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Billy Pierce

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Full Name: Walter William Pierce Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/160 First Game: June 1, 1945
Birthdate: April 2, 1927 Final Game: October 3, 1964
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan MLB Experience: 18 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on April 2, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan, Billy Pierce (Walter William Pierce) played for the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox and San Francisco Giants over the course of his 18 year career. Pierce broke into the bigs on June 1, 1945 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 6.34 ERA in 55.1 innings pitched in 1948, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Billy Pierce's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1957, when he posted a 3.26 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 171 batters. However, others believe that it was 1955, when he posted a 1.97 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 157 batters. Another season that some believe was Billy Pierce's best was 1956, when he posted a 3.32 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 192 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1945 DET A 5 0 0 0 1.80 10 2 2 0 0 0 10 6 1 10 0 0 1
1948 DET A 22 5 3 0 6.34 36 40 39 0 0 0 55.1 47 5 51 0 1 1
1949 CHI A 32 26 7 15 3.88 95 89 74 8 0 0 171.2 145 11 112 0 5 0
1950 CHI A 33 29 12 16 3.98 118 112 97 15 1 1 219.1 189 11 137 0 4 2
1951 CHI A 37 28 15 14 3.03 113 93 81 18 1 2 240.1 237 14 73 0 1 1
1952 CHI A 33 32 15 12 2.57 144 76 73 14 4 1 255.1 214 12 79 0 3 3
1953 CHI A 40 33 18 12 2.72 186 94 82 19 7 3 271.1 216 20 102 0 5 3
1954 CHI A 36 26 9 10 3.48 148 86 73 12 4 3 188.2 179 15 86 0 3 3
1955 CHI A 33 26 15 10 1.97 157 50 45 16 6 1 205.2 162 16 64 5 4 3
1956 CHI A 35 33 20 9 3.32 192 108 102 21 1 1 276.1 261 24 100 7 6 3
1957 CHI A 37 34 20 12 3.26 171 98 93 16 4 2 257 228 18 71 9 3 1
1958 CHI A 35 32 17 11 2.68 144 83 73 19 3 2 245 204 33 66 2 1 1
1959 CHI A 34 33 14 15 3.62 114 98 90 12 2 0 224 217 26 62 4 2 3
1960 CHI A 32 30 14 7 3.62 108 81 79 8 1 0 196.1 201 24 46 1 2 0
1961 CHI A 39 28 10 9 3.80 106 85 76 5 1 3 180 190 17 54 3 2 1
1962 SF N 30 23 16 6 3.49 76 67 63 7 2 1 162.1 147 19 35 2 2 3
1963 SF N 38 13 3 11 4.27 52 49 47 3 1 8 99 106 12 20 1 3 1
1964 SF N 34 1 3 0 2.20 29 14 12 0 0 4 49 40 6 10 1 1 0
Total NL 102 37 22 17 3.54 157 130 122 10 3 13 310.1 293 37 65 4 6 4
Total AL 483 395 189 152 3.24 1842 1195 1079 183 35 19 2996.1 2696 247 1113 31 42 26
Total 585 432 211 169 3.27 1999 1325 1201 193 38 32 3306.2 2989 284 1178 35 48 30

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1945 DET A P 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1948 DET A P 22 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1949 CHI A P 32 0 0 12 33 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .918
1950 CHI A P 33 0 0 4 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1951 CHI A P 37 0 0 11 38 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1952 CHI A P 33 0 0 13 43 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1953 CHI A 1B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1953 CHI A P 40 0 0 10 33 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .915
1954 CHI A P 36 0 0 7 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1955 CHI A P 33 0 0 7 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 CHI A P 35 0 0 4 33 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .925
1957 CHI A P 37 34 257 8 45 2 2 0 1 3 5 1 .964
1958 CHI A P 35 32 245 11 26 1 3 0 2 1 5 1 .974
1959 CHI A P 34 33 224 11 40 2 4 0 2 4 4 2 .962
1960 CHI A P 32 31 196.1 7 29 2 2 0 3 0 3 1 .947
1961 CHI A P 39 28 180 7 31 3 1 0 2 2 7 1 .927
1962 SF N P 30 23 162.1 4 24 1 3 0 1 3 1 0 .966
1963 SF N P 38 13 99 4 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1964 SF N P 34 1 49 1 7 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 .889
Total 1B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 585 195 1412.2 123 487 28 32 0 11 14 27 6 .956

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1945 DET A 5 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
1948 DET A 22 17 5 5 0 2 .294 .294 .529 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
1949 CHI A 39 51 7 9 0 2 .176 .250 .176 0 0 5 15 0 6 0 0 2
1950 CHI A 40 77 10 20 0 6 .260 .321 .299 3 0 6 13 1 4 0 0 1
1951 CHI A 39 79 10 16 0 3 .203 .284 .215 1 0 9 17 0 5 0 0 2
1952 CHI A 35 91 11 17 0 3 .187 .237 .198 1 0 6 20 0 5 0 0 3
1953 CHI A 42 87 4 11 0 4 .126 .174 .126 0 0 4 16 1 10 0 0 3
1954 CHI A 38 57 4 11 0 5 .193 .242 .193 0 0 4 12 0 6 0 0 0
1955 CHI A 34 70 5 12 0 7 .171 .205 .200 2 0 3 10 0 8 1 0 0
1956 CHI A 39 102 6 16 0 3 .157 .189 .157 0 0 3 22 1 7 0 0 3
1957 CHI A 41 99 7 17 0 6 .172 .188 .182 1 0 2 25 0 3 0 0 3
1958 CHI A 35 83 10 17 0 4 .205 .250 .241 3 0 4 13 1 6 0 0 0
1959 CHI A 34 68 3 13 0 7 .191 .267 .265 1 2 7 13 0 6 0 0 1
1960 CHI A 32 67 4 12 0 7 .179 .247 .194 1 0 6 14 0 3 0 0 2
1961 CHI A 39 56 3 8 0 3 .143 .158 .143 0 0 1 11 0 6 0 0 2
1962 SF N 30 56 3 12 0 5 .214 .254 .214 0 0 3 12 0 7 0 0 1
1963 SF N 38 31 2 4 0 0 .129 .182 .129 0 0 2 11 0 1 0 0 0
1964 SF N 34 9 0 3 0 2 .333 .333 .333 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 102 96 5 19 0 7 .198 .238 .198 0 0 5 26 0 8 0 0 1
Total AL 514 1006 89 184 0 62 .183 .232 .204 13 4 60 206 4 75 1 0 23
Total 616 1102 94 203 0 69 .184 .232 .203 13 4 65 232 4 83 1 0 24

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1945).
  • Traded by Detroit Tigers with $10000 to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Aaron Robinson (November 10, 1948).
  • Traded by Chicago White Sox with Don Larsen to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Eddie Fisher, Dom Zanni, Bob Farley and a player to be named later (November 30, 1961); Chicago White Sox received Verle Tiefenthaler (August 17, 1962).
  • Released by San Francisco Giants (December 2, 1963).
  • Signed by San Francisco Giants (April 13, 1964).
  • Released by San Francisco Giants (October 6, 1964).

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