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.

2009 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2009 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	CHW		KCR	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
2	2	Apr 8	CHW		KCR	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
3	3	Apr 9	CHW		KCR	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
4	4	Apr 10	CHW		MIN	L,5-12	CG	49	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
5	6 (1)	Apr 12	CHW		MIN	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
6	7	Apr 13	CHW	@	DET	W,10-6	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
7	8	Apr 15	CHW	@	DET	L,0-9	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
8	9	Apr 16	CHW	@	TBR	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
9	10	Apr 17	CHW	@	TBR	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
10	12 (1)	Apr 19	CHW	@	TBR	W,12-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
11	13	Apr 21	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
12	14	Apr 22	CHW	@	BAL	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
13	15	Apr 23	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
14	16	Apr 24	CHW		TOR	L,0-14	GS	50	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
15	18 (1)	Apr 26	CHW		TOR	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
16	20 (1)	Apr 28 (2)	CHW		SEA	L,1-9	CG	48	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
17	21	Apr 29	CHW		SEA	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	22	May 1	CHW	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
19	23	May 2	CHW	@	TEX	L,6-9	CG	40	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
20	25 (1)	May 4	CHW	@	KCR	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
21	26	May 5	CHW	@	KCR	L,7-8	CG	53	10.2	9	1	0	10	1	C
22	27	May 7	CHW		DET	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
23	28	May 8	CHW		TEX	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
24	29	May 9	CHW		TEX	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
25	31 (1)	May 11	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	33 (1)	May 13	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
27	34	May 15	CHW	@	TOR	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
28	35	May 16	CHW	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
29	37 (1)	May 18	CHW	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	38	May 19	CHW		MIN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	40 (1)	May 21	CHW		MIN	L,1-20	CG	54	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
32	41	May 22	CHW		PIT	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
33	42	May 23	CHW		PIT	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
34	43	May 24	CHW		PIT	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	44	May 25	CHW	@	LAA	W,17-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
36	45	May 26	CHW	@	LAA	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
37	46	May 27	CHW	@	LAA	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
38	47	May 29	CHW	@	KCR	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
39	48	May 30	CHW	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
40	49	May 31	CHW	@	KCR	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	50	Jun 1	CHW		OAK	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
42	51	Jun 2	CHW		OAK	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
43	53 (1)	Jun 4	CHW		OAK	L,0-7	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	54	Jun 5	CHW		CLE	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
45	55	Jun 6	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
46	57 (1)	Jun 8 (1)	CHW		DET	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
47	59 (1)	Jun 9	CHW		DET	L,6-7	CG	45	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
48	60	Jun 10	CHW		DET	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
49	61	Jun 11	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
50	62	Jun 12	CHW	@	MIL	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
51	64 (1)	Jun 14	CHW	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
52	65	Jun 17	CHW	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
53	66	Jun 18	CHW	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	37	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
54	68 (1)	Jun 20	CHW	@	CIN	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	9	2	1	12	0	C
55	69	Jun 21	CHW	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
56	70	Jun 23	CHW		LAD	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
57	71	Jun 24	CHW		LAD	W,10-7	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
58	72	Jun 25	CHW		LAD	W,6-5	CG	53	13.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
59	73	Jun 26	CHW		CHC	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
60	74	Jun 27	CHW		CHC	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
61	75	Jun 28	CHW		CHC	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
62	76	Jun 29	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
63	77	Jun 30	CHW	@	CLE	W,11-4	CG	23	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	79 (1)	Jul 2	CHW	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
65	80	Jul 3	CHW	@	KCR	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
66	81	Jul 4	CHW	@	KCR	L,4-6	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
67	82	Jul 5	CHW	@	KCR	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
68	83	Jul 7	CHW		CLE	W,10-6	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
69	85 (1)	Jul 9	CHW		CLE	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
70	86	Jul 10	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
71	87	Jul 11	CHW	@	MIN	W,8-7	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
72	88	Jul 12	CHW	@	MIN	L,7-13	CG	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
73	89	Jul 17	CHW		BAL	W,12-8	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
74	90	Jul 18	CHW		BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
75	92 (1)	Jul 20	CHW		TBR	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	10	3	0	13	0	C
76	93	Jul 21	CHW		TBR	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
77	94	Jul 22	CHW		TBR	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	96 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
79	98 (1)	Jul 25	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
80	99	Jul 26	CHW	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
81	100	Jul 27	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
82	101	Jul 28	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
83	102	Jul 29	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
84	103	Jul 30	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
85	104	Jul 31	CHW		NYY	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	105	Aug 1	CHW		NYY	W,14-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
87	107 (1)	Aug 4	CHW		LAA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
88	108	Aug 5	CHW		LAA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
89	110 (1)	Aug 7	CHW		CLE	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
90	111	Aug 8	CHW		CLE	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	15	1	0	16	1	C
91	112	Aug 9	CHW		CLE	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
92	114 (1)	Aug 11	CHW	@	SEA	W,3-1	GS	29	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
93	115	Aug 12	CHW	@	SEA	L,0-1	CG	53	13.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
94	116	Aug 14	CHW	@	OAK	W,8-7	GF	11	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH C
95	117	Aug 15	CHW	@	OAK	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
96	118	Aug 16	CHW	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
97	119	Aug 17	CHW		KCR	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
98	120	Aug 18	CHW		KCR	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
99	121	Aug 19	CHW		KCR	W,4-2	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
100	122	Aug 21	CHW		BAL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
101	123	Aug 22	CHW		BAL	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
102	125 (1)	Aug 24	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-12	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
103	126	Aug 25	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
104	127	Aug 26	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.1	5	1	0	6	0	C
105	128	Aug 27	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
106	129	Aug 28	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-5	GF	5	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
107	130	Aug 29	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-10	GS	39	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
108	131	Aug 30	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
109	132	Aug 31	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
110	133	Sep 1	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
111	134	Sep 2	CHW	@	MIN	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
112	135	Sep 3	CHW	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
113	136	Sep 4	CHW		BOS	W,12-2	GS	24	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
114	137	Sep 5	CHW		BOS	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
115	139 (1)	Sep 7	CHW		BOS	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
116	140	Sep 8	CHW		OAK	L,3-11	GS	39	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
117	141	Sep 9	CHW		OAK	W,4-3	CG	50	13.0	11	2	0	13	1	C
118	142	Sep 11	CHW	@	LAA	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
119	143	Sep 12	CHW	@	LAA	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
120	145 (1)	Sep 15	CHW	@	SEA	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
121	146	Sep 16	CHW	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
122	147	Sep 17	CHW	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	55	13.1	11	0	0	11	0	C
123	149 (1)	Sep 19	CHW		KCR	W,13-3	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
124	150	Sep 20	CHW		KCR	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
125	151	Sep 21	CHW		MIN	L,0-7	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
126	152	Sep 22	CHW		MIN	L,6-8	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
127	153	Sep 23	CHW		MIN	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
128	154	Sep 25	CHW		DET	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
129	156 (1)	Sep 27	CHW		DET	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
130	160 (3)	Oct 2	CHW	@	DET	W,8-0	GS	29	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
131	161	Oct 3	CHW	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
							131gm		1104.0	879	50	5	934	8