League Leaders Who Led?
Billy Pierce

Billy Pierce

1945–1964  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws L  ·  5'10", 160 lb  ·  b. 1927 Detroit, MI

Career 211–169 · 3.27 ERA · 1,999 SO · 3306.2 IP · 616 G · 203 H · 69 RBI · .184 AVG

Seasons leading his league
9
3 best in baseball 6 league only
40 Top-5 finishes
6 Title seasons
6 Categories led
1953 Best season

Spanning 1953–1958, peaking at 2 titles in 1953.

Led in Complete Games for 3 straight seasons (1956–1958) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 190th League titles 9
  • 274th Best in baseball 3
  • 164th Top-5 finishes 40

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Complete Games 3 1st 3 yrs (1956–1958) 1956 AL 21 1957 AL 16 1958 AL 19 1955 #3
Strikeouts / 9 2 1st 2 yrs (1953–1954) 1954 7.06 1953 AL 6.17 1949 #3 1955 #3
Walks + Hits / IP 1 1st — 1955 1.10 1953 #3 1958 #2
Strikeouts 1 1st — 1953 AL 186 1955 #3 1956 #2
Wins 1 1st — 1957 AL 20 1956 #2 1958 #2
Earned Run Average 1 1st — 1955 1.97 1953 #2 1958 #2
Shutouts — #2 — 1953 #2 1954 #3 1955 #2 1957 #2
Innings Pitched — #3 — 1953 #3 1956 #3 1957 #3

Title Seasons

6 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1958 1 CG 19
1957 2 W 20 CG 16
1956 1 CG 21
1955 2 ERA 1.97 WHIP 1.10
1954 1 K/9 7.06
1953 2 SO 186 K/9 6.17

Pitching

18 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1945 DET AL 0 0 1.80 5 0 0 10.0 6 2 1 10 10 1.60
1948 DET AL 3 0 6.34 22 5 0 55.1 47 39 5 51 36 1.77
1949 CHA AL 7 15 3.88 32 26 0 171.2 145 74 11 112 95 1.50
1950 CHA AL 12 16 3.98 33 29 1 219.1 189 97 11 137 118 1.49
1951 CHA AL 15 14 3.03 37 28 2 240.1 237 81 14 73 113 1.29
1952 CHA AL 15 12 2.57 33 32 1 255.1 214 73 12 79 144 1.15
1953 CHA AL 18 12 2.72 40 33 3 271.1 216 82 20 102 186 1.17
1954 CHA AL 9 10 3.48 36 26 3 188.2 179 73 15 86 148 1.41
1955 CHA AL 15 10 1.97 33 26 1 205.2 162 45 16 64 157 1.10
1956 CHA AL 20 9 3.32 35 33 1 276.1 261 102 24 100 192 1.31
1957 CHA AL 20 12 3.26 37 34 2 257.0 228 93 18 71 171 1.16
1958 CHA AL 17 11 2.68 35 32 2 245.0 204 73 33 66 144 1.10
1959 CHA AL 14 15 3.62 34 33 0 224.0 217 90 26 62 114 1.25
1960 CHA AL 14 7 3.62 32 30 0 196.1 201 79 24 46 108 1.26
1961 CHA AL 10 9 3.80 39 28 3 180.0 190 76 17 54 106 1.36
1962 SFN NL 16 6 3.49 30 23 1 162.1 147 63 19 35 76 1.12
1963 SFN NL 3 11 4.27 38 13 8 99.0 106 47 12 20 52 1.27
1964 SFN NL 3 0 2.20 34 1 4 49.0 40 12 6 10 29 1.02
Career — — 211 169 3.27 585 432 32 3306.2 2,989 1,201 284 1,178 1,999 1.26

Batting

18 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1945 DET AL 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1948 DET AL 22 17 5 5 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 .294 .294 .529 .824
1949 CHA AL 39 51 7 9 0 0 0 2 5 15 0 .177 .250 .177 .427
1950 CHA AL 40 77 10 20 3 0 0 6 6 13 0 .260 .321 .299 .620
1951 CHA AL 39 79 10 16 1 0 0 3 9 17 0 .203 .284 .215 .499
1952 CHA AL 35 91 11 17 1 0 0 3 6 20 0 .187 .237 .198 .435
1953 CHA AL 42 87 4 11 0 0 0 4 4 16 0 .126 .174 .126 .300
1954 CHA AL 38 57 4 11 0 0 0 5 4 12 0 .193 .242 .193 .435
1955 CHA AL 34 70 5 12 2 0 0 7 3 10 1 .171 .206 .200 .406
1956 CHA AL 39 102 6 16 0 0 0 3 3 22 0 .157 .189 .157 .346
1957 CHA AL 41 99 7 17 1 0 0 6 2 25 0 .172 .188 .182 .370
1958 CHA AL 35 83 10 17 3 0 0 4 4 13 0 .205 .250 .241 .491
1959 CHA AL 34 68 3 13 1 2 0 7 7 13 0 .191 .267 .265 .531
1960 CHA AL 32 67 4 12 1 0 0 7 6 14 0 .179 .247 .194 .441
1961 CHA AL 39 56 3 8 0 0 0 3 1 11 0 .143 .158 .143 .301
1962 SFN NL 30 56 3 12 0 0 0 5 3 12 0 .214 .254 .214 .469
1963 SFN NL 38 31 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 .129 .182 .129 .311
1964 SFN NL 34 9 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Career — — 616 1,102 94 203 13 4 0 69 65 232 1 .184 .232 .203 .435

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
P 585 123 487 28 32 .956
1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000