Was Bill Pierce a pitcher?

No. Bill Pierce was a position player (First Baseman), though he did pitch in 1 career game.

How many home runs did Bill Pierce hit?

Bill Pierce hit 18 career home runs with 373 hits.

Bill Pierce

First Baseman · Career Stats, Bio & Records

AVG .317

HR 18

RBI 210

H 373

OPS .839

PIV 3,263

Position: First Baseman
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 200 lb
Born: 4/30/1890 in Hanover, IN, USA
Died: 8/7/1962 in Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Full name: William Henry Pierce

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
30.0	27.0	7.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	4.0	2.0	0	2.0	.333	.400	.667	1.067

Negro Leagues (season totals). Additive Retrosheet-digitized totals for seasons not already in the logs above; they are not summed into the career line. No team/league breakdown is available, and coverage may be partial.

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Season	PA	AB	R	H	3B	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1925	4.0	3.0	1.0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250
1926	3.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	.333	.333	1.000	1.333
Listed seasons · 2	7	6	2	1	1	.167	—	—	—

Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
333	1,177	196	373	64	28	18	210	18	102	0	.317	.374	.465	.839	3,263

Career AVG .317 vs. league average .266 across their career seasons — +19.2% above league average.

Career OBP .374 vs. league average .330 across their career seasons — +13.5% above league average.

Career SLG .465 vs. league average .356 across their career seasons — +30.4% above league average.

Career OPS .839 vs. league average .686 across their career seasons — +22.3% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1910	PG	EAS	17	56	3	19	3	2	0	10	2	8	.339	.249 (+36%)	.317 (+33%)	.326 (+42%)	.644 (+37%)	324.3
1911	CAG	WES	9	28	0	4	0	0	0	3	1	1	.143	—	—	—	—	0.0
1912	CAG	WES	46	167	34	52	11	6	2	31	0	12	.311	.268 (+16%)	.335 (+6%)	.358 (+35%)	.694 (+21%)	516.6
1913	CAG	WES	28	100	19	31	6	1	0	16	1	5	.310	.259 (+19%)	.325 (+5%)	.345 (+13%)	.670 (+9%)	121.4
1913	MOH	EAS	11	35	7	12	3	1	0	5	2	3	.343	—	—	—	—	121.4
1914	NLS	EAS	4	16	3	6	0	1	0	3	0	0	.375	—	—	—	—	0.0
1915	NLS	EAS	37	141	14	41	3	2	3	29	0	10	.291	.250 (+16%)	.318 (+6%)	.332 (+22%)	.651 (+14%)	280.5
1916	NLG	EAS	20	69	11	22	4	1	0	8	1	8	.319	.248 (+28%)	.314 (+24%)	.326 (+24%)	.640 (+24%)	260.8
1917	NLG	EAS	2	7	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.286	—	—	—	—	0.0
1918	NLG	EAS	5	15	5	7	1	0	1	5	0	1	.467	—	—	—	—	0.0
1919	NLG	EAS	1	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.667	—	—	—	—	0.0
1920	AC	EAS	33	109	16	34	6	2	1	15	3	11	.312	.271 (+15%)	.331 (+15%)	.363 (+19%)	.694 (+17%)	309.4
1921	NLG	EAS	6	21	5	9	1	0	0	3	1	1	.429	—	—	—	—	0.0
1921	AC	EAS	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1922	BBS	IND	10	37	7	7	3	0	1	4	1	6	.189	—	—	—	—	0.0
1922	NLG	IND	10	39	9	17	6	0	1	11	0	3	.436	—	—	—	—	0.0
1923	NLG	ECL	29	83	14	25	6	0	0	13	3	5	.301	.282 (+6%)	.344 (-1%)	.390 (-4%)	.734 (-3%)	-41.3
1924	DS	NNL	63	248	45	83	10	12	9	52	3	26	.335	.283 (+18%)	.345 (+18%)	.389 (+49%)	.734 (+34%)	1491.0
Career · 18 seasons			333	1,177	196	373	64	28	18	210	18	102	.317	—	—	—	—	3,384

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.7	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0

Career ERA 0.00 vs. league average 2.79 across their career seasons — 100.0% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1910	PG	EAS	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.7	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0.0
Career · 1 season			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Game Log & Splits

Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	1	4	0	1	0	0	.250

Last 1 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO
1924-08-18	DT1	CAG	L	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	198	118	2017	113	42	102
2B	12	8	27	38	2	2
3B	5	2	8	3	0	0
C	102	25	622	105	17	17
OF	24	4	26	2	1	0
P	1	0	0	1	0	1
SS	4	0	5	5	0	3

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1910	PG	1B	9	0	71	3	2	3
1910	PG	C	8	0	45	9	4	2
1910	PG	OF	2	0	1	0	1	0
1910	PG	P	1	0	0	1	0	1
1911	CAG	1B	1	0	3	0	0	0
1911	CAG	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1911	CAG	C	7	0	53	11	3	2
1912	CAG	1B	36	0	372	19	13	21
1912	CAG	2B	1	0	1	2	0	0
1912	CAG	C	11	0	73	8	3	1
1912	CAG	SS	4	0	5	5	0	3
1913	CAG	1B	21	0	222	14	5	11
1913	CAG	C	10	0	67	15	1	4
1913	MOH	C	11	0	81	12	0	1
1914	NLS	1B	4	0	46	1	0	2
1915	NLS	2B	1	0	2	3	0	0
1915	NLS	3B	2	0	6	2	0	0
1915	NLS	C	26	0	154	27	1	3
1915	NLS	OF	12	0	14	1	0	0
1916	NLG	1B	12	10	115	4	4	5
1916	NLG	2B	5	4	9	15	2	0
1916	NLG	C	6	5	27	4	2	1
1917	NLG	1B	2	0	16	2	0	2
1918	NLG	1B	3	0	26	0	2	3
1918	NLG	OF	2	0	2	0	0	0
1919	NLG	1B	1	1	10	0	1	0
1920	AC	1B	29	29	301	11	2	11
1920	AC	2B	4	4	14	12	0	2
1921	NLG	1B	1	1	2	0	0	0
1921	NLG	2B	1	0	1	6	0	0
1921	NLG	3B	1	1	1	1	0	0
1921	NLG	C	3	2	11	5	0	1
1921	AC	OF	2	1	3	1	0	0
1922	BBS	1B	9	9	82	2	1	6
1922	BBS	C	2	1	13	1	1	0
1922	NLG	1B	9	8	85	4	3	5
1922	NLG	C	1	1	8	1	0	1
1923	NLG	1B	1	0	3	0	0	0
1923	NLG	3B	1	1	1	0	0	0
1923	NLG	C	17	16	90	12	2	1
1923	NLG	OF	3	0	1	0	0	0
1924	DS	1B	60	60	663	53	9	33
1924	DS	OF	3	3	5	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	1
Catcher	102
First Base	198
Second Base	12
Third Base	5
Shortstop	4
Center Field	1
Right Field	23

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