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.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
2	2	Apr 15	BOS		WSH	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
3	3	Apr 18 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
4	4	Apr 18 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	52	13.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
5	5	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
6	6	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
7	7	Apr 21	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
8	8	Apr 23	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
9	9	Apr 24	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
10	10	Apr 25	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
11	11	Apr 29	BOS		CLE	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
12	12	Apr 30	BOS		CHW	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	BOS		CHW	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
14	14	May 7	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
15	15	May 11	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
16	16	May 12	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
17	17	May 13	BOS	@	BAL	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
18	18	May 14	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-7	GS	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
19	19	May 15	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
20	20	May 16 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,6-7	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
21	21	May 16 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,8-9	GF	25	6.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
22	23 (1)	May 18	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
23	25 (1)	May 21	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
24	26	May 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
25	27	May 23	BOS	@	NYY	W,10-9	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
26	28	May 25	BOS	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
27	29	May 26	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	42	9.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
28	30	May 28	BOS		NYY	L,9-10	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
29	31	May 29	BOS		NYY	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
30	32	May 30	BOS		NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
31	33	May 31 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,20-10	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
32	34	May 31 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	35	Jun 1	BOS		PHA	L,6-16	CG	52	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
34	36	Jun 2	BOS		CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
35	37	Jun 3	BOS		CHW	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
36	38	Jun 4	BOS		CHW	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
37	39	Jun 5 (1)	BOS		DET	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
38	40	Jun 5 (2)	BOS		DET	W,5-4	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
39	41	Jun 6	BOS		DET	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
40	42	Jun 7 (1)	BOS		DET	W,3-2	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
41	43	Jun 7 (2)	BOS		DET	W,5-4	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
42	48 (4)	Jun 11	BOS		CLE	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
43	49	Jun 12	BOS		CLE	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
44	50	Jun 13 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
45	51	Jun 13 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
46	52	Jun 14	BOS		CLE	L,5-13	CG	53	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
47	53	Jun 15	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
48	54	Jun 16	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
49	55	Jun 17	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
50	56	Jun 18	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
51	57	Jun 19	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
52	58	Jun 20 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
53	59	Jun 20 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
54	60	Jun 22	BOS	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	51	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
55	61	Jun 23	BOS	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	74	16.1	5	1	0	6	1	RF
56	62	Jun 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
57	63	Jun 26	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
58	64	Jun 27 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
59	65	Jun 27 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-9	CG	45	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
60	66	Jun 29	BOS		NYY	L,5-14	CG	51	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
61	67	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	71 (3)	Jul 4	BOS		PHA	W,8-0	GF	20	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR RF
63	72	Jul 5 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,14-0	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR CF
64	76 (3)	Jul 9	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
65	77	Jul 10	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	45	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
66	78	Jul 11 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,18-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
67	79	Jul 11 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
68	80	Jul 15 (1)	BOS		DET	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
69	81	Jul 15 (2)	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
70	82	Jul 16	BOS		DET	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
71	83	Jul 17	BOS		DET	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
72	84	Jul 18 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
73	85	Jul 18 (2)	BOS		BAL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
74	86	Jul 19 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
75	87	Jul 19 (2)	BOS		BAL	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
76	88	Jul 20	BOS		CLE	T,5-5	CG	64	16.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
77	89	Jul 21	BOS		CLE	T,7-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
78	90	Jul 22 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
79	91	Jul 22 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,2-5	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
80	92	Jul 23	BOS		CHW	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
81	93	Jul 24	BOS		CHW	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
82	94	Jul 25 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
83	95	Jul 25 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
84	96	Jul 27	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
85	97	Jul 28	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
86	98	Jul 29	BOS	@	CLE	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
87	99	Jul 30	BOS	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
88	100	Jul 31	BOS	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	101	Aug 1	BOS	@	DET	W,10-8	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
90	102	Aug 3	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
91	103	Aug 4	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	42	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	RF
92	104	Aug 5	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
93	105	Aug 6	BOS	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	38	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
94	106	Aug 7	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
95	107	Aug 8 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	47	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
96	108	Aug 8 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
97	109	Aug 10	BOS		WSH	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
98	110	Aug 11 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
99	111	Aug 11 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
100	112	Aug 12 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
101	113	Aug 12 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
102	114	Aug 13	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
103	115	Aug 14	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
104	116	Aug 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,9-14	CG	49	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
105	126 (9)	Aug 27	BOS		BAL	W,3-2	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	135 (8)	Sep 5 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,12-5	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
107	136	Sep 5 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
108	137	Sep 6 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-6	GF	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
109	138	Sep 6 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-7	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
110	139	Sep 8	BOS	@	DET	W,5-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
111	140	Sep 9	BOS	@	DET	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
112	141	Sep 10	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
113	142	Sep 11	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
114	143	Sep 12 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
115	144	Sep 12 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
116	145	Sep 14	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
117	146	Sep 15	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF
118	147	Sep 17	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
119	148	Sep 18	BOS	@	WSH	L,7-8	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
120	149	Sep 19	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
121	150	Sep 20	BOS		PHA	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
122	151	Sep 21 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	GS	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
123	153 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,0-1	CG	45	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
124	154	Sep 24 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	CF
125	155	Sep 25	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
126	156	Sep 26	BOS		WSH	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
							126gm		1026.0	247	9	4	260	2