"True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball."
Anthony Perkins
as Jimmy Piersall
Karl Malden
as John Piersall
Norma Moore
as Mary Piersall
Adam Williams
as Doctor Brown
Perry Wilson
as Mrs. John Piersall
Peter J. Votrian
as Jim Piersall as a Boy
Richard Bull
as Reporter Slade (uncredited)
Morgan Jones
as Sandy Allen (uncredited)
Edd Byrnes
as Boy in Car Assisting Jimmy Up Stairway (uncredited)
Brian G. Hutton
as Bernie Sherwill (uncredited)
Bart Burns
as Joe Cronin (uncredited)
Ted Berkman
Screenplay
Raphael Blau
Robert Mulligan
Director
Alan J. Pakula
Producer
Haskell B. Boggs
Director of Photography
Hilyard M. Brown
Art Direction
Grace Gregory
Set Decoration
Sam Comer
Bert McKay
Casting
Aaron Stell
Editor
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Edith Head
Costume Design
Hal Pereira
James Grant
First Assistant Camera
Nellie Manley
Hair Supervisor
Richard Caffey
Assistant Director
Paul Franz
Sound Recordist
Charles Grenzbach
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor