Billy Pierce stats

Last played for the San Francisco Giants, 1964

Pitcher

Age 99

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Billy Pierce played 18 MLB seasons, 1945 to 1964.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
585
W
211
L
169
ERA
3.27
IP
3,306.2
K
1,999
BB
1,178
WHIP
1.26
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
1945DET5001.8010.010101.60
1948DET22306.3455.136511.77
1949CHW327153.88171.2951121.50
1950CHW3312163.98219.11181371.49
1951CHW3715143.03240.1113731.29
1952CHW3315122.57255.1144791.15
1953CHW4018122.72271.11861021.17
1954CHW369103.48188.2148861.40
1955CHW3315101.97205.2157641.10
1956CHW352093.32276.11921001.31
1957CHW3720123.26257.0171711.16
1958CHW3517112.68245.0144661.10
1959CHW3414153.62224.0114621.25
1960CHW321473.62196.1108461.26
1961CHW391093.80180.0106541.36
1962SF301663.49162.176351.12
1963SF383114.2799.052201.27
1964SF34302.2049.029101.02

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
5
W
1
L
1
ERA
1.89
IP
19.0
K
8
BB
4
WHIP
0.74

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
0
CG
193
SHO
38
K/9
5.4
GB
0
FB
0
G/F
0.00
WP
0
Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
1945DET0009.00000
1948DET0005.90000
1949CHW0805.00000
1950CHW01514.80000
1951CHW01814.20000
1952CHW01445.10000
1953CHW01976.20000
1954CHW01247.10000
1955CHW01666.90000
1956CHW02116.30000
1957CHW01646.00000
1958CHW01935.30000
1959CHW01224.60000
1960CHW0815.00000
1961CHW0515.30000
1962SF0724.20000
1963SF0314.70000
1964SF0005.30000

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
99 yearsApr 2, 1927
Debut
1945

What were Billy Pierce's career stats?

Billy Pierce played 18 seasons for the Tigers, the White Sox and the Giants. He had 211 wins and 1,999 strikeouts with a 3.27 ERA over 3,306.2 innings. His best season was 1956: 20 wins, a 3.32 ERA and 192 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

18 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1945 to 1964

Championships

All-time career rank

  • 95th in strikeouts (pitching) (1,999)
  • 92nd in wins (pitching) (211)

Among the 9,244 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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