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	23-18 / in Starts: 21-13
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 104 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	79 (40-26-13)
Avg. MLBer w/ 104 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	64 (33-20-10)

Most Driven In
J Rivera	2
L Aparicio	1
J Landis	1
D Philley	1
S Lollar	1
S Esposito	0

Most Driven In By
N Fox	2
L Aparicio	1
L Doby	1
E Torgeson	1
M MiÃ±oso	0

1957 Batting Game Log

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1957 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	334	1	Apr 16	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG(11)	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	9	2.76	-0.330	7.19	-0.52%	-1.68	P
2	335	5 (3)	Apr 23	CHW		CLE	L,0-5	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	9						P
3	336	7 (1)	Apr 26	CHW	@	KCA	W,4-3	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	9	.51	0.018	1.73	0.04%	0.13	P
4	337	10 (2)	Apr 30	CHW		BAL	W,6-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.273	.455	9	.66	-0.056	2.39	-0.12%	-0.77	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	338	15 (4)	May 5 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.231	.385	9	1.12	-0.062	5.40	-0.18%	-0.53	P
6	339	20 (4)	May 10	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.235	.412	9	.87	0.053	2.99	0.11%	-0.11	P
7	340	23 (2)	May 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.190	.238	.429	9	.46	-0.032	1.69	-0.07%	-0.37	P
8	341	27 (3)	May 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.240	.280	.520	9	.87	0.125	4.56	0.40%	0.84	P
9	342	31 (3)	May 26 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.207	.241	.448	9	2.01	-0.226	11.43	-0.77%	-1.60	P
10	343	37 (5)	May 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.219	.219	.250	.469	9	1.62	0.055	9.47	0.19%	0.35	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
11	344	42 (4)	Jun 4	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	CG(10)	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.206	.235	.441	9	1.90	0.083	10.78	0.28%	0.20	P
12	345	46 (3)	Jun 8	CHW		BAL	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.189	.216	.405	9	.65	-0.052	3.46	-0.17%	-0.66	P
13	346	51 (4)	Jun 13	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.179	.205	.385	9	.61	-0.032	4.19	-0.13%	-0.37	P
14	347	56 (4)	Jun 18	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.190	.357	9	1.71	-0.130	8.73	-0.40%	-0.87	P
15	348	58 (1)	Jun 20	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-4	3-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.190	.357	9						PR
16	349	61 (2)	Jun 23 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-9	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.159	.182	.341	9	.66	-0.033	4.95	-0.15%	-0.32	P
17	350	66 (4)	Jun 27 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.152	.174	.326	9	1.28	-0.062	6.83	-0.20%	-0.51	P
18	351	69 (2)	Jun 30 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.152	.152	.174	.326	9						P
19	352	70	Jun 30 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,9-11	5-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.152	.152	.174	.326	9						PR
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
20	353	72 (1)	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.160	.180	.340	9	1.04	0.034	5.23	0.10%	-0.10	P
21	354	73	Jul 3	CHW	@	KCA	L,0-5	6-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.160	.180	.340	9						PR
22	355	77 (3)	Jul 6	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.151	.151	.170	.321	9	.62	-0.039	3.04	-0.11%	-0.85	P
23	356	82 (4)	Jul 14 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.158	.175	.333	9	1.79	0.009	15.13	0.05%	-0.05	P
24	357	87 (4)	Jul 19	CHW		BOS	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.153	.153	.169	.322	9	1.47	-0.076	5.31	-0.16%	-0.72	P
25	358	90 (2)	Jul 23	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-10	6-6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.153	.153	.169	.322	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
26	359	91	Jul 24	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.141	.141	.156	.297	9	.37	-0.079	2.22	-0.28%	-2.51	P
27	360	94 (2)	Jul 26 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,1-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.141	.141	.156	.297	9						P
28	361	97 (2)	Jul 29	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.149	.162	.164	.326	9	.63	0.038	2.82	0.10%	0.71	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
29	362	102 (4)	Aug 3	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-8	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.155	.157	.312	9	1.88	-0.145	7.34	-0.34%	-1.10	P
30	363	106 (3)	Aug 8	CHW		KCA	W,7-4	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.139	.151	.153	.303	9	.93	-0.046	2.91	-0.09%	-0.65	P
31	364	108 (1)	Aug 10	CHW		DET	L,4-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.139	.151	.153	.303	9						P
32	365	111 (2)	Aug 13	CHW	@	CLE	W,10-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.145	.147	.291	9	.31	-0.029	1.05	-0.06%	-1.01	P
33	366	116 (4)	Aug 18 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.128	.139	.141	.280	9	1.40	-0.101	3.52	-0.15%	-0.73	P
34	367	121 (4)	Aug 23	CHW		BOS	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.134	.145	.146	.291	9	.40	-0.019	.90	-0.03%	-1.00	P
35	368	126 (4)	Aug 28	CHW		NYY	L,4-5	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.131	.151	.143	.294	9	1.58	-0.067	11.08	-0.28%	-0.27	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
36	369	131 (4)	Sep 2 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,8-2	GS-6	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.149	.169	.161	.329	9	.40	0.003	.89	0.00%	0.21	P
37	370	135 (3)	Sep 7	CHW		KCA	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.165	.183	.176	.359	9	.55	0.047	1.65	0.08%	0.69	P
38	371	140 (4)	Sep 13	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.181	.174	.355	9	.66	-0.016	2.37	-0.04%	-0.15	P
39	372	143 (2)	Sep 17	CHW	@	BAL	L,5-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.175	.168	.344	9	.32	-0.023	.23	-0.01%	-0.49	P
40	373	148 (4)	Sep 22	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-5	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.165	.182	.175	.357	9	.80	-0.023	.07	0.00%	-0.10	P
41	374	154 (5)	Sep 28	CHW		CLE	L,1-4	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.188	.182	.370	9	.82	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.70	P
							23-18		104	99	7	17	1	0	0	6	2	0	25	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	.172	.188	.182	.370		1.05	-1.168	4.75	-2.89%	-13.66

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