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Carlos González

Carlos Eduardo Gonzalez (Cargo)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: October 17, 1985 in Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela
High School: Liceo Udon Perez (Maracaibo, VE)
Signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks as an amateur free agent in 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 30, 2008
Teams (by GP): Rockies/Athletics 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2017, 7 yrs/$80M (11-17) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.059, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: Scott Boras, previously: Lenny Strelitz [*]
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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
2008 22 OAK AL 85 316 302 31 73 22 1 4 26 4 1 13 81 .242 .273 .361 .634 71 109 7 0 1 0 1 89
2009 23 COL NL 89 317 278 53 79 14 7 13 29 16 4 28 70 .284 .353 .525 .878 118 146 3 3 5 3 3 78/9
2010 24 COL NL 145 636 587 111 197 34 9 34 117 26 8 40 135 .336 .376 .598 .974 143 351 9 2 0 7 8 *789 MVP-3,GG,SS
2011 25 COL NL 127 542 481 92 142 27 3 26 92 20 5 48 105 .295 .363 .526 .889 126 253 11 7 0 6 8 *798
2012 26 COL NL 46 207 186 41 60 12 3 13 41 7 0 20 40 .323 .391 .629 1.020 156 117 1 1 0 0 3 *7
5 Yrs 492 2018 1834 328 551 109 23 90 305 73 18 149 431 .300 .354 .532 .887 125 976 31 13 6 16 23
162 Game Avg. 162 664 604 108 181 36 8 30 100 24 6 49 142 .300 .354 .532 .887 125 321 10 4 2 5 8
COL (4 yrs) 407 1702 1532 297 478 87 22 86 279 69 17 136 350 .312 .369 .566 .935 135 867 24 13 5 16 22
OAK (1 yr) 85 316 302 31 73 22 1 4 26 4 1 13 81 .242 .273 .361 .634 71 109 7 0 1 0 1
NL (4 yrs) 407 1702 1532 297 478 87 22 86 279 69 17 136 350 .312 .369 .566 .935 135 867 24 13 5 16 22
AL (1 yr) 85 316 302 31 73 22 1 4 26 4 1 13 81 .242 .273 .361 .634 71 109 7 0 1 0 1

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
2008 22 OAK AL 85 316 -14 1 1 10 -0 -2 -0.1 11 9 0.9 .497 .499 -0.2 1.1 -1 $ 89
2009 23 COL NL 89 317 6 2 0 2 -2 8 0.9 9 17 1.7 .510 .505 1.5 0.0 15 $ 78/9
2010 24 COL NL 145 636 36 6 0 2 -4 40 4.1 18 57 5.8 .528 .525 5.6 -0.2 55 $406,000 *789 MVP-3,GG,SS
2011 25 COL NL 127 542 17 2 1 8 -4 24 2.7 15 39 4.2 .521 .516 3.2 0.5 31 $1,428,571 *798
2012 26 COL NL 46 207 15 2 1 -12 -2 4 0.5 6 10 1.0 .509 .502 2.2 -1.5 22 $ *7
5 Seasons 492 2018 60 12 4 10 -12 74 8.0 58 131 13.6 .516 .510 12.3 -0.0 121 $1,834,571
COL (4 yrs) 407 1702 73 12 3 0 -12 76 8.1 47 123 12.7 .520 .512 12.5 -1.1 123 $1,834,571
OAK (1 yr) 85 316 -14 1 1 10 -0 -2 -0.1 11 9 0.9 .497 .499 -0.2 1.1 -1 $

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
2008 22 OAK AL 316 238 28 3.2 100 .318 .242 .261 .273 .328 .361 .410 .634 .738 71 .304 -12.6 -1.2 .527 .172 .119 4.0
2009 23 COL NL 317 214 54 6.8 117 .333 .284 .279 .353 .354 .525 .444 .878 .798 118 .651 6.1 0.6 .917 .385 .241 14.3
2010 24 COL NL 636 414 132 8.5 114 .384 .336 .279 .376 .351 .598 .439 .974 .790 143 .757 35.4 3.4 1.010 .361 .262 29.5
2011 25 COL NL 542 361 93 6.9 112 .326 .295 .278 .363 .348 .526 .432 .889 .780 126 .694 18.3 1.8 .910 .362 .231 22.6
2012 26 COL NL 207 127 48 10.1 114 .353 .323 .278 .391 .348 .629 .439 1.020 .787 156 .813 14.7 1.4 1.142 .452 .306 9.1
5 Yrs 2018 1354 355 7.0 112 .347 .300 .275 .354 .347 .532 .433 .887 .780 125 .682 61.8 6.1 .896 .343 .232 80.6
162 Game Avg. 664 446 117 7.0 112 .347 .300 .275 .354 .347 .532 .433 .887 .780 125 .682 20 2 .896 .343 .232 27
COL (4 yrs) 1702 1116 327 7.9 114 .353 .312 .278 .369 .350 .566 .438 .935 .788 135 .729 74.4 7.3 .975 .377 .254 76.6
OAK (1 yr) 316 238 28 3.1 100 .318 .242 .261 .273 .328 .361 .410 .634 .738 71 .303 -12.6 -1.2 .527 .172 .119 4.0
NL (4 yrs) 1702 1116 327 7.9 114 .353 .312 .278 .369 .350 .566 .438 .935 .788 135 .729 74.4 7.3 .975 .377 .254 76.6
AL (1 yr) 316 238 28 3.1 100 .318 .242 .261 .273 .328 .361 .410 .634 .738 71 .303 -12.6 -1.2 .527 .172 .119 4.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2009 23 COL NL NLDS PHI L 4 19 17 5 10 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 .588 .632 .882 1.514 15 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 4 19 17 5 10 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 .588 .632 .882 1.514 15 0 0 0 0 0

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
2008 22 OAK AL 316 1.3% 25.6% 4.1% 8.5% 37% 6.23 3.7 75.5 11.6 0.97 1.36 69% 20% 4.5% 19%
2009 23 COL NL 317 4.1% 22.1% 8.8% 10.7% 43% 2.50 4.0 21.4 9.6 0.63 0.92 62% 23% 11.9% 11%
2010 24 COL NL 636 5.4% 21.2% 6.3% 12.1% 39% 3.38 4.3 17.3 5.0 0.71 1.14 67% 27% 14.0% 9%
2011 25 COL NL 542 4.8% 19.4% 8.9% 10.3% 39% 2.19 4.6 18.5 5.2 0.92 1.35 66% 20% 15.4% 13%
2012 26 COL NL 207 6.3% 19.3% 9.7% 13.5% 47% 2.00 4.7 14.3 4.5 0.79 1.66 64% 25% 18.6% 13%
5 Yrs 2018 4.5% 21.4% 7.4% 11.0% 40% 2.89 4.3 20.4 6.0 0.79 1.23 66% 23% 13.2% 12%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.2% 8.5% 7.7% 33% 2.14 4.9 34.8 8.0 0.80 1.08 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
2008 22 OAK AL -13.0 -1.2 327 -1.6 4.8 -6.4 1.06 -1.3 -0.2 -14.0 -1.4 0.94 -15.1 2.12 6
2009 23 COL NL 6.1 0.6 345 0.9 5.9 -5.1 .90 1.1 -0.2 3.4 0.3 0.93 9.4 1.00 9
2010 24 COL NL 35.4 3.4 683 3.1 14.6 -11.5 1.06 4.4 -1.5 45.1 4.1 0.94 50.0 0.74 1
2011 25 COL NL 18.3 1.8 569 2.5 11.9 -9.4 1.08 3.0 -0.7 35.2 3.2 1.00 31.6 1.53 2
2012 26 COL NL 14.7 1.4 221 2.6 5.3 -2.7 .99 2.1 0.5 25.4 2.3 0.89 25.9 0
5 Yrs 61.4 6.0 2145 7.5 42.6 -35.1 1.03 9.4 -2.2 95.1 8.5 0.95 101.7 1.42 18

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
2008 22 OAK AL 1 0 33% 113 4 1 80% 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 3 59% 11 5 4 3 0 3 13 4 9
2009 23 COL NL 2 0 41% 117 16 4 80% 14 3 2 1 0 0 2 1 6 16 45% 9 5 3 5 2 2 6 2 4
2010 24 COL NL 6 0 38% 237 26 8 76% 23 7 3 1 0 0 4 1 2 22 54% 28 20 8 10 4 6 25 5 20
2011 25 COL NL 5 0 39% 211 20 5 80% 19 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 12 49% 22 16 6 11 5 6 24 6 16
2012 26 COL NL 2 0 41% 75 7 0 100% 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 42% 8 7 1 3 1 2 8 3 5
5 Yrs 16 0 38% 753 73 18 80% 64 15 8 3 1 0 7 2 19 62 51% 78 53 22 32 12 19 76 20 54

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
2008 22 OAK AL 316 72% 73 9 2 6 2 0 2 2.12 4 0 9 3 1 3 1 0 2 1 50% 62 7 11% 22 3 14% 182 23 13% 11 9 82% 10 7 70% 0
2009 23 COL NL 317 79% 79 13 5 9 0 0 0 1.00 13 0 5 11 2 7 6 0 8 5 63% 48 3 6% 35 12 34% 168 16 10% 16 4 25% 12 7 58% 0
2010 24 COL NL 636 63% 197 13 2 1 0 0 0 0.74 34 1 18 20 14 26 8 0 1 0 0% 124 9 7% 48 16 33% 376 85 23% 44 30 68% 15 9 60% 0
2011 25 COL NL 542 68% 142 17 6 2 0 0 0 1.53 26 0 12 19 7 16 10 0 0 0 100 11 11% 51 20 39% 329 68 21% 38 21 55% 24 16 67% 0
2012 26 COL NL 207 63% 60 2 1 0 0 0 0 13 0 1 8 5 9 4 0 0 0 40 1 3% 18 8 44% 114 29 25% 15 12 80% 8 6 75% 0
5 Yrs 2018 68% 551 54 16 18 2 0 2 1.42 90 1 45 61 29 61 29 0 11 6 55% 374 31 8% 174 59 34% 1169 221 19% 124 76 61% 69 45 65% 0
MLB Averages 55% 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
2008 22 OAK AL 316 1085 3.43 729 67% 23% 21% 25% 30% 77% 0% 52% 72% 32% 2% 7 0 11% 34 16 4% 14 7 22% 0 0 0
2009 23 COL NL 317 1188 3.75 751 63% 24% 18% 29% 29% 76% 3% 48% 77% 30% 5% 17 0 18% 56 26 9% 27 15 20% 0 0 0
2010 24 COL NL 637 2272 3.57 1487 65% 22% 19% 28% 31% 78% 4% 51% 76% 29% 5% 29 2 15% 96 47 7% 47 30 15% -1 0 0
2011 25 COL NL 542 1984 3.66 1220 61% 22% 20% 27% 31% 78% 4% 48% 74% 31% 7% 37 4 19% 103 43 9% 47 31 18% 0 0 0
2012 26 COL NL 207 797 3.85 478 60% 24% 23% 23% 31% 76% 3% 46% 70% 29% 8% 17 2 14% 30 8 11% 22 12 18% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 2019 7326 3.63 4665 64% 23% 20% 27% 31% 77% 3% 49% 74% 30% 5% 107 8 16% 319 140 8% 157 95 18% -1 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
2008 22 85 316 302 31 73 22 1 4 26 4 1 13 81 .242 .273 .361 .634 71 109 7 0 1 0 1
2009 23 174 633 580 84 152 36 8 17 55 20 5 41 151 .262 .313 .440 .752 95 255 10 3 6 3 4
2010 24 319 1269 1167 195 349 70 17 51 172 46 13 81 286 .299 .344 .519 .864 120 606 19 5 6 10 12
2011 25 446 1811 1648 287 491 97 20 77 264 66 18 129 391 .298 .350 .521 .871 122 859 30 12 6 16 20
2012 26 492 2018 1834 328 551 109 23 90 305 73 18 149 431 .300 .354 .532 .887 125 976 31 13 6 16 23

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
2008 22 85 318 304 32 75 23 1 4 27 4 13 81 .247 .278 .368 .646 31 85
2009 23 89 309 272 47 73 13 6 12 26 15 26 70 .268 .336 .493 .828 45 89
2010 24 145 619 573 99 183 32 8 32 104 24 37 135 .319 .359 .571 .929 118 145
2011 25 127 531 473 84 134 25 3 25 84 19 45 105 .283 .350 .507 .858 83 127
2012 26 46 203 183 38 57 11 3 12 38 7 19 40 .311 .379 .601 .980 42 46
5 Yrs 492 1980 1805 300 522 104 21 85 279 69 140 431 .289 .342 .511 .853 319 492
162 Game Avg. 162 652 594 99 172 34 7 28 92 23 46 142 .289 .342 .511 .853 105 492

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2010 NL (3, 54%)
0.54 Career Shares (423rd)

Gold Gloves
2010 NL (OF)

Silver Sluggers
2010 NL (OF)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2010 NL  5.8 (10th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2010 NL  5.8 (6th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2010 NL  5.6 (3rd)
2012 NL  2.2 (4th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2010 NL  .336 (1st)

Slugging % s c a p y
2010 NL  .598 (2nd)
2012 NL  .629 (2nd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2010 NL  .974 (3rd)
2012 NL  1.020 (5th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2010 NL  111 (3rd)
2012 NL  41 (1st)

Hits s c a p y
2010 NL  197 (1st)
2012 NL  60 (9th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2010 NL  351 (1st)
2012 NL  117 (1st)

Triples s c a p y
2010 NL  9 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2010 NL  34 (4th)
2012 NL  13 (3rd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2010 NL  117 (2nd)
2012 NL  41 (3rd)

Singles s c a p y
2010 NL  120 (5th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2010 NL  143 (6th)
2012 NL  156 (10th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2010 NL  132 (3rd)
2012 NL  48 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2010 NL  35 (7th)
2012 NL  15 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2010 NL  3.4 (7th)
2012 NL  1.4 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2010 NL  77 (2nd)
2012 NL  28 (2nd)

Times On Base s c a p y
2012 NL  81 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2010 NL  .757 (3rd)
2012 NL  .813 (3rd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2010 NL  7 (10th)

SB % s c a p y
2009 NL  80.00 (9th)
2012 NL  100.00 (1st)
Active  80.22 (20th)
Career  80.22 (43rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2010 NL  29.5 (1st)
2011 NL  22.6 (5th)
2012 NL  9.1 (2nd)

AB per HR s c a p y
2010 NL  17.3 (5th)
2012 NL  14.3 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2010 NL  45.14 (4th)
2011 NL  35.21 (10th)
2012 NL  25.40 (1st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2010 NL  3.1 (9th)
2012 NL  2.6 (3rd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2010 NL  4.4 (3rd)
2012 NL  2.1 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2010 NL  4.1 (5th)
2012 NL  2.3 (3rd)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 10 (238), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 39 (637), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 30 (600), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (483), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Rocco Baldelli (917)
  6. Justin Upton (916)
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  8. Mike Morse (914)
  9. Jacoby Ellsbury (912)
  10. David Murphy (911)
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  3. Chick Hafey (950) *
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  5. Fred Lynn (949)
  6. Ryan Braun (937)
  7. Jeff Heath (935)
  8. J.D. Drew (935)
  9. Mike Greenwell (935)
  10. Shawn Green (934)
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