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
1981	17	PIT-min	Rk	50	211	179	32	62	5	3	2	24	9	5	29	15	.346	.435	.441	.877		79		0	2	1	0		PRA · GULF
1982	18	PIT-min	AA,AAA	119	471	416	51	107	9	10	3	30	13	11	47	96	.257	.335	.349	.683		145		2	5	1	1		BFL,POR · EL,PCL
1983	19	PIT-min	AAA	125	514	449	76	121	18	8	9	48	32	8	54	98	.269	.351	.405	.756		182		4	4	3	1		HAW · PCL
1984	20	PIT-min	AAA	113	443	380	61	114	22	7	15	67	40	10	49	89	.300	.383	.513	.896		195		4	7	3	3		HAW · PCL
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-min	AAA	106	422	365	68	105	21	6	12	57	39	13	51	79	.288	.377	.477	.853		174		3	0	3	6		HAW · PCL
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

1986	22	PIT-min	AAA	109	432	379	48	84	10	2	10	45	10	9	44	97	.222	.301	.338	.639		128		2	0	7	4		HAW · PCL
1987	23	PIT-min	AAA	113	494	413	62	108	20	0	13	57	19	14	71	91	.262	.369	.404	.773		167		2	3	5	4		VAN · PCL
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-min	AAA	75	303	267	37	79	14	2	8	39	9	3	34	62	.296	.373	.453	.826		121		0	0	2	2		BFL · AA
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-min	AAA	128	501	420	86	121	17	2	27	76	4	2	70	92	.288	.392	.531	.923		223		4	3	4	0		CSP · PCL
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
1990	26	NYM-CIN-min	AAA	117	480	396	63	131	21	1	11	65	4	2	74	70	.331	.438	.472	.910		187		4	3	3	4		TID,NVL · IL,AA
1991	27	CIN-min	AAA,Fgn	74	296	242	41	70	17	1	9	38	3	5	49	40	.289	.414	.479	.893		116		3	1	1	1		NVL,YOM · AA,JPCL
1992	28	CIN-BOS-min	AAA,Fgn	45	147	127	14	25	6	1	3	10	0	0	15	33	.197	.279	.331	.610		42	0	1	0	4	1		NVL,PAW,YOM · AA,IL,JPCL
1993	29	JAL	AAA																										JAL · MEX
1994	30	SLT,MXD	AAA																										SLT,MXD · MEX
1995	31	SLT	AAA																										SLT · MEX
1997	33	TAB	AAA																										TAB · MEX
1998	34	TAB	AAA																										TAB · MEX
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
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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
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	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	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	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	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	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	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	3

Neutralized Batting

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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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1984 NL born 1963-07-22 (5th)

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