# Bill Piercy

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{{Short description|American baseball player (1896–1951)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Bill Piercy
|image=Bill Piercy.jpg
|position=[Pitcher](/source/Pitcher)
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date|1896|5|2}}
|birth_place=[El Monte, California](/source/El_Monte%2C_California), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1951|8|28|1896|5|2}}
|death_place=[Long Beach, California](/source/Long_Beach%2C_California), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=October 3
|debutyear=1917
|debutteam=New York Yankees
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 6
|finalyear=1926
|finalteam=Chicago Cubs
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Win–loss record](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching))
|stat1value=27-43
|stat2label=[Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average)
|stat2value=4.26
|stat3label=[Strikeout](/source/Strikeout)s
|stat3value=165
|teams=
*[New York Yankees](/source/New_York_Yankees) ({{baseball year|1917}}, {{baseball year|1921}})
*[Boston Red Sox](/source/Boston_Red_Sox) ({{baseball year|1922}}–{{baseball year|1924}})
*[Chicago Cubs](/source/Chicago_Cubs) ({{baseball year|1926}})
}}

'''William Benton Piercy''' (May 2, 1896 – August 28, 1951), born in [El Monte, California](/source/El_Monte%2C_California), was a [pitcher](/source/pitcher) for the [New York Yankees](/source/New_York_Yankees) (1917 and 1921), [Boston Red Sox](/source/Boston_Red_Sox) (1922–24) and [Chicago Cubs](/source/Chicago_Cubs) (1926).

Piercy helped the Yankees win the 1921 [American League](/source/American_League) pennant.

In 6 seasons, he had a 27–43 win–loss record, 116 games (70 started), 28 complete games, 2 shutouts, 30 games finished, {{frac|610|2|3}} innings pitched, 676 hits allowed, 362 runs allowed, 289 earned runs allowed, 16 home runs allowed, 268 walks allowed, 165 strikeouts, 43 hit batsmen, 21 wild pitches, 2180 batters faced, 1 balk, and a 4.26 ERA.

He died in [Long Beach, California](/source/Long_Beach%2C_California), at the age of 55.

==Sources==
{{Baseballstats|br=p/piercbi01|brm=piercy001wil}}

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