[1] But he posted an abysmal 6.04 earned run average over the season in 562⁄3 innings pitched, didn't get another trial with the Senators until April 1953, and would work in only eight more big-league games in his career.

Acquired by Cincinnati after an outstanding 1954 season in the Double-A Southern Association, Pearce was highly effective in two September 1954 appearances.

He held the Brooklyn Dodgers scoreless in a two-inning relief stint at Ebbets Field on September 14.

Pearce threw a complete game, 3–1 victory, with Milwaukee's only run scoring unearned when the Redlegs made two errors in the field in the seventh inning.

[3] He made one final appearance in the majors as a relief pitcher over two weeks later, allowing one earned run in one inning pitched against the Philadelphia Phillies.