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A. J. Pierzynski played 19 major-league seasons (1998-2016) as a C (1,936). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 20 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 22 | MIN | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .300 | .685 | 83 |
| 1999 | 23 | MIN | 9 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .273 | .697 | 79 |
| 2000 | 24 | MIN | 33 | 88 | 12 | 27 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 14 | .307 | .809 | 104 |
| 2001 | 25 | MIN | 114 | 381 | 51 | 110 | 7 | 55 | 1 | 16 | 57 | .289 | .763 | 99 |
| 2002 | 26 | MIN | 130 | 440 | 54 | 132 | 6 | 49 | 1 | 13 | 61 | .300 | .773 | 104 |
| 2003 | 27 | MIN | 137 | 487 | 63 | 152 | 11 | 74 | 3 | 24 | 55 | .312 | .824 | 116 |
| 2004 | 28 | SFN | 131 | 471 | 45 | 128 | 11 | 77 | 0 | 19 | 27 | .272 | .729 | 93 |
| 2005 | 29 | CHA | 128 | 460 | 61 | 118 | 18 | 56 | 0 | 23 | 68 | .257 | .728 | 92 |
| 2006 | 30 | CHA | 140 | 509 | 65 | 150 | 16 | 64 | 1 | 22 | 72 | .295 | .769 | 98 |
| 2007 | 31 | CHA | 136 | 472 | 54 | 124 | 14 | 50 | 1 | 25 | 66 | .263 | .712 | 87 |
| 2008 | 32 | CHA | 134 | 534 | 66 | 150 | 13 | 60 | 1 | 19 | 71 | .281 | .728 | 92 |
| 2009 | 33 | CHA | 138 | 504 | 57 | 151 | 13 | 49 | 1 | 24 | 52 | .300 | .755 | 98 |
| 2010 | 34 | CHA | 128 | 474 | 43 | 128 | 9 | 56 | 3 | 15 | 39 | .270 | .688 | 87 |
| 2011 | 35 | CHA | 129 | 464 | 38 | 133 | 8 | 48 | 0 | 23 | 33 | .287 | .728 | 100 |
| 2012 | 36 | CHA | 135 | 479 | 68 | 133 | 27 | 77 | 0 | 28 | 78 | .278 | .827 | 124 |
| 2013 | 37 | TEX | 134 | 503 | 48 | 137 | 17 | 70 | 1 | 11 | 76 | .272 | .722 | 98 |
| 2014 | 38 | BOS | 72 | 256 | 19 | 65 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 40 | .254 | .633 | 80 |
| 2014 | 38 | SLN | 30 | 82 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .244 | .600 | 74 |
| 2015 | 39 | ATL | 113 | 407 | 38 | 122 | 9 | 49 | 0 | 19 | 37 | .300 | .769 | 116 |
| 2016 | 40 | ATL | 81 | 247 | 15 | 54 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 29 | .219 | .547 | 49 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | C | 6 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | C | 9 | 6 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | C | 32 | 27 | 160 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| 2001 | C | 110 | 102 | 611 | 44 | 10 | 7 |
| 2002 | C | 124 | 118 | 757 | 41 | 3 | 3 |
| 2003 | C | 135 | 131 | 843 | 45 | 6 | 6 |
| 2004 | C | 118 | 117 | 697 | 56 | 1 | 6 |
| 2005 | C | 128 | 124 | 803 | 48 | 1 | 8 |
| 2006 | C | 132 | 126 | 795 | 62 | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | C | 130 | 116 | 796 | 46 | 2 | 6 |
| 2008 | C | 131 | 127 | 913 | 54 | 9 | 8 |
| 2009 | C | 131 | 124 | 879 | 50 | 5 | 8 |
| 2010 | C | 127 | 123 | 865 | 61 | 5 | 5 |
| 2011 | C | 120 | 112 | 817 | 65 | 4 | 4 |
| 2012 | C | 126 | 121 | 899 | 71 | 6 | 8 |
| 2013 | C | 119 | 111 | 892 | 65 | 2 | 8 |
| 2014 | C | 87 | 80 | 619 | 34 | 5 | 3 |
| 2015 | C | 107 | 104 | 729 | 44 | 2 | 7 |
| 2016 | C | 64 | 59 | 457 | 23 | 4 | 5 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
A. J. Pierzynski won: Silver Slugger 2012 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (1 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 2006.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 32 | 1 / 392 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.