The Tools of Ignorance: Player Stats for Billy Pierce

Billy Pierce

Walter William Pierce
Born: 4/2/1927 in Detroit, MI USA      Died: 7/31/2015 in Palos Heights, IL USA
Weight: 160 lb.      Height: 5'10"
Bats: L                 Throws: L

Batting Pitching Fielding Salaries Achievements HoF Manager

Year	Age	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1945	18	DET	AL	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0		1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1948	21	DET	AL	22	17	5	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	4		0	0		0	.294	.294	.529	.824
1949	22	CHA	AL	39	51	7	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	15		0	6		2	.176	.250	.176	.426
1950	23	CHA	AL	40	77	10	20	3	0	0	6	0	0	6	13		1	4		1	.260	.321	.299	.620
1951	24	CHA	AL	39	79	10	16	1	0	0	3	0	1	9	17		0	5		2	.203	.284	.215	.499
1952	25	CHA	AL	35	91	11	17	1	0	0	3	0	1	6	20		0	5		3	.187	.237	.198	.435
1953	26	CHA	AL	42	87	4	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	16		1	10		3	.126	.174	.126	.300
1954	27	CHA	AL	38	57	4	11	0	0	0	5	0	0	4	12		0	6	1	0	.193	.242	.193	.435
1955	28	CHA	AL	34	70	5	12	2	0	0	7	1	0	3	10	0	0	8	0	0	.171	.205	.200	.405
1956	29	CHA	AL	39	102	6	16	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	22	0	1	7	0	3	.157	.189	.157	.346
1957	30	CHA	AL	41	99	7	17	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	25	0	0	3	0	3	.172	.188	.182	.370
1958	31	CHA	AL	35	83	10	17	3	0	0	4	0	0	4	13	0	1	6	0	0	.205	.250	.241	.491
1959	32	CHA	AL	34	68	3	13	1	2	0	7	0	0	7	13	0	0	6	0	1	.191	.267	.265	.531
1960	33	CHA	AL	32	67	4	12	1	0	0	7	0	0	6	14	0	0	3	0	2	.179	.247	.194	.441
1961	34	CHA	AL	39	56	3	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	11	0	0	6	0	2	.143	.158	.143	.301
1962	35	SFN	NL	30	56	3	12	0	0	0	5	0	0	3	12	0	0	7	0	1	.214	.254	.214	.469
1963	36	SFN	NL	38	31	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	0	0	1	0	0	.129	.182	.129	.311
1964	37	SFN	NL	34	9	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667
18 Seasons				616	1102	94	203	13	4	0	69	1	2	65	232	0	4	83	1	24	.184	.232	.203	.435

Post Season

Year	Age	Team	Round	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1959	32	CHA	WS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1962	35	SFN	WS	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2 Post Seasons				5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Year	Age	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	IBB	WP	HBP	BK	BFP	GF	R
1945	18	DET	AL	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	10	6	2	1	10	10	1.80		0	1	0	45	4	2
1948	21	DET	AL	3	0	22	5	0	0	0	55.1	47	39	5	51	36	6.34		1	1	0	258	9	40
1949	22	CHA	AL	7	15	32	26	8	0	0	171.2	145	74	11	112	95	3.88		5	0	2	761	4	89
1950	23	CHA	AL	12	16	33	29	15	1	1	219.1	189	97	11	137	118	3.98		4	2	0	978	3	112
1951	24	CHA	AL	15	14	37	28	18	1	2	240.1	237	81	14	73	113	3.03		1	1	0	1008	6	93
1952	25	CHA	AL	15	12	33	32	14	4	1	255.1	214	73	12	79	144	2.57		3	3	0	1042	1	76
1953	26	CHA	AL	18	12	40	33	19	7	3	271.1	216	82	20	102	186	2.72		5	3	0	1113	6	94
1954	27	CHA	AL	9	10	36	26	12	4	3	188.2	179	73	15	86	148	3.48		3	3	1	818	4	86
1955	28	CHA	AL	15	10	33	26	16	6	1	205.2	162	45	16	64	157	1.97	5	4	3	1	836	5	50
1956	29	CHA	AL	20	9	35	33	21	1	1	276.1	261	102	24	100	192	3.32	7	6	3	1	1166	2	108
1957	30	CHA	AL	20	12	37	34	16	4	2	257	228	93	18	71	171	3.26	9	3	1	1	1062	2	98
1958	31	CHA	AL	17	11	35	32	19	3	2	245	204	73	33	66	144	2.68	2	1	1	0	983	3	83
1959	32	CHA	AL	14	15	34	33	12	2	0	224	217	90	26	62	114	3.62	4	2	3	1	934	0	98
1960	33	CHA	AL	14	7	32	30	8	1	0	196.1	201	79	24	46	108	3.62	1	2	0	0	813	1	81
1961	34	CHA	AL	10	9	39	28	5	1	3	180	190	76	17	54	106	3.80	3	2	1	0	764	5	85
1962	35	SFN	NL	16	6	30	23	7	2	1	162.1	147	63	19	35	76	3.49	2	2	3	1	657	2	67
1963	36	SFN	NL	3	11	38	13	3	1	8	99	106	47	12	20	52	4.27	1	3	1	2	420	13	49
1964	37	SFN	NL	3	0	34	1	0	0	4	49	40	12	6	10	29	2.20	1	1	0	0	195	14	14
18 Seasons				211	169	585	432	193	38	32	3306.2	2989	1201	284	1178	1999	3.27	35	48	30	10	13853	84	1325

Post Season

Year	Age	Team	Round	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	IBB	WP	HBP	BK	BFP	GF	R
1959	32	CHA	WS	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	2	3	0.00	1	0	0	0	17	0	0
1962	35	SFN	WS	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	15	8	4	1	2	5	2.40	1	0	0	0	55	0	5
2 Post Seasons				1	1	5	2	1	0	0	19	10	4	1	4	8	1.89	2	0	0	0	72	0	5

Year	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	PB	FP

1945	18	DET	AL	P	5		0	0	2	0	0		1.000

1948	21	DET	AL	P	22		0	2	9	0	0		1.000

1949	22	CHA	AL	P	32		0	12	33	4	2		0.918

1950	23	CHA	AL	P	33		0	4	30	1	1		0.971

1951	24	CHA	AL	P	37		0	11	38	2	4		0.961

1952	25	CHA	AL	P	33		0	13	43	1	3		0.982

1953	26	CHA	AL	1B	1		0	1	0	0	0		1.000
1953	26	CHA	AL	P	40		0	10	33	4	1		0.915

1954	27	CHA	AL	P	36	26	188.2	7	19	1	1		0.963

1955	28	CHA	AL	P	33	26	205.2	7	25	0	1		1.000

1956	29	CHA	AL	P	35	33	276.1	4	33	3	2		0.925

1957	30	CHA	AL	P	37	34	257	8	45	2	2		0.964

1958	31	CHA	AL	P	35	32	245	11	26	1	3		0.974

1959	32	CHA	AL	P	34	33	224	11	40	2	4		0.962

1960	33	CHA	AL	P	32	31	196.1	7	29	2	2		0.947

1961	34	CHA	AL	P	39	28	180	7	31	3	1		0.927

1962	35	SFN	NL	P	30	23	162.1	4	24	1	3		0.966

1963	36	SFN	NL	P	38	13	99	4	20	0	2		1.000

1964	37	SFN	NL	P	34	1	49	1	7	1	0		0.889
18 Seasons					586	280	2083.1	124	487	28	32		0.956

Post Season

Year	Age	Team	Round	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	PB	FP

1959	32	CHA	WS	P	3	0	4	0	0	1	0		0.000

1962	35	SFN	WS	P	2	2	15	1	0	0	0		1.000
2 Post Seasons					5	2	19	1	0	1	0		0.500

Year	Age	Team	League	Salary
No Salary Records Found

Year	Age	League	Award
1956	29	AL	TSN Pitcher of the Year
1956	29	ML	TSN All-Star - P
1957	30	AL	TSN Pitcher of the Year
1957	30	ML	TSN All-Star - P

Year	Age	Voters	Ballots	Required	Votes	Pct.	Inducted	Category
1970	43	BBWAA	300	225	5.0	0.01667	N	Player
1971	44	BBWAA	360	270	7.0	0.01944	N	Player
1972	45	BBWAA	396	297	4.0	0.01010	N	Player
1973	46	BBWAA	380	285	4.0	0.01053	N	Player
1974	47	BBWAA	365	274	4.0	0.01096	N	Player
2003	76	Veterans - Players					N	Player
2005	78	Veterans - Players					N	Player
2007	80	Veterans - Players					N	Player
2015	88	Veterans - Golden Era	16	12			N	Player
2022	95	Veterans - Golden Age Era	16	12			N	Player

Year	Age	Team	Lg	Div	#	G	W	L	Pct.	Div Rank	Ply/Mgr
No Managerial Records Found