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, 17,354th 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.

2012 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2012 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	CHW	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 8	CHW	@	TEX	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
3	4	Apr 9	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
4	5	Apr 11	CHW	@	CLE	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
5	6	Apr 13	CHW		DET	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
6	8 (1)	Apr 15	CHW		DET	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
7	9	Apr 16	CHW		BAL	L,4-10	CG	51	10.0	15	1	0	16	0
8	10	Apr 17	CHW		BAL	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
9	11	Apr 18	CHW		BAL	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
10	13 (1)	Apr 20	CHW	@	SEA	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
11	14	Apr 21	CHW	@	SEA	W,4-0	CG	27	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
12	15	Apr 22	CHW	@	SEA	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
13	16	Apr 23	CHW	@	OAK	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
14	18 (1)	Apr 25	CHW	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	52	13.1	10	2	0	12	0
15	19	Apr 26	CHW		BOS	L,3-10	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
16	20	Apr 27	CHW		BOS	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
17	22 (1)	Apr 29	CHW		BOS	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	23	May 1	CHW		CLE	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
19	24	May 2	CHW		CLE	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
20	25	May 3	CHW		CLE	L,5-7	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	26	May 4	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	34	8.1	6	0	0	6	0
22	27	May 5	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
23	29 (1)	May 7 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	31 (1)	May 8	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	41	10.0	5	1	0	6	0
25	32	May 9	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
26	33	May 11	CHW		KCR	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
27	34	May 12	CHW		KCR	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
28	35	May 13	CHW		KCR	L,1-9	GF	11	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	36	May 14	CHW		DET	W,7-5	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
30	37	May 15	CHW		DET	L,8-10	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
31	38	May 16	CHW	@	LAA	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
32	39	May 17	CHW	@	LAA	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
33	40	May 18	CHW	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
34	41	May 19	CHW	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
35	43 (1)	May 22	CHW		MIN	L,2-9	GS	34	7.0	8	0	0	8	0
36	44	May 23	CHW		MIN	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
37	45	May 24	CHW		MIN	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
38	46	May 25	CHW		CLE	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
39	47	May 26	CHW		CLE	W,14-7	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
40	49 (1)	May 28	CHW	@	TBR	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
41	50	May 29	CHW	@	TBR	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
42	51	May 30	CHW	@	TBR	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	52	Jun 1	CHW		SEA	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
44	53	Jun 2	CHW		SEA	L,8-10	CG	54	12.0	11	0	1	12	0
45	55 (1)	Jun 5	CHW		TOR	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
46	56	Jun 6	CHW		TOR	L,0-4	GS	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
47	57	Jun 7	CHW		TOR	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
48	58	Jun 8	CHW		HOU	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
49	59	Jun 9	CHW		HOU	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
50	61 (1)	Jun 12	CHW	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
51	62	Jun 13	CHW	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
52	63	Jun 14	CHW	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
53	64	Jun 15	CHW	@	LAD	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
54	65	Jun 16	CHW	@	LAD	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
55	67 (1)	Jun 18	CHW		CHC	L,3-12	GS	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
56	68	Jun 19	CHW		CHC	L,1-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	69	Jun 20	CHW		CHC	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
58	70	Jun 22	CHW		MIL	L,0-1	GS	27	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
59	71	Jun 23	CHW		MIL	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
60	72	Jun 24	CHW		MIL	W,1-0	CG	38	10.0	7	1	0	8	0
61	73	Jun 25	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	41	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
62	75 (1)	Jun 27	CHW	@	MIN	W,12-5	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
63	76	Jun 28	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
64	77	Jun 29	CHW	@	NYY	W,14-7	CG	41	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	79 (1)	Jul 1	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
66	80	Jul 3	CHW		TEX	W,19-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
67	81	Jul 4	CHW		TEX	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
68	83 (1)	Jul 6	CHW		TOR	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
69	84	Jul 7	CHW		TOR	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
70	85	Jul 8	CHW		TOR	L,9-11	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	86	Jul 13	CHW	@	KCR	W,9-8	CG	63	14.0	9	2	0	11	0
72	87	Jul 14	CHW	@	KCR	L,3-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	88	Jul 15	CHW	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
74	89	Jul 16	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
75	90	Jul 17	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
76	91	Jul 18	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-10	GS	28	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	92	Jul 19	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	32	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
78	93	Jul 20	CHW	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
79	94	Jul 21	CHW	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
80	96 (1)	Jul 23	CHW		MIN	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	102 (5)	Jul 30	CHW	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	36	8.1	2	1	1	4	0
82	103	Jul 31	CHW	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	105 (1)	Aug 3	CHW		LAA	W,8-6	CG	48	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
84	106	Aug 4	CHW		LAA	L,5-6	CG	43	10.0	9	0	0	9	0
85	107	Aug 5	CHW		LAA	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
86	108	Aug 6	CHW		KCR	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
87	109	Aug 7	CHW		KCR	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
88	110	Aug 8	CHW		KCR	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
89	111	Aug 10	CHW		OAK	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
90	113 (1)	Aug 12	CHW		OAK	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
91	115 (1)	Aug 14	CHW	@	TOR	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
92	116	Aug 15	CHW	@	TOR	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	12	1	1	14	0
93	118 (1)	Aug 17	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
94	120 (1)	Aug 19	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	9	0	1	10	0
95	121	Aug 20	CHW		NYY	W,9-6	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
96	122	Aug 21	CHW		NYY	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
97	123	Aug 22	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	13	2	0	15	0
98	124	Aug 24	CHW		SEA	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
99	125	Aug 25	CHW		SEA	W,5-4	GS	13	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
100	127 (1)	Aug 27	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
101	128	Aug 28	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	8	0	1	9	0
102	130 (1)	Aug 30	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-5	GS	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	131	Aug 31	CHW	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	132	Sep 1	CHW	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
105	134 (1)	Sep 3	CHW		MIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
106	136 (1)	Sep 5	CHW		MIN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
107	137	Sep 7	CHW		KCR	L,5-7	GS	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
108	139 (1)	Sep 9	CHW		KCR	L,1-2	CG	44	10.0	15	1	0	16	0
109	140	Sep 10	CHW		DET	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
110	141	Sep 11	CHW		DET	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
111	142	Sep 12	CHW		DET	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
112	143	Sep 14	CHW	@	MIN	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
113	144	Sep 15	CHW	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
114	146 (1)	Sep 17	CHW		DET	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
115	147	Sep 18	CHW	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
116	149 (1)	Sep 20	CHW	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	7	0	0	7	0
117	150	Sep 21	CHW	@	LAA	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	7	2	0	9	1
118	151	Sep 22	CHW	@	LAA	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
119	152	Sep 23	CHW	@	LAA	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
120	153	Sep 24	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
121	154	Sep 25	CHW		CLE	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
122	155	Sep 26	CHW		CLE	L,4-6	CG	47	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
123	156	Sep 27	CHW		TBR	L,2-3	GS	29	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
124	157	Sep 28	CHW		TBR	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
125	159 (1)	Sep 30	CHW		TBR	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
126	160	Oct 1	CHW	@	CLE	W,11-0	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
							126gm		1071.1	899	71	6	976	8