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Mike González

Miguel Angel (Cordero) Gonzalez

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 24, 1890 in La Habana, La Habana, Cuba (All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 1912
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Cubs/Reds/Giants/Braves 1912-1932

Final Game: September 7, 1932
Died: February 19, 1977 in La Habana, La Habana, Cuba
Buried: Christopher Columbus Cemetery,in La Habana, Cuba
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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
1912 21 BSN NL 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -5 0 0 0 /2
1914 23 CIN NL 95 196 176 19 41 6 0 0 10 2 13 16 .233 .293 .267 .560 65 47 2 5 2
1915 24 STL NL 51 111 97 12 22 2 2 0 10 4 2 8 9 .227 .306 .289 .594 79 28 3 3 2/3
1916 25 STL NL 118 370 331 33 79 15 4 0 29 5 0 28 18 .239 .304 .308 .612 89 102 3 8 23
1917 26 STL NL 106 322 290 28 76 8 1 1 28 12 22 24 .262 .316 .307 .623 94 89 1 9 23/O
1918 27 STL NL 117 394 349 33 88 13 4 3 20 14 39 30 .252 .327 .338 .665 106 118 0 4 *2/O937
1919 28 NYG NL 58 185 158 18 30 6 0 0 8 3 20 9 .190 .293 .228 .521 58 36 3 4 2/3
1920 29 NYG NL 11 16 13 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 .231 .375 .231 .606 76 3 0 0 /2
1921 30 NYG NL 13 27 24 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .375 .400 .417 .817 115 10 0 2 /32
1924 33 STL NL 120 434 402 34 119 27 1 3 53 1 5 24 22 .296 .337 .391 .728 96 157 1 7 *2
1925 34 TOT NL 92 298 268 35 74 16 1 3 22 3 3 19 17 .276 .333 .377 .710 80 101 4 7 2/3
1925 34 STL NL 22 80 71 9 22 3 0 0 4 1 2 6 2 .310 .380 .352 .732 87 25 2 1 2
1925 34 CHC NL 70 218 197 26 52 13 1 3 18 2 1 13 15 .264 .316 .386 .702 77 76 2 6 2/3
1926 35 CHC NL 80 275 253 24 63 13 3 1 23 3 13 17 .249 .288 .336 .624 67 85 1 8 2
1927 36 CHC NL 39 123 108 15 26 4 1 1 15 1 10 8 .241 .311 .324 .635 69 35 1 4 2
1928 37 CHC NL 49 175 158 12 43 9 2 1 21 2 12 7 .272 .324 .373 .697 82 59 0 5 2
1929 38 CHC NL 60 189 167 15 40 3 0 0 18 1 18 14 .240 .317 .257 .575 44 43 1 3 2
1931 40 STL NL 15 19 19 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 .105 .105 .105 .211 -44 2 0 0 2
1932 41 STL NL 17 14 14 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -24 2 0 0 /2
17 Yrs 1042 3151 2829 283 717 123 19 13 263 52 10 231 198 .253 .314 .324 .638 80 917 20 69
162 Game Avg. 162 490 440 44 111 19 3 2 41 8 36 31 .253 .314 .324 .638 80 143 3 11
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
STL (8 yrs) 566 1744 1573 150 410 68 12 7 150 37 9 127 110 .261 .320 .332 .652 92 523 10 32
CHC (5 yrs) 298 980 883 92 224 42 7 6 95 9 1 66 61 .254 .309 .337 .647 68 298 5 26
NYG (3 yrs) 82 228 195 22 42 7 0 0 8 4 0 24 10 .215 .311 .251 .562 67 49 3 6
BSN (1 yr) 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -5 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 95 196 176 19 41 6 0 0 10 2 13 16 .233 .293 .267 .560 65 47 2 5

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
1912 21 BSN NL 1 3 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .469 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /2
1914 23 CIN NL 95 196 -7 -0 0 -4 3 -8 -0.9 6 -2 -0.4 .491 .495 0.1 -0.1 2 $ 2
1915 24 STL NL 51 111 -2 0 0 2 2 2 0.2 3 5 0.6 .505 .502 0.3 0.4 3 $ 2/3
1916 25 STL NL 118 370 -3 -0 0 0 6 2 0.3 10 13 1.4 .503 .502 1.3 0.7 13 $ 23
1917 26 STL NL 106 322 -1 -0 0 0 3 2 0.2 9 11 1.2 .502 .502 1.2 0.4 11 $ 23/O
1918 27 STL NL 117 394 3 -0 0 2 5 10 1.2 11 21 2.3 .510 .507 2.1 0.9 19 $ *2/O937
1919 28 NYG NL 58 185 -7 -0 0 -1 2 -6 -0.7 5 -0 -0.2 .488 .496 -0.1 0.1 0 $ 2/3
1920 29 NYG NL 11 16 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /2
1921 30 NYG NL 13 27 1 0 0 0 -0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .506 .500 0.2 -0.0 2 $ /32
1924 33 STL NL 120 434 -2 -1 0 2 4 3 0.3 13 16 1.5 .503 .502 1.4 0.5 14 $ *2
1925 34 STL NL 22 80 -1 -0 0 1 1 0 0.0 2 3 0.3 .502 .500 0.2 0.2 2 $ 2
1925 34 CHC NL 70 218 -7 0 0 1 1 -5 -0.5 6 2 0.2 .494 .497 0.1 0.2 0 $ 2/3
1926 35 CHC NL 80 275 -12 -0 0 1 2 -9 -1.0 8 -1 -0.2 .488 .494 -0.3 0.3 -2 $ 2
1927 36 CHC NL 39 123 -5 -0 0 1 1 -3 -0.3 4 1 0.1 .493 .498 0.0 0.2 -0 $ 2
1928 37 CHC NL 49 175 -4 -0 0 1 2 -2 -0.2 5 4 0.3 .497 .499 0.2 0.2 2 $ 2
1929 38 CHC NL 60 189 -14 0 0 2 2 -10 -1.0 5 -5 -0.4 .484 .494 -0.6 0.3 -7 $ 2
1931 40 STL NL 15 19 -4 0 0 0 0 -4 -0.4 0 -3 -0.3 .475 .498 -0.3 0.0 -3 $ 2
1932 41 STL NL 17 14 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .486 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ /2
17 Seasons 1042 3151 -67 -2 0 8 34 -27 -2.9 89 62 6.5 .498 .499 5.7 4.4 55 $
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
STL (8 yrs) 566 1744 -12 -2 0 7 21 14 1.6 50 64 6.8 .503 .501 6.0 3.2 57 $
CHC (5 yrs) 298 980 -42 0 0 6 8 -28 -2.9 28 -0 0.0 .491 .497 -0.6 1.3 -6 $
NYG (3 yrs) 82 228 -6 0 0 -1 2 -5 -0.7 6 2 0.1 .493 .499 0.2 0.1 3 $
BSN (1 yr) 1 3 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .469 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
CIN (1 yr) 95 196 -7 -0 0 -4 3 -8 -0.9 6 -2 -0.4 .491 .495 0.1 -0.1 2 $

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
1912 21 BSN NL 3 2 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .280 .333 .350 .000 .382 .333 .732 -5 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .500 .000
1914 23 CIN NL 196 140 13 2.5 86 .256 .233 .261 .293 .329 .267 .349 .560 .679 65 .348 -7.4 -0.8 .474 .119 .034 .0
1915 24 STL NL 111 80 8 2.7 82 .250 .227 .257 .306 .320 .289 .344 .594 .664 79 .409 -2.3 -0.3 .532 .165 .062 .0
1916 25 STL NL 370 260 31 3.2 77 .252 .239 .253 .304 .311 .308 .338 .612 .649 89 .477 -3.6 -0.4 .548 .169 .069 .0
1917 26 STL NL 322 223 28 3.4 76 .283 .262 .253 .316 .310 .307 .334 .623 .644 94 .507 -1.6 -0.2 .579 .162 .045 1.8
1918 27 STL NL 394 265 39 4.0 77 .269 .252 .258 .327 .315 .338 .333 .665 .648 106 .567 3.2 0.4 .655 .238 .086 4.9
1919 28 NYG NL 185 132 10 2.0 82 .201 .190 .264 .293 .318 .228 .347 .521 .666 58 .267 -6.9 -0.8 .484 .184 .038 .0
1920 29 NYG NL 16 10 1 2.7 90 .250 .231 .277 .375 .330 .231 .368 .606 .698 76 .346 -0.2 -0.0 .700 .308 .000 .0
1921 30 NYG NL 27 17 4 6.3 107 .375 .375 .299 .400 .350 .417 .412 .817 .762 115 .640 0.6 0.1 .733 .083 .042
1924 33 STL NL 434 295 51 4.6 102 .308 .296 .287 .337 .343 .391 .400 .728 .743 96 .508 -1.5 -0.2 .618 .144 .095 1.5
1925 34 TOT NL 298 204 32 4.2 116 .286 .276 .303 .333 .361 .377 .432 .710 .793 80 .410 -8.1 -0.8 .629 .172 .101 3.0
1925 34 STL NL 80 52 9 4.6 116 .319 .310 .303 .380 .361 .352 .432 .732 .793 87 .455 -1.0 -0.1 .627 .113 .042 .0
1925 34 CHC NL 218 152 23 4.0 116 .274 .264 .303 .316 .361 .386 .432 .702 .793 77 .395 -7.1 -0.7 .630 .193 .122 2.4
1926 35 CHC NL 275 198 24 3.2 104 .264 .249 .288 .288 .349 .336 .400 .624 .748 67 .351 -12.4 -1.2 .537 .150 .087 1.5
1927 36 CHC NL 123 86 11 3.4 106 .253 .241 .293 .311 .351 .324 .404 .635 .755 69 .370 -4.8 -0.5 .573 .185 .083 1.0
1928 37 CHC NL 175 120 19 4.3 108 .280 .272 .289 .324 .354 .373 .411 .697 .765 82 .443 -4.2 -0.4 .635 .190 .101 1.3
1929 38 CHC NL 189 130 13 2.7 121 .261 .240 .304 .317 .368 .257 .443 .575 .812 44 .210 -14.4 -1.3 .496 .132 .018 .0
1931 40 STL NL 19 17 0 0.0 108 .125 .105 .291 .105 .351 .105 .411 .211 .762 -44 .000 -4.0 -0.4 .118 .000 .000
1932 41 STL NL 14 12 0 0.0 107 .167 .143 .289 .143 .342 .143 .418 .286 .761 -24 .000 -2.5 -0.2 .167 .000 .000
17 Yrs 3151 2191 284 3.5 94 .269 .253 .275 .314 .334 .324 .376 .638 .710 80 .424 -70.5 -7.1 .570 .167 .071 20.8
162 Game Avg. 490 341 44 3.5 94 .269 .253 .275 .314 .334 .324 .376 .638 .710 80 .424 -70.5 -7.1 .570 .167 .071 3
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
STL (8 yrs) 1744 1204 166 3.7 86 .277 .261 .266 .320 .323 .332 .358 .652 .682 92 .492 -13.4 -1.4 .587 .170 .072 11.8
CHC (5 yrs) 980 686 90 3.5 111 .267 .254 .295 .309 .356 .337 .418 .647 .774 68 .351 -42.9 -4.1 .571 .168 .084 7.2
NYG (3 yrs) 228 159 15 2.6 86 .227 .215 .269 .311 .323 .251 .357 .562 .679 67 .336 -6.5 -0.8 .523 .179 .036 .0
BSN (1 yr) 3 2 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .280 .333 .350 .000 .382 .333 .732 -5 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .500 .000
CIN (1 yr) 196 140 13 2.5 86 .256 .233 .261 .293 .329 .267 .349 .560 .679 65 .348 -7.4 -0.8 .474 .119 .034 .0

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1929 38 CHC NL WS PHA L 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1918 27 STL NL 394 0.8% 7.6% 9.9% 5.1% 23% 0.77 11.6 116.3 17.5 80%
1919 28 NYG NL 185 0.0% 4.9% 10.8% 3.2% 20% 0.45 17.6 19.8 81%
1920 29 NYG NL 16 0.0% 6.3% 18.8% 0.0% 0% 0.33 13.0 75%
1921 30 NYG NL 27 0.0% 0.0% 3.7% 3.7% 11% 0.00 89%
1924 33 STL NL 434 0.7% 5.1% 5.5% 7.1% 26% 0.92 18.3 134.0 7.6 87%
1925 34 TOT NL 298 1.0% 5.7% 6.4% 6.7% 27% 0.89 15.8 89.3 12.2 83%
1925 34 STL NL 80 0.0% 2.5% 7.5% 3.8% 14% 0.33 35.5 17.8 86%
1925 34 CHC NL 218 1.4% 6.9% 6.0% 7.8% 33% 1.15 13.1 65.7 10.9 82%
1926 35 CHC NL 275 0.4% 6.2% 4.7% 6.2% 27% 1.31 14.9 253.0 11.0 85%
1927 36 CHC NL 123 0.8% 6.5% 8.1% 4.9% 23% 0.80 13.5 108.0 7.2 80%
1928 37 CHC NL 175 0.6% 4.0% 6.9% 6.9% 28% 0.58 22.6 158.0 7.5 86%
1929 38 CHC NL 189 0.0% 7.4% 9.5% 1.6% 8% 0.78 11.9 9.3 81%
1931 40 STL NL 19 0.0% 15.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 6.3 6.3 84%
1932 41 STL NL 14 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 7.0 4.7 86%
17 Yrs 2149 0.6% 9.2% 10.8% 7.2% 22% 0.86 14.3 217.6 10.8 122%
MLB Averages 1.3% 12.2% 11.4% 8.9% 25% 1.07 10.6 103.8 8.6 116%

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
1912 21 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -5 0 0 0
1913 22 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -5 0 0 0
1914 23 96 199 178 19 41 6 0 0 10 2 14 17 .230 .294 .264 .558 65 47 2 5
1915 24 147 310 275 31 63 8 2 0 20 6 2 22 26 .229 .298 .273 .571 70 75 5 8
1916 25 265 680 606 64 142 23 6 0 49 11 2 50 44 .234 .301 .292 .593 80 177 8 16
1917 26 371 1002 896 92 218 31 7 1 77 23 2 72 68 .243 .306 .297 .603 84 266 9 25
1918 27 488 1396 1245 125 306 44 11 4 97 37 2 111 98 .246 .312 .308 .621 90 384 9 29
1919 28 546 1581 1403 143 336 50 11 4 105 40 2 131 107 .239 .310 .299 .609 86 420 12 33
1920 29 557 1597 1416 144 339 50 11 4 105 41 2 134 108 .239 .310 .299 .609 86 423 12 33
1921 30 570 1624 1440 147 348 51 11 4 105 41 2 135 108 .242 .312 .301 .613 87 433 12 35
1922 31 570 1624 1440 147 348 51 11 4 105 41 2 135 108 .242 .312 .301 .613 87 433 12 35
1923 32 570 1624 1440 147 348 51 11 4 105 41 2 135 108 .242 .312 .301 .613 87 433 12 35
1924 33 690 2058 1842 181 467 78 12 7 158 42 7 159 130 .254 .317 .320 .638 89 590 13 42
1925 34 782 2356 2110 216 541 94 13 10 180 45 10 178 147 .256 .319 .327 .647 88 691 17 49
1926 35 862 2631 2363 240 604 107 16 11 203 48 10 191 164 .256 .316 .328 .644 85 776 18 57
1927 36 901 2754 2471 255 630 111 17 12 218 49 10 201 172 .255 .316 .328 .644 85 811 19 61
1928 37 950 2929 2629 267 673 120 19 13 239 51 10 213 179 .256 .316 .331 .647 85 870 19 66
1929 38 1010 3118 2796 282 713 123 19 13 257 52 10 231 193 .255 .316 .327 .643 82 913 20 69
1930 39 1010 3118 2796 282 713 123 19 13 257 52 10 231 193 .255 .316 .327 .643 82 913 20 69
1931 40 1025 3137 2815 283 715 123 19 13 260 52 10 231 196 .254 .315 .325 .640 81 915 20 69
1932 41 1042 3151 2829 283 717 123 19 13 263 52 10 231 198 .253 .314 .324 .638 80 917 20 69

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
1912 21 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 1
1914 23 99 206 185 22 45 7 0 0 12 2 14 17 .243 .303 .281 .585 16 95
1915 24 53 120 104 16 26 2 2 0 13 5 9 9 .250 .333 .308 .641 10 51
1916 25 123 403 357 44 95 18 5 0 39 6 34 19 .266 .337 .345 .681 40 118
1917 26 110 351 314 37 92 10 1 1 37 15 27 25 .293 .351 .341 .692 37 106
1918 27 149 526 463 53 130 19 6 4 32 21 58 38 .281 .361 .374 .734 63 117
1919 28 67 220 186 25 38 8 0 0 11 4 25 10 .204 .312 .247 .559 14 58
1920 29 12 17 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 .214 .353 .214 .567 1 11
1921 30 14 29 26 3 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .385 .407 .423 .830 4 13
1924 33 126 455 422 35 124 28 1 3 55 1 25 23 .294 .335 .386 .721 55 120
1925 34 97 305 276 32 71 15 1 3 20 3 18 18 .257 .312 .351 .664 30 92
1926 35 84 285 263 24 64 13 3 1 23 3 13 18 .243 .282 .327 .609 24 80
1927 36 41 127 112 15 26 4 1 1 15 1 10 8 .232 .301 .313 .613 11 39
1928 37 52 182 165 12 44 9 2 1 21 2 12 7 .267 .316 .364 .680 19 49
1929 38 63 192 171 13 37 3 0 0 15 1 17 15 .216 .291 .234 .525 12 60
1931 40 16 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 15
1932 41 18 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 17
17 Yrs 1125 3456 3095 332 805 137 22 14 293 65 267 214 .260 .323 .332 .656 336 1042
162 Game Avg. 162 498 446 48 116 20 3 2 42 9 38 31 .260 .323 .332 .656 48 1042
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1950 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1952 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1953 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1958 BBWAA ( 1.1%)
1960 BBWAA ( 0.7%)

Defensive WARs c a p y
1918 NL  0.9 (8th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1916 NL  18.4 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1928 NL  born 1890-09-24 (6th)
1929 NL  born 1890-09-24 (8th)
1931 NL  born 1890-09-24 (4th)
1932 NL  born 1890-09-24 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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