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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CLE	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
2	2	Apr 14	CLE	@	WSA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
3	3	Apr 15	CLE	@	WSA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
4	4	Apr 16	CLE	@	WSA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
5	5	Apr 19	CLE		DET	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
6	6	Apr 20	CLE		DET	L,4-11	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
7	7	Apr 21	CLE	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
8	8	Apr 22	CLE	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
9	9	Apr 23	CLE	@	KCA	W,10-8	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
10	10	Apr 24	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
11	11	Apr 25	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
12	12	Apr 26	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
13	13	Apr 27	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
14	14	Apr 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
15	15	Apr 30 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
16	16	Apr 30 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	19 (2)	May 5	CLE		WSA	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
18	20	May 7 (1)	CLE		WSA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
19	21	May 7 (2)	CLE		WSA	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
20	22	May 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
21	23	May 10	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	43	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
22	24	May 12	CLE		BAL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	CF
23	25	May 13	CLE		BAL	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
24	26	May 14 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,1-0	CG	56	15.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
25	27	May 14 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
26	28	May 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,13-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
27	29	May 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
28	30	May 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
29	32 (1)	May 20	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
30	33	May 21 (1)	CLE	@	MIN	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
31	34	May 21 (2)	CLE	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
32	35	May 22	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-5	CG	63	15.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
33	36	May 23	CLE	@	LAA	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
34	37	May 24	CLE	@	LAA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
35	38	May 25	CLE	@	LAA	W,13-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
36	39	May 27	CLE		KCA	L,5-7	CG	53	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
37	40	May 28 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
38	41	May 28 (2)	CLE		KCA	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
39	42	May 30 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
40	43	May 30 (2)	CLE		MIN	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	44	Jun 2	CLE		LAA	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
42	45	Jun 3	CLE		LAA	W,9-4	GS	26	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
43	46	Jun 4 (1)	CLE		LAA	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
44	48 (1)	Jun 5	CLE	@	WSA	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
45	49	Jun 6	CLE	@	WSA	W,14-3	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
46	50	Jun 7	CLE	@	WSA	W,11-0	GS	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
47	51	Jun 8 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
48	52	Jun 8 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
49	53	Jun 9	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
50	54	Jun 10	CLE	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
51	55	Jun 11 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,7-3	GS	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
52	58 (2)	Jun 13	CLE		NYY	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
53	59	Jun 14	CLE		NYY	L,5-11	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
54	60	Jun 15	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	45	11.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
55	61	Jun 16	CLE		BAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
56	62	Jun 17	CLE		BAL	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
57	63	Jun 18 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
58	64	Jun 18 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,5-8	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
59	65	Jun 20	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
60	66	Jun 21 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-15	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
61	67	Jun 21 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-11	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
62	68	Jun 23	CLE		DET	L,7-15	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
63	69	Jun 24	CLE		DET	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
64	70	Jun 25 (1)	CLE		DET	L,3-6	GS	25	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
65	73 (2)	Jun 28 (1)	CLE		WSA	W,3-2	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
66	76 (2)	Jun 30	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-2	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	77	Jul 1	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-3	GS	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
68	83 (5)	Jul 7	CLE		CHW	W,9-0	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
69	84	Jul 8	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
70	85	Jul 9 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
71	86	Jul 9 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
72	87	Jul 13	CLE		MIN	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
73	88	Jul 14	CLE		LAA	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
74	89	Jul 15	CLE		LAA	L,5-6	CG	58	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
75	94 (4)	Jul 19 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,9-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
76	95	Jul 20	CLE		BOS	W,12-11	CG	50	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
77	96	Jul 21	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
78	97	Jul 22	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
79	98	Jul 23	CLE	@	MIN	L,0-10	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
80	99	Jul 25	CLE	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
81	100	Jul 26	CLE	@	KCA	W,12-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
82	101	Jul 27	CLE	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
83	102	Jul 28	CLE	@	LAA	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
84	103	Jul 29	CLE	@	LAA	W,8-3	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
85	104	Jul 30	CLE	@	LAA	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	105	Aug 2 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
87	106	Aug 2 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
88	107	Aug 3	CLE		CHW	L,6-8	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
89	108	Aug 4	CLE	@	DET	L,1-6	GS	17	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
90	114 (5)	Aug 11	CLE		LAA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
91	115	Aug 12	CLE		LAA	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
92	116	Aug 13	CLE		LAA	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
93	117	Aug 15	CLE		BOS	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
94	118	Aug 16	CLE		BOS	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	CF
95	119	Aug 17	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	56	14.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
96	120	Aug 18	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
97	121	Aug 19	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	43	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
98	122	Aug 20 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,0-6	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
99	123	Aug 20 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	CF
100	124	Aug 22	CLE		DET	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
101	125	Aug 23	CLE		DET	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
102	126	Aug 24	CLE		DET	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
103	127	Aug 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
104	128	Aug 26	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-10	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
105	129	Aug 27 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-10	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
106	130	Aug 27 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
107	131	Aug 29	CLE	@	WSA	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	CF
108	132	Aug 30	CLE	@	WSA	W,9-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
109	133	Aug 31	CLE	@	WSA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
110	134	Sep 1	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
111	135	Sep 2 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
112	136	Sep 2 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-0	GS	24	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
113	138 (1)	Sep 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
114	143 (4)	Sep 9	CLE	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	43	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
115	144	Sep 10 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
116	146 (1)	Sep 13	CLE		BAL	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
117	147	Sep 15	CLE		MIN	L,2-3	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
118	151 (3)	Sep 19 (1)	CLE		KCA	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
119	155 (3)	Sep 23	CLE	@	KCA	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
120	156	Sep 26	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
							120gm		1036.1	337	9	3	349	3