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A.J. Pierzynski
Anthony John Pierzynski

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 220 lb.

Debut September 9, 1998

Born December 30, 1976 in Bridgehampton, NY

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1994. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1998 21 MIN AL   7   10    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   2  .300  .385  .300   82    3   0   1   0   1   0
 1999 22 MIN AL   9   22    3    6   2  0   0    3   0  0   1   4  .273  .333  .364   76    8   0   0   0   1   0
 2000 23 MIN AL  33   88   12   27   5  1   2   11   1  0   5  14  .307  .354  .455  100   40   0   1   0   2   1
 2001 24 MIN AL 114  381   51  110  33  2   7   55   1  7  16  57  .289  .322  .441   97  168   1   3   4   4   7
 2002 25 MIN AL 130  440   54  132  31  6   6   49   1  2  13  61  .300  .334  .439  104  193   2   3   1  11  14 AS
 2003 26 MIN AL 137  487   63  152  35  3  11   74   3  1  24  55  .312  .360  .464  115  226   2   5  12  15  13
 2004 27 SFG NL 131  471   45  128  28  2  11   77   0  1  19  27  .272  .319  .410   86  193   2   3   4  15  27
 2005 28 CHW AL 128  460   61  118  21  0  18   56   0  2  23  68  .257  .308  .420   90  193   1   1   5  12  13
 2006 29 CHW AL 140  509   65  150  24  0  16   64   1  0  22  72  .295  .333  .436   94  222   3   1   6   8  10 MVP-30,AS
 2007 30 CHW AL 136  472   54  124  24  0  14   50   1  1  25  66  .263  .309  .403   83  190   1   3   5   8  21
 2008 31 CHW AL  83  332   41   96  22  1   7   36   1  0  14  47  .289  .326  .425   97  141   1   2   5   5   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1048 3672  450 1046 225 15  92  476   9 14 163 473  .285  .328  .429   96 1577  13  23  42  82 113
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        568   70  162  35  2  14   74   1  2  25  73  .285  .328  .429   96  244   2   4   6  13  17
 Career High    140  509   65  152  35  6  18   77   3  7  25  72  .312  .360  .464  115  226   3   5  12  15  27
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1998 21 MIN AL   13    8    2   6.7   111| .300  .273| .385  .342| .300  .434| .685  .776|  82  .613  -0.0   0.0   0%
 1999 22 MIN AL   24   16    3   5.0   116| .273  .279| .333  .352| .364  .446| .697  .798|  76  .464  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 2000 23 MIN AL   96   63   15   6.4   119| .307  .281| .354  .355| .455  .452| .809  .807| 100  .564  -0.1   0.0 100%
 2001 24 MIN AL  405  289   50   4.6   109| .289  .270| .322  .337| .441  .433| .763  .770|  97  .459  -1.6  -0.2  12%
 2002 25 MIN AL  469  329   60   4.9   105| .300  .264| .334  .332| .439  .425| .773  .757| 104  .493   1.8   0.2  33%
 2003 26 MIN AL  533  356   79   5.9   108| .312  .269| .360  .335| .464  .430| .824  .766| 115  .575  11.2   1.1  75%
 2004 27 SFG NL  510  376   53   3.8   112| .272  .271| .319  .343| .410  .439| .729  .782|  86  .372 -10.3  -1.0   0%
 2005 28 CHW AL  497  359   56   4.2   108| .257  .272| .308  .335| .420  .431| .728  .766|  90  .426  -8.4  -0.8   0%
 2006 29 CHW AL  543  373   72   5.1   114| .295  .280| .333  .345| .436  .445| .769  .791|  94  .494  -6.0  -0.6 100%
 2007 30 CHW AL  509  374   53   3.8   110| .263  .276| .309  .344| .403  .431| .712  .775|  83  .370 -13.1  -1.2  50%
 2008 31 CHW AL  354  246   45   4.9   106| .289  .270| .326  .339| .425  .420| .751  .759|  97  .506  -2.2  -0.2 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     3953 2789  488   4.7   110| .285  .272| .328  .339| .429  .433| .757  .772|  96  .467 -29.4  -2.8  39%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1998 21 MIN AL C 6 33 2 0 1 1.000 .989 5.83 6.17 8.51 7.13 4 37.0 0 4 4 1 1999 22 MIN AL C 9 35 2 0 1 1.000 .992 4.11 6.11 5.74 6.98 6 58.0 1 3 1 1 2000 23 MIN AL C 32 160 10 0 3 1.000 .991 5.31 6.02 6.46 6.93 27 236.7 2 10 10 6 2001 24 MIN AL C 110 611 44 10 7 .985 .990 5.95 6.12 6.54 7.17 102 901.7 4 35 44 21 DH 1 2002 25 MIN AL C 124 756 42 3 3 .996 .993 6.44 6.16 6.93 6.96 118 1035.7 2 49 45 19 AS 2003 26 MIN AL C 135 843 46 6 6 .993 .991 6.59 5.88 6.86 6.79 131 1165.7 5 48 46 20 2004 27 SFG NL C 118 697 56 1 6 .999 .993 6.38 6.46 6.63 7.45 117 1022.0 7 36 51 15 2005 28 CHW AL C 128 803 48 1 8 .999 .992 6.65 5.96 6.85 6.80 124 1117.7 7 45 79 23 2006 29 CHW AL C 132 800 57 3 4 .997 .992 6.49 6.32 6.86 7.09 126 1125.0 10 44 90 25 AS 2007 30 CHW AL C 130 796 46 2 6 .998 .991 6.48 6.41 7.16 7.28 116 1058.0 14 32 62 20 2008 31 CHW AL C 81 577 32 6 4 .990 .991 7.52 6.60 7.83 7.21 78 700.3 3 23 69 16
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1998 21 MIN AL C 6 33 2 0 1 1.000 .989 5.83 6.17 8.51 7.13 4 37.0 0 4 4 1 1999 22 MIN AL C 9 35 2 0 1 1.000 .992 4.11 6.11 5.74 6.98 6 58.0 1 3 1 1 2000 23 MIN AL C 32 160 10 0 3 1.000 .991 5.31 6.02 6.46 6.93 27 236.7 2 10 10 6 2001 24 MIN AL C 110 611 44 10 7 .985 .990 5.95 6.12 6.54 7.17 102 901.7 4 35 44 21 2002 25 MIN AL C 124 756 42 3 3 .996 .993 6.44 6.16 6.93 6.96 118 1035.7 2 49 45 19 2003 26 MIN AL C 135 843 46 6 6 .993 .991 6.59 5.88 6.86 6.79 131 1165.7 5 48 46 20 2004 27 SFG NL C 118 697 56 1 6 .999 .993 6.38 6.46 6.63 7.45 117 1022.0 7 36 51 15 2005 28 CHW AL C 128 803 48 1 8 .999 .992 6.65 5.96 6.85 6.80 124 1117.7 7 45 79 23 2006 29 CHW AL C 132 800 57 3 4 .997 .992 6.49 6.32 6.86 7.09 126 1125.0 10 44 90 25 2007 30 CHW AL C 130 796 46 2 6 .998 .991 6.48 6.41 7.16 7.28 116 1058.0 14 32 62 20 2008 31 CHW AL C 81 577 32 6 4 .990 .991 7.52 6.60 7.83 7.21 78 700.3 3 23 69 16 2001 24 MIN AL DH 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C*1005 6111 385 32 49 .995 .992 6.46 6.21 6.91 7.08 949 8457.7 55 329 501 167 DH 1 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1005 6111 385 32 49 .995 .992 6.46 6.21 6.91 7.07 949 8458
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2002   ALDS  MIN OAK     W   5  16   4   7  0  1  1   4   2   2  .438  .500  .750   0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  MIN ANA     L   5  16   1   4  0  0  0   2   0   2  .250  .235  .250   0  1   0   1   0 
 2003   ALDS  MIN NYY     L   4  13   1   3  0  0  1   1   2   0  .231  .333  .462   0  0   0   0   0 
 2005   ALDS  CHW BOS     W   3   9   5   4  2  0  2   4   1   0  .444  .500 1.333   1  0             
        ALCS  CHW LAA     W   5  18   1   3  0  0  1   2   1   6  .167  .211  .333   0  1             
        WS    CHW HOU     W   4  15   3   4  2  0  0   3   2   2  .267  .353  .400   1  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       2-1  12  38  10  14  2  1  4   9   5   2  .368  .442  .789   1  0   0   0   0 
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1  10  34   2   7  0  0  1   4   1   8  .206  .222  .294   0  2   0   1   0 
  6 Postseason Series   4-2  26  87  15  25  4  1  5  16   8  12  .287  .344  .529   2  2   0   1   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2002   MIN AL       3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 2006   CHW AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2      0   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2002 *
2006

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2006-AL-30-0.00

Batting Average
2003 AL-.312-8

Triples
2002 AL-6-6

Hit By Pitch
2002 AL-11-9
2003 AL-15-6
2004 NL-15-5
2005 AL-12-10
Act-82-28

Intentional Walks
2003 AL-12-5

Grounded into Double Plays
2004 NL-27-1
2007 AL-21-7

At Bats per Strikeout
2003 AL-8.9-9
2004 NL-17.4-2

Youngest Player
1998 AL-21-6

     

Gray Ink: Batting - 5 (1714) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 16.9 (834) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 22.0 (719) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 2, 1994: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1994.

November 14, 2003: Traded by the Minnesota Twins with cash to the San Francisco Giants for Joe Nathan, Francisco Liriano, and Boof Bonser.

December 16, 2004: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

January 6, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2001Minnesota Twins$210,000
2002Minnesota Twins$250,000
2003Minnesota Twins$365,000
2004San Francisco Giants$3,500,000
2005Chicago White Sox$2,250,000
2006Chicago White Sox$4,000,000
2007Chicago White Sox$5,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$16,075,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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