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A.J. Pierzynski
Anthony John Pierzynski

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 230 lb.

MLB Debut September 9, 1998
Final Game September 10, 2016
Born December 30, 1976 in Bridgehampton, NY (age 47)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1998 21 CHN NL    2    8    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .375  .333  .500  .833   112     4   0   1   0   0   0  
 1999           [Did not play]
 2000 23 MNA AL   74   71    8   16   4   0   0    7   2   0    7   17  .225  .321  .282  .603    74    20   0   2   1   4   0  
 2001 24 MNA AL  119  353   45  115  33   0  12   61   0   3   23   52  .326  .368  .521  .889   112   184   0   4  10   3   8  
 2002 25 MNA AL  137  428   56  130  35   6   9   60   1   2   15   61  .304  .340  .477  .817   107   204   3   3   3  10   5  
 2003 26 MNA AL  142  472   66  155  33   4  16   80   4   0   22   52  .328  .378  .517  .895   116   244   6   5   1  19   9  
 2004 27 BAA AL   56  199   26   58   9   0   5   22   0   0    3   18  .291  .327  .412  .739    96    82   0   1   1   8  11  
         CHA AL   73  254   25   71  15   0   5   27   0   0   14   24  .280  .333  .398  .731    90   101   0   1   1   7  11  
         TOT     129  453   51  129  24   0  10   49   0   0   17   42  .285  .331  .404  .735         183   0   2   2  15  22 
 2005 28 CHA AL  103  335   42   78  20   0  12   48   0   0   10   50  .233  .265  .400  .665    83   134   0   1   0   5   7  
 2006 29 CHA AL  124  463   60  134  18   0  17   57   0   1   25   71  .289  .332  .438  .770    91   203   1   3   3   6  10  
 2007 30 CHA AL  136  470   40  109  23   1   9   47   1   0   12   74  .232  .259  .343  .602    74   161   0   2   2   6  24  
 2008 31 CHA AL  130  470   61  133  30   1  19   59   0   0   19   47  .283  .321  .472  .794   104   222   0   1   2   8  15  
 2009 32 CHA AL  134  478   63  151  19   3  17   53   0   0   39   43  .316  .365  .475  .840   113   227   1   3   5   0  22  
 2010 33 CHA AL  134  451   39  113  27   0   6   33   2   1   19   29  .251  .291  .350  .642    83   158   4   0   5   7  15  
 2011 34 CHA AL   56  155   14   46  11   1   1   20   0   0    7    3  .297  .323  .400  .723          62   0   2   1   0   8  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     1420 4607  545 1312 278  16 128  575  10   7  215  541  .285  .326  .435  .762        2006  15  29  35  83 145
 Per 600 PA           559   66  159  34   2  16   70   1   1   26   66                                 243   2   4   4  10  18
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CHA      890 3076  344  835 163   6  86  344   3   2  145  341  .271  .311  .412  .724        1268   6  13  19  39 112
   With MNA      472 1324  175  416 105  10  37  208   7   5   67  182  .314  .360  .492  .853         652   9  14  15  36  22
   With BAA       56  199   26   58   9   0   5   22   0   0    3   18  .291  .327  .412  .739          82   0   1   1   8  11
   With CHN        2    8    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .375  .333  .500  .833           4   0   1   0   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1998 21 CHN NL  13    1   6.8   0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    1    0 1.000  C    4(+2)e16  149   
 1999           [Did not play]
 2000 23 MNA AL   4    7   3.8   3   0   0  .000   0   10    7  .700    2    4  .333  C    4(0)e1   -206   
 2001 24 MNA AL   4   64   6.9   1   1   0 1.000   7   61   47  .770   28   16  .636  C    3(0)e3    127   
 2002 25 MNA AL   9   68   6.0  12   3   0  .250   1   59   48  .814   13   15  .464  C    2(0)e1     44   
 2003 26 MNA AL  20   93   7.5   4   2   0  .500   4   64   48  .750   21   10  .677  C    2(-1)e4    72   
 2004 27 BAA AL  20   23   4.1   3   2   0  .667   0   29   22  .759   37   10  .787  C    4(+2)e1    10   
         CHA AL  31   31   4.3   0   0   0  .000   3   38   28  .737   32    7  .821  C    4(+2)e1     2   
         TOT                     3   2   0  .667   3   67   50  .746   69   17  .802
 2005 28 CHA AL  22   33   3.5   1   1   0 1.000   0   45   35  .778   42   11  .792  C    4(+1)e0   -63   
 2006 29 CHA AL  22   65   5.2   4   1   1  .250   4   64   53  .828   67   24  .736  C    3(+1)e2     1   
 2007 30 CHA AL  24   35   2.4   1   1   0 1.000   2   63   52  .825   87   19  .821  C    3(0)e1   -110   
 2008 31 CHA AL  30   66   5.1   2   1   0  .500  10   66   53  .803   91   31  .746  C    3(+1)e3    66   
 2009 32 CHA AL  17   76   5.9   5   2   1  .400   3   59   54  .915   92   37  .713  C    3(+1)e3    85   
 2010 33 CHA AL  11   42   3.2   6   3   0  .500   2   57   41  .719   45    4  .918  C    3(+1)e1   -46   
 2011 34 CHA AL  36   17   4.0   8   2   0  .250   1   23   17  .739   35    8  .814  C    3(+2)e1    -5   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 13 Seasons          629   4.9  50  19   2  .380  37  638  505  .792  593  196  .752                  14   3
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 30.6 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 44.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1998 21 CHN NL  C      2     8     0    0    0  1.000     2    17.0   4.24
 1999           [Did not play]
 2000 23 MNA AL  C     74   179     9    0    1  1.000    16   241.2   7.00
 2001 24 MNA AL  C    117   602    36    7    4   .989   101   865.1   6.64
                 1B     1     6     2    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   8.00
 2002 25 MNA AL  C    135   753    45    1    3   .999   107   973.1   7.38
 2003 26 MNA AL  C    140   815    38    4    5   .995   127  1127.2   6.81
 2004 27 BAA AL  C     55   358    22    0    4  1.000    53   475.2   7.19
         CHA AL  C     73   462    27    3    4   .994    67   604.1   7.28
 2005 28 CHA AL  C    103   570    30    0    2  1.000    89   814.1   6.63
 2006 29 CHA AL  C    122   774    65    4    3   .995   118  1057.2   7.14
 2007 30 CHA AL  C    136   783    46    2    2   .998   132  1157.2   6.44
 2008 31 CHA AL  C    129   862    59   10    5   .989   120  1081.1   7.67
 2009 32 CHA AL  C    131   853    67    3    4   .997   127  1117.0   7.41
 2010 33 CHA AL  C    128   802    31    2    2   .998   118  1057.0   7.09
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 C   1345  7821   475   36   39   .996  1177 10590.0   7.05
                 1B     1     6     2    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   8.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 2001 ALDS  MNA SEA   L    2   5  1  1  0  0  1   2  0  1  .200  .200  .800  0
 2002 ALDS  MNA NYA   L    3  13  1  3  0  0  0   1  1  2  .231  .286  .231  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1998  CHN   78-84   Dennis Schimmel
 2000  MNA   76-86   Darren Dawson
 2001  MNA   82-80   Darren Dawson
 2002  MNA   92-70   Darren Dawson
 2003  MNA   77-85   Darren Dawson
 2004  BAA   73-89   Alan Boodman, John Fortune
 2004  CHA   75-87   Rick Field
 2005  CHA   86-76   Rick Field
 2006  CHA   84-78   Rick Field
 2007  CHA   69-93   Rick Field
 2008  CHA   66-96   Rick Field
 2009  CHA   71-91   Rick Field
 2010  CHA   70-92   Rick Field, Thomas Treece
 2011  CHA   38-34   Thomas Treece

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