Bill Piercy
1917–1927 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees, PIR
116G
.173AVG
.210OBP
.236SLG
More career statistics
33H
0HR
14RBI
0SB
27–43W–L
610.2IP
165K
4.26ERA
70GS
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 191 | 190 |
| Batting · Hits | 33 | 32 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 2 | 3 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,730 | 2,724 |
| Pitching · p er | 289 | 274 |
| Pitching · p h | 676 | 675 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,832 | 1,820 |
| Pitching · p r | 364 | 363 |
| Pitching · p w | 268 | 273 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 116 | 217 | 191 | 9 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 45 | .173 | .210 | .236 | .446 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 610.7 | 116 | 70 | 28 | 27 | 43 | 0 | 676 | 364 | 289 | 16 | 268 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 4.26 | 1.546 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1921-04-28 to 1921-05-08
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1924-06-10 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1922-07-17 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
| 19 | 13 hits allowed | 1922-09-11 | 1 in 76 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 57 | 92 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 20 | .222 | .217 | .333 |
| Away | 59 | 125 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 26 | .128 | .152 | .156 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 9 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .188 | .222 | .312 |
| May | 17 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | .200 | .184 | .257 |
| June | 24 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | .213 | .208 | .319 |
| July | 29 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | .174 | .180 | .217 |
| August | 18 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .150 | .154 | .150 |
| September | 16 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | .050 | .125 | .100 |
| October | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .125 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 16 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | .192 | .219 | .308 |
| st-louis-browns | 15 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | .214 | .226 | .286 |
| chicago-white-sox | 14 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .056 | .087 | .056 |
| detroit-tigers | 14 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .100 | .080 | .150 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 13 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .040 | .074 | .040 |
| cleveland-guardians | 13 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .250 | .263 | .375 |
| new-york-yankees | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .154 | .200 | .231 |
| boston-red-sox | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .200 | .222 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 |  New York Yankees | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 9 | 4 |
| 1921 | New York Yankees | 14 | 28 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .214 | 81 | 32 |
| 1922 |  Boston Red Sox | 29 | 34 | 5 | – | 4 | – | .147 | 120 | 27 |
| 1923 | Boston Red Sox | 30 | 53 | 7 | – | 3 | – | .132 | 186 | 51 |
| 1924 | Boston Red Sox | 23 | 38 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .132 | 119 | 20 |
| 1926 |  Chicago Cubs | 19 | 35 | 9 | – | 3 | – | .257 | 89 | 31 |