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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
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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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
1945 18 DET AL 0 0 1.80 5 0 4 0 0 0 10.0 6 2 2 1 10 10 1 0 0 45 196 1.600 5.4 0.9 9.0 9.0 1.00
1948 21 DET AL 3 0 1.000 6.34 22 5 9 0 0 0 55.1 47 40 39 5 51 36 1 0 1 258 69 1.771 7.6 0.8 8.3 5.9 0.71
1949 22 CHW AL 7 15 .318 3.88 32 26 4 8 0 0 171.2 145 89 74 11 112 95 0 2 5 761 107 1.497 7.6 0.6 5.9 5.0 0.85
1950 23 CHW AL 12 16 .429 3.98 33 29 3 15 1 1 219.1 189 112 97 11 137 118 2 0 4 978 113 1.486 7.8 0.5 5.6 4.8 0.86
1951 24 CHW AL 15 14 .517 3.03 37 28 6 18 1 2 240.1 237 93 81 14 73 113 1 0 1 1008 133 1.290 8.9 0.5 2.7 4.2 1.55
1952 25 CHW AL 15 12 .556 2.57 33 32 1 14 4 1 255.1 214 76 73 12 79 144 3 0 3 1042 141 1.148 7.5 0.4 2.8 5.1 1.82 MVP-29
1953 26 CHW AL 18 12 .600 2.72 40 33 6 19 7 3 271.1 216 94 82 20 102 186 3 0 5 1113 148 1.172 7.2 0.7 3.4 6.2 1.82 AS,MVP-10
1954 27 CHW AL 9 10 .474 3.48 36 26 4 12 4 3 188.2 179 86 73 15 86 148 3 1 3 818 107 1.405 8.5 0.7 4.1 7.1 1.72
1955 28 CHW AL 15 10 .600 1.97 33 26 5 16 6 1 205.2 162 50 45 16 64 5 157 3 1 4 836 201 1.099 7.1 0.7 2.8 6.9 2.45 AS,MVP-18
1956 29 CHW AL 20 9 .690 3.32 35 33 2 21 1 1 276.1 261 108 102 24 100 7 192 3 1 6 1166 124 1.306 8.5 0.8 3.3 6.3 1.92 AS,MVP-5
1957 30 CHW AL 20 12 .625 3.26 37 34 2 16 4 2 257.0 228 98 93 18 71 9 171 1 1 3 1062 115 1.163 8.0 0.6 2.5 6.0 2.41 AS,MVP-11
1958 31 CHW AL 17 11 .607 2.68 35 32 3 19 3 2 245.0 204 83 73 33 66 2 144 1 0 1 983 136 1.102 7.5 1.2 2.4 5.3 2.18 AS
1959 32 CHW AL 14 15 .483 3.62 34 33 0 12 2 0 224.0 217 98 90 26 62 4 114 3 1 2 934 105 1.246 8.7 1.0 2.5 4.6 1.84 AS
1960 33 CHW AL 14 7 .667 3.62 32 30 1 8 1 0 196.1 201 81 79 24 46 1 108 0 0 2 813 105 1.258 9.2 1.1 2.1 5.0 2.35
1961 34 CHW AL 10 9 .526 3.80 39 28 5 5 1 3 180.0 190 85 76 17 54 3 106 1 0 2 764 103 1.356 9.5 0.9 2.7 5.3 1.96 AS
1962 35 SFG NL 16 6 .727 3.49 30 23 2 7 2 1 162.1 147 67 63 19 35 2 76 3 1 2 657 108 1.121 8.1 1.1 1.9 4.2 2.17 CYA-3
1963 36 SFG NL 3 11 .214 4.27 38 13 13 3 1 8 99.0 106 49 47 12 20 1 52 1 2 3 420 75 1.273 9.6 1.1 1.8 4.7 2.60
1964 37 SFG NL 3 0 1.000 2.20 34 1 14 0 0 4 49.0 40 14 12 6 10 1 29 0 0 1 195 162 1.020 7.3 1.1 1.8 5.3 2.90
18 Seasons 211 169 .555 3.27 585 432 84 193 38 32 3306.2 2989 1325 1201 284 1178 35 1999 30 10 48 13853 119 1.260 8.1 0.8 3.2 5.4 1.70
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .555 3.27 39 29 6 13 3 2 221 200 89 80 19 79 134 2 1 3 926 119 1.260 8.1 0.8 3.2 5.4 1.70
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
CHW (13 yrs) 186 152 .550 3.19 456 390 42 183 35 19 2931.0 2643 1153 1038 241 1052 31 1796 24 7 41 12278 123 1.261 8.1 0.7 3.2 5.5 1.71
SFG (3 yrs) 22 17 .564 3.54 102 37 29 10 3 13 310.1 293 130 122 37 65 4 157 4 3 6 1272 101 1.154 8.5 1.1 1.9 4.6 2.42
DET (2 yrs) 3 0 1.000 5.65 27 5 13 0 0 0 65.1 53 42 41 6 61 46 2 0 1 303 75 1.745 7.3 0.8 8.4 6.3 0.75
AL (15 yrs) 189 152 .554 3.24 483 395 55 183 35 19 2996.1 2696 1195 1079 247 1113 31 1842 26 7 42 12581 121 1.271 8.1 0.7 3.3 5.5 1.66
NL (3 yrs) 22 17 .564 3.54 102 37 29 10 3 13 310.1 293 130 122 37 65 4 157 4 3 6 1272 101 1.154 8.5 1.1 1.9 4.6 2.42

Postseason Pitching

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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
1959 32 CHW AL WS L LAD 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 17 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 6.8 1.50
1962 35 SFG NL WS L NYY 1 1 .500 2.40 2 2 0 1 0 0 15.0 8 5 4 1 2 1 5 0 0 0 55 0.667 4.8 0.6 1.2 3.0 2.50
2 Seasons (2 Series) 1 1 .500 1.89 5 2 0 1 0 0 19.0 10 5 4 1 4 2 8 0 0 0 72 0.737 4.7 0.5 1.9 3.8 2.00
2 WS 1 1 .500 1.89 5 2 0 1 0 0 19.0 10 5 4 1 4 2 8 0 0 0 72 0.737 4.7 0.5 1.9 3.8 2.00

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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
1945 18 DET AL 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 /1
1948 21 DET AL 22 17 17 5 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 .294 .294 .529 .824 114 9 0 0 0 1
1949 22 CHW AL 39 62 51 7 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 15 .176 .250 .176 .426 15 9 2 0 6 1
1950 23 CHW AL 40 88 77 10 20 3 0 0 6 0 0 6 13 .260 .321 .299 .620 61 23 1 1 4 1
1951 24 CHW AL 39 93 79 10 16 1 0 0 3 0 1 9 17 .203 .284 .215 .499 37 17 2 0 5 1
1952 25 CHW AL 35 102 91 11 17 1 0 0 3 0 1 6 20 .187 .237 .198 .435 21 18 3 0 5 1 MVP-29
1953 26 CHW AL 42 102 87 4 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 16 .126 .174 .126 .300 -19 11 3 1 10 1/3 AS,MVP-10
1954 27 CHW AL 38 68 57 4 11 0 0 0 5 0 0 4 12 .193 .242 .193 .435 19 11 0 0 6 1 1
1955 28 CHW AL 34 81 70 5 12 2 0 0 7 1 0 3 10 .171 .205 .200 .405 8 14 0 0 8 0 0 1 AS,MVP-18
1956 29 CHW AL 39 113 102 6 16 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 22 .157 .189 .157 .346 -8 16 3 1 7 0 0 1 AS,MVP-5
1957 30 CHW AL 41 104 99 7 17 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 25 .172 .188 .182 .370 2 18 3 0 3 0 0 1 AS,MVP-11
1958 31 CHW AL 35 94 83 10 17 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 13 .205 .250 .241 .491 37 20 0 1 6 0 0 1 AS
1959 32 CHW AL 34 81 68 3 13 1 2 0 7 0 0 7 13 .191 .267 .265 .531 48 18 1 0 6 0 0 1 AS
1960 33 CHW AL 32 76 67 4 12 1 0 0 7 0 0 6 14 .179 .247 .194 .441 21 13 2 0 3 0 0 1
1961 34 CHW AL 39 63 56 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 11 .143 .158 .143 .301 -18 8 2 0 6 0 0 1 AS
1962 35 SFG NL 30 66 56 3 12 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 12 .214 .254 .214 .469 28 12 1 0 7 0 0 1 CYA-3
1963 36 SFG NL 38 34 31 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .129 .182 .129 .311 -8 4 0 0 1 0 0 1
1964 37 SFG NL 34 9 9 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .333 .667 88 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 Seasons 616 1255 1102 94 203 13 4 0 69 1 2 65 232 .184 .232 .203 .435 19 224 24 4 83 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 330 290 25 53 3 1 0 18 0 1 17 61 .184 .232 .203 .435 19 59 6 1 22
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
CHW (13 yrs) 487 1127 987 84 179 13 2 0 60 1 2 60 201 .181 .231 .199 .430 17 196 22 4 75 1 0
SFG (3 yrs) 102 109 96 5 19 0 0 0 7 0 0 5 26 .198 .238 .198 .436 22 19 1 0 8 0 0
DET (2 yrs) 27 19 19 5 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 .263 .263 .474 .737 93 9 1 0 0
AL (15 yrs) 514 1146 1006 89 184 13 4 0 62 1 2 60 206 .183 .232 .204 .435 18 205 23 4 75 1 0
NL (3 yrs) 102 109 96 5 19 0 0 0 7 0 0 5 26 .198 .238 .198 .436 22 19 1 0 8 0 0

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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
1959 32 CHW AL WS LAD L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 35 SFG NL WS NYY L 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1953 (P)
1955 (P)
1956 (P)
1957 *
1958
1959-1
1961-1

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1956-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
1957-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1952-AL-29-1%
1953-AL-10-16%
1955-AL-18-2%
1956-AL-5-22%
1957-AL-11-10%
0.51 Career Shares (419th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1962-ML--3--5%
0.05 Career Shares (204th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1951 AL--3.033--4th
1952 AL--2.573--6th
1953 AL--2.720--2nd
1955 AL--1.969--1st
1956 AL--3.322--9th
1958 AL--2.682--2nd

Wins s c a p y
1952 AL--15--7th
1953 AL--18--5th
1955 AL--15--9th
1956 AL--20--2nd
1957 AL--20--1st
1958 AL--17--2nd
1960 AL--14--7th
1962 NL--16--10th
Career--211--89th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1956 AL--.690--2nd
1957 AL--.625--10th
1958 AL--.607--5th
1960 AL--.667--4th
1962 NL--.727--4th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1951 AL--1.290--8th
1952 AL--1.148--4th
1953 AL--1.172--3rd
1955 AL--1.099--1st
1957 AL--1.163--8th
1958 AL--1.102--2nd
1960 AL--1.258--10th
1962 NL--1.121--4th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 AL--7.602--5th
1950 AL--7.755--2nd
1952 AL--7.543--7th
1953 AL--7.165--1st
1955 AL--7.089--4th
1957 AL--7.984--9th
1958 AL--7.494--4th
Career--8.135--156th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 AL--2.734--3rd
1952 AL--2.785--8th
1955 AL--2.801--6th
1956 AL--3.257--9th
1957 AL--2.486--7th
1958 AL--2.425--5th
1959 AL--2.491--10th
1960 AL--2.109--5th
1962 NL--1.940--4th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 AL--4.981--3rd
1950 AL--4.842--6th
1951 AL--4.232--7th
1952 AL--5.076--7th
1953 AL--6.170--1st
1954 AL--7.060--1st
1955 AL--6.870--3rd
1956 AL--6.253--4th
1957 AL--5.988--5th
1960 AL--4.951--10th

Games Played s c a p y
Career--585--191st

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1951 AL--240.3--7th
1952 AL--255.3--5th
1953 AL--271.3--3rd
1956 AL--276.3--3rd
1957 AL--257.0--3rd
1958 AL--245.0--5th
Career--3306.7--89th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1950 AL--118--6th
1951 AL--113--8th
1952 AL--144--4th
1953 AL--186--1st
1954 AL--148--4th
1955 AL--157--3rd
1956 AL--192--2nd
1957 AL--171--4th
1958 AL--144--7th
Career--1999--64th

Games Started s c a p y
1951 AL--28--10th
1952 AL--32--6th
1953 AL--33--6th
1956 AL--33--6th
1957 AL--34--3rd
1958 AL--32--8th
1959 AL--33--5th
1960 AL--30--9th
Career--432--86th

Complete Games s c a p y
1950 AL--15--8th
1951 AL--18--4th
1952 AL--14--10th
1953 AL--19--4th
1955 AL--16--3rd
1956 AL--21--1st
1957 AL--16--1st
1958 AL--19--1st
1959 AL--12--8th
Career--193--148th

Shutouts s c a p y
1952 AL--4--5th
1953 AL--7--2nd
1954 AL--4--3rd
1955 AL--6--2nd
1957 AL--4--2nd
1958 AL--3--6th
1962 NL--2--10th
Career--38--54th

Home Runs s c a p y
1953 AL--20--5th
1956 AL--24--5th
1958 AL--33--2nd
1959 AL--26--6th
1960 AL--24--7th
Career--284--61st

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1950 AL--137--4th
1953 AL--102--7th
1956 AL--100--10th
Career--1178--57th

Hits s c a p y
1951 AL--237--4th
1953 AL--216--10th
1956 AL--261--4th
1957 AL--228--5th
1958 AL--204--10th
1959 AL--217--8th
Career--2989--126th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1951 AL--1.548--3rd
1952 AL--1.823--2nd
1953 AL--1.824--2nd
1954 AL--1.721--6th
1955 AL--2.453--1st
1956 AL--1.920--5th
1957 AL--2.409--4th
1958 AL--2.182--7th
1959 AL--1.839--9th
1960 AL--2.348--4th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1950 AL--.451--3rd
1951 AL--.524--8th
1952 AL--.423--7th
1957 AL--.630--8th

Losses s c a p y
1949 AL--15--5th
1950 AL--16--5th
1951 AL--14--1st
1953 AL--12--9th
1959 AL--15--3rd
Career--169--93rd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1956 AL--102--5th
1957 AL--93--8th
1959 AL--90--8th
Career--1201--120th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1956 AL--6--7th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1951 AL--1008--7th
1952 AL--1042--5th
1953 AL--1113--3rd
1956 AL--1166--2nd
1957 AL--1062--3rd
1958 AL--983--7th
1959 AL--934--9th
Career--13853--76th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1951 AL--133--3rd
1952 AL--141--4th
1953 AL--148--2nd
1955 AL--201--1st
1956 AL--124--9th
1957 AL--115--10th
1958 AL--136--3rd
Career--119--127th

Oldest s c a p y
1964 NL--born 1927-04-02--10th

Youngest s c a p y
1945 AL--born 1927-04-02--2nd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 20 (89), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 187 (53), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 81 (137), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 35 (95), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1945 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

November 10, 1948: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with $10,000 to the Chicago White Sox for Aaron Robinson.

November 30, 1961: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Don Larsen to the San Francisco Giants for Bob Farley, Eddie Fisher and Dom Zanni. The San Francisco Giants sent Verle Tiefenthaler (August 17, 1962) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

December 2, 1963: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

April 13, 1964: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

October 6, 1964: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

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