A.J. Pierzynski

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-3, 250lb (190cm, 113kg)

Born: December 30, 1976 in Bridgehampton, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from Dr. Phillips HS (Orlando, FL).

High School: Dr. Phillips HS (Orlando, FL)

Debut: September 9, 1998 (Age 21-253d, 17,355th in major league history)
vs. ANA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 10, 2016 (Age 39-255d)
vs. NYM 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2001 season

Agents: Steve Hilliard

Full Name: Anthony John Pierzynski

Pronunciation: \peer-ZIN-skee\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.8

7290

2043

188

.280

807

RBI

909

OBP

.319

SLG

.420

OPS

.739

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2003 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2003 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 31	MIN	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	C
2	2	Apr 2	MIN	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 3	MIN	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
4	4	Apr 4	MIN		TOR	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
5	5	Apr 5	MIN		TOR	L,3-4	GF	13	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
6	6	Apr 6	MIN		TOR	L,1-8	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
7	7	Apr 8	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
8	8	Apr 9	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
9	9	Apr 10	MIN	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
10	10	Apr 11	MIN	@	TOR	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
11	11	Apr 12	MIN	@	TOR	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
12	13 (1)	Apr 15	MIN		DET	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
13	14	Apr 16	MIN		DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
14	15	Apr 17	MIN		DET	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
15	16	Apr 18	MIN		NYY	L,4-11	GS	36	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
16	17	Apr 19	MIN		NYY	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
17	18	Apr 20	MIN		NYY	L,2-8	GS	36	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	20 (1)	Apr 22	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
19	21	Apr 24	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
20	22	Apr 25	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
21	23	Apr 26	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
22	24	Apr 27	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	28	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
23	25	Apr 29	MIN		TBD	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	27 (1)	May 1	MIN		TBD	W,6-5	CG	52	13.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
25	31 (3)	May 6	MIN	@	TBD	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
26	32	May 7	MIN	@	TBD	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
27	33	May 8	MIN	@	TBD	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	34	May 9	MIN		BOS	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	35	May 10	MIN		BOS	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
30	36	May 11	MIN		BOS	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
31	38 (1)	May 13	MIN		KCR	W,4-2	CG	41	10.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
32	39	May 14	MIN		KCR	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
33	40	May 15	MIN		KCR	L,5-9	CG	65	14.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
34	41	May 16	MIN		CHW	W,18-3	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
35	42	May 17	MIN		CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
36	43	May 18	MIN		CHW	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
37	44	May 20	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
38	46 (1)	May 22	MIN	@	OAK	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	47	May 23	MIN	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
40	48	May 24	MIN	@	SEA	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
41	49	May 25	MIN	@	SEA	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
42	50	May 27	MIN		OAK	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
43	51	May 28	MIN		OAK	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	52	May 29	MIN		SEA	L,6-10	CG	48	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
45	53	May 30	MIN		SEA	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	55 (1)	Jun 1	MIN		SEA	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
47	56	Jun 3	MIN	@	SFG	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
48	57	Jun 4	MIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
49	58	Jun 5	MIN	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
50	59	Jun 6	MIN	@	SDP	W,7-5	CG	49	11.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
51	60	Jun 7	MIN	@	SDP	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
52	62 (1)	Jun 10	MIN		COL	L,0-5	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
53	63	Jun 11	MIN		COL	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
54	64	Jun 12	MIN		COL	W,15-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
55	65	Jun 13	MIN		ARI	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
56	67 (1)	Jun 15	MIN		ARI	L,8-12	CG	46	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
57	68	Jun 16	MIN	@	KCR	L,8-9	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
58	70 (1)	Jun 18	MIN	@	KCR	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
59	71	Jun 19	MIN	@	KCR	W,16-2	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
60	72	Jun 20	MIN	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.1	10	3	0	13	0	C
61	73	Jun 21	MIN	@	MIL	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
62	75 (1)	Jun 24	MIN		CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
63	76	Jun 25	MIN		CHW	W,6-5	CG	49	11.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
64	78 (1)	Jun 27	MIN		MIL	L,1-13	GS	34	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
65	81 (2)	Jun 30	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	82	Jul 1	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
67	83	Jul 2	MIN	@	CHW	L,6-8	CG	48	11.2	9	0	0	9	0	C
68	85 (1)	Jul 4	MIN		CLE	W,9-2	GS	27	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
69	86	Jul 5	MIN		CLE	L,2-13	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
70	87	Jul 6	MIN		CLE	L,3-5	CG	41	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
71	88	Jul 8	MIN	@	TEX	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
72	89	Jul 9	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
73	90	Jul 10	MIN	@	TEX	L,4-9	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
74	91	Jul 11	MIN	@	ANA	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
75	92	Jul 12	MIN	@	ANA	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
76	93	Jul 13	MIN	@	ANA	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
77	94	Jul 17	MIN		OAK	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
78	95	Jul 18	MIN		OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
79	98 (2)	Jul 21	MIN		SEA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
80	99	Jul 22	MIN		SEA	L,8-10	CG	47	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
81	100	Jul 23	MIN		KCR	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
82	101	Jul 24	MIN		KCR	W,6-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
83	102	Jul 25	MIN	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
84	104 (1)	Jul 27	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	60	13.2	8	1	0	9	0	C
85	105	Jul 29	MIN		BAL	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
86	106	Jul 30	MIN		BAL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
87	107	Jul 31	MIN		BAL	W,10-9	CG	50	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	108	Aug 1	MIN		DET	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
89	109	Aug 2	MIN		DET	L,2-9	GF	13	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
90	110	Aug 3	MIN		DET	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
91	111	Aug 4	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
92	112	Aug 5	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
93	113	Aug 6	MIN	@	BAL	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
94	114	Aug 7	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
95	115	Aug 8	MIN	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
96	116	Aug 9	MIN	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	40	10.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
97	117	Aug 10	MIN	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
98	118	Aug 11	MIN		CLE	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
99	120 (1)	Aug 13	MIN		CLE	L,0-5	CG	55	14.0	15	0	0	15	0	C
100	122 (1)	Aug 15	MIN	@	KCR	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
101	123	Aug 16	MIN	@	KCR	W,14-5	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
102	124	Aug 17	MIN	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
103	125	Aug 19	MIN	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	C
104	126	Aug 20	MIN	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
105	127	Aug 21	MIN		KCR	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	1	8	1	C
106	128	Aug 22	MIN		KCR	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
107	129	Aug 23	MIN		KCR	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
108	130	Aug 24	MIN		KCR	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
109	131	Aug 26	MIN	@	ANA	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
110	132	Aug 27	MIN	@	ANA	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
111	134 (1)	Aug 29	MIN	@	TEX	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
112	135	Aug 30	MIN	@	TEX	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
113	136	Aug 31	MIN	@	TEX	L,10-11	CG	44	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	137	Sep 1	MIN		ANA	L,2-10	GS	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
115	138	Sep 2	MIN		ANA	W,12-6	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
116	139	Sep 3	MIN		ANA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
117	140	Sep 5	MIN		TEX	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
118	141	Sep 6	MIN		TEX	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
119	142	Sep 7	MIN		TEX	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
120	143	Sep 8	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	C
121	144	Sep 9	MIN	@	CHW	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
122	145	Sep 10	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
123	146	Sep 11	MIN	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
124	147	Sep 12	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
125	148	Sep 13	MIN	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
126	149	Sep 14	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
127	150	Sep 15	MIN	@	CLE	W,13-6	GS	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
128	151	Sep 16	MIN		CHW	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
129	152	Sep 17	MIN		CHW	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
130	153	Sep 18	MIN		CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
131	154	Sep 19	MIN		DET	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
132	156 (1)	Sep 21	MIN		DET	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
133	157	Sep 23	MIN		CLE	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
134	160 (2)	Sep 26	MIN	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	24	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
135	161	Sep 27	MIN	@	DET	L,8-9	GS	24	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
							135gm		1165.2	843	45	6	894	6