Honors
Pennock was honored with "Herb Pennock Day" on April 30, 1944 in Kennett Square. Weeks after his death, Pennock was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. An attempt to erect a statue in Kennett Square in his honor was blocked due to his support of segregation in baseball.
Fred Heimach, a teammate of Pennock, once called him the smartest ball player he knew. In 1981, Lawrence Ritter and Donald Honig included Pennock in their book The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time. He was inducted in the International League Hall of Fame in 1948. Noted baseball photographer Charles M. Conlon considered Pennock one of his favorite subjects to photograph.
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