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	24-15 / in Starts: 22-11
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	23 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 113 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	69 (34-27-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 113 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	71 (37-22-11)

Most Driven In
L Aparicio	1
S Esposito	1
S Lollar	1

Most Driven In By
M MiÃ±oso	2
N Fox	2
S Esposito	1
L Doby	1

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 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	295	1	Apr 17	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.56	0.049	4.03	0.08%	0.33	P
2	296	5 (3)	Apr 22	CHW	@	KCA	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9	1.26	-0.063	3.83	-0.12%	0.02	P
3	297	6	Apr 27	CHW		KCA	W,9-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.364	.364	.727	9	.69	0.013	2.22	0.03%	0.88	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	298	8 (1)	May 3	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-7	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.308	.308	.615	9	1.31	-0.079	4.18	-0.15%	-0.60	P
5	299	13 (4)	May 8	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-12	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	9	1.36	-0.184	3.52	-0.29%	-1.13	P
6	300	18 (4)	May 13	CHW	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.174	.174	.174	.348	9	.55	-0.097	1.56	-0.17%	-2.13	P
7	301	22 (3)	May 18	CHW		NYY	L,7-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	1.05	-0.027	3.97	-0.06%	-0.25	P
8	302	27 (4)	May 25	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.148	.148	.148	.296	9	1.44	-0.140	3.45	-0.20%	-1.17	P
9	303	30 (2)	May 28	CHW	@	KCA	L,4-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.148	.148	.148	.296	7						P
10	304	32 (1)	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-3	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.138	.138	.276	9	1.31	-0.096	3.67	-0.16%	-1.09	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	305	37 (4)	Jun 4	CHW	@	BAL	W,13-4	GS-8	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.182	.156	.338	9	.14	-0.012	.45	-0.02%	0.50	P
12	306	43 (5)	Jun 10	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.139	.162	.139	.301	9	.88	-0.101	3.10	-0.21%	-1.24	P
13	307	47 (3)	Jun 15	CHW		WSH	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.146	.125	.271	9	.99	-0.098	3.28	-0.19%	-1.56	P
14	308	52 (4)	Jun 19	CHW		BAL	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.116	.136	.116	.253	9	1.08	-0.089	3.94	-0.20%	-1.09	P
15	309	55 (2)	Jun 22	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	11-12	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.116	.136	.116	.253	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
16	310	57 (1)	Jun 24 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,14-2	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.128	.146	.128	.273	9	.25	-0.017	1.74	-0.07%	-0.68	P
17	311	60 (2)	Jun 27	CHW		BOS	L,9-11	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.128	.146	.128	.273	6						PR
18	312	62 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,13-2	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.151	.118	.269	9	.33	-0.040	1.78	-0.13%	-1.08	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
19	313	68 (5)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.143	.111	.254	9	.55	-0.052	2.45	-0.14%	-1.04	P
20	314	73 (4)	Jul 8 (2)	CHW		DET	L,6-8	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.107	.138	.107	.245	9	.97	-0.050	3.37	-0.10%	-0.42	P
21	315	77 (3)	Jul 15 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.103	.133	.103	.237	9	1.36	-0.067	4.40	-0.13%	-0.54	P
22	316	81 (3)	Jul 18	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-4	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.103	.133	.103	.237	9						PR
23	317	82	Jul 19	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.098	.127	.098	.225	9	1.07	-0.112	.76	-0.05%	-1.34	P
24	318	86 (3)	Jul 24	CHW		NYY	W,11-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.092	.119	.092	.212	9	.85	-0.092	.76	-0.05%	-1.16	P
25	319	91 (4)	Jul 29 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,11-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.087	.113	.087	.200	9	.24	-0.025	.02	0.00%	-0.91	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
26	320	96 (4)	Aug 3	CHW		BAL	W,13-3	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.099	.147	.099	.245	9	.35	0.042	.03	0.00%	0.82	P
27	321	102 (5)	Aug 8	CHW		CLE	W,7-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.096	.143	.096	.239	9	1.33	-0.104	.28	-0.01%	-1.06	P
28	322	106 (3)	Aug 12	CHW	@	DET	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.093	.139	.093	.233	9	1.28	-0.092	.21	-0.01%	-0.93	P
29	323	110 (3)	Aug 17	CHW		DET	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.136	.091	.227	9	1.42	-0.077	.17	-0.01%	-0.69	P
30	324	114 (3)	Aug 22 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.088	.131	.088	.218	9	1.38	-0.111	.25	-0.01%	-0.88	P
31	325	120 (5)	Aug 26 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-8	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.108	.149	.108	.258	9	.37	0.005	.13	0.00%	0.15	P
32	326	122 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.108	.149	.108	.258	9						PR
33	327	125 (2)	Aug 31 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.106	.146	.106	.252	9	1.69	-0.107	.30	-0.01%	-0.70	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
34	328	130 (4)	Sep 3 (2)	CHW		DET	W,5-3	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.106	.146	.106	.252	9						P
35	329	133 (2)	Sep 8	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.124	.161	.124	.285	9	.51	-0.013	.04	0.00%	0.24	P
36	330	138 (4)	Sep 13	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.167	.130	.297	9	1.30	-0.079	.01	0.00%	-0.43	P
37	331	143 (4)	Sep 18	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.135	.170	.135	.305	9	1.61	-0.106	.00	0.00%	-0.92	P
38	332	147 (3)	Sep 23 (1)	CHW		KCA	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.194	.162	.356	9	1.08	0.175	.00	0.00%	1.40	P
39	333	152 (4)	Sep 28	CHW	@	KCA	L,5-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.157	.189	.157	.346	9	.69	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-0.84	P
							24-15		113	102	6	16	0	0	0	3	3	0	22	1	7	0	0	3	0	0	.157	.189	.157	.346		.92	-1.922	1.69	-2.39%	-19.53

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