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: Restland Memorial Park (Monroeville, 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	2			.266	.288	.297	.585	95
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	88
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	58
1918	NLG/PRC	EAS	28	1B	15	57	49	12	17	1	0	1	12	0		5			1	2			.347	.418	.429	.847	145
1919	MULT	MULT	29	1B	7	25	24	1	5	2	0	0	2	0		1			0	0			.208	.240	.292	.532	79
1920	AC	EAS	30	1B	33	126	109	16	34	6	2	1	15	3		11			1	5			.312	.380	.431	.811	183
1921	AC/NLG	EAS/NVS	31	C	17	67	59	12	18	2	0	1	9	2		5			1	2			.305	.369	.390	.759	70
1922	BBS/NLG	IND	32	1B	20	85	76	16	24	9	0	2	15	1		9			0	0			.316	.388	.513	.901	157
1923	NLG	ECL	33	C	29	88	83	14	25	6	0	0	13	3		5			0	0			.301	.341	.373	.714	87
1924	DS	NNL	34	1B	63	282	248	45	83	10	12	9	52	3		26			4	4			.335	.406	.581	.987	160
1925	HG	IND	35	C	2	7	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		0			1	0			.167	.286	.333	.619	87
1926	HG	NVM	36	C	2	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0		0	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	326
17	12			1B	394	1567	1397	222	426	71	29	20	240	25		118	7	0	9	43		0	.305	.363	.440	.803	131
162 Game Average						644	574	91	175	29	12	8	99	10		49	67	0	4	18		0	.305	.363	.440	.803	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				351	1397	1240	205	386	65	28	18	219	18		109			8	40			.311	.371	.452	.823	136
2	vs Latin Leagues				21	84	78	8	18	2	0	1	12	4		3	7		0	3			.231	.259	.295	.554	82
2	vs Semipros				13	52	47	6	12	2	0	1	7	1		4			1	0			.255	.327	.362	.689	72
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	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	3			.231	.259	.295	.554	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	143
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	84	304	277	53	94	20	1	3	48	6		22			1	4			.339	.390	.451	.841	118
3	Pennsylvania Red Caps			C	14	57	50	7	13	1	0	0	8	0		5			1	1			.260	.339	.280	.619	91
3	Bacharach Giants I			1B	36	135	116	17	34	6	2	1	15	3		12			1	6			.293	.364	.405	.770	167
1	Baltimore Black Sox			1B	10	43	37	7	7	3	0	1	4	1		6			0	0			.189	.302	.351	.654	93
1	Detroit Stars I			1B	63	282	248	45	83	10	12	9	52	3		26			4	4			.335	.406	.581	.987	160
2	Homestead Grays			C	4	10	9	2	2	1	1	0	1	0		0		0	1	0		0	.222	.300	.556	.856	158

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	.372	8.3%			10.0%			0.0%	0.3%	.000	.075
1918	NLG/PRC	EAS	57	.405	.335	8.8%			8.3%			1.8%	0.4%	.082	.065
1919	MULT	MULT	25	.252	.279	4.0%			6.8%			0.0%	0.7%	.083	.079
1920	AC	EAS	126	.390	.285	8.7%	7.7%					0.8%	0.2%	.119	.052
1921	AC/NLG	EAS/NVS	67	.342	.394	7.5%			9.2%			1.5%	1.9%	.085	.155
1922	BBS/NLG	IND	85	.415	.323	10.6%			7.5%			2.4%	0.9%	.197	.099
1923	NLG	ECL	88	.336	.347	5.7%	7.0%					0.0%	0.9%	.072	.104
1924	DS	NNL	282	.440	.347	9.2%	8.3%					3.2%	0.9%	.246	.108
1925	HG	IND	7	.340	.361	0.0%	11.9%					0.0%	0.0%	.167	.059
1926	HG	NVM	3	.596	.276	0.0%	4.1%		4.8%		0.86	0.0%	0.5%	.667	.081
17	12		1567	.370	.327	7.5%	7.8%	10.3%	7.3%	0.29	1.75	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		1397	.378	.327	7.8%	7.5%					1.3%	0.6%	.141	.088
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	.369	7.7%	8.8%					1.9%	2.1%	.106	.149
2	vs High Minors		27	.327	.308	7.4%	6.2%					0.0%	1.1%	.080	.083
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	.326	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		304	.391	.360	7.2%	8.3%					1.0%	1.0%	.112	.107
3	Pennsylvania Red Caps		57	.312	.317	8.8%	7.9%					0.0%	0.4%	.020	.067
3	Bacharach Giants I		135	.369	.287	8.9%	7.7%					0.7%	0.3%	.112	.055
1	Baltimore Black Sox		43	.313	.312	14.0%	7.2%					2.3%	0.9%	.162	.096
1	Detroit Stars I		282	.440	.347	9.2%	8.3%					3.2%	0.9%	.246	.108
2	Homestead Grays		10	.417	.335	0.0%	9.5%					0.0%	0.2%	.333	.066

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