Mike Piazza
LA Dodgers, FL Marlins, NY Mets, SD Padres & OAK Athletics
Hall of Fame Inductee - 2012
BBWAA, Sporting News & Baseball Digest Rookie of the Year 1993
Silver Slugger Awards (10) 1993-2002
11-Time All-Star Selection 1993-2002, 2004
All-Star MVP 1996
Most Career Catcher All-Star Votes Achieved in 2004
Greatest Hitting Catcher Ever (See Articles)
Full Name: Michael Joseph Piazza
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 197 lbs.
Born: Sep 4, 1968 in Norristown, PA
College: Miami-Dade Community College
Major League Debut: Sep 1, 1992
Final Game: Sep 30, 2007
Died:

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CAREER BATTING STATISTICS
  BATTING
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K Avg OBP SLG OPS
1992 LAN 21 69 5 16 3 0 1 7 4 12 0.232 0.284 0.319 0.603
1993 LAN 149 547 81 174 24 2 35 112 46 86 0.318 0.370 0.561 0.932
1994 LAN 107 405 64 129 18 0 24 92 33 65 0.319 0.370 0.541 0.910
1995 LAN 112 434 82 150 17 0 32 93 39 80 0.346 0.400 0.606 1.006
1996 LAN 148 547 87 184 16 0 36 105 81 93 0.336 0.422 0.563 0.985
1997 LAN 152 556 104 201 32 1 40 124 69 77 0.362 0.431 0.638 1.070
1998 LAN 37 149 20 42 5 0 9 30 11 27 0.282 0.329 0.497 0.826
1998 FLO 5 18 1 5 0 1 0 5 0 0 0.278 0.263 0.389 0.652
1998 NYN 109 394 67 137 33 0 23 76 47 53 0.348 0.417 0.607 1.024
1999 NYN 141 534 100 162 25 0 40 124 51 70 0.303 0.361 0.575 0.936
2000 NYN 136 482 90 156 26 0 38 113 58 69 0.324 0.398 0.614 1.012
2001 NYN 141 503 81 151 29 0 36 94 67 87 0.300 0.384 0.573 0.957
2002 NYN 135 478 69 134 23 2 33 98 57 82 0.280 0.359 0.544 0.903
2003 NYN 68 234 37 67 13 0 11 34 35 40 0.286 0.377 0.483 0.860
2004 NYN 129 455 47 121 21 0 20 54 68 78 0.266 0.362 0.444 0.806
2005 NYN 113 398 41 100 23 0 19 62 41 67 0.251 0.326 0.452 0.778
2006 SDN 126 399 39 113 19 1 22 68 34 66 0.283 0.342 0.501 0.843
2007 OAK 83 309 33 85 17 1 8 44 18 61 0.275 0.313 0.414 0.727
  G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K Avg OBP SLG OPS
Totals 1912 6911 1048 2127 344 8 427 1335 759 1113 0.308 0.377 0.545 0.922
    BATTING BASERUNNING    
Year Team HBP GDP TB IBB SH SF SB CS SB% AB/HR AB/K
1992 LAN 1 1 22 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 69.00 5.75
1993 LAN 3 10 307 6 0 6 3 4 0.43 15.63 6.36
1994 LAN 1 11 219 10 0 2 1 3 0.25 16.88 6.23
1995 LAN 1 10 263 10 0 1 1 0 0.00 13.56 5.43
1996 LAN 1 21 308 21 0 2 0 3 0.00 15.19 5.88
1997 LAN 3 19 355 11 0 5 5 1 0.83 13.90 7.22
1998 LAN 0 3 74 4 0 1 0 0 0.00 16.56 5.52
1998 FLO 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
1998 NYN 2 12 239 10 0 3 1 0 0.00 17.13 7.43
1999 NYN 1 27 307 11 0 7 2 2 0.50 13.35 7.63
2000 NYN 3 15 296 10 0 2 4 2 0.67 12.68 6.99
2001 NYN 2 20 288 19 0 1 0 2 0.00 13.97 5.78
2002 NYN 3 26 260 9 0 3 0 3 0.00 14.48 5.83
2003 NYN 1 11 113 3 0 3 0 0 0.00 21.27 5.85
2004 NYN 2 14 202 14 0 3 0 0 0.00 22.75 5.83
2005 NYN 3 7 180 6 0 0 0 0 0.00 20.95 5.94
2006 SDN 3 13 200 2 0 3 0 0 0.00 18.14 6.05
2007 OAK 0 9 128 0 0 2 0 0 0.00 38.63 5.07
  HBP GDP TB IBB SH SF SB CS SB% AB/HR AB/K
Totals   30 229 3768 146 0 45 17 20 0.46 16.19 6.21
CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS
Year Team POS G PO A E DP FPCT INN PB SBc CSc CS% PkO
1992 LAN C 16 94 7 1 1 0.990 139.3 1 10 4 0.29 1
1993 LAN 1B 1 2 0 0 1 1.000  
1993 LAN C 146 899 99 11 10 0.989 1243.3 14 108 59 0.35 1
1994 LAN C 104 640 38 10 7 0.985 860.7 7 76 26 0.25 1
1995 LAN C 112 805 52 9 8 0.990 941.0 12 88 29 0.25 2
1996 LAN C 146 1055 70 9 6 0.992 1255.7 12 155 34 0.18 1
1997 LAN C 139 1045 74 16 10 0.986 1200.0 10 112 43 0.28 0
1997 LAN DH 7  
1998 LAN C 37 277 25 2 1 0.993 309.7 0 38 12 0.24 0
1998 FLO C 4 27 3 1 1 0.968 35.0 0 3 1 0.25 0
1998 NYN C 99 680 57 8 5 0.989 845.3 5 74 28 0.27 0
1998 NYN DH 4  
1999 NYN DH 1  
1999 NYN C 137 953 47 11 5 0.989 1156.7 7 115 37 0.24 0
2000 NYN DH 5 0
2000 NYN C 124 863 37 3 10 0.997 1027.7 3 110 32 0.23 0
2001 NYN C 130 920 57 9 5 0.991 1085.3 7 114 33 0.22 0
2001 NYN DH 5  
2002 NYN C 121 811 46 12 3 0.986 1007.7 8 125 27 0.18 0
2002 NYN DH 6  
2003 NYN 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000  
2003 NYN C 64 346 31 7 7 0.982 532.3 1 59 23 0.28 0
2004 NYN 1B 68 498 35 8 44 0.985 0  
2004 NYN C 50 259 16 5 1 0.982 388.0 5 34 9 0.21 0
2004 NYN DH 8 0  
2005 NYN C 101 618 39 2 5 0.997 809.3 3 82 13 0.14 0
2005 NYN DH 5 0
2006 SDN C 99 554 33 8 3 0.987 718.0 7 97 13 0.12 0
2006 SDN DH 8  
2007 OAK DH 71  
  POS G PO A E DP FPCT INN PB SBc CSc CS% PkO
Totals     1819 11349 766 132 133 0.989 13555.0 102 1400 423 0.23 6
POST SEASON BATTING
  BATTING
Year Team Playoff G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB K Avg
1995 LAN NLDS2 3 14 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.214
1996 LAN NLDS1 3 10 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0.300
1999 NYN NLDS2 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.250
1999 NYN NLCS 6 24 1 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 6 0.167
2000 NYN NLDS2 4 14 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 0.214
2000 NYN NLCS 5 17 7 7 3 0 2 4 0 0 5 0 0.412
2000 NYN WS 5 22 3 6 2 0 2 4 0 1 0 4 0.273
2006 SDN NLDS2 4 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.100
  G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB K Avg
Totals 31 115 14 28 8 0 6 16 0 1 11 20 0.243
POST SEASON FIELDING
Year Team Playoff Pos G PO A E FPCT INN PB SBc CSc CS%
1995 LAN NLDS2 C 3 31 0 0 1.000 26.0 0 9 0 0.00
1996 LAN NLDS1 C 3 25 4 0 1.000 27.0 0 5 4 0.44
1999 NYN NLCS C 6 44 3 3 0.940 55.0 0 12 4 0.25
1999 NYN NLDS2 C 1 13 0 0 1.000 17.0 0 0 0 0.00
2000 NYN WS C 4 34 1 0 1.000 35.0 0 1 1 0.50
2000 NYN WS DH 1  
2000 NYN NLCS C 5 40 1 0 1.000 45.0 0 3 0 0.00
2000 NYN NLDS2 C 4 33 1 0 1.000 38.0 0 2 0 0.00
2006 SDN NLDS2 C 2 14 1 0 1.000 15.2 0 2 1 0.33
  Pos G PO A E FPCT INN PB SBc CSc CS%
Totals   29 234 11 3 0.988 258.2 0 34 10 0.23

Drafted: Selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 62nd round of the 1988 free-agent draft.
Traded from Florida May 22, 1998 to NYM for Preston Wilson.
Granted Free Agency 2006
Acquired by San Diego 2006
Acquired by Oakland 2007


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