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: 23-12 / in Starts: 22-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 1

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 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	272	1	Apr 17	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	1	1	3	5	1	0	1.00	3.70	32	6	13	2	0	5	75			0	2	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.46	0.609	3.77	0.94%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
2	273	5	Apr 22	CHW	@	KCA	W,3-0	SHO	W(2-0)	4	9.0	3	0	0	3	7	0	0	0.50	2.76	32	8	11	0	0	3	85			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.587	4.27	1.07%	4.70	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
3	274	6	Apr 27	CHW		KCA	W,9-7	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	12	7	7	3	5	4	0	2.67	4.52	41	15	6	1	0	12	37			1	0	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	0	.99	-0.011	3.18	-0.02%	-2.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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	275	8	May 3	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-7	GS-7	L(3-1)	5	7.0	7	7	7	7	7	1	0	3.97	4.66	33	7	6	0	0	6	35			0	1	0	25	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.29	-0.378	4.13	-0.73%	-3.49	1b start a 3	7b 3 out d3
5	276	13	May 8	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-12		4	11.1	9	3	2	7	5	1	1	3.38	4.69	52	14	16	1	0	9	68			0	0	0	43	1	0	1	0	0	1	2.00	0.239	5.16	0.37%	2.35	1b start tie	12b 123 1 out tie
6	277	18	May 13	CHW	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	10	1	1	2	4	0	1	2.98	4.32	39	9	13	0	0	10	65			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.303	2.77	0.52%	3.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
7	278	22	May 18	CHW		NYY	L,7-8	GS-5		4	4.1	9	5	5	2	2	2	0	3.53	4.65	24	7	4	0	0	9	25			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.301	3.28	-0.68%	-3.57	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out d4
8	279	27	May 25	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(5-1)	6	9.0	3	1	1	1	7	0	0	3.19	4.19	31	7	13	1	0	3	83			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.598	2.88	0.86%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
9	280	30	May 28	CHW	@	KCA	L,4-6	9-GF	L(5-2)	2	0.1	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	3.44	4.41	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	-0.358	5.33	-0.49%	-1.76	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 2
10	281	32	May 30(1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-3	GS-7	W(6-2)	1	6.2	7	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.38	4.38	30	6	11	0	0	7	54			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.28	0.080	3.59	0.13%	0.93	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out a2
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
11	282	37	Jun 4	CHW	@	BAL	W,13-4	GS-8	W(7-2)	4	7.2	6	4	4	4	6	0	0	3.50	4.19	32	4	12	0	0	6	53			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.24	0.128	.80	0.25%	-0.62	1b start a 4	8b 12- 2 out a9
12	283	43	Jun 10	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	W(8-2)	5	9.0	6	2	2	5	7	0	0	3.35	4.02	37	6	13	0	0	6	69			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.76	0.603	6.18	1.27%	3.26	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
13	284	47	Jun 15	CHW		WSH	W,7-2	CG	W(9-2)	4	9.0	8	2	2	4	3	0	0	3.23	3.93	38	7	16	1	3	8	62			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.68	0.366	5.56	0.73%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
14	285	52	Jun 19	CHW		BAL	W,5-1	CG	W(10-2)	3	9.0	8	1	1	3	8	0	0	3.05	3.74	39	12	8	3	0	8	72			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	2	.98	0.296	3.59	0.65%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
15	286	57	Jun 24(1)	CHW		NYY	W,14-2	CG	W(11-2)	4	9.0	10	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.97	3.60	38	11	10	2	0	10	62			0	0	0	36	1	2	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.017	2.94	-0.07%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
16	287	62	Jun 29(2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,13-2	CG	W(12-2)	4	9.0	4	2	2	7	10	0	0	2.90	3.52	37	6	10	0	0	4	74			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.31	0.157	1.66	0.50%	2.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a11
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
17	288	68	Jul 4(1)	CHW		KCA	W,5-2	CG	W(13-2)	4	9.0	6	2	2	3	8	0	0	2.84	3.40	35	10	8	0	0	6	72			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	.99	0.336	4.39	0.89%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
18	289	73	Jul 8(2)	CHW		DET	L,6-8	GS-6	L(13-3)	3	5.2	15	7	6	2	3	0	0	3.11	3.36	31	4	7	2	0	15	14			0	1	0	29	3	1	0	1	0	0	.96	-0.429	3.34	-0.89%	-4.28	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d3
19	290	77	Jul 15(1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS-7	L(13-4)	6	7.0	4	2	1	1	5	0	1	3.02	3.28	26	7	9	1	0	3	67			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	.92	0.112	2.97	0.22%	1.55	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
20	291	82	Jul 19	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	W(14-4)	3	9.0	6	2	2	2	9	1	0	2.96	3.24	35	2	16	1	0	6	74			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.571	1.16	0.25%	2.28	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
21	292	86	Jul 24	CHW		NYY	W,11-5	CG	W(15-4)	4	9.0	11	5	5	4	7	3	0	3.07	3.41	40	8	10	1	0	11	48			0	0	0	36	0	1	0	1	0	0	.98	-0.012	.87	-0.01%	-0.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
22	293	91	Jul 29(1)	CHW		BOS	W,11-2	CG	W(16-4)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	8	0	0	3.02	3.32	37	4	15	2	0	7	70			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.208	.03	0.01%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
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
23	294	96	Aug 3	CHW		BAL	W,13-3	CG	W(17-4)	4	9.0	8	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.02	3.33	36	6	18	0	0	8	61			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.197	.01	-0.01%	1.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
24	295	102	Aug 8	CHW		CLE	W,7-6	GS-7		4	7.0	6	5	5	1	4	1	0	3.14	3.33	28	7	10	1	0	6	48			0	0	0	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	.94	-0.195	.20	-0.02%	-1.30	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
25	296	106	Aug 12	CHW	@	DET	L,2-5	GS-6	L(17-5)	3	6.0	7	5	5	5	2	1	0	3.27	3.43	29	4	11	1	0	7	35			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	.96	-0.268	.16	-0.03%	-1.83	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d3
26	297	110	Aug 17	CHW		DET	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	10	3	2	4	3	0	0	3.25	3.42	31	7	7	0	0	10	46			0	2	0	27	2	0	1	2	0	0	1.26	-0.016	.14	0.00%	0.70	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
27	298	114	Aug 22(1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-3	GS-7	W(18-5)	4	7.0	6	3	3	7	6	0	0	3.27	3.43	35	7	10	0	0	5	52			0	0	0	28	2	0	2	0	0	1	1.38	0.113	.25	0.01%	1.09	1b start a 2	7b 3 out tie
28	299	120	Aug 26(1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-8	CG(8)	L(18-6)	3	8.0	12	8	6	1	8	0	0	3.40	3.33	36	4	11	1	0	12	37			2	0	0	35	2	1	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.277	.12	-0.06%	-4.20	1b start tie	8b 3 out d7
29	300	125	Aug 31(1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	L(18-7)	4	9.0	10	3	3	1	6	1	0	3.38	3.31	36	10	9	1	0	10	60			0	0	0	35	2	1	0	2	0	0	.84	0.134	.15	0.01%	1.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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
30	301	130	Sep 3(2)	CHW		DET	W,5-3	7-GF	S(1)	2	2.1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.35	3.29	10	0	4	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	0.249	.19	0.01%	1.68	7t -23 2 out a2	9t end a 2
31	302	133	Sep 8	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	W(19-7)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	8	1	0	3.30	3.28	37	4	15	1	0	7	70			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.467	.10	0.02%	2.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
32	303	138	Sep 13	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(20-7)	4	10.0	10	3	3	2	8	1	0	3.27	3.25	41	9	12	3	0	10	66			0	0	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	0.290	.01	0.00%	2.28	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
33	304	143	Sep 18	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG(11)	L(20-8)	4	11.0	6	3	2	1	8	1	0	3.20	3.22	40	14	11	0	1	6	82			0	0	0	39	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.57	0.108	.00	0.00%	2.81	1t start tie	11t 3 out d1
34	305	147	Sep 23(1)	CHW		KCA	L,2-3	CG	L(20-9)	4	9.0	10	3	3	1	5	0	0	3.20	3.16	35	8	11	2	0	10	59			0	1	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.053	.00	0.00%	1.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
35	306	152	Sep 28	CHW	@	KCA	L,5-6	GS-7		4	6.0	10	5	5	1	3	2	0	3.29	3.23	27	7	6	0	0	10	34			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	-0.308	.00	0.00%	-1.87	1b start a 3	7b --- 0 out tie
							23-12		W-L:20-9,Sv:1	3.8	276.1	261	108	101	100	192	24	3	3.29	3.23	1163	0.69		5%	1%	258	58	2	0%	3	8	0	1045	39	8	7	18	1	10	1.11	3.840	2.08	5.71%	35.07

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