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Mike Gonzalez
Michael Vela Gonzalez

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 213 lb.

Debut August 11, 2003

Born May 23, 1978 in Corpus Christi, TX

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 30th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 1997. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2003 25 PIT NL   0   1  16   0   0   0   2  0    8.3    7    7    7   4    6    6   0   1    38   0   0  7.56  4.37   58 1.560
 2004 26 PIT NL   3   1  47   0   0   0  12  1   43.3   32    7    6   2    6   55   1   4   169   0   0  1.25  4.31  346 0.877
 2005 27 PIT NL   1   3  51   0   0   0  15  3   50.0   35   15   15   2   31   58   1   3   212   2   0  2.70  4.23  157 1.320
 2006 28 PIT NL   3   4  54   0   0   0  47 24   54.0   42   13   13   1   31   64   2   0   234   2   0  2.17  4.45  205 1.352
 2007 29 ATL NL   2   0  18   0   0   0   5  2   17.0   15    3    3   0    8   13   0   0    70   0   0  1.59  4.26  268 1.353
 2008 30 ATL NL   0   0  13   0   0   0  12  4   13.3    9    5    4   2    0   17   1   0    51   0   0  2.70  4.11  152 0.675
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .500   9   9 199   0   0   0  93 34  186.0  140   50   48  11   82  213   5   8   774   4   0  2.32  4.31  186 1.194
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     3   3  68   0   0   0  31 11   63.3   47   17   16   3   28   72   1   2   264   1   0  2.32  4.31  186 1.194
 Career High      3   4  54   0   0   0  47 24   54.0   42   15   15   4   31   64   2   4   234   2   0  1.25  4.45  346 0.877

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2004 26 PIT NL  44    1    0    1   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 2.000  654    2   0   0   0   0   0
 2006 28 PIT NL  54    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      194    2    0    1   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   0  .500  .500 1.000  276    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          2    0    1   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   0  .500  .500 1.000  276    2   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     54    1    0    1   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   0                           2   0   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2004 26 PIT NL    1    0    2         110|1.000  .268|1.000  .340|2.000  .435|3.000  .775| 654         0.8   0.1   0%
 2006 28 PIT NL    1    1    0   0.0   111| .000  .270| .000  .340| .000  .438| .000  .778|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons         2    1    2  53.6   111| .500  .269| .500  .340|1.000  .436|1.500  .776| 276  .987   0.6   0.1   0%

* 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 ------+
2003 25 PIT NL P 16 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.19 0.48 3.25 1.84 0 8.3 2004 26 PIT NL P 47 1 5 1 0 .857 .968 0.13 0.47 1.25 1.85 0 43.3 2005 27 PIT NL P 51 1 6 0 1 1.000 .959 0.14 0.46 1.26 1.75 0 50.0 2006 28 PIT NL P 54 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.15 0.43 1.33 1.72 0 54.0 2007 29 ATL NL P 18 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.11 0.40 1.06 1.69 0 17.0 2008 30 ATL NL P 13 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.44 0.00 1.76 0 13.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2003 25 PIT NL P 16 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.19 0.48 3.25 1.84 0 8.3 2004 26 PIT NL P 47 1 5 1 0 .857 .968 0.13 0.47 1.25 1.85 0 43.3 2005 27 PIT NL P 51 1 6 0 1 1.000 .959 0.14 0.46 1.26 1.75 0 50.0 2006 28 PIT NL P 54 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.15 0.43 1.33 1.72 0 54.0 2007 29 ATL NL P 18 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.11 0.40 1.06 1.69 0 17.0 2008 30 ATL NL P 13 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.44 0.00 1.76 0 13.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 199 4 22 1 1 .963 .959 0.13 0.45 1.26 1.76 0 186.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 199 4 22 1 1 .963 .959 0.13 0.45 1.26 1.76 0 186
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Saves
2006 NL-24-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2076) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (1446) (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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Transactions 

June 4, 1996: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 17th round of the 1996 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1997: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 30th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 1997.

July 22, 2003: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Scott Sauerbeck to the Boston Red Sox for Brandon Lyon and Anastacio Martinez.

July 31, 2003: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Freddy Sanchez and cash to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Brandon Lyon, Jeff Suppan, and Anastacio Martinez.

January 19, 2007: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Brent Lillibridge (minors) to the Atlanta Braves for Adam LaRoche and Jamie Romak (minors).


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2005Pittsburgh Pirates$330,000
2006Pittsburgh Pirates$347,000
2007Atlanta Braves$2,350,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,027,000

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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