Jim Piersall
Jim Piersall  
Birth DateNovember 14, 1929
Age80
BatsRight
ThrowsRight
Experience17 years
StatsRelated
Batting Statistics
Career: Batting
SEASON TEAM G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
1950 Bos 6 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .286 .545 .286 .831
1952 Bos 56 161 28 43 8 0 1 16 28 26 3 3 .267 .379 .335 .714
1953 Bos 151 585 76 159 21 9 3 52 41 52 11 10 .272 .329 .354 .683
1954 Bos 133 474 77 135 24 2 8 38 36 42 5 1 .285 .338 .395 .733
1955 Bos 149 515 68 146 25 5 13 62 67 52 6 1 .283 .364 .427 .791
1956 Bos 155 601 91 176 40 6 14 87 58 48 7 7 .293 .350 .449 .799
1957 Bos 151 609 103 159 27 5 19 63 62 54 14 6 .261 .331 .415 .746
1958 Bos 130 417 55 99 13 5 8 48 42 43 12 2 .237 .303 .350 .653
1959 Cle 100 317 42 78 13 2 4 30 25 31 6 3 .246 .303 .338 .641
1960 Cle 138 486 70 137 12 4 18 66 24 38 18 5 .282 .313 .434 .747
1961 Cle 121 484 81 156 26 7 6 40 43 46 8 2 .322 .378 .442 .820
1962 Was 135 471 38 115 20 4 4 31 39 53 12 7 .244 .301 .329 .630
1963 Los 20 52 4 16 1 0 0 4 5 5 0 1 .308 .368 .327 .695
1963 Was 29 94 9 23 1 0 1 5 6 11 4 0 .245 .284 .287 .571
1963 Ny 40 124 13 24 4 1 1 10 10 14 1 2 .194 .250 .266 .516
1963 -- 89 270 26 63 6 1 2 19 21 30 5 3 .233 .285 .285 .570
1964 Los 87 255 28 80 11 0 2 13 16 32 5 3 .314 .353 .380 .733
1965 Cal 53 112 10 30 5 2 2 12 5 15 2 2 .268 .305 .402 .707
1966 Cal 75 123 14 26 5 0 0 14 13 19 1 2 .211 .283 .252 .535
1967 Cal 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Total -- 1734 5890 811 1604 256 52 104 591 524 583 115 57 .272 .332 .386 .718
Seasonal Averages (per 162 games played)
YEARS G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
10.7 162 550 76 150 24 5 10 55 49 54 11 5 .272 .332 .386 .718
Postseason Batting Statistics
SEASON G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
All-Star Batting Statistics*
SEASON TEAM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
*All-Star data prior to 1993 is unavailable.
Miscellaneous Batting
SEASON TEAM TPA #PIT #P/PA TB SF SH HBP IBB GIDP GB FB G/F
1950 Bos 11 0 .00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
1952 Bos 194 0 .00 54 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 --
1953 Bos 654 0 .00 207 0 19 9 0 0 0 0 --
1954 Bos 520 0 .00 187 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 --
1955 Bos 599 0 .00 220 6 9 2 7 0 0 0 --
1956 Bos 681 0 .00 270 12 9 1 2 0 0 0 --
1957 Bos 687 0 .00 253 5 7 4 1 0 0 0 --
1958 Bos 469 0 .00 146 6 4 0 2 0 0 0 --
1959 Cle 354 0 .00 107 2 8 2 1 0 0 0 --
1960 Cle 522 0 .00 211 4 8 0 3 0 0 0 --
1961 Cle 536 0 .00 214 3 4 2 1 0 0 0 --
1962 Was 515 0 .00 155 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 --
1963 Los 60 0 .00 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 --
1963 Was 104 0 .00 27 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 --
1963 Ny 140 0 .00 33 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 --
1964 Los 276 0 .00 97 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 --
1965 Cal 121 0 .00 45 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 --
1966 Cal 144 0 .00 31 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 --
1967 Cal 4 0 .00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 --
Total -- 6591 0 .00 2276 48 104 25 23 0 0 0 --
Miscellaneous Batting
SEASON TEAM SB CS SB% XBH AB/HR BB/PA BB/SO IsoP SecA PSN
1950 Bos 0 0 0.00 -- 7.0 .364 4.00 .000 .571 0.00
1952 Bos 3 3 0.50 9 161.0 .147 1.08 .068 .242 1.50
1953 Bos 11 10 0.52 33 195.0 .065 0.79 .082 .154 4.71
1954 Bos 5 1 0.83 34 59.3 .070 0.86 .110 .194 6.15
1955 Bos 6 1 0.86 43 39.6 .114 1.29 .144 .283 8.21
1956 Bos 7 7 0.50 60 42.9 .086 1.21 .156 .253 9.33
1957 Bos 14 6 0.70 51 32.1 .091 1.15 .154 .269 16.12
1958 Bos 12 2 0.86 26 52.1 .090 0.98 .113 .237 9.60
1959 Cle 6 3 0.67 19 79.3 .072 0.81 .091 .180 4.80
1960 Cle 18 5 0.78 34 27.0 .047 0.63 .152 .228 18.00
1961 Cle 8 2 0.80 39 80.7 .081 0.94 .120 .221 6.86
1962 Was 12 7 0.63 28 117.8 .076 0.74 .085 .178 6.00
1963 Los 0 1 0.00 1 52.0 .088 1.00 .019 .096 0.00
1963 Was 4 0 1.00 2 94.0 .059 0.55 .043 .149 1.60
1963 Ny 1 2 0.33 6 124.0 .074 0.71 .073 .145 1.00
1964 Los 5 3 0.63 13 127.5 .059 0.50 .067 .137 2.86
1965 Cal 2 2 0.50 9 56.0 .042 0.33 .134 .179 2.00
1966 Cal 1 2 0.33 5 123.0 .094 0.68 .041 .138 0.00
1967 Cal 0 0 0.00 -- 3.0 .000 0.00 .000 .000 0.00
Total -- 115 57 0.67 412 56.6 .081 0.90 .114 .213 109.22
Awards
• 1958: American League Gold Glove at CF • 1961: American League Gold Glove at OF