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.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
2	2	Apr 11	CLE	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
3	3	Apr 14	CLE		DET	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
4	4	Apr 15	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
5	5	Apr 17	CLE		KCA	W,4-3	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
6	8 (2)	Apr 21	CLE	@	DET	W,14-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
7	9	Apr 22	CLE	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
8	10	Apr 23	CLE	@	DET	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
9	11	Apr 24	CLE		CHW	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
10	12	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	L,6-8	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
11	13	Apr 26 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
12	14	Apr 26 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	15	May 1	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
14	16	May 2	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
15	17	May 3 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,5-0	GS	25	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
16	18	May 3 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
17	19	May 5	CLE		BAL	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
18	20	May 6	CLE		BAL	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
19	21	May 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
20	22	May 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	CF
21	23	May 10 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	44	10.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF
22	24	May 10 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	GS	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF 3B
23	25	May 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
24	26	May 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
25	27	May 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,12-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
26	28	May 17 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	50	10.2	5	0	0	5	0	CF
27	29	May 17 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-3	GS	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
28	30	May 18	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
29	31	May 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	GS	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
30	32	May 20	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	CF
31	33	May 22	CLE		DET	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
32	34	May 23	CLE		DET	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	CF
33	35	May 24 (1)	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
34	36	May 24 (2)	CLE		DET	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
35	37	May 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
36	38	May 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
37	40 (1)	May 30 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
38	41	May 30 (2)	CLE		KCA	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
39	42	May 31	CLE	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	39	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	43	Jun 1	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
41	46 (2)	Jun 5	CLE		NYY	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
42	47	Jun 6	CLE		NYY	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
43	48	Jun 7 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
44	50 (1)	Jun 9	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-7	GS	30	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
45	57 (6)	Jun 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
46	66 (8)	Jun 26	CLE		BOS	W,11-5	GF	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
47	69 (2)	Jun 28 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
48	70	Jun 30	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	84 (13)	Jul 16 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
50	85	Jul 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-7	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
51	86	Jul 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	60	13.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
52	87	Jul 19 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	CF
53	88	Jul 19 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
54	91 (2)	Jul 23	CLE		NYY	W,8-5	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
55	92	Jul 24	CLE		WSH	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
56	93	Jul 25	CLE		WSH	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
57	94	Jul 26 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,9-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
58	95	Jul 26 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	47	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
59	96	Jul 27	CLE		BOS	L,0-4	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
60	97	Jul 28 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	GF	10	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	102 (4)	Aug 1	CLE		BAL	L,2-5	GF	13	4.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
62	107 (4)	Aug 5 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-9	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
63	108	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
64	109	Aug 7	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
65	110	Aug 9	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
66	111	Aug 10	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
67	112	Aug 11	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
68	113	Aug 12	CLE	@	KCA	W,9-4	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
69	114	Aug 13	CLE	@	KCA	W,7-5	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
70	115	Aug 14	CLE	@	DET	L,1-11	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
71	120 (4)	Aug 20	CLE		WSH	W,6-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
72	121	Aug 21	CLE		BAL	W,5-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
73	122	Aug 22	CLE		BAL	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
74	124 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
75	125	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	W,6-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
76	126	Aug 26	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
77	129 (2)	Aug 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
78	130	Aug 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,4-9	GS	27	5.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	133 (2)	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
80	134	Sep 6	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
81	135	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		DET	W,15-14	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
82	136	Sep 7 (2)	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
83	137	Sep 9 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
84	138	Sep 9 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
85	139	Sep 10	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
86	141 (1)	Sep 12	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
87	142	Sep 13 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	CF
88	147 (4)	Sep 18	CLE	@	KCA	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
89	148	Sep 19	CLE	@	KCA	W,13-7	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
90	149	Sep 20	CLE	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
91	150	Sep 22	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
							92gm		698.2	219	5	4	228	2