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.

2013 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2013 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 31	TEX	@	HOU	L,2-8	CG	35	8.0	13	1	0	14	0
2	2	Apr 2	TEX	@	HOU	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	12	3	0	15	0
3	3	Apr 3	TEX	@	HOU	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
4	4	Apr 5	TEX		LAA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 6	TEX		LAA	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
6	7 (1)	Apr 8	TEX		TBR	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
7	8	Apr 9	TEX		TBR	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
8	10 (1)	Apr 11	TEX	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
9	11	Apr 12	TEX	@	SEA	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
10	12	Apr 13	TEX	@	SEA	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
11	14 (1)	Apr 16	TEX	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
12	15	Apr 18	TEX	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
13	16	Apr 19	TEX		SEA	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
14	17	Apr 20	TEX		SEA	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
15	19 (1)	Apr 22	TEX	@	LAA	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
16	20	Apr 23	TEX	@	LAA	L,4-5	CG	42	10.1	6	2	0	8	1
17	21	Apr 24	TEX	@	LAA	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
18	22	Apr 25	TEX	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	24 (1)	Apr 27	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
20	25	Apr 28	TEX	@	MIN	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	28 (2)	May 2	TEX		CHW	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
22	29	May 3	TEX		BOS	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
23	30	May 4	TEX		BOS	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
24	31	May 5	TEX		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	15	1	0	16	0
25	46 (14)	May 21	TEX		OAK	L,0-1	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
26	47	May 22	TEX		OAK	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
27	48	May 24	TEX	@	SEA	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
28	49	May 25	TEX	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
29	50	May 26	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-4	GF	13	2.2	1	0	0	1	0
30	52 (1)	May 27 (2)	TEX	@	ARI	L,4-5	CG	35	8.1	14	1	0	15	0
31	53	May 30	TEX		ARI	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
32	54	May 31	TEX		KCR	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	55	Jun 1	TEX		KCR	L,1-4	CG	45	10.0	9	0	0	9	0
34	56	Jun 2	TEX		KCR	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	57	Jun 4	TEX	@	BOS	L,5-17	CG	49	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
36	58	Jun 5	TEX	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
37	59	Jun 6	TEX	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
38	60	Jun 7	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-6	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
39	61	Jun 8	TEX	@	TOR	L,3-4	GF	39	9.2	5	2	0	7	0
40	62	Jun 9	TEX	@	TOR	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
41	63	Jun 10	TEX		CLE	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
42	64	Jun 11	TEX		CLE	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
43	65	Jun 12	TEX		CLE	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
44	66	Jun 13	TEX		TOR	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
45	68 (1)	Jun 15	TEX		TOR	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	69	Jun 16	TEX		TOR	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
47	70	Jun 17	TEX		OAK	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
48	71	Jun 18	TEX		OAK	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
49	72	Jun 19	TEX		OAK	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
50	73	Jun 20	TEX		OAK	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	74	Jun 21	TEX	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
52	75	Jun 22	TEX	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
53	76	Jun 23	TEX	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
54	77	Jun 25	TEX	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	11	1	0	12	0
55	78	Jun 26	TEX	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
56	80 (1)	Jun 28	TEX		CIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
57	81	Jun 29	TEX		CIN	L,4-6	CG	48	11.0	12	2	0	14	0
58	82	Jun 30	TEX		CIN	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	83	Jul 2	TEX		SEA	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
60	84	Jul 3	TEX		SEA	L,2-4	CG	43	10.0	14	0	0	14	0
61	85	Jul 4	TEX		SEA	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
62	86	Jul 5	TEX		HOU	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
63	88 (1)	Jul 7	TEX		HOU	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	2
64	89	Jul 8	TEX	@	BAL	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
65	90	Jul 9	TEX	@	BAL	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
66	92 (1)	Jul 11	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
67	93	Jul 12	TEX	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
68	94	Jul 13	TEX	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
69	96 (1)	Jul 19	TEX		BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
70	97	Jul 20	TEX		BAL	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
71	98	Jul 21	TEX		BAL	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
72	100 (1)	Jul 23	TEX		NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
73	102 (1)	Jul 25	TEX		NYY	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
74	103	Jul 26	TEX	@	CLE	L,8-11	CG	51	10.0	7	1	0	8	0
75	105 (1)	Jul 28	TEX	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	109 (3)	Aug 1	TEX		ARI	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
77	110	Aug 2	TEX	@	OAK	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
78	112 (1)	Aug 4	TEX	@	OAK	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
79	113	Aug 5	TEX	@	LAA	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
80	114	Aug 6	TEX	@	LAA	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
81	116 (1)	Aug 9	TEX	@	HOU	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
82	117	Aug 10	TEX	@	HOU	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
83	119 (1)	Aug 12	TEX	@	HOU	W,2-1	GS	18	5.2	10	1	0	11	0
84	120	Aug 13	TEX		MIL	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
85	121	Aug 14	TEX		MIL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
86	122	Aug 16	TEX		SEA	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
87	124 (1)	Aug 18	TEX		SEA	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
88	125	Aug 19	TEX		HOU	W,16-5	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
89	126	Aug 20	TEX		HOU	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
90	127	Aug 21	TEX		HOU	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
91	128	Aug 23	TEX	@	CHW	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
92	129	Aug 24	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	14	1	0	15	0
93	130	Aug 25	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	131	Aug 26	TEX	@	SEA	W,8-3	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
95	132	Aug 27	TEX	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	11	0	0	11	0
96	134 (1)	Aug 30	TEX		MIN	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
97	135	Aug 31	TEX		MIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	136	Sep 1	TEX		MIN	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	137	Sep 2	TEX	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
100	138	Sep 3	TEX	@	OAK	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
101	139	Sep 4	TEX	@	OAK	L,4-11	GS	35	7.0	7	1	0	8	0
102	140	Sep 6	TEX	@	LAA	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
103	141	Sep 7	TEX	@	LAA	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	5	2	1	8	0
104	142	Sep 8	TEX	@	LAA	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	144 (1)	Sep 10	TEX		PIT	L,4-5	GS	36	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
106	145	Sep 11	TEX		PIT	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
107	146	Sep 13	TEX		OAK	L,8-9	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
108	148 (1)	Sep 15	TEX		OAK	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
109	149	Sep 16	TEX	@	TBR	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
110	150	Sep 17	TEX	@	TBR	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
111	151	Sep 18	TEX	@	TBR	L,3-4	CG	46	11.1	7	0	0	7	0
112	154 (2)	Sep 21	TEX	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
113	155	Sep 22	TEX	@	KCR	L,0-4	CG	35	9.2	10	0	0	10	0
114	156	Sep 23	TEX		HOU	W,12-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
115	158 (1)	Sep 25	TEX		HOU	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
116	159	Sep 26	TEX		LAA	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
117	160	Sep 27	TEX		LAA	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
118	161	Sep 28	TEX		LAA	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
119	163 (1)	Sep 30	TEX		TBR	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
							119gm		1005.0	892	65	2	959	8