IAL Hall of Fame: Mike Piazza

Mike Piazza

Catcher inducted in 2010

Mike Piazza was the greatest offensive catcher in league history, hitting 416 homers, driving in 1,257.  With the Posse, Mike posted these numbers, in 1995 – .327 33 HRs 119 RBIs, in 1996 – .350 35 HRs 97 RBIs, in 1997 – .329 42 HRs 124 RBIs, & in 1998 – .358 35 HRs 130 RBIs.  Then with the Bombers he did this, in 2000 – 38 HRs 111 RBIs, in 2001 – 38 HRs 106 RBIs, & in 2002 – 41 HRs 112 RBIs.  Piazza played 15 seasons, one game shy of 1,900 games, almost all, taking a beating, behind the plate.

YEAR	CLUB	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	HB	AVG	SLG	OBP
1994	POSSE	126	481	68	127	21	2	33	83	57	101	0		.264	.522	.342
1995	POSSE	142	560	66	183	29	0	33	119	38	83	0		.327	.555	.370
1996	POSSE	126	466	81	163	24	0	35	97	71	86	0		.350	.627	.436
1997	POSSE	140	541	90	178	12	0	42	124	42	82	0		.329	.584	.377
1998	POSSE	152	533	97	191	44	1	35	130	89	79	4		.358	.642	.450
1999	UPDKRS	150	560	82	160	35	0	19	72	52	98	0		.286	.450	.346
2000	BMBRS	141	533	85	148	26	3	38	111	54	80	0		.278	.552	.344
2001	BMBRS	136	482	79	136	12	0	38	106	42	84	6		.282	.544	.340
2002	BMBRS	141	495	79	128	18	1	41	112	47	77	0		.259	.547	.323
2003	BMBRS	135	478	72	111	15	0	31	79	50	90	0		.232	.458	.305
2004	BMBRS	68	232	23	55	12	0	7	24	27	47	0		.237	.379	.317
2005	BMBRS	127	414	55	95	17	0	20	64	47	79	0	0	.229	.415	.308
2006	BMBRS	113	380	34	83	20	0	19	58	44	68	0	1	.218	.421	.301
2007	BMBRS	119	397	49	108	16	4	23	69	33	62	0	3	.272	.506	.333
2008	BMBRS	83	86	3	25	6	0	2	9	4	13	0	0	.291	.430	.322
15	Totals	1899	6638	963	1891	307	11	416	1257	697	1129	10	4	.285	.522	.353