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.

2014 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2014 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 31	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
2	2	Apr 2	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
3	4 (1)	Apr 4	BOS		MIL	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
4	5	Apr 5	BOS		MIL	L,6-7	CG	53	11.0	17	1	1	19	1
5	7 (1)	Apr 7	BOS		TEX	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
6	8	Apr 8	BOS		TEX	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
7	10 (1)	Apr 10	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
8	12 (1)	Apr 12	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
9	13	Apr 13	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	14	Apr 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	38	8.2	10	1	0	11	0
11	15	Apr 16	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	56	14.0	15	0	0	15	0
12	17 (1)	Apr 18	BOS		BAL	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
13	19 (1)	Apr 20	BOS		BAL	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
14	20	Apr 21	BOS		BAL	L,6-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	21	Apr 22	BOS		NYY	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	9	1	1	11	0
16	22	Apr 23	BOS		NYY	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
17	24 (1)	Apr 25	BOS	@	TOR	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
18	25	Apr 26	BOS	@	TOR	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
19	27 (1)	Apr 29	BOS		TBR	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	28	May 1 (1)	BOS		TBR	L,1-2	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	29	May 1 (2)	BOS		TBR	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
22	30	May 2	BOS		OAK	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
23	32 (1)	May 4	BOS		OAK	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	11	0	0	11	0
24	33	May 6	BOS		CIN	W,4-3	CG	49	12.0	9	1	0	10	0
25	34	May 7	BOS		CIN	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
26	35	May 9	BOS	@	TEX	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
27	37 (1)	May 11	BOS	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
28	38	May 13	BOS	@	MIN	L,6-8	CG	42	8.2	7	0	0	7	0
29	39	May 14	BOS	@	MIN	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
30	42 (2)	May 17	BOS		DET	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
31	43	May 18	BOS		DET	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
32	45 (1)	May 21	BOS		TOR	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
33	46	May 22	BOS		TOR	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
34	47	May 23	BOS	@	TBR	L,0-1	CG	34	8.1	4	0	0	4	0
35	49 (1)	May 25	BOS	@	TBR	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
36	50	May 26	BOS	@	ATL	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
37	52 (1)	May 28	BOS		ATL	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
38	54 (1)	May 30	BOS		TBR	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	6	2	0	8	0
39	55	May 31	BOS		TBR	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	57 (1)	Jun 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	58	Jun 3	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
42	59	Jun 4	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-7	GS	20	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	60	Jun 6	BOS	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
44	61	Jun 7	BOS	@	DET	L,6-8	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	62	Jun 8	BOS	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
46	64 (1)	Jun 10	BOS	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
47	65	Jun 11	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
48	67 (1)	Jun 13	BOS		CLE	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
49	68	Jun 14	BOS		CLE	L,2-3	CG	43	9.0	10	1	1	12	0
50	69	Jun 15	BOS		CLE	L,2-3	GS	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
51	70	Jun 16	BOS		MIN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
52	72 (1)	Jun 18	BOS		MIN	W,2-1	CG	34	10.0	10	0	0	10	0
53	73	Jun 19	BOS	@	OAK	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	74	Jun 20	BOS	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
55	75	Jun 21	BOS	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	37	9.1	7	1	0	8	0
56	77 (1)	Jun 23	BOS	@	SEA	L,3-12	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
57	78	Jun 24	BOS	@	SEA	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
58	79	Jun 25	BOS	@	SEA	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
59	80	Jun 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
60	82 (1)	Jun 29	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	84 (1)	Jul 1	BOS		CHC	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
62	85	Jul 2	BOS		CHC	L,9-16	CG	48	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
63	87 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	BOS		BAL	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
64	89 (1)	Jul 7	BOS		CHW	L,0-4	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to St. Louis Cardinals
65	103	Jul 26	STL	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
66	104	Jul 27	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
67	105	Jul 29	STL	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
68	107 (1)	Jul 31	STL	@	SDP	W,6-2	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	108	Aug 1	STL		MIL	L,4-7	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
70	110 (1)	Aug 3	STL		MIL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
71	111	Aug 5	STL		BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
72	112	Aug 6	STL		BOS	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
73	114 (1)	Aug 8	STL	@	BAL	L,2-12	CG	46	8.0	6	3	0	9	1
74	115	Aug 9	STL	@	BAL	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
75	117 (1)	Aug 11	STL	@	MIA	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	10	0	1	11	0
76	119 (1)	Aug 13	STL	@	MIA	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
77	120	Aug 14	STL		SDP	W,4-3	GF	7	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	121	Aug 15	STL		SDP	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
79	122	Aug 16	STL		SDP	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
80	124 (1)	Aug 18	STL		CIN	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	8	1	1	10	0
81	125	Aug 19	STL		CIN	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	126	Aug 20	STL		CIN	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
83	128 (1)	Aug 23	STL	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	49	12.0	9	0	0	9	0
84	131 (2)	Aug 26	STL	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
85	134 (2)	Aug 30 (1)	STL		CHC	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	147 (12)	Sep 11	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
87	156 (8)	Sep 21	STL		CIN	L,2-7	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
							87gm		721.0	619	34	5	658	3