Player Report for #63 A.J. Pierzynski

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Sunday, June 1st, 2008

AB	57
HR	1
RBI	8
AVG	.246
OPS	.640

Name:	A.J. Pierzynski	Contract:	Major League Contract
Nickname:		Salary:	$490,000
Birthday:	12-30-1976	Signed Through:	2008 Season
Age:	31	Years of Major League Service:	10 Years, 104 Days
Born in:	Bridgehampton (New York)	Major League Service Days this Year:	57 Days
Nationality:	American
Height:	6' 3"	Years on 40-Man Roster:	11 Years, 105 Days
Weight:	216 lbs	Years of Pro Service:	12 Years
		Arbitration Eligibility:	Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Position:	C	Minor League Option Years:	1 option year left
Bats:	Left
Throws:	Right	Contract Extension	$530,000 total for 1 year
Status:	Completely Rested	Drafted	-
Morale:	Good	Local Popularity (National)	Unknown (Unknown)

Houston

Astros

Batting Ratings (OSA)

Running & Bunting Ratings		Fielding Ratings
Running Speed:	1	Catcher 4 (Arm: 4)
Stealing Ability:	2
Baserunning Instincts:	1
Sacrifice Bunt:	1
Bunt for Hit:	2
Hitter Type:	Normal

Game Log, Last 10 Games
Date	Opponent	Result	AB	R	H	BI	HR	BB	K	SB
05-31-2008	PIT	Loss, 5-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
05-30-2008	PIT	Loss, 3-9	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
05-28-2008	CIN	Win, 3-2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
05-26-2008	CIN	Loss, 2-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
05-24-2008	@ OAK	Win, 10-3	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
05-19-2008	@ SDN	Win, 7-1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
05-18-2008	@ SFN	Win, 2-0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
05-17-2008	@ SFN	Loss, 4-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
05-13-2008	ARI	Win, 6-5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
05-12-2008	SFN	Win, 7-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Major League 2006 2008 Batting Stats

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO	VORP
Overall	32	57	14	2	1	1	8	4	2	9	.246	.271	.368	.640	.535	.123	-0.4
Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	9	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	4	0	0	0.0	5.8	3.66
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Versus Left		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Versus Right		49	14	2	1	1	8	4	2	8	0	0	0	.286	.314	.429	.742
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Last Week		6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	.333	.429	.333	.762
April		26	6	1	1	1	6	1	1	6	0	0	0	.231	.259	.462	.721
May		31	8	1	0	0	2	3	1	3	0	0	0	.258	.281	.290	.572
Spring Training		41	7	1	0	1	3	5	2	2	0	0	0	.171	.209	.268	.478
Last Year		469	121	25	0	18	59	59	16	82	7	3	8	.258	.290	.426	.716
2 Years Ago		492	100	15	1	20	66	52	16	76	4	1	10	.203	.241	.360	.601
Career		3377	911	197	16	94	459	405	136	455	28	12	79	.270	.311	.421	.732
Home		33	9	1	1	1	6	2	2	8	0	0	0	.273	.314	.455	.769
Road		24	5	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	.208	.208	.250	.458
Grass		57	14	2	1	1	8	4	2	9	0	0	0	.246	.271	.368	.640
Day		24	3	1	0	0	2	1	1	4	0	0	0	.125	.160	.167	.327
Night		33	11	1	1	1	6	3	1	5	0	0	0	.333	.353	.515	.868
Pinch Hitting		20	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	.250	.250	.300	.550
Close/Late		20	4	2	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	.200	.200	.300	.500
Inning 1-3		10	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600
Inning 4-6		15	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	.200	.294	.200	.494
Inning 7-9		29	9	2	0	1	6	2	0	4	0	0	0	.310	.310	.483	.793
Extra Innings		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
0 Outs		16	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.313	.313	.313	.625
1 Outs		23	6	2	0	1	4	3	1	6	0	0	0	.261	.292	.478	.770
2 Outs		18	3	0	1	0	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	.167	.211	.278	.488
Scoring Position		13	5	1	1	1	8	1	1	4	0	0	0	.385	.429	.846	1.275
Bases Empty		29	6	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	.207	.207	.241	.448
Runner on 1st		15	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	.200	.250	.200	.450
Runner on 2nd		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Runner on 1st & 2nd		5	4	1	1	1	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	.800	.833	2.000	2.833
Runner on 1st & 3rd		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Bases Loaded		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
Two Strikes		19	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	9	0	0	0	.053	.100	.158	.258
First Pitch		13	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462
Count 0-1		9	6	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667
Count 0-2		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Count 1-0		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Count 1-1		6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667
Count 1-2		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Count 2-0		3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000
Count 2-1		2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500
Count 2-2		9	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	.111	.111	.333	.444
Count 3-0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1.000
Full Count		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333
Behind in Count		17	6	0	0	1	5	1	0	5	0	0	0	.353	.353	.529	.882
Ahead in Count		10	2	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.400	.673

Career Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1998 Minnesota - ML	21	7	10	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	.300	.385	.300	.685	0.0
1999 Minnesota - ML	22	9	22	6	2	0	0	3	3	1	1	0	4	0	0	.273	.333	.364	.697	0.0
2000 Minnesota - ML	23	33	88	27	5	1	2	11	12	5	2	1	14	1	0	.307	.354	.455	.809	0.0
2001 Minnesota - ML	24	114	381	110	33	2	7	55	51	16	4	3	57	1	7	.289	.322	.441	.763	0.0
2002 Minnesota - ML	25	130	440	132	31	6	6	49	54	13	11	3	61	1	2	.300	.334	.439	.773	0.0
2003 Minnesota - ML	26	137	487	152	35	3	11	74	63	24	15	5	55	3	1	.312	.360	.464	.824	0.0
2004 San Francisco - ML	27	131	471	128	28	2	11	77	45	19	15	3	27	0	1	.272	.319	.410	.729	0.0
2005 Chicago - ML	28	128	460	118	21	0	18	56	61	23	12	1	68	0	2	.257	.308	.420	.728	0.0
2006 Chicago - ML	29	138	492	100	15	1	20	66	52	16	10	4	76	0	0	.203	.241	.360	.601	-7.6
2007 Chicago - ML	30	120	469	121	25	0	18	59	59	16	8	7	82	1	1	.258	.290	.426	.716	6.2
2008 Houston - ML	31	32	57	14	2	1	1	8	4	2	0	0	9	0	0	.246	.271	.368	.640	-0.4
Total ML		979	3377	911	197	16	94	459	405	136	79	28	455	7	14	.270	.311	.421	.732	-1.7

Career Minor League Batting Stats

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OBP

SLG

OPS

VORP

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
2007 Chicago - ML	30	3	12	3	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	.250	.308	.500	.808	0.0
Total ML		3	12	3	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	.250	.308	.500	.808	0.0

Career Fielding Stats

Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1998 Minnesota - ML	C	6	0	33	2	1	35	0	1.000	48.0	6.56	0	0	0	0.0
1999 Minnesota - ML	C	9	0	35	2	1	37	0	1.000	72.0	4.63	1	0	0	0.0
2000 Minnesota - ML	C	32	27	160	10	3	170	0	1.000	236.2	6.46	2	0	0	0.0
2001 Minnesota - ML	C	110	102	611	44	7	665	10	.985	901.2	6.54	4	0	0	0.0
2001 Minnesota - ML	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	8.0	0.00
2002 Minnesota - ML	C	124	118	756	42	3	801	3	.996	1035.2	6.93	2	0	0	0.0
2003 Minnesota - ML	C	135	131	843	46	6	895	6	.993	1165.2	6.86	5	0	0	0.0
2004 San Francisco - ML	C	118	117	697	56	6	754	1	.999	1022.0	6.63	7	0	0	0.0
2005 Chicago - ML	C	128	124	803	48	8	852	1	.999	1117.2	6.85	7	0	0	0.0
2006 Chicago - ML	C	131	130	776	74	3	859	9	.990	1072.0	7.14	8	153	52	34.0
2006 Chicago - ML	2B	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	2.2	6.75
2007 Chicago - ML	C	116	108	691	53	4	748	4	.995	976.2	6.86	11	102	26	25.5
2007 Chicago - ML	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0.00
2008 Houston - ML	C	12	9	68	4	1	73	1	.986	83.1	7.78	0	5	1	20.0
2008 Houston - ML	SS	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	3.1	5.40

Player History
03-04-2006	Injured (fractured hand), out for one week.
07-22-2006	Injured (fractured finger), out for 5 days.
01-01-2007	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 11 (11); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 3 (3).
04-07-2007	Injured (strained back muscle), day-to-day for 5 days.
04-09-2007	Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $490,000 with the Chicago White Sox organization.
11-22-2007	Was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Houston Astros, along with 2B N. Holmes, in exchange for SP E. Astacio, MR K. Hargrove.
01-01-2008	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (6); Power: 5 (6); Eye: 3 (3).
03-08-2008	Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $530,000 with the Houston Astros organization.

Leader Boards Appearances

Year	HP	Rank
2006	10	8