Billy Pierce

PITCHER · L/L · MLB · ACTIVE: 1945–1964 BORN: DETROIT, USA
All-Star ×7
Career
211 W · 3.27 ERA · 1999 K
3306.2 IP · 1.26 WHIP · 585 G
1964 Season
3-0 · 2.20 ERA
49.0 IP · 29 K · 1.02 WHIP
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Billy Pierce was a pitcher in MLB history. Across 585 career appearances, with a 3.27 ERA and 1999 strikeouts. This page covers season stats, team history, and career profile.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Pitching
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Year Team W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO WHIP
1945 DET 0 0 1.80 5 0 0 10.0 6 2 10 10 1.60
1948 DET 3 0 6.34 22 5 0 55.1 47 39 51 36 1.77
1949 CWS 7 15 3.88 32 26 0 171.2 145 74 112 95 1.50
1950 CWS 12 16 3.98 33 29 1 219.1 189 97 137 118 1.49
1951 CWS 15 14 3.03 37 28 2 240.1 237 81 73 113 1.29
1952 CWS 15 12 2.57 33 32 1 255.1 214 73 79 144 1.15
1953 CWS 18 12 2.72 40 33 3 271.1 216 82 102 186 1.17
1954 CWS 9 10 3.48 36 26 3 188.2 179 73 86 148 1.40
1955 CWS 15 10 1.97 33 26 1 205.2 162 45 64 157 1.10
1956 CWS 20 9 3.32 35 33 1 276.1 261 102 100 192 1.31
1957 CWS 20 12 3.26 37 34 2 257.0 228 93 71 171 1.16
1958 CWS 17 11 2.68 35 32 2 245.0 204 73 66 144 1.10
1959 CWS 14 15 3.62 34 33 0 224.0 217 90 62 114 1.25
1960 CWS 14 7 3.62 32 30 0 196.1 201 79 46 108 1.26
1961 CWS 10 9 3.80 39 28 3 180.0 190 76 54 106 1.36
1962 SF 16 6 3.49 30 23 1 162.1 147 63 35 76 1.12
1963 SF 3 11 4.27 38 13 8 99.0 106 47 20 52 1.27
1964 SF 3 0 2.20 34 1 4 49.0 40 12 10 29 1.02
Career Totals 211 169 3.27 585 432 32 3306.2 2989 1201 1178 1999 1.26
Season-by-Season Batting
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Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1945 DET 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1948 DET 22 17 5 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 .294 .294 .529 .824
1949 CWS 39 51 7 9 0 0 0 2 0 5 15 .176 .250 .176 .426
1950 CWS 40 77 10 20 3 0 0 6 0 6 13 .260 .321 .299 .620
1951 CWS 39 79 10 16 1 0 0 3 0 9 17 .203 .284 .215 .499
1952 CWS 35 91 11 17 1 0 0 3 0 6 20 .187 .237 .198 .435
1953 CWS 42 87 4 11 0 0 0 4 0 4 16 .126 .174 .126 .300
1954 CWS 38 57 4 11 0 0 0 5 0 4 12 .193 .242 .193 .435
1955 CWS 34 70 5 12 2 0 0 7 1 3 10 .171 .205 .200 .405
1956 CWS 39 102 6 16 0 0 0 3 0 3 22 .157 .189 .157 .346
1957 CWS 41 99 7 17 1 0 0 6 0 2 25 .172 .188 .182 .370
1958 CWS 35 83 10 17 3 0 0 4 0 4 13 .205 .250 .241 .491
1959 CWS 34 68 3 13 1 2 0 7 0 7 13 .191 .267 .265 .531
1960 CWS 32 67 4 12 1 0 0 7 0 6 14 .179 .247 .194 .441
1961 CWS 39 56 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 1 11 .143 .158 .143 .301
1962 SF 30 56 3 12 0 0 0 5 0 3 12 .214 .254 .214 .469
1963 SF 38 31 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .129 .182 .129 .311
1964 SF 34 9 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 .333 .333 .333 .667
Career Totals 616 1102 94 203 13 4 0 69 1 65 232 .184 .232 .203 .435
Awards & Achievements
  • TSN All-Star (2): 1956, 1957
  • TSN Pitcher of the Year (2): 1956, 1957
All-Star Selections

1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.