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: 12-22 / in Starts: 1-0

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 13, Entered with runners on base: 18

1964 Pitching Game Log

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1964 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	552	4	Apr 17	SFG		STL	W,5-4	3-6		99	3.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.88	14	6	5	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	1	.54	0.117	1.27	0.16%	2.24	3t 12- 1 out d3	6t 3 out d3
2	553	6	Apr 19	SFG		CIN	W,13-6	6-6	W(1-0)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.82	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.021	.66	0.03%	0.46	6t --- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d3
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
3	554	12	May 1	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-7	6-6		11	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.98	3	0	1	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.72	-0.072	2.14	-0.13%	-1.18	6b 12- 1 out d2	6b 3 out d4
4	555	15	May 4	SFG		HOU	W,3-2	7-8		2	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	2.32	4	1	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.11	0.347	6.85	0.68%	1.98	7t 123 1 out tie	8t 3 out tie
5	556	21	May 10	SFG		LAD	L,1-9	8-8		5	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.36	6	3	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.06	-0.005	.22	-0.01%	-1.54	8t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d8
6	557	24	May 13	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.38	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.024	1.23	0.05%	0.42	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
7	558	25	May 14	SFG	@	HOU	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.21	5	4	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.86	-0.194	10.46	-0.43%	-0.21	8b 1-- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
8	559	30	May 18	SFG		NYM	L,2-4	8-8	BS(1)	3	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	1.80	3.51	2	0	1	1	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.54	-0.554	9.06	-1.18%	-2.78	8t 12- 1 out a1	8t -2- 1 out d2
9	560	32	May 20	SFG		PHI	L,2-7	7-GF		1	3.0	4	1	1	0	2	1	0	2.08	3.99	13	5	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.002	.33	-0.01%	0.37	7t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
10	561	36	May 24(1)	SFG		PIT	L,0-3	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	3.89	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.007	.31	0.02%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
11	562	37	May 24(2)	SFG		PIT	L,3-5	7-9		-1	2.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.65	3.65	10	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.49	0.055	1.74	0.12%	0.89	7t --- 0 out d2	9t 1-- 1 out d2
12	563	39	May 28	SFG	@	STL	W,2-1	8-8		3	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.65	3.83	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.74	-0.076	18.44	-0.18%	-0.33	8b 12- 2 out a1	8b 123 2 out a1
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
13	564	47	Jun 5	SFG	@	PHI	W,5-3	8-8		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.56	3.64	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.100	6.27	0.28%	0.44	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out tie
14	565	49	Jun 7	SFG	@	PHI	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	S(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.53	3.79	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.37	0.152	33.92	0.48%	0.34	10b --3 2 out a1	10b end a 1
15	566	53	Jun 11	SFG		MLN	L,5-6	7-7		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	3.77	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.027	4.71	0.07%	0.41	7t 12- 2 out d2	7t 3 out d2
16	567	58	Jun 16	SFG		CIN	L,4-9	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.42	3.87	4	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.14	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
17	568	60	Jun 18	SFG	@	STL	L,6-7	6-6		1	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	3.74	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.020	2.25	-0.05%	-0.41	6b --- 0 out d2	6b 12- 1 out d2
18	569	64	Jun 22	SFG	@	CIN	W,6-2	6-GF	S(2)	3	4.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.16	3.42	16	6	6	0	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.140	3.08	0.39%	1.85	6b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 4
19	570	68	Jun 25	SFG		LAD	W,2-1	6-7		2	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.48	3.84	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.134	5.32	-0.38%	-0.54	6t --- 0 out tie	7t --- 0 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
20	571	77	Jul 4	SFG		PHI	L,2-5	6-6	BS(2)	8	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.80	3.85	5	0	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.175	9.18	-0.84%	-1.01	6t --- 0 out a1	6t 1-3 2 out tie
21	572	86	Jul 14	SFG	@	MLN	L,7-8	6-7		9	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.69	3.81	4	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.024	1.24	0.09%	1.31	6b 12- 1 out d4	7b 3 out d3
22	573	89	Jul 17	SFG		HOU	L,2-5	7-8		2	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.59	3.66	6	1	4	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	.71	0.023	3.88	0.08%	0.81	7t -23 1 out d1	8t 3 out d2
23	574	92	Jul 19(2)	SFG		HOU	W,1-0	9-GF	S(3)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.57	3.58	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.84	0.157	31.18	0.50%	0.47	9t 1-3 2 out a1	9t end a 1
24	575	93	Jul 20	SFG		CHC	L,4-6	9-9		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	3.57	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.007	5.22	0.02%	0.19	9t 1-- 0 out d1	9t -2- 1 out d1
25	576	95	Jul 22	SFG		CHC	W,7-3	6-GF	W(2-0)	1	4.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.36	3.27	13	5	5	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.219	6.20	0.70%	1.83	6t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 4
26	577	102	Jul 30	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-4	10-GF(10)	BS(3)	7	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	3.27	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.85	-0.270	50.37	-1.39%	-1.65	10b 123 0 out a1	10b end d 1
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
27	578	104	Aug 1	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-6	4-4		1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	3.27	2	1	1	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.075	2.85	-0.27%	-1.60	4b 12- 2 out d3	4b 3 out d5
28	579	113	Aug 11	SFG	@	STL	W,6-3	9-GF	S(4)	9	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	3.25	2	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.043	4.68	0.15%	0.51	9b 1-- 1 out a3	9b end a 3
29	580	118	Aug 16(2)	SFG		MLN	L,2-10	8-GF		4	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	1.75	3.16	9	4	4	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	.02	-0.003	.07	-0.01%	-1.09	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 8
30	581	120	Aug 19	SFG		CIN	L,1-7	2-3		2	1.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.91	3.48	6	1	4	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.004	2.25	0.01%	0.32	2t 12- 1 out d3	3t 3 out d4
31	582	122	Aug 21	SFG		STL	L,5-6	9-GF		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	3.47	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.029	2.01	0.03%	0.34	9t --3 2 out d1	9t end d 1
32	583	132	Aug 30(2)	SFG	@	MLN	L,4-7	8-8	H(1)	8	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.88	3.41	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.44	0.046	7.95	0.06%	0.18	8b 1-- 1 out a1	8b -2- 2 out a1
Sep/Oct				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
33	584	142	Sep 10	SFG		LAD	W,5-1	GS-8	W(3-0)	10	7.2	6	1	1	1	3	1	0	1.76	3.50	31	16	10	2	0	1	65			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	.83	0.276	2.08	0.42%	2.25	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a4
34	585	161	Oct 3	SFG		CHC	L,7-10	7-GF		22	3.0	4	3	3	0	2	1	0	2.20	3.63	12	5	4	3	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.31	-0.075	.35	-0.05%	-1.63	7t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 5
							12-22		W-L:3-0,Sv:4,BSv:3,Hld:1	3.1	49.0	40	14	12	10	29	6	0	2.20	3.63	195	1.25		8%	3%	13	65	32	31%	1	2	0	180	6	1	1	5	2	4	.85	0.164	3.53	-0.60%	4.55

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