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.

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 17	LAA	@	DET	W,8-3	GF	11	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
2	4	Apr 18	LAA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	6 (1)	Apr 22	LAA		DET	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	9 (2)	Apr 25	LAA		CLE	L,1-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
5	12 (2)	Apr 28	LAA		WSA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	21 (8)	May 8	LAA		CHW	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	23 (1)	May 10	LAA		CHW	L,3-5	GS	20	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	30 (6)	May 16	LAA	@	BAL	L,1-5	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
9	31	May 17	LAA	@	BAL	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
10	32	May 19	LAA	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
11	35 (2)	May 22	LAA	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
12	40 (4)	May 26	LAA		MIN	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
13	42 (1)	May 27 (2)	LAA		MIN	L,3-4	GS	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	52 (9)	Jun 7	LAA		NYY	L,3-9	GS	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	LF
15	53	Jun 8	LAA	@	CLE	L,3-6	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	CF
16	57 (3)	Jun 11	LAA	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS	44	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
17	59 (1)	Jun 14 (1)	LAA	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
18	61 (1)	Jun 15	LAA	@	WSA	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
19	62	Jun 16	LAA	@	WSA	W,7-5	CG	46	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
20	65 (2)	Jun 20	LAA		CLE	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	66	Jun 21	LAA		CLE	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
22	67	Jun 22	LAA		WSA	W,5-2	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
23	69 (1)	Jun 24	LAA		WSA	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
24	70	Jun 25	LAA		KCA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
25	73 (2)	Jun 27	LAA		KCA	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
26	76 (2)	Jun 30 (2)	LAA	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	77	Jul 1	LAA	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	78	Jul 2	LAA	@	BAL	W,10-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
29	80 (1)	Jul 4	LAA	@	BOS	L,5-13	GS	31	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
30	81	Jul 5	LAA	@	BOS	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
31	82	Jul 9	LAA		CHW	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
32	83	Jul 10 (1)	LAA		CHW	L,4-7	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
33	85 (1)	Jul 11	LAA		CHW	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
34	86	Jul 12 (1)	LAA		MIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
35	87	Jul 12 (2)	LAA		MIN	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
36	93 (5)	Jul 19 (1)	LAA	@	MIN	W,8-6	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
37	94	Jul 19 (2)	LAA	@	MIN	W,4-0	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
38	95	Jul 20	LAA	@	CHW	L,0-9	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
39	97 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	LAA	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF CF
40	100 (2)	Jul 24	LAA	@	KCA	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
41	104 (3)	Jul 27	LAA		NYY	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
42	105	Jul 28	LAA		NYY	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
43	106	Jul 29	LAA		NYY	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
44	107	Jul 31	LAA		BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	111 (3)	Aug 4	LAA		BAL	W,5-0	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
46	113 (1)	Aug 7	LAA		WSA	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
47	115 (1)	Aug 9	LAA		WSA	L,5-6	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
48	117 (1)	Aug 12	LAA		CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
49	119 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	LAA	@	WSA	W,7-0	GS	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
50	120	Aug 15	LAA	@	WSA	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
51	122 (1)	Aug 18 (1)	LAA	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
52	123	Aug 18 (2)	LAA	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	125 (1)	Aug 20	LAA	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
54	126	Aug 22 (1)	LAA	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
55	129 (2)	Aug 23 (2)	LAA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
56	130	Aug 25	LAA	@	KCA	W,5-3	GS	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
57	131	Aug 26	LAA	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
58	133 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	LAA		DET	L,1-12	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	137 (3)	Sep 1	LAA		NYY	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	141 (3)	Sep 5	LAA		BAL	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
61	147 (5)	Sep 13	LAA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	CF
62	148	Sep 15	LAA	@	NYY	W,7-0	GS	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF CF
63	151 (2)	Sep 18	LAA	@	BAL	L,8-10	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
64	152	Sep 20 (1)	LAA	@	BAL	W,8-5	GS	44	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF CF
65	153	Sep 20 (2)	LAA	@	BAL	L,2-8	GS	21	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
66	154	Sep 22	LAA		CHW	W,1-0	GS	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
67	155	Sep 23	LAA		CHW	L,1-2	GS	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
68	156	Sep 25	LAA		MIN	W,1-0	GS	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF CF
69	157	Sep 26	LAA		MIN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
70	158	Sep 27	LAA		MIN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
71	159	Sep 29	LAA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
72	160	Oct 2	LAA	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							80gm		543.0	121	2	0	123	2