Mike Piazza

Michael Joseph Piazza

All-Star Player

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 197 lb.

Born: September 4, 1968 in Norristown, PA
High School: Phoenixville (Phoenixville, PA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 62nd round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed July 11, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1992
Final Game: September 30, 2007
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Preferred Bat: Blond Mizuno Pro Limited (More info on Game Used Bats)

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1992 LAD NL 23 C 16 16 139.1 102 94 7 1 1 .990 -1.0 -8.6 -1 6.52 6.31 .991 6.67 5.68 1 8 10 4 29%
1993 LAD NL 24 C 146 141 1243.1 1009 899 99 11 10 .989 8.0 7.7 8 7.22 6.84 .989 6.74 5.75 14 32 108 59 35% AS,MVP-9,RoY-1,SS
1993 LAD NL 24 1B 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 18.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.00 AS,MVP-9,RoY-1,SS
1994 LAD NL 25 C 104 99 860.2 688 640 38 10 7 .985 -2.0 -2.8 -2 7.09 6.52 .991 7.10 6.15 7 29 76 26 25% AS,MVP-6,SS
1995 LAD NL 26 C 112 110 941.0 866 805 52 9 8 .990 -2.0 -2.6 -2 8.20 7.65 .989 7.40 6.34 12 37 88 29 25% AS,MVP-4,SS
1996 LAD NL 27 C 146 144 1255.2 1134 1055 70 9 6 .992 -8.0 -7.6 -8 8.06 7.71 .989 7.17 6.33 12 28 155 34 18% AS,MVP-2,SS
1997 LAD NL 28 C 139 139 1200.0 1135 1045 74 16 10 .986 -2.0 -2.0 -2 8.39 8.05 .990 7.50 6.58 10 28 112 43 28% AS,MVP-2,SS
1997 LAD NL 28 DH 7 AS,MVP-2,SS
1998 TOT NL 29 C 140 140 1190.0 1080 984 85 11 7 .990 -1.0 -1.0 -1 8.08 7.64 .990 7.50 6.47 5 29 115 41 26% AS,MVP-14,SS
1998 LAD NL 29 C 37 37 309.2 304 277 25 2 1 .993 -1.0 -3.9 -1 8.78 8.16 .990 7.50 6.47 0 9 38 12 24%
1998 FLA NL 29 C 4 4 35.0 31 27 3 1 1 .968 0.0 0.0 0 7.71 7.50 .990 7.51 6.48 0 2 3 1 25%
1998 NYM NL 29 C 99 99 845.1 745 680 57 8 5 .989 0.0 0.0 0 7.85 7.44 .990 7.50 6.47 5 18 74 28 27%
1998 NYM NL 29 DH 4 AS,MVP-14,SS
1999 NYM NL 30 C 137 135 1156.2 1011 953 47 11 5 .989 -3.0 -3.1 -3 7.78 7.30 .990 7.41 6.14 7 31 115 37 24% AS,MVP-7,SS
1999 NYM NL 30 DH 1 AS,MVP-7,SS
2000 NYM NL 31 C 124 124 1027.2 903 863 37 3 10 .997 -3.0 -3.5 -3 7.88 7.26 .990 7.45 6.38 3 25 110 32 23% AS,MVP-3,SS
2000 NYM NL 31 DH 5 AS,MVP-3,SS
2001 NYM NL 32 C 130 128 1085.1 986 920 57 9 5 .991 -11.0 -12.2 -11 8.10 7.52 .992 7.74 6.64 7 39 114 33 22% AS,MVP-13,SS
2001 NYM NL 32 DH 5 AS,MVP-13,SS
2002 NYM NL 33 C 121 119 1007.2 869 811 46 12 3 .986 -12.0 -14.3 -12 7.65 7.08 .991 7.53 6.41 8 15 125 27 18% AS,SS
2002 NYM NL 33 DH 6 AS,SS
2003 NYM NL 34 C 64 64 532.1 384 346 31 7 7 .982 -1.0 -2.3 -1 6.37 5.89 .992 7.33 6.46 1 14 59 23 28%
2003 NYM NL 34 1B 1 0 1.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 27.00 3.00 1.000 9.90 8.00
2004 NYM NL 35 1B 68 66 517.2 541 498 35 8 44 .985 -9.4 -21.8 -8.4 0.5 -8.9 -1 9.27 7.84 .993 9.51 8.23 AS
2004 NYM NL 35 C 50 49 388.0 280 259 16 5 1 .982 -3.0 -9.3 -3 6.38 5.50 .993 7.45 6.46 5 7 34 9 21% AS
2004 NYM NL 35 DH 8 AS
2005 NYM NL 36 C 101 100 809.1 659 618 39 2 5 .997 -9.0 -13.3 -9 7.31 6.50 .992 7.26 6.26 3 22 82 13 14% AS
2005 NYM NL 36 DH 5 AS
2006 SDP NL 37 C 99 99 718.0 595 554 33 8 3 .987 -11.0 -18.4 -11 7.36 5.93 .992 7.37 6.36 7 12 97 13 12%
2006 SDP NL 37 DH 8
2007 OAK AL 38 DH 71
15 Seasons C 1629 1607 13555.0 11701 10846 731 124 88 .989 -61.0 -5.4 -61 7.69 7.11 .990 7.34 6.32 102 356 1400 423 23%
10 Seasons DH 120
3 Seasons 1B 70 66 519.2 546 503 35 8 45 .985 -9.5 -21.9 -8.5 0.4 -8.9 -1 9.32 7.69 .993 9.51 8.22
16 Seasons TOT 1699 1673 14074.2 12247 11349 766 132 133 .989 -70.5 -6.0 -8.5 0.4 -8.9 -1 -61 7.75 7.13 .980 7.42 6.40 102 356 1400 423 23%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1992 LAD NL 23 21 16 21 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1993 LAD NL 24 149 141 149 146 0 146 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1994 LAD NL 25 107 99 107 104 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1995 LAD NL 26 112 110 112 112 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1996 LAD NL 27 148 144 148 147 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1997 LAD NL 28 152 146 152 140 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 0
1998 NYM NL 29 109 103 109 100 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 0
1998 LAD NL 29 37 37 37 37 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 FLA NL 29 5 4 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1999 NYM NL 30 141 136 141 137 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
2000 NYM NL 31 136 129 136 124 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 0
2001 NYM NL 32 141 133 141 131 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 0
2002 NYM NL 33 135 125 135 121 0 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 0
2003 NYM NL 34 68 64 68 65 0 65 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2004 NYM NL 35 129 123 129 115 0 50 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 0
2005 NYM NL 36 113 105 113 101 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 0
2006 SDP NL 37 126 107 126 99 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 19 0
2007 OAK AL 38 83 71 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 12 0
16 Seasons 1912 1793 1912 1699 0 1634 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 113 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1920 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1992 LAD NL 23 639 3.68 3.88 7 100% 1 0 94 5 1 3 85 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1993 LAD NL 24 5506 3.45 4.02 58 86% 1 2 899 29 3 16 851 101 22 2 0 17 11 0 2 9 2 10 1 0 2 22 82%
1994 LAD NL 25 3813 3.96 4.34 23 91% 0 0 640 16 2 14 608 38 4 0 0 8 10 0 2 8 0 7 0 1 2 1 100%
1995 LAD NL 26 4151 3.68 4.31 39 95% 2 1 810 31 4 10 763 51 6 0 0 16 9 1 2 6 0 8 0 2 2 4 50%
1996 LAD NL 27 5528 3.31 3.86 51 96% 0 1 1056 32 5 12 1007 70 18 0 0 20 9 0 1 8 1 6 0 2 2 14 86%
1997 LAD NL 28 5251 3.50 3.86 53 96% 1 0 1044 23 2 25 993 75 21 0 1 19 16 1 4 11 1 10 0 1 3 15 93%
1998 NYM NL 29 3700 3.94 4.17 28 93% 0 0 682 12 1 12 657 52 13 0 0 13 8 2 0 6 0 5 0 0 0 9 89%
1998 LAD NL 29 1365 4.13 4.45 15 93% 0 0 276 11 0 6 257 25 1 0 0 13 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 75%
1998 FLA NL 29 165 5.91 7.46 1 100% 0 0 27 0 1 1 25 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 100%
1999 NYM NL 30 5130 4.40 4.51 37 97% 1 0 953 27 2 11 912 47 9 0 0 6 11 0 2 9 1 5 0 1 2 11 91%
2000 NYM NL 31 4568 3.86 4.22 28 100% 0 0 867 22 2 17 826 35 6 0 1 10 3 0 1 2 0 9 0 1 1 3 100%
2001 NYM NL 32 4784 4.08 4.40 30 93% 0 0 919 20 5 11 881 58 8 0 0 24 9 1 1 7 1 5 0 1 1 5 60%
2002 NYM NL 33 4508 3.86 4.22 39 100% 0 0 818 22 4 13 779 40 16 0 0 0 12 1 0 11 0 3 0 0 0 11 100%
2003 NYM NL 34 2400 3.97 4.31 22 95% 0 0 345 13 3 4 325 31 8 1 0 2 7 1 0 6 0 7 0 1 1 7 86%
2004 NYM NL 35 1739 3.94 4.20 22 86% 0 0 260 12 1 6 241 15 4 0 0 4 5 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 7 86%
2005 NYM NL 36 3558 3.88 4.20 36 89% 0 0 617 15 4 13 585 40 20 0 0 7 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 3 3 15 80%
2006 SDP NL 37 3103 3.50 3.86 27 81% 0 1 553 13 4 8 528 34 10 0 0 10 8 0 2 6 0 3 0 1 2 10 80%
15 Seasons 59908 3.80 4.18 516 93% 6 5 10860 303 44 182 10323 722 170 3 2 169 124 7 19 98 7 87 1 15 22 141 85%
MLB Averages 4.41 4.82 93% 85%
PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1992 LAD NL 23 1 8 252 10 4 4 29% 7 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 23 5 1.29 1.38
1993 LAD NL 24 14 32 1947 108 59 58 35% 99 53 8 5 1 1 1 0 187 67 1.35 1.26
1994 LAD NL 25 7 29 1361 76 26 22 25% 66 21 10 5 0 0 1 0 140 29 1.37 1.43
1995 LAD NL 26 12 37 1421 88 29 27 25% 77 25 10 3 1 1 2 0 169 34 1.44 1.26
1996 LAD NL 27 12 28 1918 155 34 26 18% 129 29 24 4 2 1 1 0 228 39 1.41 1.33
1997 LAD NL 28 10 28 1782 112 43 32 28% 98 36 14 3 0 4 0 0 187 45 1.31 1.17
1998 NYM NL 29 5 18 1249 74 28 22 27% 68 26 4 1 2 1 0 0 120 36 1.30 1.21
1998 LAD NL 29 0 9 439 38 12 10 24% 29 11 9 1 0 0 0 0 55 15 1.18 1.43
1998 FLA NL 29 0 2 58 3 1 1 25% 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 1.57 1.39
1999 NYM NL 30 7 31 1812 115 37 30 24% 100 31 15 6 0 0 0 0 185 46 1.41 1.22
2000 NYM NL 31 3 25 1604 110 32 16 23% 91 30 19 1 0 1 0 0 160 37 1.38 1.26
2001 NYM NL 32 7 39 1597 114 33 22 22% 97 31 17 1 0 1 0 0 190 41 1.23 1.14
2002 NYM NL 33 8 15 1578 125 27 22 18% 111 23 14 4 0 0 0 0 188 30 1.32 1.37
2003 NYM NL 34 1 14 905 59 23 16 28% 54 20 5 2 0 1 0 0 87 26 1.66 1.38
2004 NYM NL 35 5 7 610 34 9 7 21% 32 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 53 9 1.16 1.25
2005 NYM NL 36 3 22 1214 82 13 10 14% 71 10 11 3 0 0 0 0 119 15 1.28 1.43
2006 SDP NL 37 7 12 993 97 13 13 12% 84 12 13 1 0 0 0 0 127 16 1.13 1.10
15 Seasons 102 356 20740 1400 423 338 23% 1214 371 179 41 7 11 6 0 2224 492 1.34 1.27
MLB Averages 31% 1.28 1.24
PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1993 LAD NL 24 3 100% 100% 100% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2003 NYM NL 34 3 33% 100% 67% 1 100% 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 NYM NL 35 2358 63% 75% 31% 101 88% 1 498 19 473 7 42 35 23 3 1 2 8 1 6 1 7 44 1 0 0 39 1 5 2 3 13 85%
3 Seasons 2364 63% 75% 32% 102 88% 1 503 20 477 7 42 35 23 3 1 2 8 1 6 1 7 45 1 0 0 40 1 5 2 3 13 85%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 93% 84%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1920 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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