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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	14-19 / in Starts: 13-14
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	15 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 96 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	57 (25-24-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 96 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	61 (30-20-10)

Most Driven In
T Hunter	4
J Jones	3
Self	2
C Koskie	1
J Canizaro	1

Most Driven In By
J Canizaro	3
L Rivas	2
Self	2
D Mientkiewicz	1
R Coomer	1
C GuzmÃ¡n	1
M Cummings	1

2000 Batting Game Log

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2000 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	17	120 (119)	Aug 13	MIN		TOR	L,3-13	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.02	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.74	C
2	18	121	Aug 15	MIN		KCR	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.26	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.33	C
3	19	122	Aug 16	MIN		KCR	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	.28	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.81	C
4	20	124 (1)	Aug 18	MIN	@	TOR	L,2-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.154	.083	.237	9	.88	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.24	C
5	21	125	Aug 19	MIN	@	TOR	W,5-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.133	.071	.205	9	1.02	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.62	C
6	22	127 (1)	Aug 22	MIN		TBD	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.118	.063	.180	9	1.36	-0.078	.00	0.00%	-0.69	C
7	23	128	Aug 23	MIN		TBD	W,8-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.105	.056	.161	9	1.22	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-0.58	C
8	24	129	Aug 25	MIN		DET	W,8-3	CG	4	4	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.227	.261	.227	.488	9	.72	0.113	.00	0.00%	1.66	C
9	25	130	Aug 26	MIN		DET	L,2-8	CG	3	3	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.308	.400	.708	9	.80	0.165	.00	0.00%	1.29	C
10	26	131	Aug 27	MIN		DET	W,7-6	9-GF(10)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.333	.400	.733	8	2.01	0.056	.00	0.00%	0.29	C
11	27	132	Aug 29	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.333	.400	.733	1						C
12	28	133	Aug 30	MIN	@	KCR	L,7-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.300	.357	.657	9	.80	-0.073	.00	0.00%	-1.87	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	29	134	Sep 1	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.281	.333	.615	9	1.01	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.55	C
14	30	136 (1)	Sep 3	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.257	.303	.560	9	1.40	-0.113	.00	0.00%	-0.80	C
15	31	137	Sep 4	MIN		BAL	L,2-3	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.282	.324	.606	9	2.22	0.227	.00	0.00%	0.41	C
16	32	138	Sep 5	MIN		BAL	L,5-6	GS-8	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.286	.350	.636	8	.99	-0.023	.00	0.00%	0.21	C
17	33	140 (1)	Sep 7	MIN	@	BOS	L,6-11	9-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.302	.390	.693	9	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.24	PH
18	34	141	Sep 8	MIN	@	SEA	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.298	.444	.742	9	.90	0.046	.00	0.00%	0.09	C
19	35	143 (1)	Sep 10	MIN	@	SEA	L,1-8	CG	3	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.340	.500	.840	9	.38	0.048	.00	0.00%	0.85	C
20	36	145 (1)	Sep 13	MIN	@	OAK	W,7-6	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.345	.491	.836	9	.54	0.028	.00	0.00%	0.25	C
21	37	146	Sep 15	MIN		ANA	L,5-16	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.298	.322	.456	.778	9	.21	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.20	C
22	38	147	Sep 16	MIN		ANA	L,6-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.322	.456	.778	9						C
23	39	148	Sep 17	MIN		ANA	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.323	.441	.763	9	.92	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.33	C
24	40	149	Sep 18	MIN		TEX	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.308	.419	.727	9	.65	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.94	C
25	41	150	Sep 19	MIN		TEX	W,15-7	CG	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.284	.314	.433	.747	9	.32	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.99	C
26	42	151	Sep 20	MIN		TEX	L,4-6	11-12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.314	.433	.747	7						C
27	43	153 (1)	Sep 22	MIN		CHW	L,4-5	GS-6	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.333	.449	.783	9	1.54	0.208	.00	0.00%	2.00	C
28	44	155 (1)	Sep 24	MIN		CHW	W,6-5	CG(10)	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.315	.342	.493	.835	8	1.21	0.195	.00	0.00%	2.18	C
29	45	156	Sep 25 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.303	.325	.474	.799	8	1.52	-0.137	.00	0.00%	-1.16	C
30	46	158 (1)	Sep 27	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.345	.474	.820	8	.82	0.138	.00	0.00%	1.56	C
31	47	159	Sep 28	MIN	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS-10	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.341	.463	.804	9	1.18	0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.20	C
32	48	160	Sep 29	MIN	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.352	.458	.809	9	2.18	0.111	.00	0.00%	0.68	C
33	49	161	Sep 30	MIN	@	DET	L,5-6	CG(11)	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.307	.354	.455	.809	9	1.42	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.59	C
							14-19		96	88	12	27	5	1	2	11	5	0	14	2	0	1	2	1	1	0	.307	.354	.455	.809		.93	0.501	.00	0.00%	2.05

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