Michael Joseph Piazza (born September 4, 1968 in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is
an American Major League Baseball player who is currently a free agent. He
began his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers and played for the Florida
Marlins, New York Mets, San Diego Padres and then joined the Oakland
Athletics. He is a 12-time All-Star. Piazza is often regarded as the
best-slugging catcher of all time, and holds the career record for home runs
hit by a catcher. He had at least one RBI (run batted in) 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 in 1922).
Michael Joseph Piazza (1968年10月4日出生于宾州诺里斯镇)，他是前大联盟选手，目
前是自由球员。他的职业生涯从洛杉矶道奇队展开，并且曾经效力过佛罗里达马林鱼，纽
约大都会队，圣地牙哥教士队，最后加入奥克兰运动家队。他曾经12度入选明星球员。
Piazza被认为是有史以来最具有长打能力的捕手，并且保有捕手生涯最多全垒打的纪录。
2000年效力于大都会队时，他曾经创下大联盟史上第2长，连15场有打点的纪录(1922年芝
加哥小熊队的Ray Grimes曾连续17场有打点)。
Mike grew up in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania with his parents, Vince and
Veronica, and his brothers Vince Jr., Danny, Tony and Tommy. When Piazza was
12, he received personal instruction from the late Hall of Famer Ted Williams
in his backyard batting cage.
Mike Piazza生长于宾州凤凰城，他与父母Vince和Veronica还有兄弟Vince Jr.，Danny
，Tony，Tommy同住。当Piazza 12岁时，在家中后院获得了名人堂球员Ted Williams的个
人指导。
Vince Piazza was a childhood friend of former Dodgers manager, Tommy Lasorda.
When the Dodgers came to Philadelphia, Mike had the opportunity to spend time
in the Dodger clubhouse and dugout.
Piazza的父亲Vince Piazza是前道奇队经理Tommy Lasorda儿时朋友。当道奇队来到费城
比赛时，Piazza总是有机会到道奇队的球员休息室逛逛。
Piazza was the last player the Dodgers drafted in the 1988 draft. He was
their selection in the 62nd round. It is believed that the pick was partly a
favor on the part of Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, who is
godfather to one of Piazza's brothers[citation needed] and, like Piazza, grew
up in Norristown. Piazza swore he'd learn to catch if he was
drafted.[citation needed] Piazza's Major League debut came with the Dodgers
in 1992, when he appeared in 28 games. He then won the National League MLB
Rookie of the Year Award in 1993.
Piazza是1988年最后一位被道奇选进的球员。他在第62轮才被选中。一般认为他被挑选的
部分原因是由于道奇队总经理Tommy Lasorda是Piazza其中一位兄弟的教父。Piazza发誓
如果他被选中，那么他会好好学习蹲补。Piazza的大联盟初登场是1992年在道奇队时，当
年他出赛了28场。隔年1993年随即获得年度新人的奖项。
Piazza's best season was 1997, a year when he finished second in MVP voting.
He hit .362, with 40 home runs and 124 runs batted in, an on base percentage
of .431 and a slugging percentage of .638.
1997年是Piazza表现最佳的球季，当年他在MVP的票选排名第二。他拥有打击率.362，40
支全垒打，124分打点，上垒率.431，长打率.638的成绩。
He played six full seasons for the Dodgers until he was traded to the Florida
Marlins on May 15, 1998. Piazza and Todd Zeile went to the Marlins in return
for Gary Sheffield, Charles Johnson, Bobby Bonilla, Manuel Barrios, and Jim
Eisenreich. The trade, precipitated by a contract dispute, is regarded by
many as one of the worst moves in Dodgers history. One week later, on May 22,
Piazza was traded from the Marlins to the New York Mets for Preston Wilson,
Ed Yarnall, and Geoff Goetz.
在1998年5月15日被交易至佛罗里达马林鱼队前，他为道奇队效力了六个完整的球季。
Piazza与Todd Zeile被送到马林鱼队以换来Gary Sheffield，Charles Johnson，Bobby
Bonilla，Manuel Barrios与Jim Eisenreich。这个交易被认为是道奇史上最糟糕的一次
交易。一个礼拜后，5月22日Piazza又被马林鱼交易至纽约大都会队，马林鱼队得到了
Preston Wilson，Ed Yarnall与Geoff Goetz。
Upon his arrival in New York, Piazza was routinely booed at first for his
early struggles before fans warmed up to him. Despite stellar numbers from
Piazza, the Mets missed the 1998 postseason by one game. Piazza helped the
Mets to two consecutive playoff appearances for the only time in Mets history
in 1999 and 2000. The latter of the two resulted in a National League Pennant
and World Series appearance, where the Mets lost in five games to a Yankee
team winning their fourth World Series in five years. Of note, all five games
were decided by two runs or less, something that had not occurred in a World
Series in almost 70 years. He became known as The Monster after coach John
Stearns was caught on tape during the 2000 NLCS after a Piazza hit saying
"The Monster is out of the Cage!"
当他来到纽约时，在他获得球迷的加油前，由于起初表现不佳而时常被嘘。不管Piazza成
绩的数字多亮眼，大都会仍然以一场之差没能打进1998年季后赛。Piazza帮助大都会队
1999年与2000年首度连续两个球季进入季后赛。2000年还一路打进了国联冠军赛与世界大
赛。激战了五场比赛后，最终洋基赢得了近五年内的第四次世界大赛冠军。五场比赛比分
差距都在2分之内，这种情形将近70年没有在世界大赛发生过了。Piazza被称做野兽，因
为 2000年国联冠军赛，教练John Streams在Piazza打出安打时被录到他说:"野兽出闸了"
。
Piazza was involved in a bizarre incident in Game 2 of the 2000 World Series.
In the first inning, Piazza was facing Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens and
broke his bat fouling off a pitch. The barrel of his bat flew towards
Clemens's feet at the pitcher's mound. Clemens picked up the broken barrel
and heaved it in the direction of Piazza running up the first base line
sparking both benches to clear, but with no ejections. The reason this
incident sparked this reaction was because earlier in the season, during
Interleague play when the Mets played the Yankees, Mike Piazza was drilled in
the head by a Roger Clemens pitch. Mike Piazza suffered a concussion and was
forced to miss the 2000 MLB All-Star Game as a result.
Piazza于2000年世界大赛第二场比赛卷入了一件不寻常的事件。第一局Piazza面对洋基投
手Roger Clemens，他将Clemens的球击成界外球，并且将球棒打断了。断棒沿着投手丘朝
著Clemens的脚滚去。Clemens捡起断棒，往正跑向一垒的Piazza的方向丢去，这个举动使
得两队的球员都冲进了场内，但是并没有造成冲突。引起这个事件的原因是该球季洋基与
大都会进行跨联盟比赛时，Mike Piazza被Clemens的触身球击中头部。触身球造成Piazza
脑震荡，并且迫使他错过了2000年的明星赛。
Piazza would later catch for Roger Clemens in the 2004 All-Star Game. Clemens
gave up 6 runs in the 1st inning, and rumors later spread about Piazza
telling American League batters what pitch Clemens was throwing.
2004年明星赛，Piazza为Roger Clemens的捕手。Clemens在第一局就失了6分，有传闻说
Piazza将Clemens要投的球种告诉美联的打者。
One of the most emotional moments of Piazza's career came when he belted a
dramatic two-run home run in the eighth inning against Steve Karsay on
September 21, 2001 in New York City to lift the Mets to a 3-2 triumph over
the Braves. The game was the first regular season professional sporting event
held in New York City after the September 11, 2001 attacks and has since been
hailed as the defining moment in Piazza's career and one of the single
greatest moments in New York sports history.
2001年9月21日，Piazza在第八局从勇士队投手Steve Karsay手中挥出戏剧性的两分全垒
打，使大都会队以3:2赢得比赛。这是Piazza的职业生涯中最激荡人心的时刻之一。该场
比赛是自2001年9月 11日的恐怖攻击后，首场在纽约市进行的职业比赛，这不只是Piazza
生涯最难忘的时刻，也使纽约运动史上最伟大的一刻。
To ease the stress on his deteriorating knees, Piazza began to split his time
between catching and playing first base during the 2004 season, an experiment
which was abandoned before the end of the season because of Piazza's
defensive deficiencies. Although recognized as a great hitter, Piazza has
also caught two no hitters thrown by Ramon Martinez and Hideo Nomo. Nomo's
was particularly impressive because it happened at Coors Field.
为了减轻膝盖的负担，2004年球季Piazza开始轮流担任捕手与一垒手，由于Piazza的守备
能力不佳，所以这个尝试在球季结束前就停止了。虽然Piazza被认为是一位绝佳的打者，
但是他也曾经蹲补过两场分别由Ramon Martinez与野茂英雄所投出的无安打比赛。其中野
茂英雄所投出的那场无安打比赛特别令人印象深刻，因为比赛是在打者天堂Coors Field
所进行的。
On May 5, 2004, Piazza surpassed Carlton Fisk for most home runs by a catcher
with his 352nd as a catcher.
2004年5月5日，Piazza以捕手的身份击出了第352号全垒打，超越了Carlton Fisk成为史
上最多全垒打的捕手。
On October 2, 2005, Piazza filed for free agency, effectively ending his
career with the Mets. He signed with the San Diego Padres on January 29, 2006
and was their starting catcher and clean-up hitter. Piazza experienced
somewhat of a rejuvenation in 2006, batting .283 with 22 homers and helping
the Padres to a division title. On July 21, 2006, Mike Piazza collected his
2,000th career hit in the major leagues.
2005年10月2日，Piazza成为自由球员，结束了在大都会队的生涯。2006年1月26日他被圣
地牙哥教士队签下，成为了该队的先发捕手与第四棒。2006年球季，Piazza重振雄风，挥
出了22支全垒打与.283打击率，并且帮助教士队获得分区冠军。同年的7月11日，Mike
Piazza达成了大联盟生涯2000支安打的纪录。
On August 8, 2006, Piazza played his first game at Shea Stadium since leaving
the Mets. During the three-game series, Piazza drew frequent, repeated
standing ovations indicative of the high level of regard New York's fans
still hold for him. It was on par with that of Tom Seaver in 1978. Even more
telling was an event on August 9 during that series in which he drew a rare
curtain call in an opposing park following a home run off Mets pitcher Pedro
Martinez.
2006年8月8日，Piazza在离开大都会队后首度重返Shea Stadium。在三场系列赛中，不断
的获得球迷的起立鼓掌，这表示纽约的球迷仍然非常尊敬，喜爱Piazza。1978年Tom
Seaver也曾获得相同的待遇。甚至在8月9日的比赛中，Piazza从对手大都会队投手Pedro
Martinez手中挥出全垒打后，纽约球迷照样给予他鼓掌喝采。
On June 23, 2007, he received a standing ovation when he brought out the
lineup card for the Oakland A's at Shea Stadium. He was unable to play in the
series because he was on the disabled list.
2007年6月23日在大都会队的主场Shea Stadium，虽然Piazza没有在奥克兰运动家队的攻
守名单中，但是仍然获得球迷的起立喝采。由于进入伤兵名单，所以Piazza在该系列赛中
没有上场。
On July 25, 2007, in the top of the ninth inning in a game between the Angels
and the A's at Angel Stadium, a fan threw a water bottle that hit Piazza, who
had homered earlier in the game. Piazza then pointed his bat in the stands at
the fan he believed threw the water bottle to get the attention of security.
The fan, who was identified as Roland Flores from La Puente, California, was
arrested by the ballpark security. Piazza is pressing charges against
Flores.Flores was sentenced to 30 days in prison and three years of probation
on March 27, 2008.
2007年7月25日，运动家队与天使队在Angel Stadium进行比赛，九局上半，一位球迷丢进
场内的水瓶砸中了在该场比赛中挥出全垒打的Piazza。Piazza将球棒指向他认为丢出水瓶
的球迷，并且引起了保全人员的注意。这名来自加州拉朋地(La Puente, California)名
叫Roland Flores的球迷随即被球场的保全人员逮捕。Piazza控告这名球迷。2008年3月27
日该球迷被判处30天的刑期并缓刑3年。
He represented Italy in the 2006 World Baseball Classic.
在2006年的世界棒球经典赛中，他代表意大利出赛。
Only 5 other players have ever had over 400 home runs with over a .300 life
time average while never striking out more than 100 times in a season.
只有五位选手能够挥出超过四百支全垒打，同时生涯打击率超过3成，并且没有在任何一
个球季被三振超过一百次。
On April 18th, 2008, it was rumored that he is in talks with the Cincinnati
Reds to sign him and possibly have him play first base against left-handed
pitchers.
有传闻指出2008年4月18日，他正与辛辛那提红人队讨论与他签约，并且在对方派出左投
手时让他担任一垒手。
During the 2005 season, Piazza was the ninth highest paid MLB player at
$16,071,429. On January 29, 2006, Mike Piazza accepted a one-year deal with
the San Diego Padres worth up to $2 million. On December 6, 2006, Piazza
signed a 1-year, $8.5 million deal with the Oakland Athletics. He replaced
Frank Thomas as the A's designated hitter.
2005年球季，Piazza的16071429美金的薪水排名大联盟第九名。2006年1月29日，他接受
了教士队提出的一年价值200万美金合约。同年的12月6日他又与奥克兰运动家队签下一年
850万美金的合约，并且取代Frank Thomas成为运动家队的指定打击。
On January 29, 2005, he married Playboy Playmate Alicia Rickter at St. Jude's
Catholic Church in Miami, Florida, before 120 guests, including his best
friend Eric Karros, Brande Roderick, Lisa Dergan, Anjelica Bridges, Al Leiter
and Detroit Tigers catcher Ivan Rodriguez and also Billy Ray Cyrus was their
wedding singer.
2005年1月29日在迈阿密的圣犹达天主教堂，Piazza于120位宾客前迎娶了花花公子玩伴女
郎Alicia Rickter，来宾包括了他最好的朋友Eric Karros，Brande Roderick，Lisa
Dergan，Anjelica Bridges，Al Leiter与底特律老虎队捕手Ivan Rodriguez。Billy
Ray Cyrus则是该场婚礼的婚礼歌手。
On February 5, 2007, Piazza's wife gave birth to the couple's first child, a
daughter. Nicoletta Veronica Piazza was born at 4:07 a.m. in New York City.
She weighed 5 lbs., 8 oz. and measured 19 inches long.
2007年2月5日，Piazza的妻子为他们生下了第一个女儿。Nicoletta Veronica Piazza在
凌晨4:07出生于纽约市。她重5 磅, 8 盎司，19英吋高。
Piazza is Catholic and is featured in the Catholic film series Champions of
Faith.
Piazza是一明天主教徒，并曾经在天主教电影Champions of Faith中演出。
He is known to be a fan of heavy metal music and is featured on the cd
Stronger Than Death by Black Label Society. He is also godfather to Zakk
Wylde's son, Hendrix.
众所皆知Piazza是重金属音乐迷，并且曾在Black Label Society所发行的专辑
"Stronger Than Death"中演出。他同时也是主唱Zakk Wylde的儿子Hendrix的教父。
* In 1993, his 35 home runs set the record for most home runs by a rookie
catcher, surpassing Detroit's Matt Nokes with 32 in 1987. Plus, it is the
most home runs by any Dodger rookie.
* 1993年击出35支全垒打，打破Matt Nokes于1987年的32支全垒打纪录，缔造了新人
捕手单季全垒打纪录。此外，这也是道奇队新人单季最多全垒打纪录。
* He was named the All-Star Game's MVP, in 1996, after he went 2-3 with a
double, home run and two RBI at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, near his
home town of Norristown.
* Piazza为1996年于费城Veterans Stadium举行的明星赛的MVP，他在3个打数中击出
了一支二垒安打与一支全垒打，并且打下两分打点。
* His 40 homers in 1997 and 1999 is the third most by a catcher. Todd
Hundley is second, with 41 homers in 1996, and Javy Lopez set the record with
43 in 2003.
* Piazza在1997年与1999年皆击出40支全垒打，排名大联盟史上单季第三多。1996年
Todd Hundly的41支为史上第二多。Javy Lopez在2003年打出的43支则为最多纪录。
* His .362 average in 1997 was the highest ever by a catcher (110 games)
in the National League, tying the Major League record Bill Dickey who also
batted .362 for the New York Yankees in 1936.
* 1997年所创下的.362打击率为国家联盟史上捕手最佳纪录(110场比赛)，并且追平
1936年Bill Dickey在洋基队所创下的.362大联盟纪录。
* He won the Ted Williams Award, presented by CNN/SI and Total Baseball
in 1997.
* Piazza于1997年赢得由CNN/SI与Total Baseball所赞助的Ted Williams奖。
* His 201 hits in 1997 were the most in major league history by a player
used as a catcher in 130 or more games
* 1997年击出了201支安打，缔造了大联盟史上单季担任超过130场捕手的最多安打纪
录。
* On Sept. 21, 1997 Mike Piazza became just the third player and the only
Dodger ever to hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium with a blast over the
left-field pavilion.
* 1997年9月21日，Mike Piazza打出了一支从左外野飞出道奇球场的全垒打，成为大
联盟第三位与道奇队第一位将球轰出道奇球场的选手。
* He hit the longest home run in Astrodome history, an estimated
480-foot, two-run blast off Jose Lima in the first inning of a game on
September 14, 1998.
* 1998年12月14日，Piazza在第一局从Jose Lima手中击出一支两分全垒打，这支全
垒打是太空人主场Astrodome史上最大号的全垒打，推断距离为480英呎。
* Led the majors with four grand slams in 1998. His fourth slam and first
as a Met came against the Diamondbacks' Andy Benes in the second inning of
the August 22 game at Shea Stadium.
* 1998年Piazza打出大联盟该年最多的4支满贯全垒打。他的球季第四支与穿上大都
会队球衣的第一支满贯砲是在8月22日于Shea Stadium，从响尾蛇的Andy Benes手中击出
的。
* Hit his 200th home run on September 16, 1998, at Houston. The home run,
a three-run shot with two outs in the ninth inning against Billy Wagner, gave
the Mets a 3-2 lead in a game they would win, 4-3, in 11 innings.
*1998年9月16日在休士顿，第9局两人出局，Piazza从Billy Wagner手中打出生涯第
200号全垒打，这支全垒打帮助大都会队取得3:2的领先，最后大都会队在11局以4:3赢得
比赛。
* Tied a Mets club record on July 18 when he hit his third grand slam
home run of the season ... The only other Mets with three grand slams in a
year are John Milner in 1976, Robin Ventura in 1999 and Carlos Beltran in
2006.
* 7月18日挥出该球季的第三支满贯砲，追平了大都会队队史纪录。另外三位曾在一
个球季挥出三支满贯全垒打的选手为1976年的John Milner，1999年的Robin Ventura与
2006年的Carlos Beltran。
* His 72 RBI prior to the All-Star Break in 2000 were, at the time, the
most in club history. Dave Kingman had 69 in 1976.
* 2000年球季于明星周前打出了72分打点为队史纪录。1976年Dave Kingman曾打出69
分打点。
* He and Derek Jeter are the only players in major league history to hit
a World Series home run in both Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium.
* 在大联盟历史上，Piazza与Derek Jeter是唯一曾在世界大赛中于Yankee Stadium
与Shea Stadium皆击出全垒打的选手。
* He won a record 10 consecutive Louisville Silver Slugger Awards.The
award is given annually to the best offensive player at each position in each
league.
* Piazza连续十度赢得Louisville银棒奖。这个奖项是每年颁给在各联盟各个守备位
置上进攻能力最佳的选手。
* He joined Cincinnati's Johnny Bench (1968), New York Yankees' Thurman
Munson (1970), Atlanta's Earl Williams (1971), Boston's Carlton Fisk (1972),
San Diego's Benito Santiago (1987) and Cleveland's Sandy Alomar, Jr. (1990)
as the only catchers to be named Rookie of the Year.
* Piazza成为继辛辛那提红人队Johnny Bench(1968)，纽约洋基Thurman
Munson(1970)，亚特兰大勇士队Earl Williams(1971)，波士顿红袜队Carlton
Fisk(1972)，圣地牙哥教士队Benito Santiago(1987)与克利夫兰印第安人队Sandy
Alomar Jr.(1990)之后第7位获得年度最佳新人的捕手。
* He finished second in the NL Most Valuable Player voting behind San
Diego's Ken Caminiti after batting .336 with 36 home runs, 105 RBI, 87 runs
and 16 doubles in 148 games in 1996. (Caminiti later admitted to taking
steroids during his MVP Award-winning season.)
* 1996年在国联最有价值球员的投票中，得票数仅次于圣地牙哥教士队的Ken
Caminiti。该年Piazza的成绩为出赛148场，打击率.336，36支全垒打，105分打点，87分
得分，16支二垒安打(之后 Caminiti坦承获得MVP的球季曾服用类固醇。)
* He led the All-Star voting in 1996, 1997, and 2000.
* 在1996，1997与2000年的明星赛票选中，Piazza都排名第一。
* He hit more than 30 home runs in eight consecutive seasons (1995-2002).
He has nine career 30-homer seasons.
* 连续8个球季击出至少30支全垒打(1995-2002)，生涯有九个球季全垒打数超过20支
* He hit .300 in nine consecutive seasons, dating from 1993 to 2001.
* 从1993年到2001年球季，连续9年打出超过3成的打击率。
* Yogi Berra, Carlton Fisk, Gary Carter, and Johnny Bench were on hand at
Shea Stadium to honor Mike on "Mike Piazza Night" on June 18, 2004. Piazza
was celebrated for breaking the record for career home runs by a catcher.
* 2004年6月18日在Shea Stadium，Yogi Berra，Carlton Fisk，Gary Carter与
Johnny Bench一同出席了庆祝Piazza打破捕手生涯全垒打纪录的"Mike Piazza之夜"。
* He hit his 400th career home run on April 26, 2006, off the Arizona
Diamondbacks' Jose Valverde.
* 2006年4月26日从亚利桑那响尾蛇Jose Valverde打出生涯第400支全垒打。
* He hit a double off of the San Francisco Giants' Matt Cain for his
2,000th career hit on July 21, 2006.
* 2006年7月21日从巨人队投手Matt Cain手中挥出生涯第2000支安打。
* Hit three home runs against the Colorado Rockies on June 29, 1996.
* 1996年6月29日面对科罗拉多落矶队的比赛中单场击出三发全垒打。
在google上搜寻Piazza的图片时，无意间看到了一张Jason Giambi的痴汉表情照
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