What years did Herb Pennock play?

Herb Pennock played in Major League Baseball from 1912 to 1934.

Was Herb Pennock a pitcher?

Yes. Herb Pennock pitched in the major leagues, recording 240 wins and 1227 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Herb Pennock hit?

Herb Pennock hit 4 career home runs with 232 hits.

What teams did Herb Pennock play for?

Herb Pennock played for 3 teams: the Philadelphia Athletics (1912–1915), the Boston Red Sox (1915–1917, 1919–1922, 1934), and the New York Yankees (1923–1933).

What were Herb Pennock's career stats?

In 617 games, Herb Pennock went 240-162 with a 3.60 ERA, 1,227 strikeouts, 3,571.2 innings pitched, and 32 saves. At the plate he had 232 hits and 4 home runs.

What position did Herb Pennock play?

Herb Pennock played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Herb Pennock and how much did he weigh?

Herb Pennock was listed at 6 feet and 160 pounds.

What was Herb Pennock's career ERA?

Herb Pennock finished with a 3.60 career ERA, going 240-162 with 1,227 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Herb Pennock have?

Herb Pennock recorded 1,227 career strikeouts.

Herb Pennock

Pitcher · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1912-1934)

Herb Pennock was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1912 to 1934 for the Philadelphia Athletics, the Boston Red Sox, and the New York Yankees, a span of 23 seasons. Across 617 career appearances, he went 240-162 with a 3.60 ERA, 1,227 strikeouts, and 32 saves. He also batted .191 with 4 home runs. Herb Pennock was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1948. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 29181.1.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 17, 2026

⭐ Hall of Fame 1948

W–L 240–162

ERA 3.60

WHIP 1.35

SO 1,227

Pitcher PIV 29181.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: B / L
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 160 lb
Born: 2/10/1894 in Kennett Square, PA, USA
Died: 1/30/1948 in New York, NY, USA
MLB Debut: 1912-05-14
Last Game: 1934-08-27
Hall of Fame: Inducted 1948 (BBWAA)

Full name: Herbert Jefferis Pennock

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Career Pitching Statistics

Herb Pennock — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
240	162	617	420	247	35	32	3571.2	3,900	1,428	128	916	1,227	3.60	29181.1

Career ERA 3.60 vs. league average 3.80 across their career seasons — 5.3% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Herb Pennock Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1912	PHA	AL	1	2	17	2	1	0	2	50.0	48	25	30	38	4.50	3.36 (-34%)	-282.0
1913	PHA	AL	2	1	14	3	1	0	0	33.1	30	19	22	17	5.13	3.07 (-67%)	-1703.7
1914	PHA	AL	11	4	28	14	8	3	3	151.2	136	47	65	90	2.79	2.93 (+5%)	950.9
1915	PHA	AL	3	6	11	8	3	1	1	44.0	46	26	29	24	5.32	2.90 (-84%)	-1247.8
1915	BOS	AL	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	14.0	23	15	10	7	9.64	2.90 (-233%)	-232.3
1916	BOS	AL	0	2	9	2	0	0	1	26.2	23	9	8	12	3.04	2.78 (-9%)	196.5
1917	BOS	AL	5	5	24	5	4	1	1	100.2	90	37	23	35	3.31	2.69 (-23%)	183.2
1919	BOS	AL	16	8	32	26	16	5	0	219.0	223	66	48	70	2.71	3.09 (+12%)	2311.4
1920	BOS	AL	16	13	37	31	19	4	2	242.1	244	99	61	68	3.68	3.45 (-7%)	-451.0
1921	BOS	AL	12	14	32	32	15	1	0	222.2	268	100	59	91	4.04	4.02 (-1%)	2574.3
1922	BOS	AL	10	17	32	26	15	1	1	202.0	230	97	74	59	4.32	4.18 (-3%)	22.1
1923	NYA	AL	19	6	35	27	21	1	3	238.1	235	83	68	93	3.13	4.03 (+22%)	1868.4
1924	NYA	AL	21	9	40	34	25	4	3	286.1	302	90	64	101	2.83	4.13 (+31%)	2700.4
1925	NYA	AL	16	17	47	31	21	2	2	277.0	267	91	71	88	2.96	4.55 (+35%)	2042.4
1926	NYA	AL	23	11	40	33	19	1	2	266.1	294	107	43	78	3.62	4.11 (+12%)	3922.8
1927	NYA	AL	19	8	34	26	18	1	2	209.2	225	70	48	51	3.00	4.08 (+26%)	2484.5
1928	NYA	AL	17	6	28	24	18	5	3	211.0	215	60	40	53	2.56	4.13 (+38%)	4689.5
1929	NYA	AL	9	11	27	23	8	1	1	157.1	205	86	28	49	4.92	4.60 (-7%)	1541.5
1930	NYA	AL	11	7	25	19	11	1	0	156.1	194	75	20	46	4.32	4.80 (+10%)	2958.1
1931	NYA	AL	11	6	25	25	12	1	0	189.1	247	90	30	65	4.28	4.10 (-4%)	3329.1
1932	NYA	AL	9	5	22	21	9	1	0	146.2	191	75	38	54	4.60	4.13 (-12%)	944.3
1933	NYA	AL	7	4	23	5	2	1	4	65.0	96	40	21	22	5.54	3.86 (-44%)	-239.5
1934	BOS	AL	2	0	30	2	1	0	1	62.0	68	21	16	16	3.05	4.29 (+29%)	618.0
Career · 23 seasons			240	162	617	420	247	35	32	3,571.2	3,900	1,428	916	1,227	3.60	—	29,181

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Herb Pennock — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
620	1,214	108	232	33	4	4	103	1	94	178	.191	.253	.235	.488	-5,799

Career AVG .191 vs. league average .274 across their career seasons — 30.3% below league average.

Career OBP .253 vs. league average .337 across their career seasons — 24.8% below league average.

Career SLG .235 vs. league average .378 across their career seasons — 37.9% below league average.

Career OPS .488 vs. league average .715 across their career seasons — 31.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Herb Pennock Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1912	PHA	AL	17	15	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	.133	—	—	—	—	0.0
1913	PHA	AL	14	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.111	—	—	—	—	0.0
1914	PHA	AL	28	56	7	12	0	2	0	9	0	2	11	.214	.255 (-16%)	.322 (-25%)	.339 (-16%)	.661 (-20%)	-188.6
1915	PHA	AL	11	18	1	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	.278	—	—	—	—	0.0
1915	BOS	AL	5	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
1916	BOS	AL	11	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.125	—	—	—	—	0.0
1917	BOS	AL	24	24	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	7	5	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
1919	BOS	AL	32	75	7	13	4	0	0	7	0	6	12	.173	.262 (-34%)	.322 (-22%)	.347 (-35%)	.670 (-28%)	-310.1
1920	BOS	AL	38	77	7	20	3	0	0	6	0	9	18	.260	.271 (-4%)	.331 (+4%)	.363 (-18%)	.694 (-7%)	-54.6
1921	BOS	AL	32	85	9	18	8	0	1	11	0	6	10	.212	.286 (-26%)	.344 (-21%)	.395 (-14%)	.739 (-17%)	-253.5
1922	BOS	AL	32	65	5	9	1	1	0	2	0	4	9	.138	.285 (-52%)	.345 (-46%)	.397 (-54%)	.743 (-50%)	-539.5
1923	NYA	AL	35	83	11	16	3	0	0	7	0	9	8	.193	.282 (-32%)	.344 (-21%)	.390 (-41%)	.734 (-32%)	-417.9
1924	NYA	AL	40	101	13	16	2	0	2	9	1	7	13	.158	.283 (-44%)	.345 (-36%)	.389 (-39%)	.734 (-38%)	-624.1
1925	NYA	AL	47	99	6	20	1	1	0	7	0	2	7	.202	.288 (-30%)	.349 (-38%)	.407 (-43%)	.756 (-41%)	-673.5
1926	NYA	AL	40	85	8	18	2	0	0	6	0	10	8	.212	.279 (-24%)	.345 (-13%)	.390 (-40%)	.735 (-27%)	-345.6
1927	NYA	AL	34	69	6	15	2	0	0	6	0	3	10	.217	.282 (-23%)	.344 (-27%)	.392 (-37%)	.736 (-33%)	-366.5
1928	NYA	AL	28	74	1	15	0	0	0	9	0	3	7	.203	.280 (-28%)	.342 (-32%)	.395 (-49%)	.737 (-41%)	-483.5
1929	NYA	AL	27	51	4	9	0	0	0	1	0	4	6	.176	.289 (-39%)	.353 (-33%)	.415 (-58%)	.769 (-46%)	-391.8
1930	NYA	AL	25	60	5	11	0	0	0	4	0	4	12	.183	.293 (-38%)	.354 (-34%)	.429 (-57%)	.784 (-47%)	-471.7
1931	NYA	AL	25	66	8	10	2	0	1	6	0	9	12	.152	.276 (-45%)	.338 (-25%)	.388 (-41%)	.726 (-34%)	-350.7
1932	NYA	AL	22	53	4	8	2	0	0	6	0	7	5	.151	.275 (-45%)	.335 (-25%)	.391 (-52%)	.726 (-40%)	-327.2
1933	NYA	AL	23	21	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	.238	—	—	—	—	0.0
1934	BOS	AL	30	14	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.214	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 23 seasons			620	1,214	108	232	33	4	4	103	1	94	178	.191	—	—	—	—	-5,799

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Herb Pennock — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
10	19	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	.053

Playoff Batting by Year

Herb Pennock — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO	AVG
1932	WS	NYA	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1927	WS	NYA	1	4	1	0	0	1	1	.000
1926	WS	NYA	3	7	1	1	1	0	0	.143
1923	WS	NYA	3	6	0	0	0	0	2	.000
1914	WS	PHA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Herb Pennock — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
5	0	10	5	3	55.1	39	12	8	24	1.95

Playoff Pitching by Year

Herb Pennock — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1932	WS	NYA	0	2	0	2	4.0	2	1	1	4	2.25
1927	WS	NYA	1	1	1	0	9.0	3	1	0	1	1.00
1926	WS	NYA	2	3	2	0	22.0	13	3	4	8	1.23
1923	WS	NYA	2	3	2	1	17.1	19	7	1	8	3.63
1914	WS	PHA	0	1	0	0	3.0	2	0	2	3	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Batting — Home / Away

Herb Pennock — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	317	576	65	132	4	62	.229
Away	304	626	43	102	0	45	.163

Pitching — Home / Away

Herb Pennock — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	313	1862.0	1926	689	437	677	3.33
Away	304	1708.2	1980	744	486	554	3.92

Last 10 Games — Batting

Herb Pennock — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	SO
1934-08-27	BOS	CLE	L	1	1
1934-08-23	BOS	CHW	L	0	0
1934-08-19	BOS	DET	L	0	0
1934-08-12	BOS	NYY	L	0	0
1934-08-07	BOS	PHA	L	0	0
1934-07-28	BOS	MIN	L	0	0
1934-07-24	BOS	DET	L	0	0
1934-07-19	BOS	CLE	L	0	0
1934-07-15	BOS	SLA	W	0	0
1934-07-14	BOS	SLA	L	1	1

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Herb Pennock — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1934-08-27	BOS	CLE	—	4.0	6	5	4	1	2
1934-08-23	BOS	CHW	—	1.0	1	0	0	1	1
1934-08-19	BOS	DET	—	3.0	2	0	0	1	0
1934-08-12	BOS	NYY	—	2.0	2	2	2	0	1
1934-08-07	BOS	PHA	—	2.0	2	0	0	0	0
1934-07-28	BOS	MIN	—	1.0	2	0	0	0	0
1934-07-24	BOS	DET	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
1934-07-19	BOS	CLE	—	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
1934-07-15	BOS	SLA	SV	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
1934-07-14	BOS	SLA	—	1.1	0	0	0	1	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Herb Pennock — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	617	0	101	824	26	45

Season-by-Season Fielding

Herb Pennock — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1912	PHA	P	17	2	15	1	0
1913	PHA	P	14	0	9	0	0
1914	PHA	P	28	9	37	3	1
1915	PHA	P	11	1	15	1	1
1915	BOS	P	5	1	0	1	0
1916	BOS	P	9	3	4	0	0
1917	BOS	P	24	1	30	2	2
1919	BOS	P	32	13	45	2	5
1920	BOS	P	37	6	53	1	0
1921	BOS	P	32	11	59	2	3
1922	BOS	P	32	8	56	1	1
1923	NYA	P	35	4	66	1	4
1924	NYA	P	40	10	61	0	5
1925	NYA	P	47	7	54	4	3
1926	NYA	P	40	2	73	1	6
1927	NYA	P	34	4	45	1	2
1928	NYA	P	28	5	59	1	3
1929	NYA	P	27	4	31	0	2
1930	NYA	P	25	3	26	1	1
1931	NYA	P	25	1	37	1	4
1932	NYA	P	22	4	29	1	1
1933	NYA	P	23	2	12	1	1
1934	BOS	P	30	0	8	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Herb Pennock Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	617

Awards & Honors

Herb Pennock — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1926	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P2
1926	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P3
1926	TSN All-Star	P
1925	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P4
1924	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P3

Award Voting History

Herb Pennock — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max
1926	Most Valuable Player	AL	3rd	32.0	64
1925	Most Valuable Player	AL	21th	4.0	64
1924	Most Valuable Player	AL	4th	24.0	64

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Herb Pennock: the record in brief

May 14, 1912 and August 27, 1934 bracket Herb Pennock's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. The season rows list, in order, the Philadelphia Athletics (1912 through 1915), the Boston Red Sox (1915 through 1934), and the New York Yankees (1923 through 1933). Pennock, a pitcher by primary position, batted from both sides and threw left-handed. Height and weight on file: 160 pounds on a 6-foot-0 frame. Pennock was born on February 10, 1894, in Kennett Square, PA, USA. The bio records the death on January 30, 1948, in New York, NY, USA. The given name on file is Herbert Jefferis Pennock.

Pennock went 240-162 with a 3.60 ERA in 617 games, 420 of them starts. The same table counts 1,227 strikeouts, 247 complete games, 35 shutouts, and 32 saves. The leagues Pennock pitched in allowed 3.80 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 5.3% better than average. No season topped the 23 wins of 1926.

Frequently Asked Questions about Herb Pennock

What years did Herb Pennock play?: Herb Pennock played in Major League Baseball from 1912 to 1934.
Was Herb Pennock a pitcher?: Yes. Herb Pennock pitched in the major leagues, recording 240 wins and 1227 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Herb Pennock hit?: Herb Pennock hit 4 career home runs with 232 hits.
Is Herb Pennock in the Hall of Fame?: Yes. Herb Pennock was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1948.
What teams did Herb Pennock play for?: Herb Pennock played for 3 teams: the Philadelphia Athletics (1912–1915), the Boston Red Sox (1915–1917, 1919–1922, 1934), and the New York Yankees (1923–1933).
What were Herb Pennock's career stats?: In 617 games, Herb Pennock went 240-162 with a 3.60 ERA, 1,227 strikeouts, 3,571.2 innings pitched, and 32 saves. At the plate he had 232 hits and 4 home runs.
What position did Herb Pennock play?: Herb Pennock played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Herb Pennock and how much did he weigh?: Herb Pennock was listed at 6 feet and 160 pounds.
What was Herb Pennock's career ERA?: Herb Pennock finished with a 3.60 career ERA, going 240-162 with 1,227 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Herb Pennock have?: Herb Pennock recorded 1,227 career strikeouts.