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Bill Piercy
William Benton Piercy (Wild Bill)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.

Debut October 3, 1917
Final Game August 16, 1926
Born May 2, 1896 in ElMonte, CA
Died August 28, 1951 in Long Beach, CA

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1917 21 NYY AL   0   1   1   1   1   0   0  0    9.0    9    3    3   0    2    4   0   0    37       0  3.00  2.69   90 1.222
 1921 25 NYY AL   5   4  14  10   5   1   3  0   81.7   82   40   27   4   28   35   7   3   354       1  2.98  4.24  142 1.347
 1922 26 BOS AL   3   9  29  12   7   1  10  0  121.3  140   77   63   2   62   24   6   4             0  4.67  4.11   88 1.665
 1923 27 BOS AL   8  17  30  24  11   0   4  0  187.3  193  105   71   5   73   51  14   6   815       0  3.41  4.10  120 1.420
 1924 28 BOS AL   5   7  23  18   3   0   4  0  121.0  156   85   80   4   66   20  10   4   573       0  5.95  4.35   73 1.835
 1926 30 CHC NL   6   5  19   5   1   0   9  0   90.3   96   52   45   1   37   31   6   4   401       0  4.48  3.86   86 1.472
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .386  27  43 116  70  28   2  30  0  610.7  676  362  289  16  268  165  43  21  2180       1  4.26  4.12   97 1.546
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  15  42  25  10   0  10  0  223.0  247  132  105   5   97   60  15   7   796   0   0  4.26  4.12   97 1.546
 Career High      8  17  30  24  11   1  10  0  187.3  193  105   80   5   73   51  14   6   815   0   1  2.98  4.35  142 1.347

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1917 21 NYY AL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1   0  .000  .333  .000    2    0   0           0    
 1921 25 NYY AL  14   28    2    6   2  0   0    2   0  0   1   7  .214  .290  .286   46    8   0           2    
 1922 26 BOS AL  29   34    2    5   2  0   0    3   0  0   2   9  .147  .194  .206    5    7   4           0    
 1923 27 BOS AL  30   53    2    7   2  1   0    4   0  0   1  16  .132  .148  .208   -7   11   8           0    
 1924 28 BOS AL  23   39    1    6   1  0   0    2   0  0   2  12  .154  .195  .179   -3    7   5           0    
 1926 30 CHC NL  19   35    2    9   3  0   0    3   0      0   2  .257  .257  .343   60   12   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      116  191    9   33  10  1   0   14   0  0   7  46  .173  .210  .236   16   45  17   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        267   13   46  14  1   0   20   0  0  10  64  .173  .210  .236   16   63  24   0   0   3   0
 Career High     30   53    2    9   3  1   0    4   0  0   2  16                          12   8   0   0   2   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1917 21 NYY AL    3    2    0   0.0    80| .000  .256| .333  .327| .000  .331| .333  .658|   2  .000  -0.2   0.0     
 1921 25 NYY AL   31   22    2   2.4   116| .214  .302| .290  .368| .286  .424| .576  .792|  46  .207  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1922 26 BOS AL   40   33    1   0.8   109| .147  .292| .194  .357| .206  .410| .400  .766|   5  .038  -4.8  -0.5   0%
 1923 27 BOS AL   62   54    2   1.0   108| .132  .290| .148  .360| .208  .401| .356  .761|  -7  .055  -8.6  -0.9   0%
 1924 28 BOS AL   46   38    1   0.7   112| .154  .298| .195  .368| .179  .409| .374  .777|  -3  .028  -6.2  -0.6   0%
 1926 30 CHC NL   35   26    3   3.1   104| .257  .288| .257  .349| .343  .399| .600  .748|  60  .330  -2.0  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       217  175    9   1.4   109| .173  .293| .210  .360| .236  .407| .446  .766|  16  .094 -24.1  -2.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1917 21 NYY AL P 1 0 3 1 0 .750 .938 3.00 1.80 3.00 3.00 1 9.0 1921 25 NYY AL P 14 3 20 4 2 .852 .954 1.64 1.56 2.53 2.70 10 81.7 1922 26 BOS AL P 29 4 42 0 2 1.000 .962 1.59 1.48 3.41 2.60 12 121.3 1923 27 BOS AL P 30 10 65 4 3 .949 .959 2.50 1.49 3.60 2.72 24 187.3 1924 28 BOS AL P 23 5 38 4 0 .915 .960 1.87 1.32 3.20 2.53 18 121.0 1926 30 CHC NL P 19 5 23 3 1 .903 .959 1.47 1.39 2.79 2.57 5 90.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1917 21 NYY AL P 1 0 3 1 0 .750 .938 3.00 1.80 3.00 3.00 1 9.0 1921 25 NYY AL P 14 3 20 4 2 .852 .954 1.64 1.56 2.53 2.70 10 81.7 1922 26 BOS AL P 29 4 42 0 2 1.000 .962 1.59 1.48 3.41 2.60 12 121.3 1923 27 BOS AL P 30 10 65 4 3 .949 .959 2.50 1.49 3.60 2.72 24 187.3 1924 28 BOS AL P 23 5 38 4 0 .915 .960 1.87 1.32 3.20 2.53 18 121.0 1926 30 CHC NL P 19 5 23 3 1 .903 .959 1.47 1.39 2.79 2.57 5 90.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 116 27 191 16 8 .932 .959 1.88 1.45 3.21 2.64 70 610.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 116 27 191 16 8 .932 .959 1.88 1.45 3.21 2.64 70 611
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1921   WS    NYY NYG     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   1     2   0   0   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1921   WS    NYY NYG     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1923 AL-3.41-9

Losses
1923 AL-17-4

Wild Pitches
1923 AL-6-4
1924 AL-4-9
1926 NL-4-8

Hit Batsmen
1923 AL-14-3
1924 AL-10-5
1926 NL-6-8

Adjusted ERA+
1923 AL-120-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 4 (1934) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1853) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

December 20, 1921: Traded by the New York Yankees with Rip Collins, Roger Peckinpaugh, and Jack Quinn to the Boston Red Sox for Everett Scott, Joe Bush, and Sam Jones.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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