Juan Pierre

Sport: Baseball

Induction Year: 2017

 Induction Year: 2017

JUAN PIERRE  — A two-sport standout in basketball and baseball at Alexandria Senior High, Pierre was a leadoff hitting outfielder who played 14 seasons in the majors with the Rockies, Marlins, Dodgers, Cubs, White Sox and Phillies. Compiled a career .295 batting average with three 200-hit seasons and led the National League in hits in 2004 (221) and ’06 (204). Pierre had 2,217 career hits (225 doubles, 94 triples, 18 homers) — and 517 RBI. Pierre also had 614 stolen bases, good for 18th on MLB’s all-time list, and led the league three times. He is one of only four players in MLB history to have at least 100 career steals with three different teams (Marlins, Rockies, Dodgers) and was the active leader in career stolen bases when he retired.  Pierre played in 821 consecutive games, but thanks to an arcane MLB rule, his consecutive game streaks were broken into 386 and 434 games due to a pinch-running role in one game. Pierre was the only player in baseball to play every inning of all his team’s games in 2004, and was only the third player to do it since 1971.  He was named the 2003 team MVP of the World Series as a member of the Florida Marlins after hitting .305 and stealing a league-high 65 bases that season. In the World Series, he was the catalyst in leading the Marlins past the Yankees, hitting .333. He had a 16-game hitting streak to start his career, the second-longest streak to begin a career in MLB history. Born 8-14-1977 in Mobile, Ala.