A.J. Pierzynski

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-3, 250lb (190cm, 113kg)

Born: December 30, 1976 in Bridgehampton, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from Dr. Phillips HS (Orlando, FL).

High School: Dr. Phillips HS (Orlando, FL)

Debut: September 9, 1998 (Age 21-253d, 17,354th in major league history)
vs. ANA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 10, 2016 (Age 39-255d)
vs. NYM 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2001 season

Agents: Steve Hilliard

Full Name: Anthony John Pierzynski

Pronunciation: \peer-ZIN-skee\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.8

7290

2043

188

.280

807

RBI

909

OBP

.319

SLG

.420

OPS

.739

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2005 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2005 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
2	2	Apr 6	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
3	3	Apr 7	CHW		CLE	L,5-11	CG	55	11.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
4	4	Apr 8	CHW	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
5	5	Apr 9	CHW	@	MIN	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	6	Apr 10	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
7	8 (1)	Apr 13	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
8	9	Apr 14	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
9	10	Apr 15	CHW		SEA	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
10	12 (1)	Apr 17	CHW		SEA	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
11	13	Apr 18	CHW		MIN	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
12	14	Apr 19	CHW		MIN	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
13	16 (1)	Apr 21	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	17	Apr 22	CHW	@	KCR	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
15	18	Apr 23	CHW	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	10	3	0	13	0	C
16	22 (3)	Apr 27	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
17	23	Apr 29	CHW		DET	L,2-3	CG	47	11.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
18	24	Apr 30	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	26 (1)	May 3	CHW		KCR	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
20	27	May 4	CHW		KCR	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
21	28	May 5	CHW		KCR	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	5	4	0	9	0	C
22	29	May 6	CHW	@	TOR	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
23	31 (1)	May 8	CHW	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	32	May 9	CHW	@	TBD	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
25	34 (1)	May 11	CHW	@	TBD	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	35	May 12	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
27	36	May 13	CHW		BAL	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
28	37	May 14	CHW		BAL	L,6-9	CG	48	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
29	39 (1)	May 16	CHW		TEX	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	C
30	40	May 17	CHW		TEX	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
31	41	May 18	CHW		TEX	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	42	May 20	CHW	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
33	43	May 21	CHW	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	44	May 22	CHW	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
35	45	May 23	CHW	@	LAA	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
36	46	May 24	CHW	@	LAA	W,2-1	CG	38	11.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
37	48 (1)	May 26	CHW	@	LAA	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
38	49	May 27	CHW	@	TEX	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	50	May 29	CHW	@	TEX	L,4-12	CG	41	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
40	52 (1)	May 31	CHW		LAA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	53	Jun 1	CHW		LAA	L,7-10	CG	47	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
42	54	Jun 3	CHW		CLE	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
43	55	Jun 4	CHW		CLE	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	56	Jun 5	CHW		CLE	L,4-6	GF	11	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
45	57	Jun 6	CHW	@	COL	W,9-3	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
46	58	Jun 7	CHW	@	COL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
47	60 (1)	Jun 10	CHW	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
48	61	Jun 11	CHW	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	37	8.1	7	0	0	7	0	C
49	62	Jun 12	CHW	@	SDP	W,8-5	CG	43	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
50	64 (1)	Jun 14	CHW		ARI	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
51	65	Jun 15	CHW		ARI	W,12-6	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
52	66	Jun 17	CHW		LAD	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
53	67	Jun 18	CHW		LAD	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
54	68	Jun 19	CHW		LAD	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
55	69	Jun 20	CHW		KCR	W,11-8	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
56	70	Jun 21	CHW		KCR	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
57	72 (1)	Jun 24	CHW		CHC	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
58	73	Jun 25	CHW		CHC	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
59	74	Jun 26	CHW		CHC	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
60	76 (1)	Jun 29	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	56	13.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	78 (1)	Jul 1	CHW	@	OAK	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
62	79	Jul 2	CHW	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
63	81 (1)	Jul 4	CHW		TBD	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
64	82	Jul 5	CHW		TBD	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
65	83	Jul 6	CHW		TBD	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
66	84	Jul 8	CHW		OAK	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
67	86 (1)	Jul 10	CHW		OAK	L,8-9	GS	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
68	87	Jul 14	CHW	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
69	89 (1)	Jul 16	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
70	90	Jul 17	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
71	91	Jul 18	CHW		DET	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
72	92	Jul 19	CHW		DET	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
73	94 (1)	Jul 21	CHW		BOS	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
74	95	Jul 22	CHW		BOS	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
75	96	Jul 23	CHW		BOS	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
76	97	Jul 24	CHW		BOS	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
77	98	Jul 25	CHW	@	KCR	W,14-6	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
78	99	Jul 26	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
79	101 (1)	Jul 29	CHW	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
80	102	Jul 30	CHW	@	BAL	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	104 (1)	Aug 1	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
82	105	Aug 2	CHW		TOR	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
83	106	Aug 3	CHW		TOR	L,3-4	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
84	108 (1)	Aug 5	CHW		SEA	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
85	109	Aug 6	CHW		SEA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
86	110	Aug 7	CHW		SEA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
87	111	Aug 8	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
88	112	Aug 9	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
89	114 (1)	Aug 12	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
90	115	Aug 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
91	116	Aug 15	CHW		MIN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
92	117	Aug 16	CHW		MIN	L,4-9	CG	70	16.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
93	119 (1)	Aug 19	CHW		NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
94	120	Aug 20	CHW		NYY	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
95	122 (1)	Aug 23	CHW	@	MIN	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
96	123	Aug 24	CHW	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
97	124	Aug 25	CHW	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
98	125	Aug 26	CHW	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	43	12.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
99	126	Aug 27	CHW	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
100	128 (1)	Aug 29	CHW	@	TEX	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
101	129	Aug 30 (1)	CHW	@	TEX	L,6-8	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
102	131 (1)	Aug 31	CHW	@	TEX	L,2-9	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	132	Sep 1	CHW		DET	W,12-3	GS	28	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
104	133	Sep 2	CHW		DET	W,9-1	GS	24	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
105	134	Sep 3	CHW		DET	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
106	135	Sep 4	CHW		DET	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
107	138 (2)	Sep 7	CHW		KCR	W,1-0	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
108	139	Sep 8	CHW		KCR	L,2-4	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
109	140	Sep 9	CHW		LAA	L,5-6	CG	52	12.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
110	141	Sep 10	CHW		LAA	L,5-10	GS	33	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
111	142	Sep 11	CHW		LAA	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
112	143	Sep 13	CHW	@	KCR	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
113	145 (1)	Sep 15	CHW	@	KCR	L,5-7	GS	38	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
114	146	Sep 16	CHW	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
115	148 (1)	Sep 18	CHW	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	2	C
116	149	Sep 19	CHW		CLE	L,5-7	GS	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
117	150	Sep 20	CHW		CLE	W,7-6	CG	47	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
118	151	Sep 21	CHW		CLE	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
119	152	Sep 22	CHW		MIN	L,1-4	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
120	153	Sep 23	CHW		MIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
121	154	Sep 24	CHW		MIN	W,8-1	GS	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
122	155	Sep 25	CHW		MIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
123	156	Sep 26	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
124	157	Sep 27	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
125	158	Sep 28	CHW	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
126	159	Sep 29	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
127	161 (1)	Oct 1	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
128	162	Oct 2	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	GS	21	5.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
							128gm		1117.2	803	48	1	852	8