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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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	CHW		CLE	L,2-8	GS	33	6.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	3 (1)	Apr 15	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-3		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	5 (1)	Apr 18	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	30	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	8 (2)	Apr 23	CHW		BAL	L,1-3	CG	37	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
5	13 (4)	Apr 29	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	27	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	19 (5)	May 4	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
7	24 (4)	May 9 (2)	CHW		DET	T,0-0	CG	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
8	28 (3)	May 14	CHW		PHA	W,4-3	GS	33	7.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	33 (4)	May 19	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	35 (1)	May 22	CHW	@	DET	W,5-3		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	37 (1)	May 25	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	GS	32	7.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	62 (24)	Jun 20 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,6-16	GS	13	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	66 (3)	Jun 24	CHW		WSH	W,5-2	GF	8	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	68 (1)	Jun 26	CHW		BOS	L,1-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	71 (2)	Jun 29 (1)	CHW		DET	L,3-10	GS	21	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	78 (6)	Jul 5 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
17	85 (6)	Jul 11 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
18	89 (3)	Jul 17	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
19	95 (5)	Jul 22 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-11	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
20	101 (5)	Jul 28	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	105 (3)	Aug 1 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,6-5	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	108 (2)	Aug 4	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	GS	34	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
23	110 (1)	Aug 6	CHW		WSH	W,10-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	112 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,6-7	GS	9	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
25	118 (5)	Aug 15 (1)	CHW		DET	L,1-2		4	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
26	120 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,2-0	GS	31	7.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	126 (5)	Aug 22	CHW	@	DET	L,4-7	GS	9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	128 (1)	Aug 25	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	132 (3)	Aug 28	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	134 (1)	Sep 1 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-7	GS	12	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	138 (3)	Sep 5	CHW		CLE	L,2-8	GS	21	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
32	143 (4)	Sep 10	CHW		NYY	L,3-6		12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	146 (2)	Sep 12 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,7-5	GS	30	7.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
34	149 (2)	Sep 18	CHW		BAL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
35	152 (2)	Sep 21	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-7		10	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	155 (2)	Sep 25	CHW	@	BAL	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
							36gm		188.2	7	19	1	27	1