Bill Piercy

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 170lb (185cm, 77kg)

Born: May 2, 1896 in El Monte, CA us

Died: August 28, 1951 in Long Beach, CA

Buried: Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Debut: October 3, 1917 (Age 21-154d, 4,657th in major league history)
vs. PHA 9.0 IP, 9 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: September 6, 1926 (Age 30-127d)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1921 season

Full Name: William Benton Piercy

Nicknames: Wild Bill

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.5

ERA

4.26

116

610.2

165

WHIP

1.546

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Team Record in Appearances: 7-7 / in Starts: 6-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 12, Entered with runners on base: 3

1921 Pitching Game Log

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1921 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	2	3	Apr 16	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	1	1	0	6	0	2	1.00	2.47	33	81	0	0	1	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.15	0.84%
2	3	8	Apr 24	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(1-1)	7	8.0	6	3	2	4	4	0	0	1.59	3.02	36	60	2	1	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	3	5.03	0.04%
3	4	12	Apr 28	NYY		WSH	W,9-5	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	10	5	2	2	4	0	1	1.73	3.10	39	55	3	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.62	0.12%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
4	5	14	May 3	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-0	SHO	W(3-1)	4	9.0	10	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.29	3.16	36	67	2	0	0	34	2	0	0	2	0	0	2.98	0.88%
5	6	17	May 8	NYY		PHA	L,4-5	GS-9		4	9.0	9	3	2	4	7	0	1	1.43	3.18	39	62	2	1	0	33	2	0	0	2	1	1	2.70	0.12%
6	7	32	May 24	NYY	@	SLB	L,4-8	2-GF(8)		15	6.1	5	1	1	3	1	1	0	1.43	3.57	25		1	1	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.81	-0.04%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
7	8	58	Jun 19	NYY		CHW	L,4-6	GS-6	L(3-2)	25	5.0	9	5	4	2	3	0	2	1.95	3.64	27	32	1	1	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	1	4.62	-0.51%
8	9	63	Jun 22(2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(3-3)	2	8.0	8	5	4	4	1	0	1	2.27	3.78	35	45	2	1	0	30	2	1	0	1	0	0	5.89	-0.06%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
9	10	74	Jul 5	NYY		PHA	W,7-5	GS-1		12	0.0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.56	3.78	2	40	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.42	-0.25%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
10	11	109	Aug 19	NYY	@	CHW	L,9-13	5-6	L(3-4)	44	1.1	5	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.06	3.86	11		0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	6.96	-1.21%
11	12	112	Aug 21(2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-10	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	3	5	0	1	2	1	0	3.02	4.03	8		0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.03%
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
12	13	135	Sep 11(2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-1	GS-7		20	7.0	5	1	1	2	0	1	0	2.85	4.21	26	61	1	2	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.97	1.16%
13	14	139	Sep 15(2)	NYY		SLB	W,13-5	GS-5	W(4-4)	3	4.1	5	4	4	2	1	1	0	3.16	4.37	21	36	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	6.69	-0.53%
14	15	153	Oct 2	NYY		BOS	W,7-6	5-GF	W(5-4)	16	4.2	2	1	0	3	1	0	0	2.98	4.38	19		1	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	1	.00	0.00%
							7-7		W-L:5-4	3.4	81.2	82	40	27	31	32	4	7	2.98	4.38	357	54	15	7	1	312	10	3	0	8	1	9	3.74	0.55%

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