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: 21-16 / in Starts: 17-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 5

1951 Pitching Game Log

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1951 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	93	1	Apr 17	CHW	@	SLB	W,17-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	10	3	2	2	6	0	0	2.00	1.81	38	10	10	0	2	10	61			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	2	0	1	.50	0.133	1.31	0.21%	1.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a14
2	94	5	Apr 22	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	5	2	2	4	6	0	0	2.00	2.15	36	12	9	0	0	5	71			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.507	3.85	0.85%	2.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
3	95	9	Apr 28	CHW	@	DET	L,4-7	GS-6	L(2-1)	5	6.0	9	6	4	3	3	2	0	3.00	3.44	30	8	7	2	2	9	34			1	0	0	27	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.18	-0.411	3.33	-0.70%	-2.90	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
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
4	96	13	May 3	CHW		WSH	L,1-7	GS-8	L(2-2)	4	7.0	11	7	7	2	3	1	0	4.35	3.64	33	10	7	0	0	11	28			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	1	0	0	.73	-0.225	1.72	-0.32%	-2.94	1t start tie	8t -23 0 out d4
5	97	20	May 12	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	W(3-2)	8	9.0	4	2	2	7	5	0	0	3.83	3.65	39	8	15	1	0	4	69			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.48	0.480	4.06	0.79%	2.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
6	98	23	May 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-7	9-9	H(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.79	3.64	1	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.63	0.096	10.10	0.16%	0.26	9b --- 0 out a1	9b --- 1 out a1
7	99	25	May 18	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	W(4-2)	2	9.0	11	4	3	4	2	0	1	3.65	3.65	41	10	13	1	0	11	49			0	1	0	36	2	1	2	0	0	0	.99	0.078	3.75	0.18%	0.46	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
8	100	27	May 21	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	8-9	H(2)	2	1.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.53	3.60	6	2	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	2.54	0.163	9.48	0.37%	0.90	8b 1-- 0 out a2	9b 1-3 2 out a2
9	101	30	May 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	W(5-2)	3	9.0	11	4	4	3	4	0	0	3.60	3.45	40	9	14	2	0	10	50			1	0	0	37	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.10	0.244	4.42	0.59%	0.37	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
10	102	35	May 30(1)	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	10	2	2	2	8	0	0	3.39	3.17	38	8	10	2	0	10	65			0	1	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.283	4.29	0.75%	2.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
11	103	40	Jun 4(1)	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	CG	W(7-2)	4	9.0	11	5	3	2	3	0	0	3.35	3.09	38	11	11	0	0	11	50			0	2	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.26	0.148	7.74	0.55%	-0.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
12	104	46	Jun 9	CHW		NYY	L,5-10	GS-5	L(7-3)	4	4.0	9	6	6	0	3	0	0	3.84	2.99	21	6	4	0	0	8	23			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.393	7.60	-1.68%	-4.60	1t start tie	5t -2- 0 out d4
13	105	50	Jun 14(1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-7	GS-4		4	3.0	7	5	4	0	1	1	0	4.13	3.10	16	3	5	1	0	7	28			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.337	5.01	-0.99%	-3.10	1b start tie	4b -2- 0 out d2
14	106	54	Jun 16	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-6	9-GF(11)	L(7-4)	1	2.2	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.11	3.07	11	1	5	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.33	-0.075	11.37	-0.22%	0.20	9b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
15	107	59	Jun 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(7-5)	3	8.0	5	2	2	4	4	0	0	3.95	3.06	33	8	12	1	0	5	64			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.47	0.006	11.07	0.03%	1.96	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
16	108	62	Jun 23	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-8	7-GF(11)	BL(7-6)	2	4.0	3	3	3	6	4	0	0	4.06	3.14	21	0	9	0	1	2		0	0	1	0	0	15	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.27	-0.273	14.68	-1.06%	-1.36	7b --- 0 out a2	11b end d 1
17	109	68	Jun 30	CHW		SLB	L,3-4	9-GF		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.02	3.11	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.008	.53	0.03%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
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
18	110	72	Jul 3	CHW		CLE	W,4-1	CG	W(8-6)	2	9.0	3	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.78	3.09	32	11	12	2	0	3	77			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	1	0	0	.85	0.353	4.62	1.16%	3.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
19	111	79	Jul 8	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-4	GS-7	W(9-6)	4	7.0	6	4	2	1	3	0	0	3.70	3.03	29	10	9	1	4	6	55			0	1	0	28	0	2	0	0	0	2	1.18	-0.061	6.23	-0.19%	-0.27	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
20	112	82	Jul 13	CHW		BOS	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.1	8	2	2	2	1	1	0	3.63	3.13	29	9	9	0	0	8	53			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.21	0.001	8.50	0.01%	0.47	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out tie
21	113	88	Jul 18	CHW		NYY	L,1-5	GS-7	L(9-7)	4	7.0	10	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.64	3.12	30	8	11	1	0	10	44			0	1	0	29	3	1	0	1	0	1	1.32	-0.050	9.02	-0.20%	0.55	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
22	114	89	Jul 19	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	9-GF	S(1)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.61	3.10	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.01	0.279	18.57	1.03%	0.89	9t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
23	115	92	Jul 22(1)	CHW		WSH	L,6-7	6-GF	L(9-8)	2	3.1	4	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.59	3.05	14	2	4	0	0	3		2	0	0	1	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	-0.037	7.61	-0.09%	0.96	6t 12- 2 out tie	9t end d 1
24	116	97	Jul 27	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(9-9)	4	8.0	10	3	3	0	4	2	0	3.58	3.14	35	10	12	1	3	9	54			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	.78	0.031	2.67	0.07%	0.96	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
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
25	117	101	Aug 1	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	W(10-9)	4	9.0	7	3	3	7	5	1	0	3.54	3.26	42	15	8	1	0	7	59			1	0	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.66	0.428	1.57	0.24%	1.70	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a1
26	118	107	Aug 7	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	CG(13)	W(11-9)	5	13.0	9	1	1	4	3	0	0	3.32	3.24	50	18	16	4	3	9	84			0	1	0	44	2	0	0	2	0	2	2.03	1.137	2.44	0.82%	5.72	1b start tie	13b 3 out a1
27	119	111	Aug 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-7	GS-5	L(11-10)	4	5.0	9	6	6	2	2	3	0	3.54	3.45	26	5	8	1	0	9	25			0	0	0	23	1	1	1	0	0	0	.82	-0.297	.49	-0.11%	-3.57	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d5
28	120	114	Aug 17(1)	CHW		CLE	W,7-1	CG	W(12-10)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.41	3.36	33	7	12	3	0	5	78			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.290	.10	0.03%	3.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
29	121	118	Aug 19(2)	CHW		CLE	W,7-6	8-GF	S(2)	1	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.39	3.33	5	0	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.52	0.256	.17	0.01%	0.87	8t --3 2 out a1	9t end a 1
30	122	120	Aug 22(1)	CHW		PHA	L,2-5	GS-5	L(12-11)	2	5.0	7	4	4	1	2	1	0	3.49	3.37	22	9	3	1	0	7	38			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.177	.03	-0.01%	-1.47	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
31	123	126	Aug 26(2)	CHW		NYY	L,6-8	GS-5	L(12-12)	3	5.0	8	6	3	0	2	1	0	3.54	3.40	25	7	8	0	0	8	35			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	2	.68	-0.316	.03	-0.01%	-3.47	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
32	124	128	Aug 29	CHW		WSH	L,1-2	8-8		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.53	3.38	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.67	0.151	.03	0.00%	0.69	8t -2- 1 out tie	8t 3 out tie
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
33	125	131	Sep 2	CHW	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	L(12-13)	3	8.0	8	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.43	3.36	33						62						30			0		0
34	126	137	Sep 7(2)	CHW		DET	L,1-2	CG(14)	L(12-14)	4	14.0	10	2	2	3	7	1	0	3.29	3.34	55	16	19	0	0	10	88			0	0	0	48	2	0	0	1	0	2	2.00	0.759	.00	0.00%	5.09	1t start tie	14t 3 out d1
35	127	141	Sep 12	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-0	SHO	W(13-14)	4	9.0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.16	3.28	29	10	11	1	0	6	77			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	.95	0.496	.00	0.00%	4.56	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
36	128	146	Sep 18	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	W(14-14)	5	9.0	8	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.07	3.24	33	12	11	0	2	8	69			1	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.325	.00	0.00%	3.46	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
37	129	151	Sep 25	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	W(15-14)	6	9.0	9	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.03	3.22	37	7	15	2	0	9	61			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.411	.00	0.00%	2.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
							21-16		W-L:15-14,Sv:2,BSv:1,Hld:2	3.5	240.1	237	93	81	73	113	14	1	3.03	3.22	1008	0.87		5%	3%	224	55	6	0%	6	10	0	920	35	11	5	19	0	17	1.25	4.411	3.80	2.29%	25.62

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