Billy Pierce vs. Frank Sullivan — Career Comparison

Billy Pierce
Greatest GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Frank Sullivan
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Billy Pierce and Frank Sullivan are about as close as two starters get — the gap between them is negligible across the key measures. Their run-prevention numbers were nearly identical — ERA+ of 109 for Billy Pierce and 109 for Frank Sullivan, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 97 and 102 respectively. If forced to pick, Frank Sullivan gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Billy Pierce and Frank Sullivan

Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
585
1.59
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
1.82
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
1.18
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
1.14
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
0.57
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.5
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
0.46
Frank Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.52
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.53
55.53
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.24
49.24
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.85
73.85
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.39
62.39
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
0.53
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.38
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.1
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.08
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.09
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.09
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1201
3.27
Frank Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
3.6
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9920
27
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5196
27
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3306.2
9
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1732
9
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2989
8.14
Frank Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1702
8.84
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.14
8.14
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.84
8.84
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
0.77
Frank Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
0.77
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Frank Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1178
3.21
Frank Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
2.9
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.1
Frank Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.16
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Frank Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1999
5.44
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
959
4.98
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.44
5.44
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.961
0.961
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.876
0.876
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.13
Frank Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.09
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.24
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Frank Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13853
37.7
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7331
38.09
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.23
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.28
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1325
3.61
Frank Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
797
4.14
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.305
1.305
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12645
34.42
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6725
34.95
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.7
37.7
Frank Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.09
38.09

Fielding Stats for Billy Pierce and Frank Sullivan

Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
2.53
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
351
1.85
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
1.21
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
1.16
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6250
27
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5119
27
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2083.1
9
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1706.1
9
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.54
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.64
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
275
1.45
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.12
Frank Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
639
2.76
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
405
2.14
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
611
2.64
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
396
2.09
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.62
95.62
Frank Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.78
97.78
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.043
1.043
Frank Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.128
1.128
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.78
47.78
Frank Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.39
62.39
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.14
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.16
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Billy Pierce and Frank Sullivan

Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
616
294.5
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
351
344.12
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1255
600
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
612
600
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1102
526.85
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
529
518.63
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.427
0.427
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
97.05
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
76
74.51
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
186
88.92
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
66
64.71
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
6.22
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.82
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.91
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.98
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
8.13
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
9.8
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Frank Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47.12
22.53
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
14.37
14.09
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
224
107.09
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
87
85.29
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
272
130.04
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
106
103.92
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.435
0.435
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Frank Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.251
0.251
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
44.94
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
36
35.29
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
32.99
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
22
21.57
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
77.93
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
58
56.86
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48.54
23.21
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
6.05
5.93
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.91
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
31.08
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
30
29.41
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
232
110.92
Frank Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
160
156.86
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.41
5.41
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
3.83
3.83
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
39.68
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
49.02
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.48
Frank Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.94
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
11.47
Frank Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
13.73
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.48
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.96
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.43
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.33
33.33
Frank Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA