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Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Pitching Comparison

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Totals

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	211	169	.555	3.27	585	433	85	193	38	33	3306.2	2989	1325	1201	284	1178	74	1999	30	10	48	13853	4367	119	3.50	1.260	8.1	0.8	3.2	5.4
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	29-49	1952	1972	143	122	.540	2.52	1070	52	651	20	5	228	2254.1	1757	773	632	150	778	79	1610	62	4	90	9164	2715	147	3.06	1.125	7.0	0.6	3.1	6.4

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Billy Pierce	32-35	1959	1962	1	1	.500	1.89	5	2	0	1	0	0	19.0	10	5	4	1	4	2	8	0	0	0	72	14			0.737	4.7	0.5	1.9	3.8
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	31	1954	1954	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	1	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	1			0.429	3.9	0.0	0.0	11.6

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Value

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	585	433	3306.2	53.2	26.0
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	29-49	1952	1972	1070	52	2254.1	49.7	26.7

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Totals Against

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	585	433	3306.2	4367	12442	2166	441	98	53	75	41.41	13	235	176	25	.240	.307	.360	.667	85	.120	.266	1373	4478	823	4197	4367
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	29-49	1952	1972	1070	52	2254.1	2715	8135	1344	217	46	176	78	69.29	17	171	149	49	.216	.288	.309	.597	70	.093	.250	739	2515	413	2597	2715

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Billy Pierce	32-35	1959	1962	5	2	19.0	14	66											.152	.200					.158				14	14
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	31	1954	1954	2	0	2.1	1	9											.111	.111					.167				1	1

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Starting & Relieving

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	260	60	55.5	158	46	29	10	76.7	85	152
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	29-49	1952	1972	36	69	59.7	716	252	35	75	75.2	651	1018

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Billy Pierce	32-35	1959	1962									0	3
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	31	1954	1954								100.0	1	2

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Ratios

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	585	433	3306.2	14.4	8.5	5.9
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	29-49	1952	1972	1070	52	2254.1	17.6	8.5	9.1

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Billy Pierce	32-35	1959	1962	5	2	19.0	11.1	5.6	5.6
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	31	1954	1954	2	0	2.1	33.3	0.0	33.3

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Pitch Summary

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	585	433	3306.2		74
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	29-49	1952	1972	1070	52	2254.1

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Billy Pierce	32-35	1959	1962	5	2	19.0
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	31	1954	1954	2	0	2.1

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Head-to-Head Pitching

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Totals

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Hoyt Wilhelm	0	1	.000	1.08	6	1	4	1	0	2	25.0	14	3	3	2	11	2	19	1	0	0	99	1.000	5.0	0.7	4.0	6.8
2	Billy Pierce	2	2	.500	1.46	6	6	0	3	0	0	55.2	45	11	9	6	18	2	41	0	0	0	223	1.132	7.3	1.0	2.9	6.6

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Game Logs

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Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Billy Pierce	CHW	1961-05-30 (2)	CG, L	9.0	8	2	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	32	9	31	6	1	0	0	1	0	12	3	0	0	2	65			0.1	2.49			0.66
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	BAL	1961-05-30 (2)	9-GF, S	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1				0.1	-0.50	0	0	1.78
3	Billy Pierce	CHW	1961-05-23	GS-6, L	6.0	8	3	3	0	2	2	0	12	0	0	0	28	10	26	6	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	2	54			-0.1	-0.07			0.73
4	Hoyt Wilhelm	BAL	1961-05-23	7-GF, S	3.0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	15	6	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0				0.2	1.47	0	0	1.66
5	Billy Pierce	CHW	1959-08-06	GS-16	16.0	11	1	1	0	0	3	2	7	0	0	0	61	14	57	10	1	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	1	100			1.3	6.57			1.87
6	Hoyt Wilhelm	BAL	1959-08-06	9-GF(18)	10.0	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	7	0	0	0	33	5	29	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0				1.3	4.73	0	0	2.34
7	Billy Pierce	CHW	1959-07-24	CG, W	9.0	7	1	1	0	1	4	0	5	0	0	0	36	11	32	6	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	70			0.4	3.35			1.12
8	Hoyt Wilhelm	BAL	1959-07-24	CG, L	8.1	5	2	2	0	1	2	0	7	1	0	0	33	9	30	3	0	1	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	70			-0.1	2.09			1.72
9	Billy Pierce	CHW	1958-07-01	GS-7	6.2	5	1	0	1	0	5	0	4	0	0	0	29	11	24	4	1	0	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	61			0.3	1.50			1.17
10	Hoyt Wilhelm	CLE	1958-07-01	8-9	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	9	4	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0				0.1	0.18	0	0	2.63
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Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Batter vs. Pitcher

Hoyt Wilhelm (Pitcher) vs. Billy Pierce (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Hoyt Wilhelm (Pitcher) vs. Billy Pierce (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1959	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0

Hoyt Wilhelm (Pitcher) vs. Billy Pierce (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Hoyt Wilhelm (Pitcher) vs. Billy Pierce (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1959	1959-07-24	CHW	BAL	down 1-0	b3	---	1		Flyball: SS
2	1959	1959-07-24	CHW	BAL	down 1-0	b6	---	0		Reached on E3 (catch) (Ground Ball to 3B); B. Pierce to 1B
3	1959	1959-07-24	CHW	BAL	down 1-0	b8	1--	0		Strikeout (foul bunt)
4	1959	1959-08-06	CHW	BAL	tied 1-1	t9	---	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
5	1959	1959-08-06	CHW	BAL	tied 1-1	t12	---	1		Walk
6	1959	1959-08-06	CHW	BAL	tied 1-1	t15	---	1		Strikeout

Billy Pierce (Pitcher) vs. Hoyt Wilhelm (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Billy Pierce (Pitcher) vs. Hoyt Wilhelm (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1959	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	0	0	0	0	1
	Totals	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	0	0	0	0	1

Billy Pierce (Pitcher) vs. Hoyt Wilhelm (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Billy Pierce (Pitcher) vs. Hoyt Wilhelm (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1959	1959-07-24	BAL	CHW	tied 0-0	t2	12-	2		Walk; B. Robinson to 3B; B. Gardner to 2B
2	1959	1959-07-24	BAL	CHW	ahead 0-1	t4	12-	1		Ground Ball Double Play: P-3B-1B
3	1959	1959-07-24	BAL	CHW	ahead 0-1	t7	---	1		Single to CF
4	1959	1959-07-24	BAL	CHW	tied 1-1	t9	---	2		Strikeout
5	1959	1959-08-06	BAL	CHW	tied 1-1	b10	---	1		Strikeout Looking
6	1959	1959-08-06	BAL	CHW	tied 1-1	b13	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
7	1959	1959-08-06	BAL	CHW	tied 1-1	b15	1--	1		Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Batting Comparison

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Batting Totals

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	616	1255	1102	94	203	13	4	0	69	1	2	65	232	.184	.232	.203	.435	19	224	24	4	83	1	0
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	29-49	1952	1972	1070	493	432	24	38	3	1	1	21	0	1	26	166	.088	.139	.106	.246	-31	46	8	0	34	1	0

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Billy Pierce	32-35	1959	1962	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	31	1954	1954	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Batting Value

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	616	1255	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-131	2	-5	0
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	29-49	1952	1972	1070	493	-2.9	-2.9	-2.8	-0.8	-80	1	-1	0

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Batting Sabermetric

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	616	1255	17	272	291	1009	56	.233	163	-129	-13.0	.019	4.8	33.33	3
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	29-49	1952	1972	1070	493	5	64	72	438	7	.139	44	-79	-8.1	.019	2.6	0.00	1

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Billy Pierce	32-35	1959	1962	5	5	0	0	0	5		.000	0			.000	5.0		0
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	31	1954	1954	2	1	0	0	0	1			0			.000	1.0		0

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Batting Win Probability

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	616	1255	-11.1	-11.4	-0.2	-128.49		-128.16	0.96
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	29-49	1952	1972	1070	493	-7.0	-7.2	0.2	-75.06		-77.76	1.00

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Head-to-Head Batting

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Totals

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Hoyt Wilhelm	6	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	1	0	0	0	0
2	Billy Pierce	6	20	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.000	.158	.000	.158	0	0	0	1	0	0

Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Game Logs

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Hoyt Wilhelm vs. Billy Pierce: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Billy Pierce	CHW	1961-05-30 (2)	*	9	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.73	-0.037	0.21	-0.01%	-0.26			P
2	Hoyt Wilhelm	BAL	1961-05-30 (2)		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Billy Pierce	CHW	1961-05-23	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.52	-0.044	1.03	-0.02%	-0.40			P
4	Hoyt Wilhelm	BAL	1961-05-23		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Billy Pierce	CHW	1959-08-06	*	17	9	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.047	8.78	-0.18%	-0.26			P
6	Hoyt Wilhelm	BAL	1959-08-06		10	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	-0.210	1.39	-0.08%	-0.81			P
7	Billy Pierce	CHW	1959-07-24	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.10	-0.046	13.82	-0.18%	-0.13			P
8	Hoyt Wilhelm	BAL	1959-07-24	*	9	9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.062	3.40	-0.09%	-0.41			P
9	Billy Pierce	CHW	1958-07-01	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.69	-0.052	0.64	-0.03%	-0.78			P
10	Hoyt Wilhelm	CLE	1958-07-01		2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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