NAME : Mike Piazza
NICKNAME :
ORIGIN : USA
BIRTHDAY : 9/4/1968
AGE : 34
HEIGHT : 6"3
WEIGHT : 215
POSITION : Catcher
BATS : Right
THROWS : Right
CONTRACT : $10,120,000 through 2004
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 : 7 (VS. RHP : 7, VS. LHP : 7, Talent Good)
Hitting Doubles : 6 (VS. RHP : 6, VS. LHP : 6, Talent Average)
Hitting Homeruns : 13 (VS. RHP : 13, VS. LHP : 14, Talent Brilliant)
Getting BB's : 6 (VS. RHP : 5, VS. LHP : 6, Talent Average)
Avoiding Strikeouts : 5 (VS. RHP : 5, VS. LHP : 6, Talent Average)
BATTING STATS :
Category AVG HR RBI AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG
Overall .294 24 84 415 122 23 0 68 4 0 62 61 .381 .523
vs RHP .282 16 50 305 86 16 0 46 3 0 46 42 .376 .492
vs LHP .327 8 34 110 36 7 0 22 1 0 16 19 .397 .609
At Home .294 9 42 194 57 11 0 32 3 0 36 23 .398 .490
Away .294 15 42 221 65 12 0 36 1 0 26 38 .365 .552
R.I.S.P. .333 8 58 105 35 5 0 0 0 0 26 11 .442 .610
Pinch Hitting .000 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .000
Close/Late .300 5 11 50 15 3 0 6 0 0 5 8 .364 .660
This Week .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Last Week .385 2 3 26 10 1 0 5 0 0 1 1 .407 .654
Apr/Mar .362 4 23 94 34 11 0 15 2 0 17 14 .443 .606
May .277 8 26 101 28 4 0 18 0 0 13 20 .362 .554
June .284 5 13 95 27 4 0 10 0 0 9 13 .343 .484
July .253 5 18 87 22 3 0 18 0 0 18 11 .377 .460
August .289 2 4 38 11 1 0 7 2 0 5 3 .372 .474
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 .274 .319 LAN
1993 .318 35 112 149 547 174 24 2 81 3 4 46 86 .371 .561 LAN
1994 .319 24 92 107 405 129 18 0 64 1 3 33 65 .370 .541 LAN
1995 .346 32 93 112 434 150 17 0 82 1 0 39 80 .400 .606 LAN
1996 .336 36 105 148 547 184 16 0 87 0 3 81 93 .422 .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 .391 .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 .333 28 108 120 441 147 20 0 89 0 0 78 59 .434 .569 NYN
Total AB : 5494
Total AVG : .323
Total Hits: 1776
Total HR : 366
Total RBI : 1167
Total Runs: 939
Total SB : 21
PLAYER HISTORY
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2002, hitting .448 with 7 HR, 31 RBI... Drove in 7 runs against Houston on 5/1/2003... Was selected to the 2003 Allstar game... |