Born:(1929-11-14)November 14, 1929 Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.
Died: June 3, 2017(2017-06-03) (aged 87) Wheaton, Illinois, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 7, 1950, for the Boston Red Sox
Last MLB appearance
May 1, 1967, for the California Angels
MLB statistics
Batting average
.272
Home runs
104
Runs batted in
591
Teams
Boston Red Sox (1950, 1952–1958)
Cleveland Indians (1959–1961)
Washington Senators (1962–1963)
New York Mets (1963)
Los Angeles / California Angels (1963–1967)
Career highlights and awards
2× All-Star (1954, 1956)
2× Gold Glove Award (1958, 1961)
Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame
James Anthony Piersall (November 14, 1929 – June 3, 2017) was an American baseball center fielder who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for five teams, from 1950 through 1967. Piersall was best known for his well-publicized battle with bipolar disorder that became the subject of a book and a film, Fear Strikes Out.
Piersall commented, "Probably the best thing that ever happened to me was going nuts. Who ever heard of JimmyPiersall until that happened?" Piersall...
career of American baseball player JimmyPiersall. It is based on Piersall's 1955 memoir Fear Strikes Out: The Jim Piersall Story, co-written with Al Hirshberg...
Mets outfielder JimmyPiersall told Snider that he could get more publicity for his 100th home run. Nine days later, on June 23, Piersall ran the bases...
Brown, JimmyPiersall, Mary Shane (1977) Harry Caray, Lorn Brown, JimmyPiersall (1978–79) 1980–1981: WBBM 780 kHz Harry Caray, JimmyPiersall, Joe McConnell...
home run. During a 1950s game, Red Sox outfielders Ted Williams and JimmyPiersall both tracked a fly ball in left center, but the ball struck the ladder...
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Me Out To The Ballgame" with the Sox. Caray, alongside color analyst JimmyPiersall, was never afraid to criticize the Sox, which angered numerous Sox managers...
odor permeated the press box, which Caray and his broadcast partner, JimmyPiersall, commented on over the air. The crowds outside the stadium also threw...
regrets it. Fear Strikes Out 1957 Biographical The life and career of JimmyPiersall, played by Anthony Perkins. Damn Yankees 1958 Musical A man sells his...
season), who had elected to sign with Fleer instead of Topps. Wills and JimmyPiersall served as player representatives for Fleer, helping to bring others...
traveling at up to 120 miles per hour (190 km/h). One month later, JimmyPiersall became the second player to wear the helmet in the Major Leagues. With...
during a game against the Texas Rangers, Caray had former outfielder JimmyPiersall (who was working for the Rangers at the time) as a guest in the White...
well as memory loss and spending ten weeks in a psychiatric hospital. JimmyPiersall, American baseball player. Carolina Díaz Pimentel, Peruvian journalist...
Strikes Out, starring Anthony Perkins as tormented baseball player JimmyPiersall. The film was the first feature he would direct alongside longtime collaborator...
drama film depicting the life and career of American baseball player JimmyPiersall The Flying Dutchman (Dutch: De Vliegende Hollander) (1957) – Dutch biographical...
for the studio was a 1957 biopic about Boston Red Sox baseball player JimmyPiersall titled Fear Strikes Out. It followed his father's pressure to become...
Vic Power Frank Bolling Frank Malzone Luis Aparicio† Norm SiebernLF JimmyPiersallCF Al Kaline†RF Sherm Lollar Bobby Shantz N/A 1959 Vic Power Nellie Fox†...
induction to the National Baseball Hall of Fame: Eddie Collins (front office) Jimmy Collins Joe Cronin Bobby Doerr Rick Ferrell Jimmie Foxx Lefty Grove Harry...
Bench Rick Dempsey Mark Fidrych Tommy John Tommy Lasorda Billy Martin JimmyPiersall Ross Porter Tom Seaver Hosts and field reporters Jack Arute Tim Brant...
is best known as the co-author of JimmyPiersall's 1955 autobiography titled Fear Strikes Out: The JimmyPiersall Story, which was later made into the...
actress 1929 – Shirley Crabtree, English wrestler (d. 1997) 1929 – JimmyPiersall, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2017) 1930 – Peter Katin...
Stadium, Cleveland Indians outfielder JimmyPiersall was attacked by two Yankee fans who ran onto the field. Piersall quickly dispatched the first fan with...
clearing waivers, the Mets traded Hodges to the Senators for outfielder JimmyPiersall on May 23, retiring from his playing career. Hodges managed the Senators...