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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1976-12-30 · Played 1998–2016 · Career WAR 23.6 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=pierza.01, LAHMAN=pierzaj01, MLBAM=150229, RETROSHEET=piera001

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1998	MIN	AL	7	10	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.300	.385	.300	.685	-0.1
1999	MIN	AL	9	22	3	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	.273	.333	.364	.697	0.2
2000	MIN	AL	33	88	12	27	5	1	2	11	1	0	5	14	.307	.354	.455	.809	0.6
2001	MIN	AL	114	381	51	110	33	2	7	55	1	7	16	57	.289	.322	.441	.763	1.8
2002	MIN	AL	130	440	54	132	31	6	6	49	1	2	13	61	.300	.334	.439	.773	2.4
2003	MIN	AL	137	487	63	152	35	3	11	74	3	1	24	55	.312	.360	.464	.824	4.5
2004	SFN	NL	131	471	45	128	28	2	11	77	0	1	19	27	.272	.319	.410	.729	0.2
2005	CHA	AL	128	460	61	118	21	0	18	56	0	2	23	68	.257	.308	.420	.728	2.3
2006	CHA	AL	140	509	65	150	24	0	16	64	1	0	22	72	.295	.333	.436	.769	2.1
2007	CHA	AL	136	472	54	124	24	0	14	50	1	1	25	66	.263	.309	.403	.712	1.3
2008	CHA	AL	134	534	66	150	31	1	13	60	1	0	19	71	.281	.312	.416	.728	0.9
2009	CHA	AL	138	504	57	151	22	1	13	49	1	1	24	52	.300	.331	.425	.756	1.5
2010	CHA	AL	128	474	43	128	29	0	9	56	3	4	15	39	.270	.300	.388	.688	1.0
2011	CHA	AL	129	464	38	133	29	1	8	48	0	0	23	33	.287	.323	.405	.728	0.6
2012	CHA	AL	135	479	68	133	18	4	27	77	0	0	28	78	.278	.326	.501	.827	3.3
2013	TEX	AL	134	503	48	137	24	1	17	70	1	1	11	76	.272	.297	.425	.722	1.8
2014	BOS	AL	72	256	19	65	10	1	4	31	0	0	9	40	.254	.286	.348	.634	-0.7
2014	SLN	NL	30	82	6	20	2	0	1	6	0	1	5	14	.244	.295	.305	.600
2015	ATL	NL	113	407	38	122	24	1	9	49	0	2	19	37	.300	.339	.430	.769	1.3
2016	ATL	NL	81	247	15	54	15	0	2	23	1	0	6	29	.219	.243	.304	.547	-1.4
Total			2059	7290	807	2043	407	24	188	909	15	23	308	895	.280	.309	.420	.729	23.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1998	MIN	AL	C	6	4	37.0	33	2	0	1
1999	MIN	AL	C	9	6	58.0	35	2	0	1
2000	MIN	AL	C	32	27	236.2	160	10	0	3
2001	MIN	AL	C	110	102	901.2	611	44	10	7
2002	MIN	AL	C	124	118	1035.2	757	41	3	3
2003	MIN	AL	C	135	131	1165.2	843	45	6	6
2004	SFN	NL	C	118	117	1022.0	697	56	1	6
2005	CHA	AL	C	128	124	1117.2	803	48	1	8
2006	CHA	AL	C	132	126	1125.0	795	62	3	4
2007	CHA	AL	C	130	116	1058.0	796	46	2	6
2008	CHA	AL	C	131	127	1134.1	913	54	9	8
2009	CHA	AL	C	131	124	1104.0	879	50	5	8
2010	CHA	AL	C	127	123	1092.2	865	61	5	5
2011	CHA	AL	C	120	112	1008.0	817	65	4	4
2012	CHA	AL	C	126	121	1071.1	899	71	6	8
2013	TEX	AL	C	119	111	1005.0	892	65	2	8
2014	BOS	AL	C	64	60	540.0	464	28	3	2
2014	SLN	NL	C	23	20	181.0	155	6	2	1
2015	ATL	NL	C	107	104	909.2	729	44	2	7
2016	ATL	NL	C	64	59	532.0	457	23	4	5
Total				1936	1832	16335.1	12600	823	68	101

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
2008	Player of the Week	AL
2012	Silver Slugger	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
2022	BBWAA	2	296	No

Ejections (11)

Date	As	Reason
2004-07-17	Player	Checked swing
2005-07-10	Player	Called third strike
2006-05-20	Player	Fight at HP
2007-06-07	Player	Balls and strikes
2008-05-24	Player	Balls and strikes
2011-04-20	Player	Balls and strikes
2012-08-25	Player	Balls and strikes
2013-08-12	Player	Balls and strikes
2014-06-04	Player	Balls and strikes
2016-05-06	Player	Called third strike
2016-07-21	Player	Obstruction call (Kicked ball)

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