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Billy Pierce played 18 major-league seasons (1945-1964) as a P (585), 1B (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 18 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 18 | DET | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1948 | 21 | DET | 22 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .294 | .824 | 123 |
| 1949 | 22 | CHA | 39 | 51 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .176 | .426 | 17 |
| 1950 | 23 | CHA | 40 | 77 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .260 | .620 | 64 |
| 1951 | 24 | CHA | 39 | 79 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 17 | .203 | .499 | 40 |
| 1952 | 25 | CHA | 35 | 91 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 20 | .187 | .435 | 26 |
| 1953 | 26 | CHA | 42 | 87 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .126 | .300 | -15 |
| 1954 | 27 | CHA | 38 | 57 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .193 | .435 | 24 |
| 1955 | 28 | CHA | 34 | 70 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 10 | .171 | .405 | 13 |
| 1956 | 29 | CHA | 39 | 102 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .157 | .346 | -5 |
| 1957 | 30 | CHA | 41 | 99 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 25 | .172 | .370 | 5 |
| 1958 | 31 | CHA | 35 | 83 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .205 | .491 | 40 |
| 1959 | 32 | CHA | 34 | 68 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 13 | .191 | .531 | 51 |
| 1960 | 33 | CHA | 32 | 67 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .179 | .441 | 25 |
| 1961 | 34 | CHA | 39 | 56 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .143 | .301 | -16 |
| 1962 | 35 | SFN | 30 | 56 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .214 | .469 | 32 |
| 1963 | 36 | SFN | 38 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .129 | .311 | -5 |
| 1964 | 37 | SFN | 34 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .667 | 96 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 18 | DET | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1.80 | 187 |
| 1948 | 21 | DET | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 55.1 | 36 | 51 | 6.34 | 68 |
| 1949 | 22 | CHA | 32 | 26 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 171.2 | 95 | 112 | 3.88 | 108 |
| 1950 | 23 | CHA | 33 | 29 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 219.1 | 118 | 137 | 3.98 | 115 |
| 1951 | 24 | CHA | 37 | 28 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 240.1 | 113 | 73 | 3.03 | 136 |
| 1952 | 25 | CHA | 33 | 32 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 255.1 | 144 | 79 | 2.57 | 143 |
| 1953 | 26 | CHA | 40 | 33 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 271.1 | 186 | 102 | 2.72 | 147 |
| 1954 | 27 | CHA | 36 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 188.2 | 148 | 86 | 3.48 | 107 |
| 1955 | 28 | CHA | 33 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 205.2 | 157 | 64 | 1.97 | 201 |
| 1956 | 29 | CHA | 35 | 33 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 276.1 | 192 | 100 | 3.32 | 125 |
| 1957 | 30 | CHA | 37 | 34 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 257 | 171 | 71 | 3.26 | 116 |
| 1958 | 31 | CHA | 35 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 245 | 144 | 66 | 2.68 | 141 |
| 1959 | 32 | CHA | 34 | 33 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 224 | 114 | 62 | 3.62 | 107 |
| 1960 | 33 | CHA | 32 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 196.1 | 108 | 46 | 3.62 | 107 |
| 1961 | 34 | CHA | 39 | 28 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 180 | 106 | 54 | 3.80 | 106 |
| 1962 | 35 | SFN | 30 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 162.1 | 76 | 35 | 3.49 | 113 |
| 1963 | 36 | SFN | 38 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 99 | 52 | 20 | 4.27 | 77 |
| 1964 | 37 | SFN | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 29 | 10 | 2.20 | 160 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | P | 22 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | P | 32 | 0 | 12 | 33 | 4 | 2 |
| 1950 | P | 33 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 1 |
| 1951 | P | 37 | 0 | 11 | 38 | 2 | 4 |
| 1952 | P | 33 | 0 | 13 | 43 | 1 | 3 |
| 1953 | P | 40 | 0 | 10 | 33 | 4 | 1 |
| 1953 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | P | 36 | 26 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| 1955 | P | 33 | 26 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 1956 | P | 35 | 33 | 4 | 33 | 3 | 2 |
| 1957 | P | 37 | 34 | 8 | 45 | 2 | 2 |
| 1958 | P | 35 | 32 | 11 | 26 | 1 | 3 |
| 1959 | P | 34 | 33 | 11 | 40 | 2 | 4 |
| 1960 | P | 32 | 31 | 7 | 29 | 2 | 2 |
| 1961 | P | 39 | 28 | 7 | 31 | 3 | 1 |
| 1962 | P | 30 | 23 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 1963 | P | 38 | 13 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 2 |
| 1964 | P | 34 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Billy Pierce won: TSN All-Star 1956 (ML), TSN All-Star 1957 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (6 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1962, 1957, 1956, 1955, 1953, 1952.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 30 | 3 / 336 | 0 |
| 1953 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 10 | 55 / 336 | 0 |
| 1955 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 19 | 8 / 336 | 0 |
| 1956 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 75 / 336 | 0 |
| 1957 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 11 | 35 / 336 | 0 |
| 1962 | Cy Young Award | ML | 3 | 1 / 20 | 1 |
Billy Pierce ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #55 | starting pitchers | 1955 | 201 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.