Jim Piersall Stats

Jim Piersall was born on Thursday, November 14, 1929, in Waterbury, Connecticut. Piersall was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 7, 1950, with the Boston Red Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Jim Piersall baseball stats page.

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"(Jimmy) Piersall was an outstanding center fielder, a solid hitter and a two-time All-Star, playing in the major leagues for 17 seasons. But his career nearly ended just when it was getting underway. Envisioned as the ultimate successor to the Red Sox' star center fielder Dom DiMaggio, Piersall clowned on the field early in his rookie season, 1952; fought with or simply outraged teammates and opposing players; and harangued umpires. 'I was a funny man, a baseball clown, and where the Red Sox went, the fans flocked to see me,' Piersall said in his 1955 book, Fear Strikes Out, written with Al Hirshberg. The book was the basis for the movie, in which Piersall was portrayed by Anthony Perkins." - Goldstein, Richard. The New York Times: Jimmy Piersall, Whose Mental Illness Was Portrayed in ‘Fear Strikes Out,’ Dies at 87. 4 June 2017.

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Jimmy Piersall Autograph on a 1991 Topps Archives Baseball Card (#286 | <a href='../baseball_cards/baseball_cards_oneset.php?s=1991top05' title='1991 Topps Archives Baseball Card Checklist'>Checklist</a>)

Jimmy Piersall Autograph on a 1991 Topps Archives Baseball Card (#286 | Checklist)

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Birth Name:   James Anthony Piersall
Nickname:   Jim or Jimmy or The Waterbury Wizard
Born On:   11-14-1929  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Waterbury, Connecticut
Year of Death Data Died On:   06-03-2017 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Wheaton, Illinois
Cemetery:   Cremated
High School:   Leavenworth High School (Waterbury, CT)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   175
First Game:   09-07-1950 (Age 20)
Last Game:   05-01-1967
Draft:   Not Applicable

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Jim Piersall Pitching Stats

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Jim Piersall Hitting Stats

1950 21 Red Sox 6 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .545 .286
1952 23 Red Sox 56 161 28 43 8 0 1 0 16 28 0 26 4 - 1 2 .267 .379 .335
1953 24 Red Sox 151 585 76 159 21 9 3 0 52 41 1 52 19 - 9 12 .272 .329 .354
1954 25 Red Sox 133 474 77 135 24 2 8 0 38 36 1 42 5 2 3 13 .285 .338 .395
1955 26 Red Sox 149 515 68 146 25 5 13 0 62 67 7 52 9 6 2 16 .283 .364 .427
1956 27 Red Sox 155 601 91 176 40 6 14 0 87 58 2 48 9 12 1 19 .293 .350 .449
1957 28 Red Sox 151 609 103 159 27 5 19 0 63 62 1 54 7 5 4 17 .261 .331 .415
1958 29 Red Sox 130 417 55 99 13 5 8 0 48 42 2 43 4 6 0 11 .237 .303 .350
1959 30 Indians 100 317 42 78 13 2 4 0 30 25 1 31 8 2 2 2 .246 .303 .338
1960 31 Indians 138 486 70 137 12 4 18 0 66 24 3 38 8 4 0 17 .282 .313 .434
1961 32 Indians 121 484 81 156 26 7 6 0 40 43 1 46 4 3 2 18 .322 .378 .442
1962 33 Senators 135 471 38 115 20 4 4 0 31 39 3 53 4 1 0 12 .244 .301 .329
1963 34 Senators 29 94 9 23 1 0 1 0 5 6 0 11 2 2 0 2 .245 .284 .287
1963 34 Mets 40 124 13 24 4 1 1 0 10 10 1 14 4 2 0 3 .194 .250 .266
1963 34 Angels 20 52 4 16 1 0 0 0 4 5 0 5 3 0 0 1 .308 .368 .327
1964 35 Angels 87 255 28 80 11 0 2 0 13 16 1 32 4 1 0 5 .314 .353 .380
1965 36 Angels 53 112 10 30 5 2 2 0 12 5 1 15 3 0 1 3 .268 .305 .402
1966 37 Angels 75 123 14 26 5 0 0 0 14 13 0 19 6 2 0 8 .211 .283 .252
1967 38 Angels 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
17 Years 1,734 5,890 811 1,604 256 52 104 0 591 524 25 583 104 48 25 161 .272 .332 .386

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Jim Piersall Fielding Stats

1950 Red Sox CF 2 2 54 9 4.5 9 9 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1952 Red Sox 3B 1 0 9 2 2.0 1 0 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 3.00
1952 Red Sox CF 2 0 6 3 1.5 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 13.50
1952 Red Sox RF 21 15 435 37 1.8 37 34 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.30
1952 Red Sox SS 30 29 753 125 4.2 116 41 75 9 13 n/a n/a n/a .928 4.16
1953 Red Sox CF 2 1 40 3 1.5 2 2 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 1.35
1953 Red Sox LF 1 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1953 Red Sox RF 150 148 423 368 2.5 364 349 15 4 7 n/a n/a n/a .989 23.23
1954 Red Sox CF 30 27 690 69 2.3 68 67 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .986 2.66
1954 Red Sox RF 96 85 2,385 191 2.0 188 180 8 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .984 2.13
1955 Red Sox CF 147 144 3,882 433 2.9 430 425 5 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .993 2.99
1956 Red Sox CF 155 155 453 471 3.0 467 457 10 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .992 27.83
1957 Red Sox CF 151 147 438 411 2.7 407 395 12 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .990 25.09
1958 Red Sox CF 125 112 3,051 323 2.6 318 310 8 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.81
1959 Indians 3B 1 0 6 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1959 Indians CF 91 77 2,088 227 2.5 223 219 4 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .982 2.88
1960 Indians CF 126 119 3,051 359 2.8 356 351 5 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .992 3.15
1960 Indians LF 9 3 111 14 1.6 14 14 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.41
1960 Indians RF 2 0 12 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1961 Indians CF 120 119 3,108 349 2.9 346 337 9 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .991 3.01
1962 Senators CF 132 123 3,219 320 2.4 319 314 5 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .997 2.68
1963 Senators CF 25 22 597 68 2.7 68 68 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.08
1963 Angels CF 11 9 276 19 1.7 19 19 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.86
1963 Angels LF 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1963 Angels RF 6 5 132 10 1.7 10 10 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.05
1963 Mets CF 38 34 867 66 1.7 66 63 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.06
1964 Angels CF 32 26 627 53 1.7 53 53 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.28
1964 Angels LF 48 39 999 70 1.5 70 68 2 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.89
1965 Angels CF 10 5 165 15 1.5 14 14 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .933 2.29
1965 Angels LF 29 19 495 42 1.4 42 42 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.29
1965 Angels RF 4 1 42 4 1.0 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.57
1966 Angels CF 14 5 198 17 1.2 16 15 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .941 2.18
1966 Angels LF 25 9 354 23 0.9 23 23 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.75
1966 Angels RF 27 17 429 35 1.3 34 32 2 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .971 2.14
1967 Angels LF 1 0 3 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
CF Totals 1,213 1,127 22,810 3,215 2.7 3,184 3,121 63 31 11 n/a n/a n/a .990 3.77
RF Totals 306 271 3,858 646 2.1 638 610 28 8 10 n/a n/a n/a .988 4.47
LF Totals 114 70 1,963 151 1.3 151 149 2 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.08
SS Totals 30 29 753 125 4.2 116 41 75 9 13 n/a n/a n/a .928 4.16
3B Totals 2 0 15 3 1.5 2 0 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 3.60
17 Years 1,665 1,497 29,399 4,140 2.5 4,091 3,921 170 49 36 n/a n/a n/a .988 3.76

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Jim Piersall Miscellaneous Stats

1950 Red Sox 0 0 .000 1 3 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1952 Red Sox 3 3 .500 3 2 n/a 161.0 6.2 10.1 - - -
1953 Red Sox 11 10 .524 0 0 n/a 195.0 11.3 11.3 - - -
1954 Red Sox 5 1 .833 7 6 n/a 59.3 11.3 12.5 - - -
1955 Red Sox 6 1 .857 4 1 n/a 39.6 9.9 8.3 - - -
1956 Red Sox 7 7 .500 0 0 n/a 42.9 12.5 6.9 - - -
1957 Red Sox 14 6 .700 0 3 n/a 32.1 11.3 9.7 - - -
1958 Red Sox 12 2 .857 6 3 n/a 52.1 9.7 8.7 - - -
1959 Indians 6 3 .667 7 7 n/a 79.3 10.2 10.6 - - -
1960 Indians 18 5 .783 9 0 n/a 27.0 12.8 7.4 - - -
1961 Indians 8 2 .800 1 0 n/a 80.7 10.5 12.1 - - -
1962 Senators 12 7 .632 5 0 n/a 117.8 8.9 15.2 - - -
1963 Senators 4 0 1.000 4 0 n/a 94.0 8.5 18.8 - - -
1963 Mets 1 2 .333 2 1 n/a 124.0 8.9 12.4 - - -
1963 Angels 0 1 .000 3 0 n/a 0.0 10.4 13.0 - - -
1964 Angels 5 3 .625 18 1 n/a 127.5 8.0 19.6 - - -
1965 Angels 2 2 .500 17 1 n/a 56.0 7.5 9.3 - - -
1966 Angels 1 2 .333 20 1 n/a 0.0 6.5 8.8 - - -
1967 Angels 0 0 .000 4 0 n/a 0.0 1.5 0.0 - - -
17 Years 115 57 .669 111 29 n/a 56.6 10.1 10.0 - - -

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Jim Piersall Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1950 Boston Red Sox 24 Undetermined - -
1952 Boston Red Sox 2 Undetermined - -
1953 Boston Red Sox 37 Undetermined - -
1954 Boston Red Sox 37 Undetermined Stats -
1955 Boston Red Sox 37 Undetermined - -
1956 Boston Red Sox 37 Undetermined Stats -
1957 Boston Red Sox 37 Undetermined - -
1958 Boston Red Sox 37 Undetermined - -
1959 Cleveland Indians 37 Undetermined - -
1960 Cleveland Indians 37 Undetermined - -
1961 Cleveland Indians 37 Undetermined - -
1962 Washington Senators 37 $45,000.00 - -
1963 Washington Senators 37 Undetermined - -
1963 New York Mets 34 Undetermined - -
1963 Los Angeles Angels 4 Undetermined - -
1964 Los Angeles Angels 4 $37,500.00 - -
1965 Los Angeles Angels 4 Undetermined - -
1966 California Angels 4 Undetermined - -
1967 California Angels 4 Undetermined - -

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