Joe Posnanski remembers Johnny Pesky, and sums up the man perfectly:

This was, perhaps, his greatest gift to the rest of us. Johnny Pesky died Monday. He was 92 years old. He loved baseball. And when you were around him, you loved baseball a little bit more.

Johhny Pesky died today, Monday:

Johnny Pesky, who spent 61 of his 73 years in baseball as a member of the Red Sox organization and was perhaps the greatest good-will ambassador in team history, died Monday of natural causes. He would have turned 93 next month.

Pesky came into the majors in 1942 and never left. He did a fantastic job of getting on base, with a .394 career OBP. That certainly setup Ted Williams for tons of RBI. It also made him more valuable as a middle infielder. He missed three years due to WWII, and posted rWARs of 4.1, 5.4, and 4.1 around those seasons, so he missed half of the prime of his career.

He stayed with the Red Sox in many positions since his retirement, including managing the team. The rightfield foul pole is named for him, as his home runs tended to be hit there.

Pesky’s death leaves Bobby Doer as the last of the Red Sox band of brothers, Ted Williams, Dom DiMaggio, and Pesky.

My thoughts go out to his family and friends.