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Johnny Pesky
Date and Place of Birth: September 27, Portland, Oregon
Baseball Experience: Major League
Position: Shortstop
Rank: Ensign
Military Unit: US Navy
Area Served: Pacific Theater of Operations
Johnny Pesky was born John M Paveskovich on September 27, in Portland, Oregon.
He was signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in In , Pesky's rookie season in the majors, he led the American League with hits, but was in military service with the Navy before the year was out.
Pesky, whose father had been an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Navy before World War I, served at Amherst, Massachusetts in He was later at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he played shortstop for the Cloudbusters, and Atlanta Naval Air Station, where he met his wife, Ruth Hickey, who was also serving with the Navy.
On June 13, , Pesky graduated as an Johnny Pesky - Society for American Baseball Research LALOM