#85 Billy Pierce, Starting Pitcher, 33 yrs, New York (A) Yankees Thursday, 10/5/1960 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Billy Pierce
4/2/1927 33 USA,MI,DETROIT 5"10 165
Starting Pitcher L L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Average Normal Prone 2.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Extension : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 200,000 1960 $ 3,500,000 (3 year(s)) 13 Year(s), 127 Days (2363 total Days) 111 Day(s) 13 Year(s), 122 Days (2358 total Days) 14 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 6 | 6 | 4 | 89-92 Mph |
Versus LHB | 6 | 6 | 4 | |
Versus RHB | 6 | 5 | 4 | |
Talent | 7 | 6 | 4 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 8 67 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Versus LHP | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Versus RHP | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 3 5 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 6 (Range), .967 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 1
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6.38 | 48.0 | 57 | 38 | 34 | 26 | 37 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 |
Projected | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6.38 | 50.0 | 60 | 40 | 36 | 28 | 39 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 3 | 0 | 100.0 | 12 | 11 | 15.8 | 10.7 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 7.36 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 56 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .304 | .394 | .661 | 1.055 |
vs. RHB | 134 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .299 | .377 | .537 | .914 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 16.0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 11 |
Road | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7.88 | 32.0 | 43 | 32 | 28 | 17 | 26 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.12 | 8.2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 3.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
May | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
June | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
August | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.08 | 8.2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
Sept./Oct. | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7.71 | 35.0 | 47 | 34 | 30 | 22 | 26 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1945 | 44 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.32 | 250.0 | 277 | 120 | 120 | 28 | 88 | 192 | 15 | 3 | 1.46 | .000 | DET |
1948 | 44 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3.78 | 250.0 | 241 | 105 | 105 | 24 | 77 | 225 | 15 | 3 | 1.27 | .000 | DET |
1949 | 44 | 33 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 3.78 | 250.0 | 241 | 105 | 105 | 24 | 77 | 225 | 15 | 3 | 1.27 | .000 | CHA |
1950 | 38 | 38 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 4.36 | 297.0 | 268 | 158 | 144 | 37 | 133 | 161 | 11 | 0 | 1.35 | .252 | CHA NYY |
1951 | 34 | 34 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 4.17 | 248.0 | 272 | 134 | 115 | 37 | 92 | 158 | 9 | 0 | 1.47 | .303 | NYY |
1952 | 41 | 41 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 3.68 | 327.2 | 320 | 156 | 134 | 31 | 106 | 221 | 15 | 2 | 1.30 | .287 | PHI,NL |
1953 | 40 | 40 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 4.61 | 306.2 | 309 | 168 | 157 | 45 | 130 | 216 | 11 | 2 | 1.43 | .286 | PHI |
1954 | 40 | 40 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 4.01 | 319.0 | 299 | 161 | 142 | 43 | 126 | 203 | 20 | 3 | 1.33 | .263 | PHI,NL |
1955 | 38 | 38 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 5.29 | 294.1 | 311 | 184 | 173 | 39 | 138 | 194 | 18 | 1 | 1.53 | .299 | PHI |
1956 | 26 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3.77 | 214.2 | 188 | 94 | 90 | 23 | 84 | 133 | 17 | 1 | 1.27 | .258 | PHI |
1957 | 33 | 32 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 5.29 | 253.1 | 280 | 166 | 149 | 46 | 101 | 132 | 19 | 0 | 1.50 | .285 | PHI |
1958 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5.61 | 77.0 | 91 | 51 | 48 | 15 | 37 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 1.66 | .300 | WS1 |
1959 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5.84 | 61.2 | 81 | 41 | 40 | 15 | 18 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 1.61 | .333 | WS1 |
1960 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6.38 | 48.0 | 57 | 38 | 34 | 14 | 26 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1.73 | .309 | WS1 NYY |
Total | 483 | 408 | 152 | 133 | 10 | 4.38 | 3197.1 | 3235 | 1681 | 1556 | 421 | 1233 | 2172 | 172 | 18 | 1.40 | .412 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1950 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.63 | 8.0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
1952 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 8.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
1953 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12.75 | 12.0 | 24 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1954 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.29 | 17.0 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
1955 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 6.0 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6.71 | 51.0 | 69 | 42 | 38 | 17 | 25 | 3 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1945 | 5 | 250 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 22 | 16 | 52 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .243 | .212 | .455 | DET |
1948 | 22 | 250 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 22 | 16 | 52 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .243 | .212 | .455 | DET |
1949 | 39 | 250 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 22 | 16 | 52 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .243 | .212 | .455 | CHA |
1950 | 38 | 106 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .170 | .183 | .198 | .382 | CHA NYY |
1951 | 34 | 92 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .226 | .228 | .454 | NYY |
1952 | 41 | 114 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 0 | .228 | .261 | .263 | .524 | PHI,NL |
1953 | 40 | 110 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .209 | .230 | .218 | .448 | PHI |
1954 | 40 | 116 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 1 | .138 | .158 | .147 | .305 | PHI,NL |
1955 | 38 | 102 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 1 | .147 | .178 | .186 | .364 | PHI |
1956 | 26 | 79 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 1 | .177 | .198 | .215 | .413 | PHI |
1957 | 33 | 82 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .195 | .195 | .207 | .402 | PHI |
1958 | 22 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .304 | .565 | WS1 |
1959 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .063 | .063 | .063 | .125 | WS1 |
1960 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .455 | .500 | .955 | WS1 NYY |
Total | 417 | 1600 | 303 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 114 | 131 | 66 | 338 | 6 | 5 | .189 | .223 | .211 | .435 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 17 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1.000 | 48.0 | 2.63 | | | | |
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Transactions Traded from Chicago (A) to New York (A) on 6/7/1950 (Going to CHA: P Marino Pieretti, P Lew Burdette, 2B Snuffy Stirnweiss, LF Dick Wakefield. Going to NYY: P Billy Pierce)... Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia (N) on 2/11/1952 to a 6-year deal worth $12,250,000 per year... All Star Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game... Awards Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1950, going 5-0, 3.55... Won World Championship with New York (A) in 1950... Won Player of the Week award on 5/8/1952, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1952, going 5-0, 2.21... Won World Championship with Philadelphia (N) in 1952... Won Cy Young Award in 1952, going 25-9, 3.68 ERA... Won Player of the Week award on 5/15/1954, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA... Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1955, going 5-0, 2.21... Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/17/1958 to a 3-year deal worth $4,750,000 per year... Released by Washington on 6/6/1960... Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 7/8/1960 to a 1-year deal worth $200,000 per year... 9/28/1960: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $3,500,000 per year, for 3 years.
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1951 - 4.17 - 10th 1952 - 3.68 - 5th 1954 - 4.01 - 9th 1956 - 3.77 - 7th
| WHIP 1950 - 1.35 - 6th 1952 - 1.30 - 7th 1954 - 1.33 - 9th 1956 - 1.27 - 5th
| Wins 1950 - 19 - 8th 1952 - 25 - 1st 1953 - 20 - 5th 1954 - 21 - 5th
| Losses 1955 - 16 - 9th 1957 - 18 - 5th
| IP 1952 - 327.2 - 5th 1953 - 306.2 - 6th 1954 - 319.0 - 3rd 1955 - 294.1 - 9th
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K's 1950 - 161 - 8th 1951 - 158 - 5th 1952 - 221 - 2nd 1953 - 216 - 1st 1954 - 203 - 1st 1955 - 194 - 5th
| BB 1953 - 130 - 6th 1954 - 126 - 8th 1955 - 138 - 6th
| CG 1952 - 15 - 6th 1954 - 20 - 2nd 1955 - 18 - 10th 1956 - 17 - 10th 1957 - 19 - 9th
| SHO 1952 - 2 - 4th 1953 - 2 - 9th 1954 - 3 - 3rd 1955 - 1 - 10th 1956 - 1 - 10th
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