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: 23-14 / in Starts: 21-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 1

1957 Pitching Game Log

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1957 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	307	1	Apr 16	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG(11)	W(1-0)	99	11.0	8	2	2	3	9	0	0	1.64	1.64	44	10	14	0	5	8	79			0	1	0	39	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.84	0.713	4.80	1.11%	3.14	1b start tie	11b 3 out a1
2	308	5	Apr 23	CHW		CLE	L,0-5	GS-3	L(1-1)	6	2.1	7	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.38	1.78	16	3	1	0	1	7	32			0	0	0	14	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.14	-0.247	3.85	-0.50%	-2.74	1t start tie	3t 1-3 1 out d3
3	309	7	Apr 26	CHW	@	KCA	W,4-3	GS-7	W(2-1)	2	6.1	7	3	3	0	5	1	0	3.66	2.15	25	5	8	0	0	7	52			0	0	0	25	0	2	0	0	0	0	.98	0.089	3.33	0.18%	0.38	1b start a 1	7b --3 1 out a2
4	310	10	Apr 30	CHW		BAL	W,6-1	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	7	0	0	2.83	1.97	35	8	12	1	0	6	76			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	0.347	3.94	0.76%	3.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
5	311	15	May 5(1)	CHW		NYY	L,2-4	GS-7	L(3-2)	4	7.0	7	4	3	2	5	1	0	3.03	2.32	29	8	9	0	0	5	52			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.204	3.26	-0.59%	-0.70	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
6	312	20	May 10	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	GS-9	W(4-2)	4	8.2	9	4	4	1	2	1	0	3.25	2.61	36	8	16	0	3	9	51			0	0	1	33	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.04	0.062	3.56	0.13%	-0.15	1b start tie	9b 1-3 2 out a2
7	313	23	May 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	W(5-2)	5	9.0	8	3	3	2	6	3	0	3.21	3.21	37	6	15	1	1	8	63			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.107	3.36	0.23%	1.13	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
8	314	27	May 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	4	1	0	1	8	0	0	2.74	2.89	32	7	13	2	3	3	84			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	0	.96	0.415	5.05	1.31%	3.17	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
9	315	31	May 26(1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,1-0	SHO(10)	W(7-2)	4	10.0	4	0	0	3	3	0	0	2.36	2.87	34	8	17	3	0	3	84			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.49	0.853	8.50	2.91%	4.68	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
10	316	37	May 30(2)	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(8-2)	3	9.0	3	1	1	3	9	0	0	2.21	2.71	33	8	10	1	3	3	83			1	1	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.577	8.19	2.03%	3.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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	317	42	Jun 4	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	SHO(10)	W(9-2)	4	10.0	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	1.97	2.53	32	8	15	0	3	2	95			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.799	7.09	2.72%	4.72	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
12	318	46	Jun 8	CHW		BAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(10-2)	3	9.0	3	0	0	3	6	0	0	1.79	2.50	33	14	8	0	0	2	84			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	0.567	6.25	1.82%	4.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
13	319	51	Jun 13	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	GS-5	L(10-3)	4	4.1	11	3	3	0	2	0	0	1.98	2.46	21	9	10	6	0	0	31			0	1	0	21	5	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	-0.065	8.55	-0.27%	-0.30	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out tie
14	320	56	Jun 18	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-7	L(10-4)	4	6.2	4	2	2	5	2	0	0	2.02	2.55	30	10	9	0	0	4	55			0	1	0	22	0	0	1	0	0	2	1.34	-0.100	6.85	-0.30%	0.32	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out d1
15	321	61	Jun 23(1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-9	GS-6	L(10-5)	4	5.0	11	7	7	1	2	1	0	2.48	2.65	27	6	10	1	2	8	18			0	0	0	26	3	0	1	0	0	0	.80	-0.288	5.96	-1.29%	-3.51	1b start a 1	6b 123 0 out d3
16	322	66	Jun 27(2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-9	GS-7	L(10-6)	3	6.2	9	7	7	4	2	1	0	2.85	2.81	32	7	10	0	4	9	26			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.55	-0.214	2.93	-0.69%	-1.97	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out d3
17	323	69	Jun 30(1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-6	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.83	2.80	5	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.71	0.186	29.39	0.57%	0.46	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
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	324	72	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	W(11-6)	1	9.0	5	2	1	3	2	1	0	2.71	2.91	37	13	14	1	4	5	70			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.03	0.194	5.18	0.59%	2.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
19	325	77	Jul 6	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	CG	W(12-6)	3	9.0	8	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.60	2.85	34	14	7	1	2	8	70			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.356	4.98	1.05%	3.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
20	326	82	Jul 14(1)	CHW		NYY	W,3-1	CG	W(13-6)	7	9.0	5	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.50	2.75	33	9	13	3	2	3	79			1	0	0	31	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.07	0.424	9.03	2.15%	3.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
21	327	87	Jul 19	CHW		BOS	L,2-5	GS-7	L(13-7)	4	7.0	6	4	4	3	4	1	0	2.62	2.83	29	5	11	2	2	6	50			0	0	0	25	0	0	1	1	0	0	.75	-0.202	2.72	-0.44%	-0.70	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
22	328	91	Jul 24	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	W(14-7)	4	9.0	7	2	2	5	5	1	0	2.59	2.92	38	8	13	3	5	7	65			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.62	0.215	3.71	0.77%	2.17	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a5
23	329	94	Jul 26(2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,1-0	9-GF	S(2)	1	0.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.58	2.91	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.11	0.262	24.47	0.63%	0.63	9b -2- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
24	330	97	Jul 29	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-0	SHO	W(15-7)	2	9.0	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.45	2.82	30	6	14	1	0	4	85			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.367	2.70	0.99%	3.92	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
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	331	102	Aug 3	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-8	GS-6		4	5.2	7	3	3	3	5	0	0	2.52	2.80	28	7	6	1	1	7	45			0	0	0	24	3	0	1	2	0	3	1.28	-0.158	5.00	-0.37%	-0.63	1b start tie	6b -23 2 out d2
26	332	106	Aug 8	CHW		KCA	W,7-4	GS-4		4	3.2	5	4	3	2	3	1	0	2.61	2.86	18	4	4	0	0	5	38			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.03	-0.287	3.24	-0.54%	-2.53	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out a2
27	333	108	Aug 10	CHW		DET	L,4-6	8-9	BL(15-8)	1	1.2	3	4	4	2	0	0	1	2.78	2.91	11	3	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.40	-0.736	10.82	-1.99%	-3.28	8t --- 0 out a1	9t 1-- 2 out d2
28	334	111	Aug 13	CHW	@	CLE	W,10-5	GS-7	W(16-8)	2	7.0	6	5	5	4	6	0	0	2.91	2.89	31	10	5	1	0	6	47			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.128	1.71	0.26%	-1.73	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
29	335	116	Aug 18(1)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(16-9)	4	8.0	12	5	5	2	3	2	0	3.02	3.00	38	8	14	0	5	11	39			0	0	0	35	1	0	1	1	0	1	.91	-0.205	2.27	-0.31%	-1.14	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
30	336	121	Aug 23	CHW		BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(17-9)	4	9.0	4	1	1	2	7	1	0	2.93	3.00	33	7	13	0	4	4	80			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.413	2.24	0.56%	3.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
31	337	126	Aug 28	CHW		NYY	L,4-5	GS-8	L(17-10)	4	8.0	7	5	5	2	3	1	0	3.03	3.04	33	7	15	1	5	6	49			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.202	6.33	-0.85%	-1.22	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
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
32	338	131	Sep 2(1)	CHW	@	DET	W,8-2	GS-6	W(18-10)	4	5.1	10	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.04	3.01	27	2	10	2	4	10	43			0	0	0	26	2	2	0	0	0	0	.92	0.053	2.03	0.07%	-0.49	1b start a 4	6b -23 1 out a5
33	339	135	Sep 7	CHW		KCA	W,8-2	CG	W(19-10)	4	9.0	8	2	1	0	9	1	0	2.96	2.96	36	6	13	0	5	8	74			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	1	.62	0.136	1.87	0.24%	2.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
34	340	140	Sep 13	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-7	GS-3	L(19-11)	5	2.1	7	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.08	2.96	15	4	3	0	0	6	27			0	0	0	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.317	4.05	-0.68%	-3.10	1b start tie	3b 1-- 1 out d3
35	341	143	Sep 17	CHW	@	BAL	L,5-7	GS-8		3	7.2	7	5	5	2	9	1	0	3.17	2.95	32	5	9	2	0	7	52			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.313	.62	-0.13%	-1.81	1b start a 3	8b -2- 2 out tie
36	342	148	Sep 22	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-5	GS-5	W(20-11)	4	5.0	6	3	3	1	4	0	0	3.22	2.92	22	8	4	0	1	5	46			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.112	.08	-0.01%	-0.66	1b start a 2	5b 3 out d1
37	343	154	Sep 28	CHW		CLE	L,1-4	GS-8	L(20-12)	5	8.0	7	4	4	2	7	0	0	3.26	2.88	33	10	7	0	1	7	57			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.229	.00	0.00%	-0.22	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
							23-14		W-L:20-12,Sv:2,BSv:1	3.6	257.0	228	98	93	71	171	18	1	3.26	2.88	1062	0.74		5%	11%	203	58	1	0%	3	5	1	973	38	9	9	12	1	15	1.07	3.384	4.49	12.13%	22.91

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