Billy Pierce

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 160lb (178cm, 72kg)

Born: April 2, 1927 in Detroit, MI us

Died: July 31, 2015 in Palos Heights, IL

Buried: Chapel Hill Gardens South Cemetery, Oak Lawn, IL

High School: Highland Park HS (Highland Park, MI)

Debut: June 1, 1945 (Age 18-060d, 9,955th in major league history)
vs. BOS 3.1 IP, 1 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 3, 1964 (Age 37-184d)
vs. CHC 3.0 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Walter William Pierce

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

53.2

211

169

ERA

3.27

585

433

3306.2

1999

WHIP

1.260

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Team Record in Appearances: 22-11 / in Starts: 16-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 6

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	239	3	Apr 16	CHW		CLE	W,9-4	GS-3		99	2.1	4	4	3	3	3	2	1	11.57	16.08	15	3	1	0	0	4	35			0	0	0	10	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.19	-0.327	3.12	-0.52%	-3.43	1t start tie	3t --3 1 out d3
2	240	9	Apr 24	CHW	@	KCA	L,0-5	6-7		7	2.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	6.23	9.75	8	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.12	0.008	.39	0.02%	1.00	6b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d5
3	241	11	Apr 27	CHW		NYY	W,13-4	3-GF	W(1-0)	2	6.2	4	1	1	1	7	0	0	3.27	4.28	24	2	10	0	8	4		1	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.229	1.04	0.42%	3.00	3t --3 1 out a2	9t end a 9
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	242	16	May 1(2)	CHW		BAL	W,6-3	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	12	3	2	2	8	0	0	2.70	2.92	43	8	13	2	0	12	59			1	0	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.12	0.175	3.33	0.31%	1.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
5	243	20	May 7	CHW		DET	L,1-7	GS-5	L(2-1)	5	4.1	8	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.33	2.90	22	4	6	2	0	8	35			1	0	0	19	0	1	1	1	0	0	1.05	-0.167	3.74	-0.36%	-2.04	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out d3
6	244	28	May 17	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-1	GS-7	L(2-2)	9	7.0	3	1	1	4	4	0	0	2.87	2.91	28	7	10	0	0	3	67			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	0.198	5.17	0.57%	2.45	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
7	245	34	May 24	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	W(3-2)	6	9.0	3	1	1	1	7	1	0	2.45	2.84	31	8	13	2	0	2	83			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.323	3.88	0.78%	3.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
8	246	41	May 30(2)	CHW		CLE	W,5-0	SHO	W(4-2)	5	9.0	7	0	0	3	8	0	0	2.01	2.61	37	2	17	0	0	7	78			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.488	3.50	1.08%	4.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	247	47	Jun 5(2)	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(4-3)	5	10.0	7	3	3	1	6	3	0	2.12	3.07	37	11	12	2	0	7	71			0	0	1	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.074	4.74	0.23%	2.08	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
10	248	50	Jun 12(1)	CHW		WSH	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-3)	6	9.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	0	1.84	2.82	32	8	12	0	0	4	83			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	0.752	4.43	1.40%	4.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
11	249	54	Jun 15(2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,2-0	7-8	H(1)	2	1.2	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	1.80	2.81	7	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.97	0.184	11.11	0.41%	0.87	7b 1-- 0 out a1	8b 12- 2 out a2
12	250	58	Jun 19(1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-7	GS-4	L(5-4)	3	3.0	6	4	4	0	3	1	0	2.22	2.89	15	4	2	0	0	6	34			0	0	0	14	2	1	0	0	1	0	.54	-0.249	4.10	-1.13%	-2.90	1b start tie	4b 1-- 0 out d4
13	251	63	Jun 24	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS-6		4	5.0	5	2	2	1	2	1	0	2.31	3.01	20	4	8	2	0	5	50			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.089	4.45	0.24%	1.08	1b start tie	6b -2- 0 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	252	70	Jul 1	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(5-5)	6	8.0	7	1	1	3	5	1	0	2.20	3.09	33	10	8	0	0	7	66			0	0	0	30	2	0	1	1	0	0	.90	0.251	3.41	0.57%	3.14	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
15	253	77	Jul 8	CHW		CLE	L,0-1	GS-8	L(5-6)	6	8.0	7	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.11	2.95	32	10	9	1	0	7	68			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	0.310	4.21	0.79%	3.06	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
16	254	85	Jul 17(1)	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	CG	W(6-6)	8	9.0	4	2	0	4	4	0	0	1.92	2.94	37	12	13	1	0	4	75			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.50	0.536	6.34	1.36%	2.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
17	255	89	Jul 20	CHW		NYY	W,8-6	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.91	2.94	3	2	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.00	0.090	20.26	0.37%	0.19	9t 1-3 1 out a3	9t end a 2
18	256	93	Jul 24(1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	SHO	W(7-6)	3	9.0	7	0	0	4	7	0	0	1.76	2.87	38	3	17	2	0	7	76			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	.91	0.425	6.04	1.70%	4.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
19	257	97	Jul 28	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	9-GF	S(2)	3	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.74	2.90	5	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	7.26	0.332	56.37	1.55%	0.88	9b 1-- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
20	258	99	Jul 30	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(7-7)	1	8.0	5	1	1	2	9	0	0	1.70	2.77	30	7	7	2	0	5	75			1	0	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	.83	0.226	4.88	0.80%	2.82	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	259	104	Aug 4	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-7	GS-3	L(7-8)	4	3.0	7	3	3	2	0	1	0	1.88	2.91	17	2	6	1	0	7	31			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.171	9.87	-0.82%	-1.37	1b start tie	3b 3 out d1
22	260	108	Aug 9	CHW	@	KCA	W,4-1	CG	W(8-8)	4	9.0	2	1	1	4	5	1	0	1.82	2.99	33	9	13	1	0	2	80			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.424	5.72	1.62%	3.48	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
23	261	113	Aug 14	CHW	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	W(9-8)	4	9.0	5	4	4	1	6	2	0	1.96	3.07	33	11	10	0	0	5	66			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.18	0.237	7.19	0.87%	0.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
24	262	117	Aug 19	CHW		DET	W,3-0	SHO	W(10-8)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	6	0	1	1.84	2.99	35	7	14	0	0	6	80			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.466	6.99	1.87%	4.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
25	263	123	Aug 24(1)	CHW		BAL	W,14-1	CG	W(11-8)	4	9.0	8	1	1	2	9	1	0	1.79	2.96	37	5	13	0	0	8	74			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	1	.69	0.207	5.54	1.00%	3.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a13
26	264	129	Aug 28(2)	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	GS-7	W(12-8)	3	6.2	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	1.83	2.92	28	9	8	1	0	7	54			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.33	0.065	12.30	0.36%	0.78	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	265	133	Sep 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-6	GS-6	L(12-9)	5	5.1	8	3	3	6	5	1	0	1.93	3.02	30	4	7	1	0	8	39			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.103	15.21	-0.79%	-0.82	1b start a 1	6b 12- 1 out d2
28	266	137	Sep 5(2)	CHW	@	DET	W,3-0	6-GF	S(3)	1	3.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.89	2.99	11	2	6	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.208	6.00	0.73%	1.89	6b 12- 2 out a2	9b end a 3
29	267	141	Sep 10	CHW	@	NYY	W,9-8	GS-2		4	1.1	5	6	6	2	0	1	1	2.18	3.11	12	0	4	0	0	5	18			0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.18	-0.451	5.02	-1.15%	-6.19	1b start a 1	2b 1-3 1 out d5
30	268	147	Sep 14(2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-0	SHO	W(13-9)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.08	3.01	33	6	13	1	0	6	81			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.80	0.454	.84	0.29%	4.12	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
31	269	149	Sep 17	CHW	@	KCA	W,12-8	9-GF(10)	BW(14-9)	2	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.06	3.01	6	2	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.32	-0.340	2.51	-0.22%	-0.18	9b -2- 2 out a1	10b end a 4
32	270	151	Sep 20	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	L(14-10)	2	9.0	6	3	2	3	7	0	0	2.06	2.96	34	9	9	0	0	6	69			0	1	1	31	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.10	-0.030	.36	-0.01%	1.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
33	271	155	Sep 25	CHW		KCA	W,5-0	SHO	W(15-10)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	12	0	0	1.97	2.83	30	5	9	3	0	3	92			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.485	.00	0.00%	4.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
							22-11		W-L:15-10,Sv:3,BSv:1,Hld:1	4.1	205.2	162	50	45	64	157	16	3	1.97	2.83	836	0.66		5%	2%	160	63	8	25%	6	4	3	760	17	6	5	9	1	13	1.07	5.398	5.33	14.33%	50.08

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