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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

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

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 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

Player rank in (·)

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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  3. Bengie Molina (924)
  4. Don Slaught (923)
  5. Darrin Fletcher (919)
  6. Jack Clements (913)
  7. Ramon Hernandez (906)
  8. Smoky Burgess (906)
  9. Spud Davis (903)
  10. Frankie Hayes (902)
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  2. Mike Lieberthal (903)
  3. Frankie Hayes (902)
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  5. Terry Kennedy (901)
  6. Jack Clements (900)
  7. Benito Santiago (897)
  8. Del Crandall (894)
  9. Ernie Lombardi (891) *
  10. Gabby Hartnett (889) *
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  1. Ken O'Dea (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ernie Lombardi (980) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ernie Lombardi (969) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Tony Pena (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tony Pena (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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
  8. Terry Kennedy (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ramon Hernandez (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 2, 1994: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1994.

November 14, 2003: Traded by the Minnesota Twins with cash to the San Francisco Giants for Boof Bonser, Francisco Liriano and Joe Nathan.

December 16, 2004: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

January 6, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2001Minnesota Twins$210,000
2002Minnesota Twins$250,000
2003Minnesota Twins$365,000
2004San Francisco Giants$3,500,000
2005Chicago White Sox$2,250,000
2006Chicago White Sox$4,000,000
2007Chicago White Sox$5,500,000
2008Chicago White Sox$5,850,000
2009Chicago White Sox$6,250,000
Career (may be incomplete)$28,175,000
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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