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: 17-13 / in Starts: 16-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 6

1962 Pitching Game Log

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1962 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	484	4	Apr 13	SFG		CIN	W,7-2	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.1	2	2	2	3	4	1	1	2.45	4.94	30	9	11	0	0	2	67			1	0	0	26	0	0	1	0	0	2	.96	0.193	2.57	0.31%	0.79	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out a4
2	485	13	Apr 23	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	W(2-0)	9	9.0	7	1	1	0	6	0	0	1.65	2.92	35	3	19	2	0	7	75			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	0.503	2.84	0.76%	3.70	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
3	486	19	Apr 29(2)	SFG		CHC	W,6-0	SHO	W(3-0)	5	9.0	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	1.07	2.85	30	8	12	0	0	3	82			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	3	0	0	.91	0.442	2.87	0.84%	4.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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	487	24	May 4	SFG	@	CHC	W,11-6	GS-7	W(4-0)	4	6.0	6	3	3	1	2	1	0	1.72	3.19	24	9	7	1	0	5	49			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.070	2.14	0.17%	1.13	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a6
5	488	33	May 15	SFG		STL	W,6-3	GS-8	W(5-0)	10	7.0	10	3	3	1	2	1	0	2.11	3.40	30	9	8	1	0	10	46			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.67	0.118	3.65	0.39%	0.48	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a4
6	489	39	May 20(2)	SFG		HOU	W,7-4	CG	W(6-0)	4	9.0	7	4	4	1	3	1	0	2.47	3.46	35	10	14	1	2	7	59			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.224	3.99	0.68%	0.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
7	490	44	May 25	SFG		PHI	W,10-7	GS-9	W(7-0)	4	8.1	11	7	7	2	8	2	0	3.23	3.62	38	6	11	0	0	11	39			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	0	1	0	.51	0.139	2.41	0.39%	-2.79	1t start tie	9t --- 1 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
8	491	51	Jun 1	SFG	@	NYM	W,9-6	GS-8	W(8-0)	6	7.1	7	5	4	1	2	1	0	3.43	3.70	31	9	12	0	0	7	47			0	0	0	30	2	1	0	1	0	2	.76	0.221	3.52	0.62%	-0.47	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 1 out a5
9	492	57	Jun 7	SFG	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-7	L(8-1)	5	7.0	8	4	4	4	2	1	0	3.60	3.89	32	11	13	5	1	2	43			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.144	4.77	-0.39%	-0.34	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
10	493	61	Jun 10(2)	SFG	@	STL	L,3-13	6-6		2	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.69	4.06	3	0	2	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.014	.22	-0.04%	-1.53	6b -23 1 out d5	6b 3 out d8
11	494	65	Jun 14	SFG	@	CIN	L,0-8	GS-1	L(8-2)	3	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.80	4.05	2	1	0	0	0	1	45			0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.044	5.10	-0.13%	-0.44	1b start tie	1b --3 1 out tie
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
12	495	92	Jul 15(1)	SFG	@	NYM	L,3-5	GS-4	L(8-3)	30	3.0	4	4	4	4	1	0	0	4.14	4.13	14	4	1	0	0	4	32			1	1	0	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.39	-0.256	6.67	-0.74%	-1.97	1b start a 2	4b -23 0 out tie
13	496	99	Jul 21	SFG	@	PIT	L,6-7	11-11		5	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.14	4.17	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.07	-0.198	27.71	-0.81%	-1.05	11b 1-- 1 out tie	11b 123 1 out tie
14	497	104	Jul 27	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.12	4.16	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.017	7.27	0.11%	0.75	8b 123 2 out d2	8b end d 2
15	498	106	Jul 29	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-11	2-4		1	2.2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.97	4.03	9	4	2	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.09	0.013	.81	0.07%	1.60	2b -2- 1 out d7	4b 3 out d7
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
16	499	108	Aug 2	SFG		CHC	W,4-3	GS-9	W(9-3)	3	8.2	9	3	3	0	7	2	0	3.89	4.03	34	11	7	0	0	9	61			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.366	4.15	0.90%	1.37	1t start tie	9t --- 2 out a1
17	500	112	Aug 6	SFG		PHI	W,9-2	CG	W(10-3)	3	9.0	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.71	3.91	32	11	13	0	0	6	67			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	0	.23	0.140	.97	0.36%	2.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
18	501	117	Aug 11	SFG		LAD	W,5-4	GS-6	W(11-3)	4	6.0	3	3	2	0	2	1	1	3.67	3.95	22	7	11	4	0	1	58			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	1	.65	-0.044	5.15	-0.21%	-0.02	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
19	502	121	Aug 16	SFG	@	CHC	L,0-6	GS-4	L(11-4)	4	4.0	10	4	3	0	1	0	0	3.78	3.88	21	4	6	0	0	10	29			0	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.182	5.14	-0.69%	-1.91	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
20	503	125	Aug 20	SFG	@	MLN	L,4-9	GS-5		3	5.0	8	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.86	3.91	24	3	9	0	0	8	41			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.136	6.40	-0.41%	-0.57	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
21	504	129	Aug 25	SFG	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	W(12-4)	4	9.0	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	3.56	3.77	36	12	12	0	0	7	74			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	2	.77	0.261	4.49	0.92%	3.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
22	505	134	Aug 31	SFG		CIN	W,10-2	CG	W(13-4)	5	9.0	5	2	2	2	6	2	0	3.45	3.85	34	10	11	0	1	5	73			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.144	2.73	0.58%	2.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
Sep/Oct				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
23	506	138	Sep 4	SFG	@	LAD	L,4-5	GS-4	L(13-5)	3	4.0	6	5	5	3	2	0	0	3.69	3.85	20	9	5	3	0	1	29			1	0	0	17	1	2	0	1	0	0	.65	-0.308	8.33	-2.36%	-3.11	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
24	507	142	Sep 8	SFG		CHC	W,7-2	GS-7	W(14-5)	3	7.0	10	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.63	3.79	32	12	4	0	0	9	50			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.16	0.265	10.96	1.50%	1.48	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
25	508	146	Sep 12	SFG	@	CIN	L,1-4	GS-6	L(14-6)	3	6.0	5	4	4	1	2	3	0	3.73	4.01	23	13	2	0	0	5	47			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.51	-0.163	5.11	-0.99%	-0.87	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
26	509	153	Sep 20	SFG	@	STL	L,4-5	7-7	H(1)	7	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.72	4.02	2	0	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.52	0.003	24.75	0.01%	-0.17	7b 123 1 out a3	7b 123 2 out a2
27	510	155	Sep 22	SFG	@	HOU	L,5-6	9-9		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.72	4.04	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.12	-0.204	48.34	-0.83%	-0.66	9b 12- 1 out a1	9b 123 1 out a1
28	511	158	Sep 26	SFG		STL	W,6-3	GS-8	W(15-6)	3	7.1	5	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.72	4.07	27	13	7	0	0	5	56			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	1	.87	0.180	8.25	1.02%	0.71	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a1
29	512	163	Oct 1	SFG		LAD	W,8-0	SHO	W(16-6)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.51	3.93	31	7	17	3	0	0	86			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.308	50.06	15.88%	4.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
30	513	165	Oct 3	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-4	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.49	3.92	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.085	96.85	4.35%	0.47	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
							17-13		W-L:16-6,Sv:1,Hld:1	3.9	162.1	147	67	63	36	76	19	3	3.49	3.92	658	0.90		6%	1%	126	55	12	25%	3	1	0	614	18	5	2	20	1	9	.81	1.999	7.10	22.25%	14.31

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