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.

2002 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2002 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	MIN	@	KCR	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
2	2	Apr 3	MIN	@	KCR	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 4	MIN	@	TOR	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
4	6 (2)	Apr 7	MIN	@	TOR	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	7	Apr 8	MIN	@	CLE	L,5-9	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
6	8	Apr 9	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-5	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
7	9	Apr 10	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
8	10	Apr 11	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
9	11	Apr 12	MIN		DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
10	12	Apr 13	MIN		DET	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
11	13	Apr 14	MIN		DET	W,13-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
12	14	Apr 16	MIN		KCR	W,8-5	GF	26	6.2	9	1	0	10	1	C
13	15	Apr 17	MIN		KCR	L,3-16	CG	49	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
14	16	Apr 18	MIN		KCR	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
15	18 (1)	Apr 20	MIN		CLE	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
16	20 (1)	Apr 23	MIN	@	TBD	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
17	21	Apr 24	MIN	@	TBD	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	22	Apr 25	MIN	@	TBD	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
19	23	Apr 26	MIN	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
20	24	Apr 27	MIN	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
21	25	Apr 28	MIN	@	DET	L,4-5	GF	8	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
22	26	Apr 29	MIN		TBD	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
23	27	Apr 30	MIN		TBD	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	29 (1)	May 2	MIN		TBD	W,7-6	CG	45	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
25	30	May 3	MIN		DET	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
26	32 (1)	May 5	MIN		DET	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
27	33	May 6	MIN		DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
28	34	May 7	MIN		KCR	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
29	36 (1)	May 10	MIN		NYY	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
30	38 (1)	May 12	MIN		NYY	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
31	40 (1)	May 14	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
32	41	May 15	MIN	@	KCR	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
33	43 (1)	May 17	MIN	@	NYY	L,12-13	CG	67	13.1	15	1	0	16	0	C
34	45 (1)	May 19	MIN	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
35	46	May 21	MIN		TEX	W,8-2	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
36	48 (1)	May 24	MIN	@	ANA	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
37	49	May 25	MIN	@	ANA	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
38	50	May 26	MIN	@	ANA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
39	52 (1)	May 28	MIN	@	TEX	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
40	53	May 29	MIN	@	TEX	L,8-9	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
41	54	May 30	MIN		ANA	W,7-6	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
42	55	May 31	MIN		ANA	L,3-11	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	56	Jun 1	MIN		ANA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
44	57	Jun 2	MIN		ANA	L,4-5	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
45	58	Jun 4	MIN		CLE	W,23-2	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
46	60 (1)	Jun 6	MIN		CLE	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
47	61	Jun 7	MIN		FLA	W,12-7	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
48	62	Jun 8	MIN		FLA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
49	63	Jun 9	MIN		FLA	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
50	64	Jun 10	MIN		ATL	W,6-5	GS	46	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
51	66 (1)	Jun 12	MIN		ATL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
52	67	Jun 14	MIN	@	MIL	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
53	68	Jun 15	MIN	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
54	70 (1)	Jun 18	MIN	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
55	72 (1)	Jun 20	MIN	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
56	73	Jun 21	MIN	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
57	74	Jun 22	MIN	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	38	11.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
58	76 (1)	Jun 24	MIN		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
59	78 (1)	Jun 26	MIN		CHW	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
60	79	Jun 27	MIN		CHW	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
61	80	Jun 28	MIN		MIL	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
62	81	Jun 29	MIN		MIL	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	83 (1)	Jul 1	MIN	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
64	85 (1)	Jul 3	MIN	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
65	86	Jul 4	MIN	@	SEA	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
66	87	Jul 5	MIN	@	SEA	W,8-4	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
67	89 (1)	Jul 7	MIN	@	SEA	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
68	90	Jul 11	MIN		TEX	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
69	91	Jul 12	MIN		TEX	W,4-3	GS	26	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
70	93 (1)	Jul 14	MIN		TEX	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
71	94	Jul 15	MIN		ANA	W,10-8	GS	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
72	96 (1)	Jul 17	MIN	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
73	97	Jul 18	MIN	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
74	98	Jul 19	MIN	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
75	99	Jul 20	MIN	@	DET	W,14-4	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
76	101 (1)	Jul 22	MIN	@	CHW	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
77	103 (1)	Jul 24	MIN	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	104	Jul 26	MIN		TOR	W,10-5	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
79	105	Jul 27	MIN		TOR	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
80	106	Jul 28	MIN		TOR	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	C
81	108 (1)	Jul 31	MIN		CHW	W,2-1	GS	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	109	Aug 1	MIN		CHW	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
83	110	Aug 2	MIN		KCR	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
84	111	Aug 3	MIN		KCR	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
85	112	Aug 4	MIN		KCR	W,5-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
86	113	Aug 5	MIN		KCR	L,4-12	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
87	114	Aug 6	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
88	115	Aug 7	MIN	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
89	116	Aug 8	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
90	118 (1)	Aug 10	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
91	119	Aug 11	MIN	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
92	120	Aug 13	MIN		BAL	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
93	121	Aug 14	MIN		BAL	L,5-6	CG	54	14.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
94	123 (1)	Aug 16	MIN		BOS	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
95	124	Aug 17	MIN		BOS	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
96	125	Aug 18	MIN		BOS	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
97	126	Aug 19	MIN	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
98	128 (1)	Aug 21	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
99	129	Aug 22	MIN	@	KCR	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
100	130	Aug 23	MIN	@	KCR	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
101	131	Aug 24	MIN	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
102	133 (1)	Aug 27	MIN		SEA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
103	134	Aug 28	MIN		SEA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
104	136 (1)	Aug 30	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
105	137	Aug 31	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	139 (1)	Sep 2	MIN	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
107	140	Sep 4	MIN	@	SEA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
108	141	Sep 6	MIN		OAK	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
109	142	Sep 7	MIN		OAK	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
110	144 (1)	Sep 9	MIN		DET	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
111	145	Sep 10	MIN		DET	W,11-4	GS	29	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
112	147 (1)	Sep 12	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
113	148	Sep 13	MIN	@	CLE	L,5-12	GS	23	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
114	149	Sep 14	MIN	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
115	151 (1)	Sep 17	MIN	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
116	152	Sep 18	MIN	@	DET	W,2-0	GS	21	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
117	154 (1)	Sep 21	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-14	GS	32	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
118	155	Sep 22	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-8	GS	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
119	156	Sep 24	MIN		CLE	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
120	157	Sep 25	MIN		CLE	W,7-5	GS	49	11.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
121	158	Sep 26	MIN		CLE	L,4-8	GS	23	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
122	159	Sep 27	MIN		CHW	W,3-1	GS	24	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
123	160	Sep 28	MIN		CHW	W,3-2	GS	23	5.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
124	161	Sep 29	MIN		CHW	W,3-1	GS	18	5.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
							124gm		1035.2	757	41	3	801	3