A. J. Pierzynski

Anthony John Pierzynski
Born: December 30, 1976
Bridgehampton, NY USA
Primary Position: C
All Position(s) Played: C, DH, PH
Bats: L
Throws: R
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 250
Career: 1998-2016
Draft: Round 3 (1994 June Amateur Draft, Minnesota Twins)
School: Dr. Phillips HS (Orlando, FL)
Minor League Statistics

A. J. Pierzynski compiled a career batting average of .280 with 188 home runs and 909 RBI in his 2059-game career with the Minnesota Twins, San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox and Atlanta Braves. He began playing during the 1998 season and last took the field during the 2016 campaign.

Minnesota Twins	San Francisco Giants	Chicago White Sox	Texas Rangers	St. Louis Cardinals	Boston Red Sox
Atlanta Braves

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Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1998	AL	Minnesota Twins	7	13	10	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.300	.385	.300	.685	3	0	1	0	1	0
1999	AL	Minnesota Twins	9	24	22	3	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	.273	.333	.364	.697	8	0	1	0	0	0
2000	AL	Minnesota Twins	33	96	88	12	27	5	1	2	11	1	0	5	14	.307	.354	.455	.809	40	1	2	0	1	0
2001	AL	Minnesota Twins	114	405	381	51	110	33	2	7	55	1	7	16	57	.289	.322	.441	.763	168	7	4	1	3	4
2002	AL	Minnesota Twins	130	469	440	54	132	31	6	6	49	1	2	13	61	.300	.334	.439	.773	193	14	11	2	3	1
2003	AL	Minnesota Twins	137	533	487	63	152	35	3	11	74	3	1	24	55	.312	.360	.464	.824	226	13	15	2	5	12
2004	NL	San Francisco Giants	131	510	471	45	128	28	2	11	77	0	1	19	27	.272	.319	.410	.729	193	27	15	2	3	4
2005	AL	Chicago White Sox	128	497	460	61	118	21	0	18	56	0	2	23	68	.257	.308	.420	.728	193	13	12	1	1	5
2006	AL	Chicago White Sox	140	543	509	65	150	24	0	16	64	1	0	22	72	.295	.333	.436	.769	222	10	8	3	1	6
2007	AL	Chicago White Sox	136	509	472	54	124	24	0	14	50	1	1	25	66	.263	.309	.403	.712	190	21	8	1	3	5
2008	AL	Chicago White Sox	134	570	534	66	150	31	1	13	60	1	0	19	71	.281	.312	.416	.728	222	14	8	3	6	5
2009	AL	Chicago White Sox	138	535	504	57	151	22	1	13	49	1	1	24	52	.300	.331	.425	.755	214	18	1	3	3	6
2010	AL	Chicago White Sox	128	503	474	43	128	29	0	9	56	3	4	15	39	.270	.300	.388	.688	184	17	6	6	2	2
2011	AL	Chicago White Sox	129	500	464	38	133	29	1	8	48	0	0	23	33	.287	.323	.405	.728	188	19	5	2	6	6
2012	AL	Chicago White Sox	135	520	479	68	133	18	4	27	77	0	0	28	78	.278	.326	.501	.827	240	8	8	1	4	5
2013	AL	Texas Rangers	134	529	503	48	137	24	1	17	70	1	1	11	76	.272	.297	.425	.722	214	14	9	0	6	2
2014	AL	Boston Red Sox	72	274	256	19	65	10	1	4	31	0	0	9	40	.254	.286	.348	.633	89	11	4	1	4	2
2014	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	30	88	82	6	20	2	0	1	6	0	1	5	14	.244	.295	.305	.600	25	2	1	0	0	0
2015	NL	Atlanta Braves	113	436	407	38	122	24	1	9	49	0	2	19	37	.300	.339	.430	.769	175	19	7	0	3	2
2016	NL	Atlanta Braves	81	259	247	15	54	15	0	2	23	1	0	6	29	.219	.243	.304	.547	75	13	3	0	3	1
Totals			2059	7813	7290	807	2043	407	24	188	909	15	23	308	895	.280	.319	.420	.739	3062	241	129	28	58	68

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
1998	AL	Minnesota Twins	C	6	4	37.0	33	2	0	1	1.000	8.514	5.833	0	4	1	20.0
1999	AL	Minnesota Twins	C	9	6	58.0	35	2	0	1	1.000	5.741	4.111	1	1	1	50.0
2000	AL	Minnesota Twins	C	32	27	236.7	160	10	0	3	1.000	6.465	5.313	2	10	6	37.5
2001	AL	Minnesota Twins	C	110	102	901.7	611	44	10	7	.985	6.538	5.955	4	44	21	32.3
2002	AL	Minnesota Twins	C	124	118	1035.7	757	41	3	3	.996	6.935	6.435	2	45	19	29.7
2003	AL	Minnesota Twins	C	135	131	1165.7	843	45	6	6	.993	6.856	6.578	5	46	20	30.3
2004	NL	San Francisco Giants	C	118	117	1022.0	697	56	1	6	.999	6.631	6.381	9	51	15	22.7
2005	AL	Chicago White Sox	C	128	124	1117.7	803	48	1	8	.999	6.853	6.648	7	79	23	22.5
2006	AL	Chicago White Sox	C	132	126	1125.0	795	62	3	4	.997	6.856	6.492	10	90	25	21.7
2007	AL	Chicago White Sox	C	130	116	1058.0	796	46	2	6	.998	7.163	6.477	14	62	20	24.4
2008	AL	Chicago White Sox	C	131	127	1134.3	913	54	9	8	.991	7.672	7.382	5	96	21	17.9
2009	AL	Chicago White Sox	C	131	124	1104.0	879	50	5	8	.995	7.573	7.092	7	99	30	23.3
2010	AL	Chicago White Sox	C	127	123	1092.7	865	61	5	5	.995	7.627	7.291	3	75	27	26.5
2011	AL	Chicago White Sox	C	120	112	1008.0	817	65	4	4	.995	7.875	7.350	4	94	24	20.3
2012	AL	Chicago White Sox	C	126	121	1071.3	899	71	6	8	.994	8.149	7.698	8	76	27	26.2
2013	AL	Texas Rangers	C	119	111	1005.0	892	65	2	8	.998	8.570	8.042	6	49	24	32.9
2014	AL	Boston Red Sox	C	64	60	540.0	464	28	3	2	.994	8.200	7.688	5	38	9	19.1
2014	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	C	23	20	181.0	155	6	2	1	.988	8.006	7.000	0	12	2	14.3
2015	NL	Atlanta Braves	C	107	104	909.7	729	44	2	7	.997	7.648	7.224	5	67	21	23.9
2016	NL	Atlanta Braves	C	64	59	532.0	457	23	4	5	.992	8.120	7.500	5	43	14	24.6
Totals				1936	1832	16335.3	12600	823	68	101	.995	7.395	6.933	102	1081	350	24.5

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2002	AL	Minnesota Twins	ALDS2	5	18	16	4	7	0	1	1	4	0	0	2	2	.438	.500	.750	1.250	12	0	0	0	0	0
2002	AL	Minnesota Twins	ALCS	5	17	16	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	.250	.235	.250	.485	4	0	0	0	1	0
2003	AL	Minnesota Twins	ALDS1	4	15	13	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	.231	.333	.462	.795	6	1	0	0	0	1
2005	AL	Chicago White Sox	ALDS1	3	11	9	5	4	2	0	2	4	1	0	1	0	.444	.545	1.333	1.879	12	0	1	0	0	0
2005	AL	Chicago White Sox	ALCS	5	20	18	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	6	.167	.211	.333	.544	6	0	0	1	0	0
2005	AL	Chicago White Sox	WS	4	17	15	3	4	2	0	0	3	1	0	2	2	.267	.353	.400	.753	6	1	0	0	0	0
2008	AL	Chicago White Sox	ALDS2	4	16	13	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	.385	.500	.462	.962	6	0	1	0	0	0
2014	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLCS	2	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals				32	121	106	16	31	5	1	5	18	2	3	11	14	.292	.367	.500	.867	53	2	2	1	1	1

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB
2002	AL	Minnesota Twins	ALDS2	C	5	5	41.0	31	0	1	0	.969	6.805	6.200	0
2002	AL	Minnesota Twins	ALCS	C	5	5	41.0	28	2	2	1	.938	6.585	6.000	0
2003	AL	Minnesota Twins	ALDS1	C	4	4	35.0	29	0	0	0	1.000	7.457	7.250	1
2005	AL	Chicago White Sox	ALDS1	C	3	3	27.0	15	0	0	0	1.000	5.000	5.000	0
2005	AL	Chicago White Sox	ALCS	C	5	5	45.0	21	2	0	0	1.000	4.600	4.600	1
2005	AL	Chicago White Sox	WS	C	4	4	35.0	28	4	0	0	1.000	8.229	8.000	0
2008	AL	Chicago White Sox	ALDS2	C	4	4	34.0	33	0	0	0	1.000	8.735	8.250	1
2014	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLCS	C	2	2	14.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	4.500	3.500	0
Totals					32	32	272.0	192	8	3	1	.985	6.618	6.250	3

Awards

2012 - AL Silver Slugger C

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