Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
22	7813	.280	.319	.420	93	24.1

MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
1998	MIN	21	7	13	3	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	.300	.385	.300	86	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
1999	MIN	22	9	24	6	2	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	.273	.333	.364	70	-0.8	0.6	-0.2	0.1
2000	MIN	23	33	96	27	5	1	2	5	14	2	1	0	.307	.354	.455	79	-2.1	0.4	-0.1	0.3
2001	MIN	24	114	405	110	33	2	7	16	57	4	1	7	.289	.322	.441	84	-6.5	2.1	3.6	1.8
2002	MIN	25	130	469	132	31	6	6	13	61	11	1	2	.300	.334	.439	78	-10.5	-1.1	12.3	2.2
2003	MIN	26	137	533	152	35	3	11	24	55	15	3	1	.312	.360	.464	103	3.6	0.8	18.0	4.6
2004	SFN	27	131	510	128	28	2	11	19	27	15	0	1	.272	.319	.410	81	-11.1	-4.3	-6.0	0.3
2005	CHA	28	128	497	118	21	0	18	23	68	12	0	2	.257	.308	.420	94	-3.1	0.5	-2.0	1.8
2006	CHA	29	140	543	150	24	0	16	22	72	8	1	0	.295	.333	.436	95	-0.8	-4.2	-11.6	0.9
2007	CHA	30	136	509	124	24	0	14	25	66	8	1	1	.263	.309	.403	85	-7.4	-2.6	-6.1	0.8
2008	CHA	31	134	570	150	31	1	13	19	71	8	1	0	.281	.312	.416	90	-5.3	-2.1	-3.4	1.6
2009	CHA	32	138	535	151	22	1	13	24	52	1	1	1	.300	.331	.425	99	1.2	-3.2	-0.8	2.2
2010	CHA	33	128	503	128	29	0	9	15	39	6	3	4	.270	.300	.388	85	-7.8	-0.8	-2.4	1.2
2011	CHA	34	129	500	133	29	1	8	23	33	5	0	0	.287	.323	.405	97	-1.2	-2.7	6.0	2.4
2012	CHA	35	135	520	133	18	4	27	28	78	8	0	0	.278	.326	.501	117	10.4	-3.1	-7.3	2.3
2013	TEX	36	134	529	137	24	1	17	11	76	9	1	1	.272	.297	.425	104	3.3	-2.8	-7.2	1.5
2014	BOS	37	72	274	65	10	1	4	9	40	4	0	0	.254	.286	.348	83	-4.9	-2.0	-4.7	-0.1
2014	SLN	37	30	88	20	2	0	1	5	14	1	0	1	.244	.295	.305	83	-1.6	-1.0	-2.5	-0.2
2015	ATL	38	113	436	122	24	1	9	19	37	7	0	2	.300	.339	.430	105	4.0	-2.4	-8.4	1.3
2016	ATL	39	81	259	54	15	0	2	6	29	3	1	0	.219	.243	.304	65	-10.2	-1.0	-8.8	-0.9
Career			2059	7813	2043	407	24	188	308	895	129	15	23	.280	.319	.420	93	-51.2	-29.0	-31.7	24.1

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
1995	FTW	A	MDW	22	87	.000	.000	.000	.333			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1995	ELZ	Rk	APL	56	220	.000	.000	.000	.349			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1996	FTW	A	MDW	114	461	.000	.000	.000	.299			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1997	FTM	A+	FSL	0	434	.000	.000	.000	.308			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1998	MIN	MLB	AL	7	13	.271	.343	.413	.333	99	0.2	0.4	0.2	86	12	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
1998	NBR	AA	EAS	0	224	.000	.000	.000	.326			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1998	SLC	AAA	PCL	0	217	.000	.000	.000	.260			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1999	MIN	MLB	AL	9	24	.291	.355	.465	.333	98	1.3	0.7	0.5	70	13	-0.2	0.6	-0.8	0.1
1999	SLC	AAA	PCL	0	244	.000	.000	.000	.293			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	MIN	MLB	AL	33	96	.271	.338	.432	.342	85	4.4	3.0	1.8	79	13	-0.1	0.4	-2.1	0.3
2000	NBR	AA	EAS	0	245	.000	.000	.000	.317			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	SLC	AAA	PCL	0	161	.000	.000	.000	.372			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	MIN	MLB	AL	114	405	.266	.332	.424	.322	101	-3.1	12.1	7	84	8	3.6	2.1	-6.5	1.8
2002	MIN	MLB	AL	130	469	.267	.332	.430	.335	96	5.4	13.5	8	78	11	12.3	-1.1	-10.5	2.2
2003	MIN	MLB	AL	137	533	.266	.330	.424	.331	100	15.6	14.5	9.4	103	11	18.0	0.8	3.6	4.6
2004	SFN	MLB	NL	131	510	.265	.333	.427	.268	100	-12.6	15.2	9	81	11	-6.0	-4.3	-11.1	0.3
2005	CHA	MLB	AL	128	497	.265	.324	.419	.267	103	-4.1	14.3	8.6	94	8	-2.0	0.5	-3.1	1.8
2006	CHA	MLB	AL	140	543	.276	.337	.442	.318	111	-8.8	16.4	9.7	95	8	-11.6	-4.2	-0.8	0.9
2007	CHA	MLB	AL	136	509	.267	.331	.414	.278	102	-11.9	15.1	8.9	85	9	-6.1	-2.6	-7.4	0.8
2008	CHA	MLB	AL	134	570	.264	.330	.414	.300	104	-9.3	16.5	9.9	90	10	-3.4	-2.1	-5.3	1.6
2009	CHA	MLB	AL	138	535	.263	.330	.420	.312	106	-4.4	15.4	9	99	9	-0.8	-3.2	1.2	2.2
2010	CHA	MLB	AL	128	503	.260	.324	.407	.278	112	-18.6	13.9	8.3	85	9	-2.4	-0.8	-7.8	1.2
2011	CHA	MLB	AL	129	500	.260	.321	.408	.291	105	-6.1	13.5	7.1	97	7	6.0	-2.7	-1.2	2.4
2011	CHR	AAA	INT	3	11	.268	.342	.390	.250	93	-1.2	0.3	0.1	57	0	0.2	0.0	-0.5	0.0
2012	CHA	MLB	AL	135	520	.259	.322	.415	.280	105	10.3	14.2	7.8	117	8	-7.3	-3.1	10.4	2.3
2013	TEX	MLB	AL	134	529	.255	.317	.398	.288	101	0.8	13.9	6.7	104	8	-7.2	-2.8	3.3	1.5
2013	FRI	AA	TEX	2	6	.263	.299	.365	.200	100	-0.9	0.2	0	44	0	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.1
2014	BOS	MLB	AL	72	274	.255	.319	.394	.282	101	-6.5	7.1	3.5	83	9	-4.7	-2.0	-4.9	-0.1
2014	SLN	MLB	NL	30	88	.236	.299	.354	.284	100	-3.1	2.3	1.2	83	9	-2.5	-1.0	-1.6	-0.2
2015	ATL	MLB	NL	113	436	.256	.313	.400	.310	92	9.9	11.8	6.9	105	11	-8.4	-2.4	4.0	1.3
2016	ATL	MLB	NL	81	259	.254	.318	.409	.237	90	-17.4	7.3	4.1	65	8	-8.8	-1.0	-10.2	-0.9
2016	BRA	Rk	GCL	3	11	.237	.321	.307	.571	96	1.8	0.3	-0.1	142	0	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.1

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
1995	FTW	A	MDW	87	84	10	26	5	1	2	39	14	2	10	0	0	.310	.326	.464	.155	0	0
1995	ELZ	Rk	APL	220	205	29	68	13	1	7	104	45	14	23	0	2	.332	.374	.507	.176	0	0
1996	FTW	A	MDW	461	431	48	118	30	3	7	175	70	22	53	0	4	.274	.312	.406	.132	0	0
1997	FTM	A+	FSL	434	412	49	115	23	1	9	167	64	16	59	2	1	.279	.316	.405	.126	0	0
1998	MIN	MLB	AL	13	10	1	3	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	0	0	.300	.385	.300	.000	1	0
1998	SLC	AAA	PCL	217	208	29	53	7	2	7	85	30	9	24	3	1	.255	.286	.409	.154	0	0
1998	NBR	AA	EAS	224	212	30	63	11	0	3	83	17	10	25	0	2	.297	.335	.392	.094	0	0
1999	MIN	MLB	AL	24	22	3	6	2	0	0	8	3	1	4	0	0	.273	.333	.364	.091	0	0
1999	SLC	AAA	PCL	244	228	29	59	10	0	1	72	25	16	29	0	0	.259	.307	.316	.057	0	0
2000	NBR	AA	EAS	245	228	36	68	17	2	4	101	34	8	22	0	0	.298	.347	.443	.145	0	0
2000	SLC	AAA	PCL	161	155	22	52	14	1	4	80	25	5	22	1	1	.335	.360	.516	.181	0	0
2000	MIN	MLB	AL	96	88	12	27	5	1	2	40	11	5	14	1	0	.307	.354	.455	.148	1	0
2001	MIN	MLB	AL	405	381	51	110	33	2	7	168	55	16	57	1	7	.289	.322	.441	.152	3	1
2002	MIN	MLB	AL	469	440	54	132	31	6	6	193	49	13	61	1	2	.300	.334	.439	.139	3	2
2003	MIN	MLB	AL	533	487	63	152	35	3	11	226	74	24	55	3	1	.312	.360	.464	.152	5	2
2004	SFN	MLB	NL	510	471	45	128	28	2	11	193	77	19	27	0	1	.272	.319	.410	.138	3	2
2005	CHA	MLB	AL	497	460	61	118	21	0	18	193	56	23	68	0	2	.257	.308	.420	.163	1	1
2006	CHA	MLB	AL	543	509	65	150	24	0	16	222	64	22	72	1	0	.295	.333	.436	.141	1	3
2007	CHA	MLB	AL	509	472	54	124	24	0	14	190	50	25	66	1	1	.263	.309	.403	.140	3	1
2008	CHA	MLB	AL	570	534	66	150	31	1	13	222	60	19	71	1	0	.281	.312	.416	.135	6	3
2009	CHA	MLB	AL	535	504	57	151	22	1	13	214	49	24	52	1	1	.300	.331	.425	.125	3	3
2010	CHA	MLB	AL	503	474	43	128	29	0	9	184	56	15	39	3	4	.270	.300	.388	.118	2	6
2011	CHA	MLB	AL	500	464	38	133	29	1	8	188	48	23	33	0	0	.287	.323	.405	.119	6	2
2011	CHR	AAA	INT	11	10	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	.200	.273	.200	.000	0	0
2012	CHA	MLB	AL	520	479	68	133	18	4	27	240	77	28	78	0	0	.278	.326	.501	.223	4	1
2013	TEX	MLB	AL	529	503	48	137	24	1	17	214	70	11	76	1	1	.272	.297	.425	.153	6	0
2013	FRI	AA	TEX	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.000	0	0
2014	BOS	MLB	AL	274	256	19	65	10	1	4	89	31	9	40	0	0	.254	.286	.348	.094	4
2014	SLN	MLB	NL	88	82	6	20	2	0	1	25	6	5	14	0	1	.244	.295	.305	.061	0
2015	ATL	MLB	NL	436	407	38	122	24	1	9	175	49	19	37	0	2	.300	.339	.430	.130	3	0
2016	BRA	Rk	GCL	11	9	3	4	1	0	0	5	1	2	2	0	0	.444	.545	.556	.111	0	0
2016	ATL	MLB	NL	259	247	15	54	15	0	2	75	23	6	29	1	0	.219	.243	.304	.085	3	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2008	1788	0.4715	0.5699	0.8440	0.7248	0.4317	0.9034	0.7549	0.1560	0.0101
2009	1730	0.4855	0.5734	0.8659	0.7393	0.4169	0.9179	0.7790	0.1341	-0.0008
2010	1593	0.4947	0.5562	0.8488	0.6853	0.4298	0.9204	0.7370	0.1512	-0.0048
2011	1655	0.4888	0.5529	0.8951	0.7145	0.3983	0.9567	0.7893	0.1049	0.0025
2012	1780	0.4854	0.5742	0.8288	0.7407	0.4170	0.8891	0.7277	0.1712	-0.0030
2013	1721	0.4631	0.6020	0.8147	0.7491	0.4751	0.8710	0.7380	0.1853	-0.0023
2014	1218	0.4417	0.5755	0.8117	0.7212	0.4603	0.9046	0.6965	0.1883	-0.0065
2015	1442	0.4660	0.5423	0.8606	0.7277	0.3805	0.9080	0.7816	0.1394	-0.0069
2016	818	0.4792	0.5880	0.8150	0.7270	0.4601	0.9088	0.6786	0.1850	0.0000
Career	13745	0.4760	0.5700	0.8450	0.7260	0.4280	0.9086	0.7474	0.1550	-0.0010

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-03-04	2014-03-08	Camp	4	0	Left	Ankle	Sprain		-	-
2014-02-18	2014-02-20	Camp	2	0	-	Ankle	Sprain		-	-
2013-05-06	2013-05-21	15-DL	15	14	Right	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-	-
2013-04-29	2013-05-01	DTD	2	1	Right	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-	-
2012-07-24	2012-07-30	DTD	6	5	Right	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-	-
2011-08-13	2011-09-02	15-DL	20	16	Left	Wrist	Fracture	HBP	-	-
2010-08-08	2010-08-09	DTD	1	1	Left	Ankle	Sprain		-
2006-06-01	2006-06-01	DTD	0	0	Right	Wrist	Contusion	Foul Ball	-
2005-04-24	2005-04-27	DTD	3	3	Left		Contusion	HBP Big Toe	-
2004-05-09	2004-05-11	DTD	2	1	Left	Ankle	Sprain		-
2004-05-02	2004-05-07	DTD	5	4	Right	Shoulder	Soreness		-
2003-06-28	2003-06-30	DTD	2	2	Right	Knee	Contusion	Foul Ball	-
2003-05-02	2003-05-06	DTD	4	3		Ankle	Contusion	Sliding	-
1999-08-23	1999-09-05	Minors	13	0	Right	Wrist	Surgery	Hamate Fracture	-	-

Compensation

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

Years	Description	Salary
16 yr	Previous	$63,175,000
16 yr	Total	$63,175,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
16 y 100 d	Steve Hilliard	1 year/$3M (2016)

Details

1 year/$3M (2016). Re-signed by Atlanta as a free agent 11/11/15. $1M signing bonus (due 12/1/15). 2016 salary: $2M. Additional $1M in performance bonuses based on starts at catcher: $50,000 each for 55, 60 starts. $0.1M each for 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90 starts. $0.15M each for 95, 100 starts.
1 year/$2M (2015). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 1/15. Performance bonuses: $50,000 each for 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80 starts at catcher. $0.1M each for 85, 90, 95, 100 starts at catcher.
1 year/$8.25M (2014). Signed by Boston as a free agent 12/4/13. $0.75M signing bonus. 14:$7.5M. DFA by Boston 7/8/14. Released by Boston 7/16/14. Signed by St. Louis as a free agent 7/26/14 (Cardinals pay pro-rated minimum salary).
1 year/$7.5M (2013). Signed by Texas as a free agent 12/20/12.
2 years/$8M (2011-12). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 12/4/10. 11:$2M, 12:$6M.
3 years/$18.35M (2008-10). Signed extension with Chicago White Sox 10/3/07, replacing final year of previous deal. 08:$5.85M, 09:$6.25M, 10:$6.25M. 2010 salary may increase by up to $0.5M ($50,000 each for 100, 105, 110, 115, 120 starts in 2008 and $50,000 each for 105, 110, 115, 120, 125 starts in 2009). No-trade protection. Award bonuses.
3 years/$15M (2006-08). Signed extension with Chicago White Sox 12/19/05 (avoided arbitration). 06:$4M, 07:5.5M, 08:$5.5M. 2008 salary may increase by $0.5M based on games started (increased to $5.85M).
1 year/$2.25M (2005). Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 1/05.
1 year/$3.5M (2004). Signed by San Francisco (avoided arbitration). Non-tendered by San Francisco 12/04.
1 year/$0.365M (2003). Acquired by San Francisco in trade from Minnesota 11/03.
1 year/$0.25M (2002).
1 year/$0.21M (2001).
Drafted by Minnesota 1994 (3-71) (Dr. Phillips HS, Orlando).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2013-04-10 20:00:00 (link to chat)	Until Brian McCann returns, should I stick with vanilla Ryan Doumit or take a chance on Buck, Gattis, Arencibia or Pierzynski? (non-keeper points league) Thanks. (rjblakel from Australia)	If your add/drop rules are liberal, you can certainly ride John Buck's hot hand. But Ryan Doumit is fine, and A.J. Pierzynski really isn't much worse/is about the same. (Mike Gianella)
2010-08-09 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Am I overly cynical by being depressed a little by JPA's stunningly good debut? It's all downhill from there. (Me from Here)	Good player, not a great one. I might be underselling him with Brian Harper comparisons. A.J. Pierzynski with more power? Lightning round. Something weird going on in chat module. (Joe Sheehan)
2009-02-17 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Good to see you back. There seems to be no general consensus on Tyler Flowers. What is your projection? (scottlong from indy)	Always good to hear from an ex-colleague and a fellow Hawkeye. I think Flowers future really depends on whether or not the White Sox are willing to take the hit on defense. He's like Jeff Clement in the sense that there's just no way to project anything but a negative in his fielding column. With Paul Konerko nearing the end of days, I think I might just move Flowers to first base and let him hit. However, that's a big positional adjustment, and it's not like A.J. Pierzynski has been providing fantastic defense the last few seasons. I wouldn't, but don't be surprised if the White Sox let him be behind the plate. (Bryan Smith)

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Advanced Catching Metrics

Year	lvl	CSAA	Framing Runs	Blocking Chances	EPAA	Blocking Runs	SB Attempts	SRAA	TRAA	Throwing Runs	FRAA Adj.	FRAA
1998	mlb	.003	0.1	174	.001	0.0	4	.001	.002	0.0	0.1	0.0
1999	mlb	-.001	-0.1	339	.000	0.0	2	-.001	-.001	0.0	-0.1	-0.2
2000	mlb	.002	0.5	1083	.000	-0.1	14	-.016	-.003	0.2	0.6	-0.1
2001	mlb	.006	5.8	3648	.001	-0.7	57	.004	-.004	0.3	5.0	3.6
2002	mlb	.014	15.8	4449	.002	-1.9	58	.007	-.001	-0.1	13.9	12.3
2003	mlb	.016	19.7	4667	.001	-1.1	57	-.006	-.004	0.4	18.6	18.0
2004	mlb	-.004	-4.9	4887	.000	-0.7	59	.013	.000	-0.4	-6.7	-6.0
2005	mlb	.001	1.1	4883	.000	-0.1	93	.033	.003	-1.9	-1.7	-2.0
2006	mlb	-.006	-7.5	5069	.001	-0.8	102	.027	.002	-1.7	-11.2	-11.6
2007	mlb	-.003	-3.5	4954	.001	-1.0	74	.012	.000	-0.6	-6.0	-6.1
2008	mlb	.003	3.1	4936	.000	-0.6	107	.052	.004	-3.8	-2.2	-3.4
2009	mlb	.004	4.4	5311	.001	-1.1	113	.018	.009	-1.2	2.1	-0.8
2010	mlb	.002	2.2	4994	.002	-2.3	86	.018	.006	-1.0	-1.7	-2.4
2011	aaa	.003	0.1	60	.000	0.0	2	.003	.000	0.0	0.1	0.2
2011	mlb	.010	9.3	4676	.001	-1.9	102	.000	.005	0.0	6.7	6.0
2012	mlb	-.001	-0.9	4933	.003	-4.3	86	.000	.001	0.0	-5.7	-7.3
2013	aax	-.010	-0.1	32	-.001	0.0	3	-.014	.000	0.0	0.4	-0.1
2013	mlb	-.006	-5.7	4593	.001	-1.2	64	-.020	-.002	0.7	-6.4	-7.2
2014	mlb	-.005	-3.1	3322	.001	-1.1	53	.062	.000	-1.9	-6.7	-7.2
2015	mlb	-.005	-4.4	4363	.001	-1.4	77	.026	.003	-1.0	-7.2	-8.4
2016	mlb	-.007	-3.8	2620	.006	-3.7	49	.017	.008	-0.5	-8.1	-8.8

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A.J. Pierzynski CWhite Sox

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