May 2005 was A.J. Pierzynski’s most powerful month in his eight years in a White Sox uniform.
Like plenty of other hitters dealing with the suboptimal hitting conditions of April — including teammates Paul Konerko and Jermaine Dye — Pierzynski had a slowish start in the first month with his new team. A .269 average and a .329 on-base percentage hardly counts as an awful stretch, but Pierzynski had just one home run and only two RBIs in his first 19 games of the season.
That turned around in a hurry, and it started May 4 against the Kansas City Royals.