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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1998 MIN AL 21 C 6 4 37.0 35 33 2 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -32.4 -1 8.51 5.83 .989 7.13 6.17 0 4 4 1 20%
1999 MIN AL 22 C 9 6 58.0 37 35 2 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.74 4.11 .992 6.98 6.11 1 3 1 1 50%
2000 MIN AL 23 C 32 27 236.2 170 160 10 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.46 5.31 .991 6.93 6.02 2 10 10 6 38%
2001 MIN AL 24 C 110 102 901.2 665 611 44 10 7 .985 1.0 1.3 1 6.54 5.95 .990 7.17 6.12 4 35 44 21 32%
2001 MIN AL 24 DH 1
2002 MIN AL 25 C 124 118 1035.2 801 756 42 3 3 .996 -1.0 -1.2 -1 6.93 6.44 .993 6.96 6.16 2 49 45 19 30% AS
2003 MIN AL 26 C 135 131 1165.2 895 843 46 6 6 .993 -1.0 -1.0 -1 6.86 6.59 .991 6.79 5.88 5 48 46 20 30%
2004 SFG NL 27 C 118 117 1022.0 754 697 56 1 6 .999 -4.0 -4.7 -4 6.63 6.38 .993 7.45 6.46 7 36 51 15 23%
2005 CHW AL 28 C 128 124 1117.2 852 803 48 1 8 .999 -5.0 -5.4 -5 6.85 6.65 .992 6.80 5.96 7 45 79 23 23%
2006 CHW AL 29 C 132 126 1125.0 860 800 57 3 4 .997 -5.0 -5.3 -5 6.86 6.49 .992 7.09 6.32 10 44 90 25 22% AS,MVP-30
2007 CHW AL 30 C 130 116 1058.0 844 796 46 2 6 .998 -1.0 -1.1 -1 7.16 6.48 .991 7.28 6.41 14 32 62 20 24%
2008 CHW AL 31 C 131 127 1134.1 976 913 54 9 8 .991 -8.0 -8.5 -8 7.67 7.38 .991 7.26 6.47 5 38 96 21 18%
2009 CHW AL 32 C 131 124 1104.0 934 879 50 5 8 .995 -4.0 -4.3 -4 7.57 7.09 .992 7.48 6.63 7 99 30 23%
2009 CHW AL 32 DH 1 0 0 0
12 Seasons C 1186 1122 9995.2 7823 7326 457 40 61 .995 -29.0 -3.5 -29 7.01 6.56 .992 7.13 6.26 64 344 627 202 24%
2 Seasons DH 2 0 0 0
12 Seasons TOT 1186 1122 9995.2 7823 7326 457 40 61 .995 -29.0 -3.5 -29 7.01 6.56 .987 7.13 6.26 64 344 627 202 24%

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
1998 MIN AL 21 7 4 7 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1999 MIN AL 22 9 6 9 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 MIN AL 23 33 27 33 32 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2001 MIN AL 24 114 103 114 110 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0
2002 MIN AL 25 130 118 130 124 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2003 MIN AL 26 137 131 137 135 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2004 SFG NL 27 131 117 131 118 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
2005 CHW AL 28 128 124 128 128 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2006 CHW AL 29 140 126 140 132 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
2007 CHW AL 30 136 116 136 130 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
2008 CHW AL 31 134 127 134 131 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2009 CHW AL 32 138 125 138 131 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 0
12 Seasons 1237 1124 1237 1186 0 1186 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 93 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 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%
1998 MIN AL 21 157 2.43 3.16 3 100% 0 0 33 3 1 1 28 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1999 MIN AL 22 283 7.45 7.60 0 0 0 35 0 0 0 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2000 MIN AL 23 1043 4.34 4.87 3 67% 0 0 160 2 0 3 155 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0%
2001 MIN AL 24 3944 4.50 4.82 35 89% 0 0 611 25 3 11 571 44 5 0 0 15 10 0 2 8 1 7 0 0 0 7 86%
2002 MIN AL 25 4489 4.08 4.42 38 97% 0 0 773 30 1 15 727 25 7 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 4 75%
2003 MIN AL 26 5046 4.15 4.39 48 90% 0 0 843 30 4 12 796 45 9 0 1 14 6 0 3 3 1 7 0 1 3 11 82%
2004 SFG NL 27 4515 4.23 4.68 42 93% 0 0 697 24 4 8 661 56 13 0 2 23 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 2 3 13 92%
2005 CHW AL 28 4829 3.74 3.95 38 92% 0 0 803 26 2 9 764 48 9 0 1 16 1 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 2 9 89%
2006 CHW AL 29 5016 4.47 4.82 30 93% 0 0 796 17 1 7 771 61 9 0 0 29 3 1 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 6 83%
2007 CHW AL 30 4683 4.41 4.81 38 97% 0 0 796 26 5 8 757 46 11 0 0 15 2 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 1 4 100%
2008 CHW AL 31 5032 4.17 4.65 34 88% 0 1 913 23 3 12 875 54 7 0 1 30 9 0 2 7 1 8 0 1 3 8 75%
2009 CHW AL 32 4927 4.08 4.57 21 100% 1 0 879 14 4 7 854 50 8 0 0 18 5 0 2 3 0 8 0 1 1 6 100%
12 Seasons 43964 4.21 4.58 330 93% 1 1 7339 220 28 93 6994 443 78 0 5 167 40 1 9 30 4 62 0 5 13 69 86%
MLB Averages 4.44 4.83 93% 85%

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
1998 MIN AL 21 0 4 56 4 1 1 20% 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 1 1.83 0.54
1999 MIN AL 22 1 3 120 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0.14 0.52
2000 MIN AL 23 2 10 393 10 6 5 38% 9 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 7 1.21 1.65
2001 MIN AL 24 4 35 1355 44 21 18 32% 38 20 6 0 0 1 2 0 117 27 1.36 1.25
2002 MIN AL 25 2 49 1555 45 19 15 30% 42 16 3 2 0 1 0 0 126 26 1.33 1.59
2003 MIN AL 26 5 48 1678 46 20 17 30% 43 16 2 3 1 1 0 0 132 28 1.10 1.19
2004 SFG NL 27 9 36 1640 51 15 11 23% 42 13 8 2 1 0 0 0 113 19 1.32 1.32
2005 CHW AL 28 7 45 1643 79 23 20 23% 72 22 7 1 0 0 1 0 161 31 1.21 1.36
2006 CHW AL 29 10 44 1757 90 25 20 22% 78 23 12 2 0 0 0 0 164 29 1.28 1.13
2007 CHW AL 30 14 32 1712 62 20 12 24% 55 18 7 2 0 0 0 0 141 27 1.50 1.23
2008 CHW AL 31 5 38 1725 96 21 11 18% 78 19 18 1 0 1 0 0 167 27 1.28 1.11
2009 CHW AL 32 7 44 1762 99 30 20 23% 75 28 24 2 0 0 1 0 187 41 1.42 1.46
12 Seasons 66 388 15396 627 202 151 24% 536 182 88 16 3 4 4 0 1350 265 1.32 1.30
MLB Averages 30% 1.27 1.23

* 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.

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