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Bill Piercy

William Benton Piercy (Wild Bill)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: May 2, 1896 in El Monte, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: October 3, 1917
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Cubs/Yankees 1917-1926

Final Game: September 6, 1926
Died: August 28, 1951 in Long Beach, CA
Cremated
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:19AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1917 21 NYY AL 0 1 .000 3.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 9 3 3 0 2 4 0 0 0 37 95 1.222 9.0 0.0 2.0 4.0 2.00
1921 25 NYY AL 5 4 .556 2.98 14 10 3 5 1 0 81.2 82 40 27 4 28 35 7 1 3 354 142 1.347 9.0 0.4 3.1 3.9 1.25
1922 26 BOS AL 3 9 .250 4.67 29 12 10 7 1 0 121.1 140 77 63 2 62 24 6 0 4 554 87 1.665 10.4 0.1 4.6 1.8 0.39
1923 27 BOS AL 8 17 .320 3.41 30 24 4 11 0 0 187.1 193 105 71 5 73 51 14 0 6 815 120 1.420 9.3 0.2 3.5 2.5 0.70
1924 28 BOS AL 5 7 .417 5.95 23 18 4 3 0 0 121.0 156 87 80 4 66 20 10 0 4 569 73 1.835 11.6 0.3 4.9 1.5 0.30
1926 30 CHC NL 6 5 .545 4.48 19 5 9 1 0 0 90.1 96 52 45 1 37 31 6 0 4 401 87 1.472 9.6 0.1 3.7 3.1 0.84
6 Seasons 27 43 .386 4.26 116 70 30 28 2 0 610.2 676 364 289 16 268 165 43 1 21 2730 97 1.546 10.0 0.2 3.9 2.4 0.62
162 Game Avg. 10 16 .386 4.26 42 26 11 10 1 0 223 247 133 106 6 98 60 16 0 8 998 97 1.546 10.0 0.2 3.9 2.4 0.62
BOS (3 yrs) 16 33 .327 4.48 82 54 18 21 1 0 429.2 489 269 214 11 201 95 30 0 14 1938 93 1.606 10.2 0.2 4.2 2.0 0.47
NYY (2 yrs) 5 5 .500 2.98 15 11 3 6 1 0 90.2 91 43 30 4 30 39 7 1 3 391 137 1.335 9.0 0.4 3.0 3.9 1.30
CHC (1 yr) 6 5 .545 4.48 19 5 9 1 0 0 90.1 96 52 45 1 37 31 6 0 4 401 87 1.472 9.6 0.1 3.7 3.1 0.84
AL (5 yrs) AL 21 38 .356 4.22 97 65 21 27 2 0 520.1 580 312 244 15 231 134 37 1 17 2329 99 1.559 10.0 0.3 4.0 2.3 0.58
NL (1 yr) NL 6 5 .545 4.48 19 5 9 1 0 0 90.1 96 52 45 1 37 31 6 0 4 401 87 1.472 9.6 0.1 3.7 3.1 0.84

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1917 21 NYY AL 9.0 1 3 4 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
1921 25 NYY AL 81.2 10 40 53 1 1.0 13 1.0 $
1922 26 BOS AL 121.1 12 77 73 0 1.0 -4 -0.3 $
1923 27 BOS AL 187.1 24 105 113 -3 1.0 8 1.4 $
1924 28 BOS AL 121.0 18 85 76 -3 1.0 -9 -0.3 $
1926 30 CHC NL 90.1 5 52 52 2 1.0 0 -0.1 $
6 Seasons 610.2 70 362 371 -3 1.0 9 1.8 $
BOS (3 yrs) 429.2 54 267 262 -6 1.0 -5 0.8 $
NYY (2 yrs) 90.2 11 43 57 1 1.0 14 1.1 $
CHC (1 yr) 90.1 5 52 52 2 1.0 0 -0.1 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1921 25 NYY AL WS L NYG 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 18.0

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1917 21 NYY AL 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 2 0 0 0 /1
1921 25 NYY AL 14 31 28 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .214 .290 .286 .576 46 8 2 0 1
1922 26 BOS AL 29 40 34 2 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 9 .147 .194 .206 .400 5 7 0 4 1
1923 27 BOS AL 30 62 53 2 7 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 16 .132 .148 .208 .356 -7 11 0 8 1
1924 28 BOS AL 23 46 39 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 12 .154 .195 .179 .375 -3 7 0 5 1
1926 30 CHC NL 19 35 35 2 9 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 .257 .257 .343 .600 59 12 0 0 1
6 Seasons 116 217 191 9 33 10 1 0 14 0 0 7 46 .173 .210 .236 .446 16 45 2 17
162 Game Avg. 162 303 267 13 46 14 1 0 20 0 10 64 .173 .210 .236 .446 16 63 3 24
BOS (3 yrs) 82 148 126 5 18 5 1 0 9 0 0 5 37 .143 .176 .198 .374 -2 25 0 17
NYY (2 yrs) 15 34 30 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 .200 .294 .267 .561 44 8 2 0
CHC (1 yr) 19 35 35 2 9 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 .257 .257 .343 .600 59 12 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 97 182 156 7 24 7 1 0 11 0 0 7 44 .154 .200 .212 .412 7 33 2 17
NL (1 yr) 19 35 35 2 9 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 .257 .257 .343 .600 59 12 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1917 21 NYY AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1921 25 NYY AL 31 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1922 26 BOS AL 40 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1923 27 BOS AL 62 -9 0 0 0 0 4 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
1924 28 BOS AL 46 -7 0 0 0 0 2 1 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ 1
1926 30 CHC NL 35 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
6 Seasons 217 -25 0 0 0 0 13 6 -6 -0.5 -6 -0.6 0.1 $
BOS (3 yrs) 148 -21 0 0 0 0 9 4 -8 -0.7 -8 -0.8 0.1 $
NYY (2 yrs) 34 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $
CHC (1 yr) 35 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1921 25 NYY AL WS NYG L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1917 NYY AL 21 P 1 9.0 4 0 3 1 0 .750 3.00 3.00 .948 3.00 3.00
1921 NYY AL 25 P 14 10 5 81.2 27 3 20 4 2 .852 2.53 1.64 .956 2.70 2.68
1922 BOS AL 26 P 29 12 7 121.1 46 4 42 0 2 1.000 3.41 1.59 .963 2.60 2.59
1923 BOS AL 27 P 30 24 11 187.1 79 10 65 4 3 .949 3.60 2.50 .959 2.72 2.70
1924 BOS AL 28 P 23 18 3 121.0 47 5 38 4 0 .915 3.20 1.87 .959 2.53 2.49
1926 CHC NL 30 P 19 5 1 90.1 31 5 23 3 1 .903 2.79 1.47 .958 2.57 2.53
6 Seasons P 116 69 27 610.2 234 27 191 16 8 .932 3.21 1.88 .959 2.64 2.60
6 Seasons TOT 116 69 27 610.2 234 27 191 16 8 .932 3.21 1.88 .959 2.64 2.60
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1923 AL  0.240 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1923 AL  17 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1923 AL  6 (4th)
1924 AL  4 (9th)
1926 NL  4 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1923 AL  14 (3rd)
1924 AL  10 (5th)
1926 NL  6 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1923 AL  120 (10th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1924 AL  4 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1922 AL  3.41 (4th)
1923 AL  3.60 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1923 AL  2.50 (3rd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1922 AL  1.000 (1st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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