League Leaders Who Led?
Herb Pennock

Herb Pennock

1912–1934  ·  Bats B  ·  Throws L  ·  6'0", 160 lb  ·  b. 1894 Kennett Square, PA

Career 240–162 · 3.60 ERA · 1,227 SO · 3571.2 IP · 620 G · 232 H · 4 HR · 103 RBI · .191 AVG

Seasons leading his league
4
1 best in baseball 3 league only
24 Top-5 finishes
3 Title seasons
3 Categories led
1925 Best season

Spanning 1925–1928, peaking at 2 titles in 1925.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 490th League titles 4
  • 607th Best in baseball 1
  • 409th Top-5 finishes 24

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Walks + Hits / IP 2 1st 2 yrs (1925–1926) 1925 AL 1.22 1926 AL 1.27
Shutouts 1 1st — 1928 5 1919 #2 1924 #3
Innings Pitched 1 1st — 1925 AL 277.0 1924 #3 1926 #3
Complete Games — #3 — 1924 #3 1925 #3
Wins — #2 — 1924 #2 1926 #2
Earned Run Average — #2 — 1924 #3 1925 #2 1928 #2

Title Seasons

3 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1928 1 SHO 5
1926 1 WHIP 1.27
1925 2 WHIP 1.22 IP 277.0

Pitching

22 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1912 PHA AL 1 2 4.50 17 2 2 50.0 48 25 1 30 38 1.56
1913 PHA AL 2 1 5.13 14 3 0 33.1 30 19 4 22 17 1.56
1914 PHA AL 11 4 2.79 28 14 3 151.2 136 47 1 65 90 1.33
1915 PHA +1 AL 3 6 6.36 16 9 1 58.0 69 41 2 39 31 1.86
1916 BOS AL 0 2 3.04 9 2 1 26.2 23 9 0 8 12 1.16
1917 BOS AL 5 5 3.31 24 5 1 100.2 90 37 2 23 35 1.12
1919 BOS AL 16 8 2.71 32 26 0 219.0 223 66 2 48 70 1.24
1920 BOS AL 16 13 3.68 37 31 2 242.1 244 99 9 61 68 1.26
1921 BOS AL 12 14 4.04 32 32 0 222.2 268 100 7 59 91 1.47
1922 BOS AL 10 17 4.32 32 26 1 202.0 230 97 7 74 59 1.51
1923 NYA AL 19 6 3.13 35 27 3 238.1 235 83 11 68 93 1.27
1924 NYA AL 21 9 2.83 40 34 3 286.1 302 90 13 64 101 1.28
1925 NYA AL 16 17 2.96 47 31 2 277.0 267 91 11 71 88 1.22
1926 NYA AL 23 11 3.62 40 33 2 266.1 294 107 11 43 78 1.27
1927 NYA AL 19 8 3.00 34 26 2 209.2 225 70 5 48 51 1.30
1928 NYA AL 17 6 2.56 28 24 3 211.0 215 60 2 40 53 1.21
1929 NYA AL 9 11 4.92 27 23 1 157.1 205 86 11 28 49 1.48
1930 NYA AL 11 7 4.32 25 19 0 156.1 194 75 8 20 46 1.37
1931 NYA AL 11 6 4.28 25 25 0 189.1 247 90 7 30 65 1.46
1932 NYA AL 9 5 4.60 22 21 0 146.2 191 75 8 38 54 1.56
1933 NYA AL 7 4 5.54 23 5 4 65.0 96 40 4 21 22 1.80
1934 BOS AL 2 0 3.05 30 2 1 62.0 68 21 2 16 16 1.36
Career — — 240 162 3.60 617 420 32 3571.2 3,900 1,428 128 916 1,227 1.35

Batting

22 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1912 PHA AL 17 15 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 .133 .133 .200 .333
1913 PHA AL 14 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .111 .200 .111 .311
1914 PHA AL 28 56 7 12 0 2 0 9 2 11 0 .214 .241 .286 .527
1915 PHA +1 AL 16 24 2 6 2 0 0 3 0 7 0 .250 .250 .333 .583
1916 BOS AL 11 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .125 .222 .125 .347
1917 BOS AL 24 24 2 4 0 0 0 2 7 5 0 .167 .375 .167 .542
1919 BOS AL 32 75 7 13 4 0 0 7 6 12 0 .173 .253 .227 .480
1920 BOS AL 38 77 7 20 3 0 0 6 9 18 0 .260 .345 .299 .644
1921 BOS AL 32 85 9 18 8 0 1 11 6 10 0 .212 .272 .341 .613
1922 BOS AL 32 65 5 9 1 1 0 2 4 9 0 .139 .188 .185 .373
1923 NYA AL 35 83 11 16 3 0 0 7 9 8 0 .193 .272 .229 .501
1924 NYA AL 40 101 13 16 2 0 2 9 7 13 1 .158 .220 .238 .458
1925 NYA AL 47 99 6 20 1 1 0 7 2 7 0 .202 .218 .232 .450
1926 NYA AL 40 85 8 18 2 0 0 6 10 8 0 .212 .302 .235 .537
1927 NYA AL 34 69 6 15 2 0 0 6 3 10 0 .217 .250 .246 .496
1928 NYA AL 28 74 1 15 0 0 0 9 3 7 0 .203 .234 .203 .437
1929 NYA AL 27 51 4 9 0 0 0 1 4 6 0 .177 .236 .177 .413
1930 NYA AL 25 60 5 11 0 0 0 4 4 12 0 .183 .234 .183 .418
1931 NYA AL 25 66 8 10 2 0 1 6 9 12 0 .152 .253 .227 .481
1932 NYA AL 22 53 4 8 2 0 0 6 7 5 0 .151 .250 .189 .439
1933 NYA AL 23 21 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 .238 .238 .238 .476
1934 BOS AL 30 14 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 .214 .214 .214 .429
Career — — 620 1,214 108 232 33 4 4 103 94 178 1 .191 .253 .235 .488

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
P 617 101 824 26 45 .973