A.J. Pierzynski
Anthony John Pierzynski
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: December 30, 1976 in Bridgehampton, NY
High School: Dr. Phillips (Orlando, FL)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1998
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Standard Batting

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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
1998 21 MIN AL 7 13 10 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .300 .385 .300 .685 82 3 0 1 0 1 0 /2
1999 22 MIN AL 9 24 22 3 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 .273 .333 .364 .697 76 8 0 1 0 0 0 /2
2000 23 MIN AL 33 96 88 12 27 5 1 2 11 1 0 5 14 .307 .354 .455 .809 100 40 1 2 0 1 0 2
2001 24 MIN AL 114 405 381 51 110 33 2 7 55 1 7 16 57 .289 .322 .441 .763 97 168 7 4 1 3 4 *2/D
2002 25 MIN AL 130 469 440 54 132 31 6 6 49 1 2 13 61 .300 .334 .439 .773 104 193 14 11 2 3 1 *2 AS
2003 26 MIN AL 137 533 487 63 152 35 3 11 74 3 1 24 55 .312 .360 .464 .824 115 226 13 15 2 5 12 *2
2004 27 SFG NL 131 510 471 45 128 28 2 11 77 0 1 19 27 .272 .319 .410 .729 86 193 27 15 2 3 4 *2
2005 28 CHW AL 128 497 460 61 118 21 0 18 56 0 2 23 68 .257 .308 .420 .728 90 193 13 12 1 1 5 *2
2006 29 CHW AL 140 543 509 65 150 24 0 16 64 1 0 22 72 .295 .333 .436 .769 94 222 10 8 3 1 6 *2 AS,MVP-30
2007 30 CHW AL 136 509 472 54 124 24 0 14 50 1 1 25 66 .263 .309 .403 .712 83 190 21 8 1 3 5 *2
2008 31 CHW AL 134 570 534 66 150 31 1 13 60 1 0 19 71 .281 .312 .416 .728 88 222 14 8 3 6 5 *2
2009 32 CHW AL 138 535 504 57 151 22 1 13 49 1 1 24 52 .300 .331 .425 .755 94 214 18 1 3 3 6 *2/D
12 Seasons 1237 4704 4378 532 1251 256 16 111 549 10 15 192 549 .286 .326 .428 .754 94 1872 138 86 18 30 48
162 Game Avg. 162 616 573 70 164 34 2 15 72 1 2 25 72 .286 .326 .428 .754 94 245 18 11 2 4 6
MIN (6 yrs) 430 1540 1428 184 430 106 12 26 193 6 10 60 193 .301 .341 .447 .788 105 638 35 34 5 13 17
CHW (5 yrs) 676 2654 2479 303 693 122 2 74 279 4 4 113 329 .280 .319 .420 .739 90 1041 76 37 11 14 27
SFG (1 yr) 131 510 471 45 128 28 2 11 77 0 1 19 27 .272 .319 .410 .729 86 193 27 15 2 3 4
AL (11 yrs) 1106 4194 3907 487 1123 228 14 100 472 10 14 173 522 .287 .327 .430 .757 95 1679 111 71 16 27 44
NL (1 yr) 131 510 471 45 128 28 2 11 77 0 1 19 27 .272 .319 .410 .729 86 193 27 15 2 3 4

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1998 21 MIN AL 13 8 2 6.7 111 .333 .300 .273 .385 .342 .300 .434 .685 .776 82 .613 -0.0 0.0 .714 .100 .000
1999 22 MIN AL 24 16 3 5.0 116 .333 .273 .279 .333 .352 .364 .446 .697 .798 76 .464 -0.8 -0.1 .625 .136 .091
2000 23 MIN AL 96 63 15 6.4 119 .342 .307 .281 .354 .355 .455 .452 .809 .807 100 .564 -0.1 -0.0 .774 .216 .148 1.3
2001 24 MIN AL 405 289 50 4.6 109 .322 .289 .270 .322 .337 .441 .433 .763 .770 97 .460 -1.6 -0.2 .639 .178 .152 1.8
2002 25 MIN AL 469 329 60 4.9 105 .335 .300 .264 .334 .332 .439 .425 .773 .757 104 .494 1.8 0.2 .667 .166 .139 1.7
2003 26 MIN AL 533 356 79 5.9 108 .331 .312 .269 .360 .335 .464 .430 .824 .766 115 .575 11.2 1.0 .765 .205 .152 4.7
2004 27 SFG NL 510 376 53 3.8 112 .268 .272 .271 .319 .343 .410 .439 .729 .782 86 .372 -10.3 -1.0 .609 .176 .138 .0
2005 28 CHW AL 497 359 56 4.2 108 .267 .257 .272 .308 .335 .420 .431 .728 .766 90 .426 -8.4 -0.8 .633 .209 .163 .0
2006 29 CHW AL 543 373 72 5.1 114 .318 .295 .280 .333 .345 .436 .445 .769 .791 94 .494 -6.0 -0.6 .686 .187 .141 1.9
2007 30 CHW AL 509 374 53 3.8 110 .278 .263 .276 .309 .344 .403 .431 .712 .775 83 .370 -13.1 -1.2 .603 .193 .140 1.9
2008 31 CHW AL 570 407 67 4.4 110 .300 .281 .274 .312 .343 .416 .430 .728 .773 88 .445 -11.0 -1.0 .628 .172 .135 1.9
2009 32 CHW AL 535 378 65 4.6 111 .312 .300 .272 .331 .342 .425 .436 .755 .778 94 .454 -5.9 -0.6 .642 .173 .125 1.9
12 Seasons 4704 3328 575 4.6 110 .304 .286 .272 .326 .340 .428 .434 .754 .774 94 .459 -44.2 -4.2 .654 .185 .142 18.3
162 Game Avg. 616 436 75 4.6 110 .304 .286 .272 .326 .340 .428 .434 .754 .774 94 .459 -44.2 -4.2 .654 .185 .142 2
MIN (6 yrs) 1540 1061 209 5.3 108 .331 .301 .269 .341 .336 .447 .431 .788 .767 105 .519 10.5 1.0 .698 .185 .146 9.8
CHW (5 yrs) 2654 1891 313 4.4 111 .296 .280 .275 .319 .342 .420 .435 .739 .777 90 .440 -44.4 -4.2 .638 .186 .140 7.6
SFG (1 yr) 510 376 53 3.8 112 .268 .272 .271 .319 .343 .410 .439 .729 .782 86 .372 -10.3 -1.0 .609 .176 .138 .0
AL (11 yrs) 4194 2952 522 4.7 110 .309 .287 .272 .327 .340 .430 .433 .757 .773 95 .470 -33.9 -3.2 .660 .186 .142 18.2
NL (1 yr) 510 376 53 3.8 112 .268 .272 .271 .319 .343 .410 .439 .729 .782 86 .372 -10.3 -1.0 .609 .176 .138 .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
2002 25 MIN AL ALDS OAK W 5 18 16 4 7 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 2 .438 .500 .750 1.250 12 0 0 0 0 0
2002 25 MIN AL ALCS ANA L 5 17 16 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 .250 .235 .250 .485 4 0 0 0 1 0
2003 26 MIN AL ALDS NYY L 4 15 13 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 .231 .333 .462 .795 6 1 0 0 0 1
2005 28 CHW AL ALDS BOS W 3 11 9 5 4 2 0 2 4 1 0 1 0 .444 .545 1.333 1.879 12 0 1 0 0 0
2005 28 CHW AL ALCS LAA W 5 20 18 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 6 .167 .211 .333 .544 6 0 0 1 0 0
2005 28 CHW AL WS HOU W 4 17 15 3 4 2 0 0 3 1 0 2 2 .267 .353 .400 .753 6 1 0 0 0 0
2008 31 CHW AL ALDS TBR L 4 16 13 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 .385 .500 .462 .962 6 0 1 0 0 0
4 Seasons (7 Series) 30 114 100 16 30 5 1 5 17 2 3 10 13 .300 .372 .520 .892 52 2 2 1 1 1
4 ALDS 16 60 51 11 19 3 1 4 10 1 1 7 3 .373 .467 .706 1.173 36 1 2 0 0 1
2 ALCS 10 37 34 2 7 0 0 1 4 0 2 1 8 .206 .222 .294 .516 10 0 0 1 1 0
1 WS 4 17 15 3 4 2 0 0 3 1 0 2 2 .267 .353 .400 .753 6 1 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2002 MIN AL 25 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 CHW AL 29 DNP

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1998 21 MIN AL 13 0.0% 15.4% 7.7% 0.0% 0% 2.00 5.0 10.0 0.50 0.40 69% 22% 0.0% 0%
1999 22 MIN AL 24 0.0% 16.7% 4.2% 8.3% 33% 4.00 5.5 7.3 1.25 2.33 75% 33% 0.0% 0%
2000 23 MIN AL 96 2.1% 14.6% 5.2% 8.3% 30% 2.80 6.3 44.0 8.0 0.83 1.18 76% 31% 5.4% 8%
2001 24 MIN AL 405 1.7% 14.1% 4.0% 10.4% 38% 3.56 6.7 54.4 6.9 0.72 1.12 79% 29% 4.2% 11%
2002 25 MIN AL 469 1.3% 13.0% 2.8% 9.2% 33% 4.69 7.2 73.3 9.0 0.89 1.50 80% 28% 3.4% 11%
2003 26 MIN AL 533 2.1% 10.3% 4.5% 9.2% 32% 2.29 8.9 44.3 6.6 0.90 1.31 80% 17% 5.3% 10%
2004 27 SFG NL 510 2.2% 5.3% 3.7% 8.0% 32% 1.42 17.4 42.8 6.1 0.82 1.32 85% 20% 5.3% 16%
2005 28 CHW AL 497 3.6% 13.7% 4.6% 7.9% 33% 2.96 6.8 25.6 8.2 0.84 1.25 75% 20% 9.2% 8%
2006 29 CHW AL 543 3.0% 13.3% 4.1% 7.4% 27% 3.27 7.1 31.8 8.0 0.79 1.03 78% 22% 7.3% 10%
2007 30 CHW AL 509 2.8% 13.0% 4.9% 7.5% 31% 2.64 7.2 33.7 9.4 0.78 1.27 78% 20% 7.5% 18%
2008 31 CHW AL 570 2.3% 12.5% 3.3% 7.9% 30% 3.74 7.5 41.1 8.9 0.79 1.07 80% 17% 5.9% 15%
2009 32 CHW AL 535 2.4% 9.7% 4.5% 6.7% 24% 2.17 9.7 38.8 10.3 0.88 1.27 83% 20% 6.0% 10%
12 Seasons 4704 2.4% 11.7% 4.1% 8.1% 31% 2.86 8.0 39.4 8.0 0.83 1.23 80% 21% 6.0% 12%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1998 21 MIN AL 0 0 20% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 22 MIN AL 2 0 38% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 4 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
2000 23 MIN AL 2 0 31% 40 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17% 6 6 0 0 0 0 6 4 2
2001 24 MIN AL 2 2 36% 138 1 7 13% 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 15 47% 17 9 7 4 2 2 17 8 9
2002 25 MIN AL 5 0 32% 150 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 10 30% 17 13 4 6 5 1 17 9 7
2003 26 MIN AL 6 0 29% 227 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 36% 22 19 3 7 4 3 15 4 10
2004 27 SFG NL 3 0 23% 193 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 22% 28 25 2 6 4 2 16 7 7
2005 28 CHW AL 7 0 32% 177 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 8 43% 30 20 10 8 2 5 11 4 6
2006 29 CHW AL 4 0 30% 214 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 15 26% 33 28 5 5 3 2 20 10 8
2007 30 CHW AL 3 0 28% 171 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 24% 23 19 3 9 6 2 9 4 5
2008 31 CHW AL 2 0 32% 206 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 15 25% 22 18 4 2 2 0 20 12 7
2009 32 CHW AL 4 0 27% 188 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 16 32% 30 19 10 12 10 2 14 6 6
12 Seasons 40 2 30% 1724 10 15 40% 10 14 0 1 0 0 5 1 52 113 31% 232 178 50 61 40 19 145 68 67
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1998 21 MIN AL 13 85% 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 1.95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 5 1 20% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1999 22 MIN AL 24 83% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 15 3 20% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
2000 23 MIN AL 96 96% 27 5 0 1 1 0 0 0.02 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 14 1 7% 10 6 60% 57 9 16% 4 3 75% 8 2 25% 0
2001 24 MIN AL 407 85% 110 6 0 9 1 0 2 2.74 7 0 10 7 0 3 4 0 2 1 50% 67 7 10% 35 14 40% 267 51 19% 26 12 46% 26 14 54% 0
2002 25 MIN AL 469 80% 132 10 1 10 4 0 2 2.32 6 0 14 4 2 2 4 0 2 2 100% 100 14 14% 43 19 44% 315 45 14% 25 18 72% 24 15 63% 0
2003 26 MIN AL 533 72% 152 9 1 5 2 0 2 2.52 11 2 17 7 4 6 5 0 2 2 100% 125 13 10% 54 17 31% 380 68 18% 33 18 55% 34 20 59% 0
2004 27 SFG NL 510 81% 128 4 0 12 3 0 2 2.25 11 1 25 9 2 3 8 0 2 2 100% 118 27 23% 50 17 34% 409 71 17% 36 21 58% 23 11 48% 0
2005 28 CHW AL 497 82% 118 6 2 1 0 0 0 4.09 18 1 10 14 4 12 6 0 2 1 50% 95 13 14% 32 7 22% 291 41 14% 21 10 48% 28 9 32% 0
2006 29 CHW AL 543 72% 150 5 0 10 0 0 0 2.36 16 1 15 15 1 9 7 0 4 3 75% 103 10 10% 43 11 26% 367 50 14% 31 16 52% 36 14 39% 0
2007 30 CHW AL 509 77% 124 6 1 17 5 2 3 1.73 14 1 17 9 5 8 6 0 3 1 33% 109 21 19% 50 10 20% 326 40 12% 29 15 52% 25 10 40% 0
2008 31 CHW AL 570 75% 150 9 1 4 0 0 1 2.88 13 0 9 8 5 7 6 0 8 3 38% 117 14 12% 60 25 42% 332 48 14% 31 18 58% 32 21 66% 0
2009 32 CHW AL 535 75% 151 11 0 10 1 0 1 2.47 13 1 11 9 4 8 5 0 3 3 100% 114 18 16% 41 17 41% 320 38 12% 26 14 54% 23 9 39% 0
12 Seasons 4706 78% 1251 72 6 80 18 2 13 2.28 111 7 130 84 27 59 52 0 28 18 64% 967 138 14% 420 144 34% 3084 465 15% 264 147 56% 260 126 48% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1998 21 MIN AL 13 47 3.62 30 64% 20% 23% 27% 30% 80% 0% 51% 71% 38% 0% 0 0 8% 1 1 15% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1999 22 MIN AL 24 87 3.63 56 64% 20% 18% 30% 32% 80% 0% 52% 78% 21% 0% 0 0 8% 2 2 4% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2000 23 MIN AL 96 370 3.85 253 68% 11% 19% 40% 30% 89% 0% 61% 79% 54% 4% 4 0 11% 11 6 6% 6 6 7% 0 0 0
2001 24 MIN AL 407 1353 3.32 939 69% 13% 16% 36% 35% 87% 4% 60% 82% 47% 3% 14 3 12% 50 30 5% 20 15 14% 0 0 0
2002 25 MIN AL 469 1407 3.00 999 71% 12% 15% 35% 38% 88% 1% 63% 83% 56% 2% 9 2 8% 37 25 3% 12 8 13% 0 0 0
2003 26 MIN AL 533 1732 3.25 1152 67% 15% 13% 34% 38% 85% 7% 57% 85% 43% 5% 27 2 13% 68 35 5% 25 19 20% 0 0 0
2004 27 SFG NL 510 1568 3.07 1071 68% 14% 11% 32% 42% 86% 3% 58% 87% 42% 4% 21 3 12% 62 34 3% 17 14 15% 0 0 0
2005 28 CHW AL 497 1767 3.56 1193 68% 15% 16% 36% 33% 85% 3% 57% 82% 44% 4% 19 2 11% 56 30 5% 25 17 22% 0 0 0
2006 29 CHW AL 543 1823 3.36 1249 69% 12% 16% 37% 35% 88% 4% 60% 82% 44% 4% 20 0 10% 52 27 4% 21 16 15% 0 0 0
2007 30 CHW AL 509 1743 3.42 1194 69% 16% 16% 35% 34% 84% 3% 58% 82% 39% 3% 16 0 12% 63 35 6% 31 22 9% 0 0 0
2008 31 CHW AL 570 1904 3.34 1317 69% 18% 12% 34% 36% 82% 3% 57% 85% 39% 4% 21 0 10% 56 27 5% 27 16 14% 0 0 0
2009 32 CHW AL 535 1760 3.29 1204 68% 17% 11% 34% 38% 83% 4% 57% 87% 36% 5% 26 1 11% 60 30 4% 21 11 15% 0 0 0
12 Seasons 4706 15561 3.31 10657 68% 15% 14% 35% 36% 85% 4% 58% 83% 43% 4% 177 13 11% 518 282 4% 208 145 15% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1998 21 7 13 10 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .300 .385 .300 .685 82 3 0 1 0 1 0
1999 22 16 37 32 4 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 6 .281 .351 .344 .695 79 11 0 2 0 1 0
2000 23 49 133 120 16 36 7 1 2 15 1 0 7 20 .300 .353 .425 .778 95 51 1 4 0 2 0
2001 24 163 538 501 67 146 40 3 9 70 2 7 23 77 .291 .330 .437 .767 97 219 8 8 1 5 4
2002 25 293 1007 941 121 278 71 9 15 119 3 9 36 138 .295 .332 .438 .770 100 412 22 19 3 8 5
2003 26 430 1540 1428 184 430 106 12 26 193 6 10 60 193 .301 .341 .447 .788 105 638 35 34 5 13 17
2004 27 561 2050 1899 229 558 134 14 37 270 6 11 79 220 .294 .336 .438 .773 100 831 62 49 7 16 21
2005 28 689 2547 2359 290 676 155 14 55 326 6 13 102 288 .287 .330 .434 .765 98 1024 75 61 8 17 26
2006 29 829 3090 2868 355 826 179 14 71 390 7 13 124 360 .288 .331 .434 .765 98 1246 85 69 11 18 32
2007 30 965 3599 3340 409 950 203 14 85 440 8 14 149 426 .284 .328 .430 .758 96 1436 106 77 12 21 37
2008 31 1099 4169 3874 475 1100 234 15 98 500 9 14 168 497 .284 .326 .428 .754 95 1658 120 85 15 27 42
2009 32 1237 4704 4378 532 1251 256 16 111 549 10 15 192 549 .286 .326 .428 .754 94 1872 138 86 18 30 48

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1998 21 7 13 10 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .300 .385 .300 .685 1 7
1999 22 9 25 23 3 7 2 0 0 3 0 1 4 .304 .360 .391 .751 3 9
2000 23 33 95 87 11 26 5 1 2 10 1 5 14 .299 .347 .448 .796 13 33
2001 24 114 396 374 49 103 31 2 7 53 1 15 57 .275 .308 .425 .733 48 114
2002 25 130 463 436 53 128 30 6 6 48 1 13 61 .294 .328 .431 .759 59 130
2003 26 137 529 485 61 150 35 3 11 71 3 24 55 .309 .357 .462 .819 76 137
2004 27 131 494 460 42 117 26 2 10 72 0 17 27 .254 .300 .385 .684 50 131
2005 28 128 492 457 59 115 20 0 18 54 0 22 68 .252 .303 .414 .716 54 128
2006 29 140 532 502 59 143 23 0 15 58 1 21 72 .285 .323 .420 .744 66 140
2007 30 136 495 462 50 114 22 0 13 46 1 23 66 .247 .291 .379 .670 49 136
2008 31 134 560 528 62 144 30 1 12 57 1 18 71 .273 .304 .402 .705 63 134
2009 32 138 517 491 53 138 20 1 12 46 1 22 52 .281 .311 .399 .711 61 138
12 Seasons 1237 4611 4315 503 1188 244 16 106 519 10 182 549 .275 .315 .413 .728 543 1237
162 Game Avg. 162 604 565 66 156 32 2 14 68 1 24 72 .275 .315 .413 .728 71 1237

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2002 *
2006

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2006 AL (30, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1684th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2003 AL  .312 (8th)
Active  .286 (50th)

Triples s c a p y
2002 AL  6 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2002 AL  11 (9th)
2003 AL  15 (6th)
2004 NL  15 (5th)
2005 AL  12 (10th)
Active  86 (24th)
Career  86 (113th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2003 AL  12 (5th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2004 NL  27 (1st)
2007 AL  21 (7th)
Active  138 (48th)

AB per SO s c a p y
2003 AL  8.9 (9th)
2004 NL  17.4 (2nd)
2009 AL  9.7 (6th)
Active  8.0 (28th)

Youngest s c a p y
1998 AL  born 1976-12-30 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 5 (1737), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 26 (647), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 28 (361), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Tony Pena (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Earl Battey (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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