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	17-16 / in Starts: 16-16
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 81 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	54 (30-15-9)
Avg. MLBer w/ 81 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	50 (26-15-8)

Most Driven In
J Landis	2
A Smith	2
N Cash	1
J Romano	1
B Phillips	1
J McAnany	0

Most Driven In By
N Fox	2
L Aparicio	1

1959 Batting Game Log

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1959 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	410	1	Apr 10	CHW	@	DET	W,9-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.17	-0.030	5.29	-0.04%	-0.33	P
2	411	4 (2)	Apr 14	CHW		KCA	W,2-0	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	9	1.02	0.000	3.09	0.00%	0.00	P
3	412	9 (4)	Apr 21	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-8	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	9						P
4	413	14 (4)	Apr 26 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.429	.500	.857	1.357	9	.65	0.173	2.17	0.35%	2.16	P
5	414	16 (1)	Apr 30	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.462	.636	1.098	9	1.43	-0.069	4.49	-0.13%	-0.44	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	415	20 (3)	May 5	CHW		WSH	L,3-8	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.462	.636	1.098	9						P
7	416	24 (3)	May 10 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.353	.467	.820	9	1.39	-0.141	3.78	-0.23%	-0.76	P
8	417	29 (4)	May 15	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.389	.689	9	.58	-0.053	2.15	-0.12%	-0.86	P
9	418	34 (4)	May 19	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.350	.623	9	.82	-0.044	3.99	-0.13%	-0.37	P
10	419	38 (3)	May 24	CHW	@	KCA	L,6-8	GS-2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.304	.381	.685	9	1.54	0.081	6.91	0.22%	1.00	P
11	420	42 (3)	May 30 (1)	CHW		DET	L,2-4	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.409	.742	9	1.59	0.064	6.87	0.17%	0.61	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	421	47 (4)	Jun 3	CHW		BAL	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.269	.321	.385	.706	9	.57	0.005	2.21	0.01%	0.41	P
13	422	52 (4)	Jun 7 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,2-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.310	.370	.681	9	1.59	-0.022	7.07	-0.06%	-0.20	P
14	423	55 (2)	Jun 11	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.281	.333	.615	9	1.11	-0.088	4.57	-0.22%	-0.87	P
15	424	59 (3)	Jun 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.265	.313	.577	9	.86	-0.042	4.16	-0.12%	-0.37	P
16	425	64 (4)	Jun 21	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.263	.306	.569	9	.79	0.011	2.71	0.02%	-0.16	P
17	426	68 (3)	Jun 26	CHW		NYY	L,4-8	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.275	.368	.643	9	1.62	0.161	7.41	0.44%	1.64	P
18	427	72 (3)	Jun 30	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-3	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.268	.359	.627	9	1.29	-0.041	7.77	-0.15%	-0.34	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	428	77 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-8	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.262	.350	.612	9	.58	-0.014	2.78	-0.04%	-0.16	P
20	429	79 (1)	Jul 9	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.333	.600	9	1.11	-0.031	7.42	-0.12%	-0.26	P
21	430	84 (4)	Jul 14	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-3	GS-9	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.286	.333	.619	9	.80	-0.047	4.50	-0.16%	-0.67	P
22	431	90 (5)	Jul 19 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.280	.326	.606	9	.72	-0.018	4.63	-0.07%	-0.15	P
23	432	93 (2)	Jul 24	CHW		BAL	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.204	.264	.306	.570	9	2.10	-0.046	13.82	-0.18%	-0.13	P
24	433	97 (3)	Jul 28	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.291	.333	.624	9	1.03	0.067	6.61	0.26%	0.48	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
25	434	102 (4)	Aug 2 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.281	.321	.601	9	1.41	-0.068	8.58	-0.25%	-0.52	P
26	435	107 (4)	Aug 6	CHW	@	BAL	T,1-1	GS-17	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.286	.298	.584	9	1.39	-0.047	8.78	-0.18%	-0.26	P
27	436	111 (3)	Aug 11	CHW	@	DET	L,1-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.281	.293	.574	9	.45	-0.012	2.63	-0.04%	-0.17	P
28	437	115 (3)	Aug 15	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-2	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.277	.288	.565	9	1.03	-0.026	5.55	-0.09%	-0.24	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
29	438	138 (22)	Sep 7 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,2-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.269	.279	.547	9	1.16	-0.060	4.74	-0.15%	-0.65	P
30	439	143 (4)	Sep 11 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-3	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.261	.270	.531	9	.57	-0.028	1.78	-0.05%	-0.20	P
31	440	146 (2)	Sep 13	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-1	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.261	.270	.531	9						P
32	441	148 (1)	Sep 15	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.264	.273	.537	9	1.34	-0.040	3.06	-0.05%	-0.21	P
33	442	152 (3)	Sep 20	CHW		DET	L,4-5	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.270	.269	.539	9	.88	0.002	1.03	0.00%	0.05	P
34	443	154 (1)	Sep 25	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.267	.265	.531	9	.39	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.11	P
							17-16		81	68	3	13	1	2	0	7	7	0	12	0	6	0	2	1	0	0	.191	.267	.265	.531		1.09	-0.413	4.87	-1.11%	-2.06

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