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: 11-21 / in Starts: 10-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 4

1949 Pitching Game Log

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1949 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	28	5	Apr 23	CHW		SLB	W,12-5	6-GF	W(1-0)	99	3.2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.24	15	8	0	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.114	.78	0.17%	2.05	6t 1-- 1 out d2	9t end a 7
2	29	9	Apr 26(2)	CHW		DET	L,5-7			2	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.51	5												3	1	0	1		0
3	30	11	Apr 30	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-4	GS-	W(2-0)	3	8.1	6	4	3	3	8	0	0	2.08	1.97	35						62						32	1	0	0		0
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
4	31	16	May 5	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	GS-4	L(2-1)	4	3.0	6	6	6	1	1	1	0	5.06	2.95	16	3	5	0	1	6	23			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.280	2.24	-0.50%	-4.10	1t start tie	4t -2- 0 out d5
5	32	21	May 10	CHW		PHA	L,0-5	GS-	L(2-2)	4	2.1	1	2	2	5	2	0	0	5.40	3.49	12						44						7	0	0	0		0
6	33	24	May 13	CHW		CLE	W,11-10	GS-2		2	1.0	1	3	2	3	1	0	0	6.05	3.80	8	2	1	0	0	1	39			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.40	-0.324	2.81	-0.39%	-3.49	1t start tie	2t 12- 0 out d2
7	34	31	May 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS-7		8	6.2	7	2	2	7	3	1	0	5.19	4.55	33	12	7	1	3	4	48			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.032	2.00	0.04%	0.81	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out d2
8	35	37	May 29(2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-11	L(2-3)	6	10.0	7	2	2	9	3	0	0	4.25	4.57	43	12	13	1	0	6	64			0	1	0	33	0	1	1	1	0	1	1.59	0.307	3.02	0.35%	2.34	1b start tie	11b 123 0 out tie
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
9	36	42	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	L,7-9	GS-2		4	1.2	3	5	1	2	3	0	0	4.30	4.48	11	2	1	0	0	3	38			0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.63	-0.396	2.33	-0.34%	-4.35	1t start tie	2t --3 2 out d4
10	37	47	Jun 8	CHW		PHA	L,2-5	5-GF		4	5.0	0	1	1	2	5	0	0	4.01	4.15	16	6	3	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.052	.46	0.03%	1.92	5t 1-- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
11	38	51	Jun 12(2)	CHW		BOS	L,5-7	GS-	L(2-4)	3	8.1	9	7	6	6	7	0	0	4.41	3.96	39						40						33	2	0	0		0
12	39	54	Jun 16(1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,10-6	GS-1		3	0.0	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	5.12	4.20	4	0	0	0	0	0	30			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.65	-0.258	.56	-0.05%	-2.85	1b start a 3	1b 123 0 out a2
13	40	58	Jun 18	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7	GS-4	L(2-5)	1	3.1	3	5	5	7	0	0	0	5.63	4.48	19	3	6	0	0	3	27			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	-0.173	.28	-0.02%	-1.37	1b start tie	4b 123 1 out tie
14	41	69	Jun 29	CHW		SLB	L,0-1	CG	L(2-6)	10	9.0	5	1	1	4	6	0	0	4.97	4.20	35	11	10	1	1	4	75			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.290	.05	0.01%	3.56	1t start tie	9t 3 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
15	42	74	Jul 4(2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-4	GS-	L(2-7)	4	7.0	10	3	3	1	2	2	0	4.86	4.39	29						46						27	1	1	0		0
16	43	78	Jul 8	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	W(3-7)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	6	1	0	4.42	4.26	35						77						33	0	0	0		0
17	44	81	Jul 14	CHW		WSH	W,6-2	CG	W(4-7)	5	9.0	7	2	2	4	4	0	0	4.18	4.13	35	14	6	0	1	7	65			2	0	0	31	1	0	0	3	0	0	.94	0.284	.01	0.00%	2.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
18	45	85	Jul 17(2)	CHW		NYY	W,7-3	GS-	W(5-7)	2	7.0	7	3	3	3	3	0	0	4.15	4.04	31						51						28	0	1	0		0
19	46	90	Jul 24(1)	CHW		PHA	L,2-7	GS-	L(5-8)	6	7.0	6	3	1	5	2	1	0	3.96	4.17	32						54						27	0	0	0		0
20	47	97	Jul 31(1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	L(5-9)	6	8.1	7	3	3	7	4	2	0	3.90	4.40	39	14	7	1	0	7	54			0	0	0	31	0	0	1	2	0	1	1.94	-0.244	.00	0.00%	0.15	1b start a 1	9b 123 1 out d1
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
21	48	104	Aug 7(2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(5-10)	6	8.0	7	1	0	3	1	0	0	3.64	4.33	33	10	12	2	4	7	64			1	0	0	29	0	0	1	1	0	0	.96	0.247	.00	0.00%	3.10	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
22	49	110	Aug 14(2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-5	GS-4	L(5-11)	6	3.2	4	4	4	2	3	0	0	3.83	4.28	16	5	2	0	0	4	38			0	1	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.190	.00	0.00%	-2.26	1b start tie	4b -2- 2 out d4
23	50	114	Aug 18	CHW		DET	L,0-2	GS-	L(5-12)	3	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	0	0	3.59	4.27	33						68						27	1	0	0		0
24	51	117	Aug 21(2)	CHW		CLE	L,4-7	5-6		2	1.2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.61	4.27	7	2	3	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.011	.00	0.00%	0.04	5t 1-- 1 out d3	6t 3 out d4
25	52	120	Aug 25	CHW		BOS	W,8-3	CG	W(6-12)	3	9.0	5	3	2	8	6	2	0	3.51	4.43	41	8	14	2	0	5	65			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	.64	0.119	.00	0.00%	1.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
26	53	124	Aug 28(1)	CHW		NYY	L,7-8	9-GF	BS(1)	2	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.49	4.41	5	2	1	0	1	2		3	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.38	-0.530	.00	0.00%	-1.65	9t 123 0 out a3	9t end d 1
27	54	127	Aug 31	CHW		WSH	W,4-2	CG	W(7-12)	2	9.0	8	2	2	1	8	0	0	3.40	4.21	36						70						34	1	0	0		0
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
28	55	131	Sep 4	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	L(7-13)	3	8.0	6	5	4	5	8	1	0	3.45	4.20	36						55						29	0	0	0		0
29	56	136	Sep 10	CHW		DET	L,3-8	GS-2	L(7-14)	5	1.2	4	3	3	5	0	0	0	3.59	4.28	14	3	2	0	0	4	30			1	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.242	.00	0.00%	-2.76	1t start tie	2t 123 2 out d3
30	57	140	Sep 16(1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-5	GS-7	L(7-15)	5	7.0	8	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.65	4.20	29	16	7	2	0	3	46			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-0.41	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
31	58	145	Sep 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,10-9	GS-3		4	2.0	2	6	6	4	1	0	0	3.93	4.24	12	3	2	0	0	2	25			1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.322	.00	0.00%	-3.79	1b start a 1	3b 123 0 out d2
32	59	150	Sep 28	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	6-7		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.88	4.18	7	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.22	0.028	.00	0.00%	1.01	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d4
							11-21		W-L:7-15,BSv:1	3.9	171.2	145	89	74	112	96	11	0	3.88	4.18	761	1.30		4%	5%	73	50	6	50%	7	4	0	635	16	4	4	8	0	6	1.12	-1.595	.70	-0.70%	-7.95

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