Billy Pierce
Walter William Pierce
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: April 2, 1927 in Detroit, MI
High School: Highland Park (Highland Park, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 1, 1945
Final Game: October 3, 1964
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1945 DET AL 18 P 5 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.40 .950 1.28
1948 DET AL 21 P 22 11 2 9 0 0 1.000 0.50 .964 0.91
1949 CHW AL 22 P 32 49 12 33 4 2 .918 1.41 .963 1.01
1950 CHW AL 23 P 33 35 4 30 1 1 .971 1.03 .949 0.96
1951 CHW AL 24 P 37 51 11 38 2 4 .961 1.32 .953 0.99
1952 CHW AL 25 P 33 57 13 43 1 3 .982 1.70 .965 1.03 MVP-29
1953 CHW AL 26 P 40 47 10 33 4 1 .915 1.08 .960 0.88 AS,MVP-10
1953 CHW AL 26 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 8.80 AS,MVP-10
1954 CHW AL 27 P 36 26 188.2 27 7 19 1 1 .963 1.24 0.72 .959 2.01 0.93
1955 CHW AL 28 P 33 26 205.2 32 7 25 0 1 1.000 1.40 0.97 .953 1.99 0.83 AS,MVP-18
1956 CHW AL 29 P 35 33 276.1 40 4 33 3 2 .925 1.21 1.06 .952 1.92 0.82 AS,MVP-5
1957 CHW AL 30 P 37 34 257.0 55 8 45 2 2 .964 1.86 1.43 .964 1.99 0.86 AS,MVP-11
1958 CHW AL 31 P 35 32 245.0 38 11 26 1 3 .974 1.36 1.06 .963 1.95 0.82 AS
1959 CHW AL 32 P 34 33 224.0 53 11 40 2 4 .962 2.05 1.50 .955 2.05 0.85 AS
1960 CHW AL 33 P 32 31 196.1 38 7 29 2 2 .947 1.65 1.13 .968 1.96 0.78
1961 CHW AL 34 P 39 28 180.0 41 7 31 3 1 .927 1.90 0.97 .956 2.05 0.83 AS
1962 SFG NL 35 P 30 23 162.1 29 4 24 1 3 .966 1.55 0.93 .948 2.07 0.82 CYA-3
1963 SFG NL 36 P 38 13 99.0 24 4 20 0 2 1.000 2.18 0.63 .950 2.06 0.84
1964 SFG NL 37 P 34 1 49.0 9 1 7 1 0 .889 1.47 0.24 .956 2.15 0.84
18 Seasons P 585 280 2083.1 638 123 487 28 32 .956 2.64 1.04 .958 2.00 0.88
1 Season 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 8.80
18 Seasons TOT 586 280 2083.1 639 124 487 28 32 .956 2.64 1.04 .914 2.00 0.90
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1945 DET AL 18 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 DET AL 21 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 CHW AL 22 39 39 39 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 CHW AL 23 40 40 40 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 CHW AL 24 39 39 39 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CHW AL 25 35 35 35 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CHW AL 26 42 42 42 40 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CHW AL 27 38 26 38 38 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1955 CHW AL 28 34 26 34 34 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1956 CHW AL 29 39 33 39 39 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1957 CHW AL 30 41 34 41 41 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1958 CHW AL 31 35 32 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHW AL 32 34 33 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CHW AL 33 32 31 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CHW AL 34 39 28 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 SFG NL 35 30 23 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 SFG NL 36 38 13 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 SFG NL 37 34 1 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Seasons 616 280 616 616 585 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 CHW AL 27 835 72% 20% 22 82% 2 6 1 5 19 16 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 67%
1955 CHW AL 28 850 74% 20% 29 93% 0 7 3 2 25 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 83%
1956 CHW AL 29 1186 75% 19% 37 92% 0 4 1 2 33 28 4 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 2 0 7 86%
1957 CHW AL 30 1074 77% 22% 48 94% 0 6 1 5 45 37 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 10 80%
1958 CHW AL 31 992 79% 25% 32 97% 0 10 2 5 28 22 2 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 8 100%
1959 CHW AL 32 947 81% 28% 43 91% 3 8 3 5 39 27 3 2 0 2 0 2 4 2 3 1 7 71%
1960 CHW AL 33 823 81% 26% 34 79% 1 7 3 3 26 20 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 7 86%
1961 CHW AL 34 778 79% 23% 34 82% 1 7 1 6 30 21 5 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 9 67%
1962 SFG NL 35 667 83% 28% 26 100% 0 3 2 1 24 18 4 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 3 0 3 100%
1963 SFG NL 36 424 83% 25% 22 95% 0 3 1 1 21 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 7 86%
1964 SFG NL 37 199 80% 37% 8 88% 1 1 1 0 7 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
11 Seasons 8775 78% 24% 335 90% 8 62 19 35 297 229 30 16 0 11 5 9 22 14 19 3 72 82%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 89% 81%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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