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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-30 / in Starts: 22-22
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 194 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	108 (54-39-15) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 194 PAs	20
Avg. Runners on Base	122 (64-38-19)

Most Driven In
D DiMaggio	4
F Throneberry	2
C Vollmer	2
S White	2
Self	1
W Nixon	1
J Lipon	1
R Scarborough	1

Most Driven In By
V Stephens	6
W Dropo	3
S White	3
D Lenhardt	2
F Throneberry	2
B Goodman	2
G Kell	2
B Henry	1

1952 Batting Game Log

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1952 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	7	1	Apr 15	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.333	.500	.667	1.167	6	.67	0.054	1.84	0.09%	0.51	SS
2	8	2	Apr 16	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG(11)	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	.333	.556	.500	1.056	6	1.52	0.020	4.14	0.03%	0.23	SS
3	9	3	Apr 17	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-2	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.571	.444	1.016	6	.28	0.026	.73	0.04%	0.50	SS
4	10	4	Apr 18	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	CG(10)	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.385	.579	.538	1.117	2	1.64	0.380	4.64	0.65%	1.74	SS
5	11	5	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,11-2	CG	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	1	0	0	.375	.583	.563	1.146	2	.78	0.193	2.35	0.35%	1.33	SS
6	12	6	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,6-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.368	.571	.526	1.098	2	.40	0.026	1.24	0.05%	-0.05	SS
7	13	7	Apr 20	BOS		WSH	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.531	.455	.986	2	.71	-0.016	2.38	-0.03%	-0.29	SS
8	14	8	Apr 21	BOS		WSH	L,2-3	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.514	.444	.958	2	2.09	-0.069	7.66	-0.15%	-0.02	SS
9	15	9	Apr 22	BOS		WSH	W,10-5	CG	5	4	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.387	.548	.484	1.031	2	.51	0.125	1.67	0.25%	1.45	SS
10	16	10	Apr 23	BOS		NYY	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.543	.543	1.086	2	.59	0.048	2.03	0.10%	0.37	SS
11	17	11	Apr 24	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	CG(11)	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.350	.500	.475	.975	2	2.47	-0.218	8.94	-0.47%	-1.08	SS
12	18	12	Apr 30	BOS		DET	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	.326	.473	.442	.915	2	1.26	-0.178	4.72	-0.40%	-1.74	SS
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	19	13	May 1	BOS		SLB	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.319	.458	.426	.883	2	.60	-0.026	2.67	-0.07%	-0.25	SS
14	20	14	May 2	BOS		SLB	W,13-6	CG	5	5	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.327	.453	.442	.895	2	1.11	0.121	4.68	0.30%	1.21	SS
15	21	15	May 3	BOS		SLB	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.309	.433	.418	.851	2	.92	-0.070	4.06	-0.19%	-0.22	SS
16	22	16	May 4	BOS		CLE	L,6-9	GS-8	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.423	.397	.819	2	1.23	-0.115	5.74	-0.32%	-1.47	SS
17	23	17	May 5	BOS		CLE	L,2-4	GS-10	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	.300	.432	.400	.832	2	1.02	0.056	4.72	0.16%	0.23	SS
18	24	18	May 6	BOS		CHW	W,11-2	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.443	.406	.849	6	.28	0.006	1.07	0.01%	1.31	SS
19	25	19	May 7	BOS		CHW	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.446	.418	.864	6	.35	0.029	1.43	0.07%	0.20	SS
20	26	20	May 8	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.425	.394	.820	6	1.16	-0.167	5.05	-0.44%	-1.46	SS
21	27	21	May 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.418	.387	.804	6	1.70	-0.028	6.69	-0.07%	-0.40	SS
22	28	22	May 10	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-18	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.400	.367	.767	6	.73	-0.071	2.70	-0.16%	-0.70	SS
23	29	23	May 11	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-1	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.396	.363	.758	6	.93	-0.023	3.43	-0.05%	-0.21	SS
24	30	24	May 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.400	.369	.769	2	.96	-0.064	3.16	-0.13%	-0.59	SS
25	31	25	May 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG(7)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.287	.398	.368	.766	2	.71	-0.024	2.20	-0.05%	-0.33	SS
26	32	26	May 15	BOS	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.393	.356	.748	1	.98	-0.005	3.08	-0.01%	-0.03	SS
27	33	27	May 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG(10)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.375	.337	.712	1	1.13	-0.146	3.62	-0.28%	-0.92	SS
28	34	28	May 17	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	.255	.371	.327	.697	1	.89	0.021	2.70	0.04%	0.38	SS
29	35	31 (2)	May 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-5	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.255	.376	.327	.703	9	2.39	-0.063	8.91	-0.14%	-0.32	PH
30	36	35 (3)	May 27	BOS		PHA	L,3-7	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.376	.327	.703	7						PR
31	37	37 (1)	May 30 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,2-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.370	.320	.690	1	.67	-0.034	2.74	-0.08%	-0.34	SS
32	38	39 (1)	May 31	BOS		CHW	L,3-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.370	.320	.690	1						CF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	39	41 (1)	Jun 2	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	7-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.370	.320	.690	5		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
34	40	42	Jun 3	BOS		CLE	L,0-6	6-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.372	.324	.695	4	.16	0.005	.76	0.01%	-0.05	PH 3B
35	41	44 (1)	Jun 5	BOS		CLE	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.360	.311	.671	7	.69	-0.069	3.23	-0.19%	-0.66	RF
36	42	45	Jun 6	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.364	.318	.683	7	1.00	-0.018	3.54	-0.04%	-0.17	RF
37	43	46	Jun 7	BOS		DET	W,11-9	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.373	.325	.698	2	1.58	0.191	5.01	0.36%	1.64	RF
38	44	47	Jun 8 (1)	BOS		DET	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.377	.325	.702	2	1.24	-0.019	4.14	-0.04%	-0.57	RF
39	45	48	Jun 8 (2)	BOS		DET	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.380	.339	.719	2	.46	0.038	1.64	0.08%	0.85	RF
40	46	49	Jun 9	BOS		DET	W,9-8	CG	5	4	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.288	.390	.376	.766	2	1.34	0.303	5.00	0.68%	2.47	RF
41	47	50	Jun 10	BOS		SLB	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	.279	.380	.364	.744	2	1.20	-0.167	4.70	-0.39%	-1.40	RF
42	48	51	Jun 11	BOS		SLB	W,11-9	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.387	.368	.756	2	.80	0.075	2.96	0.17%	0.98	RF
43	49	52	Jun 12	BOS		SLB	W,7-5	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.388	.360	.748	2	.55	-0.030	2.10	-0.07%	-0.60	RF
44	50	53	Jun 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.273	.384	.353	.737	2	1.72	0.076	7.96	0.21%	0.41	RF
45	51	54	Jun 15 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.278	.385	.354	.739	2	.73	-0.065	3.36	-0.18%	-0.35	RF SS
46	52	55	Jun 15 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.385	.354	.739	5						RF
47	53	56	Jun 17	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-3	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.276	.382	.352	.734	5						RF
48	54	57	Jun 18	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.382	.352	.734	5						RF
49	55	59 (1)	Jun 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.382	.351	.733	6	.48	0.007	2.01	0.02%	0.63	RF
50	56	60	Jun 21	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.384	.347	.731	7	.97	-0.008	3.94	-0.02%	-0.19	RF
51	57	61	Jun 22 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.378	.340	.718	7	.56	-0.043	2.45	-0.11%	-0.67	RF CF
52	58	62	Jun 22 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.375	.338	.713	7	.91	-0.004	3.70	-0.01%	0.10	RF
53	59	63	Jun 23	BOS	@	DET	W,12-6	4-GF	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.272	.382	.342	.723	3	.00	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.02	RF
54	60	64	Jun 24	BOS	@	DET	L,1-7	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.385	.342	.727	9	.01	0.000	.03	0.00%	0.12	PH
55	61	65	Jun 25	BOS	@	DET	W,10-3	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.381	.338	.718	3	.24	-0.007	.74	-0.01%	-0.35	RF
56	62	66	Jun 27	BOS		WSH	L,3-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.379	.335	.714	3	2.48	-0.063	10.70	-0.16%	-0.24	RF
							26-30		194	161	28	43	8	0	1	16	28	0	26	1	4		3	2	3	3	.267	.379	.335	.714		.99	-0.010	3.67	-0.59%	1.05

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