Jim Piersall
1950–1967 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox, California Angels, Cleveland Guardians, Los Angeles Angels (1961-64), New York Mets, Washington Senators (1961-71)
1,734G
.272AVG
.332OBP
.386SLG
More career statistics
1,604H
104HR
591RBI
115SB
7Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 57 | 66 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 583 | 584 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 6,591 | 6,592 |
| Batting · Runs | 811 | 812 |
| Batting · RBI | 591 | 590 |
| Batting · Sacrifice flies | 48 | 47 |
| Batting · Walks | 524 | 525 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,734 | 6,591 | 5,890 | 811 | 1,604 | 256 | 52 | 104 | 591 | 524 | 583 | 115 | 57 | 25 | 48 | 2,276 | .272 | .332 | .386 | .718 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1960-05-10 to 1960-05-29
30longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | Six for Six | 1953-06-10 | 1 in 2,457 games | box score ↗ |
| 70 | Six-Hit Game | 1953-06-10 | 1 in 1,644 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1953-06-10 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 893 | 3353 | 835 | 56 | 319 | 277 | 282 | .280 | .332 | .406 |
| Away | 841 | 3239 | 769 | 48 | 271 | 248 | 302 | .265 | .314 | .366 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 163 | 639 | 136 | 6 | 48 | 61 | 56 | .245 | .308 | .333 |
| May | 349 | 1361 | 322 | 23 | 123 | 124 | 126 | .267 | .328 | .387 |
| June | 337 | 1314 | 324 | 16 | 109 | 97 | 130 | .276 | .320 | .390 |
| July | 290 | 1076 | 285 | 21 | 106 | 79 | 84 | .293 | .338 | .420 |
| August | 336 | 1244 | 309 | 21 | 107 | 101 | 98 | .278 | .330 | .394 |
| September | 251 | 932 | 222 | 16 | 94 | 62 | 87 | .264 | .305 | .366 |
| October | 8 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .240 | .269 | .440 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 242 | 953 | 225 | 15 | 76 | 80 | 77 | .264 | .320 | .368 |
| detroit-tigers | 229 | 867 | 216 | 15 | 75 | 56 | 71 | .277 | .314 | .388 |
| new-york-yankees | 226 | 845 | 173 | 11 | 55 | 59 | 73 | .225 | .275 | .316 |
| baltimore-orioles | 189 | 715 | 181 | 8 | 85 | 57 | 66 | .284 | .333 | .394 |
| cleveland-guardians | 178 | 673 | 168 | 8 | 57 | 57 | 80 | .280 | .334 | .391 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 171 | 673 | 157 | 18 | 78 | 79 | 63 | .273 | .351 | .417 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 170 | 661 | 175 | 14 | 68 | 49 | 49 | .295 | .339 | .437 |
| boston-red-sox | 86 | 300 | 84 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 26 | .317 | .370 | .426 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 |  Boston Red Sox | 6 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | .286 | – | – |
| 1952 | Boston Red Sox | 56 | 161 | 43 | 1 | 16 | 3 | .267 | – | – |
| 1953 | Boston Red Sox | 151 | 585 | 159 | 3 | 52 | 11 | .272 | – | – |
| 1954 | Boston Red Sox | 133 | 474 | 135 | 8 | 37 | 5 | .285 | – | – |
| 1955 | Boston Red Sox | 149 | 515 | 146 | 13 | 62 | 6 | .283 | – | – |
| 1956 | Boston Red Sox | 155 | 601 | 176 | 14 | 87 | 7 | .293 | – | – |
| 1957 | Boston Red Sox | 151 | 609 | 159 | 19 | 62 | 14 | .261 | – | – |
| 1958 | Boston Red Sox | 130 | 417 | 99 | 8 | 48 | 12 | .237 | – | – |
| 1959 |  Cleveland Guardians | 100 | 317 | 78 | 4 | 30 | 6 | .246 | – | – |
| 1960 | Cleveland Guardians | 138 | 486 | 137 | 18 | 66 | 18 | .282 | – | – |
| 1961 | Cleveland Guardians | 121 | 484 | 156 | 6 | 40 | 8 | .322 | – | – |
| 1962 |  Washington Senators (1961-71) | 135 | 471 | 115 | 4 | 31 | 12 | .244 | – | – |
| 1963 | Los Angeles Angels (1961-64), New York Mets, Washington Senators (1961-71) | 89 | 270 | 63 | 2 | 19 | 5 | .233 | – | – |
| 1964 |  Los Angeles Angels (1961-64) | 87 | 255 | 80 | 2 | 14 | 5 | .314 | – | – |
| 1965 |  California Angels | 53 | 112 | 30 | 2 | 12 | 2 | .268 | – | – |
| 1966 | California Angels | 75 | 123 | 26 | – | 14 | 1 | .211 | – | – |
| 1967 | California Angels | 5 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |