NAME : Mike Piazza
NICKNAME :
ORIGIN : USA
BIRTHDAY : 9/4/1968
AGE : 36
HEIGHT : 6"3
WEIGHT : 215
POSITION : Catcher
BATS : Right
THROWS : Right
CONTRACT : $10,380,000 through 2005
DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
LOYALTY : Average
TEAM LEADER : YES, holds team together
CONSISTENCY : Normal
CLUTCH PERFORMANCE : GREAT
INJURY RATING : Normal
DEFENSIVE RATINGS :
Range at Catcher : C (Fielding Pct. : .991)
Catcher Arm : D
OFFENSIVE RATINGS :
(Rated by an average league scout)
Speed : E
Stealing Ability : E
Sacrifice Bunt : C
Bunt for Hit : E
Hitter Type : Pull Hitter
Getting Hits : 6 (VS. RHP : 6, VS. LHP : 7, Talent Good)
Hitting Doubles : 6 (VS. RHP : 5, VS. LHP : 8, Talent Good)
Hitting Homeruns : 12 (VS. RHP : 11, VS. LHP : 13, Talent Brilliant)
Getting BB's : 6 (VS. RHP : 4, VS. LHP : 8, Talent Average)
Avoiding Strikeouts : 4 (VS. RHP : 4, VS. LHP : 5, Talent Average)
BATTING STATS :
Category AVG HR RBI AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG
Overall .252 25 90 634 160 45 1 88 6 0 80 112 .338 .445
vs RHP .262 17 63 478 125 34 1 62 3 0 43 93 .324 .444
vs LHP .224 8 27 156 35 11 0 26 3 0 37 19 .376 .449
At Home .248 11 44 310 77 20 1 39 5 0 42 53 .339 .426
Away .256 14 46 324 83 25 0 49 1 0 38 59 .338 .463
R.I.S.P. .277 7 61 159 44 11 0 0 0 0 24 34 .373 .478
Pinch Hitting .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Close/Late .238 3 6 63 15 4 0 6 0 0 13 9 .377 .444
This Week .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Last Week .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Apr/Mar .308 0 14 117 36 18 0 18 0 0 17 15 .396 .462
May .278 6 18 108 30 8 0 14 2 0 11 16 .345 .519
June .168 4 11 113 19 3 0 9 1 0 10 29 .248 .301
July .309 6 19 94 29 7 0 18 0 0 12 16 .393 .574
August .252 4 15 103 26 4 1 15 2 0 20 15 .371 .427
Sep/Oct .202 5 13 99 20 5 0 14 1 0 10 21 .275 .404
CAREER STATS :
YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS
1992 .232 1 7 21 69 16 3 0 5 0 0 4 12 .273 .319 LAN
1993 .318 35 112 149 547 174 24 2 81 3 4 46 86 .370 .561 LAN
1994 .319 24 92 107 405 129 18 0 64 1 3 33 65 .369 .541 LAN
1995 .346 32 93 112 434 150 17 0 82 1 0 39 80 .399 .606 LAN
1996 .336 36 105 148 547 184 16 0 87 0 3 81 93 .421 .563 LAN
1997 .362 40 124 152 556 201 32 1 104 5 1 69 77 .432 .638 LAN
1998 .328 32 111 151 561 184 38 1 88 1 0 58 80 .390 .570 NYN,LAN,FLO
1999 .303 40 124 141 534 162 25 0 100 2 2 51 70 .364 .575 NYN
2000 .324 38 113 136 482 156 26 0 90 4 2 58 69 .396 .614 NYN
2001 .300 36 94 141 503 151 29 0 81 0 2 67 87 .382 .573 NYN
2002 .280 33 98 135 478 134 23 2 69 0 3 57 82 .359 .544 NYN
2003 .279 22 80 113 409 114 21 0 71 4 0 66 61 .379 .491 NYN,MON,NYN,TE
Total AB : 6159
Total AVG : .311
Total Hits: 1915
Total HR : 394
Total RBI : 1243
Total Runs: 1010
Total SB : 27
PLAYER HISTORY Traded from New York (N) to Montreal on 3/31/2003 (Going to NYN: C M. Barrett, 1B J. Liefer, 3B F. Tatis, C B. Schneider, 2B J. Kent. Going to MON: C M. Piazza, LF C. Floyd, 2B J. Mcewing, 3B T. Wigginton, 2B M. Scutaro)... Traded from Montreal to New York (N) on 3/31/2003 (Going to NYN: C M. Piazza, LF C. Floyd, 2B J. Mcewing, 2B M. Scutaro, 3B T. Wigginton. Going to MON: C M. Barrett, C B. Schneider, 3B F. Tatis, 1B J. Liefer, 2B J. Kent)... Traded from New York (N) to Texas on 5/16/2003 (Going to TEX: C M. Piazza, CF T. Perez, P S. Strickland, P A. Benitez. Going to NYN: CF C. Everett, P U. Urbina, P F. Cordero)... Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Kansas City on 5/29/2004... Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game... |