William Pierson Stats

William Pierson was born on Wednesday, June 14, 1899, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Pierson was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 4, 1918, with the Philadelphia Athletics. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive William Pierson baseball stats page.

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William Pierson
 
 
Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   William Morris Pierson
Nickname:   None
Born On:   06-14-1899
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Atlantic City, New Jersey
Zodiac:   Gemini
Year of Death Data Died On:   02-20-1959
Place of Death Data Died In:   Atlantic City, New Jersey
Cemetery:   Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Pennsylvania
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02
Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   07-04-1918 (Age 19)
Last Game:   05-02-1924
Draft:   Not Applicable
William Pierson

William Pierson Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1918 Athletics 8 1 5 0 1 .000 3.32 0 0 0 21.2 93 20 8 10 0 20 - 6 0 2 0 -
1919 Athletics 2 1 1 0 0 .000 3.52 0 0 0 7.2 35 9 3 3 0 8 - 4 0 0 0 -
1924 Athletics 1 0 1 0 0 .000 3.37 0 0 0 2.2 13 3 1 1 0 3 - 0 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
3 Years 11 2 7 0 1 .000 3.37 0 0 0 32.0 141 32 12 14 0 31 - 10 0 2 0 -
William Pierson

William Pierson Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1918 Athletics 8 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 0 - 0 - .250 .250 .250
1919 Athletics 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 - .333 .333 .333
1924 Athletics 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
3 Years 11 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 0 - 0 0 .286 .286 .286
William Pierson

William Pierson Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1918 Athletics P 8 1 65 3 0.4 2 0 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 0.83 -
1919 Athletics P 2 1 23 4 2.0 4 0 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.70 -
1924 Athletics P 1 0 8 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.38 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 11 2 96 8 0.7 7 0 7 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .875 1.97 --
3 Years 11 2 96 8 0.7 7 0 7 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .875 1.97 --
William Pierson

William Pierson Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1918 Athletics 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.30 2.49 8.31
1919 Athletics 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.50 4.70 9.39
1924 Athletics 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 10.12
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
3 Years 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.5 0.0 0.32 2.81 8.72
William Pierson

William Pierson Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1918 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -
1919 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -
1924 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -


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