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: 23-15 / in Starts: 14-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 5

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 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	445	4	Apr 19	CHW		WSA	L,2-7	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	4.0	4	4	3	3	2	0	0	6.75	3.82	19	7	3	0	2	4	39			0	1	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.253	2.01	-0.27%	-2.00	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
2	446	8	Apr 23(1)	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	GS-7	L(0-2)	3	7.0	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	5.73	3.12	29	7	11	0	2	9	43			0	0	0	25	2	1	0	1	1	0	1.14	-0.150	1.88	-0.15%	-0.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
3	447	12	Apr 29	CHW	@	KCA	L,9-13	GS-2		5	2.0	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	6.23	4.11	10	4	1	0	0	3	42			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.083	1.73	-0.11%	-0.98	1b start a 3	2b 3 out a1
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	448	18	May 6	CHW		DET	L,8-11	GS-1		6	0.1	2	5	5	3	1	0	0	9.45	4.60	6	0	0	0	0	2	25			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	-0.261	2.38	-0.24%	-3.07	1t start tie	1t 123 1 out d2
5	449	19	May 7(1)	CHW		DET	L,6-8	8-GF		0	2.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	8.80	4.92	7	2	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	-0.072	.60	-0.06%	0.00	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
6	450	24	May 13	CHW		KCA	W,10-1	GS-8	W(1-2)	5	8.0	8	1	0	3	5	0	0	5.79	4.07	33	9	8	0	2	8	66			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	3	0	1	.53	0.041	.46	0.02%	2.99	1t start tie	8t 3 out a9
7	451	29	May 18	CHW	@	LAA	W,6-4	GS-6		4	5.0	6	3	3	3	5	1	1	5.72	4.34	24	7	2	0	1	6	45			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.042	1.12	0.02%	0.40	1b start a 2	6b 1-- 0 out a2
8	452	32	May 21(1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	S(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.65	4.32	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.53	0.100	3.14	0.05%	0.24	10b 1-- 2 out a1	10b end a 1
9	453	35	May 23	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS-6	L(1-3)	1	6.0	8	3	3	2	12	2	0	5.45	4.25	28	3	3	1	0	8	54			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.096	.49	-0.04%	-0.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
10	454	39	May 28(1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,14-9	8-GF	S(2)	4	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.15	4.05	7	1	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.146	.37	0.04%	0.97	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 5
11	455	42	May 30(2)	CHW		BAL	L,1-2	CG	L(1-4)	1	9.0	8	2	2	1	3	1	0	4.53	3.98	32	11	9	0	3	8	65			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	3	0	0	.66	0.126	.19	0.02%	2.49	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
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	456	46	Jun 4	CHW		NYY	L,1-10	GS-1	L(1-5)	4	0.2	1	4	0	3	0	0	0	4.47	4.15	7	2	2	2	0	0	39			0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.35	-0.325	.28	-0.04%	-3.82	1t start tie	1t -2- 2 out d4
13	457	53	Jun 11(2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	W(2-5)	6	9.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.90	3.80	32	10	11	0	6	6	74			0	0	1	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.28	0.121	.02	0.01%	3.40	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a6
14	458	59	Jun 15	CHW		LAA	W,3-2	GS-8	W(3-5)	3	8.0	4	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.69	3.70	30	7	13	2	2	4	66			0	1	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	0	.86	0.101	.17	0.01%	1.99	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
15	459	64	Jun 20	CHW		CLE	W,5-3	GS-5		4	4.2	9	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.84	3.57	24	3	9	0	2	8	36			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.053	.26	-0.01%	-0.94	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out a2
16	460	69	Jun 25(1)	CHW		WSA	W,7-3	CG	W(4-5)	4	9.0	8	3	3	2	10	0	0	3.74	3.28	36	7	9	0	1	8	67			0	1	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	1	.74	0.382	.37	0.12%	1.49	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
17	461	71	Jun 27(1)	CHW	@	DET	W,6-5	8-8	H(1)	1	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.71	3.28	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	0.075	1.64	0.04%	0.29	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 1-- 2 out a1
18	462	75	Jun 30	CHW	@	LAA	L,3-10	GS-3	L(4-6)	2	3.0	5	4	3	0	2	1	0	3.90	3.37	15	6	2	0	0	5	37			0	0	0	14	1	1	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.252	.75	-0.12%	-2.32	1b start a 1	3b 3 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
19	463	79	Jul 4(1)	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-6	GS-9		3	8.1	7	3	3	2	1	2	0	3.84	3.63	31	11	10	0	1	7	56			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.319	.39	0.07%	2.26	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out a2
20	464	82	Jul 6	CHW	@	KCA	W,4-3	9-9	H(2)	1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.83	3.63	2	0	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.01	-0.066	.46	-0.01%	-0.69	9b -23 0 out a3	9b -2- 1 out a1
21	465	85	Jul 9(1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-5	GS-3		2	3.0	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.80	3.59	14	5	4	0	1	5	43			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	-0.081	.08	0.00%	-0.52	1b start a 1	3b 3 out d1
22	466	90	Jul 16(1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	GS-7		6	6.0	5	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.84	3.55	25	9	7	1	1	5	50			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.223	.09	-0.01%	-0.93	1t start tie	7t --3 0 out d2
23	467	96	Jul 22(2)	CHW		BAL	W,11-4	GS-7	W(5-6)	5	6.1	8	4	4	4	6	1	0	3.96	3.62	31	6	7	0	2	8	43			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.103	.06	0.01%	-0.08	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out a7
24	468	101	Jul 27	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-7	L(5-7)	4	7.0	9	4	3	1	5	0	0	3.95	3.49	32	8	11	0	0	7	49			0	0	0	30	3	1	0	0	1	1	.48	-0.194	.01	0.00%	-0.62	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
25	469	104	Jul 30(2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-9	7-8	H(3)	2	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.99	3.48	5	2	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	-0.015	.01	0.00%	-0.25	7b -2- 0 out a2	8b 1-- 0 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
26	470	106	Aug 2(2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-4	6-GF	S(3)	2	4.0	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.93	3.54	17	5	6	0	2	5		0	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.055	.01	0.00%	0.97	6b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 4
27	471	110	Aug 6(2)	CHW		WSA	W,3-2	CG	W(6-7)	3	9.0	8	2	2	3	3	1	0	3.80	3.60	36	10	12	0	3	8	63			1	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.100	.01	0.00%	2.49	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
28	472	114	Aug 11	CHW		KCA	W,1-0	SHO	W(7-7)	4	9.0	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	3.54	3.44	30	9	11	0	2	4	83			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	0.743	.00	0.00%	4.49	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
29	473	118	Aug 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-3		4	2.2	5	4	4	1	1	2	0	3.74	3.62	14	4	3	0	0	5	32			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.255	.00	0.00%	-3.04	1b start tie	3b 1-3 2 out d4
30	474	122	Aug 20(1)	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-3	GS-5		3	4.0	7	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.76	3.58	17	6	3	0	2	7	41			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	3	0	1	1.00	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-0.31	1b start tie	5b 1-3 0 out tie
31	475	129	Aug 27(1)	CHW		CLE	W,10-6	GS-6		6	5.1	5	3	3	0	4	1	0	3.80	3.58	21	5	7	0	3	5	50			0	0	0	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.198	.00	0.00%	-0.95	1t start tie	6t --3 1 out d1
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
32	476	135	Sep 1(2)	CHW	@	WSA	L,1-5	GS-6	L(7-8)	4	6.0	8	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.77	3.53	26	4	11	0	2	8	49			0	1	0	22	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.08	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.87	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
33	477	137	Sep 3(1)	CHW	@	WSA	W,5-4	8-8	W(8-8)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.76	3.53	2	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.042	.00	0.00%	0.66	8b -2- 1 out d1	8b 3 out d1
34	478	141	Sep 5	CHW	@	MIN	T,3-3	GS-8		1	7.0	5	3	3	5	3	1	0	3.76	3.62	32	8	11	1	4	5	53			0	0	0	27	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.35	0.070	.00	0.00%	1.74	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a1
35	479	144	Sep 8	CHW	@	LAA	W,5-3	8-GF(10)	W(9-8)	2	3.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.69	3.61	12	4	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.10	0.367	.00	0.00%	1.68	8b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 2
36	480	147	Sep 12	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	GS-1	L(9-9)	3	1.0	4	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.83	3.58	8	0	0	0	0	4	35			0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.238	.00	0.00%	-2.50	1t start tie	1t 3 out d3
37	481	148	Sep 14(1)	CHW		NYY	W,8-3	8-9	H(4)	1	1.1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.80	3.57	7	1	1	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.069	.00	0.00%	0.08	8t 12- 0 out a4	9t 12- 1 out a5
38	482	153	Sep 17(2)	CHW		LAA	W,4-3	GS-8		2	7.2	6	3	3	3	6	0	0	3.79	3.51	30	5	10	0	5	6	58			0	1	0	25	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.55	0.305	.00	0.00%	2.39	1t start tie	8t -23 2 out a1
39	483	157	Sep 24(1)	CHW		BAL	W,8-7	3-9	W(10-9)	6	6.2	8	3	3	1	2	1	0	3.80	3.54	29	11	7	0	1	8		0	0	0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.230	.00	0.00%	0.39	3t --- 0 out a1	9t --- 2 out a1
							23-15		W-L:10-9,Sv:3,Hld:4	3.2	180.0	190	85	76	54	106	17	1	3.80	3.54	764	0.92		2%	12%	185	50	7	57%	2	7	1	691	32	7	3	15	5	9	.97	0.666	.34	-0.66%	8.67

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