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Player Notes: � Opening Day Starter for Chicago White Sox in 1951-1952,1954,1956-1959 ... The Chicago White Sox retired his #19 on July 25, 1987

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Pitching Statistics

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	Wpct	FIP
1945	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	5,20	Rel	18	0	0	1.80	5	0	5	0	0	4	0	10.0	6	2	2	1	10	10	0	0	0	1.60	5.40	0.90	9.00	9.00	1.00	-	4.84
1948	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	10	S/R	21	3	0	6.34	22	5	17	0	0	9	0	55.0	47	40	39	5	51	36	1	0	0	1.77	7.64	0.81	8.30	5.86	0.71	1.000	5.30
1949	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	19	ST	22	7	15	3.88	32	26	6	8	0	4	0	171.2	145	89	74	11	112	95	5	2	0	1.50	7.60	0.58	5.87	4.98	0.85	.318	4.19
1950	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	19	ST	23	12	16	3.98	33	29	4	15	1	3	1	219.0	189	112	97	11	137	118	4	0	0	1.49	7.76	0.45	5.62	4.84	0.86	.429	4.03
1951	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	19	ST	24	15	14	3.03	37	28	9	18	1	6	2	240.0	237	93	81	14	73	113	1	0	0	1.29	8.88	0.52	2.73	4.23	1.55	.517	3.21
1952	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	19	ST	25	15	12	2.57	33	32	1	14	4	1	1	255.0	214	76	73	12	79	144	3	0	0	1.15	7.54	0.42	2.78	5.08	1.82	.556	2.80
1953	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	19	ST	26	18	12	2.72	40	33	7	19	7	6	3	271.0	216	94	82	20	102	186	5	0	0	1.17	7.16	0.66	3.38	6.17	1.82	.600	3.31
1954	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	19	ST	27	9	10	3.48	36	26	10	12	4	4	3	188.2	179	86	73	15	86	148	3	1	0	1.40	8.54	0.72	4.10	7.06	1.72	.474	3.23
1955	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	19	ST	28	15	10	1.97	33	26	7	16	6	5	1	205.2	162	50	45	16	64	157	4	1	0	1.10	7.09	0.70	2.80	6.87	2.45	.600	2.79
1956	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	19	ST	29	20	9	3.32	35	33	2	21	1	2	1	276.0	261	108	102	24	100	192	6	1	0	1.31	8.50	0.78	3.26	6.25	1.92	.690	3.19
1957	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	19	ST	30	20	12	3.26	37	34	3	16	4	2	2	257.0	228	98	93	18	71	171	3	1	0	1.16	7.98	0.63	2.49	5.99	2.41	.625	2.86
1958	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	19	ST	31	17	11	2.68	35	32	3	19	3	3	2	245.0	204	83	73	33	66	144	1	0	0	1.10	7.49	1.21	2.42	5.29	2.18	.607	3.86
1959	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	19	ST	32	14	15	3.62	34	33	1	12	2	0	0	224.0	217	98	90	26	62	114	2	1	0	1.25	8.72	1.04	2.49	4.58	1.84	.483	3.86
1960	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	19	ST	33	14	7	3.62	32	30	2	8	1	1	0	196.0	201	81	79	24	46	108	2	0	0	1.26	9.21	1.10	2.11	4.95	2.35	.667	3.72
1961	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	19	ST	34	10	9	3.80	39	28	11	5	1	5	3	180.0	190	85	76	17	54	106	2	0	0	1.36	9.50	0.85	2.70	5.30	1.96	.526	3.52
1962	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	sfn	19	S/R	35	16	6	3.49	30	23	7	7	2	2	1	162.0	147	67	63	19	35	76	2	1	0	1.12	8.15	1.05	1.94	4.21	2.17	.727	3.85
1963	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	sfn	40	S/R	36	3	11	4.27	38	13	25	3	1	13	8	99.0	106	49	47	12	20	52	3	2	0	1.27	9.64	1.09	1.82	4.73	2.60	.214	3.61
1964	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	sfn	19	Rel	37	3	0	2.20	34	1	33	0	0	14	4	49.0	40	14	12	6	10	29	1	0	0	1.02	7.35	1.10	1.84	5.33	2.90	1.000	3.63
MLB Totals - 18 Season(s)Filter								211	169	3.27	585	432	153	193	38	84	32	3303.2	2989	1325	1201	284	1178	1999	48	10	0	1.26	8.14	0.77	3.21	5.44	1.70	.555	0.98
Chicago White Sox Totals - 13 Season(s)Filter								186	152	3.19	456	390	66	183	35	42	19	2928.0	2643	1153	1038	241	1052	1796	41	7	0	1.26	8.12	0.74	3.23	5.51	1.71	.550	-
San Francisco Giants Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								22	17	3.54	102	37	65	10	3	29	13	310.0	293	130	122	37	65	157	6	3	0	1.15	8.50	1.07	1.89	4.55	2.42	.564	-
Detroit Tigers Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								3	0	5.65	27	5	22	0	0	13	0	65.0	53	42	41	6	61	46	1	0	0	1.74	7.30	0.83	8.40	6.34	0.75	1.000	-
Average MLB - Per ~220 innings								14	11	3.27	39	29	10	13	3	6	2	220.0	199	88	80	19	78	133	3	1	0	1.26	8.14	0.77	3.21	5.44	1.70	.560	0.98

Batting Statistics

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	wOBA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
1945	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	5,20	p	18	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1948	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	10	p	21	22	17	5	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.294	.529	.823	9	2	17	.385	.235	.235	.363	0.00	23.53	0.00	0.00	0.00	40.00
1949	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	19	p	22	39	51	7	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	15	0	6	0	0	2	.176	.250	.176	.426	9	0	62	.250	.000	.098	.218	8.06	24.19	3.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1950	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	19	p	23	40	77	10	20	3	0	0	6	0	0	6	13	1	4	0	0	1	.260	.321	.299	.620	23	3	88	.313	.039	.117	.297	6.82	14.77	2.17	0.00	0.00	15.00
1951	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	19	p	24	39	79	10	16	1	0	0	3	0	1	9	17	0	5	0	0	2	.203	.284	.215	.499	17	1	93	.258	.012	.114	.248	9.68	18.28	1.89	0.00	0.00	6.25
1952	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	19	p	25	35	91	11	17	1	0	0	3	0	1	6	20	0	5	0	0	3	.187	.237	.198	.435	18	1	102	.239	.011	.066	.212	5.88	19.61	3.33	0.00	0.00	5.88
1953	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	19	p	26	42	87	4	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	16	1	10	0	0	3	.126	.174	.126	.300	11	0	102	.155	.000	.046	.150	3.92	15.69	4.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1954	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	19	p	27	38	57	4	11	0	0	0	5	0	0	4	12	0	6	1	0	0	.193	.242	.193	.435	11	0	68	.239	.000	.070	.211	5.88	17.65	3.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1955	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	19	p	28	34	70	5	12	2	0	0	7	1	0	3	10	0	8	0	0	0	.171	.205	.200	.405	14	2	81	.200	.029	.086	.190	3.70	12.35	3.33	0.00	0.00	16.67
1956	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	19	p	29	39	102	6	16	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	22	1	7	0	0	3	.157	.189	.157	.346	16	0	113	.200	.000	.029	.164	2.65	19.47	7.33	0.00	0.00	0.00
1957	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	19	p	30	41	99	7	17	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	25	0	3	0	0	3	.172	.188	.182	.370	18	1	104	.230	.010	.030	.170	1.92	24.04	12.50	0.00	0.00	5.88
1958	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	19	p	31	35	83	10	17	3	0	0	4	0	0	4	13	1	6	0	0	0	.205	.250	.241	.491	20	3	94	.243	.036	.084	.227	4.26	13.83	3.25	0.00	0.00	17.65
1959	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	19	p	32	34	68	3	13	1	2	0	7	0	0	7	13	0	6	0	0	1	.191	.267	.265	.532	18	3	81	.236	.074	.176	.247	8.64	16.05	1.86	0.00	0.00	23.08
1960	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	19	p	33	32	67	4	12	1	0	0	7	0	0	6	14	0	3	0	0	2	.179	.247	.194	.441	13	1	76	.226	.015	.104	.212	7.89	18.42	2.33	0.00	0.00	8.33
1961	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	19	p	34	39	56	3	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	11	0	6	0	0	2	.143	.158	.143	.301	8	0	63	.178	.000	.018	.139	1.59	17.46	11.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1962	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	sfn	19	p	35	30	56	3	12	0	0	0	5	0	0	3	12	0	7	0	0	1	.214	.254	.214	.468	12	0	66	.273	.000	.054	.220	4.55	18.18	4.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1963	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	sfn	40	p	36	38	31	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	0	1	0	0	0	.129	.182	.129	.311	4	0	34	.200	.000	.065	.150	5.88	32.35	5.50	0.00	0.00	0.00
1964	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	sfn	19	p	37	34	9	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.666	3	0	9	.500	.000	.000	.298	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
MLB Totals - 18 Season(s)Filter								616	1102	94	203	13	4	0	69	1	2	65	232	4	83	1	0	24	.184	.232	.203	.435	224	17	1255	.233	.019	.077	.000	5.18	18.49	3.57	0.00	0.00	8.37
Chicago White Sox Totals - 13 Season(s)Filter								487	987	84	179	13	2	0	60	1	2	60	201	4	75	1	0	22	.181	.231	.199	.430	196	15	1127	.227	.018	.077	.000	5.32	17.83	3.35	0.00	0.00	8.38
San Francisco Giants Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								102	96	5	19	0	0	0	7	0	0	5	26	0	8	0	0	1	.198	.238	.198	.436	19	0	109	.271	.000	.052	.000	4.59	23.85	5.20	0.00	0.00	0.00
Detroit Tigers Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								27	19	5	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	.263	.263	.474	.737	9	2	19	.357	.211	.211	.000	0.00	26.32	0.00	0.00	0.00	40.00
Average MLB - Per 162 games								162	290	25	53	3	1	0	18	0	1	17	61	1	22	0	0	6	.184	.232	.203	.435	59	4	330	.233	.019	.077	.000	5.18	18.49	3.57	0.00	0.00	8.37

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team Name	Lg	Level	Org	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPct	RFg	RFi	SB	CS	SB%	PB	GP	Pos-Share	Tm-Share
1945	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	18	P	5	-	10	-	2	-	-	2	2	1.000	0.40	0.20	-	-	--	-	5	100.0	3.3
1948	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	21	P	22	-	55	2	9	-	-	11	11	1.000	0.50	0.20	-	-	--	-	22	100.0	14.3
1949	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	22	P	32	-	171	12	33	4	2	49	45	.918	1.41	0.26	-	-	--	-	39	82.1	20.8
1950	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	23	P	33	-	219	4	30	1	1	35	34	.971	1.03	0.16	-	-	--	-	40	82.5	21.4
1951	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	24	P	37	-	240	11	38	2	4	51	49	.961	1.32	0.20	-	-	--	-	39	94.9	24.0
1952	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	25	P	33	-	255	13	43	1	3	57	56	.982	1.70	0.22	-	-	--	-	35	94.3	21.4
1953	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	26	P	40	-	271	10	33	4	1	47	43	.915	1.08	0.16	-	-	--	-	42	95.2	26.0
1953	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	26	1B	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1.000	1.00	-	-	-	--	-	42	2.4	0.6
1954	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	27	P	36	-	188	7	19	1	1	27	26	.963	0.72	0.14	-	-	--	-	38	94.7	23.4
1955	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	28	P	33	-	205	7	25	-	1	32	32	1.000	0.97	0.16	-	-	--	-	34	97.1	21.4
1956	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	29	P	35	-	276	4	33	3	2	40	37	.925	1.06	0.13	-	-	--	-	39	89.7	22.7
1957	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	30	P	37	-	257	8	45	2	2	55	53	.964	1.43	0.21	-	-	--	-	41	90.2	24.0
1958	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	31	P	35	-	245	11	26	1	3	38	37	.974	1.06	0.15	-	-	--	-	35	100.0	22.7
1959	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	32	P	34	-	224	11	40	2	4	53	51	.962	1.50	0.23	-	-	--	-	34	100.0	22.1
1960	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	33	P	32	-	196	7	29	2	2	38	36	.947	1.13	0.18	-	-	--	-	32	100.0	20.8
1961	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	34	P	39	-	180	7	31	3	1	41	38	.927	0.97	0.21	-	-	--	-	39	100.0	24.1
1962	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	sfn	35	P	30	-	162	4	24	1	3	29	28	.966	0.93	0.17	-	-	--	-	30	100.0	18.2
1963	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	sfn	36	P	38	-	99	4	20	-	2	24	24	1.000	0.63	0.24	-	-	--	-	38	100.0	23.5
1964	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	sfn	37	P	34	-	49	1	7	1	-	9	8	.889	0.24	0.16	-	-	--	-	34	100.0	21.0
MLB Totals for P - 18 season(s)				-	�	P	585	-	3302	123	487	28	32	638	610	.956	1.04	0.18	-	-	--	-	585	0.0	0.0
MLB Totals for 1B - 1 season(s)				-	�	1B	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1.000	1.00	-	-	-	--	-	1	0.0	0.0

Fielding Statistics - Position Grid

Year	Team Name	League	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	SS	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
1945	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	18	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1948	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	21	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1949	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	22	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1950	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	23	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1951	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	24	37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1952	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	25	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1953	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	26	40	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	27	36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1955	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	28	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1956	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	29	35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1957	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	30	37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1958	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	31	35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1959	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	32	34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1960	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	33	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1961	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	34	39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	sfn	35	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1963	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	sfn	36	38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	sfn	37	34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Year	Team	League	Category	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SHO	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	RA9	WPct
1959	Chicago White Sox	World Series	MLB	32	0	0	0.00	3			0			0	4.0	2		0		2	3			0	1.00	4.50	0.00	4.50	6.75	1.50	0.00	.000
1962	San Francisco Giants	World Series	MLB	35	1	1	2.40	2			1			0	15.0	8		4		2	5			0	0.67	4.80	0.00	1.20	3.00	2.50	0.00	.500
MLB Playoffs - World Series Totals - 2 yrs					1	1	1.89	5	0	5	1	0	0	0	19.0	10	0	4	0	4	8	0	0		0.74	4.74	0.00	1.89	3.79	2.00	0.00	.500

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Year	Team	League	Category	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
1962	San Francisco Giants	World Series	MLB	35	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	0.00	20.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
MLB Playoffs - World Series Totals - 1 yrs					2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	0.00	20.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

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Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
1964-10-06							Released by Giants.		�
1964-04-13						Contract	Signed as Free Agent by Giants.		�
1963-12-02							Released by Giants.		�
1961-11-30						Trade	Traded by White Sox with Don Larsen to Giants for Verle Tiefenthaler, Bob Farley, Dom Zanni and Eddie Fisher.		�
1948-11-10						Trade	Traded by Tigers with Cash to White Sox for Aaron Robinson.		�
1945-01-01						Contract	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Tigers.		�

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Other Pitching Statistics

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Jobs in Baseball

Roster Transactions

Billy PierceTrack this Player High Level: MLB Stat Years: 1945-1964 MLB Years: 1945-1964
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