page_title: Jimmy Piersall
hierarchical_section_title: Jimmy Piersall
caption_attribution_description: English: Boston Red Sox centerfielder Jimmy Piersall in 1953.
context_page_description: James Anthony Piersall was an American baseball center fielder who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball 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.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Piersall in 1953.
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