Billy Pierce
1945–1964 · bats L / throws L · ALS, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants
616G
.184AVG
.232OBP
.203SLG
More career statistics
203H
0HR
69RBI
1SB
211–169W–L
3,306.2IP
1,999K
3.27ERA
432GS
32SV
8Rare 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 · Caught stealing | 2 | 4 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 232 | 230 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 13,853 | 13,852 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,201 | 1,198 |
| Pitching · p gs | 432 | 433 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,999 | 2,001 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,325 | 1,324 |
| Pitching · p w | 1,178 | 1,179 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 616 | 1,255 | 1,102 | 94 | 203 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 69 | 65 | 232 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 224 | .184 | .232 | .203 | .435 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,306.7 | 585 | 432 | 193 | 211 | 169 | 32 | 2,989 | 1,325 | 1,201 | 284 | 1,178 | 1,999 | 0 | 0 | 3.27 | 1.260 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1952-07-14 to 1952-08-03
10longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89 | More Walks Than Outs | 1948-08-03 | 1 in 12,419 games | box score ↗ |
| 58 | Two Balks | 1963-04-16 | 1 in 551 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1954-05-09 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 303 | 619 | 110 | 0 | 43 | 35 | 117 | .203 | .234 | .231 |
| Away | 313 | 636 | 93 | 0 | 26 | 30 | 113 | .166 | .193 | .177 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 52 | 122 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 18 | .214 | .246 | .252 |
| May | 111 | 223 | 31 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 41 | .161 | .202 | .161 |
| June | 117 | 212 | 27 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 48 | .145 | .175 | .167 |
| July | 115 | 237 | 42 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 34 | .202 | .241 | .216 |
| August | 117 | 255 | 40 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 49 | .177 | .208 | .195 |
| September | 101 | 202 | 41 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 39 | .225 | .228 | .258 |
| October | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 94 | 203 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 35 | .190 | .227 | .207 |
| cleveland-guardians | 91 | 222 | 33 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 45 | .167 | .189 | .197 |
| boston-red-sox | 70 | 147 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 31 | .156 | .190 | .172 |
| detroit-tigers | 59 | 119 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 22 | .148 | .168 | .148 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 55 | 102 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 22 | .168 | .186 | .211 |
| baltimore-orioles | 44 | 125 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 19 | .186 | .256 | .206 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 30 | 65 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | .255 | .246 | .309 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 29 | 65 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | .276 | .262 | .276 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 |  Detroit Tigers | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 10 | 10 |
| 1948 | Detroit Tigers | 22 | 17 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .294 | 55 | 38 |
| 1949 |  Chicago White Sox | 39 | 51 | 9 | – | 2 | – | .176 | 171 | 96 |
| 1950 | Chicago White Sox | 40 | 77 | 20 | – | 6 | – | .260 | 219 | 118 |
| 1951 | Chicago White Sox | 39 | 79 | 16 | – | 3 | – | .203 | 240 | 113 |
| 1952 | Chicago White Sox | 35 | 91 | 17 | – | 3 | – | .187 | 255 | 144 |
| 1953 | Chicago White Sox | 42 | 87 | 11 | – | 4 | – | .126 | 271 | 186 |
| 1954 | Chicago White Sox | 38 | 57 | 11 | – | 5 | – | .193 | 188 | 148 |
| 1955 | Chicago White Sox | 34 | 70 | 12 | – | 7 | 1 | .171 | 205 | 157 |
| 1956 | Chicago White Sox | 39 | 102 | 16 | – | 3 | – | .157 | 276 | 192 |
| 1957 | Chicago White Sox | 41 | 99 | 17 | – | 6 | – | .172 | 257 | 171 |
| 1958 | Chicago White Sox | 35 | 83 | 17 | – | 4 | – | .205 | 245 | 143 |
| 1959 | Chicago White Sox | 34 | 68 | 13 | – | 7 | – | .191 | 224 | 114 |
| 1960 | Chicago White Sox | 32 | 67 | 12 | – | 7 | – | .179 | 196 | 108 |
| 1961 | Chicago White Sox | 39 | 56 | 8 | – | 3 | – | .143 | 180 | 106 |
| 1962 |  San Francisco Giants | 30 | 56 | 12 | – | 5 | – | .214 | 162 | 76 |
| 1963 | San Francisco Giants | 38 | 31 | 4 | – | – | – | .129 | 99 | 52 |
| 1964 | San Francisco Giants | 34 | 9 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .333 | 49 | 29 |