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Gio González

Giovany A. Gonzalez (Gio) (twitter: @GioGonzalez47)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 19, 1985 in Hialeah, FL
High School: Monsignor Edward Pace HS (Miami, FL)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (38th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 6, 2008
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Nationals 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2016, 5 yrs/$42M (12-16) & 17-18 team/vesting option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.162, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2004	18	CHW-min	A,Rk	2	4	.333	3.20	15	14	0	0	0	0	64.2	56	28	23	1	28	0	70	0	2	5	281		1.299	7.8	0.1	3.9	9.7	2.50	KAN,BRS · SALL,APPY
2005	19	CHW-min	A+,A	13	6	.684	2.82	24	23	0	0	0	0	131.0	97	49	41	8	47	0	163	3	6	4	528		1.099	6.7	0.5	3.2	11.2	3.47	WSM,KAN · CARL,SALL
2006	20	PHI-min	AA	7	12	.368	4.66	27	27	0	0	0	0	154.2	140	88	80	24	81	2	166	8	2	9	684		1.429	8.1	1.4	4.7	9.7	2.05	REA · EL
2007	21	CHW-min	AA	9	7	.563	3.18	27	27	0	0	0	0	150.0	116	57	53	10	57	1	185	2	2	5	611		1.153	7.0	0.6	3.4	11.1	3.25	BIR · SOUL
2008	22	OAK-min	AAA	8	7	.533	4.24	23	22	0	1	0	0	123.0	106	65	58	12	61	1	128	2	0	5	524		1.358	7.8	0.9	4.5	9.4	2.10	SAC · PCL
2008	22	OAK	AL	1	4	.200	7.68	10	7	3	0	0	0	34.0	32	34	29	9	25	1	34	3	0	1	163	54	1.676	8.5	2.4	6.6	9.0	1.36
2009	23	OAK-min	AAA	4	1	.800	2.51	12	12	0	0	0	0	61.0	42	21	17	5	34	2	71	3	0	6	256		1.246	6.2	0.7	5.0	10.5	2.09	SAC · PCL
2009	23	OAK	AL	6	7	.462	5.75	20	17	0	0	0	0	98.2	113	68	63	14	56	2	109	1	0	2	455	76	1.713	10.3	1.3	5.1	9.9	1.95
2010	24	OAK	AL	15	9	.625	3.23	33	33	0	1	0	0	200.2	171	75	72	15	92	1	171	4	1	4	851	127	1.311	7.7	0.7	4.1	7.7	1.86
2011	25	OAK	AL	16	12	.571	3.12	32	32	0	0	0	0	202.0	175	81	70	17	91	1	197	8	1	6	864	130	1.317	7.8	0.8	4.1	8.8	2.16	AS
2012	26	WSN	NL	7	1	.875	2.04	10	10	0	0	0	0	61.2	33	14	14	1	25	0	79	1	0	4	244	192	0.941	*4.8*	0.1	3.6	11.5	3.16
5 Yrs				45	33	.577	3.74	105	99	3	1	0	0	597.0	524	272	248	56	289	5	590	17	2	17	2577	110	1.362	7.9	0.8	4.4	8.9	2.04
162 Game Avg.				15	11	.577	3.74	35	33	1	0	0	0	199	175	91	83	19	96	2	197	6	1	6	859	110	1.362	7.9	0.8	4.4	8.9	2.04

OAK (4 yrs)				38	32	.543	3.93	95	89	3	1	0	0	535.1	491	258	234	55	264	5	511	16	2	13	2333	105	1.410	8.3	0.9	4.4	8.6	1.94
WSN (1 yr)				7	1	.875	2.04	10	10	0	0	0	0	61.2	33	14	14	1	25	0	79	1	0	4	244	192	0.941	4.8	0.1	3.6	11.5	3.16

AL (4 yrs)				38	32	.543	3.93	95	89	3	1	0	0	535.1	491	258	234	55	264	5	511	16	2	13	2333	105	1.410	8.3	0.9	4.4	8.6	1.94
NL (1 yr)				7	1	.875	2.04	10	10	0	0	0	0	61.2	33	14	14	1	25	0	79	1	0	4	244	192	0.941	4.8	0.1	3.6	11.5	3.16

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
2008	22	OAK	AL	34.0	10	7	34	9.00	4.66	0.26	0.09	94.8	4.25	-19	-1.6	.2	0.1	-1.2	-14	.340	.490	$
2009	23	OAK	AL	98.2	20	17	68	6.20	4.86	-0.17	0.14	96.6	4.99	-14	-1.3	1.0	-0.1	-0.5	-1	.434	.492	$
2010	24	OAK	AL	200.2	33	33	75	3.36	4.43	0.34	0.16	99.5	4.23	18	2.0		-0.1	3.6	42	.559	.512	$405,000
2011	25	OAK	AL	202.0	32	32	81	3.61	4.46	-0.09	0.16	96.7	4.55	21	2.3		-0.1	3.9	44	.571	.514	$420,000	AS
2012	26	WSN	NL	61.2	10	10	14	2.04	4.16	-0.30	0.15	99.3	4.59	17	2.0		-0.1	2.4	23	.703	.513	$
5 Seasons				597.0	105	99	272	4.10	4.50	0.04	0.15	97.8	4.50	23	3.3	.6	-0.3	8.2	94	.532	.504	$825,000

OAK (4 yrs)				535.1	95	89	258	4.34	4.53	0.08	0.15	97.6	4.49	6	1.3	.6	-0.3	5.8	71	.514	.502	$825,000
WSN (1 yr)				61.2	10	10	14	2.04	4.16	-0.30	0.15	99.3	4.59	17	2.0		-0.1	2.4	23	.703	.513	$

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	W	L	W-L%	ERA	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2011	OAK	AL	25	0	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	27.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2008	22	OAK	AL	10	163	132	34	32	8	2	9	0	2	25	34	.242	.373	.538	.911	.256	71	1	3	2	1	1	4
2009	23	OAK	AL	20	455	393	68	113	22	4	14	4	2	56	109	.288	.375	.471	.846	.363	185	10	1	2	3	2	4
2010	24	OAK	AL	33	851	748	75	171	26	2	15	12	3	92	171	.229	.316	.329	.644	.277	246	18	4	5	2	1	7
2011	25	OAK	AL	32	864	760	81	175	23	3	17	19	4	91	197	.230	.318	.336	.654	.288	255	18	8	3	2	1	13
2012	26	WSN	NL	10	244	212	14	33	10	2	1	4	1	25	79	.156	.246	.236	.482	.239	50	1	1	4	2	0	2
5 Yrs				105	2577	2245	272	524	89	13	56	39	12	289	590	.233	.324	.359	.684	.291	807	48	17	16	10	5	30
162 Game Avg.				35	859	748	91	175	30	4	19	13	4	96	197	.233	.324	.359	.684	.291	269	16	6	5	3	2	10
MLB Averages																.259	.327	.408	.736	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2008	22	OAK	AL	-15.1	-1.4	166	-1.4	1.8	-3.2	.74	-1.0	-0.9	-15.3	-1.4	0.74	-10.9	0	0	3
2009	23	OAK	AL	-14.6	-1.4	462	-0.7	7.7	-8.5	.97	-1.6	0.8	-17.2	-1.6	0.97	-18.8	1	1	1
2010	24	OAK	AL	21.0	2.2	871	2.9	15.4	-12.6	1.01	2.2	0.7	25.7	2.7	1.01	22.9	0	0	0
2011	25	OAK	AL	19.0	2.0	891	2.2	15.6	-13.4	1.00	1.4	0.8	19.7	2.1	1.00	12.9	0	0	0
2012	26	WSN	NL	13.4	1.5	252	1.7	4.8	-3.1	1.04	1.5	0.1	13.8	1.5	1.04	15.2	0	0	0
5 Yrs				23.7	2.9	2642	4.6	45.4	-40.8	.98	2.4	2.2	26.5	3.3	0.98	21.3	1	1	4

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
2008	22	OAK	AL	10	7	1	4	2	1	0	2	5	.286	1	1	0	0	0	0%	37.1	54	10	8	4	0	4	3.6	3.9	4.0	89	1	5	1	0	105
2009	23	OAK	AL	20	17	6	7	4	0	0	9	8	.529	1	2	0	0	6	35%	45.9	72	-8	18	5	0	10	5.0	4.6	5.2	94	1	9	7	0	107
2010	24	OAK	AL	33	33	15	9	9	1	2	19	14	.576	3	2	1	0	23	70%	55.4	82	12	10	4	0	12	4.4	4.8	6.1	102	1	11	21	0	118
2011	25	OAK	AL	32	32	16	12	4	1	1	17	15	.531	3	0	0	0	19	59%	56.2	86	22	25	10	0	14	4.8	4.8	6.3	106	0	5	27	0	119
2012	26	WSN	NL	10	10	7	1	2	1	1	9	1	.900	1	1	0	0	8	80%	66.1	80	34	2	0	0	5	4.5	4.5	6.2	99	1	4	5	0	115
5 Yrs				105	99	45	33	21	4	4	56	43	.566	9	6	1	0	56	57%	54	86	-8	63	23	0	45	4.6	4.7	5.9	101	4	34	61	0	119
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	100	-13					4.5	4.5	5.9	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	IPmult	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2008	22	OAK	AL	10	3	3	0	0		8	.743	0	0	3	0	3	0	3	2	2	6.0	29
2009	23	OAK	AL	20	3	0	3	3	100%	3	.967	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	9.7	75
2 Yrs				30	6	3	3	3	100%		.908	1	1	4	1	5	1	5	4	4	7.8	52

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2008	22	OAK	AL	163	27%	5.5%	20.9%	15.3%	11.7%	59%	0.72	1.20	55%	20%	16.7%	5%	29	1	3%
2009	23	OAK	AL	455	25%	3.1%	24.0%	12.3%	8.8%	35%	0.84	1.20	60%	18%	10.3%	11%	104	10	10%
2010	24	OAK	AL	851	23%	1.8%	20.1%	10.8%	5.1%	25%	0.99	1.26	66%	17%	6.1%	15%	139	18	13%
2011	25	OAK	AL	864	23%	2.0%	22.8%	10.5%	5.0%	25%	0.90	1.12	63%	18%	6.8%	15%	181	18	10%
2012	26	WSN	NL	244	20%	0.4%	32.4%	10.3%	5.3%	39%	1.05	1.39	55%	15%	2.0%	23%	35	1	3%
5 Yrs				2577	23%	2.2%	22.9%	11.2%	6.1%	30%	0.92	1.21	62%	18%	7.6%	14%	488	48	10%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.2%	8.5%	7.7%	33%	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2008	22	OAK	AL	163	708	4.34	412	58%	35%	14%	26%	25%	65%	1%	38%	79%	58%	6%	10	8	22%	36	13	1	29%	3	1	0	0	0
2009	23	OAK	AL	456	1829	4.01	1083	59%	29%	18%	26%	27%	71%	1%	42%	75%	53%	7%	32	19	21%	94	58	5	20%	14	11	-1	0	0
2010	24	OAK	AL	851	3370	3.96	2029	60%	30%	16%	26%	29%	70%	0%	42%	78%	53%	8%	68	50	21%	180	92	6	18%	32	17	0	0	0
2011	25	OAK	AL	864	3406	3.94	2040	60%	29%	18%	25%	28%	71%	0%	42%	75%	53%	6%	55	34	21%	178	87	4	21%	36	21	0	0	0
2012	26	WSN	NL	244	985	4.04	618	63%	28%	21%	28%	22%	72%	0%	45%	70%	59%	5%	11	5	23%	56	27	3	15%	9	6	0	0	0
5 Yrs				2578	10298	3.99	6182	60%	30%	17%	26%	27%	70%	0%	42%	76%	54%	7%	176	116	21%	544	277	19	20%	94	56	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
2008	22	OAK	AL	163	32	1	0	9	1	5	9	0	3	6	12	7	1	58%	4	1	0	54	0	2	0%	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	4	0
2009	23	OAK	AL	455	113	9	3	14	1	14	8	6	11	3	35	20	7	57%	4	2	0	179	4	2	67%	1	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	7	0
2010	24	OAK	AL	851	171	26	3	15	0	28	10	5	7	8	29	10	12	34%	7	4	1	286	12	3	80%	11	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	8	0
2011	25	OAK	AL	864	175	24	5	17	1	20	12	5	8	9	43	17	9	40%	13	6	0	323	19	4	83%	16	4	3	0	0	0	3	2	14	0
2012	26	WSN	NL	244	33	4	1	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	11	6	2	55%	2	4	0	82	4	1	80%	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
5 Yrs				2577	524	64	12	56	3	71	40	16	30	26	130	60	31	46%	30	17	1	924	39	12	76%	31	8	7	4	1	0	8	7	40	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2008	22	1	4	.200	7.68	10	7	3	0	34.0	32	34	29	9	25	1	34	3	0	1	163	54	1.676	8.5	2.4	6.6	9.0	1.36	54
2009	23	7	11	.389	6.24	30	24	3	0	132.2	145	102	92	23	81	3	143	4	0	3	618	69	1.704	9.8	1.6	5.5	9.7	1.77	69
2010	24	22	20	.524	4.43	63	57	3	1	333.1	316	177	164	38	173	4	314	8	1	7	1469	95	1.467	8.5	1.0	4.7	8.5	1.82	95
2011	25	38	32	.543	3.93	95	89	3	1	535.1	491	258	234	55	264	5	511	16	2	13	2333	105	1.410	8.3	0.9	4.4	8.6	1.94	105
2012	26	45	33	.577	3.74	105	99	3	1	597.0	524	272	248	56	289	5	590	17	2	17	2577	110	1.362	7.9	0.8	4.4	8.9	2.04	110

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2008	22	1	2	.333	7.94	34.0	33	33	30	9	26	34	3	1.735	8.7	6.9	9.0	1.31	2.4	10
2009	23	3	7	.300	5.97	95.0	113	70	63	14	56	105	1	1.779	10.7	5.3	9.9	1.88	1.3	20
2010	24	11	10	.524	3.61	192.0	177	86	77	16	95	163	4	1.417	8.3	4.5	7.6	1.72	0.8	33
2011	25	12	9	.571	3.48	194.0	181	83	75	18	94	189	8	1.418	8.4	4.4	8.8	2.01	0.8	32
2012	26	5	1	.833	2.07	61.0	34	16	14	1	26	78	1	0.984	5.0	3.8	11.5	3.00	0.1	10
5 Yrs		32	29	.525	4.05	576.0	538	288	259	58	297	569	17	1.450	8.4		8.9	1.92	0.9	105

* 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

All-Star Games 2011 *	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 2012 NL 2.3 (10th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 2012 NL 2.4 (1st)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 2010 AL 3.23 (8th) 2011 AL 3.12 (10th) 2012 NL 2.04 (2nd)
Wins s c a p y 2010 AL 15 (10th) 2011 AL 16 (4th) 2012 NL 7 (3rd)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 2012 NL .875 (3rd)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 2012 NL 0.941 (3rd)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 2010 AL 7.669 (9th) 2012 NL 4.816 (1st)
Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 2011 AL 8.777 (4th) 2012 NL 11.530 (1st)	Strikeouts s c a p y 2011 AL 197 (9th) 2012 NL 79 (1st)	Games Started s c a p y 2010 AL 33 (4th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 2010 AL 92 (2nd) 2011 AL 91 (1st)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 2010 AL 0.673 (10th) 2011 AL 0.757 (10th) 2012 NL 0.146 (2nd)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 2012 NL 4 (5th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 2010 AL 127 (10th) 2011 AL 130 (10th) 2012 NL 192 (2nd)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 2012 NL 13 (1st)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 2010 AL 2.2 (10th) 2012 NL 1.5 (1st)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 2010 AL 25.66 (6th) 2012 NL 13.78 (2nd)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2010 AL 2.9 (8th) 2012 NL 1.7 (2nd)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 2010 AL 2.2 (10th) 2012 NL 1.5 (2nd)
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 2010 AL 2.7 (6th) 2012 NL 1.5 (2nd)

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Black Ink	Pitching - 6 (378), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 40 (629), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 8 (1076), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 13 (615), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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