Mike Piazza
MLB debut September 1, 1992 for the Los Angeles Dodgers Last MLB appearance September 30, 2007 for the Oakland Athletics Career statistics Batting average .308 Home runs 427 Runs batted in 1,335 Teams Los Angeles Dodgers (1992–1998) Florida Marlins (1998) New York Mets (1998–2005) San Diego Padres (2006) Oakland Athletics (2007) Career highlights and awards 12× All-Star (1993–2002, 2004, 2005) 10× Silver Slugger Award (1993–2002) NL Rookie of the Year (1993) MLB All-Star Game MVP (1996) New York Mets Hall of Fame Michael Joseph Piazza /piːˈɑːtsə/ (born September 4, 1968) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher, most notably for the New York Mets. He also played for the Florida Marlins, San Diego Padres, Oakland Athletics, and Los Angeles Dodgers, with whom he was named the National League Rookie of the Year . A 12-time All-Star, Piazza has been described as the best offensive catcher of all time, and holds the career record for home runs hit by a catcher, with a total of 427. Piazza has a career slash line of .308/.377/.545, for a wRC+ of 140; and started 1606 games at catcher. He had at least one RBI in 15 consecutive games for the New York Mets in 2000, the second-longest RBI streak ever (Ray Grimes of the Chicago Cubs had 17 consecutive games.)