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.

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 14	CAL		NYY	W,4-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
2	12 (9)	Apr 28	CAL	@	DET	L,4-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
3	13	Apr 30	CAL	@	KCA	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	18 (4)	May 4	CAL		BOS	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
5	19	May 5	CAL		BOS	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
6	24 (4)	May 9	CAL		KCA	W,5-3	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
7	27 (2)	May 13	CAL	@	MIN	W,4-3	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
8	31 (3)	May 16 (2)	CAL	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF RF
9	33 (1)	May 18	CAL		MIN	W,3-1	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	88 (54)	Jul 17	CAL	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	89	Jul 18 (1)	CAL	@	MIN	W,5-3	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	92 (2)	Jul 20	CAL	@	MIN	W,9-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
13	94 (1)	Jul 22	CAL	@	WSA	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
14	98 (3)	Jul 26	CAL	@	BOS	W,6-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
15	100 (1)	Jul 28	CAL	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	103 (2)	Aug 1	CAL		BOS	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
17	105 (1)	Aug 4 (1)	CAL		BAL	L,5-6		12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
18	106	Aug 4 (2)	CAL		BAL	L,0-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
19	107	Aug 6	CAL		WSA	W,6-1	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
20	109 (1)	Aug 8	CAL		WSA	L,4-6		10	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
21	110	Aug 9	CAL	@	CLE	W,9-0	GS	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF CF
22	111	Aug 10	CAL	@	CLE	W,5-2	GF	20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
23	113 (1)	Aug 12	CAL	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
24	117 (3)	Aug 15 (2)	CAL	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
25	118	Aug 17	CAL	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
26	119	Aug 18	CAL	@	NYY	W,7-3	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
27	121 (1)	Aug 20 (1)	CAL		MIN	W,3-1	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
28	122	Aug 20 (2)	CAL		MIN	L,1-3	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	123	Aug 21	CAL		MIN	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
30	124	Aug 22	CAL		MIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
31	125	Aug 23	CAL		CLE	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
32	129 (3)	Aug 27	CAL		DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
33	130	Aug 28	CAL		DET	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
34	133 (2)	Aug 31	CAL		NYY	W,1-0	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	135 (1)	Sep 2	CAL		NYY	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
36	136	Sep 3 (1)	CAL		KCA	L,1-4	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	138 (1)	Sep 4	CAL		KCA	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
38	140 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	CAL	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
39	146 (5)	Sep 12	CAL	@	WSA	L,1-7	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
40	153 (6)	Sep 22 (1)	CAL		BOS	W,10-1	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
41	162 (8)	Oct 3	CAL	@	MIN	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
							43gm		234.0	60	0	1	61	0