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	19-18 / in Starts: 12-13
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	25 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 68 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	57 (25-22-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 68 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	43 (22-13-6)

Most Driven In
J Rivera	3
J Groth	1
C Michaels	1
F Marsh	0

Most Driven In By
M MiÃ±oso	3
N Fox	1
C Carrasquel	0
J Rivera	0

1954 Batting Game Log

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1954 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	223	1	Apr 13	CHW		CLE	L,2-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.98	-0.049	2.48	-0.07%	-0.39	P
2	224	3 (1)	Apr 15	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-3	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
3	225	5 (1)	Apr 18	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG(6)	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9	1.20	0.093	2.63	0.12%	0.75	P
4	226	8 (2)	Apr 23	CHW		BAL	L,1-3	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	9	1.45	-0.138	4.14	-0.24%	-1.59	P
5	227	13 (4)	Apr 29	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	9	1.12	-0.036	3.95	-0.08%	-0.38	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
6	228	19 (5)	May 4	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	9	.98	0.062	3.82	0.14%	0.73	P
7	229	24 (4)	May 9 (2)	CHW		DET	T,0-0	CG(10)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.214	.267	.214	.481	9	1.40	-0.080	5.77	-0.20%	-0.54	P
8	230	28 (3)	May 14	CHW		PHA	W,4-3	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.188	.423	9	1.26	-0.077	5.11	-0.19%	-0.97	P
9	231	33 (4)	May 19	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.250	.211	.461	9	.88	-0.033	3.90	-0.09%	-0.51	P
10	232	35 (1)	May 22	CHW	@	DET	W,5-3	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.250	.211	.461	9						P
11	233	37 (1)	May 25	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.261	.227	.488	9	1.42	-0.076	7.54	-0.24%	-0.87	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
12	234	62 (24)	Jun 20 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,6-16	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.261	.227	.488	9						P
13	235	66 (3)	Jun 24	CHW		WSH	W,5-2	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.261	.227	.488	9						P
14	236	68 (1)	Jun 26	CHW		BOS	L,1-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.261	.227	.488	6						P
15	237	71 (2)	Jun 29 (1)	CHW		DET	L,3-10	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.240	.208	.448	9	1.51	-0.123	7.12	-0.35%	-1.02	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
16	238	78 (6)	Jul 5 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.286	.259	.545	9	.71	0.029	1.76	0.04%	0.41	P
17	239	85 (6)	Jul 11 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.258	.233	.491	9	.44	-0.045	2.23	-0.14%	-1.18	P
18	240	89 (3)	Jul 17	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.294	.273	.567	9	.44	0.017	1.52	0.03%	0.14	P
19	241	95 (5)	Jul 22 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-11	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.270	.250	.520	9	.43	-0.032	1.67	-0.08%	-0.49	P
20	242	101 (5)	Jul 28	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.282	.243	.525	9	.74	0.041	2.65	0.09%	0.90	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
21	243	105 (3)	Aug 1 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,6-5	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.282	.243	.525	9	1.06	-0.016	1.93	-0.02%	-0.31	P
22	244	108 (2)	Aug 4	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.231	.516	9	.15	0.003	.31	0.00%	-0.21	P
23	245	110 (1)	Aug 6	CHW		WSH	W,10-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.286	.231	.516	4						P
24	246	112 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,6-7	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.286	.231	.516	9						P
25	247	116 (3)	Aug 13	CHW		DET	W,1-0	12-13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.286	.231	.516	5						PR
26	248	118 (1)	Aug 15 (1)	CHW		DET	L,1-2	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.286	.231	.516	9						P
27	249	120 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,2-0	GS-8	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.289	.220	.508	9	1.46	0.006	.59	0.00%	0.49	P
28	250	126 (5)	Aug 22	CHW	@	DET	L,4-7	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.283	.214	.497	9	1.09	-0.046	.93	-0.02%	-0.49	P
29	251	128 (1)	Aug 25	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.265	.200	.465	9	.32	0.016	.26	0.01%	-0.59	P
30	252	132 (3)	Aug 28	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.265	.200	.465	9						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
31	253	134 (1)	Sep 1 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-7	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.265	.200	.465	9						P
32	254	138 (3)	Sep 5	CHW		CLE	L,2-8	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.280	.217	.497	9	1.59	0.097	.16	0.01%	0.96	P
33	255	140 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	CHW		DET	L,2-3	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.280	.217	.497	6	6.14	-0.309	.04	0.00%	-0.96	PR
34	256	143 (2)	Sep 10	CHW		NYY	L,3-6	6-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.275	.213	.487	9	.67	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.23	P
35	257	146 (2)	Sep 12 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,7-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.259	.200	.459	9	.82	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-1.16	P
36	258	149 (2)	Sep 18	CHW		BAL	W,6-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.246	.189	.434	9	.57	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.76	P
37	259	152 (2)	Sep 21	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.241	.185	.427	9	.07	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.79	P
38	260	155 (2)	Sep 25	CHW	@	BAL	W,11-0	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.193	.242	.193	.435	9	.68	0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.20	P
							19-18		68	57	4	11	0	0	0	5	4	0	11	0	6	1	0	0	0	1	.193	.242	.193	.435		.96	-0.815	2.39	-1.25%	-9.27

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