MLB Stats for Billy Pierce

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Billy Pierce, the Major League Baseball player, was born on Saturday, April 2, 1927, in Detroit, Michigan. Pierce was 18 years old when he broke into the major leagues on June 1, 1945, with the Detroit Tigers. Billy Pierce stats, height, weight, career totals, schools, positions, and more historical research are in the Baseball Almanac.

"That year was the culmination of a lot of things for us. From 1951 on at different times, we were playing New York or Cleveland for the pennant. Finally in '59 it happened for us, and it was a great thrill. Nellie Fox and Luis Aparicio had their greatest years, and Early Wynn was tremendous on the mound. We won so many games by one run. It was just one of those years where everything went right." - Billy Pierce in Baseball Digest (John Ralph, June 2002, 'Where have you gone, Billy Pierce?', Page 64)

Birth Name:	Walter William Pierce
Nickname:	Billy or Billy the Kid
Born On:	04-02-1927 (Aries)
Born In:	Detroit, Michigan
Died On:	07-31-2015 (1,500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Palos Heights, Illinois
Cemetery:	Chapel Hill Gardens South, Oak Lawn, Illinois

High School:	Highland Park High School (Highland Park, MI)
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Left	Throws:	Left
Height:	5-10	Weight:	160
First Game:	06-01-1945 (Age 18)
Last Game:	10-03-1964
Draft:	Not Applicable / Signing Bonus = $15,000

Billy Pierce Billy Pierce Pitching Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
1945	18	Tigers	5	0	4	0	0	.000	1.80	0	0	0	10.0	45	6	2	2	1	10	0	10	0	1	0	-
1948	21	Tigers	22	5	9	3	0	1.000	6.34	0	0	0	55.1	258	47	39	40	5	51	0	36	1	1	0	-
1949	22	White Sox	32	26	4	7	15	.318	3.88	8	0	0	171.2	761	145	74	89	11	112	4	95	5	0	2	-
1950	23	White Sox	33	29	3	12	16	.429	3.98	15	1	1	219.1	978	189	97	112	11	137	7	118	4	2	0	-
1951	24	White Sox	37	28	6	15	14	.517	3.03	18	1	2	240.1	1,008	237	81	93	14	73	5	113	1	1	0	-
1952	25	White Sox	33	32	1	15	12	.556	2.57	14	4	1	255.1	1,042	214	73	76	12	79	7	144	3	3	0	-
1953	26	White Sox	40	33	6	18	12	.600	2.72	19	7	3	271.1	1,113	216	82	94	20	102	10	186	5	3	0	-
1954	27	White Sox	36	26	4	9	10	.474	3.48	12	4	3	188.2	818	179	73	86	15	86	5	148	3	3	1	-
1955	28	White Sox	33	26	5	15	10	.600	1.97	16	6	1	205.2	836	162	45	50	16	64	5	157	4	3	1	-
1956	29	White Sox	35	33	2	20	9	.690	3.32	21	1	1	276.1	1,166	261	102	108	24	100	7	192	6	3	1	-
1957	30	White Sox	37	34	2	20	12	.625	3.26	16	4	2	257.0	1,062	228	93	98	18	71	9	171	3	1	1	-
1958	31	White Sox	35	32	3	17	11	.607	2.68	19	3	2	245.0	983	204	73	83	33	66	2	144	1	1	0	-
1959	32	White Sox	34	33	0	14	15	.483	3.62	12	2	0	224.0	934	217	90	98	26	62	4	114	2	3	1	-
1960	33	White Sox	32	30	1	14	7	.667	3.62	8	1	0	196.1	813	201	79	81	24	46	1	108	2	0	0	-
1961	34	White Sox	39	28	5	10	9	.526	3.80	5	1	3	180.0	764	190	76	85	17	54	3	106	2	1	0	-
1962	35	Giants	30	23	2	16	6	.727	3.49	7	2	1	162.1	657	147	63	67	19	35	2	76	2	3	1	-
1963	36	Giants	38	13	13	3	11	.214	4.27	3	1	8	99.0	420	106	47	49	12	20	1	52	3	1	2	-
1964	37	Giants	34	1	14	3	0	1.000	2.20	0	0	4	49.0	195	40	12	14	6	10	1	29	1	0	0	-
Career	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
18 Years	585	432	84	211	169	.555	3.27	193	38	32	3,306.2	13,853	2,989	1,201	1,325	284	1,178	73	1,999	48	30	10	-
Billy Pierce Pitching Stats

Billy Pierce Billy Pierce Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1945	18	Tigers	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
1948	21	Tigers	22	17	5	5	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	.294	.294	.529
1949	22	White Sox	39	51	7	9	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	15	6	0	0	2	.176	.250	.176
1950	23	White Sox	40	77	10	20	3	0	0	0	6	6	0	13	4	0	1	1	.260	.321	.299
1951	24	White Sox	39	79	10	16	1	0	0	0	3	9	0	17	5	0	0	2	.203	.284	.215
1952	25	White Sox	35	91	11	17	1	0	0	0	3	6	0	20	5	0	0	3	.187	.237	.198
1953	26	White Sox	42	87	4	11	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	16	10	0	1	3	.126	.174	.126
1954	27	White Sox	38	57	4	11	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	12	6	1	0	0	.193	.242	.193
1955	28	White Sox	34	70	5	12	2	0	0	0	7	3	0	10	8	0	0	0	.171	.205	.200
1956	29	White Sox	39	102	6	16	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	22	7	0	1	3	.157	.189	.157
1957	30	White Sox	41	99	7	17	1	0	0	0	6	2	0	25	3	0	0	3	.172	.188	.182
1958	31	White Sox	35	83	10	17	3	0	0	0	4	4	0	13	6	0	1	0	.205	.250	.241
1959	32	White Sox	34	68	3	13	1	2	0	0	7	7	0	13	6	0	0	1	.191	.267	.265
1960	33	White Sox	32	67	4	12	1	0	0	0	7	6	0	14	3	0	0	2	.179	.247	.194
1961	34	White Sox	39	56	3	8	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	11	6	0	0	2	.143	.158	.143
1962	35	Giants	30	56	3	12	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	12	7	0	0	1	.214	.254	.214
1963	36	Giants	38	31	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	11	1	0	0	0	.129	.182	.129
1964	37	Giants	34	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333
Career	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
18 Years	616	1,102	94	203	13	4	0	0	69	65	0	232	83	1	4	24	.184	.232	.203
Billy Pierce Hitting Stats

Billy Pierce Billy Pierce Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1945 Tigers	P	5	0	30	2	0.4	2	0	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.80
1948 Tigers	P	22	5	166	11	0.5	11	2	9	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.79
1949 White Sox	P	32	26	515	49	1.5	45	12	33	4	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.918	2.36
1950 White Sox	P	33	29	658	35	1.1	34	4	30	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.971	1.40
1951 White Sox	P	37	28	721	51	1.4	49	11	38	2	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.961	1.83
1952 White Sox	P	33	32	766	57	1.7	56	13	43	1	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.982	1.97
1953 White Sox	1B	1	0	0	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00
1953 White Sox	P	40	33	814	47	1.2	43	10	33	4	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.915	1.43
1954 White Sox	P	36	26	566	27	0.8	26	7	19	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.963	1.24
1955 White Sox	P	33	26	617	32	1.0	32	7	25	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.40
1956 White Sox	P	35	33	829	40	1.1	37	4	33	3	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.925	1.21
1957 White Sox	P	37	34	771	55	1.5	53	8	45	2	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.964	1.86
1958 White Sox	P	35	32	735	38	1.1	37	11	26	1	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.974	1.36
1959 White Sox	P	34	33	672	53	1.6	51	11	40	2	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.962	2.05
1960 White Sox	P	32	30	589	38	1.2	36	7	29	2	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.947	1.65
1961 White Sox	P	39	28	540	41	1.1	38	7	31	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.927	1.90
1962 Giants	P	30	23	487	29	1.0	28	4	24	1	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.966	1.55
1963 Giants	P	38	13	297	24	0.6	24	4	20	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.18
1964 Giants	P	34	1	147	9	0.3	8	1	7	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.889	1.47
Career		G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
P Totals		585	432	9,920	638	1.1	610	123	487	28	32	n/a	n/a	n/a	.956	1.66
1B Totals		1	0	0	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00
18 Years		586	432	9,920	639	1.1	611	124	487	28	32	n/a	n/a	n/a	.956	1.66
Billy Pierce Fielding Stats

Billy Pierce Billy Pierce Baserunning, Substitute Positions, & Ratio Related Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1945 Tigers	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.00	9.00	9.00
1948 Tigers	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	4.3	8.5	0.71	5.86	8.30
1949 White Sox	0	0	.000	0	7	n/a	0.0	3.4	25.5	0.85	4.98	5.87
1950 White Sox	0	0	.000	1	6	n/a	0.0	5.9	12.8	0.86	4.84	5.62
1951 White Sox	0	1	.000	0	2	n/a	0.0	4.6	26.3	1.55	4.23	2.73
1952 White Sox	0	1	.000	0	2	n/a	0.0	4.6	30.3	1.82	5.08	2.78
1953 White Sox	0	0	.000	0	2	n/a	0.0	5.4	21.8	1.82	6.17	3.38
1954 White Sox	0	0	.000	0	2	n/a	0.0	4.8	11.4	1.72	7.06	4.10
1955 White Sox	1	0	1.000	0	1	n/a	0.0	7.0	10.0	2.45	6.87	2.80
1956 White Sox	0	0	.000	0	4	n/a	0.0	4.6	34.0	1.92	6.25	3.26
1957 White Sox	0	0	.000	0	4	n/a	0.0	4.0	16.5	2.41	5.99	2.49
1958 White Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	6.4	20.8	2.18	5.29	2.42
1959 White Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	5.2	9.7	1.84	4.58	2.49
1960 White Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	4.8	9.6	2.35	4.95	2.11
1961 White Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	5.1	18.7	1.96	5.30	2.70
1962 Giants	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	4.7	11.2	2.17	4.21	1.94
1963 Giants	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.8	0.0	2.60	4.73	1.82
1964 Giants	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	3.0	4.5	2.90	5.33	1.84
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
18 Years	1	2	.333	1	30	n/a	0.0	4.8	16.0	1.70	5.44	3.21
Billy Pierce Baserunning, Substitute Positions, & Ratio Related Stats

Billy Pierce Billy Pierce Teams Played For, Uniform Numbers Worn, & MLB Contracts
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1945 Detroit Tigers	5, 20	Undetermined	n/a	-
1948 Detroit Tigers	10	Undetermined	-	-
1949 Chicago White Sox	19	Undetermined	-	-
1950 Chicago White Sox	19	Undetermined	-	-
1951 Chicago White Sox	19	Undetermined	-	-
1952 Chicago White Sox	19	Undetermined	-	-
1953 Chicago White Sox	19	Undetermined	Stats	-
1954 Chicago White Sox	19	Undetermined	-	-
1955 Chicago White Sox	19	Undetermined	Stats	-
1956 Chicago White Sox	19	Undetermined	Stats	-
1957 Chicago White Sox	19	Undetermined	Stats	-
1958 Chicago White Sox	19	Undetermined	Stats	-
1959 Chicago White Sox	19	Undetermined	Stats	Stats
1960 Chicago White Sox	19	Undetermined	-	-
1961 Chicago White Sox	19	Undetermined	Stats	-
1962 San Francisco Giants	19	Undetermined	-	Stats
1963 San Francisco Giants	19	Undetermined	-	-
1964 San Francisco Giants	19	Undetermined	-	-
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Billy Pierce Teams Played For, Uniform Numbers Worn, & MLB Contracts

Did you know that Billy Pierce holds the Chicago White Sox team specific record for most career strikeouts (1,796) by any twirler in franchise history? Did you know that the next two closest Pale Hose pitchers are both in the Hall of Fame; Ed Walsh (1,732) and Red Faber (1,471)? [MLB.com]

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