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Who saw that coming? Pierzynski, the 35-year-old who failed to hit more than nine home runs in 2010 and 2011, proved to be one of the top fantasy backstops in 2012. He set career-highs in home runs (2...
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A.J. Pierzynski Contract Information:
Signed a one-year, $7.5 million deal with the Rangers in December of 2012.
| Pitcher | Team | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Verlander | DET | 74 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | .257 | .267 | .432 | .699 |
| Jake Westbrook | STL | 66 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .212 | .212 | .242 | .455 |
| Zack Greinke | LA | 52 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .404 | .415 | .635 | 1.050 |
| Nick Blackburn | MIN | 47 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .362 | .380 | .426 | .806 |
| John Lackey | BOS | 42 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .238 | .283 | .286 | .568 |
| Jeremy Bonderman | SEA | 39 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .325 | .487 | .812 |
| Mike Mussina | 38 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .342 | .342 | .474 | .816 | |
| Carl Pavano | 38 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .316 | .333 | .553 | .886 | |
| Cliff Lee | PHI | 37 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .324 | .359 | .486 | .845 |
| Gil Meche | 37 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .297 | .333 | .324 | .658 | |
| Bruce Chen | KC | 36 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .417 | .462 | .583 | 1.045 |
| Jeremy Guthrie | KC | 36 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .361 | .378 | .528 | .906 |
| Brian Bannister | 34 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .382 | .417 | .706 | 1.123 | |
| Paul Byrd | 34 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .297 | .265 | .562 | |
| Justin Masterson | CLE | 33 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .424 | .429 | .545 | .974 |
| Joel Pineiro | BAL | 33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .294 | .485 | .779 |
| James Shields | KC | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .235 | .273 | .508 |
| Ervin Santana | KC | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .219 | .242 | .438 | .680 |
| Felix Hernandez | SEA | 32 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .188 | .212 | .281 | .493 |
| Max Scherzer | DET | 31 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .323 | .323 | .484 | .806 |
| Jeff Weaver | 31 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .323 | .417 | .452 | .868 | |
| Roberto Hernandez | TB | 31 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .226 | .273 | .290 | .563 |
| Nate Robertson | TEX | 29 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .379 | .400 | .552 | .952 |
| Carlos Silva | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .276 | .313 | .517 | .830 | |
| Jon Garland | COL | 28 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .393 | .433 | .679 | 1.112 |
| Tim Wakefield | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .321 | .387 | .607 | .994 | |
| Josh Beckett | LA | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .296 | .310 | .444 | .755 |
| Bartolo Colon | OAK | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .310 | .444 | .755 |
| CC Sabathia | NY-A | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .407 | .630 |
| Scott Baker | CHI-N | 25 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .320 | .320 | .400 | .720 |
| Ryan Dempster | BOS | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .320 | .370 | .560 | .930 |
| Roy Halladay | PHI | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .280 | .280 | .440 | .720 |
| A.J. Burnett | PIT | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .240 | .269 | .360 | .629 |
| Kevin Millwood | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .259 | .280 | .539 | |
| Edwin Jackson | CHI-N | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .583 | .917 |
| Carlos Zambrano | PHI | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .429 | .458 | .887 |
| Runelvys Hernandez | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .292 | .308 | .458 | .766 | |
| Jered Weaver | ANA | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .346 | .304 | .651 |
| Francisco Liriano | PIT | 22 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .273 | .333 | .364 | .697 |
| Rick Porcello | DET | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .261 | .364 | .625 |
| Luke Hochevar | KC | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .217 | .182 | .399 |
| Luis Mendoza | KC | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .364 | .714 | 1.078 |
| Brad Radke | 20 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .429 | .500 | .929 | |
| Boof Bonser | SF | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .350 | .409 | .400 | .809 |
| Matt Guerrier | LA | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 |
| Johan Santana | NY-N | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 |
| Jeff Suppan | 19 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .474 | .450 | .632 | 1.082 | |
| Scott Elarton | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .368 | .400 | .579 | .979 | |
| Andy Pettitte | NY-A | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .316 | .316 | .368 | .684 |
| Steve Sparks | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .316 | .350 | .368 | .718 | |
| Doug Fister | DET | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .263 | .368 |
| Mark Buehrle | TOR | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .368 | .333 | .702 |
| Colby Lewis | TEX | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .389 | .722 |
| Trevor Cahill | AZ | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .350 | .500 | .850 |
| Cory Lidle | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .556 | |
| Scott Feldman | CHI-N | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .211 | .222 | .433 |
| Jason Johnson | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .529 | .556 | .824 | 1.379 | |
| Greg Maddux | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .529 | .529 | .588 | 1.118 | |
| Joe Kennedy | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .353 | .368 | .824 | 1.192 | |
| Esteban Loaiza | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .294 | .353 | .647 | |
| Kyle Davies | MIN | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .316 | .235 | .551 |
| Dan Haren | WAS | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .313 | .313 | .313 | .625 |
| Livan Hernandez | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .313 | .313 | .375 | .688 | |
| Joakim Soria | TEX | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .313 | .333 | .375 | .708 |
| Miguel Batista | TOR | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .316 | .250 | .566 |
| Daniel Cabrera | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .316 | .250 | .566 | |
| Jason Davis | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .316 | .313 | .628 | |
| Brad Penny | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .111 | .125 | .236 | |
| Adam Bernero | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .467 | .471 | .667 | 1.137 | |
| Brian Duensing | MIN | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .313 | .267 | .579 |
| Vicente Padilla | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .389 | .733 | 1.122 | |
| Jake Peavy | CHI-A | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .313 | .267 | .579 |
| Rafael Betancourt | COL | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .333 | .533 |
| Aaron Cook | COL | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .294 | .200 | .494 |
| Armando Galarraga | CIN | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .600 |
| Rich Harden | MIN | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .250 | .333 | .583 |
| Phil Hughes | NY-A | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 |
| Jarrod Washburn | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .235 | .400 | .635 | |
| Jeff Niemann | TB | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .400 | .429 | .829 |
| Darrell May | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .357 | .357 | .500 | .857 | |
| Brandon Morrow | TOR | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .357 | .333 | .357 | .690 |
| Nate Cornejo | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .412 | .357 | .769 | |
| Ryan Drese | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .375 | .500 | .875 | |
| Matt Garza | CHI-N | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .333 | .714 | 1.048 |
| Ron Mahay | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .643 | .929 | |
| David Riske | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .412 | .429 | .840 | |
| Brian Lawrence | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .267 | .286 | .552 | |
| Glen Perkins | MIN | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .143 | .214 |
| Robinson Tejeda | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .462 | .462 | .769 | 1.231 | |
| Jamie Walker | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .462 | .462 | .769 | 1.231 | |
| Derek Lowe | TEX | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .385 | .385 | .615 | 1.000 |
| Jon Lester | BOS | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .308 | .286 | .385 | .670 |
| Rodrigo Lopez | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .357 | .308 | .665 | |
| Zach Miner | PHI | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .308 | .357 | .538 | .896 |
| Kevin Slowey | MIA | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .357 | .385 | .742 |
| Rafael Perez | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .462 | .692 | |
| Jesse Crain | CHI-A | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .214 | .231 | .445 |
| Joe Nathan | TEX | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 |
| Russ Ortiz | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .385 | .538 | |
| David Wells | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .267 | .154 | .421 | |
| Sergio Mitre | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .154 | .231 | |
| Joel Peralta | TB | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 |
| Mariano Rivera | NY-A | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .133 | .000 | .133 |
