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.

2006 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2006 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 2	CHW		CLE	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 4	CHW		CLE	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
3	3	Apr 5	CHW		CLE	L,3-4	CG	51	11.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
4	5 (1)	Apr 8	CHW	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
5	6	Apr 9	CHW	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
6	7	Apr 10	CHW	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
7	8	Apr 12	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
8	9	Apr 13	CHW	@	DET	W,13-9	CG	46	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
9	11 (1)	Apr 15	CHW		TOR	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	12	Apr 16	CHW		TOR	W,6-4	CG	26	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
11	13	Apr 17	CHW		KCR	W,9-0	CG	28	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
12	15 (1)	Apr 19	CHW		KCR	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
13	16	Apr 21	CHW		MIN	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
14	17	Apr 22	CHW		MIN	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
15	18	Apr 23	CHW		MIN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
16	19	Apr 24	CHW	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	44	10.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
17	20	Apr 25	CHW	@	SEA	W,13-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
18	22 (1)	Apr 28	CHW	@	LAA	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
19	23	Apr 29	CHW	@	LAA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
20	24	Apr 30	CHW	@	LAA	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	25	May 1	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
22	26	May 2	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-7	GF	14	3.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
23	27	May 3	CHW		SEA	W,6-5	CG	45	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
24	28	May 4	CHW		SEA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
25	29	May 5	CHW		KCR	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
26	30	May 6	CHW		KCR	W,9-2	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
27	32 (1)	May 9	CHW		LAA	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
28	33	May 10	CHW		LAA	L,5-12	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	34	May 12	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-10	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	35	May 13	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
31	36	May 14	CHW	@	MIN	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	38 (1)	May 16	CHW	@	TBD	L,7-10	CG	42	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
33	39	May 17	CHW	@	TBD	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
34	41 (1)	May 19	CHW		CHC	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
35	42	May 20	CHW		CHC	W,7-0	GS	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
36	43	May 21	CHW		CHC	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
37	44	May 22	CHW		OAK	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	3	1	0	4	0	PH C
38	45	May 23	CHW		OAK	W,9-3	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
39	46	May 24	CHW		OAK	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
40	47	May 26	CHW	@	TOR	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
41	48	May 27	CHW	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	42	10.1	4	3	0	7	1	C
42	49	May 28	CHW	@	TOR	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
43	50	May 29	CHW	@	CLE	W,11-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
44	52 (1)	May 31	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	53	Jun 1	CHW	@	CLE	L,8-12	CG	44	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
46	54	Jun 2	CHW		TEX	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
47	55	Jun 3	CHW		TEX	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
48	57 (1)	Jun 6	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
49	58	Jun 7	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
50	59	Jun 8	CHW		DET	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
51	60	Jun 9	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	45	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
52	61	Jun 10	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
53	62	Jun 11	CHW		CLE	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
54	63	Jun 12	CHW	@	TEX	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
55	64	Jun 13	CHW	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
56	65	Jun 14	CHW	@	TEX	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
57	68 (2)	Jun 17	CHW	@	CIN	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	C
58	69	Jun 18	CHW	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
59	70	Jun 20	CHW		STL	W,20-6	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
60	71	Jun 21	CHW		STL	W,13-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
61	72	Jun 22	CHW		STL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
62	73	Jun 23	CHW		HOU	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
63	75 (1)	Jun 25	CHW		HOU	L,9-10	CG	58	13.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
64	76	Jun 27	CHW	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	77	Jun 28	CHW	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
66	79 (1)	Jun 30	CHW	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	80	Jul 1	CHW	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
68	81	Jul 2	CHW	@	CHC	L,11-15	CG	44	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
69	83 (1)	Jul 4	CHW		BAL	W,13-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
70	84	Jul 5	CHW		BAL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
71	85	Jul 6	CHW		BAL	W,11-8	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
72	87 (1)	Jul 8	CHW		BOS	L,6-9	CG	48	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
73	88	Jul 9	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	CG	79	19.0	18	0	0	18	0	C
74	90 (1)	Jul 15	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-14	CG	46	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
75	91	Jul 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
76	92	Jul 18	CHW	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
77	93	Jul 19	CHW	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
78	95 (1)	Jul 21	CHW		TEX	L,3-10	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
79	96	Jul 22	CHW		TEX	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
80	97	Jul 23	CHW		TEX	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
81	98	Jul 24	CHW		MIN	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
82	100 (1)	Jul 26	CHW		MIN	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
83	101	Jul 28	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
84	102	Jul 29	CHW	@	BAL	W,13-11	CG	50	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
85	103	Jul 30	CHW	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	44	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
86	104	Jul 31	CHW	@	KCR	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	105	Aug 1	CHW	@	KCR	W,7-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
88	106	Aug 2	CHW	@	KCR	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
89	107	Aug 4	CHW	@	TOR	W,6-4	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
90	108	Aug 5	CHW	@	TOR	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
91	109	Aug 6	CHW	@	TOR	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
92	111 (1)	Aug 8	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	GS	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
93	112	Aug 9	CHW		NYY	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
94	113	Aug 10	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	CG	46	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
95	114	Aug 11	CHW		DET	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
96	116 (1)	Aug 13	CHW		DET	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
97	117	Aug 14	CHW		KCR	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
98	118	Aug 15	CHW		KCR	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
99	119	Aug 16	CHW		KCR	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
100	121 (1)	Aug 18	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
101	122	Aug 19	CHW	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
102	124 (1)	Aug 21	CHW	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
103	126 (1)	Aug 23	CHW	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
104	127	Aug 24	CHW	@	DET	W,10-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
105	128	Aug 25	CHW		MIN	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
106	129	Aug 26	CHW		MIN	L,7-8	GF	14	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH C
107	130	Aug 27	CHW		MIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
108	131	Aug 29	CHW		TBD	W,12-9	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
109	132	Aug 30	CHW		TBD	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
110	133	Aug 31	CHW		TBD	L,3-5	CG	44	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	134	Sep 1	CHW	@	KCR	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
112	136 (1)	Sep 3	CHW	@	KCR	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
113	137	Sep 4	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
114	138	Sep 5	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
115	139	Sep 6	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
116	141 (1)	Sep 8	CHW		CLE	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
117	142	Sep 9	CHW		CLE	W,10-8	GS	24	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
118	143	Sep 10	CHW		CLE	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
119	144	Sep 11	CHW	@	LAA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
120	145	Sep 12	CHW	@	LAA	L,3-4	CG	45	10.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
121	147 (1)	Sep 15	CHW	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
122	149 (1)	Sep 17	CHW	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
123	150	Sep 18	CHW		DET	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
124	151	Sep 19	CHW		DET	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
125	152	Sep 20	CHW		DET	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
126	153	Sep 21	CHW		SEA	L,0-9	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
127	154	Sep 22	CHW		SEA	L,6-11	GS	37	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
128	155	Sep 23	CHW		SEA	W,11-7	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
129	156	Sep 24	CHW		SEA	W,12-7	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
130	157	Sep 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-14	GS	35	6.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
131	160 (2)	Sep 29	CHW	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
132	162 (1)	Oct 1	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-5	GS	29	6.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
							132gm		1125.0	795	62	3	860	4