A.J. Pierzynski
C | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 3" 250LBS | Age: 47
Draft: 1994 | Rd: 3, #71, Minnesota Twins | Dr. Phillips HS (Orlando, FL)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2014 362 338 25 85 5 0 .251 .288 .337 .625
2015 436 407 38 122 9 0 .300 .339 .430 .769
2016 259 247 15 54 2 1 .219 .243 .304 .547
19 Seasons 7,815 7,290 807 2,043 188 15 .280 .319 .420 .739
AVG HR SB OPS
2014 .251 5 0 .625
2015 .300 9 0 .769
2016 .219 2 1 .547
19 Seasons .280 188 15 .739
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 38 1455 373 13 3.5 3.0 85.4 110.0 10.5 34.9 .277 .400 .333 .318 .326 25.7 8.5 4.4
2016 39 825 221 4 1.8 1.5 87.5 106.8 7.4 31.2 .247 .346 .236 .269 .289 33.9 11.2 2.3
Player 2280 594 17 2.9 2.4 86.2 110.0 9.3 33.5 .266 .379 .297 .300 .312 28.8 9.5 3.6
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 48.5 16.9 29.5 5.1 39.4 35.4 24.1 4.8 38.1 18.8 29.5 4.0 3.5 3.0
2016 51.6 16.7 26.7 5.0 33.0 41.2 25.8 4.1 43.4 21.7 20.8 6.8 1.8 1.5
Player 49.7 16.8 28.5 5.1 37.0 37.5 24.7 4.5 40.1 19.9 26.3 5.1 2.9 2.4
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 553 1,849 1 -10 1 8 0
2009 526 1,730 -7 -8 7 6 -1
2010 493 1,593 1 -16 3 5 -6
2011 493 1,655 -3 -12 4 7 -4
2012 514 1,779 13 -5 -1 8 15
2013 527 1,721 2 -5 -2 7 2
2014 366 1,248 -6 -10 1 6 -9
2015 433 1,445 1 -4 5 7 8
2016 258 822 -10 -14 2 4 -19
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,455 42.2 76.3 89.1 39.1 78.7 41.4 34.4 54.8 14.2 6.6 83.3
2016 825 47.6 76.3 89.3 43.3 67.9 42.7 38.6 59.0 18.3 6.4 81.1
Player 2,280 44.2 76.3 89.2 40.5 74.8 41.9 36.0 56.4 15.7 6.5 82.6
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		Speed OAA Arm
Strength 		Bat
Speed 		Squared-up
Rate 		Swing
Length
2015 51 82 52 33 53 33 33 5 75 14 98 10 89 4 10
2016 51 13
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 24.4 2 1.4 1 4 0 1 50.0
Player 24.4 2 1.4 1 4 0 1 50.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 4 1 1 1 2 2 1 1
Player 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 4 1 1 1 2 2 1 1
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.4 87.5 2.1 ↑
Launch Angle 10.5 7.4 -3.1 ↓
Barrel % 3.5 1.8 -1.7 ↓
Hard Hit % 25.7 33.9 8.2 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 34.9 31.2 -3.7 ↓
xBA .277 .247 -0.030 ↓
BA .300 .219 -0.081 ↓
xwOBA .318 .269 -0.049 ↓
wOBA .333 .236 -0.097 ↓
xSLG .400 .346 -0.054 ↓
SLG .430 .304 -0.126 ↓
K% 8.5 11.2 2.7 ↑
BB% 4.4 2.3 -2.1 ↓
Swing % 54.8 59.0 4.2 ↑
Whiff% 14.2 18.3 4.1 ↑
In Zone % 42.2 47.6 5.4 ↑
Out of Zone % 57.8 52.4 -5.4 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 39.1 43.3 4.2 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 34.4 38.6 4.2 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 56.2 61.4 5.2 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 255 62 24.3 .234 .237
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 386 15.0 47.9% 1.8% 242 21.0 1.2% 7.0%
2011 389 15.0 49.4% 2.1% 241 20.8 5.0% 10.0%
2012 431 16.0 42.7% 1.4% 214 21.2 3.7% 7.9%
2013 378 15.5 41.5% 1.3% 226 21.9 2.7% 8.4%
2014 253 15.7 39.5% 2.4% 180 21.9 0.0% 10.6%
2015 367 16.3 40.1% 4.1% 219 22.4 7.3% 18.3%
2016 162 16.6 33.3% 3.1% 129 23.9 11.6% 24.8%
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