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: 18-17 / in Starts: 12-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 6

1954 Pitching Game Log

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1954 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	203	1	Apr 13	CHW		CLE	L,2-8	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.1	11	5	4	3	5	2	0	5.68	6.35	33	8	7	1	1	10	35			0	1	0	30	2	1	0	0	0	2	1.08	-0.304	2.71	-0.46%	-2.14	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out d2
2	204	3	Apr 15	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-3	7-7		1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.68	6.35	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.047	1.91	-0.06%	-0.73	7b -2- 0 out d1	7b 1-3 0 out d1
3	205	5	Apr 18	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG(6)	W(1-1)	2	6.0	10	2	2	4	6	1	0	4.38	5.48	30	3	7	1	1	10	46			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.004	2.65	-0.01%	0.87	1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
4	206	8	Apr 23	CHW		BAL	L,1-3	CG(10)	L(1-2)	4	10.0	8	3	3	1	9	1	0	3.63	4.01	37	11	8	0	1	8	72			0	1	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.035	3.71	0.06%	1.88	1t start tie	10t 3 out d2
5	207	13	Apr 29	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-6	L(1-3)	5	5.2	7	5	5	4	3	1	0	4.50	4.36	27	5	8	0	0	7	34			2	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	2	0	1.57	-0.266	5.56	-0.57%	-1.69	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out tie
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
6	208	19	May 4	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	W(2-3)	4	9.0	9	6	4	3	7	1	0	4.38	4.10	41	8	14	0	3	9	53			0	0	0	38	2	0	0	0	0	2	.60	0.055	2.33	0.13%	-1.99	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
7	209	24	May 9(2)	CHW		DET	T,0-0	SHO(10)		4	10.0	9	0	0	2	12	0	0	3.45	3.36	39	7	9	1	1	9	84			0	1	0	37	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.75	0.813	7.18	2.01%	4.88	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
8	210	28	May 14	CHW		PHA	W,4-3	GS-8		4	7.2	9	3	3	1	7	1	0	3.46	3.26	33	8	8	2	2	9	55			0	0	0	32	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.38	-0.072	5.60	-0.18%	0.59	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out tie
9	211	33	May 19	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	L(2-4)	4	9.0	8	3	1	3	4	0	1	3.11	3.20	37	5	16	1	2	8	64			0	2	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.51	-0.171	6.67	-0.45%	1.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
10	212	35	May 22	CHW	@	DET	W,5-3	8-8	BS(1)	2	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.11	3.20	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.06	-0.391	25.15	-0.97%	-1.62	8b 123 1 out a2	8b 1-3 1 out tie
11	213	37	May 25	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	GS-8	W(3-4)	2	7.2	5	2	2	5	7	1	1	3.03	3.35	32	5	10	2	1	4	63			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.21	0.097	6.41	0.31%	1.14	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out a2
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
12	214	62	Jun 20(1)	CHW		NYY	L,6-16	GS-3		25	2.1	4	4	4	3	0	1	0	3.42	3.62	13	4	2	0	0	4	30			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.80	-0.292	4.33	-0.96%	-3.05	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d4
13	215	66	Jun 24	CHW		WSH	W,5-2	7-GF	S(1)	3	2.2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.30	3.50	8	2	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.166	3.77	0.44%	1.87	7t 12- 1 out a3	9t end a 3
14	216	68	Jun 26	CHW		BOS	L,1-3	9-GF		1	1.0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.38	3.51	6	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.68	-0.071	3.36	-0.21%	-0.51	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
15	217	71	Jun 29(1)	CHW		DET	L,3-10	GS-5	L(3-5)	2	4.1	6	6	6	3	2	1	0	3.86	3.67	21	3	7	1	1	6	26			0	0	0	18	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.14	-0.278	5.37	-0.79%	-2.12	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out d1
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
16	218	78	Jul 5(1)	CHW		BAL	W,3-0	SHO	W(4-5)	5	9.0	4	0	0	5	5	0	0	3.47	3.60	34	6	14	1	1	4	79			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.29	0.611	3.21	0.91%	4.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
17	219	85	Jul 11(1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-0	SHO	W(5-5)	5	9.0	2	0	0	5	7	0	0	3.16	3.50	34	7	13	1	2	2	85			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.468	4.15	1.42%	4.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
18	220	89	Jul 17	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(5-6)	5	8.0	9	3	3	3	3	0	0	3.18	3.45	36	10	15	3	1	5	52			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.64	-0.062	2.20	-0.13%	0.56	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
19	221	95	Jul 22(2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-11	CG(8)	L(5-7)	4	8.0	12	11	6	3	5	2	0	3.42	3.59	40	8	12	0	2	12	26			1	0	1	36	0	0	0	0	0	2	.48	-0.265	1.89	-0.62%	-7.37	1b start tie	8b 3 out d11
20	222	101	Jul 28	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	GS-6		5	6.0	7	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.33	3.50	24	11	4	0	0	7	56			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	1	0	0	.99	0.211	3.56	0.46%	1.93	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
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
21	223	105	Aug 1(1)	CHW		PHA	W,6-5	8-GF	S(2)	3	1.1	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.29	3.47	6	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.54	0.164	6.46	0.18%	-0.02	8t 1-3 2 out a2	9t end a 1
22	224	108	Aug 4	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	GS-9		2	8.1	7	5	5	3	6	1	0	3.43	3.48	34	8	10	1	1	7	52			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.447	1.49	-0.57%	-1.54	1t start tie	9t --3 1 out tie
23	225	110	Aug 6	CHW		WSH	W,10-5	9-GF	S(3)	1	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.40	3.48	5	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.006	.61	0.01%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 5
24	226	112	Aug 8(1)	CHW		WSH	L,6-7	GS-2		1	1.2	2	3	3	1	0	1	0	3.56	3.58	9	3	3	0	1	2	38			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.233	2.23	-0.33%	-2.34	1t start tie	2t -2- 2 out d3
25	227	118	Aug 15(1)	CHW		DET	L,1-2	9-9		6	0.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.54	3.62	4	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.87	0.006	.91	0.00%	0.06	9t --- 0 out d1	9t 12- 2 out d1
26	228	120	Aug 17(1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,2-0	GS-8	W(6-7)	1	7.2	6	0	0	3	8	0	0	3.35	3.51	31	7	7	0	1	6	72			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.434	.60	0.11%	3.05	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a2
27	229	126	Aug 22	CHW	@	DET	L,4-7	GS-2	L(6-8)	4	1.2	5	4	3	1	1	0	0	3.50	3.50	9	1	1	1	0	5	31			0	1	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.22	-0.278	1.04	-0.14%	-2.38	1b start a 1	2b -2- 2 out d1
28	230	128	Aug 25	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	W(7-8)	2	9.0	6	2	2	1	10	0	0	3.41	3.33	35	11	8	0	2	5	76			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	0	.37	0.123	.30	0.06%	2.01	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
29	231	132	Aug 28	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2	7-7	H(1)	2	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.39	3.31	5	1	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.03	0.028	2.38	0.01%	-0.15	7b 1-- 0 out a2	7b 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
30	232	134	Sep 1(1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-7	GS-2	L(7-9)	3	1.2	2	2	2	5	1	0	0	3.47	3.38	12	3	1	0	0	2	39			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.03	-0.163	.11	-0.01%	-1.75	1b start tie	2b 123 2 out d2
31	233	138	Sep 5	CHW		CLE	L,2-8	GS-4	L(7-10)	3	3.0	6	5	3	5	4	0	0	3.57	3.41	21	4	2	0	1	6	30			1	0	0	14	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.30	-0.242	.14	-0.02%	-2.52	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out d2
32	234	143	Sep 10	CHW		NYY	L,3-6	6-8		4	2.2	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.51	3.40	12	3	1	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.058	.00	0.00%	2.53	6t 123 1 out d4	8t 3 out d4
33	235	146	Sep 12(2)	CHW		BOS	W,7-5	GS-8		1	7.2	5	4	4	3	3	0	0	3.57	3.37	30	11	8	1	0	5	53			0	0	0	26	2	2	0	1	1	0	1.19	0.150	.00	0.00%	-0.20	1t start tie	8t --- 2 out a1
34	236	149	Sep 18	CHW		BAL	W,6-2	CG	W(8-10)	5	9.0	6	2	2	2	7	1	0	3.49	3.35	35	6	14	1	4	6	72			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.322	.00	0.00%	2.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
35	237	152	Sep 21	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-7	8-9	H(2)	2	1.2	2	3	3	2	2	0	1	3.61	3.37	10	0	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.046	.00	0.00%	-2.36	8b --- 0 out a2	9b -2- 2 out a2
36	238	155	Sep 25	CHW	@	BAL	W,11-0	SHO	W(9-10)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	7	0	0	3.43	3.28	34	8	12	1	1	5	82			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.162	.00	0.00%	3.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out a11
							18-17		W-L:9-10,Sv:3,BSv:1,Hld:2	3.1	188.2	179	85	72	86	148	15	3	3.43	3.28	819	0.79		5%	8%	171	54	12	33%	6	7	1	719	25	8	5	13	4	10	1.05	0.369	2.91	-0.36%	3.79

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