A. J. Pierzynski

Bats L Throws R6'3" 250 lbBorn 1976 Bridgehampton, USADebut 1998Team ATL2x All-StarDraft 1994 R3 #71 Minnesota Twins, Dr. Phillips HS (Orlando, FL)

Awards: Silver Slugger

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2016	ATL	81	259	15	54	15	0	2	23	1	6	29	0.219	0.243	0.304	0.547	36.1
2015	ATL	113	436	38	122	24	1	9	49	0	19	37	0.300	0.339	0.430	0.769	113.4
2014	STL	102	362	25	85	12	1	5	37	0	14	54	0.251	0.288	0.337	0.625	71.6
2013	TEX	134	529	48	137	24	1	17	70	1	11	76	0.272	0.297	0.425	0.722	90.7
2012	CWS	135	520	68	133	18	4	27	77	0	28	78	0.278	0.326	0.501	0.827	116.0
2011	CWS	129	500	38	133	29	1	8	48	0	23	33	0.287	0.323	0.405	0.728	96.6
2010	CWS	128	503	43	128	29	0	9	56	3	15	39	0.270	0.300	0.388	0.688	79.0
2009	CWS	138	535	57	151	22	1	13	49	1	24	52	0.300	0.331	0.425	0.755	89.3
2008	CWS	134	570	66	150	31	1	13	60	1	19	71	0.281	0.312	0.416	0.728	83.5
2007	CWS	136	509	54	124	24	0	14	50	1	25	66	0.263	0.309	0.403	0.712	80.2
2006	CWS	140	543	65	150	24	0	16	64	1	22	72	0.295	0.333	0.436	0.769	92.2
2005	CWS	128	497	61	118	21	0	18	56	0	23	68	0.257	0.308	0.420	0.728	86.8
2004	SF	131	510	45	128	28	2	11	77	0	19	27	0.272	0.319	0.410	0.729	84.8
2003	MIN	137	533	63	152	35	3	11	74	3	24	55	0.312	0.360	0.464	0.824	111.9
2002	MIN	130	469	54	132	31	6	6	49	1	13	61	0.300	0.334	0.439	0.773	104.2
2001	MIN	114	405	51	110	33	2	7	55	1	16	57	0.289	0.322	0.441	0.763	94.3
2000	MIN	33	96	12	27	5	1	2	11	1	5	14	0.307	0.354	0.455	0.809	100.3
1999	MIN	9	24	3	6	2	0	0	3	0	1	4	0.273	0.333	0.364	0.697	78.0
1998	MIN	7	13	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0.300	0.385	0.300	0.685	86.6
Career		2059	7813	807	2043	407	24	188	909	15	308	895	0.280	0.319	0.420	0.739	91.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2016	259	87.5	7.4	2.0	33.9	18.3	43.0	0.247	0.346	0.269	24.5
2015	436	85.4	10.5	3.9	25.7	14.2	39.1	0.277	0.400	0.318	24.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2016	ATL	C	64	532	457	23	4	5	0.992	-0.1
2015	ATL	C	107	910	729	44	2	7	0.997	-0.1
2014	STL	C	87	721	619	34	5	3	0.992
2013	TEX	C	119	1005	892	65	2	8	0.998
2012	CWS	C	126	1071	899	71	6	8	0.994
2011	CWS	C	120	1008	817	65	4	4	0.995
2010	CWS	C	127	1093	865	61	5	5	0.995
2009	CWS	C	131	1104	879	50	5	8	0.995
2008	CWS	C	131	1134	913	54	9	8	0.991
2007	CWS	C	130	1058	796	46	2	6	0.998
2006	CWS	C	132	1125	795	62	3	4	0.997
2005	CWS	C	128	1118	803	48	1	8	0.999
2004	SF	C	118	1022	697	56	1	6	0.999
2003	MIN	C	135	1166	843	45	6	6	0.993
2002	MIN	C	124	1036	757	41	3	3	0.996
2001	MIN	C	110	902	611	44	10	7	0.985
2000	MIN	C	32	237	160	10	0	3	1.000
1999	MIN	C	9	58	35	2	0	1	1.000
1998	MIN	C	6	37	33	2	0	1	1.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2000	AAA	Salt Lake City Buzz	Bat	166	4 HR, 1 SB	0.335	0.870
2000	AA	New Britain Rock Cats	Bat	249	4 HR, 0 SB	0.298	0.784
1999	AAA	Salt Lake City Buzz	Bat	246	1 HR, 0 SB	0.259	0.623
1998	AAA	Salt Lake City Buzz	Bat	220	7 HR, 3 SB	0.255	0.693
1998	AA	New Britain Rock Cats	Bat	227	3 HR, 0 SB	0.297	0.725
1997	A+	Fort Myers Miracle	Bat	439	9 HR, 2 SB	0.279	0.718
1996	A	Fort Wayne Wizards	Bat	461	7 HR, 0 SB	0.274	0.714
1995	A	Fort Wayne Wizards	Bat	87	2 HR, 0 SB	0.310	0.786
1995	Rk	Elizabethton Twins	Bat	220	7 HR, 0 SB	0.332	0.880
1994	Rk	GCL Twins	Bat	166	1 HR, 0 SB	0.289	0.712

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2016	0.100	0.273	0.218	0.276
2015	0.312	0.355	0.348	0.344

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2014	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0.167	0.286	0.167	0.452
2008	4	13	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	0.385	0.500	0.462	0.962
2005	12	42	9	11	4	0	3	9	2	4	8	0.262	0.340	0.571	0.912
2003	4	13	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0.231	0.333	0.462	0.795
2002	10	32	5	11	0	1	1	6	0	2	4	0.344	0.371	0.500	0.871
Career	32	106	16	31	5	1	5	18	2	11	14	0.292	0.367	0.500	0.867

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	ATL	$3,000,000
2015	ATL	$2,000,000
2014	BOS	$8,250,000
2013	TEX	$7,500,000
2012	CWS	$6,000,000
2011	CWS	$2,000,000
2010	CWS	$6,750,000
2009	CWS	$6,250,000
2008	CWS	$5,850,000
2007	CWS	$5,500,000
2006	CWS	$4,000,000
2005	CWS	$2,250,000
2004	SF	$3,500,000
2003	MIN	$365,000
2002	MIN	$250,000
2001	MIN	$210,000

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.