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Jim Pisoni

James Peter Pisoni

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 169 lb.

Born: August 14, 1929 in St. Louis, MO
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 1953 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Yankees/Braves/Browns 1953-1960

Final Game: October 2, 1960 (Age 31)
Died: February 4, 2007 in Dallas, TX
Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, St. Louis, MO
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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1949	19	BAL-min	D	104	361	361		105	22	11	6						.291	.291	.463	.753		167							MYF · KITL
1950	20	BAL-min	D	122	441	441		132	30	16	19						.299	.299	.569	.868		251							PTB · KOML
1951		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953	23	BAL-min	A,B	93	331	331		94	12	9	13						.284	.284	.492	.776		163							AND,WCH,YOR · TRIS,WL,PIED
1953	23	SLB	AL	3	12	12	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	.083	.083	.333	.417	7	4	0	0	0			/O89

1954	24	BAL-min	AA	106	385	323	46	79	16	3	16	62	8	8	56	71	.245	.358	.461	.819		149		1	5	0			SAN · TL
1955	25	BAL-min	AA	162	688	588	90	159	27	8	26	118	11	9	87	105	.270	.364	.476	.841		280		4	2	7			SAN · TL
1956	26	BAL-min	Opn	166	682	584	94	155	33	9	20	86	6		73	138	.265	.353	.455	.808		266	15	9	10	6			VAN · PCL
1956	26	KCA	AL	10	33	30	4	8	0	0	2	5	0	0	2	8	.267	.303	.467	.770	101	14	2	0	0	1	0	/8
1957	27	NYY-min	AAA	74	319	277	47	83	20	2	10	49	1		33	50	.300	.382	.495	.877		137		4	5	0	1		DEN · AA
1957	27	KCA	AL	44	111	97	14	23	2	2	3	12	0	0	10	17	.237	.318	.392	.710	93	38	0	2	1	1	1	8/9

1958	28	NYY-min	AAA	83	348	310	56	97	12	1	16	67	4		27	64	.313	.379	.513	.892		159		8	0	3	6		DEN · AA
1959	29	NYY-min	AAA	89	321	274	35	57	11	2	10	33	4		36	69	.208	.297	.372	.669		102		1	4	6	4		RMD · IL
1959	29	TOT	MLB	26	46	41	6	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	15	.171	.227	.244	.471	31	10	1	0	2	0	0	78/9
1959	29	MLN	NL	9	26	24	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.167	.231	.208	.439	23	5	1	0	0	0	0	/87
1959	29	NYY	AL	17	20	17	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	9	.176	.222	.294	.516	43	5	0	0	2	0	0	7/98
1960	30	NYY-min	AAA	122	492	446	68	104	13	5	20	65	3	2	37	101	.233	.294	.419	.713		187		2	5	2			RMD · IL
1960	30	NYY	AL	20	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.111	.200	.111	.311	-11	1	0	0	0	0	0	7/8
1961	31	NYY-min	AAA	143	498	467	58	108	24	6	14	55	2		31	118	.231	.279	.398	.677		186							RMD · IL
1962	32	CIN-min	AAA	132	477	442	55	104	16	3	17	69	0	1	29	106	.235	.286	.400	.686		177		3	1	2			SDG · PCL
5 Yrs				103	212	189	26	40	3	3	6	20	0	0	16	47	.212	.278	.354	.632	71	67	3	2	3	2	1
162 Game Avg.				162	333	297	41	63	5	5	9	31	0	0	25	74	.212	.278	.354	.632	71	105	5	3	5

KCA (2 yrs)				54	144	127	18	31	2	2	5	17	0	0	12	25	.244	.315	.409	.724	95	52	2	2	1	2	1
NYY (2 yrs)				37	30	26	3	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	11	.154	.214	.231	.445	24	6	0	0	2	0	0
MLN (1 yr)				9	26	24	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.167	.231	.208	.439	23	5	1	0	0	0	0
SLB (1 yr)				3	12	12	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	.083	.083	.333	.417	7	4	0	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				94	186	165	22	36	2	3	6	20	0	0	14	41	.218	.284	.376	.660	78	62	2	2	3	2	1
NL (1 yr)				9	26	24	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.167	.231	.208	.439	23	5	1	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Pos
1953	23	SLB	AL	3	12	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.463	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	/O89

1956	26	KCA	AL	10	33	-1	-0	-0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.1	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	0	/8
1957	27	KCA	AL	44	111	-2	0	0	3	-0	1	0.1	3	4	0.4	.502	.501	0.1	0.2	2	8/9

1959	29	MLN	NL	9	26	-2	0	-0	-0	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.474	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	/87
1959	29	NYY	AL	17	20	-2	-1	0	2	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.0	.496	.500	-0.2	0.1	-2	7/98
1960	30	NYY	AL	20	10	-1	-0	0	1	-0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	7/8
5 Seasons				103	212	-8	-0	0	6	-1	-3	-0.3	7	4	0.3	.497	.500	-0.3	0.5	-2

KCA (2 yrs)				54	144	-3	0	0	3	-0	0	0.0	4	5	0.5	.501	.500	0.1	0.3	2
NYY (2 yrs)				37	30	-2	-1	0	3	-1	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.1	.499	.500	-0.3	0.2	-2
MLN (1 yr)				9	26	-2	0	-0	-0	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.474	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1
SLB (1 yr)				3	12	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.463	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1953	SLB	AL	23	OF	3	3	3	29.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	2.17	2.33	.981	2.42	2.40
1953	SLB	AL	23	CF	2	2	2	18.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	2.50	2.50	.984	2.95	2.95
1953	SLB	AL	23	RF	1	1	1	11.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.64	2.00	.985	2.13	2.10
1956	KCA	AL	26	CF	9	9	8	74.1	30	25	4	1	1	.967	0	6	3.51	3.22	.984	2.78	2.77
1956	KCA	AL	26	OF	9	9	8	74.1	29	24	4	1	1	.966	0	6	3.39	3.11	.979	2.34	2.32
1957	KCA	AL	27	CF	44	30	25	280.0	85	82	2	1	1	.988	2	11	2.70	1.91	.983	2.71	2.72
1957	KCA	AL	27	OF	44	30	25	281.0	92	88	3	1	1	.989	3	12	2.91	2.07	.980	2.24	2.25
1957	KCA	AL	27	RF	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	240	9.00	1.00	.980	1.80	1.90
1959	TOT	MLB	29	OF	24	9	6	110.0	34	32	1	1	0	.971	2	16	2.70	1.38	.979	2.22	2.20
1959	TOT	MLB	29	LF	12	3	2	39.2	13	13	0	0	0	1.000	1	33	2.95	1.08	.980	2.06	2.04
1959	TOT	MLB	29	CF	10	6	4	62.1	18	16	1	1	0	.944	-1	-12	2.45	1.70	.980	2.63	2.62
1959	MLN	NL	29	OF	9	5	3	53.0	17	15	1	1	0	.941	-0	-7	2.72	1.78	.977	2.21	2.19
1959	MLN	NL	29	CF	8	5	3	51.1	18	16	1	1	0	.944	-0	-7	2.98	2.13	.980	2.61	2.60
1959	MLN	NL	29	LF	2	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.16	2.00
1959	NYY	AL	29	OF	15	4	3	57.0	17	17	0	0	0	1.000	2	38	2.68	1.13	.980	2.23	2.21
1959	NYY	AL	29	LF	10	3	2	38.0	13	13	0	0	0	1.000	1	35	3.08	1.30	.980	2.06	2.05
1959	NYY	AL	29	RF	4	0	0	8.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1	150	4.50	1.00	.978	1.91	1.88
1959	NYY	AL	29	CF	2	1	1	11.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-33	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.70
1960	NYY	AL	30	OF	18	0	0	47.1	16	15	0	1	0	.938	1	35	2.85	0.83	.982	2.24	2.25
1960	NYY	AL	30	LF	12	0	0	25.1	11	10	0	1	0	.909	2	95	3.55	0.83	.984	2.13	2.13
1960	NYY	AL	30	CF	6	0	0	22.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-33	1.23	0.50	.987	2.66	2.65
	5 Seasons			OF	98	51	42	541.2	178	166	8	4	2	.978	6	13	2.89	1.78	.980	2.26	2.25
	5 Seasons			CF	71	47	39	456.2	141	131	7	3	2	.979	2	4	2.72	1.94	.983	2.72	2.71
	2 Seasons			LF	24	3	2	65.0	24	23	0	1	0	.958	3	57	3.18	0.96	.982	2.09	2.09
	3 Seasons			RF	6	1	1	20.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	1	72	3.15	1.17	.980	2.02	1.92
	5 Seasons			TOT	98	51	42	541.2	178	166	8	4	2	.978	6	13	2.89	1.78	.980	2.26	2.25
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1957 AL 1 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1957 AL 1 (5th)

Transactions

Before 1949 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent.
September 17, 1956: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with a player to be named later to the Kansas City Athletics for players to be named later. The Baltimore Orioles sent Ryne Duren (September 21, 1956) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade. The Kansas City Athletics sent Art Ceccarelli (October 11, 1956) and Al Pilarcik (October 11, 1956) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.
June 15, 1957: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Ryne Duren and Harry Simpson to the New York Yankees for Woodie Held, Billy Martin, Bob Martyn and Ralph Terry.
December 1, 1958: Drafted by the Milwaukee Braves from the New York Yankees in the 1958 rule 5 draft.
May 7, 1959: Returned (earlier draft pick) by the Milwaukee Braves to the New York Yankees.

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