Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell and let's get right to No. 19 in our countdown.
Amazingly enough, Piazza played only five full seasons with the Dodgers, but what seasons they were. After his 1993 season, he hit .319, .346, .336 and .362 and finished in the top 10 in MVP voting in each of those seasons. His best season was his final full season, 1997, when he hit .362 with 40 homers and 124 RBIs.
Piazza's contract was scheduled to run out after the 1998 season, and he was due a large increase in salary.