Luis A. Gonzalez
Luis Alberto Gonzalez
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 26, 1979 in Maracay, Venezuela
High School: El Tigre (El Tigre, VE)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 2004
Final Game: August 29, 2006
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Standard Batting

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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
2004 25 COL NL 102 351 322 42 94 17 2 12 40 1 5 15 67 .292 .330 .469 .799 94 151 5 4 9 1 1 47596/D
2005 26 COL NL 128 441 404 51 118 25 0 9 44 3 4 20 63 .292 .333 .421 .753 87 170 7 6 8 3 0 4653/97
2006 27 COL NL 61 158 149 7 36 9 1 2 14 1 1 4 27 .242 .269 .356 .625 53 53 3 2 2 1 0 4/3957
3 Seasons 291 950 875 100 248 51 3 23 98 5 10 39 157 .283 .321 .427 .749 84 374 15 12 19 5 1
162 Game Avg. 162 529 487 56 138 28 2 13 55 3 6 22 87 .283 .321 .427 .749 84 208 8 7 11 3 1

Advanced Batting

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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
2004 25 COL NL 351 248 47 5.1 122 .336 .292 .284 .330 .358 .469 .461 .799 .819 94 .505 -4.7 -0.4 .697 .211 .177 1.8
2005 26 COL NL 441 308 56 4.8 118 .325 .292 .282 .333 .354 .421 .449 .753 .804 87 .503 -8.4 -0.8 .657 .176 .129 4.5
2006 27 COL NL 158 120 14 3.1 121 .281 .242 .283 .269 .355 .356 .459 .625 .814 53 .290 -11.4 -1.1 .504 .141 .114 1.3
3 Seasons 950 676 117 4.6 120 .321 .283 .283 .321 .356 .427 .455 .749 .811 84 .470 -24.4 -2.3 .644 .183 .144 8.2
162 Game Avg. 529 376 65 4.6 120 .321 .283 .283 .321 .356 .427 .455 .749 .811 84 .470 -24.4 -2.3 .644 .183 .144 5

Ratio Batting*

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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
2004 25 COL NL 351 3.4% 19.1% 4.3% 8.8% 33% 4.47 4.8 26.8 8.1 0.74 1.15 70% 22% 17.6% 53%
2005 26 COL NL 441 2.0% 14.3% 4.5% 7.7% 29% 3.15 6.4 44.9 9.2 1.08 1.67 76% 19% 11.5% 53%
2006 27 COL NL 158 1.3% 17.1% 2.5% 7.6% 33% 6.75 5.5 74.5 10.6 0.82 1.25 77% 18% 8.0% 63%
3 Seasons 950 2.4% 16.5% 4.1% 8.1% 31% 4.03 5.6 38.0 8.9 0.90 1.39 74% 20% 13.5% 55%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
2004 25 COL NL 7 0 30% 134 1 5 17% 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 9 48% 14 11 3 4 0 3 11 3 8
2005 26 COL NL 6 1 31% 203 3 4 43% 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 10 45% 24 17 7 6 2 3 12 3 9
2006 27 COL NL 2 0 13% 48 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 25% 3 3 0 1 0 1 4 2 1
3 Seasons 15 1 28% 385 5 10 33% 4 10 1 0 0 0 3 1 9 21 44% 41 31 10 11 2 7 27 8 18
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
2004 25 COL NL 351 29% 94 8 1 21 7 2 4 0.97 12 0 8 9 3 4 8 0 11 9 82% 49 5 10% 30 13 43% 176 30 17% 10 5 50% 20 12 60% 0
2005 26 COL NL 442 35% 118 15 0 19 3 0 2 1.33 9 0 12 6 3 3 6 0 9 8 89% 71 7 10% 41 16 39% 245 36 15% 23 14 61% 20 5 25% 0
2006 27 COL NL 158 22% 36 5 0 17 2 1 1 0.77 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 2 67% 27 3 11% 15 6 40% 94 12 13% 7 4 57% 10 4 40% 0
3 Seasons 951 31% 248 28 1 57 12 3 7 1.03 23 0 22 16 7 7 16 0 23 19 83% 147 15 10% 86 35 41% 515 78 15% 40 23 58% 50 21 42% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2004 25 COL NL 351 1261 3.59 836 66% 25% 16% 27% 32% 75% 1% 49% 79% 25% 2% 8 0 11% 38 12 5% 19 8 7% 0 0 0
2005 26 COL NL 442 1457 3.30 977 67% 25% 14% 25% 36% 75% 0% 50% 82% 26% 3% 13 0 12% 55 27 5% 22 15 19% 0 0 1
2006 27 COL NL 158 517 3.27 348 67% 23% 18% 23% 36% 77% 0% 52% 76% 28% 2% 3 0 10% 16 12 4% 6 4 7% 0 0 0
3 Seasons 951 3235 3.40 2161 67% 25% 15% 25% 34% 75% 0% 50% 80% 26% 3% 24 0 11% 109 51 5% 47 27 12% 0 0 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
2004 25 102 351 322 42 94 17 2 12 40 1 5 15 67 .292 .330 .469 .799 94 151 5 4 9 1 1
2005 26 230 792 726 93 212 42 2 21 84 4 9 35 130 .292 .332 .442 .774 90 321 12 10 17 4 1
2006 27 291 950 875 100 248 51 3 23 98 5 10 39 157 .283 .321 .427 .749 84 374 15 12 19 5 1

Neutralized Batting

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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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2004 25 102 330 312 35 84 15 2 11 34 1 13 67 .269 .306 .436 .742 40 102
2005 26 128 424 396 45 110 23 0 8 39 3 19 63 .278 .318 .396 .715 49 128
2006 27 61 153 146 6 33 8 1 2 12 1 4 27 .226 .255 .336 .591 12 61
3 Seasons 291 907 854 86 227 46 3 21 85 5 36 157 .266 .303 .400 .704 101 291
162 Game Avg. 162 505 475 48 126 26 2 12 47 3 20 87 .266 .303 .400 .704 56 291

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2143), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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