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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	24-17 / in Starts: 18-14
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 102 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	69 (38-23-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 102 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	65 (34-20-10)

Most Driven In
J Rivera	2
S Mele	1
C Carrasquel	1
R Wilson	0

Most Driven In By
N Fox	2
S Mele	1
F Fain	0

1953 Batting Game Log

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1953 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	181	2 (1)	Apr 16	CHW		SLB	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.58	-0.047	1.38	-0.07%	-0.45	P
2	182	5 (2)	Apr 21	CHW	@	DET	W,7-5	GS-7	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.10	-0.050	2.59	-0.07%	-1.16	P
3	183	10 (4)	Apr 26 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-7	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.16	-0.039	3.77	-0.08%	-0.53	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	184	15 (4)	May 1	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	GS-9	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.300	.125	.425	9	.63	-0.007	1.94	-0.01%	-0.13	P
5	185	20 (4)	May 6	CHW		BOS	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	.083	.214	.083	.298	9	.33	-0.009	.85	-0.01%	-0.67	P
6	186	25 (4)	May 11	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.063	.167	.063	.229	9	1.82	-0.080	6.11	-0.16%	-1.00	P
7	187	29 (3)	May 16	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.056	.150	.056	.206	9	.56	-0.028	2.37	-0.07%	-0.20	P
8	188	33 (3)	May 20	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.048	.130	.048	.178	9	1.46	-0.112	4.90	-0.23%	-0.84	P
9	189	37 (3)	May 25	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.043	.120	.043	.163	9	.61	-0.032	1.94	-0.06%	-0.40	P
10	190	41 (3)	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.042	.115	.042	.157	9	1.21	-0.052	4.72	-0.12%	-0.54	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	191	47 (5)	Jun 4	CHW		NYY	L,5-9	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.040	.111	.040	.151	9	.58	-0.015	1.96	-0.03%	-0.24	P
12	192	48	Jun 5	CHW		WSH	L,4-8	8-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.040	.111	.040	.151	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
13	193	51 (2)	Jun 9	CHW		PHA	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.107	.167	.107	.274	9	.59	0.019	.62	0.01%	-0.06	P
14	194	52	Jun 10	CHW		PHA	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.107	.167	.107	.274	8						PR
15	195	56 (3)	Jun 14 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,6-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.129	.182	.129	.311	9	.26	0.032	.14	0.01%	0.50	P
16	196	58 (1)	Jun 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-3	9-11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.129	.182	.129	.311	9						P
17	197	62 (3)	Jun 20	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-4	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.125	.176	.125	.301	9	.78	-0.029	.57	-0.01%	-0.32	P
18	198	67 (4)	Jun 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.114	.162	.114	.276	9	2.14	-0.172	4.22	-0.20%	-1.11	1B P
19	199	69 (1)	Jun 27	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.114	.162	.114	.276	9						P
20	200	71 (1)	Jun 30	CHW		SLB	L,2-4	GS-7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.114	.184	.114	.298	9	1.39	0.030	3.62	0.05%	0.18	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	201	76 (4)	Jul 5 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.108	.195	.108	.303	9	.70	-0.033	2.09	-0.06%	-0.40	P
22	202	81 (4)	Jul 10 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,0-3	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	9	1.58	-0.122	6.71	-0.31%	-0.85	P
23	203	85 (3)	Jul 12 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	9						P
24	204	86	Jul 16 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.122	.200	.122	.322	9	4.39	0.387	16.89	0.89%	1.00	P
25	205	91 (4)	Jul 19 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.116	.191	.116	.308	9	1.51	-0.072	9.30	-0.27%	-0.47	P
26	206	94 (2)	Jul 24	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	CG(12)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.128	.212	.128	.339	9	1.37	-0.044	4.52	-0.09%	-0.21	P
27	207	99 (4)	Jul 29	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.140	.218	.140	.358	9	1.22	-0.009	3.54	-0.02%	-0.46	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	208	104 (4)	Aug 3	CHW	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.203	.130	.333	9	1.26	-0.134	3.99	-0.26%	-1.00	P
29	209	106 (1)	Aug 5	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-7	8-GF(14)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.197	.125	.322	9	1.82	-0.091	5.81	-0.17%	-0.33	P
30	210	111 (4)	Aug 9	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.136	.203	.136	.339	9	.31	0.012	.92	0.02%	-0.39	P
31	211	112	Aug 11	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.136	.203	.136	.339	9						P
32	212	115 (2)	Aug 14	CHW	@	DET	W,7-0	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.188	.125	.313	9	.37	-0.054	.74	-0.07%	-1.54	P
33	213	120 (4)	Aug 19	CHW		SLB	L,3-4	GS-10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.134	.194	.134	.329	9	1.22	0.002	1.70	0.00%	0.27	P
34	214	125 (4)	Aug 25	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.130	.189	.130	.320	9	.98	-0.112	.64	-0.04%	-1.14	P
35	215	131 (5)	Aug 30 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.182	.125	.307	9	.91	-0.070	.21	-0.01%	-0.65	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	216	135 (3)	Sep 4	CHW	@	CLE	T,6-6	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.122	.177	.122	.299	9	.79	-0.053	.01	0.00%	-0.70	P
37	217	138 (2)	Sep 6	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.122	.177	.122	.299	9						P
38	218	141 (2)	Sep 9	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-9	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.118	.173	.118	.291	9	1.02	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.50	P
39	219	145 (3)	Sep 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.114	.167	.114	.281	9	.91	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-1.30	P
40	220	149 (3)	Sep 17	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.110	.161	.110	.271	9	1.21	-0.128	.00	0.00%	-0.82	P
41	221	152 (2)	Sep 22	CHW		CLE	L,3-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.108	.159	.108	.268	9	2.97	-0.164	.00	0.00%	-1.59	P
42	222	156 (3)	Sep 27	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.126	.174	.126	.300	9	1.21	-0.005	.00	0.00%	0.04	P
							24-17		102	87	4	11	0	0	0	4	4	0	16	1	10		1	3	0	0	.126	.174	.126	.300		1.05	-1.411	2.47	-1.43%	-18.02

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