chesbro and his 1904 win-total as the modern era major league record and its holder. Some view Chesbro's 41 wins in a season as an unbreakable record.[4]
Chesbro's 1904 pitching totals of 51 games started and 48 complete games also fall into the same historical category as his 1904 wins total, as they are all-time American League single-season records.[5][6] These 1904 single-season totals for games started and complete games, like the wins total, are also the most recorded by a pitcher in either the American or National League since the beginning of the 20th century[7][8][9][10] and the co-existence of the American and National Leagues as major leagues. If one demarcates 1901 as the beginning of major league baseball's modern era, Jack Chesbro holds the modern era major league historical single-season records for wins by a pitcher (41), games started by a pitcher (51), and complete games pitched (48).
Chesbro was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946 by the Veterans Committee, though he had received little consideration from the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA). Some baseball historians consider the 1946 election a mistake, and believe that Chesbro was elected solely on the basis of his 1904 season.
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^Campbell, Bruce (July 30, 2007). "Slugger Bonds' record-to-be will be broken in time". Enid News & Eagle. Archived from the original on January 22, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2011.
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^"Single-Season Leaders & Records for Games Started (Baseball-Reference, Leaders, Pitching Leaderboards, Games Started, Single-Season)". Sports Reference LLC, Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
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needed] Player Year QS W L ND W-L% ERA GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO WHIP JackChesbro† 1904 44 38 6 0 0.864 1.36 44 43 6 398 270 87 60 4 74 214 0.86 Pete Alexander†...
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followed that season with 349 strikeouts in 1904, 110 more than runner-up JackChesbro. No other pitcher compiled consecutive 300-strikeout seasons until Sandy...
of the ninth inning. With a Boston runner on third, New York pitcher JackChesbro threw a spitball that got away and sailed over the catcher's head. The...
for New York are CC Sabathia (6), Lefty Gomez (6), Red Ruffing (5), JackChesbro (4), Roger Clemens (4), Bob Shawkey (4), Masahiro Tanaka (4), Ray Caldwell...
Player Year Team Innings pitched 1 Ed Walsh 1908 Chicago White Sox 464 2 JackChesbro 1904 New York Highlanders 454+2⁄3 3 Joe McGinnity 1903 New York Giants...
biggest class yet, then 10 and now 11 people: Jesse Burkett, Frank Chance, JackChesbro, Johnny Evers, Clark Griffith, Tommy McCarthy, Joe McGinnity, Eddie Plank...
Pitcher Wins–losses Throws Team Season JackChesbro 41–12 R New York Highlanders 1904 Ed Walsh 40–15 R Chicago White Sox 1908 Christy Mathewson 37–11 R...
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