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Jim
Piersall		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: November 14, 1929 in Usa, CT, WATERBURY
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 20 MON NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1951 21 MON NL     5 5 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 8
1952 22 MON NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1953 23 MON NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1954 24 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1955 25 MON NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1956 26 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1957 27 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1958 28 MON NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1959 29 MON NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1960 30 MON NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1962 32 BOS AL $ 475,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1963 33 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1964 34 BOS AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1965 35 BOS AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1966 36 BOS AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 475,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1950 20 AA   137 566 100 168 20 3 31 84 7 4 66 53 .297 .370 .507 .877 103.4  
1951 21 AAA   110 441 67 126 18 3 19 59 6 2 39 25 .286 .344 .469 .813 69.9  
    AA   26 105 21 27 2 1 6 11 2 3 16 7 .257 .355 .467 .822 17.5  
1952 22 AAA   137 591 87 179 29 4 26 85 6 2 40 48 .303 .347 .497 .845 97.0  
1953 23 AAA   137 543 98 171 29 3 24 101 9 1 78 66 .315 .401 .512 .913 108.2  
1954 24 MON NL 52 138 13 22 7 0 2 12 2 1 19 26 .159 .261 .254 .515 8.1 0.0
    AAA   81 324 46 107 29 5 10 49 6 1 46 33 .330 .414 .543 .957 67.5  
1955 25 AAA   46 70 19 20 6 0 1 6 0 0 17 12 .286 .425 .414 .840 13.2  
    AA   81 298 26 70 10 2 7 32 4 2 46 46 .235 .337 .352 .690 38.7  
1956 26 MON NL 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 0.2 0.0
    AAA   98 323 41 86 11 5 13 42 5 3 29 45 .266 .327 .452 .779 47.4  
1957 27 MON NL 64 163 19 44 11 1 4 18 2 0 13 39 .270 .324 .423 .747 21.0 3.6
1958 28 AAA   118 254 32 76 16 0 10 38 3 2 38 50 .299 .390 .480 .871 46.7  
1959 29 AAA   122 393 49 90 13 2 13 43 7 3 35 74 .229 .292 .372 .664 44.3  
1960 30 AAA   135 448 49 117 29 3 14 57 4 6 43 96 .261 .326 .433 .759 61.3  
1961 31 AAA   46 152 18 43 14 1 3 24 3 0 14 36 .283 .343 .447 .791 22.8  
1962 32 BOS AL 109 240 25 61 8 3 5 21 1 0 12 49 .254 .290 .375 .665 24.5 3.8
1963 33 BOS AL 52 66 9 21 6 1 0 5 1 0 5 6 .318 .366 .439 .806 9.8 2.8
1964 34 BOS AL 89 130 18 36 7 2 1 19 1 1 3 27 .277 .291 .385 .676 12.4 1.8
1965 35 BOS AL 85 135 13 25 10 0 1 12 2 4 12 20 .185 .248 .281 .530 8.5 0.0
1966 36 BOS AL 96 149 9 28 3 1 0 7 3 1 7 36 .188 .228 .221 .449 5.5 0.0
1967 37 AAA   11 17 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .353 .389 .412 .801 2.5  
    A   51 163 22 32 4 2 2 18 3 3 17 27 .196 .272 .282 .554 12.6  
8 Years Sim 555 1027 106 237 52 8 13 95 12 7 72 205 .231 .281 .335 .615 89.9 12.0
11 Years AAA 1041 3556 509 1021 195 26 133 505 49 20 380 488 .287 .356 .469 .824 580.7  
3 Years AA 244 969 147 265 32 6 44 127 13 9 128 106 .273 .358 .455 .813 159.5  
1 Years A 51 163 22 32 4 2 2 18 3 3 17 27 .196 .279 .282 .561 12.6  
15 Years Minors 1336 4688 678 1318 231 34 179 650 65 32 525 621 .281 .353 .459 .813 752.9  
162 Game Average 299 30 69 15 2 3 27 3 2 21 59 .231 .281 .335 .615 26.2  
Career Highs 109 240 25 61 11 3 5 21 3 4 19 49 .318 .366 .439 .806 24.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   574 63 137 23 5 6 49 6 5 36 100 .239 .282 .328 .610 51.7
vs LH   453 43 100 29 3 7 46 6 2 36 105 .221 .278 .344 .623 43.4
Home 291 531 53 126 33 6 6 49 4 4 40 108 .237 .290 .356 .646 53.3
Away 264 496 53 111 19 2 7 46 8 3 32 97 .224 .270 .313 .582 41.7
RISP   245 0 54 7 2 3 79 0 0 15 43 .220 .260 .302 .562 19.2
Pinch Hitting   107 15 21 4 1 1 5 0 0 6 12 .196 .239 .280 .519 6.6
Close/Late   168 12 41 11 2 2 11 0 0 13 32 .244 .298 .369 .667 18.1
Mar/Apr 84 125 16 25 5 1 1 7 1 0 8 28 .200 .244 .280 .524 8.4
May 90 154 12 43 8 2 3 16 1 1 10 27 .279 .321 .416 .737 19.8
June 92 194 21 41 8 1 2 24 3 0 14 37 .211 .264 .294 .558 15.3
July 95 171 21 35 7 2 3 15 2 3 11 39 .205 .251 .322 .573 13.0
August 99 182 18 49 18 1 4 22 2 1 14 35 .269 .323 .445 .768 24.8
Sep/Oct 95 201 18 44 6 1 0 11 3 2 15 39 .219 .273 .259 .532 13.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1954 24 MON NL RF 32 31 286.0 65 2 1 0 .985 2.11   0.8
    SS 2 0 10.0 4 5 0 2 1.000 8.10   0.1
    2B 4 0 7.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.17   0.0
    CF 1 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1956 26 MON NL SS 4 1 12.0 3 4 0 1 1.000 5.25   0.1
    2B 2 1 9.0 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.1
1957 27 MON NL RF 35 35 288.0 38 1 2 0 .951 1.22   0.5
    2B 13 4 61.3 15 29 0 7 1.000 6.46   0.5
    CF 4 3 22.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
    LF 2 1 11.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.32    
    SS 3 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1962 32 BOS AL SS 33 10 145.7 19 50 2 9 .972 4.26   0.5
    LF 21 13 122.7 20 0 1 0 .952 1.47   1.1
    CF 19 14 122.0 32 2 0 1 1.000 2.51    
    2B 17 12 103.0 16 29 0 5 1.000 3.93   0.3
    RF 11 7 66.3 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.22    
1963 33 BOS AL CF 9 3 37.0 12 1 0 0 1.000 3.16   0.3
    LF 4 2 24.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
    SS 5 1 17.0 2 8 0 0 1.000 5.29   0.1
    RF 5 1 14.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.21    
    2B 4 1 13.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.77   0.0
1964 34 BOS AL SS 57 16 221.7 35 74 3 13 .973 4.43   1.0
    2B 27 12 130.7 25 55 3 10 .964 5.51   0.5
    CF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1965 35 BOS AL SS 50 13 193.3 31 67 2 9 .980 4.56   1.2
    2B 17 12 113.0 29 39 0 7 1.000 5.42   0.6
    CF 2 2 18.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
    RF 5 1 15.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.57    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1966 36 BOS AL SS 44 12 168.0 25 66 3 18 .968 4.88   1.2
    2B 26 12 128.0 26 28 0 9 1.000 3.80   0.5
    CF 7 4 35.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.31   0.2
    RF 4 2 21.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.83    
    LF 2 1 13.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77    
  SS 198 53 770.7 119 275 10 52 .975 4.60   4.3
  RF 92 77 691.7 119 4 3 0 .976 1.60   1.3
  2B 110 54 565.7 115 187 3 39 .990 4.81   2.4
  CF 44 26 246.0 61 3 0 1 1.000 2.34   0.5
  LF 31 17 177.3 30 0 1 0 .968 1.52   1.1
Career Totals   475 227 2451.3 444 469 17 92 .982 3.35   9.6
Career Highs   101 56 559.7 95 129 6 27 1.000 5.57    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1963 33 BOS AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1965 35 BOS AL 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1966 36 BOS AL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 32nd overall pick, by Montreal in 1950
Had first career hit (homerun) on 7/6/1954, off Jackie Collum (TAM)
Injured on 4/19/1961 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Released by Montreal on 6/1/1961
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/2/1962 to a 1-year deal worth $475,000 per year
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 3/2/1967 to a minor league contract
Released by Tampa Bay on 9/1/1967
 
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