#85 Billy Pierce, Starting Pitcher, 24 yrs, New York (A) Yankees Tuesday, 10/3/1951 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Billy Pierce
4/2/1927 24 USA,MI,DETROIT 5"10 160
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 3 / 6 (Well Known) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Average Normal Normal 3.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : 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 $ 6,390,000 1951 (Automatic) 5 Year(s), 16 Days (876 total Days) 172 Day(s) 5 Year(s), 6 Days (866 total Days) 5 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 14 | 14 | 13 | 91-94 Mph |
Versus LHB | 15 | 14 | 14 | |
Versus RHB | 14 | 14 | 13 | |
Talent | 13 | 15 | 12 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 16 67 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Versus LHP | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Versus RHP | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 6 5 5 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 13 (Range), .970 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
8/14 | @SLA | W 5-1 | * | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
8/18 | CLE | W 7-6 | * | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
8/23 | DET | W 4-3 | * | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | W | PoG | | | |
8/27 | @PHA | W 4-3 | * | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | W | PoG | | | |
8/31 | WS1 | L 1-2 | * | 8.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
9/6 | DET | L 4-6 | * | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | L | | | | |
9/10 | CLE | L 3-5 | * | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | L | | | | |
9/14 | @WS1 | W 9-7 | * | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | | | | | |
9/19 | PHA | W 3-2 | * | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | W | PoG | | | |
9/23 | SLA | L 0-12 | * | 4.1 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | L | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 34 | 34 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 4.17 | 248.0 | 272 | 134 | 115 | 92 | 158 | 9 | 26.5 | 0 | 20 | 58.8 |
Projected | 36 | 36 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 4.17 | 260.0 | 286 | 141 | 121 | 97 | 166 | | | | | |
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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 |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 13.2 | 9.9 | 5.7 | 3.3 | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 4.79 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 248 | 63 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 34 | 34 | 23 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .254 | .314 | .452 | .766 |
vs. RHB | 722 | 209 | 36 | 3 | 25 | 89 | 100 | 69 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .289 | .344 | .452 | .795 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 18 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3.88 | 143.2 | 155 | 76 | 62 | 49 | 91 |
Road | 16 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4.57 | 104.1 | 117 | 58 | 53 | 43 | 67 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5.82 | 38.2 | 51 | 26 | 25 | 16 | 31 |
May | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5.01 | 41.1 | 61 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 28 |
June | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.38 | 40.0 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 32 |
July | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | 30.0 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 16 |
August | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.79 | 67.2 | 62 | 22 | 21 | 26 | 31 |
Sept./Oct. | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6.23 | 30.1 | 36 | 27 | 21 | 17 | 20 |
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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 |
Total | 204 | 171 | 43 | 42 | 6 | 4.09 | 1295.0 | 1299 | 622 | 589 | 150 | 467 | 961 | 65 | 9 | 1.36 | 1.181 | |
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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 |
Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.63 | 8.0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 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 |
Total | 138 | 948 | 182 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 67 | 80 | 51 | 194 | 1 | 1 | .192 | .235 | .212 | .447 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 34 | 34 | 9 | 44 | 7 | 56 | 3 | .946 | 248.0 | 2.03 | | | | |
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Set a new season AL-Record for Strikeouts with 1 on 4/4/1950 ... Set a new season AL-Record for Strikeouts with 3 on 4/4/1950 ... Set a new season AL-Record for Strikeouts with 9 on 4/8/1950 ... Set a new season AL-Record for Strikeouts with 18 on 4/12/1950 ... 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)... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1950, going 5-0, 3.55... Won World Championship with New York (A) in 1950...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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WHIP 1950 - 1.35 - 6th
| Wins 1950 - 19 - 8th
| K's 1950 - 161 - 8th
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