#21 Jim Piersall, Centerfield, 39 yrs, No Team
Friday, 3/2/1973 |
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| Jim Piersall
11/14/1929
39
USA,CT,WATERBURY
6"0
185
Centerfield
R
R
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3 / 6 (Well Known)
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2.5 Stars
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19 Year(s), 0 Days (3268 total Days)
0 Day(s)
19 Year(s)
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| Versus LHP | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| Versus RHP | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| Talent | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
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| Fielding Ratings
LF : 5 (Range), .996 (Fielding Pct.)
CF : 5 (Range), .997 (Fielding Pct.)
RF : 5 (Range), .983 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 3
Outfield Arm : 3
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| Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
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| Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
| Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Projected | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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| Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
| Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| vs. RHP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Close/Late | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Scoring Position | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Pinch Hitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 1950 | 98 | 292 | 96 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 42 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 2 | .329 | .369 | .418 | .786 | STN |
| 1951 | 148 | 547 | 169 | 27 | 3 | 13 | 83 | 80 | 49 | 4 | 7 | 47 | 3 | 3 | .309 | .366 | .441 | .806 | STN PHA |
| 1952 | 148 | 566 | 177 | 23 | 5 | 12 | 93 | 98 | 64 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 9 | 2 | .313 | .380 | .435 | .815 | PHA,AL |
| 1953 | 146 | 560 | 162 | 28 | 5 | 17 | 85 | 71 | 47 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 2 | 1 | .289 | .345 | .448 | .793 | PHA |
| 1954 | 149 | 546 | 174 | 30 | 1 | 20 | 102 | 71 | 57 | 1 | 8 | 47 | 4 | 1 | .319 | .379 | .487 | .866 | PHA |
| 1955 | 149 | 559 | 177 | 38 | 6 | 15 | 96 | 82 | 54 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 7 | 2 | .317 | .373 | .487 | .860 | PHA,AL |
| 1956 | 148 | 579 | 171 | 25 | 5 | 25 | 98 | 93 | 58 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 5 | 4 | .295 | .359 | .485 | .844 | KCA |
| 1957 | 150 | 596 | 194 | 42 | 7 | 34 | 119 | 114 | 59 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 5 | 2 | .326 | .384 | .591 | .975 | KCA,AL |
| 1958 | 147 | 574 | 182 | 36 | 2 | 21 | 112 | 91 | 57 | 0 | 6 | 42 | 6 | 5 | .317 | .375 | .497 | .872 | KCA |
| 1959 | 143 | 544 | 171 | 30 | 4 | 28 | 91 | 88 | 42 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 5 | 3 | .314 | .365 | .539 | .903 | KCA CIN |
| 1960 | 150 | 557 | 178 | 29 | 5 | 41 | 118 | 98 | 47 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 3 | .320 | .373 | .610 | .983 | CIN,NL |
| 1961 | 158 | 595 | 177 | 33 | 7 | 21 | 97 | 80 | 52 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 3 | 1 | .297 | .352 | .482 | .834 | CIN |
| 1962 | 157 | 583 | 174 | 36 | 5 | 19 | 87 | 89 | 54 | 5 | 3 | 61 | 3 | 3 | .298 | .361 | .475 | .836 | CIN,NL |
| 1963 | 156 | 587 | 154 | 22 | 1 | 20 | 82 | 74 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 52 | 4 | 2 | .262 | .305 | .405 | .710 | CIN |
| 1964 | 156 | 594 | 189 | 26 | 5 | 26 | 92 | 85 | 34 | 1 | 7 | 78 | 4 | 4 | .318 | .352 | .510 | .862 | CIN |
| 1965 | 156 | 593 | 169 | 28 | 3 | 27 | 104 | 90 | 50 | 2 | 4 | 76 | 9 | 5 | .285 | .341 | .479 | .819 | CIN,NL |
| 1966 | 154 | 517 | 135 | 21 | 1 | 16 | 71 | 60 | 43 | 3 | 2 | 56 | 13 | 7 | .261 | .320 | .398 | .719 | CIN |
| 1967 | 142 | 504 | 141 | 22 | 4 | 23 | 84 | 66 | 39 | 1 | 6 | 67 | 6 | 2 | .280 | .329 | .476 | .805 | CIN HOU |
| 1968 | 113 | 217 | 60 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 32 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 1 | .276 | .329 | .498 | .827 | HOU |
| Total | 2768 | 10110 | 3050 | 515 | 74 | 393 | 1674 | 1504 | 875 | 36 | 89 | 860 | 98 | 53 | .302 | .357 | .484 | .840 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1967, AAA | 14 | 54 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .407 | .459 | .981 | 1.440 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1957 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .250 | .200 | .450 |
| 1958 | 7 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .333 | .321 | .655 |
| 1967 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .353 | .389 | .647 | 1.036 |
| 1968 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Total | 22 | 66 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .258 | .300 | .348 | .648 |
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Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by St. Louis (N) in 1950...
Had first career hit on 4/11/1950, off Stubby Overmire (CIN)...
Hit first career homerun on 5/5/1950, off Harry Eisenstat (PHN)...
Traded from St. Louis (N) to Phila (A) on 3/2/1951 (Going to STN: RF Johnny Wyrostek, P Ewell Blackwell, P Johnny Schmitz. Going to PHA: P Marv Rotblatt, CF Jim Piersall, P 1951 1st Rd Pick)...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Washington on 8/10/1951...
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/11/1953, hitting .478 with 1 HR, 7 RBI...
Drove in 7 runs against New York (A) on 4/2/1954...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/9/1954, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 11 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1954, hitting .354 with 8 HR, 31 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/30/1954, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 6 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/27/1954, hitting .522 with 1 HR, 9 RBI...
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/13/1955, hitting .542 with 4 HR, 10 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/23/1957, hitting .480 with 2 HR, 10 RBI...
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 5/28/1957...
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1957, hitting .343 with 7 HR, 30 RBI...
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game...
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1957, hitting .400 with 6 HR, 21 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/13/1957, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 4 RBI...
Hit 3 homeruns against New York (A), driving in 3 runs on 9/24/1957...
Won World Series Championship with Kansas City in 1957...
Won Golden Glove Award at Rightfield in 1957...
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 7/1/1958...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/13/1958, hitting .423 with 4 HR, 9 RBI...
Won World Series Championship with Kansas City in 1958...
Traded from Kansas City to Cincinnati on 4/1/1959 (Going to CIN: RF Jim Piersall, P Roy Face. Going to KCA: P Eli Grba, CF Gary Geiger, P 1960 2nd Rd Pick)...
Hit 3 homeruns against San Francisco, driving in 3 runs on 4/16/1959...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/9/1959, hitting .481 with 3 HR, 5 RBI...
Drove in 8 runs against Chicago(N) on 7/25/1959...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/24/1959, hitting .389 with 4 HR, 8 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/30/1960, hitting .448 with 4 HR, 13 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/4/1960, hitting .464 with 3 HR, 9 RBI...
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/9/1960, hitting .348 with 5 HR, 12 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/24/1960, hitting .583 with 3 HR, 9 RBI...
Hit for the cycle against New York(N) on 6/25/1961...
Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against New York(N) on 6/25/1961...
Had 2000th career hit on 9/9/1961, off Jim O'Toole (MIL)...
Won Player of the Week award on 10/1/1961, hitting .550 with 3 HR, 9 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1961, hitting .391 with 6 HR, 23 RBI...
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game...
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Chicago(N) on 6/7/1964...
Hit 3 homeruns against Milwaukee, driving in 6 runs on 4/11/1965...
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1965, hitting .364 with 9 HR, 32 RBI...
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game...
Traded from Cincinnati to Houston on 6/1/1967 (Going to HOU: CF Jim Piersall, 1B Don Pavletich. Going to CIN: P Casey Cox)...
Had 3000th career hit on 4/13/1968, off Jim Palmer (CHN)...
Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1969.
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| Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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AVG
1952 - .313 - 8th
1954 - .319 - 6th
1955 - .317 - 6th
1957 - .326 - 3rd
1958 - .317 - 5th
1959 - .314 - 5th
1960 - .320 - 3rd
1964 - .318 - 6th
| OBP
1957 - .384 - 10th
1960 - .373 - 7th
| SLG
1957 - .591 - 2nd
1958 - .497 - 10th
1959 - .539 - 5th
1960 - .610 - 3rd
| OPS
1957 - .975 - 2nd
1959 - .903 - 5th
1960 - .983 - 3rd
| Hits
1952 - 177 - 9th
1954 - 174 - 7th
1955 - 177 - 5th
1956 - 171 - 9th
1957 - 194 - 2nd
1958 - 182 - 5th
1959 - 171 - 3rd
1960 - 178 - 3rd
1961 - 177 - 10th
1964 - 189 - 4th
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Doubles
1955 - 38 - 6th
1957 - 42 - 3rd
1958 - 36 - 8th
1959 - 30 - 10th
1962 - 36 - 5th
| Triples
1957 - 7 - 8th
| Homeruns
1956 - 25 - 9th
1957 - 34 - 4th
1959 - 28 - 6th
1960 - 41 - 4th
1965 - 27 - 10th
| RBI
1954 - 102 - 7th
1956 - 98 - 8th
1957 - 119 - 2nd
1958 - 112 - 2nd
1959 - 91 - 8th
1960 - 118 - 3rd
1965 - 104 - 6th
| Runs
1952 - 98 - 10th
1957 - 114 - 2nd
1959 - 88 - 9th
1960 - 98 - 7th
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SB
1952 - 9 - 10th
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