Bill Piercy

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Full Name: William Benton Piercy	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1.5"/170	First Game: October 3, 1917
Birthdate: May 2, 1896	Final Game: August 16, 1926
Birthplace: El Monte, California	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: August 28, 1951
Deathplace: Long Beach, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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2 Statistics
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[edit] Biography

Born on May 2, 1896 in El Monte, California, Bill Piercy (William Benton Piercy) played for the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 6 year career. Piercy broke into the bigs on October 3, 1917 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 2.98 ERA in 81.2 innings pitched in 1921, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bill Piercy's best season was 1923, when he posted a 3.41 ERA and struck out 51 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1917	NY	A	1	1	0	1	3.00	4	3	3	1	0	0	9	9	0	2	0	0	0
1921	NY	A	14	10	5	4	2.98	35	40	27	5	1	0	81.2	82	4	28	0	3	7
1922	BOS	A	29	12	3	9	4.67	24	77	63	7	1	0	121.1	140	2	62	0	4	6
1923	BOS	A	30	24	8	17	3.41	51	105	71	11	0	0	187.1	193	5	73	0	6	14
1924	BOS	A	23	18	5	7	5.95	20	85	80	3	0	0	121	156	4	66	0	4	10
1926	CHI	N	19	5	6	5	4.48	31	52	45	1	0	0	90.1	96	1	37	0	4	6
Total	NL		19	5	6	5	4.48	31	52	45	1	0	0	90.1	96	1	37	0	4	6
Total	AL		97	65	21	38	4.22	134	310	244	27	2	0	520.1	580	15	231	0	17	37
Total			116	70	27	43	4.26	165	362	289	28	2	0	610.2	676	16	268	0	21	43

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1917	NY	A	P	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750
1921	NY	A	P	14	0	0	3	20	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.852
1922	BOS	A	P	29	0	0	4	42	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1923	BOS	A	P	30	0	0	10	65	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.949
1924	BOS	A	P	23	0	0	5	38	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.915
1926	CHI	N	P	19	0	0	5	23	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.903
Total			P	116	0	0	27	191	16	8	0	0	0	0	0	.932

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1917	NY	A	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1921	NY	A	14	28	2	6	0	2	.214	.290	.286	2	0	1	7	2	0	0	0	0
1922	BOS	A	29	34	2	5	0	3	.147	.194	.206	2	0	2	9	0	4	0	0	0
1923	BOS	A	30	53	2	7	0	4	.132	.148	.208	2	1	1	16	0	8	0	0	0
1924	BOS	A	23	39	1	6	0	2	.154	.195	.179	1	0	2	12	0	5	0	0	0
1926	CHI	N	19	35	2	9	0	3	.257	.257	.343	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		19	35	2	9	0	3	.257	.257	.343	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		97	156	7	24	0	11	.154	.200	.212	7	1	7	44	2	17	0	0	0
Total			116	191	9	33	0	14	.173	.210	.236	10	1	7	46	2	17	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Traded by New York Yankees with Roger Peckinpaugh, Jack Quinn and Rip Collins to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Everett Scott, Bullet Joe Bush and Sad Sam Jones (December 20, 1921).

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