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 : 13 (VS. RHP : 12, VS. LHP : 15, Talent Brilliant)
Getting BB's : 6 (VS. RHP : 5, VS. LHP : 8, Talent Good)
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 .339 10 25 112 38 9 0 24 0 0 13 16 .409 .688
vs RHP .302 8 20 86 26 5 0 16 0 0 7 11 .358 .640
vs LHP .462 2 5 26 12 4 0 8 0 0 6 5 .563 .846
At Home .426 6 14 47 20 4 0 13 0 0 5 5 .472 .894
Away .277 4 11 65 18 5 0 11 0 0 8 11 .365 .538
R.I.S.P. .241 3 14 29 7 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 .378 .586
Pinch Hitting .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Close/Late .385 2 5 13 5 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 .467 .846
This Week .467 1 4 15 7 1 0 5 0 0 3 4 .556 .733
Last Week .476 2 4 21 10 3 0 6 0 0 5 2 .577 .905
Apr/Mar .339 10 25 112 38 9 0 24 0 0 13 16 .409 .688
May .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
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 .294 46 129 158 599 176 30 0 111 0 0 71 100 .369 .574 NYN,BAL,CHN,NL
2004 .259 40 96 162 629 163 32 0 113 4 0 74 88 .337 .501 CHN
Total AB : 6456
Total AVG : .313
Total Hits: 2018
Total HR : 443
Total RBI : 1323
Total Runs: 1099
Total SB : 21
PLAYER HISTORY Traded from New York (N) to Baltimore on 3/31/2003 (Going to NYN: P E. Bedard, P S. Douglass. Going to BAL: C M. Piazza)... Traded from Baltimore to Chicago (N) on 3/31/2003 (Going to CHN: C M. Piazza, SS D. Cruz. Going to BAL: P C. Zambrano, C D. Miller, P J. Borowski, P R. Mahay, P S. Chiasson)... Hit 3 homeruns against Arizona, driving in 6 runs on 4/24/2003... Was selected to the 2003 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against San Francisco on 7/16/2003... Had 2000th career hit on 4/17/2005, off Jeremy Affeldt (MIL)... |