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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	18-16 / in Starts: 17-14
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 102 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	70 (35-24-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 102 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	64 (33-20-10)

Most Driven In
H RodrÃguez	1
B Stewart	1
R Krsnich	1
C Carrasquel	0
R Coleman	0

Most Driven In By
N Fox	3
M MiÃ±oso	3
T Wright	1
R Coleman	1
S Mele	1
A Zarilla	1
W Miranda	0
J Busby	0

1952 Batting Game Log

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1952 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	146	1	Apr 15	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.15	-0.057	2.90	-0.09%	-0.37	P
2	147	7 (5)	Apr 20 susp	CHW	@	SLB	W,10-5	GS-8	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.500	.250	.750	9	.29	0.033	.50	0.03%	0.82	P
3	148	9 (1)	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	9	1.95	-0.233	3.84	-0.28%	-1.37	P
4	149	13 (3)	Apr 30 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-3	GS-7	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	.100	.250	.100	.350	9	.41	0.060	1.00	0.09%	0.13	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	150	19 (5)	May 4 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.083	.214	.083	.298	9	1.36	-0.114	3.33	-0.17%	-0.85	P
6	151	23 (3)	May 9	CHW	@	DET	W,8-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.071	.188	.071	.259	9	1.31	-0.068	2.29	-0.07%	-0.76	P
7	152	27 (3)	May 13	CHW		BOS	W,5-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.063	.167	.063	.229	9	1.11	-0.067	2.85	-0.10%	-0.89	P
8	153	31 (3)	May 18 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,6-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.063	.167	.063	.229	9						P
9	154	33 (1)	May 21	CHW		NYY	L,1-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.053	.143	.053	.195	9	.82	-0.073	1.87	-0.10%	-0.75	P
10	155	37 (3)	May 26	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.087	.160	.087	.247	9	.87	-0.026	1.78	-0.03%	-0.89	P
11	156	40 (2)	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.241	.154	.395	9	1.31	0.268	4.12	0.51%	1.77	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	157	45 (4)	Jun 3	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG(13)	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.129	.229	.129	.358	9	2.34	-0.164	7.35	-0.31%	-0.78	P
13	158	51 (5)	Jun 10	CHW	@	PHA	W,15-4	GS-8	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.114	.205	.114	.319	9	.45	-0.046	1.25	-0.08%	-0.16	P
14	159	57 (5)	Jun 17 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,13-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	.103	.186	.103	.289	9	.19	-0.019	.60	-0.04%	-1.18	P
15	160	63 (5)	Jun 22 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.100	.200	.100	.300	9	1.49	-0.057	8.50	-0.19%	-0.37	P
16	161	65 (1)	Jun 23	CHW		WSH	L,4-6	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.200	.100	.300	6						PR
17	162	68 (2)	Jun 27	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	.093	.188	.093	.281	9	.70	-0.005	2.46	-0.01%	0.19	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	163	74 (5)	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.087	.176	.087	.263	9	.78	-0.070	2.64	-0.14%	-1.28	P
19	164	79 (4)	Jul 6	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.083	.170	.083	.253	9	1.50	-0.081	7.15	-0.23%	-0.62	P
20	165	80	Jul 10 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.078	.161	.078	.239	9	.65	-0.048	3.19	-0.14%	-0.45	P
21	166	86 (5)	Jul 14	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-2	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.094	.172	.094	.267	9	1.68	-0.027	6.13	-0.06%	-0.10	P
22	167	89 (2)	Jul 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.094	.172	.094	.267	7						PR
23	168	91 (1)	Jul 19	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.109	.183	.109	.292	9	1.46	-0.055	4.62	-0.10%	-0.42	P
24	169	96 (4)	Jul 25 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,5-0	CG	4	4	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.153	.219	.169	.388	9	.59	0.066	.93	0.06%	1.02	P
25	170	101 (4)	Jul 29	CHW		NYY	L,7-10	GS-8	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.175	.235	.190	.426	9	.26	0.003	.64	0.01%	0.03	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	171	106 (4)	Aug 3	CHW		WSH	T,0-0	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.185	.254	.200	.454	9	1.58	0.039	1.96	0.03%	0.36	P
27	172	110 (3)	Aug 8 (1)	CHW		DET	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.243	.191	.434	9	1.16	-0.087	.56	-0.03%	-0.74	P
28	173	118 (7)	Aug 16	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.181	.244	.194	.438	9	1.22	-0.069	1.51	-0.05%	-0.25	P
29	174	123 (4)	Aug 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.187	.247	.200	.447	9	.71	-0.062	.51	-0.03%	-0.99	P
30	175	128 (4)	Aug 26	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.179	.238	.192	.430	9	1.35	-0.106	1.11	-0.05%	-0.57	P
31	176	131 (2)	Aug 31	CHW		CLE	L,3-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.175	.233	.188	.420	9	1.11	0.042	.93	0.02%	0.56	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	177	136 (4)	Sep 5	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.183	.239	.195	.434	9	1.03	-0.026	.26	0.00%	-0.29	P
33	178	141 (4)	Sep 10	CHW		WSH	W,6-3	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.242	.200	.442	9	.60	0.014	.02	0.00%	0.09	P
34	179	147 (5)	Sep 16 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.195	.247	.207	.454	9	1.15	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.15	P
35	180	151 (3)	Sep 21	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.187	.237	.198	.435	9	.95	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.07	P
							18-16		102	91	11	17	1	0	0	3	6	0	20	0	5		6	3	0	1	.187	.237	.198	.435		1.04	-1.012	2.43	-1.55%	-9.02

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