Jim Piersall

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: November 14, 1929 in Waterbury, CT us

Died: June 3, 2017 in Wheaton, IL

Buried: Cremated

High School: Leavenworth HS (Waterbury, CT)

Debut: September 7, 1950 (Age 20-297d, 10,740th in major league history)
vs. NYY 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 1, 1967 (Age 37-168d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: James Anthony Piersall

Nicknames: Jimmy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

29.3

5890

1604

104

.272

811

RBI

591

115

OBP

.332

SLG

.386

OPS

.718

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	WSA		DET	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
2	2	Apr 13	WSA	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
3	3	Apr 14	WSA	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
4	4	Apr 17	WSA	@	DET	L,2-9	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
5	5	Apr 18	WSA	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
6	6	Apr 20	WSA		BAL	L,4-5	GS	24	6.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
7	12 (5)	Apr 27	WSA		NYY	L,8-10	GS	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
8	13	Apr 28	WSA		NYY	L,3-10	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
9	14	Apr 29 (1)	WSA		NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
10	15	Apr 29 (2)	WSA		NYY	L,6-11	GS	33	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	16	May 1	WSA		BOS	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
12	17	May 3	WSA		BOS	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
13	18	May 5	WSA	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
14	19	May 6 (1)	WSA	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
15	20	May 6 (2)	WSA	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
16	21	May 9 (1)	WSA		CHW	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
17	22	May 9 (2)	WSA		CHW	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
18	23	May 10	WSA		CHW	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
19	24	May 11	WSA	@	BAL	W,12-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
20	25	May 12	WSA	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
21	26	May 13	WSA	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
22	27	May 15	WSA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
23	28	May 16	WSA	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
24	29	May 18	WSA		KCA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
25	30	May 19	WSA		KCA	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
26	31	May 20 (1)	WSA		KCA	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
27	32	May 20 (2)	WSA		KCA	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
28	33	May 21	WSA		MIN	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
29	34	May 22	WSA		MIN	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
30	35	May 23	WSA		LAA	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
31	36	May 24	WSA		LAA	L,4-7	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
32	37	May 25	WSA		CLE	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
33	38	May 26	WSA		CLE	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
34	39	May 27	WSA		CLE	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
35	40	May 28	WSA	@	LAA	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
36	41	May 29	WSA	@	LAA	W,7-6	CG	43	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
37	42	May 30 (1)	WSA	@	KCA	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
38	43	May 30 (2)	WSA	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
39	44	May 31	WSA	@	KCA	L,0-1	CG	35	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	45	Jun 1	WSA	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	52	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
41	46	Jun 2	WSA	@	MIN	L,2-9	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
42	47	Jun 3	WSA	@	MIN	L,5-7	GS	30	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
43	48	Jun 5	WSA	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
44	51 (2)	Jun 8 (1)	WSA		DET	L,6-7	GF	14	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
45	52	Jun 8 (2)	WSA		DET	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
46	53	Jun 9	WSA		DET	W,4-2	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
47	54	Jun 10 (1)	WSA		DET	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
48	55	Jun 10 (2)	WSA		DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
49	56	Jun 13 (1)	WSA		CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
50	57	Jun 13 (2)	WSA		CLE	L,1-4	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
51	58	Jun 14	WSA		CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
52	59	Jun 15	WSA		BAL	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
53	60	Jun 16	WSA		BAL	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
54	61	Jun 17	WSA		BAL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
55	62	Jun 19	WSA	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
56	63	Jun 20	WSA	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
57	64	Jun 21	WSA	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
58	65	Jun 22	WSA	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
59	66	Jun 23	WSA	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
60	67	Jun 24 (1)	WSA	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
61	68	Jun 24 (2)	WSA	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
62	69	Jun 26	WSA		KCA	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
63	70	Jun 27	WSA		KCA	L,1-4	GS	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
64	71	Jun 28	WSA		KCA	L,7-10	CG	52	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
65	72	Jun 29	WSA		MIN	W,6-3	CG	39	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
66	73	Jun 30	WSA		MIN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	74	Jul 1	WSA		MIN	L,0-9	GS	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
68	78 (3)	Jul 6	WSA	@	KCA	L,9-12	GF	15	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
69	80 (1)	Jul 8	WSA	@	KCA	L,5-6	GF	28	5.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF
70	90 (9)	Jul 20	WSA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
71	91	Jul 21	WSA	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
72	92	Jul 22 (1)	WSA	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
73	93	Jul 22 (2)	WSA	@	NYY	W,8-3	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
74	94	Jul 24	WSA		CHW	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
75	95	Jul 25	WSA		CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
76	96	Jul 26	WSA		CHW	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
77	97	Jul 27 (1)	WSA		BOS	W,11-2	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
78	98	Jul 27 (2)	WSA		BOS	W,14-1	GS	14	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
79	99	Jul 28	WSA		BOS	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
80	100	Jul 29	WSA		BOS	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
81	101	Jul 31	WSA		NYY	L,5-9	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	102	Aug 1 (1)	WSA		NYY	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
83	103	Aug 1 (2)	WSA		NYY	L,2-5	CG	46	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
84	104	Aug 3	WSA	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
85	105	Aug 4	WSA	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
86	106	Aug 5 (1)	WSA	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
87	107	Aug 5 (2)	WSA	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	44	10.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF
88	108	Aug 6	WSA		KCA	L,0-1	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
89	109	Aug 7	WSA		KCA	L,3-10	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
90	110	Aug 8 (1)	WSA		DET	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
91	111	Aug 8 (2)	WSA		DET	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
92	114 (2)	Aug 11	WSA		CLE	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
93	115	Aug 12	WSA		CLE	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
94	116	Aug 13 (1)	WSA	@	CLE	W,11-2	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
95	117	Aug 13 (2)	WSA	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
96	118	Aug 14	WSA	@	KCA	L,5-6	CG	41	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	CF
97	119	Aug 15	WSA	@	KCA	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
98	121 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	WSA	@	LAA	L,3-4	CG	43	9.2	3	0	0	3	0	CF
99	122	Aug 17 (2)	WSA	@	LAA	L,2-3	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH CF
100	123	Aug 18	WSA	@	LAA	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
101	124	Aug 19	WSA	@	LAA	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
102	126 (1)	Aug 22	WSA	@	MIN	T,8-8	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
103	128 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	WSA	@	MIN	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
104	129	Aug 24	WSA	@	DET	L,1-11	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
105	130	Aug 25	WSA	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
106	131	Aug 26 (1)	WSA	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
107	132	Aug 26 (2)	WSA	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
108	133	Aug 27	WSA		BAL	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
109	134	Aug 28	WSA		BAL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
110	135	Aug 29	WSA		BAL	L,3-9	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
111	136	Aug 30	WSA	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
112	137	Aug 31 (1)	WSA		LAA	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
113	138	Aug 31 (2)	WSA		LAA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	139	Sep 1	WSA		LAA	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
115	140	Sep 2	WSA		LAA	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
116	141	Sep 3 (1)	WSA		MIN	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
117	142	Sep 3 (2)	WSA		MIN	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
118	143	Sep 5 (1)	WSA		MIN	L,7-9	CG	49	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
119	144	Sep 5 (2)	WSA		MIN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
120	145	Sep 7	WSA	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
121	146	Sep 8	WSA	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
122	147	Sep 9 (1)	WSA	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
123	148	Sep 9 (2)	WSA	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	13	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	CF
124	150 (1)	Sep 12	WSA	@	BAL	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
125	155 (4)	Sep 18	WSA		NYY	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	CF
126	156	Sep 19	WSA		NYY	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
127	157	Sep 21	WSA		BOS	L,1-4	GS	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
128	158	Sep 22	WSA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	50	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
129	159	Sep 25	WSA	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
130	160	Sep 26	WSA	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
131	161	Sep 30 (1)	WSA	@	BOS	W,3-1	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
							131gm		1073.0	314	5	1	320	0