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Jim Piersall played 17 major-league seasons (1950-1967) as a OF (1,614), SS (30), 3B (2). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 18 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 21 | BOS | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .286 | .831 | 124 |
| 1952 | 23 | BOS | 56 | 161 | 28 | 43 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 28 | 26 | .267 | .714 | 107 |
| 1953 | 24 | BOS | 151 | 585 | 76 | 159 | 3 | 52 | 11 | 41 | 52 | .272 | .683 | 90 |
| 1954 | 25 | BOS | 133 | 474 | 77 | 135 | 8 | 38 | 5 | 36 | 42 | .285 | .732 | 107 |
| 1955 | 26 | BOS | 149 | 515 | 68 | 146 | 13 | 62 | 6 | 67 | 52 | .283 | .792 | 120 |
| 1956 | 27 | BOS | 155 | 601 | 91 | 176 | 14 | 87 | 7 | 58 | 48 | .293 | .799 | 116 |
| 1957 | 28 | BOS | 151 | 609 | 103 | 159 | 19 | 63 | 14 | 62 | 54 | .261 | .746 | 109 |
| 1958 | 29 | BOS | 130 | 417 | 55 | 99 | 8 | 48 | 12 | 42 | 43 | .237 | .653 | 85 |
| 1959 | 30 | CLE | 100 | 317 | 42 | 78 | 4 | 30 | 6 | 25 | 31 | .246 | .641 | 81 |
| 1960 | 31 | CLE | 138 | 486 | 70 | 137 | 18 | 66 | 18 | 24 | 38 | .282 | .747 | 107 |
| 1961 | 32 | CLE | 121 | 484 | 81 | 156 | 6 | 40 | 8 | 43 | 46 | .322 | .820 | 126 |
| 1962 | 33 | WS2 | 135 | 471 | 38 | 115 | 4 | 31 | 12 | 39 | 53 | .244 | .630 | 75 |
| 1963 | 34 | WS2|LAA | 49 | 146 | 13 | 39 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 16 | .267 | .616 | 79 |
| 1963 | 34 | NYN | 40 | 124 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 14 | .194 | .516 | 54 |
| 1964 | 35 | LAA | 87 | 255 | 28 | 80 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 32 | .314 | .733 | 111 |
| 1965 | 36 | CAL | 53 | 112 | 10 | 30 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 15 | .268 | .707 | 106 |
| 1966 | 37 | CAL | 75 | 123 | 14 | 26 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 19 | .211 | .535 | 60 |
| 1967 | 38 | CAL | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | OF | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | SS | 30 | 0 | 41 | 75 | 9 | 13 |
| 1952 | OF | 22 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1953 | OF | 151 | 0 | 352 | 15 | 5 | 7 |
| 1954 | OF | 126 | 112 | 249 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 1955 | OF | 147 | 144 | 425 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 1956 | OF | 155 | 155 | 455 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| 1957 | OF | 151 | 147 | 397 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| 1958 | OF | 125 | 112 | 314 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| 1959 | OF | 91 | 77 | 216 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 1959 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | OF | 134 | 122 | 355 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 1961 | OF | 120 | 119 | 328 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
| 1962 | OF | 132 | 123 | 308 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1963 | OF | 81 | 70 | 158 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | OF | 72 | 65 | 115 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1965 | OF | 41 | 25 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1966 | OF | 63 | 31 | 69 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1967 | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Jim Piersall won: Gold Glove 1958 (AL), Gold Glove 1961 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1961, 1960, 1957, 1956, 1953.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 9 | 56 / 336 | 0 |
| 1956 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 15 | 28 / 336 | 0 |
| 1957 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 24 | 2 / 336 | 0 |
| 1960 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 30 | 2 / 336 | 0 |
| 1961 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 13 | 10 / 280 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.