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What's exceptional about Billy Pierce Chicago White Sox 1955 ?


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Billy Pierce of the Chicago White Sox had the lowest earned run average (1.97) of all 278 pitchers in 1955.

beat Hersh Freeman of the Cincinnati Redlegs (2.16), George Zuverink of the Baltimore Orioles (2.19), Jim Konstanty of the New York Yankees (2.32), and Bob Miller of the Philadelphia Phillies (2.41), and others, ending with Jim McDonald of the Baltimore Orioles (7.14).



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References

  1. A pitcher's ERA (earned run average) is only counted if he pitched at least 50 innings during the season for the specified team. The raw data come from the archive at seanlahman.com. This database is copyright 1996-2014 by Sean Lahman. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For details see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
  2. Batting, pitching, fielding, personal, team, and awards data come from the archive at seanlahman.com. This database is copyright 1996-2014 by Sean Lahman. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For details see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Profile

Billy Pierce of the 1955 Chicago White Sox threw left-handed, made the All-Star team, played on a winning team, played in Comiskey Park, and was born in Michigan.

  • achievement score (2.7 see References)
  • assists (25)
  • complete games (16)
  • double plays (1)
  • games finished (5)
  • games played (33)
  • games started (26)
  • innings pitched (205.7)
  • putouts (7)
  • saves (1)
  • shutouts (6)
  • strikeouts (157)
  • strikeouts per nine innings (6.9)
  • winning percentage (60.0%)
  • wins (15)
  • balks (1)
  • earned run average (1.97)
  • earned runs (45)
  • errors (0)
  • hit by pitch (3)
  • hits (162)
  • hits per nine innings (7.1)
  • homers given up (16)
  • homers per nine innings (.7)
  • intentional walks (5)
  • losses (10)
  • runs allowed (50)
  • walks (64)
  • walks per nine innings (2.8)
  • wild pitches (4)
  • age (28 yrs)
  • batters faced (836)
  • height (5'10")
  • innings pitched per game (6.2)
  • weight (160 lbs)

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