Denny González

Denio Mariano (Manzueta) Gonzalez

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: July 22, 1963 in Sabana Grande de Boya, Monte Plata, D.R.
Signed
by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 6, 1984
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Indians 1984-1989

Final Game: September 21, 1989
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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
1984 20 PIT NL 26 91 82 9 15 3 1 0 4 1 1 7 21 .183 .247 .244 .491 39 20 4 0 2 0 1 56/7
1985 21 PIT NL 35 138 124 11 28 4 0 4 12 2 4 13 27 .226 .299 .355 .654 84 44 1 0 1 0 2 57/4
1987 23 PIT NL 5 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 -63 0 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1988 24 PIT NL 24 39 32 5 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 10 .188 .316 .219 .535 58 7 1 0 1 0 0 6/45
1989 25 CLE AL 8 19 17 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .294 .333 .353 .686 94 6 0 1 1 0 0 /D5
5 Yrs 98 295 262 29 54 9 1 4 18 3 5 27 64 .206 .283 .294 .577 63 77 6 1 5 0 3
162 Game Avg. 162 488 433 48 89 15 2 7 30 5 8 45 106 .206 .283 .294 .577 63 127 10 2 8 0 5
PIT (4 yrs) 90 276 245 26 49 8 1 4 17 3 5 27 60 .200 .279 .290 .569 61 71 6 0 4 0 3
CLE (1 yr) 8 19 17 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .294 .333 .353 .686 94 6 0 1 1 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 90 276 245 26 49 8 1 4 17 3 5 27 60 .200 .279 .290 .569 61 71 6 0 4 0 3
AL (1 yr) 8 19 17 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .294 .333 .353 .686 94 6 0 1 1 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
1984 20 PIT NL 26 91 -7 -0 -1 1 0 -6 -0.7 3 -4 -0.5 .472 .495 -0.5 0.2 -4 $ 56/7
1985 21 PIT NL 35 138 -3 -2 1 -3 -0 -7 -0.8 4 -3 -0.4 .476 .495 -0.1 -0.4 -0 $ 57/4
1987 23 PIT NL 5 8 -2 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .450 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ /6
1988 24 PIT NL 24 39 -2 0 0 -2 1 -3 -0.4 1 -2 -0.2 .485 .498 0.0 -0.2 0 $ 6/45
1989 25 CLE AL 8 19 -0 0 0 0 -1 -1 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .491 .500 0.0 -0.1 -0 $ /D5
5 Seasons 98 295 -13 -2 0 -5 0 -20 -2.2 9 -11 -1.3 .477 .497 -0.7 -0.5 -6 $
PIT (4 yrs) 90 276 -13 -2 0 -5 1 -19 -2.1 8 -11 -1.3 .476 .497 -0.7 -0.4 -6 $
CLE (1 yr) 8 19 -0 0 0 0 -1 -1 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .491 .500 0.0 -0.1 -0 $

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
1984 20 PIT NL 91 74 4 1.5 94 .246 .183 .263 .247 .328 .244 .383 .491 .711 39 .127 -6.8 -0.7 .375 .146 .061 .0
1985 21 PIT NL 138 102 13 3.4 94 .258 .226 .259 .299 .327 .355 .386 .654 .712 84 .409 -3.0 -0.3 .545 .218 .129 2.7
1987 23 PIT NL 8 7 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .269 .125 .339 .000 .419 .125 .758 -63 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .143 .143 .000
1988 24 PIT NL 39 28 3 2.9 88 .273 .188 .254 .316 .317 .219 .373 .535 .690 58 .357 -1.5 -0.2 .481 .219 .031
1989 25 CLE AL 19 13 2 4.1 94 .385 .294 .262 .333 .327 .353 .385 .686 .712 94 .476 -0.2 -0.0 .583 .059 .059
5 Yrs 295 224 22 2.6 93 .258 .206 .260 .283 .326 .294 .384 .577 .710 63 .301 -13.1 -1.4 .470 .183 .088 3.4
162 Game Avg. 488 370 36 2.6 93 .258 .206 .260 .283 .326 .294 .384 .577 .710 63 .301 -13.1 -1.4 .470 .183 .088 6
PIT (4 yrs) 276 211 20 2.6 93 .249 .200 .260 .279 .326 .290 .384 .569 .710 61 .289 -13.0 -1.4 .464 .192 .090 3.4
CLE (1 yr) 19 13 2 4.1 94 .385 .294 .262 .333 .327 .353 .385 .686 .712 94 .476 -0.2 -0.0 .583 .059 .059
NL (4 yrs) 276 211 20 2.6 93 .249 .200 .260 .279 .326 .290 .384 .569 .710 61 .289 -13.0 -1.4 .464 .192 .090 3.4
AL (1 yr) 19 13 2 4.1 94 .385 .294 .262 .333 .327 .353 .385 .686 .712 94 .476 -0.2 -0.0 .583 .059 .059

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
1984 20 PIT NL 91 0.0% 23.1% 7.7% 4.4% 27% 3.00 3.9 20.5 0.82 67%
1985 21 PIT NL 138 2.9% 19.6% 9.4% 5.8% 29% 2.08 4.6 31.0 10.3 1.15 67%
1987 23 PIT NL 8 0.0% 25.0% 12.5% 0.0% 2.00 3.5 0.67 63%
1988 24 PIT NL 39 0.0% 25.6% 15.4% 2.6% 17% 1.67 3.2 32.0 1.38 2.60 56% 13% 0.0% 38%
1989 25 CLE AL 19 0.0% 21.1% 0.0% 5.3% 20% 4.3 17.0 1.40 2.00 68% 21% 0.0% 20%
5 Yrs 295 1.4% 21.7% 9.2% 4.8% 26% 2.37 4.1 65.5 14.6 1.38 1.14 66% 16% 0.0% 31%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.7% 8.5% 6.8% 30% 1.72 6.1 40.2 8.4 0.81 1.06 73% 20% 6.8% 29%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1984 20 PIT NL -7.0 -0.7 94 -0.9 0.9 -1.8 .94 -0.9 -0.1 -9.4 -1.0 0.98 -9.6 0
1985 21 PIT NL -3.0 -0.3 145 -0.8 2.0 -2.8 1.04 -0.6 -0.1 -6.2 -0.7 0.96 -5.4 1.06 1
1987 23 PIT NL -1.7 -0.2 8 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 .81 -0.1 -0.0 -1.1 -0.1 0.76 -1.5 0.80 4
1988 24 PIT NL -1.5 -0.2 39 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 1.07 -0.2 -0.2 -2.4 -0.3 0.98 -2.1 1.20 10
1989 25 CLE AL -0.2 -0.0 19 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 1.22 -0.1 -0.2 -1.4 -0.1 0.87 -0.7 2.33 3
5 Yrs -13.2 -1.4 305 -2.7 3.4 -6.1 1.02 -1.9 -0.7 -20.5 -2.2 0.96 -19.3 1.29 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
1984 20 PIT NL 1 0 41% 18 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 50% 5 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 3
1985 21 PIT NL 1 0 19% 38 2 4 33% 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 43% 5 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1
1987 23 PIT NL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 24 PIT NL 0 0 42% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1989 25 CLE AL 0 0 50% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
5 Yrs 2 0 32% 78 3 5 38% 3 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 5 45% 11 6 4 3 2 0 6 1 5

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
1984 20 PIT NL 91 20% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 20 4 20% 8 1 13% 61 4 7% 5 2 40% 6 2 33% 0
1985 21 PIT NL 138 28% 28 1 0 0 0 1.06 4 0 5 2 2 3 1 0 1 1 100% 17 1 6% 17 5 29% 81 8 10% 11 2 18% 6 2 33% 0
1987 23 PIT NL 8 75% 0 4 0 0 0 0.80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1988 24 PIT NL 39 26% 6 1 1 10 3 0 0 1.20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 8 1 13% 5 1 20% 26 1 4% 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1989 25 CLE AL 19 84% 5 2 1 3 1 0 0 2.33 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 11 1 9% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 295 30% 54 3 2 18 4 0 0 1.29 4 0 9 2 2 3 1 0 6 5 83% 46 6 13% 31 8 26% 181 14 8% 20 5 25% 14 5 36% 0
MLB Averages 60% 76% 11% 35% 15% 52% 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
1988 24 PIT NL 40 157 3.93 95 61% 18% 25% 33% 24% 82% 0% 50% 69% 50% 0% 0 0 3% 1 1 8% 3 2 30% -1 0 0
1989 25 CLE AL 19 91 4.79 59 65% 20% 15% 41% 24% 80% 0% 52% 81% 26% 5% 1 0 16% 3 2 5% 1 1 25% 0 0 0
2 Yrs 59 248 4.20 154 62% 19% 21% 36% 24% 81% 0% 50% 74% 42% 2% 1 0 7% 4 3 7% 4 3 29% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 32% 6% 15% 8% 26%

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
1984 20 26 91 82 9 15 3 1 0 4 1 1 7 21 .183 .247 .244 .491 39 20 4 0 2 0 1
1985 21 61 229 206 20 43 7 1 4 16 3 5 20 48 .209 .279 .311 .589 66 64 5 0 3 0 3
1986 22 61 229 206 20 43 7 1 4 16 3 5 20 48 .209 .279 .311 .589 66 64 5 0 3 0 3
1987 23 66 237 213 21 43 7 1 4 16 3 5 21 50 .202 .274 .300 .574 61 64 5 0 3 0 3
1988 24 90 276 245 26 49 8 1 4 17 3 5 27 60 .200 .279 .290 .569 61 71 6 0 4 0 3
1989 25 98 295 262 29 54 9 1 4 18 3 5 27 64 .206 .283 .294 .577 63 77 6 1 5 0 3

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
1984 20 26 91 82 9 15 3 1 0 4 1 7 21 .183 .247 .244 .491 5 26
1985 21 35 139 125 12 29 4 0 4 13 2 13 27 .232 .304 .360 .664 14 35
1987 23 5 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 5
1988 24 24 41 33 7 7 1 0 0 1 0 7 10 .212 .350 .242 .592 3 24
1989 25 8 19 17 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 .294 .333 .353 .686 2 8
5 Yrs 98 298 264 32 56 9 1 4 19 3 28 64 .212 .290 .299 .589 24 98
162 Game Avg. 162 493 436 53 93 15 2 7 31 5 46 106 .212 .290 .299 .589 40 98

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1984 NL  born 1963-07-22 (5th)

                                         

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