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: 18-20 / in Starts: 6-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 19

1963 Pitching Game Log

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1963 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	514	6	Apr 16	SFG		HOU	W,7-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	0	0	3	6	0	0	0.00	2.15	35	7	13	1	0	6	78			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.21	0.128	.56	0.21%	3.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
2	515	10	Apr 20	SFG		CHC	L,0-4	GS-5	L(1-1)	3	4.0	5	4	3	2	2	0	0	2.08	2.40	21	8	4	0	1	5	38			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.32	-0.167	4.27	-0.32%	-1.65	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out d2
3	516	15	Apr 24	SFG		STL	L,3-4	GS-6	L(1-2)	3	5.1	5	4	4	2	3	0	0	3.44	2.42	23	4	9	0	1	5	43			0	0	0	20	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.09	-0.336	3.36	-0.62%	-2.59	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out d3
4	517	18	Apr 27	SFG		MLN	L,5-6	9-9		2	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.44	2.42	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.75	-0.283	10.28	-0.47%	-0.86	9t 1-- 1 out a1	9t -23 1 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
5	518	26	May 5(2)	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-4	GS-4	L(1-3)	7	3.0	5	3	3	1	3	1	0	4.22	2.90	15	3	3	0	0	5	39			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.205	1.97	-0.42%	-2.09	1b start tie	4b 1-- 0 out d3
6	519	30	May 10	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.03	2.88	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.022	1.30	0.06%	0.39	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
7	520	32	May 12	SFG	@	LAD	L,5-6	8-GF(8)	BS(1)	1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.91	2.87	3	1	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.39	-0.402	13.53	-0.96%	-0.92	8b 1-3 1 out a1	8b end d 1
8	521	33	May 14	SFG		PIT	W,3-1	9-9		1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.91	2.87	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.91	-0.075	7.46	-0.18%	-0.37	9t 1-- 1 out a2	9t 12- 1 out a2
9	522	36	May 17	SFG		NYM	W,4-3	GS-6		2	5.2	4	2	1	1	7	0	0	3.45	2.41	22	6	4	1	1	4	61			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.054	4.20	0.14%	0.13	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a1
10	523	39	May 19(2)	SFG		PHI	W,6-5	8-8	H(1)	1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.34	2.41	3	0	1	1	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.53	0.200	10.71	0.51%	0.78	8t 1-- 0 out a1	8t 3 out a1
11	524	44	May 26	SFG		LAD	L,3-4	8-8		6	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.30	2.51	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.31	0.146	25.21	0.51%	0.60	8t -23 1 out tie	8t 123 2 out tie
12	525	46	May 29	SFG	@	CIN	W,5-4	8-GF	S(1)	2	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.13	2.45	6	3	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.26	0.249	10.81	0.72%	0.67	8b --- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
13	526	48	May 31	SFG	@	STL	L,5-6	9-GF		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.09	2.45	1	0	1	0	1	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.63	-0.065	15.38	-0.23%	0.42	9b 123 0 out tie	9b end d 1
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
14	527	54	Jun 6	SFG	@	CHC	L,2-3	10-GF(10)	L(1-4)	5	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.38	2.85	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.21	-0.373	10.97	-1.11%	-1.00	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
15	528	58	Jun 10	SFG	@	LAD	W,7-3	GS-6		3	5.2	8	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.58	2.82	28	9	11	4	0	1	42			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.51	-0.216	5.77	-0.49%	-1.04	1b start a 2	6b 12- 2 out tie
16	529	62	Jun 14	SFG		HOU	W,2-1	9-GF	S(2)	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.52	2.82	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.20	0.155	12.80	0.37%	0.46	9t 1-- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
17	530	65	Jun 16(2)	SFG		HOU	W,4-3	9-9	H(2)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.46	2.81	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.40	0.296	27.27	0.76%	0.90	9t 123 0 out a2	9t --3 2 out a1
18	531	68	Jun 19	SFG		LAD	W,8-3	8-GF	S(3)	2	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.35	2.70	5	2	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.040	1.95	0.13%	0.81	8t 12- 2 out a3	9t end a 5
19	532	72	Jun 24	SFG	@	STL	W,4-3	7-GF	S(4)	4	2.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.16	2.60	7	4	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	0.398	13.37	1.36%	1.24	7b -2- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
20	533	74	Jun 26	SFG	@	STL	L,5-6	7-9	L(1-5)	1	1.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.27	2.59	7	3	1	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.65	-0.115	14.32	-0.37%	-0.40	7b 1-3 2 out tie	9b 1-3 0 out tie
21	534	77	Jun 30	SFG		CIN	W,7-3	CG	W(2-5)	3	9.0	8	3	3	2	1	1	0	3.23	2.89	37	10	17	1	1	7	58			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.298	3.69	0.76%	0.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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
22	535	83	Jul 6	SFG		STL	W,5-3	CG	W(3-5)	5	9.0	4	3	3	0	3	2	0	3.19	3.16	31	13	11	0	1	4	70			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.048	4.35	0.12%	0.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
23	536	89	Jul 13	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-5	L(3-6)	6	4.2	7	4	4	1	1	2	1	3.51	3.56	23	4	9	0	3	7	34			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.259	2.40	-0.50%	-2.19	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d3
24	537	92	Jul 16(1)	SFG	@	PIT	W,3-2	9-GF	S(5)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.49	3.55	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.39	0.156	14.70	0.22%	0.40	9b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
25	538	96	Jul 19	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-5	GS-5	L(3-7)	2	4.0	7	4	4	1	2	2	0	3.80	3.85	20	4	6	0	0	7	33			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.248	1.21	-0.27%	-2.26	1b start tie	5b --- 0 out d3
26	539	101	Jul 25	SFG		NYM	W,8-6	GS-4		5	3.0	4	3	3	0	2	0	0	4.01	3.74	13	3	4	0	0	4	41			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.187	1.27	-0.18%	-2.07	1t start tie	4t 1-3 0 out a2
27	540	105	Jul 29	SFG		PIT	W,5-4	7-GF	S(6)	3	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	3.69	11	2	7	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	0.341	6.59	0.74%	1.26	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
28	541	107	Jul 31	SFG		PHI	L,3-7	14-GF(14)		1	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.84	3.72	3	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.001	.18	0.00%	0.09	14t --- 2 out d4	14t end d 4
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
29	542	119	Aug 14	SFG	@	CIN	W,7-6	3-6		13	4.0	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.65	3.54	14	5	1	1	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.206	4.00	0.60%	3.08	3b 1-3 0 out d3	6b 3 out tie
30	543	122	Aug 17	SFG	@	STL	L,7-8	9-GF(10)	L(3-8)	2	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.72	3.52	5	2	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.93	-0.309	15.94	-1.01%	-0.53	9b 1-- 2 out tie	10b end d 1
31	544	124	Aug 20	SFG		MLN	L,1-6	GS-7	L(3-9)	2	6.0	7	3	3	1	4	0	0	3.77	3.40	25	6	7	0	0	7	49			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	-0.027	3.23	-0.04%	0.56	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out tie
32	545	129	Aug 25	SFG		CIN	L,7-8	GS-6		4	5.0	6	4	4	0	0	1	0	3.95	3.49	19	7	6	0	0	6	39			0	0	0	19	1	1	0	2	0	0	.71	-0.177	2.31	-0.35%	-1.81	1t start tie	6t --3 0 out a2
33	546	133	Aug 29	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-11	2-3	L(3-10)	3	1.2	7	5	5	1	0	1	0	4.36	3.64	13	3	9	3	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.317	6.84	-1.10%	-4.24	2b 1-- 0 out tie	3b 12- 2 out d5
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	547	144	Sep 8	SFG		LAD	W,5-4	6-6		9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.31	3.62	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.047	.04	0.00%	0.42	6t --- 0 out d1	6t 3 out d1
35	548	146	Sep 11	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-4	2-4		2	2.1	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.21	3.52	11	1	2	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.038	.00	0.00%	1.24	2b 12- 2 out d4	4b 3 out d4
36	549	148	Sep 13	SFG	@	PIT	L,4-5	6-6		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.20	3.51	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.036	.00	0.00%	0.40	6b 12- 2 out d1	6b 3 out d1
37	550	149	Sep 14	SFG	@	PIT	W,7-3	9-GF	S(7)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.18	3.51	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.40	9b 12- 2 out a4	9b end a 4
38	551	158	Sep 25	SFG		PHI	L,4-6	7-7	BL(3-11)	10	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.27	3.64	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.57	-0.403	.00	0.00%	-2.04	7t 12- 0 out a2	7t --- 0 out d1
							18-20		W-L:3-11,Sv:7,BSv:2,Hld:2	2.9	99.0	106	49	47	20	52	12	1	4.27	3.64	419	0.83		5%	5%	91	48	33	18%	0	0	0	389	10	2	1	5	1	4	1.10	-1.293	4.21	-1.42%	-6.49

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