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: 24-15 / in Starts: 18-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 4

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 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	163	2	Apr 16	CHW		SLB	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	1	0	0	6	6	0	1	0.00	3.59	34	5	15	1	0	1	85			1	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.735	3.29	1.04%	4.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
2	164	5	Apr 21	CHW	@	DET	W,7-5	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	6.2	10	5	3	1	2	0	0	1.72	3.10	32	5	14	0	0	10	39			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.027	2.21	-0.04%	-2.34	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out a2
3	165	10	Apr 26(1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-7	GS-5	L(2-1)	4	4.0	4	5	5	6	5	0	0	3.66	3.41	22	2	5	0	0	4	33			0	0	0	16	2	2	1	0	0	0	.92	-0.208	3.01	-0.41%	-2.89	1b start tie	5b --3 0 out d4
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	166	15	May 1	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	GS-8	W(3-1)	4	8.0	9	5	4	3	8	0	0	3.90	2.92	36	6	10	1	0	9	51			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	0.146	3.83	0.27%	-0.89	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
5	167	20	May 6	CHW		BOS	W,6-2	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	6	2	2	1	5	1	1	3.44	3.08	35	10	12	0	0	6	71			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.259	1.50	0.40%	2.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
6	168	25	May 11	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(5-1)	4	9.0	7	1	1	3	5	1	0	2.96	3.25	35	9	12	0	0	6	71			0	0	0	31	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.51	0.559	5.04	1.12%	3.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
7	169	29	May 16	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS-8		4	7.0	9	3	3	2	8	0	0	3.08	2.97	31	6	6	2	0	9	53			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.032	4.51	0.08%	0.01	1b start tie	8b 1-3 0 out d2
8	170	33	May 20	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	L(5-2)	3	8.2	7	2	2	4	7	0	0	2.93	2.89	35	10	7	0	0	7	65			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.074	4.73	0.15%	2.11	1b start tie	9b 1-3 2 out d1
9	171	37	May 25	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-5	GS-5		4	4.0	4	3	1	5	0	0	0	2.89	3.10	22	7	6	0	0	4	41			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.47	-0.169	4.69	-0.32%	-1.35	1b start tie	5b 1-- 0 out a1
10	172	41	May 30(1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-7	GS-4	L(5-3)	4	3.1	7	4	4	4	3	2	0	3.28	3.54	21	3	4	0	0	7	29			0	0	0	17	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.16	-0.228	4.52	-0.53%	-2.48	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d4
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
11	173	47	Jun 4	CHW		NYY	L,5-9	GS-5		4	5.0	8	5	5	2	2	1	0	3.67	3.68	24	7	5	0	0	8	31			0	0	1	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.261	2.23	-0.53%	-2.43	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
12	174	51	Jun 9	CHW		PHA	W,5-1	CG	W(6-3)	4	9.0	3	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.38	3.56	31	4	19	1	4	3	78			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	.61	0.229	.64	0.14%	3.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
13	175	56	Jun 14(1)	CHW		BOS	W,6-0	SHO	W(7-3)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.04	3.32	29	8	10	0	0	2	90			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.46	0.309	.25	0.10%	4.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
14	176	58	Jun 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-3	9-10	W(8-3)	1	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.99	3.30	6	3	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.71	0.339	1.41	0.11%	1.38	9b 12- 1 out tie	10b 3 out tie
15	177	62	Jun 20	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-4	GS-6		3	6.0	6	4	4	1	2	1	0	3.17	3.38	23	6	8	2	4	6	45			0	2	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.166	.51	-0.07%	-0.92	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
16	178	67	Jun 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS-9	W(9-3)	4	8.2	4	2	2	4	5	1	0	3.08	3.45	34	8	14	1	0	3	69			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.429	2.53	0.51%	2.49	1b start tie	9b end a 2
17	179	69	Jun 27	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-5	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.06	3.43	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.69	0.206	5.26	0.24%	0.52	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
18	180	71	Jun 30	CHW		SLB	L,2-4	GS-7	L(9-4)	2	6.1	10	4	3	4	3	1	0	3.12	3.55	32	8	7	0	1	10	38			1	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.254	3.35	-0.40%	-1.33	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d2
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
19	181	76	Jul 5(2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-0	SHO	W(10-4)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.90	3.46	33	8	14	0	3	5	79			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.431	2.69	0.77%	4.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
20	182	81	Jul 10(1)	CHW		CLE	L,0-3	CG(10)	L(10-5)	4	10.0	6	3	3	7	9	0	0	2.88	3.42	42	10	10	2	1	6	70			0	0	0	35	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.68	0.238	7.13	0.61%	2.13	1t start tie	10t 3 out d3
21	183	85	Jul 12(2)	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	9-GF	S(2)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.87	3.42	2	0	2	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.40	0.165	13.30	0.39%	0.93	9t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
22	184	86	Jul 16(1)	CHW		WSH	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	W(11-5)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.85	3.39	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	0.140	7.04	0.32%	0.51	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
23	185	91	Jul 19(2)	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	CG	L(11-6)	2	9.0	9	3	1	0	8	1	0	2.73	3.32	37	13	7	1	0	9	69			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	2	.89	0.098	5.48	0.36%	1.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
24	186	94	Jul 24	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	CG(12)	L(11-7)	4	12.0	12	4	4	1	12	1	0	2.75	3.22	47	6	16	2	3	12	73			0	0	0	46	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.49	0.083	4.93	0.16%	2.16	1t start tie	12t 3 out d2
25	187	99	Jul 29	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	W(12-7)	4	9.0	7	3	1	5	6	1	0	2.66	3.28	40	10	12	2	4	7	66			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	1	.85	0.260	2.45	0.45%	1.67	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
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
26	188	104	Aug 3	CHW	@	WSH	W,1-0	SHO	W(13-7)	4	9.0	2	0	0	2	9	0	0	2.52	3.18	30	4	13	2	4	2	90			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	0.736	5.08	1.40%	4.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
27	189	106	Aug 5	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-7	8-GF(14)	W(14-7)	1	6.2	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.43	3.12	25	5	11	1	3	3		1	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.49	0.902	7.96	1.73%	3.62	8b 1-- 1 out tie	14b end a 2
28	190	111	Aug 9	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-0	SHO	W(15-7)	3	9.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	0	2.31	3.04	31	6	12	1	4	3	87			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.73	0.361	2.15	0.64%	4.31	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
29	191	112	Aug 11	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-2	9-GF	S(3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.30	3.03	3	0	2	0	1	0		3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.74	0.178	6.12	0.24%	2.32	9b 123 0 out a4	9b end a 4
30	192	115	Aug 14	CHW	@	DET	W,7-0	SHO	W(16-7)	2	9.0	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.20	2.98	32	11	10	0	0	6	78			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	.39	0.236	.79	0.29%	4.40	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a7
31	193	120	Aug 19	CHW		SLB	L,3-4	CG(10)	L(16-8)	4	10.0	13	4	2	4	8	0	1	2.18	2.96	48	15	7	0	0	13	58			0	1	0	39	4	1	1	1	0	2	1.38	-0.080	1.93	-0.07%	1.13	1t start tie	10t 3 out d2
32	194	125	Aug 25	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	CG	L(16-9)	5	9.0	7	4	4	2	6	3	0	2.25	3.09	36	10	11	2	1	7	61			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.127	.67	-0.05%	0.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
33	195	131	Aug 30(2)	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	SHO	W(17-9)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.16	3.06	32	6	15	2	2	4	82			0	1	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.54	0.743	.37	0.11%	4.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
Sept				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
34	196	135	Sep 4	CHW	@	CLE	T,6-6	GS-7		4	7.0	11	6	6	2	6	2	0	2.33	3.13	34	8	7	1	2	11	35			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.516	.01	0.00%	-2.61	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
35	197	138	Sep 6	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.32	3.12	4	1	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
36	198	141	Sep 9	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-9	GS-5	L(17-10)	2	4.0	6	7	7	4	1	1	0	2.54	3.20	23	6	6	2	2	6	19			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.43	-0.479	.00	0.00%	-5.09	1b start tie	5b --- 0 out d5
37	199	145	Sep 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS-7		3	7.0	5	5	5	3	4	2	0	2.65	3.30	29	6	11	1	0	5	48			0	0	0	26	3	0	1	0	0	0	.99	-0.365	.00	0.00%	-1.37	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d2
38	200	149	Sep 17	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(17-11)	3	8.0	8	3	3	7	4	0	0	2.68	3.32	35	7	9	1	2	8	51			0	1	0	26	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.39	-0.103	.00	0.00%	0.87	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
39	201	152	Sep 22	CHW		CLE	L,3-8	GS-5	L(17-12)	4	4.2	4	5	5	7	1	1	0	2.80	3.43	23	4	7	0	1	4	30			0	0	0	15	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.02	-0.239	.00	0.00%	-2.21	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out d2
40	202	156	Sep 27	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG(11)	W(18-12)	4	11.0	7	1	1	0	8	0	0	2.72	3.34	39	15	9	0	0	7	87			0	1	0	39	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.807	.00	0.00%	4.60	1b start tie	11b 3 out a1
							24-15		W-L:18-12,Sv:3	3.2	271.1	216	94	82	102	186	20	3	2.72	3.34	1113	0.75		5%	7%	214	60	8	0%	2	9	1	993	44	6	10	12	0	11	1.18	5.486	2.68	9.20%	44.16

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