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.

2004 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2004 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	SFG	@	HOU	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 6	SFG	@	HOU	W,7-5	CG	48	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
3	3	Apr 7	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-10	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
4	5 (1)	Apr 10	SFG	@	SDP	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
5	6	Apr 11	SFG	@	SDP	W,6-3	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
6	7	Apr 12	SFG		MIL	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
7	8	Apr 13	SFG		MIL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
8	9	Apr 14	SFG		MIL	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
9	11 (1)	Apr 17	SFG		LAD	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
10	12	Apr 18	SFG		LAD	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
11	14 (1)	Apr 20	SFG		SDP	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
12	16 (1)	Apr 22	SFG		SDP	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
13	17	Apr 23	SFG	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	48	11.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
14	18	Apr 24	SFG	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
15	20 (1)	Apr 26	SFG		ATL	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
16	21	Apr 27	SFG		ATL	L,3-12	CG	50	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
17	22	Apr 28	SFG		ATL	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	23	Apr 29	SFG		FLA	L,3-4	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	25 (1)	May 1	SFG		FLA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
20	30 (4)	May 7	SFG	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	31	May 8	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
22	33 (1)	May 11	SFG		PHI	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
23	34	May 12	SFG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
24	35	May 13	SFG		PHI	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
25	36	May 14	SFG		PIT	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
26	38 (1)	May 16	SFG		PIT	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	9	3	0	12	0	C
27	39	May 18	SFG	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
28	40	May 19	SFG	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	42 (1)	May 21	SFG	@	MON	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
30	43	May 22	SFG	@	MON	W,7-2	CG	45	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
31	44	May 25	SFG		ARI	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
32	45	May 26	SFG		ARI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
33	46	May 27	SFG		ARI	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
34	47	May 28	SFG		COL	W,4-2	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
35	49 (1)	May 30	SFG		COL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
36	50	May 31	SFG	@	ARI	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	51	Jun 1	SFG	@	ARI	L,5-6	CG	40	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
38	53 (1)	Jun 3	SFG	@	ARI	L,5-11	CG	43	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
39	54	Jun 4	SFG	@	COL	W,13-7	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
40	55	Jun 5	SFG	@	COL	L,2-11	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
41	56	Jun 6	SFG	@	COL	W,16-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
42	58 (1)	Jun 8	SFG	@	TBD	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
43	59	Jun 9	SFG	@	TBD	L,3-4	GS	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
44	60	Jun 10	SFG	@	TBD	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
45	61	Jun 12 (1)	SFG	@	BAL	W,9-6	CG	47	11.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
46	63 (1)	Jun 13	SFG	@	BAL	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
47	64	Jun 15	SFG		TOR	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
48	65	Jun 16	SFG		TOR	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
49	67 (1)	Jun 18	SFG		BOS	L,9-14	GS	40	7.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
50	68	Jun 19	SFG		BOS	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
51	69	Jun 20	SFG		BOS	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
52	70	Jun 21	SFG		LAD	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	72 (1)	Jun 23	SFG		LAD	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
54	73	Jun 24	SFG		LAD	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
55	74	Jun 25	SFG	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
56	75	Jun 26	SFG	@	OAK	L,7-8	CG	44	9.2	4	1	0	5	1	C
57	77 (1)	Jun 29	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
58	78	Jun 30	SFG	@	LAD	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	79	Jul 1	SFG	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
60	81 (1)	Jul 3	SFG		OAK	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
61	83 (1)	Jul 5	SFG		COL	L,4-7	GS	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
62	84	Jul 6	SFG		COL	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
63	85	Jul 7	SFG		COL	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
64	86	Jul 8	SFG		ARI	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
65	88 (1)	Jul 10	SFG		ARI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
66	89	Jul 11	SFG		ARI	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
67	90	Jul 15	SFG	@	COL	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
68	92 (1)	Jul 17	SFG	@	COL	W,4-0	GS	13	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
69	93	Jul 18	SFG	@	COL	L,9-10	CG	46	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
70	94	Jul 19	SFG	@	ARI	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
71	96 (1)	Jul 21	SFG		SDP	L,1-7	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
72	97	Jul 22	SFG		SDP	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
73	98	Jul 23	SFG	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
74	100 (1)	Jul 25	SFG	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
75	101	Jul 26	SFG	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
76	103 (1)	Jul 28	SFG	@	SDP	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
77	104	Jul 29	SFG	@	SDP	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
78	105	Jul 30	SFG		STL	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
79	106	Jul 31	SFG		STL	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	108 (1)	Aug 3	SFG		CIN	W,11-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
81	109	Aug 4	SFG		CIN	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
82	110	Aug 5	SFG		CIN	L,3-12	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
83	112 (1)	Aug 7	SFG		CHC	L,4-8	GS	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
84	113	Aug 8	SFG		CHC	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
85	114	Aug 10	SFG	@	PIT	L,7-8	CG	39	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
86	115	Aug 11	SFG	@	PIT	L,6-8	CG	49	10.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
87	117 (1)	Aug 13	SFG	@	PHI	W,16-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
88	119 (1)	Aug 15	SFG	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
89	120	Aug 16	SFG		MON	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
90	122 (1)	Aug 18 (1)	SFG		MON	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
91	124 (1)	Aug 20	SFG		NYM	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
92	126 (1)	Aug 22	SFG		NYM	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
93	127	Aug 24	SFG	@	FLA	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
94	129 (1)	Aug 26	SFG	@	FLA	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
95	130	Aug 27	SFG	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
96	132 (1)	Aug 29	SFG	@	ATL	W,9-5	GS	37	7.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
97	133	Aug 30	SFG	@	ATL	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	135 (1)	Sep 1	SFG		COL	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
99	137 (1)	Sep 3	SFG		ARI	W,18-7	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
100	138	Sep 4	SFG		ARI	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
101	140 (1)	Sep 7	SFG	@	COL	L,7-8	GS	29	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
102	141	Sep 8	SFG	@	COL	W,5-3	GS	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
103	143 (1)	Sep 11	SFG	@	ARI	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
104	144	Sep 12	SFG	@	ARI	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
105	146 (1)	Sep 15	SFG	@	MIL	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
106	147	Sep 16	SFG	@	MIL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
107	148	Sep 17	SFG		SDP	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
108	149	Sep 18	SFG		SDP	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
109	150	Sep 19	SFG		SDP	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
110	152 (1)	Sep 22	SFG		HOU	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
111	153	Sep 23	SFG		HOU	L,3-7	GS	28	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
112	155 (1)	Sep 25	SFG		LAD	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
113	156	Sep 26	SFG		LAD	L,4-7	GS	25	5.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
114	157	Sep 28	SFG	@	SDP	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
115	159 (1)	Sep 30	SFG	@	SDP	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
116	160	Oct 1	SFG	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
117	161	Oct 2	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-7	GS	30	7.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
118	162	Oct 3	SFG	@	LAD	W,10-0	GS	26	7.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
							118gm		1022.0	697	56	1	754	6