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.

2008 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2008 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 31	CHW	@	CLE	L,8-10	CG	38	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
2	2	Apr 2	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
3	3	Apr 3	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
4	4	Apr 4	CHW	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
5	6 (1)	Apr 6	CHW	@	DET	W,13-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
6	7	Apr 7	CHW		MIN	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
7	8	Apr 9	CHW		MIN	L,5-12	CG	46	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
8	10 (1)	Apr 12	CHW		DET	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
9	11	Apr 13	CHW		DET	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	9	3	0	12	0	C
10	12	Apr 14	CHW		OAK	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
11	14 (1)	Apr 16	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
12	15	Apr 17	CHW	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	43	9.1	9	1	1	11	0	C
13	16	Apr 18	CHW	@	TBR	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
14	18 (1)	Apr 20	CHW	@	TBR	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
15	19	Apr 22	CHW		NYY	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
16	20	Apr 23	CHW		NYY	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
17	21	Apr 24	CHW		NYY	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
18	23 (1)	Apr 26 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
19	24	Apr 27	CHW		BAL	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
20	25	Apr 28 susp	CHW		BAL	L,3-4	CG	53	14.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
21	26	Apr 29	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	28 (1)	May 2	CHW	@	TOR	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
23	29	May 3	CHW	@	TOR	L,2-5	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
24	30	May 4	CHW	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
25	31	May 5	CHW	@	TOR	L,0-1	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
26	32	May 6	CHW		MIN	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
27	33	May 7	CHW		MIN	L,1-13	CG	46	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
28	35 (1)	May 9	CHW	@	SEA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
29	37 (1)	May 11	CHW	@	SEA	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
30	38	May 12	CHW	@	LAA	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
31	39	May 13	CHW	@	LAA	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
32	40	May 14	CHW	@	LAA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	41	May 15	CHW	@	LAA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
34	42	May 16	CHW	@	SFG	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
35	44 (1)	May 18	CHW	@	SFG	W,13-8	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
36	45	May 20	CHW		CLE	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
37	46	May 21	CHW		CLE	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
38	47	May 22	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
39	48	May 23	CHW		LAA	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
40	49	May 24	CHW		LAA	L,0-2	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
41	50	May 25	CHW		LAA	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
42	51	May 26	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	52	12.0	10	3	0	13	0	C
43	53 (1)	May 28	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
44	54	May 29	CHW	@	TBR	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
45	55	May 30	CHW	@	TBR	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	57 (1)	Jun 1	CHW	@	TBR	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
47	58	Jun 3	CHW		KCR	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
48	59	Jun 4	CHW		KCR	W,6-4	CG	59	15.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
49	61 (1)	Jun 6	CHW		MIN	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
50	62	Jun 7	CHW		MIN	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
51	63	Jun 8	CHW		MIN	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
52	65 (1)	Jun 10	CHW	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
53	66	Jun 11	CHW	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
54	68 (1)	Jun 13	CHW		COL	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
55	69	Jun 14	CHW		COL	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
56	70	Jun 15	CHW		COL	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
57	71	Jun 17	CHW		PIT	W,16-5	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
58	73 (1)	Jun 19	CHW		PIT	W,13-8	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
59	74	Jun 20	CHW	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
60	75	Jun 21	CHW	@	CHC	L,7-11	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
61	76	Jun 22	CHW	@	CHC	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
62	77	Jun 24	CHW	@	LAD	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
63	78	Jun 25	CHW	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
64	80 (1)	Jun 27	CHW		CHC	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
65	81	Jun 28	CHW		CHC	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
66	82	Jun 29	CHW		CHC	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	84 (1)	Jul 1	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
68	85	Jul 2	CHW		CLE	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
69	86	Jul 3	CHW		OAK	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
70	87	Jul 4	CHW		OAK	L,1-7	CG	47	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
71	89 (1)	Jul 6	CHW		OAK	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
72	90	Jul 8	CHW	@	KCR	W,8-7	CG	58	13.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
73	91	Jul 9	CHW	@	KCR	W,7-6	GF	10	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
74	92	Jul 10	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
75	93	Jul 11	CHW	@	TEX	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
76	94	Jul 12	CHW	@	TEX	W,9-7	GS	13	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
77	96 (1)	Jul 18	CHW		KCR	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
78	97	Jul 19	CHW		KCR	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
79	98	Jul 20	CHW		KCR	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
80	99	Jul 21	CHW		TEX	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
81	100	Jul 22	CHW		TEX	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
82	102 (1)	Jul 25	CHW	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
83	103	Jul 26	CHW	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
84	104	Jul 27	CHW	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
85	105	Jul 28	CHW	@	MIN	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
86	107 (1)	Jul 30	CHW	@	MIN	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
87	108	Jul 31	CHW	@	MIN	L,6-10	CG	44	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	109	Aug 1	CHW	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
89	110	Aug 2	CHW	@	KCR	L,7-9	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
90	111	Aug 3	CHW	@	KCR	L,3-14	CG	46	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
91	112	Aug 5	CHW		DET	W,10-8	CG	58	14.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
92	114 (1)	Aug 7	CHW		DET	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
93	115	Aug 8	CHW		BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
94	116	Aug 9	CHW		BOS	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
95	117	Aug 10	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
96	118	Aug 11	CHW		BOS	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
97	119	Aug 12	CHW		KCR	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
98	120	Aug 13	CHW		KCR	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
99	122 (1)	Aug 15	CHW	@	OAK	L,4-6	CG	36	8.1	8	0	0	8	0	C
100	124 (1)	Aug 17	CHW	@	OAK	W,13-1	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
101	125	Aug 18	CHW		SEA	W,13-5	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
102	126	Aug 19	CHW		SEA	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
103	127	Aug 20	CHW		SEA	W,15-3	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
104	128	Aug 22	CHW		TBR	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	C
105	130 (1)	Aug 24	CHW		TBR	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
106	131	Aug 25	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
107	133 (1)	Aug 27	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
108	134	Aug 29	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-8	CG	44	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
109	135	Aug 30	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
110	137 (1)	Sep 1	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
111	138	Sep 2	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
112	140 (1)	Sep 5	CHW		LAA	W,10-2	GS	30	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
113	141	Sep 6	CHW		LAA	W,7-6	CG	58	15.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
114	143 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	CHW		TOR	L,1-3	GS	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
115	145 (1)	Sep 10	CHW		TOR	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
116	146	Sep 11	CHW		TOR	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
117	147	Sep 14 (1)	CHW		DET	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
118	149 (1)	Sep 15	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
119	150	Sep 16	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
120	151	Sep 17	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
121	152	Sep 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-9	GS	24	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
122	153	Sep 19	CHW	@	KCR	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
123	154	Sep 20	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
124	156 (1)	Sep 23	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-9	GS	35	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
125	157	Sep 24	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
126	158	Sep 25	CHW	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	47	9.2	6	1	0	7	0	C
127	159	Sep 26	CHW		CLE	L,8-11	CG	46	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
128	160	Sep 27	CHW		CLE	L,6-12	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
129	161	Sep 28	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
130	162	Sep 29	CHW		DET	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
131	163	Sep 30	CHW		MIN	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
							131gm		1134.1	913	54	9	976	8