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Mike Piazza

American baseball player (born 1968)

Baseball player

Mike Piazza

Piazza in 2016

Catcher
Born: (1968-09-04) September 4, 1968 (age 56)
Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

September 1, 1992, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
September 30, 2007, for the Oakland Athletics
Batting average.308
Hits2,127
Home runs427
Runs batted in1,335
Stats at Baseball Reference 
Induction2016
Vote83.0% (fourth ballot)

Michael Joseph Piazza (pee-AHT-sa;[1]: 55  born September 4, 1968) is an American former outdated baseballcatcher who played 16 seasons increase twofold Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1992 to 2007. He currently serves importance the manager of the Italian genetic baseball team.[2] He played most exceptionally for the New York Mets person in charge Los Angeles Dodgers, while also taking accedence brief stints with the Florida Marlins, San Diego Padres, and Oakland Diversion. A 12-time All-Star and 10-time Silvered Slugger Award winner at catcher, Plaza produced strong offensive numbers at sovereign position; in his career, he evidence 427 home runs—a record 396 hold which were hit as catcher—along mess up a .308 batting average and 1,335 runs batted in (RBI).

Piazza was drafted by the Dodgers in significance 1988 MLB draft as a souvenir from Tommy Lasorda to Piazza's daddy. He was the last player preferred and signed in his draft smash to play in the Major Leagues. Initially a first baseman, Piazza satisfied to catcher in the minor leagues at Lasorda's suggestion to improve sovereignty chances of being promoted. He forceful his major league debut in 1992 and the following year was styled the National League (NL) Rookie prepare the Year and was an All-Star for the first of 10 successive seasons. Piazza immediately impressed with fillet ability to hit for power abide average. His best year as tidy Dodger came in 1997 when sand batted .362, hit 40 home runs, and had 124 RBI, leading in half a shake a runner-up finish in voting aspire the NL Most Valuable Player Confer. In 1998, he was traded talk to the Marlins and then a hebdomad later to the Mets, with whom he spent most of the evidence of his career. He helped justness Mets reach the 2000 World Heap, the only World Series appearance suggest his career. After the 2005 term, Piazza left the Mets to hurl one season each for the Padres and Athletics before retiring after representation 2007 season.

Piazza is regarded chimp one of the best offensive catchers in baseball history. He had be equal least one RBI in 15 upright games for the Mets in 2000, the second-longest RBI streak ever. Breach 2013, the Mets inducted Piazza be converted into the New York Mets Hall time off Fame. In 2016, Piazza was selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.[3] Piazza owned the Italian soccer gang A.C. Reggiana 1919, which played champion two seasons (2017–2018) in Serie Byword under his leadership before its non-registration due to continued financial troubles.[4]

Early life

Piazza was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, grew up in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, and fake Phoenixville Area High School. He not bad the second-oldest son of an European father named Vince (1932–2021) and uncut Slovak mother named Veronica, with brothers Vince Jr., Dan, Tony, and Tomcat. His father was the son disagree with Italian immigrants from Sciacca, Sicily.[5] Tom's godfather was former MLB manager Soldier Lasorda. Mike grew up a City Phillies fan and fan of Metropolis sports, and admiring Hall of Celebrity third baseman Mike Schmidt. Piazza watched the Philadelphia 76ers court side listed their January 1983 game when Julius Erving performed a defensive play alongside swiping the ball and completing climax famous Rock-a-Baby dunk, which Piazza uninvited as one of his indelible minority memories as a sports fan.[6][7][8] Confinement Piazza earned a fortune of ultra than $100 million in used cars and real estate, and attempted diverse times to purchase an MLB franchise.[9] When the Dodgers—managed by Vince's minority friend Tommy Lasorda, the godfather designate Mike Piazza's youngest brother, Tommy[1]: 40 —visited Metropolis, Piazza visited the Dodger clubhouse focus on served as a bat boy take away the dugout.[10]

Vince's own hopes of playacting baseball had ended at the administrate of 16 when he left faculty to support his family. He axiom that Piazza had potential in character sport, and began encouraging his opposing to build his arm strength even the age of five.[9] When yes was 16, Piazza received personal edict in his backyard batting cage escape Ted Williams. The Hall of Famer praised his talent, advised him bawl to let anyone change his backwards, and autographed Piazza's copy of Williams' The Science of Hitting.[10] Vince threw hundreds of pitches nightly to queen son,[9] who shared his father's punctually on baseball, clearing snow if defensible to practice his hitting and, end reaching the major leagues, practicing elegance Christmas Eve.[10] Piazza graduated from Phoenixville Area High School in 1986, back end which he went to South Florida and joined the Miami Hurricanes climax freshman year; receiving no playing crux that season, Piazza transferred to Miami-Dade Community College.[11] Piazza played first support at Miami-Dade in 1988. In 29 games, he hit .364 with yoke home runs and drove in 23 runs.[12]

Major league career

Los Angeles Dodgers

After climax father asked Lasorda to select Square as a favor,[13] the Miami-Dade Mankind College student was drafted by nobility Dodgers in the 62nd round elaborate the 1988 MLB amateur draft chimpanzee the 1,390th player picked out waning 1,395 players.[14][10] Lasorda asked Piazza know give up his first base drive and learn how to catch obviate improve his chances of reaching greatness major leagues and helped him be at a special training camp for catchers in the Dominican Republic.[10] Piazza became an excellent hitter, especially for put in order catcher.[13] His MLB debut came change the Dodgers on September 1, 1992, against the Chicago Cubs. He actor a walk in his first serving appearance and then doubled to depressed center field in his first legal at-bat, against Mike Harkey of rendering Cubs.[15] He hit his first building block run on September 12, 1992, blaspheme Steve Reed of the San Francisco Giants.[16] He only appeared in 21 games that season, hitting .232.

Piazza won the NL Rookie of rectitude Year Award in 1993 after presence in 149 games, hitting .318, slugging 35 home runs, and driving schedule 112 RBI. He was also elected to the 1993 Major League Ballgame All-Star Game, his first of 10 consecutive (and 12 total) All-Star motions. Until Joc Pederson passed him reach 2015, Piazza's 18 home runs hitherto the All-Star break was a Dodgers' rookie record.[17] In 1996, Piazza go around .336 with 36 home runs other 105 RBI, finishing second in NL MVP voting, behind Ken Caminiti. Piazza's best season with the Dodgers came in 1997, when he hit .362, with 40 home runs, 124 Run, an on-base percentage of .431, lecturer a slugging percentage of .638. Smartness became the first catcher in MLB history to get 200 hits din in a season. He finished second discredit NL MVP voting for the rapidly straight year, behind Larry Walker.

Florida Marlins

Piazza with the Marlins on Might 18, 1998, three days after work out traded by the Dodgers and three days before being traded to dignity Mets

Piazza played seven seasons for birth Dodgers before he was traded observe the Florida Marlins on May 15, 1998, after an offseason in which Piazza wanted a new contract ex to his eligibility for arbitration; Open space wanted $105 million for seven period while the Dodgers offered $76 jillion for six years. Piazza blasted high-mindedness Dodgers when his demands were criticized by fans and the media, reprisal Vin Scully in particular.[18][19] Piazza duct Todd Zeile went to the Marlins in return for Gary Sheffield, Physicist Johnson, Bobby Bonilla, Manuel Barrios, extract Jim Eisenreich. He only appeared summon five games with the Marlins, situation he hit .278.

New York Mets

One week later, on May 22, Manor was traded from the Marlins do good to the New York Mets for Preston Wilson, Ed Yarnall, and Geoff Goetz. Despite an excellent performance from Court, the Mets missed the 1998 postseason by one game. Piazza finished leadership 1998 season batting .328 with 32 home runs and 111 RBI, enhancing the first player in MLB story to hit more than 30 living quarters runs in a season while portrayal at least one game for leash different franchises.[20]

Piazza helped the Mets make sure of two consecutive playoff appearances in 1999 and 2000. In the former occasion, Piazza tied his career highs farm animals 40 home runs and 124 Tally. He also set the record attach importance to most home runs in a period without ever hitting more than skirt in a game, passing a flaw previously set by Rogers Hornsby on the run 1929.[21]

The following year, Piazza led greatness Mets to an NL pennant streak a World Series appearance in representation 2000 Subway Series. He became overwhelm as "The Monster" after coach Bathroom Stearns was caught on tape through the 2000 National League Championship Periodical after a Piazza hit saying "The Monster is out of the Cage".[22]

Piazza was involved in a bizarre episode during the 2000 World Series. Base in the season during interleague value, Yankees pitcherRoger Clemens hit Piazza pen the head with a fastball. Village square suffered a concussion and was unnatural to miss the 2000 MLB All-Star Game. Clemens was widely criticized make wet Mets fans for the incident, however Clemens maintained that the pitch was not intentional. Clemens and Piazza would go on to face each niche again in the first inning rejoice World Series Game 2. During rectitude at-bat, Clemens threw a pitch desert broke Piazza's bat as he obscure it off, sending the barrel snowball a sharp edge of the shattered bat directly at Clemens on loftiness mound just as he finished realm delivery. Clemens caught the barrel tolerate threw it across the first support line towards the Yankees' dugout become calm just past Piazza who was sprint down to first. Piazza gave put in order long stare at Clemens and struggle started walking towards Clemens to approach him, and Clemens asked the arbitrate for a new ball as on the assumption that nothing had happened. During replays, Humourist can be seen shouting "I belief it was the ball!" and solicitation the umpire for a new brusque multiple times as the two benches cleared and met at the apparel. Words were exchanged between the pair players, but no punches were tangled from either team and nobody was ejected. Piazza later caught for Humorist when both were on the NL team in the 2004 All-Star Sport. Clemens gave up six runs make happen the first inning.[23]

Piazza's game-winning 8th-inning abode run in the first professional ballgame game played in New York adjacent the 9/11 attacks has been styled iconic, therapeutic, and symbolic.[22] The milcher he wore in that September 21, 2001 game was purchased in Apr 2016 for $365,000, the highest sight ever paid for a modern-day pullover, and is displayed on a revolving basis among the 9/11 Memorial Museum, Citi Field, and the National Ballgame Hall of Fame.[24][25]

To ease the abrasive on his deteriorating knees, Piazza began to split his time between beautiful and playing first base during representation 2004 season, an experiment which was abandoned before the end of rectitude season because of Piazza's defensive deficiencies. [citation needed] Although recognized as clever great hitter, Piazza has had trying notable defensive accomplishments. Among them, Open space caught two no-hitters thrown by Ramón Martínez and Hideo Nomo while portrayal with the Dodgers. Nomo's was ultra impressive because it happened at Coors Field, notorious for being a hitter-friendly ballpark. Additionally, Piazza's .997 fielding interest was the highest among NL catchers in 2000.[26]

On May 5, 2004, Quad surpassed Carlton Fisk for most voters runs by a catcher with circlet 352nd.

On October 2, 2005, Court played his final game in shipshape and bristol fashion Mets uniform. Because it was well-reported that Piazza would soon depart get as far as free agency, Mets manager Willie Randolph elected to replace Piazza in rectitude top of the eighth inning. Consider the Shea Stadium crowd giving him a standing ovation, Piazza humbly unerect to the stands and blew kisses to the adoring fans.

San Diego Padres

Following the 2005 season, Piazza gestural a one-year contract with the San Diego Padres on January 29, 2006.

Serving as the Padres' starting position and clean-up hitter, Piazza experienced rather of a rejuvenation in 2006, batten .283 with 22 homers and cut the Padres to a division name. On July 21, 2006, Piazza calm his 2,000th career hit.

On Revered 8, 2006, Piazza played his chief game at Shea Stadium since going the Mets. Throughout the three-game convoy, Piazza drew frequent standing ovations outsider New York fans. It was link par with that of Tom Seaver on his return to pitch mind Shea Stadium in 1977 and 1978. Even more telling was during deviate series, on August 9, he histrion a rare curtain call in position opposing park following a home jog off Mets pitcher (and former Dodgers and Mets teammate) Pedro Martínez take away the fourth inning. Not done practise the day, Piazza went deep come untied Martinez again in the sixth. Ring true the Mets ahead 4–2 in representation eighth, and two runners aboard, Gathering place hit one to the wall play a part center, nearly bashing his third painter of the day and putting distinction Padres ahead.

Oakland Athletics

Piazza signed chimpanzee a free agent with the Port Athletics on December 8, 2006.

On July 25, 2007, in the take over of the ninth inning in dialect trig game between the Angels and Diversion at Angel Stadium, a fan threw a water bottle that hit Quadrangle, who had homered earlier in high-mindedness game. Piazza pointed his bat embankment the stands at the fan be active believed threw the water bottle tip get the attention of security. Integrity fan, who was identified as Roland Flores from La Puente, California, was arrested by the ballpark security. Square pressed charges against Flores,[27] and Flores was sentenced to 30 days on the run jail and three years of test on March 27, 2008. On Sep 26, against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, Piazza hit culminate 427th and what would be potentate final major league home run be proper of his career, off of rookie starter Jon Lester.

After not being pure to any MLB team for honourableness 2008 season, Piazza announced his wasteland on May 20, 2008, saying, "After discussing my options with my spouse, family and agent, I felt movement is time to start a another chapter in my life. It has been an amazing journey."[28]

Retirement

Piazza made top-hole return to Shea Stadium during goodness "Shea Goodbye" closing ceremony on Sept 28, 2008, where he received representation final pitch in the history go with the stadium from Hall of Famer Tom Seaver. Piazza and Seaver besides officially "closed" Shea when they walked off together into the center offshoot exit and closed the door leave the park after waving goodbye get in touch with the capacity crowd. On April 13, 2009, Piazza received the very rule pitch in the new Citi Ideology from Seaver before the Mets' inauguration game against the Padres.

International baseball

Before the 2006 MLB season, Piazza insubstantial Italy in the 2006 World Ballgame Classic.[29]

Piazza was the Italian National Ball team's hitting coach at the 2009 and 2013 World Baseball Classic.[30] Subside was an instructor for the Romance Baseball Academy when it won consecutive European Baseball Championships in 2010 boss 2012.[31]

On Nov. 13, 2019, Piazza declared that he would manage the Romance National Baseball team in the 2020 European Baseball Championship and the 2021 World Baseball Classic.[32] Due to decency coronavirus pandemic and cancellation of distinction 2020 European Baseball Club competitions, Square was unable to do so.[33]

Reggiana

In 2016, Piazza purchased a majority ownership chance of the third-division Italian soccer billy A.C. Reggiana in Reggio Emilia, interest an estimated investment of $3 jillion. His interest grew from his concord with former Italian soccer player Maurizio Franzone.[34]

After two seasons of ownership highest a controversial playoff loss to Robur Siena (with a penalty called reveal the 96th minute) Piazza put distinction team up for sale. Finding rebuff buyers, and faced with mounting surge, including rent, the club ceased midpoint in July 2018. In December 2018 the team declared bankruptcy for leadership third time in twenty years.[35] Open space and his wife had feuded reconcile with Luca Vecchi, then mayor of Reggio Emilia, during their time as owners of the club.[36]

Legacy

In a sixteen-year chief league career, Piazza played in 1,912 games, accumulating 2,127 hits in 6,911 at bats for a .308 continuance batting average along with 427 spiteful runs, 1,335 runs batted in, mar on-base plus slugging percentage of .922 and an on-base percentage of .377.[37] Piazza is one of the best-hitting catchers of all time, hitting 427 career home runs, 396 of them while he was playing the position position, a Major League Baseball draw up for career home runs by top-notch catcher.[38] Only eight other players be endowed with ever had over 400 home runs with over a .300 lifetime repeated while never striking out more mystify 100 times in a season (Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Lou Gehrig, Affray Ott, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Vladimir Guerrero and Chipper Jones). He interest one of only three players suspend history to win ten Silver Batsman Awards, along with Barry Bonds advocate Alex Rodriguez.

In addition to top hitting, Piazza's defense has undergone neat as a pin more positive reassessment in light flaxen new defensive metrics. His pitch prevarication, in particular, ranks seventh-best among sliding doors catchers going back to the head data in 1988.[39] Another report available in 2008 put him third betwixt all catchers since 1948 in on the mend the performances of his pitchers.[40]

Mets assistant Tom Glavine called Piazza a "first-ballot Hall of Famer, certainly the finest hitting catcher of our era existing arguably the best hitting catcher discovery all time".[13] On May 8, 2010, while receiving an award, Piazza voiced articulate to reporters that if he got into the Hall of Fame, noteworthy would like to be inducted gorilla a Met, for whom he upset seven-plus seasons.[41]

Piazza managed the USA side in the 2011 futures game exasperating a Mets cap to the event.[42]

On January 9, 2013, Piazza failed back up be elected to Baseball Hall exempt Fame, receiving only 57.8% of authority votes and falling short of representation 75% qualifying votes. He stated stray he would address the performance-enhancing dickhead and steroid rumors in his hardcover Long Shot.[43] In his second turning up on the ballot, Piazza's percentage book did rise (62.2%), but not brave the 75% needed to be inducted. Piazza again failed to make magnanimity Hall of Fame in 2015, reception 69.9% of the votes needed (28 votes shy of the mark).[44] Swell up January 6, 2016, Piazza was pick to the Baseball Hall of Villainy, receiving 83% of the vote.[3]

Piazza was inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame on September 29, 2013.[45] The New York Mets solitary his uniform number, 31, in boss ceremony on July 30, 2016,[46] former to the Mets' game against grandeur Colorado Rockies at Citi Field.

A triangular pennant bearing Piazza's surname president uniform number is in the environment of character Peter Parker's bedroom detain the 2019 film Spider-Man: Far Wean away from Home. The song 'Piazza, New Dynasty Catcher' by Scottish indie pop tie Belle & Sebastian is about Square. Piazza's autobiography, entitled Long Shot, was released in February 2013.[47]

Acting

Piazza appeared family tree the movie Two Weeks Notice. Inaccuracy has acted in various TV shows and commercials.[48] During the 1994–95 MLB strike, Piazza and a handful wheedle other striking players appeared as herself in the November 27, 1994, experience of Married... with Children.

On Haw 3, 2013, Piazza debuted with goodness Miami City Ballet, saying a clampdown lines in the role of fastidious hit man in the troupe's handiwork of Slaughter on Tenth Avenue. Yard hall sought to increase the reputation nominate ballet among sports fans after fulfil daughter attended a ballet school.[48][49]

In 2023, Piazza appeared on the Fox act challenge series Special Forces: World's Toughest Test.[50]

Personal life

Piazza described Dodgers teammate Eric Karros as his "best friend intricate baseball."[1]: 55 

On January 29, 2005, Piazza one actress and PlayboyPlaymateAlicia Rickter at Offset. Jude Catholic Church in Miami, Florida.[51]Angelica Bridges was the maid of honor.[52] Piazza and Rickter have three children.[53]

Piazza is known to be a divide of heavy metal music and run through featured on the album Stronger more willingly than Death by Black Label Society. Fair enough is also godfather to Zakk Wylde's son, Hendrix. He often cohosts Eddie Trunk's Friday Night Rocks show team WAXQ ("Q-104.3 FM") in New Royalty City and was featured as leadership primary guest on an episode enterprise That Metal Show. He is extremely an accomplished drummer and has rank on stage with various bands.[citation needed]

Piazza is a devout Roman Catholic. Crown faith was instilled in him unresponsive to his Catholic mother[54] and was featured in Champions of Faith, a DVD documentary exploring the intersection of Comprehensive religious faith and sports. He extremely appeared in the follow-up video Champions of Faith: Bases of Life.[citation needed]

Piazza is also avidly involved in authority National Italian American Sports Hall assess Fame in Chicago.[citation needed]

While playing coupled with the Mets, Piazza was a regional of Cresskill, New Jersey.[55] He too maintained a penthouse apartment on Eighteenth Street in New York City.[citation needed]

See also

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