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: 17-16 / in Starts: 16-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1959 Pitching Game Log

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1959 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	379	1	Apr 10	CHW	@	DET	W,9-7	GS-5		99	5.0	7	4	4	1	1	1	0	7.20	5.34	23	7	7	0	0	7	37			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.273	2.36	-0.40%	-1.42	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
2	380	4	Apr 14	CHW		KCA	W,2-0	SHO	W(1-0)	3	9.0	6	0	0	0	3	0	1	2.57	3.33	32	13	9	1	0	6	78			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.552	3.34	1.01%	4.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
3	381	9	Apr 21	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-8	GS-2	L(1-1)	6	2.0	4	5	3	2	1	0	0	3.94	3.48	13	2	4	1	0	4	31			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	-0.310	2.72	-0.51%	-4.00	1b start tie	2b 3 out d5
4	382	14	Apr 26(2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	8	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.24	3.06	36	10	13	0	3	7	65			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.378	3.67	0.76%	2.26	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
5	383	16	Apr 30	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG(11)	W(3-1)	3	11.0	9	3	3	2	4	0	0	3.00	2.85	44	14	17	2	0	7	69			0	0	0	41	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.65	0.462	5.16	0.87%	2.32	1t start tie	11t 3 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	384	20	May 5	CHW		WSH	L,3-8	GS-3	L(3-2)	4	3.0	5	3	3	2	1	1	0	3.46	3.26	16	3	5	1	0	5	36			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.172	2.35	-0.32%	-1.55	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
7	385	24	May 10(1)	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG(11)	W(4-2)	4	11.0	13	4	4	3	5	0	0	3.42	3.08	49	13	15	2	0	13	57			1	0	0	45	4	0	0	1	1	1	1.48	-0.009	4.04	-0.02%	1.32	1t start tie	11t 3 out d1
8	386	29	May 15	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-0	SHO	W(5-2)	4	9.0	6	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.90	2.87	33	9	10	1	0	5	80			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.371	2.72	0.82%	4.21	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
9	387	34	May 19	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-6	L(5-3)	3	6.0	3	2	2	4	2	1	0	2.91	3.16	25	7	9	0	0	3	56			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.004	3.00	-0.01%	0.84	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
10	388	38	May 24	CHW	@	KCA	L,6-8	GS-2	L(5-4)	4	1.2	7	7	7	2	1	0	0	3.78	3.20	13	2	1	0	0	7	12			0	1	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.364	5.20	-0.98%	-4.44	1b start tie	2b 12- 2 out d4
11	389	42	May 30(1)	CHW		DET	L,2-4	GS-5	L(5-5)	5	5.0	7	4	4	0	1	1	1	4.02	3.35	23	4	10	0	0	7	38			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.204	3.27	-0.53%	-1.58	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
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	390	47	Jun 3	CHW		BAL	W,6-1	CG	W(6-5)	3	9.0	8	1	1	2	3	1	0	3.68	3.42	36	11	12	0	0	8	68			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.360	3.61	0.83%	3.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
13	391	52	Jun 7(2)	CHW		BOS	L,2-4	GS-5	L(6-6)	3	4.1	8	4	4	3	5	0	0	3.92	3.37	23	6	2	0	0	7	33			0	0	0	20	2	1	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.242	3.31	-0.64%	-2.48	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d4
14	392	55	Jun 11	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	W(7-6)	3	9.0	1	1	1	5	6	0	0	3.64	3.32	33	10	11	0	0	1	82			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.508	5.59	1.26%	3.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
15	393	59	Jun 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS-7	L(7-7)	4	7.0	7	4	4	3	3	0	1	3.74	3.33	31	10	9	1	1	5	47			0	0	1	26	2	1	1	1	1	1	1.19	-0.145	5.77	-0.42%	-0.73	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d3
16	394	64	Jun 21	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	W(8-7)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	5	1	0	3.60	3.34	34	11	10	2	0	6	70			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.57	0.506	5.39	1.04%	2.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
17	395	68	Jun 26	CHW		NYY	L,4-8	GS-6	L(8-8)	4	5.1	8	6	6	4	3	2	0	3.90	3.58	27	6	6	1	0	8	27			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.330	5.31	-0.91%	-2.61	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d3
18	396	72	Jun 30	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-3	GS-7	L(8-9)	3	7.0	6	3	3	0	4	2	0	3.90	3.67	27	11	6	0	0	6	57			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.073	4.79	-0.27%	0.31	1b start tie	7b 3 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	397	77	Jul 4(2)	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-8	GS-3	L(8-10)	3	2.1	8	5	5	1	2	1	0	4.19	3.75	16	3	2	0	0	8	22			1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.277	3.75	-0.79%	-3.69	1b start tie	3b 1-3 1 out d4
20	398	79	Jul 9	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	CG	W(9-10)	4	9.0	5	3	1	2	5	1	0	3.97	3.73	34	13	9	3	0	5	72			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.33	0.350	8.89	1.41%	1.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
21	399	84	Jul 14	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-3	GS-9	W(10-10)	4	8.1	10	3	3	2	4	2	0	3.93	3.83	34	7	11	0	0	10	53			0	1	1	32	2	1	0	2	0	0	.96	0.191	5.35	0.64%	1.04	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 1 out a4
22	400	90	Jul 19(2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-6	GS-4	L(10-11)	4	4.0	5	5	4	1	4	1	0	4.07	3.85	19	6	5	1	0	3	37			0	0	0	18	1	1	0	0	0	1	.68	-0.249	4.38	-0.96%	-3.13	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
23	401	93	Jul 24	CHW		BAL	W,2-1	CG	W(11-11)	4	9.0	7	1	1	4	5	1	0	3.89	3.87	36	6	14	1	0	7	70			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.419	7.39	1.65%	3.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
24	402	97	Jul 28	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	W(12-11)	3	9.0	10	3	2	0	8	0	0	3.79	3.70	37	13	6	0	0	10	65			0	1	0	36	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.42	0.474	9.12	1.82%	1.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
25	403	102	Aug 2(1)	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	6	2	2	3	5	1	0	3.72	3.72	30	9	8	1	0	5	64			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	3	0	0	.99	0.165	6.05	0.60%	1.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
26	404	107	Aug 6	CHW	@	BAL	T,1-1	GS-16		3	16.0	11	1	1	3	7	0	0	3.45	3.59	61	27	13	1	0	11	100			0	0	0	57	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.87	1.332	11.87	5.07%	6.57	1b start tie	16b 3 out tie
27	405	111	Aug 11	CHW	@	DET	L,1-8	GS-4	L(12-12)	4	4.0	4	5	5	2	0	2	0	3.61	3.74	18	5	7	1	2	4	32			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.280	2.84	-0.98%	-2.93	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
28	406	115	Aug 15	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-2	GS-3	L(12-13)	3	2.1	2	1	0	1	4	0	0	3.57	3.70	11	2	2	1	0	2	54			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.35	0.006	7.27	0.02%	0.23	1b start tie	3b --- 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
29	407	138	Sep 7(1)	CHW		KCA	W,2-1	GS-7	W(13-13)	22	7.0	5	1	1	1	2	1	0	3.49	3.72	26	12	6	0	0	5	64			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.333	4.52	0.82%	2.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
30	408	143	Sep 11(1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(13-14)	3	8.0	10	3	3	1	3	2	0	3.48	3.78	33	7	13	0	0	9	52			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.005	2.43	-0.01%	0.79	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
31	409	146	Sep 13	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-1	8-9	H(1)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.47	3.76	4	1	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.60	0.164	10.29	0.39%	0.90	8b 12- 1 out a2	9b 1-- 1 out a2
32	410	148	Sep 15	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-7	W(14-14)	1	7.0	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	3.44	3.77	24	9	10	1	0	3	65			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	.60	0.077	1.37	0.11%	1.27	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
33	411	152	Sep 20	CHW		DET	L,4-5	GS-5	L(14-15)	4	4.2	6	5	4	2	2	2	0	3.53	3.87	22	6	6	1	0	6	34			0	0	0	20	1	0	1	0	0	0	.89	-0.310	1.05	-0.22%	-2.68	1t start tie	5t --- 2 out d3
34	412	154	Sep 25	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	GS-2		4	2.0	5	3	3	0	1	1	0	3.62	3.90	11	2	3	2	0	5	35			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.206	.00	0.00%	-1.97	1b start tie	2b 3 out tie
							17-16		W-L:14-15,Hld:1	3.5	224.0	217	98	90	62	114	26	3	3.62	3.90	934	1.02		5%	1%	206	53	2	0%	4	4	2	858	38	6	4	19	3	11	1.13	3.195	5.02	11.15%	12.78

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