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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	CAG / MOH	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	PRC / NLG	EAS	28	1B	15	57	49	12	17	1	0	1	12	0	5	1	2	.347	.418	.429	.847	146
1919	MULT	MULT	29	1B	7	25	24	1	5	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.208	.240	.292	.532	67
1920	AC	EAS	30	1B	33	126	109	16	34	6	2	1	15	3	11	0	1	4	1	.312	.377	.431	.808	187
1921	NLG / AC	NvS / EAS	31	C	17	67	59	12	18	2	0	1	9	2	5	1	2	0	.305	.369	.390	.759	69
1922	BBS / NLG	IND	32	1B	21	86	76	17	24	9	0	2	15	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	.316	.395	.513	.909	159
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	393	1561	1391	223	425	70	29	20	240	25	0	118	7	9	41	2	.306	.363	.441	.804	131
162 Game Average						643	573	92	175	29	12	8	99	10	0	49	19	4	17	4	.306	.363	.441	.804	131

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				350	1391	1234	206	385	64	28	18	219	18	0	109	0	8	39	1	.312	.371	.453	.824	136
2	vs Latin Leagues				21	84	78	8	18	2	0	1	12	4	3	7	0	2	1	.231	.256	.295	.551	82
2	vs Semipros				13	52	47	6	12	2	0	1	7	1	4	1	0	.255	.327	.362	.689	67
2	vs High Minors				6	27	25	2	7	2	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	.280	.333	.360	.693	108
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	83	302	276	53	94	19	1	3	48	6	21	1	4	0	.341	.389	.449	.839	117
3	Pennsylvania Red Caps			C	14	57	50	7	13	1	0	0	8	0	5	1	1	.260	.339	.280	.619	87
3	Bacharach Giants I			1B	36	135	116	17	34	6	2	1	15	3	12	0	1	5	1	.293	.362	.405	.767	170
1	Baltimore Black Sox			1B	11	44	37	8	7	3	0	1	4	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	.189	.318	.351	.670	98
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	CAG / MOH	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	PRC / NLG	EAS	57	.405	.333	8.8%		8.2%			1.8%	0.4%		.082	.065
1919	MULT	MULT	25	.252	.298	4.0%		7.3%			0.0%	0.6%		.083	.086
1920	AC	EAS	126	.390	.282	8.7%	7.6%		0.0%	0.2%		47.20		0.8%	0.2%		.119	.051
1921	NLG / AC	NvS / EAS	67	.342	.398	7.5%	2.3%		9.3%		7.87		1.5%	1.9%		.085	.157
1922	BBS / NLG	IND	86	.419	.323	11.6%	0.6%		0.0%	7.5%		12.71		2.3%	0.9%		.197	.099
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		1561	.371	.328	7.6%	7.8%		2.9%	2.6%		2.86	21.65		1.3%	0.7%		.135	.087

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
16	Negro Leagues		1391	.378	.327	7.8%	7.6%		0.0%	0.4%		31.09		1.3%	0.6%		.141	.087
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
2	vs Semipros		52	.318	.378	7.7%	9.0%				1.9%	2.1%		.106	.152
2	vs High Minors		27	.327	.309	7.4%	6.3%				0.0%	1.1%		.080	.085
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		302	.390	.362	7.0%	8.4%				1.0%	1.0%		.109	.106
3	Pennsylvania Red Caps		57	.312	.322	8.8%	8.0%				0.0%	0.4%		.020	.069
3	Bacharach Giants I		135	.369	.284	8.9%	7.6%		0.0%	0.2%		45.87		0.7%	0.3%		.112	.054
1	Baltimore Black Sox		44	.323	.313	15.9%	7.3%		0.0%	0.6%		12.16		2.3%	0.9%		.162	.096
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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