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Name	Team	Age
Shannon Piersall	Retired (1993, Age 35)	Died (2023, Age 66)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 6 (1979)	2B	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Lou Whitaker League	0	12 years (12 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	C	A
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C-	C	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A	A	C+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D+	0	11/14/1957
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	1	2
Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (---)
A+ (98.9 %)	C+ (48.7 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1979

Minors

40.00

0 / 5

1 / 5

1 / 5

5 / 9

5 / 6

4 / 5

5 / 5

21 / 40

1979

Majors

13.08

32

27

0

0 / 3

1 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

2 / 2

2 / 3

6 / 13

1980

Minors

63.00

5 / 11

5 / 10

2 / 7

0 / 4

5 / 11

6 / 12

6 / 8

29 / 63

1981

Minors

19.00

0 / 3

0 / 1

1 / 2

0 / 4

1 / 2

2 / 3

3 / 4

7 / 19

1981

Majors

3.23

12

4

0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

1 / 1

2 / 3

1982

Majors

34.14

162

43

0

5 / 9

0 / 6

1 / 3

0 / 4

1 / 2

1 / 5

1 / 5

9 / 34

1983

Majors

58.14

142

119

20

2 / 7

0 / 12

4 / 12

0 / 3

5 / 9

3 / 7

4 / 8

18 / 58

1984

Majors

59.88

145

121

17

0 / 7

0 / 7

1 / 11

0 / 10

5 / 11

0 / 7

2 / 6

8 / 59

1985

Majors

67.98

162

135

0

0 / 5

0 / 9

1 / 5

0 / 13

2 / 12

0 / 10

2 / 13

5 / 67

1986

Majors

64.83

155

130

7

3 / 15

0 / 6

0 / 11

0 / 10

0 / 5

0 / 9

1 / 8

4 / 64

1987

Majors

67.32

162

135

0

0 / 12

0 / 4

2 / 12

0 / 11

0 / 7

0 / 5

0 / 16

2 / 67

1988

Majors

67.32

162

135

0

0 / 7

0 / 10

1 / 10

0 / 12

0 / 7

1 / 15

0 / 6

2 / 67

1989

Majors

53.33

129

105

18

0 / 9

0 / 4

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 2

0 / 10

1 / 11

1 / 53

1990

Majors

32.91

162

36

0

0 / 5

0 / 4

0 / 6

0 / 2

0 / 7

0 / 3

0 / 5

0 / 32

1991

Majors

24.66

162

21

0

-5 / 6

-6 / 4

-6 / 3

-4 / 3

-3 / 2

-2 / 5

-1 / 1

-27 / 24

1992

Majors

29.71

162

36

0

-5 / 6

-2 / 3

-3 / 3

-4 / 6

-4 / 5

-3 / 4

0 / 2

-21 / 29

1993

Majors

23.97

146

26

16

-6 / 2

-3 / 5

-6 / 4

-6 / 4

-4 / 4

-1 / 4

-2 / 0

-28 / 23

Total

1895

1073

78

-1 / 112

-4 / 93

0 / 104

-9 / 104

13 / 93

14 / 107

25 / 102

38 / 715

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1993-11-01	Shannon Piersall has retired from the Pittsburgh Pacers
1993-08-21	Shannon Piersall of the Pittsburgh Pacers is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1990-03-26	The Pittsburgh Pacers have drafted Shannon Piersall #27 overall in the Expansion Draft.
1989-07-06	Shannon Piersall of the Pittsburgh Prisoners is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1986-06-15	Shannon Piersall of the Pittsburgh Prisoners is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
1984-07-27	Shannon Piersall of the Pittsburgh Prisoners is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1983-08-04	Shannon Piersall of the Pittsburgh Prisoners is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1981-09-19	The Pittsburgh Prisoners have promoted Shannon Piersall to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Prisoners have promoted Bill Leister to the major league team.
1979-05-12	The Pittsburgh Prisoners have promoted Lee Beazley to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Prisoners have sent Shannon Piersall to the minors.
1979-04-05	The Pittsburgh Prisoners have promoted Shannon Piersall to the major league team.