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: 22-9 / in Starts: 21-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1960 Pitching Game Log

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1960 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	413	4	Apr 23	CHW	@	DET	L,2-6	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	4.0	5	3	3	2	3	1	0	6.75	5.78	19	4	5	0	0	5	41			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.123	2.44	-0.20%	-0.96	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
2	414	8	Apr 28	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	5	1	1	4	2	0	0	2.77	4.14	36	12	13	0	0	5	71			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.08	0.435	2.47	0.60%	3.40	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
3	415	13	May 3	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	10	3	3	0	6	1	0	2.86	3.53	38	10	12	0	0	10	61			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.37	0.314	4.21	0.58%	1.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
4	416	18	May 8	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-3	GS-9		4	8.0	6	3	3	2	5	0	0	3.00	3.13	31	13	10	3	4	1	61			0	0	0	29	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.17	0.165	4.87	0.41%	1.34	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a1
5	417	21	May 13	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	8	2	2	2	2	2	0	2.77	3.71	36	7	17	4	3	8	63			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.27	0.448	4.96	1.05%	2.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
6	418	26	May 18	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	GS-2		4	1.2	4	3	3	4	2	0	0	3.32	3.85	12	1	1	0	0	4	33			0	1	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	-0.188	5.63	-0.43%	-1.79	1t start tie	2t 123 2 out d1
7	419	30	May 22(2)	CHW		WSH	L,2-3	GS-7	L(3-2)	3	7.0	7	3	3	1	6	0	0	3.40	3.47	29	8	7	0	0	7	56			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.30	-0.099	5.26	-0.24%	0.42	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
8	420	34	May 27	CHW	@	KCA	W,7-4	GS-4		4	3.1	7	4	4	0	1	1	0	3.88	3.63	17	4	5	0	0	7	31			0	0	0	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.255	3.75	-0.56%	-1.93	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out tie
9	421	39	May 31	CHW		CLE	W,6-4	GS-7	W(4-2)	3	6.2	8	4	4	2	2	1	0	4.06	3.76	29	10	7	0	0	8	42			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.021	3.33	0.04%	-0.80	1t start tie	7t 1-- 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
10	422	46	Jun 6	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS-7		5	7.0	8	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.76	3.64	28	15	11	3	4	0	57			0	0	1	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.190	3.88	0.40%	2.25	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
11	423	52	Jun 11(2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-4	GS-7	W(5-2)	4	6.2	7	3	3	5	6	0	0	3.79	3.58	31	1	12	1	0	7	49			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.101	.95	0.16%	0.75	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out a5
12	424	56	Jun 17	CHW		NYY	L,2-4	GS-7	L(5-3)	5	7.0	8	3	3	0	1	1	0	3.79	3.62	29	11	14	5	0	3	50			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.027	3.13	-0.06%	0.42	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
13	425	60	Jun 21	CHW		BAL	W,4-3	GS-8		3	7.1	10	3	3	0	6	1	0	3.78	3.54	29	9	5	0	1	9	52			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	0.147	3.56	0.23%	1.01	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a1
14	426	65	Jun 26(1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	W(6-3)	4	9.0	5	3	3	4	7	1	0	3.71	3.56	35	9	10	0	2	5	68			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.402	2.82	0.53%	1.40	1t start tie	9t 3 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
15	427	69	Jul 1	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-4	GS-7	L(6-4)	4	7.0	3	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.63	3.62	26	6	12	1	0	3	64			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.039	2.49	0.08%	1.39	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
16	428	75	Jul 7	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	W(7-4)	5	9.0	7	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.58	3.65	35	12	12	1	0	6	62			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.137	1.03	0.24%	1.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
17	429	80	Jul 15	CHW		BAL	L,2-5	GS-7	L(7-5)	7	7.0	10	3	2	1	4	2	0	3.52	3.76	31	4	12	0	2	10	50			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.94	-0.036	4.07	-0.09%	0.42	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
18	430	85	Jul 19	CHW		BOS	W,6-0	SHO	W(8-5)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.27	3.61	31	14	9	1	3	4	83			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	2	.61	0.332	2.61	0.85%	4.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
19	431	89	Jul 24(1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-3	GS-8	W(9-5)	4	7.1	6	2	2	0	7	0	0	3.22	3.44	28	8	13	4	2	0	65			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	1	.60	0.184	5.01	0.92%	0.84	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a4
20	432	93	Jul 28	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS-3	L(9-6)	3	2.1	6	4	4	2	1	1	0	3.43	3.55	15	4	2	0	0	6	28			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	.82	-0.283	4.83	-1.00%	-3.17	1b start tie	3b -2- 1 out d3
21	433	95	Jul 30	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-2	10-GF(11)	W(10-6)	1	2.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.38	3.48	8	1	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.76	0.337	17.85	1.31%	1.00	10b --- 0 out tie	11b end a 1
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
22	434	99	Aug 2	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-6	GS-5	L(10-7)	2	5.0	5	3	3	0	2	0	0	3.45	3.42	20	8	5	1	0	5	47			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.155	8.97	-0.74%	-0.58	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
23	435	106	Aug 8	CHW		NYY	W,9-1	CG	W(11-7)	5	9.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.31	3.33	31	13	13	3	6	0	78			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.66	0.200	6.10	1.11%	3.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
24	436	111	Aug 14(1)	CHW		KCA	W,9-3	CG	W(12-7)	5	9.0	6	3	3	0	4	2	0	3.29	3.40	32	13	9	1	2	6	67			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.73	0.134	3.97	0.44%	1.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
25	437	116	Aug 18	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-8	GS-6		3	5.1	7	4	4	0	4	1	0	3.40	3.40	21	7	3	1	0	7	42			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	2	0	0	.82	0.023	5.22	0.09%	-0.53	1b start a 1	6b -23 1 out a4
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
26	438	131	Sep 4(2)	CHW		DET	W,5-4	GS-5		16	5.0	10	3	3	1	0	1	0	3.46	3.47	26	8	7	0	1	10	34			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.145	5.87	-0.42%	-0.56	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
27	439	135	Sep 8	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	GS-3		3	2.2	5	2	2	3	3	2	0	3.51	3.62	15	3	1	0	0	5	40			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	-0.137	3.29	-0.31%	-1.30	1t start tie	3t 123 2 out d2
28	440	138	Sep 11(1)	CHW		BOS	W,5-3	GS-6	W(13-7)	2	5.0	7	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.51	3.55	22	7	3	0	1	6	49			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	-0.194	4.55	-0.54%	-1.39	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out a2
29	441	143	Sep 17	CHW	@	DET	W,8-4	GS-8	W(14-7)	5	7.0	9	4	4	4	5	1	0	3.57	3.59	31	7	6	0	0	9	44			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	3	0	0	.83	0.066	3.26	0.16%	0.57	1b start a 5	8b 12- 0 out a4
30	442	148	Sep 24	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS-7		6	6.2	6	3	3	0	3	2	0	3.59	3.66	25	5	11	1	0	6	53			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.81	0.121	1.25	0.11%	0.97	1b start a 1	7b --3 2 out a3
31	443	152	Sep 30	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	GS-4		5	3.1	6	3	2	2	2	1	0	3.62	3.72	18	4	4	0	0	6	38			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.35	-0.204	.00	0.00%	-1.72	1t start tie	4t -2- 1 out d2
							22-9		W-L:14-7	3.9	196.1	201	81	79	46	108	24	0	3.62	3.72	814	0.94		6%	7%	169	53	0	---%	0	3	1	758	26	2	1	22	2	9	.98	1.950	3.85	4.68%	15.55

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