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.

2011 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2011 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	CHW	@	CLE	W,15-10	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 2	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
3	3	Apr 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
4	4	Apr 5	CHW	@	KCR	L,6-7	CG	47	11.1	8	0	0	8	0
5	5	Apr 6	CHW	@	KCR	W,10-7	GF	17	4.0	3	1	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 7	CHW		TBR	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
7	7	Apr 8	CHW		TBR	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
8	8	Apr 9	CHW		TBR	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
9	9	Apr 10	CHW		TBR	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
10	11 (1)	Apr 12	CHW		OAK	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	10	1	0	11	0
11	13 (1)	Apr 15	CHW		LAA	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
12	14	Apr 16	CHW		LAA	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
13	15	Apr 17	CHW		LAA	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
14	17 (1)	Apr 19	CHW	@	TBR	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
15	18	Apr 20	CHW	@	TBR	L,1-4	GS	23	5.0	4	1	0	5	0
16	19	Apr 21	CHW	@	TBR	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
17	20	Apr 22	CHW	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
18	21	Apr 23	CHW	@	DET	L,0-9	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	22	Apr 24	CHW	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
20	23	Apr 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
21	24	Apr 26	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
22	25	Apr 27	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
23	27 (1)	Apr 29	CHW		BAL	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
24	28	Apr 30	CHW		BAL	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	29	May 1	CHW		BAL	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	30	May 2	CHW		BAL	W,6-2	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
27	31	May 3	CHW		MIN	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	32	May 4	CHW		MIN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
29	33	May 6	CHW	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	6	0	0	6	0
30	34	May 7	CHW	@	SEA	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
31	36 (1)	May 9	CHW	@	LAA	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
32	37	May 10	CHW	@	LAA	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
33	38	May 11	CHW	@	LAA	W,6-4	CG	40	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
34	39	May 13	CHW	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
35	41 (1)	May 15	CHW	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
36	42	May 16	CHW		TEX	L,0-4	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
37	43	May 17	CHW		TEX	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	44	May 18	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
39	45	May 19	CHW		CLE	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
40	46	May 20	CHW		LAD	L,4-6	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	47	May 21	CHW		LAD	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
42	48	May 22	CHW		LAD	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	1	11	0
43	49	May 23	CHW	@	TEX	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	50	May 24	CHW	@	TEX	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
45	51	May 25	CHW	@	TEX	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	52	May 26	CHW	@	TOR	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
47	53	May 27	CHW	@	TOR	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
48	54	May 28	CHW	@	TOR	L,8-9	CG	56	13.0	12	0	0	12	0
49	56 (1)	May 30	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
50	57	May 31	CHW	@	BOS	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	59 (1)	Jun 3	CHW		DET	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
52	60	Jun 4	CHW		DET	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
53	61	Jun 5	CHW		DET	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
54	62	Jun 6	CHW		SEA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
55	63	Jun 7	CHW		SEA	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
56	65 (1)	Jun 9	CHW		OAK	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
57	66	Jun 10	CHW		OAK	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
58	68 (1)	Jun 12	CHW		OAK	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
59	69	Jun 15	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
60	70	Jun 16	CHW	@	MIN	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	71	Jun 17	CHW	@	ARI	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
62	73 (1)	Jun 19	CHW	@	ARI	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
63	74	Jun 20	CHW		CHC	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
64	75	Jun 21	CHW		CHC	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
65	76	Jun 22	CHW		CHC	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
66	77	Jun 24	CHW		WSN	L,5-9	CG	67	14.0	16	2	0	18	0
67	79 (1)	Jun 26	CHW		WSN	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
68	80	Jun 28	CHW	@	COL	L,2-3	CG	51	12.2	3	3	0	6	0
69	81	Jun 29	CHW	@	COL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
70	82	Jun 30	CHW	@	COL	W,6-4	GF	10	3.0	2	4	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	83	Jul 1	CHW	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
72	84	Jul 2	CHW	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
73	85	Jul 3	CHW	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
74	87 (1)	Jul 5	CHW		KCR	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
75	88	Jul 6	CHW		KCR	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
76	89	Jul 7	CHW		MIN	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
77	90	Jul 8	CHW		MIN	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
78	91	Jul 9	CHW		MIN	W,4-3	GF	5	1.2	1	0	0	1	0
79	92	Jul 10	CHW		MIN	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
80	93	Jul 15	CHW	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
81	94	Jul 16	CHW	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
82	95	Jul 17	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
83	96	Jul 18	CHW	@	KCR	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
84	98 (1)	Jul 20	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	47	10.2	8	0	0	8	0
85	99	Jul 22	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
86	100	Jul 24	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
87	101	Jul 25	CHW		DET	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
88	102	Jul 26	CHW		DET	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
89	103	Jul 27	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
90	104	Jul 29	CHW		BOS	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
91	105	Jul 30	CHW		BOS	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
92	106	Jul 31	CHW		BOS	L,3-5	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	107	Aug 1	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
94	108	Aug 2	CHW		NYY	L,0-6	CG	34	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
95	109	Aug 3	CHW		NYY	L,7-18	CG	52	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
96	110	Aug 4	CHW		NYY	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
97	111	Aug 5	CHW	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
98	112	Aug 6	CHW	@	MIN	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
99	114 (1)	Aug 8	CHW	@	BAL	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
100	115	Aug 9	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
101	116	Aug 10	CHW	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	44	9.1	6	0	0	6	0
102	117	Aug 11	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
103	118	Aug 12	CHW		KCR	L,1-5	GS	16	4.0	3	0	1	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	136 (17)	Sep 3	CHW	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	40	8.2	10	1	0	11	0
105	137	Sep 4	CHW	@	DET	L,2-18	GS	31	5.0	7	0	0	7	0
106	138	Sep 5 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
107	141 (2)	Sep 7	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
108	144 (2)	Sep 10	CHW		CLE	W,7-3	GS	34	9.0	14	2	0	16	2
109	145	Sep 11	CHW		CLE	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
110	146	Sep 12	CHW		DET	L,4-14	CG	52	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
111	148 (1)	Sep 14	CHW		DET	L,5-6	CG	44	10.0	13	1	0	14	0
112	150 (1)	Sep 16	CHW	@	KCR	L,6-7	GS	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
113	152 (1)	Sep 18	CHW	@	KCR	W,10-5	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
114	153	Sep 20 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
115	156 (2)	Sep 22	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-11	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
116	157	Sep 23	CHW		KCR	L,1-11	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
117	158	Sep 24	CHW		KCR	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
118	159	Sep 25	CHW		KCR	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	8	4	0	12	0
119	160	Sep 26	CHW		TOR	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
120	161	Sep 27	CHW		TOR	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
							120gm		1008.0	817	65	4	886	4