League Leaders Who Led?
Jim Piersall

Jim Piersall

1950–1967  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'0", 175 lb  ·  b. 1929 Waterbury, CT

Career 1,734 G · 1,604 H · 104 HR · 591 RBI · .272 AVG

Seasons leading his league
1
1 best in baseball
6 Top-5 finishes
1 Title seasons
1 Categories led
1956 Best season

Spanning 1956–1956, peaking at 1 titles in 1956.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 1,195th League titles 1
  • 607th Best in baseball 1
  • 1,627th Top-5 finishes 6

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

No top-500 all-time placing His career totals do not reach the top 500 in any tracked category — unsurprising for most careers, and no reflection on the season titles alongside.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Doubles 1 1st — 1956 40
Triples — #3 — 1953 #3
Runs — #3 — 1957 #3
Batting Average — #3 — 1961 #3

Title Seasons

1 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1956 1 2B 40

Batting

17 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1950 BOS AL 6 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .286 .546 .286 .831
1952 BOS AL 56 161 28 43 8 0 1 16 28 26 3 .267 .379 .335 .714
1953 BOS AL 151 585 76 159 21 9 3 52 41 52 11 .272 .329 .354 .683
1954 BOS AL 133 474 77 135 24 2 8 38 36 42 5 .285 .338 .395 .732
1955 BOS AL 149 515 68 146 25 5 13 62 67 52 6 .284 .364 .427 .792
1956 BOS AL 155 601 91 176 40 6 14 87 58 48 7 .293 .350 .449 .799
1957 BOS AL 151 609 103 159 27 5 19 63 62 54 14 .261 .331 .415 .746
1958 BOS AL 130 417 55 99 13 5 8 48 42 43 12 .237 .303 .350 .653
1959 CLE AL 100 317 42 78 13 2 4 30 25 31 6 .246 .304 .338 .641
1960 CLE AL 138 486 70 137 12 4 18 66 24 38 18 .282 .313 .434 .747
1961 CLE AL 121 484 81 156 26 7 6 40 43 46 8 .322 .378 .442 .820
1962 WS2 AL 135 471 38 115 20 4 4 31 39 53 12 .244 .301 .329 .631
1963 NYN +2 NL 89 270 26 63 6 1 2 19 21 30 5 .233 .285 .285 .570
1964 LAA AL 87 255 28 80 11 0 2 13 16 32 5 .314 .353 .380 .733
1965 CAL AL 53 112 10 30 5 2 2 12 5 15 2 .268 .305 .402 .707
1966 CAL AL 75 123 14 26 5 0 0 14 13 19 1 .211 .283 .252 .535
1967 CAL AL 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career — — 1,734 5,890 811 1,604 256 52 104 591 524 583 115 .272 .332 .386 .718

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
OF 1,614 3,851 95 39 21 .990
SS 30 41 75 9 13 .928
3B 2 0 2 1 0 .667