Bill Pierce

William Henry Pierce Jr.
(Bonehead; Big Bill)

Born: April 30, 1890 in Hanover, IN
Died: August 7, 1962 in Pittsburgh, PA
(72 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'11"

Wt: 200

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• Buried: Westland Memorial Park (Wilmerding, PA)
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Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1910	PG	EAS	20	1B	17	66	56	3	19	3	2	0	10	2		8			0	2			.339	.422	.464	.886	163
1910-11	FE	CUB	20	1B	17	68	64	7	17	2	0	0	11	4		2	7		0	1	1		.266	.284	.297	.580	94
1911	CAG	WES	21	C	9	30	28	0	4	0	0	0	3	1		1			0	1			.143	.172	.143	.315	-3
1911-12	FE	CUB	21	1B	4	16	14	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		1			0	1			.071	.133	.286	.419	29
1912	CAG	WES	22	1B	46	186	167	34	52	11	6	2	31	0		12			0	7			.311	.358	.485	.843	153
1913	MOH/CAG	MULT	23	1B	44	176	156	28	50	11	2	0	23	5		10			1	9			.321	.365	.417	.782	130
1914	MOH/NLS	EAS	24	1B	5	22	20	3	6	0	1	0	3	0		0			0	2			.300	.300	.400	.700	89
1915	NLS	EAS/NvM	25	C	38	159	145	14	43	3	2	3	29	0		10			0	4			.297	.342	.407	.749	120
1915-16	RP	FHL	25	C	3	13	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		3			0	0			.100	.308	.100	.408	30
1916	NLG	EAS	26	1B	20	79	69	11	22	4	1	0	8	1		8			0	2			.319	.390	.406	.795	108
1917	NLG/PRC	EAS	27	1B	3	12	11	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		1			0	0			.273	.333	.273	.606	57
1918	NLG/PRC	EAS	28	1B	15	57	49	12	17	1	0	1	12	0		5			1	2			.347	.418	.429	.847	146
1919	NLG	EAS	29	1B	2	8	7	1	3	1	0	0	2	0		0			0	1			.429	.429	.571	1.000	179
1920	AC	EAS	30	1B	36	137	118	19	39	5	2	1	19	1		13			1	5			.331	.402	.432	.834	188
1921	AC/NLG	EAS/NvS	31	C	23	94	78	18	26	4	0	2	17	2		11			1	4			.333	.422	.462	.884	97
1922	BBS/NLG	IND	32	1B	21	86	76	17	24	9	0	2	15	1		10			0	0			.316	.395	.513	.909	156
1923	NLG	ECL	33	C	28	86	82	14	25	5	0	0	13	3		4			0	0			.305	.337	.366	.703	84
1924	DS	NNL	34	1B	62	277	243	45	82	10	12	9	52	3		26			4	4			.337	.410	.588	.999	163
1925	HG	IND	35	C	2	7	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		0			1	0			.167	.286	.333	.619	72
1926	HG	NvM	36	C	2	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		0			0	0			.333	.333	1.000	1.333	326
17	12			1B	397	1582	1402	232	436	70	29	21	252	23		125	7		9	45	1		.311	.371	.447	.818	133
162 Game Average						646	572	95	178	29	12	9	103	16		51	67		4	18	10		.311	.371	.447	.818	133

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
16	Negro Leagues				359	1429	1264	215	399	65	28	19	232	16		115			8	42			.316	.376	.456	.833	137
2	vs Latin Leagues				21	84	78	8	18	2	0	1	12	4		3	7		0	2	1		.231	.256	.295	.551	82
1	vs Semipros				9	39	32	6	9	1	0	1	6	1		5			1	1			.281	.395	.406	.801	74
1	vs High Minors				5	23	21	2	7	2	0	0	2	2		2			0	0			.333	.391	.429	.820	144
2	vs Major Leagues				3	7	7	1	3	0	1	0	0	0		0			0	0			.429	.429	.714	1.143	259

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Philadelphia Giants I			C	17	66	56	3	19	3	2	0	10	2		8			0	2			.339	.422	.464	.886	163
2	Fé			1B	21	84	78	8	18	2	0	1	12	4		3	7		0	2	1		.231	.256	.295	.551	82
3	Chicago American Giants			1B	88	353	316	55	94	19	7	2	52	4		20			0	17			.297	.339	.421	.760	127
2	Schenectady Mohawk Giants			C	12	43	39	7	12	3	1	0	5	2		3			1	0			.308	.372	.436	.808	144
2	New York Lincoln Stars			C	42	177	161	17	49	3	3	3	32	0		10			0	6			.304	.345	.416	.761	121
1	Royal Poinciana Hotel			C	3	13	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		3			0	0			.100	.308	.100	.408	30
7	New York Lincoln Giants			1B	88	330	295	59	102	21	1	4	57	6		27			1	7			.346	.402	.464	.867	120
2	Pennsylvania Red Caps			C	11	44	38	7	11	0	0	0	7	0		4			1	1			.289	.372	.289	.662	94
2	Bacharach Giants I			1B	38	141	120	20	39	5	2	1	19	1		14			1	6			.325	.400	.425	.825	183
1	Baltimore Black Sox			1B	11	44	37	8	7	3	0	1	4	1		7			0	0			.189	.318	.351	.670	96
1	Detroit Stars I			1B	62	277	243	45	82	10	12	9	52	3		26			4	4			.337	.410	.588	.999	163
2	Homestead Grays			C	4	10	9	2	2	1	1	0	1	0		0			1	0			.222	.300	.556	.856	148

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1910	PG	EAS	66	.403	.307	12.1%	6.6%					0.0%	0.5%	.125	.093
1910-11	FE	CUB	68	.300	.322	2.9%	12.1%	10.3%	9.1%	0.29	1.33	0.0%	0.3%	.031	.047
1911	CAG	WES	30	.151	.299	3.3%	6.8%					0.0%	0.8%	.000	.094
1911-12	FE	CUB	16	.201	.334	6.3%	10.5%					6.3%	0.4%	.214	.058
1912	CAG	WES	186	.376	.308	6.5%	6.7%					1.1%	0.6%	.174	.081
1913	MOH/CAG	MULT	176	.351	.316	5.7%			6.4%			0.0%	0.6%	.096	.083
1914	MOH/NLS	EAS	22	.299	.356	0.0%			7.9%			0.0%	0.5%	.100	.079
1915	NLS	EAS/NvM	159	.349	.319	6.3%			7.1%			1.9%	0.6%	.110	.080
1915-16	RP	FHL	13	.255	.313	23.1%	9.1%					0.0%	0.5%	.000	.051
1916	NLG	EAS	79	.380	.365	10.1%	9.1%					0.0%	0.5%	.087	.085
1917	NLG/PRC	EAS	12	.313	.373	8.3%			10.0%			0.0%	0.3%	.000	.076
1918	NLG/PRC	EAS	57	.405	.333	8.8%			8.2%			1.8%	0.4%	.082	.065
1919	NLG	EAS	8	.422	.346	0.0%	9.4%					0.0%	0.2%	.143	.073
1920	AC	EAS	137	.401	.286	9.5%	7.9%					0.7%	0.1%	.102	.054
1921	AC/NLG	EAS/NvS	94	.389	.394	11.7%			9.1%			2.1%	1.8%	.128	.157
1922	BBS/NLG	IND	86	.419	.326	11.6%			7.6%			2.3%	0.9%	.197	.100
1923	NLG	ECL	86	.331	.349	4.7%	7.1%					0.0%	0.9%	.061	.102
1924	DS	NNL	277	.445	.348	9.4%	8.4%					3.2%	0.9%	.251	.108
1925	HG	IND	7	.340	.389	0.0%	12.9%					0.0%	0.0%	.167	.057
1926	HG	NvM	3	.596	.276	0.0%	4.1%		2.4%		1.71	0.0%	0.5%	.667	.081
17	12		1582	.376	.330	7.9%	7.8%	10.3%	6.2%	0.29	5.45	1.3%	0.7%	.136	.088

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
16	Negro Leagues		1429	.381	.328	8.0%	7.6%					1.3%	0.6%	.141	.089
2	vs Latin Leagues		84	.281	.324	3.6%	11.8%	10.3%	9.1%	0.29	1.33	1.2%	0.3%	.064	.049
1	vs Semipros		39	.361	.405	12.8%	9.3%					2.6%	2.6%	.125	.174
1	vs High Minors		23	.384	.313	8.7%	6.2%					0.0%	1.2%	.095	.084
2	vs Major Leagues		7	.523	.290	0.0%	4.9%					0.0%	0.4%	.286	.073

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1	Philadelphia Giants I		66	.403	.307	12.1%	6.6%					0.0%	0.5%	.125	.093
2	Fé		84	.281	.324	3.6%	11.8%	10.3%	9.1%	0.29	1.33	1.2%	0.3%	.064	.049
3	Chicago American Giants		353	.338	.309	5.7%	6.5%					0.6%	0.6%	.123	.085
2	Schenectady Mohawk Giants		43	.394	.325	7.0%	7.4%					0.0%	0.2%	.128	.065
2	New York Lincoln Stars		177	.350	.323	5.6%	7.2%					1.7%	0.6%	.112	.080
1	Royal Poinciana Hotel		13	.255	.313	23.1%	9.1%					0.0%	0.5%	.000	.051
7	New York Lincoln Giants		330	.399	.365	8.2%	8.4%					1.2%	1.0%	.119	.109
2	Pennsylvania Red Caps		44	.336	.331	9.1%	8.3%					0.0%	0.4%	.000	.065
2	Bacharach Giants I		141	.395	.288	9.9%	7.9%					0.7%	0.2%	.100	.055
1	Baltimore Black Sox		44	.323	.316	15.9%	7.3%					2.3%	0.9%	.162	.097
1	Detroit Stars I		277	.445	.348	9.4%	8.4%					3.2%	0.9%	.251	.108
2	Homestead Grays		10	.417	.355	0.0%	10.3%					0.0%	0.2%	.333	.065

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