# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-pierce
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:02:06.386Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-pierce"
name: "Billy Pierce"
slug: "billy-pierce"
description: "Walter William Pierce was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball between 1945 and 1964 who played most of his career for the Chicago White Sox. He was the team's star pitcher in the decade from 1952 to 1961, when they posted the third best record in the major leagues, and received the Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award for the American League (AL) in 1956 and 1957 after being runner-up in both 1953 and 1955. A seven-time All-Star, he led the AL in complete games three times despite his slight build, and in wins, earned run average (ERA) and strikeouts once each. He pitched four one-hitters and seven two-hitters in his career, and on June 27, 1958 came within one batter of becoming the first left-hander in 78 years to throw a perfect game."
tagline: "American baseball player (1927-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_Pierce.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1927-04-02"
deathDate: "2015-07-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.15
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.180133333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AF%94%E5%88%A9%C2%B7%E7%9A%AE%E7%88%BE%E6%96%AF"
    title: "比利·皮爾斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3"
    title: "بيلي بيرس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3"
    title: "بيلى بيرس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Pierce"
    title: "Billy Pierce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Pierce"
    title: "Billy Pierce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ビリー・ピアース"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Pierce"
    title: "Billy Pierce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4913170"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump