Billy Pierce Trades and Transactions

The Billy Pierce trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Billy Pierce has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"That year was the culmination of a lot of things for us. From 1951 on at different times, we were playing New York or Cleveland for the pennant. Finally in '59 it happened for us, and it was a great thrill. Nellie Fox and Luis Aparicio had their greatest years, and Early Wynn was tremendous on the mound. We won so many games by one run. It was just one of those years where everything went right." - Billy Pierce in Baseball Digest (John Ralph, June 2002, 'Where have you gone, Billy Pierce?', Page 64)

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Billy Pierce

Billy Pierce Autograph on a 1953 Topps Archive (#143)

Billy Pierce Autograph on a 1953 Topps Archive (#143)
 

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Birth Name:   Walter William Pierce
Nickname:   Billy or Billy the Kid
Born On:   04-02-1927  (Aries)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Detroit, Michigan
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Highland Park High School (Highland Park, MI)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10   Player Weight Chart Weight:   160
First Game:   06-01-1945 (Age 18)
Last Game:   10-03-1964
Draft:   Not Applicable
Billy Pierce

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1945: Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers.
11-10-1948: Traded by Detroit Tigers to Chicago White Sox for Aaron Robinson.
11-30-1961: Traded by Chicago White Sox (with Don Larsen and Don Larsen) to San Francisco Giants for Eddie Fisher, Dom Zanni, Bob Farley and Verle Tiefenthaler.
12-02-1963: Released by San Francisco Giants.
04-13-1964: Signed by San Francisco Giants.
10-06-1964: Released by San Francisco Giants.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Billy Pierce trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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