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Alberto González

Alberto Ramon Gonzalez

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 18, 1983 in Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela
High School: Octavio Hernandez (Maracaibo, VE)
Signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks as an amateur free agent in 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 2007
Teams (by GP): Nationals/Padres/Yankees/Rangers 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: 2nd Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$750k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.135, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Benny Quintero,Tom O'Connell [*]
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2007 24 NYY AL 12 15 14 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 .071 .133 .071 .205 -44 1 1 0 0 0 0 6/5
2008 25 TOT MLB 45 112 101 13 26 8 0 1 10 0 1 8 14 .257 .318 .366 .685 80 37 6 1 2 0 0 65/4
2008 25 NYY AL 28 58 52 4 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 8 .173 .232 .212 .444 18 11 4 0 2 0 0 65/4
2008 25 WSN NL 17 54 49 9 17 6 0 1 9 0 1 4 6 .347 .407 .531 .938 147 26 2 1 0 0 0 6/5
2009 26 WSN NL 105 316 291 31 77 16 3 1 33 1 1 14 27 .265 .299 .351 .650 72 102 8 3 2 6 1 46/5D
2010 27 WSN NL 114 198 186 19 46 8 1 0 5 0 0 7 30 .247 .277 .301 .578 57 56 8 1 3 1 0 456/39
2011 28 SDP NL 102 267 247 18 53 10 2 1 32 1 2 13 37 .215 .256 .283 .539 53 70 5 2 1 4 3 465/3
2012 29 TEX AL 18 46 45 6 12 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 7 .267 .267 .356 .622 63 16 0 0 1 0 0 /564
6 Yrs 396 954 884 90 215 44 7 3 84 2 5 43 116 .243 .280 .319 .599 63 282 28 7 9 11 4
162 Game Avg. 162 390 362 37 88 18 3 1 34 1 2 18 47 .243 .280 .319 .599 63 115 11 3 4 5 2
WSN (3 yrs) 236 568 526 59 140 30 4 2 47 1 2 25 63 .266 .302 .350 .652 74 184 18 5 5 7 1
NYY (2 yrs) 40 73 66 7 10 2 0 0 2 0 1 5 9 .152 .211 .182 .393 5 12 5 0 2 0 0
TEX (1 yr) 18 46 45 6 12 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 7 .267 .267 .356 .622 63 16 0 0 1 0 0
SDP (1 yr) 102 267 247 18 53 10 2 1 32 1 2 13 37 .215 .256 .283 .539 53 70 5 2 1 4 3
NL (4 yrs) 338 835 773 77 193 40 6 3 79 2 4 38 100 .250 .287 .329 .616 68 254 23 7 6 11 4
AL (3 yrs) 58 119 111 13 22 4 1 0 5 0 1 5 16 .198 .233 .252 .485 28 28 5 0 3 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2007 24 NYY AL 12 15 -2 -0 -0 -3 0 -6 -0.5 0 -5 -0.5 .455 .497 -0.2 -0.3 -2 $ 6/5
2008 25 NYY AL 28 58 -7 0 -1 1 1 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.3 .481 .497 -0.4 0.2 -4 $ 65/4
2008 25 WSN NL 17 54 3 0 -0 0 1 4 0.4 1 5 0.5 .522 .502 0.5 0.1 5 $ 6/5
2009 26 WSN NL 105 316 -12 -1 0 -2 3 -12 -1.3 9 -4 -0.4 .488 .492 -0.2 0.1 -2 $400,000 46/5D
2010 27 WSN NL 114 198 -11 -2 -1 7 2 -5 -0.5 5 0 0.0 .495 .497 -0.7 0.9 -6 $415,500 456/39
2011 28 SDP NL 102 267 -12 0 0 3 2 -7 -0.7 7 1 0.0 .493 .495 -0.4 0.6 -2 $600,000 465/3
2012 29 TEX AL 17 46 -3 0 0 4 0 2 0.2 2 4 0.4 .514 .501 0.0 0.5 -0 $ /564
6 Seasons 395 954 -44 -2 -1 10 9 -29 -3.0 27 -2 -0.3 .492 .497 -1.4 2.1 -12 $1,415,500
WSN (3 yrs) 236 568 -20 -3 -0 5 5 -13 -1.4 15 2 0.1 .494 .497 -0.4 1.1 -3 $815,500
NYY (2 yrs) 40 73 -9 0 -1 -2 1 -11 -1.0 2 -8 -0.8 .473 .497 -0.6 -0.0 -6 $
TEX (1 yr) 17 46 -3 0 0 4 0 2 0.2 2 4 0.4 .514 .501 0.0 0.5 -0 $
SDP (1 yr) 102 267 -12 0 0 3 2 -7 -0.7 7 1 0.0 .493 .495 -0.4 0.6 -2 $600,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2007 24 NYY AL 15 15 0 0.0 108 .077 .071 .272 .133 .340 .071 .426 .205 .765 -44 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .067 .000 .000
2008 25 TOT MLB 112 84 12 3.8 107 .291 .257 .268 .318 .338 .366 .425 .685 .763 80 .386 -2.8 -0.3 .549 .178 .109 .0
2008 25 NYY AL 58 49 2 1.1 108 .205 .173 .272 .232 .340 .212 .426 .444 .767 18 .059 -6.4 -0.6 .319 .115 .038
2008 25 WSN NL 54 35 10 7.7 106 .381 .347 .265 .407 .336 .531 .423 .938 .759 147 .694 3.6 0.3 .857 .245 .184 .0
2009 26 WSN NL 316 231 30 3.5 106 .283 .265 .265 .299 .338 .351 .420 .650 .758 72 .356 -11.7 -1.1 .534 .134 .086 1.0
2010 27 WSN NL 198 152 14 2.5 101 .293 .247 .261 .277 .331 .301 .411 .578 .741 57 .243 -11.6 -1.2 .432 .091 .054
2011 28 SDP NL 267 206 17 2.2 92 .244 .215 .251 .256 .317 .283 .391 .539 .708 53 .220 -15.3 -1.6 .418 .117 .069 1.0
2012 29 TEX AL 46 34 4 3.2 106 .316 .267 .264 .267 .332 .356 .428 .622 .760 63 .335 -2.6 -0.3 .485 .089 .089
6 Yrs 954 722 77 2.9 101 .273 .243 .260 .280 .330 .319 .411 .599 .741 63 .290 -47.0 -4.6 .469 .121 .076 2.4
162 Game Avg. 390 295 32 2.9 101 .273 .243 .260 .280 .330 .319 .411 .599 .741 63 .290 -47.0 -4.6 .469 .121 .076 1
WSN (3 yrs) 568 418 54 3.5 104 .295 .266 .263 .302 .335 .350 .417 .652 .752 74 .360 -19.7 -1.9 .525 .129 .084 1.3
NYY (2 yrs) 73 64 2 0.8 108 .175 .152 .272 .211 .340 .182 .426 .393 .766 5 .037 -9.4 -0.9 .258 .091 .030
TEX (1 yr) 46 34 4 3.2 106 .316 .267 .264 .267 .332 .356 .428 .622 .760 63 .335 -2.6 -0.3 .485 .089 .089
SDP (1 yr) 267 206 17 2.2 92 .244 .215 .251 .256 .317 .283 .391 .539 .708 53 .220 -15.3 -1.6 .418 .117 .069 1.0
NL (4 yrs) 835 624 71 3.0 100 .279 .250 .259 .287 .329 .329 .409 .616 .738 68 .317 -35.0 -3.5 .489 .125 .079 2.4
AL (3 yrs) 119 98 6 1.6 107 .232 .198 .268 .233 .337 .252 .427 .485 .764 28 .122 -12.0 -1.2 .337 .090 .054

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2007 24 NYY AL 15 0.0% 6.7% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 1.00 14.0 14.0 1.60 1.75 87% 8% 0.0% 40%
2008 25 TOT MLB 112 0.9% 12.5% 7.1% 8.0% 35% 1.75 7.2 101.0 10.1 0.81 1.50 77% 21% 2.4% 15%
2008 25 NYY AL 58 0.0% 13.8% 6.9% 3.5% 22% 2.00 6.5 52.0 1.00 1.56 76% 15% 0.0% 23%
2008 25 WSN NL 54 1.9% 11.1% 7.4% 13.0% 41% 1.50 8.2 49.0 5.4 0.65 1.42 78% 28% 4.2% 8%
2009 26 WSN NL 316 0.3% 8.5% 4.4% 6.3% 26% 1.93 10.8 291.0 8.8 0.78 1.01 85% 25% 0.8% 13%
2010 27 WSN NL 198 0.0% 15.2% 3.5% 4.6% 20% 4.29 6.2 37.2 1.24 1.57 79% 13% 0.0% 20%
2011 28 SDP NL 267 0.4% 13.9% 4.9% 4.9% 25% 2.85 6.7 247.0 7.7 0.91 1.06 80% 16% 1.0% 14%
2012 29 TEX AL 46 0.0% 15.2% 0.0% 6.5% 25% 6.4 15.0 1.06 1.00 83% 13% 0.0% 28%
6 Yrs 954 0.3% 12.2% 4.5% 5.7% 25% 2.70 7.6 294.7 10.5 0.92 1.18 81% 19% 0.9% 16%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.0% 8.5% 7.8% 33% 2.11 4.9 34.6 7.9 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2007 24 NYY AL -3.0 -0.3 16 0.1 0.2 -0.1 .46 -0.1 0.2 -2.1 -0.2 1.14 -1.9 0.00 1
2008 25 TOT MLB -2.9 -0.3 119 -0.1 1.8 -1.9 .91 -0.2 0.1 -5.7 -0.5 1.00 -4.7 0.47 7
2008 25 NYY AL -6.4 -0.6 60 -0.5 0.5 -1.0 .83 -0.5 -0.1 -9.4 -0.9 1.01 -8.1 0.00 3
2008 25 WSN NL 3.5 0.3 59 0.4 1.3 -0.9 .99 0.3 0.2 3.7 0.4 0.97 3.3 0.82 4
2009 26 WSN NL -11.7 -1.1 320 -0.1 5.9 -6.0 1.15 -0.6 0.5 -4.7 -0.5 0.99 -6.6 2.14 12
2010 27 WSN NL -11.6 -1.2 200 -1.2 2.5 -3.7 1.01 -1.1 -0.1 -15.3 -1.5 0.97 -13.5 1.08 37
2011 28 SDP NL -15.3 -1.6 278 -1.8 3.5 -5.3 1.04 -1.0 -0.7 -6.0 -0.6 1.06 -9.5 1.29 15
2012 29 TEX AL -2.6 -0.3 46 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 .94 -0.3 -0.2 -3.0 -0.3 0.92 -3.7 0.00 1
6 Yrs -47.0 -4.7 979 -3.6 14.3 -17.9 1.04 -3.3 -0.1 -36.6 -3.6 1.00 -40.0 1.21 73

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2007 24 NYY AL 1 0 150% 3 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
2008 25 TOT MLB 0 0 35% 38 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 43% 2 2 0 2 1 1 3 1 2
2008 25 NYY AL 0 0 31% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 25% 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
2008 25 WSN NL 0 0 38% 21 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
2009 26 WSN NL 2 0 32% 122 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 28% 17 14 2 4 2 2 11 5 5
2010 27 WSN NL 1 0 35% 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 15% 8 8 0 1 1 0 11 8 3
2011 28 SDP NL 7 0 25% 90 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 50% 11 9 2 1 0 1 12 3 9
2012 29 TEX AL 0 0 50% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 40% 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
6 Yrs 11 0 33% 343 2 5 29% 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 13 24 34% 41 35 5 11 5 6 39 18 20

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2007 24 NYY AL 15 20% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 1 0 0% 17 2 12% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
2008 25 TOT MLB 112 32% 26 0 0 7 2 0 2 0.47 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 21 6 29% 15 6 40% 78 9 12% 7 3 43% 4 3 75% 0
2008 25 NYY AL 58 38% 9 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 10 4 40% 8 4 50% 42 1 2% 4 1 25% 4 3 75% 0
2008 25 WSN NL 54 26% 17 0 0 4 2 0 2 0.82 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 2 18% 7 2 29% 36 8 22% 3 2 67% 0 0 0
2009 26 WSN NL 316 22% 77 9 0 12 5 0 4 2.14 1 0 14 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 67% 70 8 11% 34 14 41% 213 33 15% 21 13 62% 13 8 62% 0
2010 27 WSN NL 198 37% 46 5 0 37 7 0 1 1.08 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 45 8 18% 23 8 35% 114 5 4% 9 3 33% 6 4 67% 0
2011 28 SDP NL 267 29% 53 8 0 15 1 0 1 1.29 1 0 11 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 41 5 12% 30 12 40% 184 34 18% 19 11 58% 10 5 50% 0
2012 29 TEX AL 46 48% 12 2 1 1 0 0 1 0.00 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 8 0 0% 5 2 40% 29 3 10% 4 3 75% 4 2 50% 0
6 Yrs 954 30% 215 24 1 73 15 0 9 1.21 3 0 32 2 1 2 1 0 11 9 82% 189 28 15% 108 42 39% 635 86 14% 62 34 55% 39 23 59% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 14% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2007 24 NYY AL 15 48 3.20 33 69% 18% 9% 33% 39% 82% 0% 56% 89% 33% 0% 0 0 13% 2 1 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2008 25 TOT MLB 112 412 3.68 265 64% 33% 10% 23% 34% 67% 0% 43% 85% 13% 8% 9 0 15% 17 2 13% 14 7 21% 0 0 0
2008 25 NYY AL 58 201 3.47 133 66% 35% 8% 23% 35% 65% 0% 43% 87% 14% 10% 6 0 14% 8 1 12% 7 3 13% 0 0 0
2008 25 WSN NL 54 211 3.91 132 63% 32% 12% 23% 33% 68% 0% 43% 82% 11% 6% 3 0 17% 9 1 13% 7 4 33% 0 0 0
2009 26 WSN NL 316 1128 3.57 769 68% 29% 8% 27% 35% 71% 1% 48% 88% 19% 4% 13 0 11% 36 14 7% 22 13 15% 0 0 0
2010 27 WSN NL 198 704 3.56 505 72% 22% 15% 32% 32% 78% 0% 56% 81% 28% 1% 2 1 10% 20 11 6% 11 5 3% 0 0 0
2011 28 SDP NL 267 965 3.61 685 71% 26% 12% 30% 31% 74% 4% 52% 84% 23% 3% 9 0 9% 23 9 5% 14 8 0% 0 0 0
2012 29 TEX AL 46 140 3.04 109 78% 28% 14% 22% 36% 72% 0% 56% 81% 20% 4% 2 0 4% 2 0 4% 2 2 0% 0 0 0
6 Yrs 954 3397 3.56 2366 70% 27% 11% 28% 33% 73% 2% 51% 85% 21% 4% 35 1 10% 100 37 7% 63 35 7% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 24 12 15 14 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 .071 .133 .071 .205 -44 1 1 0 0 0 0
2008 25 57 127 115 16 27 8 0 1 11 0 2 9 15 .235 .296 .330 .626 65 38 7 1 2 0 0
2009 26 162 443 406 47 104 24 3 2 44 1 3 23 42 .256 .298 .345 .643 70 140 15 4 4 6 1
2010 27 276 641 592 66 150 32 4 2 49 1 3 30 72 .253 .292 .331 .623 66 196 23 5 7 7 1
2011 28 378 908 839 84 203 42 6 3 81 2 5 43 109 .242 .281 .317 .598 62 266 28 7 8 11 4
2012 29 396 954 884 90 215 44 7 3 84 2 5 43 116 .243 .280 .319 .599 63 282 28 7 9 11 4

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2007 24 12 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .067 .000 .067 0 12
2008 25 45 115 103 13 28 9 0 1 10 0 9 14 .272 .336 .388 .725 13 45
2009 26 105 317 292 32 78 16 3 1 34 1 14 27 .267 .302 .353 .654 31 105
2010 27 114 199 187 20 47 8 1 0 5 0 7 30 .251 .281 .305 .585 16 114
2011 28 102 272 251 20 57 11 2 1 36 1 14 37 .227 .269 .299 .568 20 102
2012 29 18 46 45 6 12 2 1 0 3 0 0 7 .267 .267 .356 .622 4 18
6 Yrs 396 964 892 91 222 46 7 3 88 2 45 116 .249 .287 .326 .613 84 396
162 Game Avg. 162 394 365 37 91 19 3 1 36 1 18 47 .249 .287 .326 .613 34 396

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