Gio Gonzalez
Giovany A. Gonzalez
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 19, 1985 in Hialeah, FL
High School: Monsignor Pace (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
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 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
2 Seasons 7 11 .389 6.24 30 24 3 0 0 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
162 Game Avg. 9 14 .389 6.24 38 30 4 0 0 0 167 183 128 116 29 102 4 180 5 0 4 778 69 1.704 9.8 1.6 5.5 9.7 1.77

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
2 Seasons 30 618 525 102 145 30 6 23 4 4 81 143 .276 .375 .488 .862 .336 256 11 4 4 4 3
162 Game Avg. 38 778 661 128 183 38 8 29 5 5 102 180 .276 .375 .488 .862 .336 322 14 5 5 5 4
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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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 0 1 0 0 0 0% 37 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% 46 72 -8 18 5 0 10 5.0 4.6 5.2 94 1 9 7 0 107
2 Seasons 30 24 7 11 6 1 0 11 13 .458 1 3 0 0 6 25% 43 72 -8 26 9 0 14 4.6 4.4 4.9 93 2 14 8 0 107
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2008 22 OAK AL 10 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.744 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 6.0 29
2009 23 OAK AL 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 3 0.973 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 9.7 75
2 Seasons 30 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 0.913 1 1 4 0 1 5 1 5 4 0 4 0 7.8 52

Ratio Pitching*

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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 73% 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 75% 3.1% 24.0% 12.3% 8.8% 35% 0.84 1.20 60% 18% 10.3% 11% 104 10 10%
2 Seasons 618 75% 3.7% 23.1% 13.1% 9.6% 41% 0.81 1.20 59% 18% 12.1% 10% 133 11 8%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 455 1827 4.02 1081 59% 29% 18% 26% 27% 71% 1% 42% 75% 53% 7% 32 19 21% 94 58 5 20% 14 11 0 0 0
2 Seasons 618 2535 4.10 1493 59% 31% 17% 26% 26% 69% 1% 41% 76% 54% 7% 42 27 21% 130 71 6 22% 17 12 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 1 1 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
2 Seasons 618 145 10 3 23 2 19 17 6 14 9 47 27 8 57% 8 3 0 233 4 4 50% 1 2 2 2 1 0 3 3 11 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
2008 22 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 54
2009 23 7 11 .389 6.24 30 24 3 0 0 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

Neutralized Pitching

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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 8.18 33.0 34 33 30 10 27 33 3 1.848 9.3 7.4 9.0 1.22 2.7 10
2009 23 3 7 .300 6.22 94.0 116 72 65 14 57 104 1 1.840 11.1 5.5 10.0 1.82 1.3 20
2 Seasons 4 9 .308 6.73 127.0 150 105 95 24 84 137 4 1.843 10.6 9.7 1.63 1.7 30

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  8. Porter Vaughan (960)
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