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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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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[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.

[edit] Statistics

[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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