[EveningStar]

Wikipedia

Career stats

[ought-six]

I remember him. Good Ballplayer. I had his baseball card when I was a kid in the 1950s.

[OKSooner]

I saw the move Fear Strikes Out when I was just a kid. Karl Malden was, let's say "convincing" as Jim Piersall's father. He should have won an academy award for best supporting actor.

RIP to the real Jim Piersall.

[Parley Baer]

He lived longer than most men.

[Bruce Kurtz]

Is he the guy that use to do head stands whenever he caught a ball?

[clintonh8r]

Goodness, I had no idea he was still alive. Praying for the comforting of his family.

[sharkhawk]

he was the best when he teamed up with Harry Caray to do White Sox games. First time I ever heard broadcasters talking like fans.

[buckalfa]

Sigh. Time marches past another of the boys of summer from the 1950’s.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[headstamp 2]

He had nine kids with his first wife.

RIP

[OrangeHoof]

Piersall once broadcast a tirade about baseball wives and how most were gold diggers which drew backlash from feminist groups. Skip Caray, Harry’s son, replied on WTBS that he thought Fear had actually lined a double off the wall.

[MamaB]

I have his book on my iPad. I read it many years ago for the first time. God bless his family and friends.

[Deplorable American1776]

RIP and prayers to his family...

[dancusa]

Piersall ran around the bases backwards after hitting his 100th career home run.

[PGalt]

R.I.P. Jimmy Piersall & Jim Bunning. Condolences to families and friends. Thanks.

love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_X9s92G-Vw

[onona]

Damn. RIP Jimmy