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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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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1992 23 LAD NL 21 74 69 5 16 3 0 1 7 0 0 4 12 .232 .284 .319 .603 72 22 1 1 0 0 0 2
1993 24 LAD NL 149 602 547 81 174 24 2 35 112 3 4 46 86 .318 .370 .561 .932 152 307 10 3 0 6 6 *2/3 AS,MVP-9,RoY-1,SS
1994 25 LAD NL 107 441 405 64 129 18 0 24 92 1 3 33 65 .319 .370 .541 .910 140 219 11 1 0 2 10 *2 AS,MVP-6,SS
1995 26 LAD NL 112 475 434 82 150 17 0 32 93 1 0 39 80 .346 .400 .606 1.006 172 263 10 1 0 1 10 *2 AS,MVP-4,SS
1996 27 LAD NL 148 631 547 87 184 16 0 36 105 0 3 81 93 .336 .422 .563 .985 166 308 21 1 0 2 21 *2 AS,MVP-2,SS
1997 28 LAD NL 152 633 556 104 201 32 1 40 124 5 1 69 77 .362 .431 .638 1.070 185 355 19 3 0 5 11 *2/D AS,MVP-2,SS
1998 29 TOT NL 151 626 561 88 184 38 1 32 111 1 0 58 80 .328 .390 .570 .960 152 320 15 2 0 5 14 *2/D AS,MVP-14,SS
1998 29 LAD NL 37 161 149 20 42 5 0 9 30 0 0 11 27 .282 .329 .497 .826 119 74 3 0 0 1 4 2
1998 29 FLA NL 5 19 18 1 5 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 .278 .263 .389 .652 74 7 0 0 0 1 0 /2
1998 29 NYM NL 109 446 394 67 137 33 0 23 76 1 0 47 53 .348 .417 .607 1.024 167 239 12 2 0 3 10 2/D
1999 30 NYM NL 141 593 534 100 162 25 0 40 124 2 2 51 70 .303 .361 .575 .936 134 307 27 1 0 7 11 *2/D AS,MVP-7,SS
2000 31 NYM NL 136 545 482 90 156 26 0 38 113 4 2 58 69 .324 .398 .614 1.012 155 296 15 3 0 2 10 *2/D AS,MVP-3,SS
2001 32 NYM NL 141 573 503 81 151 29 0 36 94 0 2 67 87 .300 .384 .573 .957 147 288 20 2 0 1 19 *2/D AS,MVP-13,SS
2002 33 NYM NL 135 541 478 69 134 23 2 33 98 0 3 57 82 .280 .359 .544 .903 137 260 26 3 0 3 9 *2/D AS,SS
2003 34 NYM NL 68 273 234 37 67 13 0 11 34 0 0 35 40 .286 .377 .483 .860 126 113 11 1 0 3 3 2/3
2004 35 NYM NL 129 528 455 47 121 21 0 20 54 0 0 68 78 .266 .362 .444 .806 108 202 14 2 0 3 14 32/D AS
2005 36 NYM NL 113 442 398 41 100 23 0 19 62 0 0 41 67 .251 .326 .452 .778 104 180 7 3 0 0 6 2/D AS
2006 37 SDP NL 126 439 399 39 113 19 1 22 68 0 0 34 66 .283 .342 .501 .843 122 200 13 3 0 3 2 2/D
2007 38 OAK AL 83 329 309 33 85 17 1 8 44 0 0 18 61 .275 .313 .414 .727 95 128 9 0 0 2 0 D
16 Seasons 1912 7745 6911 1048 2127 344 8 427 1335 17 20 759 1113 .308 .377 .545 .922 142 3768 229 30 0 45 146
162 Game Avg. 162 656 586 89 180 29 1 36 113 1 2 64 94 .308 .377 .545 .922 142 319 19 3 0 4 12
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
NYM (8 yrs) 972 3941 3478 532 1028 193 2 220 655 7 9 424 546 .296 .373 .542 .915 136 1885 132 17 0 22 82
LAD (7 yrs) 726 3017 2707 443 896 115 3 177 563 10 11 283 440 .331 .394 .572 .966 159 1548 75 10 0 17 62
OAK (1 yr) 83 329 309 33 85 17 1 8 44 0 0 18 61 .275 .313 .414 .727 95 128 9 0 0 2 0
SDP (1 yr) 126 439 399 39 113 19 1 22 68 0 0 34 66 .283 .342 .501 .843 122 200 13 3 0 3 2
FLA (1 yr) 5 19 18 1 5 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 .278 .263 .389 .652 74 7 0 0 0 1 0
NL (15 yrs) 1829 7416 6602 1015 2042 327 7 419 1291 17 20 741 1052 .309 .379 .551 .931 144 3640 220 30 0 43 146
AL (1 yr) 83 329 309 33 85 17 1 8 44 0 0 18 61 .275 .313 .414 .727 95 128 9 0 0 2 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1995 26 LAD NL NLDS CIN L 3 14 14 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .214 .214 .500 .714 7 0 0 0 0 0
1996 27 LAD NL NLDS ATL L 3 12 10 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .300 .333 .300 .633 3 0 0 0 1 0
1999 30 NYM NL NLDS ARI W 2 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .222 .444 2 0 0 0 0 0
1999 30 NYM NL NLCS ATL L 6 26 24 1 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 6 .167 .192 .292 .484 7 0 0 0 1 1
2000 31 NYM NL NLDS SFG W 4 18 14 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 .214 .389 .286 .675 4 0 0 0 0 1
2000 31 NYM NL NLCS STL W 5 22 17 7 7 3 0 2 4 0 0 5 0 .412 .545 .941 1.487 16 1 0 0 0 3
2000 31 NYM NL WS NYY L 5 22 22 3 6 2 0 2 4 0 1 0 4 .273 .273 .636 .909 14 0 0 0 0 0
2006 37 SDP NL NLDS STL L 4 10 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .200 .300 2 1 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (8 Series) 32 133 120 14 29 8 0 6 15 0 1 11 22 .242 .301 .458 .759 55 2 0 0 2 5
5 NLDS 16 63 57 3 12 3 0 1 3 0 0 5 12 .211 .270 .316 .586 18 1 0 0 1 1
2 NLCS 11 48 41 8 11 3 0 3 8 0 0 6 6 .268 .354 .561 .915 23 1 0 0 1 4
1 WS 5 22 22 3 6 2 0 2 4 0 1 0 4 .273 .273 .636 .909 14 0 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1993 *
1994 (C)
1995 (C)
1996 (C)
1997 (C)
1998 (C)
1999 (C)
2000
2001 (C)
2002 (C)
2004 (C)
2005 (C)

Awards (yr lg award)
1993 NL Rookie of the Year
1996 ML AS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1993 NL (9, 12%)
1994 NL (6, 31%)
1995 NL (4, 55%)
1996 NL (2, 60%)
1997 NL (2, 67%)
1998 NL (14, 3%)
1999 NL (7, 24%)
2000 NL (3, 60%)
2001 NL (13, 3%)
3.15 Career Shares (29th)

Silver Sluggers
1993 NL (C)
1994 NL (C)
1995 NL (C)
1996 NL (C)
1997 NL (C)
1998 NL (C)
1999 NL (C)
2000 NL (C)
2001 NL (C)
2002 NL (C)
All multiple winners

Batting Average s c a p y
1993 NL  .318 (7th)
1995 NL  .346 (2nd)
1996 NL  .336 (3rd)
1997 NL  .362 (3rd)
1998 NL  .328 (4th)
2000 NL  .324 (10th)
Career  .308 (119th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1995 NL  .400 (6th)
1996 NL  .422 (4th)
1997 NL  .431 (3rd)
Career  .377 (198th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1993 NL  .561 (4th)
1995 NL  .606 (3rd)
1996 NL  .563 (9th)
1997 NL  .638 (2nd)
1998 NL  .570 (10th)
1999 NL  .575 (9th)
2000 NL  .614 (9th)
Career  .545 (30th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1993 NL  .932 (4th)
1995 NL  1.006 (2nd)
1996 NL  .985 (6th)
1997 NL  1.070 (2nd)
1998 NL  .960 (9th)
Career  .922 (48th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1997 NL  104 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1997 NL  201 (3rd)
Career  2127 (198th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1993 NL  307 (4th)
1997 NL  355 (2nd)
Career  3768 (106th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1993 NL  35 (6th)
1994 NL  24 (10th)
1995 NL  32 (5th)
1996 NL  36 (9th)
1997 NL  40 (4th)
1999 NL  40 (7th)
2000 NL  38 (10th)
Career  427 (39th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1993 NL  112 (4th)
1994 NL  92 (5th)
1995 NL  93 (10th)
1997 NL  124 (4th)
1999 NL  124 (7th)
Career  1335 (82nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1996 NL  81 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1113 (174th)

Singles s c a p y
1996 NL  132 (5th)
1997 NL  128 (5th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1993 NL  152 (2nd)
1995 NL  172 (1st)
1996 NL  166 (5th)
1997 NL  185 (1st)
2000 NL  155 (8th)
Career  142 (63rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1993 NL  112 (6th)
1995 NL  103 (10th)
1996 NL  125 (8th)
1997 NL  150 (4th)
Career  1378 (112th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1993 NL  38 (4th)
1994 NL  23 (10th)
1995 NL  43 (2nd)
1996 NL  53 (5th)
1997 NL  70 (2nd)
Career  421 (65th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1993 NL  3.7 (4th)
1994 NL  2.2 (10th)
1995 NL  4.1 (2nd)
1996 NL  5.0 (5th)
1997 NL  6.5 (2nd)
Career  39.5 (71st)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1997 NL  73 (5th)
Career  779 (109th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1996 NL  266 (7th)
1997 NL  273 (5th)
Career  2916 (213th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1993 NL  .714 (6th)
1995 NL  .770 (2nd)
1996 NL  .742 (6th)
1997 NL  .805 (2nd)
1998 NL  .731 (10th)
Career  .669 (141st)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1995 NL  10 (7th)
1996 NL  21 (2nd)
1997 NL  11 (8th)
1998 NL  14 (3rd)
1999 NL  11 (8th)
2001 NL  19 (6th)
2004 NL  14 (4th)
Career  146 (46th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1996 NL  21 (3rd)
1997 NL  19 (4th)
1999 NL  27 (1st)
2001 NL  20 (6th)
2002 NL  26 (3rd)
Career  229 (43rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1993 NL  15.6 (8th)
1994 NL  16.9 (8th)
1995 NL  13.6 (1st)
1996 NL  15.2 (9th)
1997 NL  13.9 (4th)
1999 NL  13.4 (7th)
2000 NL  12.7 (7th)
2001 NL  14.0 (10th)
2002 NL  14.5 (6th)
Career  16.2 (32nd)

Salary s c a p y
1997 NL  $7,000,000 (3rd)
1998 NL  $8,000,000 (7th)
2000 NL  $12,071,429 (4th)
2001 NL  $13,571,429 (2nd)
2003 NL  $15,571,429 (5th)
2004 NL  $16,071,429 (4th)
2005 NL  $16,071,429 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 101 (221), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 205 (40), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 62 (26), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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June 1, 1988: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 62nd round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed July 11, 1988.

May 14, 1998: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Todd Zeile to the Florida Marlins for Manuel Barrios, Bobby Bonilla, Jim Eisenreich, Charles Johnson and Gary Sheffield.

May 22, 1998: Traded by the Florida Marlins to the New York Mets for Geoff Goetz (minors), Preston Wilson and Ed Yarnall.

October 28, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

February 3, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

October 30, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

December 8, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

October 30, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1993Los Angeles Dodgers$126,000
1994Los Angeles Dodgers$600,000
1995Los Angeles Dodgers$900,000
1996Los Angeles Dodgers$2,700,000
1997Los Angeles Dodgers$7,000,000
1998Los Angeles Dodgers$8,000,000
1999New York Mets$7,171,428
2000New York Mets$12,071,429
2001New York Mets$13,571,429
2002New York Mets$10,571,429
2003New York Mets$15,571,429
2004New York Mets$16,071,429
2005New York Mets$16,071,429
2006San Diego Padres$1,250,000
2007Oakland Athletics$8,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$120,176,002
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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