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Alex Gonzalez

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 170 lb.

Debut August 25, 1998
  vs. STL 4 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Born February 15, 1977 in Cagua, Venezuela

Signed by the Florida Marlins as an amateur free agent in 1994. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1998 21 FLA NL  25   86   11   13   2  0   3    7   0  0   9  30  .151  .240  .279   40   24   2   0   0   1   2
 1999 22 FLA NL 136  560   81  155  28  8  14   59   3  5  15 113  .277  .308  .430   91  241   1   3   0  12  13 AS
 2000 23 FLA NL 109  385   35   77  17  4   7   42   7  1  13  77  .200  .229  .319   40  123   5   2   0   2   7
 2001 24 FLA NL 145  515   57  129  36  1   9   48   2  2  30 107  .250  .303  .377   77  194   3   3   6  10  13
 2002 25 FLA NL  42  151   15   34   7  1   2   18   3  1  12  32  .225  .296  .325   66   49   3   2   1   4   2
 2003 26 FLA NL 150  528   52  135  33  6  18   77   0  4  33 106  .256  .313  .443   96  234   3   5  13  13   8
 2004 27 FLA NL 159  561   67  130  30  3  23   79   3  1  27 126  .232  .270  .419   79  235   3   4   9   4  17
 2005 28 FLA NL 130  435   45  115  30  0   5   45   5  3  31  81  .264  .319  .368   85  160   4   3  10   5  11
 2006 29 BOS AL 111  388   48   99  24  2   9   50   1  0  22  67  .255  .299  .397   75  154   7   7   1   5   6
 2007 30 CIN NL 110  393   55  107  27  1  16   55   0  1  24  75  .272  .325  .468   99  184   2   3   1   8  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons    1117 4002  466  994 234 26 106  480  24 18 216 814  .248  .295  .399   80 1598  33  32  41  64  92
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        580   68  144  34  4  15   70   3  3  31 118  .248  .295  .399   80  232   5   5   6   9  13
 Career High    159  561   81  155  36  8  23   79   7  5  33 126  .277  .325  .468   99  241   7   7  13  13  17
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1998 21 FLA NL   98   77    6   2.1   102| .151  .262| .240  .331| .279  .413| .519  .744|  40  .176  -7.6  -0.7   0%
 1999 22 FLA NL  591  427   70   4.4   109| .277  .267| .308  .341| .430  .430| .738  .771|  91  .414  -9.7  -0.9  37%
 2000 23 FLA NL  407  323   28   2.3   111| .200  .266| .229  .342| .319  .434| .548  .777|  40  .179 -36.0  -3.3  87%
 2001 24 FLA NL  561  407   57   3.7   109| .250  .265| .303  .336| .377  .434| .680  .770|  77  .369 -17.3  -1.6  50%
 2002 25 FLA NL  172  125   16   3.4   105| .225  .262| .296  .336| .325  .417| .621  .753|  66  .351  -7.3  -0.7  75%
 2003 26 FLA NL  582  413   72   4.7   108| .256  .266| .313  .338| .443  .427| .756  .765|  96  .475  -4.0  -0.4   0%
 2004 27 FLA NL  599  456   59   3.5   107| .232  .264| .270  .334| .419  .427| .689  .762|  79  .336 -19.5  -1.8  75%
 2005 28 FLA NL  478  341   50   3.9   103| .264  .261| .319  .331| .368  .416| .687  .747|  85  .405  -8.4  -0.8  62%
 2006 29 BOS AL  429  309   47   4.0   115| .255  .281| .299  .347| .397  .447| .696  .794|  75  .387 -15.3  -1.4 100%
 2007 30 CIN NL  430  305   57   5.0   115| .272  .278| .325  .348| .468  .444| .793  .791|  99  .495  -1.6  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     4347 3183  462   3.9   109| .248  .268| .295  .339| .399  .431| .694  .770|  80  .380 -126.7 -11.8  57%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1998 21 FLA NL SS 25 29 58 2 17 .978 .968 3.48 3.88 3.74 4.52 23 209.3 1999 22 FLA NL SS 135 237 339 27 85 .955 .967 4.27 3.80 4.53 4.42 130 1144.3 AS 2000 23 FLA NL SS 104 141 288 19 63 .958 .967 4.12 3.88 4.51 4.52 98 855.7 2001 24 FLA NL SS 142 219 397 26 101 .960 .968 4.34 3.93 4.54 4.47 139 1220.3 2002 25 FLA NL SS 42 72 113 3 32 .984 .970 4.40 4.00 4.78 4.52 41 348.3 2003 26 FLA NL SS 150 236 426 16 109 .976 .973 4.41 3.99 4.53 4.52 150 1315.7 2004 27 FLA NL SS 158 225 425 16 99 .976 .973 4.11 3.94 4.33 4.45 155 1351.7 2005 28 FLA NL SS 124 221 367 16 102 .974 .976 4.74 4.04 4.87 4.51 124 1087.3 2006 29 BOS AL SS 111 163 305 7 68 .985 .970 4.22 4.02 4.36 4.49 110 966.3 2007 30 CIN NL SS 103 147 264 16 73 .963 .975 3.99 4.00 4.24 4.44 98 872.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1998 21 FLA NL SS 25 29 58 2 17 .978 .968 3.48 3.88 3.74 4.52 23 209.3 1999 22 FLA NL SS 135 237 339 27 85 .955 .967 4.27 3.80 4.53 4.42 130 1144.3 2000 23 FLA NL SS 104 141 288 19 63 .958 .967 4.12 3.88 4.51 4.52 98 855.7 2001 24 FLA NL SS 142 219 397 26 101 .960 .968 4.34 3.93 4.54 4.47 139 1220.3 2002 25 FLA NL SS 42 72 113 3 32 .984 .970 4.40 4.00 4.78 4.52 41 348.3 2003 26 FLA NL SS 150 236 426 16 109 .976 .973 4.41 3.99 4.53 4.52 150 1315.7 2004 27 FLA NL SS 158 225 425 16 99 .976 .973 4.11 3.94 4.33 4.45 155 1351.7 2005 28 FLA NL SS 124 221 367 16 102 .974 .976 4.74 4.04 4.87 4.51 124 1087.3 2006 29 BOS AL SS 111 163 305 7 68 .985 .970 4.22 4.02 4.36 4.49 110 966.3 2007 30 CIN NL SS 103 147 264 16 73 .963 .975 3.99 4.00 4.24 4.44 98 872.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS*1094 1690 2982 148 749 .969 .971 4.27 3.95 4.49 4.48 1068 9371.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1094 1690 2982 148 749 .969 .971 4.27 3.95 4.49 4.48 1068 9372
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2003   NLDS  FLA SFG     W   4  16   2   1  0  0  0   0   1   3  .063  .118  .063   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  FLA CHC     W   7  24   1   3  2  0  0   4   0   6  .125  .125  .208   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    FLA NYY     W   6  22   3   6  2  0  1   2   0   7  .273  .273  .500   0  1   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Postseason Series   3-0  17  62   6  10  4  0  1   6   1  16  .161  .175  .274   0  1   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1999   FLA NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1999 *

Games
2004 NL-159-8

Triples
1999 NL-8-7
2003 NL-6-9

Hit By Pitch
1999 NL-12-4
2003 NL-13-6

Intentional Walks
2003 NL-13-7

Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1986) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.9 (1120) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 10.0 (1116) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Most Similar by Age 

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  1. Omar Infante (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Alex Gonzalez (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  6. Alex Gonzalez (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  8. Alex Gonzalez (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Davey Johnson (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

April 18, 1994: Signed by the Florida Marlins as an amateur free agent.

October 27, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

February 6, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

October 30, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

November 20, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1998Florida Marlins$170,000
1999Florida Marlins$201,000
2000Florida Marlins$295,000
2001Florida Marlins$295,000
2002Florida Marlins$1,700,000
2003Florida Marlins$1,700,000
2004Florida Marlins$2,800,000
2005Florida Marlins$3,400,000
2006Boston Red Sox$2,682,592
2007Cincinnati Reds$3,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$16,743,592

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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