Billy
Pierce
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 165
 
Born: April 2, 1927 in Usa, MI, DETROIT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1949    1953    1958    1962   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1945 18 BOS AL   9 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
1946 19 BOS AL   9 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1947 20 BOS AL   9 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
1948 21 TAM AL $ 300,000 9 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1949 22 TAM AL $ 300,000 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
1950 23 TAM AL $ 300,000 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6
1951 24 TAM AL $ 300,000 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6
1952 25 TAM AL $ 3,307,143 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
1953 26 TAM AL $ 7,100,000 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5
1954 27 MON NL $ 7,100,000 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5
1955 28 NYG NL $ 7,100,000 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5
1956 29 NYG NL $ 7,100,000 7 9 9 9 6 6 6 4 4 4
1957 30 MIN AL $ 7,100,000 7 9 9 9 6 6 6 4 4 4
1958 31 DET AL $ 7,100,000 8 9 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4
1959 32 OAK AL $ 1,000,000 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4
1960 33 OAK AL $ 1,000,000 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4
1961 34 OAK AL $ 1,000,000 8 8 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3
1962 35 OAK AL $ 1,000,000 8 8 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3
1963 36 BSN NL $ 1,100,000 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 3 3 3
1964 37 BSN NL $ 1,100,000 7 6 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 3
1965 38 BSN NL $ 1,100,000 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   3 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,100,000 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 6 6 6
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1945 18 BOS AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1946 19 BOS AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1947 20 BOS AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1948 21 TAM AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1949 22 TAM AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1950 23 TAM AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1951 24 TAM AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1952 25 TAM AL $ 3,307,143   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1953 26 TAM AL $ 7,100,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1954 27 MON NL $ 7,100,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1955 28 NYG NL $ 7,100,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1956 29 NYG NL $ 7,100,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1957 30 MIN AL $ 7,100,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1958 31 DET AL $ 7,100,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1959 32 OAK AL $ 1,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1960 33 OAK AL $ 1,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1961 34 OAK AL $ 1,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1962 35 OAK AL $ 1,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1963 36 BSN NL $ 1,100,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1964 37 BSN NL $ 1,100,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1965 38 BSN NL $ 1,100,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,100,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1945 18 AAA   13 4 .765 25 25 1 0 0 174.7 166 72 13 61 109 3.71 .253 .316 .390 .706  
1946 19 AAA   4 6 .400 15 15 0 0 0 91.7 95 54 11 42 77 5.30 .266 .343 .431 .775  
1947 20 AAA   8 10 .444 29 29 1 0 0 190.0 185 73 18 89 157 3.46 .254 .335 .400 .735  
1948 21 BOS AL 0 0 .000 7 6 3 1 0 7.0 9 5 1 8 4 6.43 .310 .459 .483 .942 0.1
  TAM AL 11 14 .440 29 23 12 2 0 227.7 205 106 22 87 91 4.19 .243 .313 .379 .691 15.8
  TOT   11 14 .440 36 29 15 3 0 234.7 214 111 23 95 95 4.26 .246 .318 .382 .701 15.9
    AAA   1 4 .200 6 6 0 0 0 39.3 36 19 3 21 22 4.35 .247 .341 .342 .684  
1949 22 TAM AL 18 12 .600 39 39 5 1 0 274.7 285 141 29 127 137 4.62 .268 .344 .408 .752 15.2
1950 23 TAM AL 16 16 .500 44 44 7 0 0 326.7 323 160 41 121 223 4.41 .255 .319 .419 .738 19.5
1951 24 TAM AL 19 18 .514 44 44 5 0 0 320.0 329 165 51 111 209 4.64 .261 .321 .449 .770 16.3
1952 25 TAM AL 21 10 .677 44 44 3 0 0 320.0 281 130 32 128 211 3.66 .235 .308 .372 .680 27.1
1953 26 TAM AL 21 11 .656 42 42 6 1 0 304.0 247 123 23 109 236 3.64 .220 .287 .343 .630 20.9
1954 27 MON NL 12 16 .429 41 41 4 0 0 290.0 261 127 32 113 212 3.94 .236 .306 .381 .687 19.4
1955 28 MON NL 2 3 .400 7 7 1 0 0 45.3 41 17 6 17 30 3.38 .241 .309 .394 .703 4.0
  CIN NL 6 5 .545 15 15 2 0 0 104.0 82 48 12 46 76 4.15 .218 .301 .362 .663 5.1
  NYG NL 4 6 .400 13 13 1 0 0 93.0 97 44 14 37 69 4.26 .269 .335 .450 .785 5.7
  TOT   12 14 .462 35 35 4 0 0 242.3 220 109 32 100 175 4.05 .243 .316 .403 .719 14.7
1956 29 NYG NL 18 12 .600 37 37 7 0 0 275.3 241 105 36 96 219 3.43 .236 .301 .382 .683 20.0
1957 30 MIN AL 13 11 .542 43 40 3 0 0 282.7 285 145 38 106 238 4.62 .261 .326 .430 .756 11.2
1958 31 DET AL 22 10 .688 41 41 6 1 0 294.3 271 130 31 110 260 3.98 .241 .309 .397 .707 19.9
1959 32 OAK AL 22 11 .667 40 40 9 1 0 301.0 264 124 40 93 281 3.71 .233 .290 .389 .679 15.2
1960 33 OAK AL 17 17 .500 41 41 8 2 0 309.7 250 104 34 100 290 3.02 .217 .280 .349 .629 17.5
1961 34 OAK AL 20 9 .690 40 40 7 1 0 302.0 256 120 46 108 274 3.58 .225 .292 .377 .669 18.4
1962 35 OAK AL 20 8 .714 37 37 5 2 0 272.3 274 114 39 98 220 3.77 .265 .327 .413 .740 15.4
1963 36 BSN NL 5 5 .500 32 8 2 0 0 93.3 92 48 13 41 64 4.63 .263 .339 .414 .754 4.4
1964 37 BSN NL 6 3 .667 54 1 0 0 7 71.7 77 38 8 31 38 4.77 .273 .344 .387 .730 4.0
1965 38 AAA   4 4 .500 38 0 0 0 4 28.7 25 15 4 22 27 4.71 .227 .356 .364 .720  
18 Years Sim 273 197 .581 690 603 96 12 7 4514.6 4170 1994 548 1687 3382 3.98 .244 .311 .394 .704 275.0
5 Years AAA 30 28 .517 113 75 2 0 4 524.3 507 233 49 235 392 4.00 .254 .332 .396 .728  
Season Average 16 11 .593 40 35 5 0 0 265.6 245 117 32 99 198 3.98 .244 .311 .394 .704  
Career Highs 22 18 .714 54 44 15 3 7 326.7 329 165 51 128 290 4.77 .273 .344 .449 .770  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2917 1352 385 1188 2322   .248 .317 .400 .717
vs LH   1253 642 163 499 1060   .234 .299 .380 .679
Home 131 101 .565 340 297 48 7 3 2255.9 2065 946 263 832 1677 3.77 .242 .310 .387 .697
Away 142 96 .597 350 306 48 6 4 2258.6 2105 1048 285 855 1705 4.18 .245 .313 .400 .713
Mar/Apr 42 33 .560 111 96 11 2 1 707.3 672 300 92 282 547 3.82 .248 .319 .407 .726
May 38 39 .494 111 100 16 2 0 728.3 699 376 101 288 558 4.65 .252 .323 .421 .744
June 54 26 .675 111 103 24 2 1 789.6 683 286 81 232 590 3.26 .232 .288 .366 .654
July 44 31 .587 113 100 19 2 2 759.3 658 333 100 291 542 3.95 .231 .303 .383 .685
August 48 36 .571 125 105 14 1 2 783.9 749 349 90 317 579 4.01 .250 .322 .396 .717
Sep/Oct 47 32 .595 119 99 15 4 1 745.9 709 350 84 277 566 4.22 .248 .314 .393 .707
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1948 21 BOS AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TAM AL 29 71 6 15 1 0 0 9 0 0 1 14 .211 .219 .225 .445 3.9 0.0
  TOT   36 71 6 15 1 0 0 9 0 0 1 14 .211 .219 .225 .445 3.9 0.0
1949 22 TAM AL 39 107 7 23 3 0 1 11 0 0 1 19 .215 .222 .271 .493 5.3 0.0
1950 23 TAM AL 44 115 8 18 3 0 0 3 0 0 5 16 .157 .192 .183 .374 2.9 0.0
1951 24 TAM AL 44 110 12 25 1 0 0 13 0 0 2 23 .227 .246 .236 .482 6.8 0.0
1952 25 TAM AL 44 117 9 20 0 0 0 8 0 0 2 22 .171 .185 .171 .356 1.9 0.0
1953 26 TAM AL 42 112 8 20 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 26 .179 .179 .196 .375 2.5 0.0
1954 27 MON NL 41 92 3 14 2 0 0 7 0 0 4 20 .152 .188 .174 .361 2.1 0.0
1955 28 MON NL 7 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2 0.0
  CIN NL 15 37 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .054 .054 .054 .108 -2.0 0.0
  NYG NL 13 30 2 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .267 .267 .300 .567 2.4 0.1
  TOT   35 81 2 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 21 .123 .123 .136 .259 -0.9 0.1
1956 29 NYG NL 37 106 6 24 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 27 .226 .231 .226 .458 4.7 0.0
1957 30 MIN AL 43 81 9 15 3 0 0 5 0 0 4 19 .185 .224 .222 .446 3.6 0.0
1958 31 DET AL 41 108 8 20 3 0 1 9 0 0 1 25 .185 .193 .241 .433 4.2 0.0
1959 32 OAK AL 40 106 4 11 2 0 0 10 0 0 2 32 .104 .119 .123 .242 -1.4 0.0
1960 33 OAK AL 41 101 8 14 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 24 .139 .137 .158 .296 -2.3 0.0
1961 34 OAK AL 40 96 8 17 1 0 1 9 0 1 1 22 .177 .186 .219 .404 3.4 0.0
1962 35 OAK AL 38 94 5 14 0 0 0 10 0 0 1 22 .149 .156 .149 .305 -0.5 0.0
1963 36 BSN NL 32 24 1 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .250 .250 .375 .625 2.1 0.4
1964 37 BSN NL 54 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0
1965 38 AAA   4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
17 Years Sim 691 1524 104 266 27 0 3 120 0 1 26 338 .175 .188 .198 .386 38.3 0.5
1 Years AAA 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 357 24 62 6 0 0 28 0 0 6 79 .175 .188 .198 .386 9.0  
Career Highs 54 117 12 25 3 0 1 13 0 1 5 32 .250 .250 .375 .625 6.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   994 73 189 17 0 1 86 0 1 17 197 .190 .204 .210 .414 27.4
vs LH   530 31 77 10 0 2 34 0 0 9 141 .145 .159 .175 .334 2.2
Home 340 707 47 124 12 0 1 60 0 1 13 161 .175 .191 .197 .387 13.7
Away 351 817 57 142 15 0 2 60 0 0 13 177 .174 .186 .200 .385 15.8
RISP   398 0 77 9 0 1 117 0 0 12 76 .193 .213 .224 .437 14.7
Close/Late   99 8 18 4 0 0 5 0 0 1 26 .182 .188 .222 .410 2.4
Mar/Apr 112 238 21 36 5 0 2 13 0 0 7 51 .151 .176 .197 .373 4.0
May 104 249 15 43 6 0 0 19 0 0 6 65 .173 .191 .197 .387 5.1
June 111 262 19 46 5 0 0 17 0 0 4 58 .176 .187 .195 .382 4.7
July 100 272 18 48 1 0 1 18 0 0 1 62 .176 .179 .191 .370 4.0
August 105 255 16 44 4 0 0 22 0 1 5 49 .173 .190 .188 .378 4.0
Sep/Oct 109 248 15 49 6 0 0 31 0 0 3 53 .198 .206 .222 .428 7.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1948 21 BOS AL P 7 6 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29    
  TAM AL P 29 23 227.7 15 34 0 6 1.000 1.94    
  TOT   P 36 29 234.7 15 35 0 6 1.000 1.92    
1949 22 TAM AL P 39 39 274.7 18 61 3 5 .963 2.59    
1950 23 TAM AL P 44 44 326.7 23 59 0 5 1.000 2.26    
1951 24 TAM AL P 44 44 320.0 18 67 1 3 .988 2.39    
1952 25 TAM AL P 44 44 320.0 24 59 0 5 1.000 2.33    
1953 26 TAM AL P 42 42 304.0 14 57 3 1 .959 2.10    
1954 27 MON NL P 41 41 290.0 21 49 1 1 .986 2.17    
1955 28 MON NL P 7 7 45.3 2 7 1 1 .900 1.79    
  CIN NL P 15 15 104.0 5 17 2 3 .917 1.90    
  NYG NL P 13 13 93.0 5 15 2 2 .909 1.94    
  TOT   P 35 35 242.3 12 39 5 6 .911 1.89    
1956 29 NYG NL P 37 37 275.3 15 50 5 5 .929 2.12    
1957 30 MIN AL P 43 40 282.7 15 50 0 3 1.000 2.07    
1958 31 DET AL P 41 41 294.3 16 47 1 2 .984 1.93    
1959 32 OAK AL P 40 40 301.0 17 41 3 2 .951 1.73    
1960 33 OAK AL P 41 41 309.7 16 32 4 2 .923 1.40    
1961 34 OAK AL P 40 40 302.0 21 46 3 3 .957 2.00    
1962 35 OAK AL P 37 37 272.3 16 42 1 4 .983 1.92    
1963 36 BSN NL P 32 8 93.3 5 17 0 2 1.000 2.12    
1964 37 BSN NL P 54 1 71.7 3 19 1 1 .957 2.76    
Career Totals   690 603 4514.6 269 770 31 56 .971 2.07    
Career Highs   54 44 326.7 24 67 5 6 1.000 2.76    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1949 22 TAM AL 1 1 .500 6 1 0 0 0 10.3 8 8 1 8 8 6.97 .211 .348 .368 .716
1953 26 TAM AL 3 0 1.000 4 4 2 0 0 34.0 25 14 6 13 19 3.71 .202 .277 .395 .673
1956 29 NYG NL 2 0 1.000 3 3 1 0 0 19.3 12 6 3 11 15 2.79 .185 .303 .369 .672
1959 32 OAK AL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 17.0 18 7 3 3 16 3.71 .273 .304 .470 .774
1961 34 OAK AL 0 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 4.3 7 3 3 1 2 6.24 .389 .421 .944 1.365
Career Post-Season Pitching 7 3 .700 18 10 3 0 0 85.0 70 38 16 36 60 4.02 .225 .305 .434 .740
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1949 22 TAM AL 6 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000
1953 26 TAM AL 4 12 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667
1956 29 NYG NL 3 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
1959 32 OAK AL 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333
Career Post-Season Batting 15 29 1 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .241 .241 .276 .517
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1948-8-4.26
1952-6-3.66
1953-5-3.64
1954-8-3.94
1956-5-3.43
1958-10-3.98
1960-9-3.02
Wins
1949-8-18
1951-4-19
1952-3-21
1953-3-21
1958-1-22
1959-6-22
1960-8-17
1961-7-20
1962-6-20
CAR-14-273
Losses
1950-6-16
1951-3-18
1954-7-16
1960-6-17
CAR-33-197
Winning Pct
1949-7-.600
1952-4-.677
1953-6-.656
1958-2-.688
1959-7-.667
1961-4-.690
1962-4-.714
Games Pitched
CAR-41-690
Games Started
1950-2-44
1951-1-44
1952-1-44
1953-8-42
1954-7-41
1958-4-41
1960-10-41
CAR-17-603
Complete Games
1948-5-15
1950-10-7
1959-10-9
Shutouts
1948-4-3
1949-5-1
1953-9-1
1958-9-1
1959-7-1
1960-7-2
1962-8-2
Innings Pitched
1950-5-326.7
1951-3-320.0
1952-4-320.0
1953-8-304.0
1958-7-294.3
1959-6-301.0
1960-8-309.7
1961-10-302.0
CAR-16-4514.6
Hits Allowed
1950-5-323
1951-3-329
1959-9-264
CAR-26-4170
Homeruns Allowed
1949-10-29
1950-2-41
1951-1-51
1952-9-32
1954-10-32
1956-6-36
1957-9-38
1959-4-40
1960-6-34
1961-1-46
1962-3-39
CAR-3-548
Strikeouts
1949-5-137
1950-1-223
1951-1-209
1952-4-211
1953-3-236
1954-6-212
1955-10-175
1956-9-219
1957-7-238
1958-6-260
1959-6-281
1960-8-290
1961-10-274
CAR-17-3382
Walks Allowed
1949-9-127
1950-7-121
1952-5-128
1953-9-109
1961-9-108
CAR-15-1687
Hits per 9IP
1948-5-8.2
1952-4-7.9
1953-2-7.3
1956-10-7.9
1960-8-7.3
Strikeouts per 9IP
1949-7-4.5
1950-3-6.1
1951-5-5.9
1952-7-5.9
1953-2-7.0
1954-7-6.6
1955-9-6.5
1956-8-7.2
1957-7-7.6
1958-7-8.0
1959-5-8.4
1960-8-8.4
1961-9-8.2
1962-10-7.3
WHiP
1948-6-1.32
1950-9-1.36
1952-7-1.28
1953-3-1.17
1954-8-1.29
1956-5-1.22
1958-9-1.29
1960-9-1.13
OAVG
1948-7-.246
1952-4-.235
1953-2-.220
1954-9-.236
1956-10-.236
1958-10-.241
1960-7-.217
OOBP
1948-7-.318
1950-9-.319
1951-9-.321
1952-7-.308
1953-3-.287
1954-7-.306
1956-7-.301
1958-10-.309
1959-10-.290
1960-9-.280
OSLG
1948-10-.382
1952-6-.372
1953-3-.343
OOPS
1948-10-.701
1952-5-.680
1953-3-.630
1954-10-.687
1960-10-.629
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 14    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 219    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 54    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1945
Injured on 5/21/1945 with a Inflamed Tricep Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 5/9/1946 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 7/4/1946 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
Injured on 8/6/1947 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Boston (A) to Tampa Bay on 6/1/1948 (Going to TAM: P Billy Pierce, CF Clyde Vollmer, RF Dick Kokos, 2B Nellie Fox, P Newt Kimball. Going to BOS: 2B Jackie Robinson, RF Les Fleming, C Walker Cooper, CF Dom Dimaggio)
Had first career hit on 6/3/1948, off Cliff Melton (STL)
Earned first career win on 6/7/1948
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1948, going 4-1, 2.15
Hit first career homerun on 4/13/1949, off Ellis Kinder (BOS)
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1951, going 5-0, 2.26
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,307,143 through salary arbitration
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1952, going 4-0, 2.21
6/1/1952: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $7,100,000 per year, for 6 years
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1952, going 4-2, 3.04
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
Traded from Tampa Bay to Montreal on 2/1/1954 (Going to MON: P Billy Pierce. Going to TAM: CF Dick Wakefield, P Monte Kennedy, C Sherm Lollar)
Injured on 9/14/1954 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for one week
Traded from Montreal to Cincinnati on 5/1/1955 (Going to CIN: P Billy Pierce. Going to MON: P Pete Burnside)
Injured on 6/4/1955 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Traded from Cincinnati to New York (N) on 7/31/1955 (Going to NYG: P Billy Pierce. Going to CIN: P Bob Milliken, P Jim Brosnan)
Injured on 8/22/1956 with a Strained Bicep Tendon, out for 2 weeks
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1956
Traded from New York (N) to Minnesota on 3/3/1957 (Going to MIN: P Billy Pierce, CF Dave Pope. Going to NYG: LF George Wilson)
Traded from Minnesota to Detroit on 3/3/1958 (Going to MIN: C El Tappe. Going to DET: P Billy Pierce)
6/1/1958: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1958, going 7-0, 2.32
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
Traded from Detroit to Oakland on 3/3/1959 (Going to OAK: P Billy Pierce, C Hank Foiles. Going to DET: P Jack Spring)
Won World Series with Oakland in 1961
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Injured on 9/27/1962 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/5/1963 to a 4-year deal worth $1,100,000 per year