Mike Piazza is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) catcher who is regarded as one of the best offensive catchers in baseball history. He had at least one RBI in 15 straight games for the Mets in 2000, the second-longest RBI streak ever.
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Mike Piazza had 427 career home runs, 396 of which he hit while playing catcher, a Major League Baseball record for career home runs by a catcher.
Only eight other players have ever hit 400 home runs with a lifetime average of over.300 while never striking out more than 100 times in a season (Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Lou Gehrig, Mel Ott, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Vladimir Guerrero and Chipper Jones).
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Along with Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez, he is one of only three players in history to have received ten Silver Slugger Awards.
Mike Piazza is A 12-time All-Star and 10-time Silver Slugger Award winner at catcher. Piazza appeared in 1,912 games, accumulating 2,127 hits in 6,911 at-bats for a.308 career batting average, 1,335 RBI, an on-base plus slugging percentage of.922 and an on-base percentage of.377.
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