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Billy Pierce Billy Pierce
Full name: Walter William Pierce
Born: April 2, 1927, Detroit, Michigan
First Game: June 1, 1945; Final Game: October 3, 1964
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 5' 10" Weight: 160
TSN AL Pitcher of the Year (1956 to 1957)
P on TSN All-Star Team (1956 to 1957)
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Batting RecordBatting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1945 DET A                 5     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0        1   0   0               1    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1945 DET A
1948 DET A                22    17    5    5   0   2   0    2    0        4   0   0               0    0   0  .294  .294  .529   0.0 1948 DET A
1949 CHI A                39    51    7    9   0   0   0    2    5       15   0   6               2    0   0  .176  .250  .176   0.0 1949 CHI A
1950 CHI A                40    77   10   20   3   0   0    6    6       13   1   4               1    0   0  .260  .321  .299   0.0 1950 CHI A
1951 CHI A                39    79   10   16   1   0   0    3    9       17   0   5               2    0   1  .203  .284  .215   0.0 1951 CHI A
1952 CHI A                35    91   11   17   1   0   0    3    6       20   0   5               3    0   1  .187  .237  .198   0.0 1952 CHI A
1953 CHI A                42    87    4   11   0   0   0    4    4       16   1  10               3    0   0  .126  .174  .126  -0.1 1953 CHI A
1954 CHI A                38    57    4   11   0   0   0    5    4       12   0   6   1           0    0   0  .193  .242  .193   0.0 1954 CHI A
1955 CHI A                34    70    5   12   2   0   0    7    3   0   10   0   8   0           0    1   0  .171  .205  .200   0.0 1955 CHI A
1956 CHI A                39   102    6   16   0   0   0    3    3   0   22   1   7   0           3    0   0  .157  .189  .157   0.0 1956 CHI A
1957 CHI A                41    99    7   17   1   0   0    6    2   0   25   0   3   0           3    0   0  .172  .188  .182   0.0 1957 CHI A
1958 CHI A                35    83   10   17   3   0   0    4    4   0   13   1   6   0           0    0   0  .205  .250  .241   0.0 1958 CHI A
1959 CHI A                34    68    3   13   1   2   0    7    7   0   13   0   6   0           1    0   0  .191  .267  .265   0.0 1959 CHI A
1960 CHI A Daily Splits   32    67    4   12   1   0   0    7    6   0   14   0   3   0   0   1   2    0   0  .179  .247  .194   0.0 1960 CHI A
1961 CHI A Daily Splits   39    56    3    8   0   0   0    3    1   0   11   0   6   0   0   2   2    0   0  .143  .158  .143   0.0 1961 CHI A
1962 SF  N Daily Splits   30    56    3   12   0   0   0    5    3   0   12   0   7   0   0   1   1    0   0  .214  .254  .214   0.0 1962 SF  N
1963 SF  N Daily Splits   38    31    2    4   0   0   0    0    2   0   11   0   1   0   0   1   0    0   0  .129  .182  .129   0.0 1963 SF  N
1964 SF  N Daily Splits   34     9    0    3   0   0   0    2    0   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .333  .333   0.0 1964 SF  N
Total NL                 102    96    5   19   0   0   0    7    5   0   26   0   8   0   0   2   1    0   0  .198  .238  .198   0.0 Total NL        
Total AL                 514  1006   89  184  13   4   0   62   60   0i 206   4  75   1i  0i  3i 23    1   2  .183  .232  .204  -0.1 Total AL        
Total            Splits  616  1102   94  203  13   4   0   69   65   0i 232   4  83   1i  0i  5i 24    1   2  .184  .232  .203  -0.1 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
i - incomplete
World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1959 CHI A                 3     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1959 CHI A
1962 SF  N Daily Splits    2     5    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1962 SF  N
Total            Splits    5     5    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1953 AL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1953 AL   
1955 AL    Daily Splits    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1955 AL   
1956 AL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1956 AL   
1957 AL    Daily Splits    1     1    1    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1957 AL   
Total            Splits    4     2    1    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .500 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Pitching RecordPitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
1945 DET A                 5   0   0   0   4   0   10      6    45   1    2    2   10       10   1       0   1   0                   0   0   1.80   0.1 1945 DET A
1948 DET A                22   5   0   0   9   0   55.1   47   258   5   40   39   51       36   5       1   1   0                   3   0   6.34  -0.3 1948 DET A
1949 CHI A                32  26   8   0   4   0  171.2  145   761  11   89   74  112       95  14       5   0   2                   7  15   3.88   0.4 1949 CHI A
1950 CHI A                33  29  15   1   3   1  219.1  189   978  11  112   97  137      118  11       4   2   0                  12  16   3.98   1.5 1950 CHI A
1951 CHI A                37  28  18   1   6   2  240.1  237  1008  14   93   81   73      113  14       1   1   0                  15  14   3.03   3.1 1951 CHI A
1952 CHI A                33  32  14   4   1   1  255.1  214  1042  12   76   73   79      144  17       3   3   0                  15  12   2.57   3.5 1952 CHI A
1953 CHI A                40  33  19   7   6   3  271.1  216  1113  20   94   82  102      186  15       5   3   0                  18  12   2.72   3.5 1953 CHI A
1954 CHI A                36  26  12   4   4   3  188.2  179   818  15   86   73   86      148   7   4   3   3   1                   9  10   3.48   0.2 1954 CHI A
1955 CHI A                33  26  16   6   5   1  205.2  162   836  16   50   45   64   5  157   8   1   4   3   1                  15  10   1.97   5.3 1955 CHI A
1956 CHI A                35  33  21   1   2   1  276.1  261  1166  24  108  102  100   7  192  14   1   6   3   1                  20   9   3.32   1.9 1956 CHI A
1957 CHI A                37  34  16   4   2   2  257    228  1062  18   98   93   71   9  171  16   1   3   1   1                  20  12   3.26   1.6 1957 CHI A
1958 CHI A                35  32  19   3   3   2  245    204   983  33   83   73   66   2  144  12   4   1   1   0                  17  11   2.68   3.0 1958 CHI A
1959 CHI A                34  33  12   2   0   0  224    217   934  26   98   90   62   4  114   8   3   2   3   1                  14  15   3.62   0.9 1959 CHI A
1960 CHI A Daily Splits   32  30   8   1   1   0  196.1  201   813  24   81   79   46   1  108   8   2   2   0   0  26   2  22   9  14   7   3.62   0.7 1960 CHI A
1961 CHI A Daily Splits   39  28   5   1   5   3  180    190   764  17   85   76   54   3  106  13   5   2   1   0  32   7  15   9  10   9   3.80   0.0 1961 CHI A
1962 SF  N Daily Splits   30  23   7   2   2   1  162.1  147   657  19   67   63   35   2   76   4   1   2   3   1  18   5  20   9  16   6   3.49   1.0 1962 SF  N
1963 SF  N Daily Splits   38  13   3   1  13   8   99    106   420  12   49   47   20   1   52   8   1   3   1   2  10   2   5   3   3  11   4.27  -1.4 1963 SF  N
1964 SF  N Daily Splits   34   1   0   0  14   4   49     40   195   6   14   12   10   1   29   3   2   1   0   0   6   1   5   5   3   0   2.20   0.6 1964 SF  N
Total NL                 102  37  10   3  29  13  310.1  293  1272  37  130  122   65   4  157  15   4   6   4   3  34   8  30  17  22  17   3.54   0.2 Total NL        
Total AL                 483 395 183  35  55  19 2996.1 2696 12581 247 1195 1079 1113  31i1842 163  21i 42  26   7  58i  9i 37i 18i189 152   3.24  25.4 Total AL        
Total            Splits  585 432 193  38  84  32 3306.2 2989 13853 284 1325 1201 1178  35i1999 178  25i 48  30  10  92i 17i 67i 35i211 169   3.27  25.6 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Pitching RecordWorld Series Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1959 CHI A Daily Splits    3   0   0   0   0   0    4      2    17   0    0    0    2   1    3   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0.00 1959 CHI A
1962 SF  N Daily Splits    2   2   1   0   0   0   15      8    55   1    5    4    2   1    5   0   0   0   0   0   3   0   1   2   1   1   2.40 1962 SF  N
Total            Splits    5   2   1   0   0   0   19     10    72   1    5    4    4   2    8   2   0   0   0   0   3   0   1   3   1   1   1.89 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
All-Star Game Pitching RecordAll-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1953 AL    Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    3      1    10   0    0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00 1953 AL   
1955 AL    Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    3      1     9   0    0    0    0   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00 1955 AL   
1956 AL    Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    3      2    11   0    1    1    1   0    5   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.00 1956 AL   
1957 AL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    1.2    2     9   0    3    3    2   0    3   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  16.20 1957 AL   
Total            Splits    4   3   0   0   0   0   10.2    6    39   0    4    4    3   0   12   1   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   3.38 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1945 DET A         P    5                       0    2    0    0                         1.000
1948 DET A         P   22                       2    9    0    0                         1.000
1949 CHI A         P   32                      12   33    4    2                          .918
1950 CHI A         P   33                       4   30    1    1                          .971
1951 CHI A         P   37                      11   38    2    4                          .961
1952 CHI A         P   33                      13   43    1    3                          .982
1953 CHI A         P   40                      10   33    4    1                          .915
1953 CHI A        1B    1                       1    0    0    0                         1.000
1954 CHI A         P   36                       7   19    1    1                          .963
1955 CHI A         P   33                       7   25    0    1                         1.000
1956 CHI A         P   35                       4   33    3    2                          .925
1957 CHI A         P   37                       8   45    2    2                          .964
1958 CHI A         P   35                      11   26    1    3                          .974
1959 CHI A         P   34                      11   40    2    4                          .962
1960 CHI A Daily   P   32   31    8   196.1     7   29    2    2   0    3    3    0    1  .947
1961 CHI A Daily   P   39   28    5   180       7   31    3    1   0    2    7    2    1  .927
1962 SF  N Daily   P   30   23    7   162.1     4   24    1    3   0    1    1    3    0  .966
1963 SF  N Daily   P   38   13    3    99       4   20    0    2   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1964 SF  N Daily   P   34    1    0    49       1    7    1    0   0    0    2    1    0  .889
Total              P  585   96i  23i  686.2i  123  487   28   32   0i   6i  13i   6i   2i .956
Total             1B    1                       1    0    0    0                         1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1959 CHI A Daily   P    3    0    0     4       0    0    1    0   0    0    0    0    0  .000
1962 SF  N Daily   P    2    2    1    15       1    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Total              P    5    2    1    19       1    0    1    0   0    0    0    0    0  .500
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1953 AL    Daily   P    1    1    0     3       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
1955 AL    Daily   P    1    1    0     3       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
1956 AL    Daily   P    1    1    0     3       0    1    0    0   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
1957 AL    Daily   P    1    0    0     1.2     1    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Total              P    4    3    0    10.2     1    1    0    0   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG

TransactionsTransactions
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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