How Mike Piazza's Base Runs Compares to Similar Players

Mike Piazza totaled 1,349 career Base Runs, well above the league average of 238.4 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Base Runs season came in 1997, posting 141, well above the league average of 28.3 that year. The lowest point came in 1992 at 6, well below the league average of 23.0 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Base Runs total went from 60 in 2005 to 65 in 2006 and 38 in 2007, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Base Runs profile — ranging from 6 to 141 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Mike Piazza Lifetime Base Runs

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Mike Piazza Base Runs Per Season

Mike Piazza's Base Runs for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, C, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Mike Piazza Base Runs per season line chart

Mike Piazza Base Runs by Team

Mike Piazza's career Base Runs totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Mike Piazza career Base Runs by team bar chart

Mike Piazza Cumulative Base Runs — Career Progression

A running total of Mike Piazza's career Base Runs, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Mike Piazza Base Runs year-over-year waterfall chart

Mike Piazza Base Runs Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Mike Piazza's seasonal Base Runs alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Mike Piazza Base Runs distribution box chart versus comparable players

Mike Piazza Base Runs — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Mike Piazza's MLB career with Base Runs alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Mike Piazza Base Runs season-by-season breakdown table