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: 11-18 / in Starts: 10-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 1

1923 Pitching Game Log

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1923 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	45	3	Apr 20	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	L(0-1)	99	8.1	12	4	3	3	6	0	0	3.24	2.68	39	48	0	1	0	36	1	1	0	0	0	1	5.17	-0.59%
2	46	6	Apr 24	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-7	GS-1	L(0-2)	3	0.2	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	3.00	3.37	6	38	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.01	-0.23%
May				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	47	15	May 4	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-7	2-6	L(0-3)	9	3.2	2	4	4	4	1	0	0	4.97	4.06	16		0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.74	-0.10%
4	48	20	May 13	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(0-4)	8	8.0	5	3	1	3	0	1	0	3.48	4.73	32	61	1	0	1	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.29	0.09%
5	49	23	May 19	BOS	@	DET	L,0-4	GS-7	L(0-5)	5	7.0	8	4	4	2	0	0	1	3.90	4.63	30	43	2	1	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.06	-0.09%
6	50	28	May 25	BOS		WSH	W,6-5	GS-7		5	7.0	7	4	3	3	3	0	1	3.89	4.48	30	49	0	0	0	22	1	1	0	1	2	0	.76	-0.06%
7	51	31	May 29	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-3	GS-	L(0-6)	3	7.0	8	3	0	1	3	0	1	3.24	4.24	30	57				27	0	0	0		1
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
8	52	37	Jun 4	BOS		CLE	L,5-6	9-GF	BL(0-7)	5	1.0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.38	4.21	6		0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	-0.32%
9	53	44	Jun 14	BOS		DET	L,1-4	GS-	L(0-8)	9	8.0	6	4	2	1	1	1	1	3.20	4.36	31	58				27	0	0	0		0
10	54	48	Jun 18(2)	BOS		SLB	L,0-9	GS-6	L(0-9)	3	6.0	7	5	4	3	2	0	0	3.49	4.31	26	39	0	0	1	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	.41	-0.05%
11	55	51	Jun 21	BOS		SLB	L,1-3	GS-8	L(0-10)	2	8.0	8	3	2	1	2	0	0	3.34	4.13	30	57	0	1	1	28	3	1	0	0	0	1	.33	-0.01%
12	56	54	Jun 25	BOS		NYY	L,6-14	GS-7	L(0-11)	3	7.0	11	9	4	5	3	0	0	3.52	4.15	38	27	1	0	0	32	2	1	0	0	1	1	.41	-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
13	57	59	Jul 1	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-8	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	4	4	2	0	1	1	3.96	4.44	8		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.02	0.00%
14	58	62	Jul 4(2)	BOS		PHA	W,8-1	GS-8	W(1-11)	2	7.2	8	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.70	4.29	31	60	0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.09	0.02%
15	59	68	Jul 9	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	W(2-11)	4	9.0	10	1	0	2	2	0	0	3.32	4.19	36	65	0	1	0	34	2	0	0	2	0	1	.03	0.01%
16	60	72	Jul 13	BOS	@	DET	W,6-4	GS-9		3	8.2	10	4	1	4	4	0	0	3.12	4.13	41	54	0	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	1	.02	0.00%
17	61	77	Jul 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(2-12)	2	8.0	10	4	4	2	3	1	1	3.23	4.20	34	47	1	1	0	29	1	1	0	0	1	0	.01	0.00%
18	62	82	Jul 20	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	W(3-12)	3	9.0	7	4	1	4	3	0	0	3.05	4.16	37	62	2	2	0	30	0	0	0	1	1	2	.00	0.00%
19	63	88	Jul 26(2)	BOS		WSH	L,3-15	GS-2	L(3-13)	5	1.0	6	6	6	1	2	0	1	3.49	4.17	10	18	0	1	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
20	64	90	Jul 28	BOS		CLE	W,10-5	GS-7	W(4-13)	1	7.0	8	5	0	2	0	0	0	3.29	4.15	33	49	0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	2	.00	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
21	65	94	Aug 1(1)	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	CG(11)	L(4-14)	3	11.0	9	4	2	3	2	0	1	3.16	4.12	45	66	2	1	0	39	1	0	0	1	1	1	.00	0.00%
22	66	99	Aug 6	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	W(5-14)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	2	3.02	4.07	33	75	0	2	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
23	67	104	Aug 12	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	W(6-14)	5	9.0	11	3	3	4	0	0	1	3.02	4.11	40	49	0	1	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	0	.00	0.00%
24	68	108	Aug 19	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	8-GF	L(6-15)	6	1.2	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	2.99	4.14	9		0	0	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
25	69	109	Aug 20	BOS	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	W(7-15)	0	9.0	4	2	2	5	1	0	1	2.93	4.17	36	67	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
Sep/Oct				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
26	70	130	Sep 13	BOS		CLE	W,9-8	9-9		23	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.93	4.19	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
27	71	138	Sep 20(2)	BOS		DET	T,2-2	CG(10)		6	10.0	5	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.87	4.15	35	73	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
28	72	144	Sep 24(2)	BOS		SLB	L,2-4	9-GF(10)	L(7-16)	3	2.0	3	2	2	1	2	0	1	2.94	4.15	12		0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
29	73	147	Sep 27	BOS		NYY	L,3-8	GS-3	L(7-17)	2	3.0	6	6	5	3	2	1	0	3.14	4.23	17	24	0	2	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	2	.00	0.00%
30	74	151	Oct 4	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	W(8-17)	6	9.0	10	6	5	4	3	0	1	3.23	4.22	42	44				36	2	0	0		0
							11-18		W-L:8-17,BSv:1	4.1	186.2	194	105	67	72	51	5	14	3.23	4.22	814	51	9	14	3	696	24	6	2	14	7	17	.58	-1.42%

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