Bill Piercy

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 170lb (185cm, 77kg)

Born: May 2, 1896 in El Monte, CA us

Died: August 28, 1951 in Long Beach, CA

Buried: Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Debut: October 3, 1917 (Age 21-154d, 4,657th in major league history)
vs. PHA 9.0 IP, 9 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: September 6, 1926 (Age 30-127d)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1921 season

Full Name: William Benton Piercy

Nicknames: Wild Bill

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.5

ERA

4.26

116

610.2

165

WHIP

1.546

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Team Record in Appearances: 5-24 / in Starts: 4-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 9

1922 Pitching Game Log

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1922 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	16	28	May 20	BOS		CLE	L,2-5	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	4	4	3	6	2	1	2	5.40	9.75	24	41	0	2	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.30	-0.23%
2	17	36	May 29(2)	BOS		WSH	W,9-8	GS-6		8	5.1	6	6	4	4	3	0	0	6.10	6.93	27	35	0	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	1	1	1.24	-0.26%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
3	18	47	Jun 9	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-8	3-6		10	4.0	6	3	2	4	0	0	0	5.65	6.71	20		0	0	0	15	1	0	0	2	0	0	.15	-0.03%
4	19	48	Jun 10	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-10	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.96	6.27	6		0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.00%
5	20	51	Jun 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG(8)	L(0-2)	2	8.0	10	5	4	3	2	0	0	4.81	5.45	38	43	0	1	1	32	1	0	0	0	0	2	.39	0.00%
6	21	57	Jun 19	BOS	@	DET	L,9-11	5-GF(8)		5	3.2	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.50	5.29	16		0	0	0	12	0	2	0	0	1	0	.06	-0.01%
7	22	63	Jun 24(2)	BOS		NYY	W,5-2	CG	W(1-2)	4	9.0	7	2	1	2	3	0	0	3.65	4.77	35	68	0	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	.63	0.13%
8	23	69	Jun 30	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	W(2-2)	5	9.0	6	1	1	3	1	0	0	3.13	4.61	36	69	0	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.35	0.08%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
9	24	73	Jul 4(2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(2-3)	3	8.0	5	2	1	2	2	0	1	2.83	4.48	32	66	1	0	0	28	1	1	0	1	0	1	.29	0.04%
10	25	77	Jul 8(2)	BOS		SLB	L,6-10	GS-4	L(2-4)	3	3.1	6	6	2	1	0	0	0	2.98	4.46	19	31	0	0	0	17	1	1	0	0	0	2	.24	-0.06%
11	26	80	Jul 11	BOS		CLE	L,0-2	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.93	4.49	5		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.00%
12	27	84	Jul 15	BOS		DET	L,0-2	8-GF		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.83	4.41	7		0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.00%
13	28	85	Jul 17	BOS		DET	L,7-16	2-6	L(2-5)	1	5.0	10	10	5	2	0	0	0	3.31	4.41	28		0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	2	.03	-0.01%
14	29	89	Jul 21	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	8-9		3	2.0	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	3.34	4.50	8		0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.00%
15	30	91	Jul 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-11	6-6		1	0.1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.46	4.47	4		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.00%
16	31	94	Jul 27	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	10-GF(10)		3	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.46	4.51	2		0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.03	0.00%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
17	32	100	Aug 3(1)	BOS	@	DET	L,0-7	GS-4	L(2-6)	6	3.2	5	6	5	6	1	0	1	3.91	4.71	22	24	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
18	33	105	Aug 7	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-7	7-GF(7)		3	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.98	4.73	5		1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
19	34	107	Aug 9	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-7	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.87	4.63	8		0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
20	35	108	Aug 11	BOS		WSH	L,4-5	9-9		1	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.87	4.63	2		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
21	36	114	Aug 19(1)	BOS		DET	L,1-5	9-GF		7	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.82	4.61	4		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
22	37	118	Aug 23	BOS		SLB	L,3-6	2-7		3	5.1	3	2	2	4	2	0	0	3.79	4.61	23		4	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
23	38	119	Aug 24	BOS		SLB	L,2-13	2-GF		0	7.1	10	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.78	4.53	31		1	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	1	.00	0.00%
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
24	39	126	Sep 2(2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-6)	8	9.0	7	0	0	3	1	0	0	3.43	4.47	36	71	1	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
25	40	132	Sep 7(2)	BOS		PHA	L,0-3	CG	L(3-7)	4	9.0	8	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.40	4.45	33	61				31	1	0	0		0
26	41	134	Sep 9(1)	BOS		PHA	L,1-3			1	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.45	4.47	5					3	0	0	0		0
27	42	137	Sep 11	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-12	GS-5	L(3-8)	1	4.2	13	9	9	5	0	0	0	4.03	4.55	31	-3	1	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
28	43	141	Sep 16	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-9	4-5		4	1.0	3	4	4	4	1	0	0	4.31	4.62	10		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
29	44	147	Sep 20(2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	L(3-9)	3	8.0	12	5	5	2	1	0	2	4.40	4.61	37	37				30	4	0	0		1
							5-24		W-L:3-9	3.1	120.2	140	77	59	62	27	2	6	4.40	4.61	554	45	9	8	1	460	21	6	1	5	4	12	.32	-0.34%

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