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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 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Cubs/Reds/Giants/Braves 1912-1932

Final Game: September 7, 1932 (Age 41)
Died: February 19, 1977 in La Habana, La Habana, Cuba
Buried: Christopher Columbus Cemetery,in La Habana, Cuba
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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
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 80 28 3 3 2/3
1916 25 STL NL 118 373 331 33 79 15 4 0 29 5 28 18 .239 .304 .308 .612 90 102 3 8 23/9
1917 26 STL NL 106 323 290 28 76 8 1 1 28 12 22 24 .262 .316 .307 .623 94 89 1 9 23/O9
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 3155 2829 283 717 123 19 13 263 52 10 231 198 .253 .314 .324 .638 81 917 20 69
162 Game Avg. 162 491 440 44 111 19 3 2 41 8 36 31 .253 .314 .324 .638 81 143 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 1748 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 (v2.2): 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 .479 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 /2
1914 23 CIN NL 95 196 -7 -0 0 -4 3 -8 -0.9 6 -2 -0.3 .491 .494 0.2 -0.1 2 2
1915 24 STL NL 51 111 -2 0 0 2 2 2 0.2 3 6 0.6 .505 .502 0.4 0.4 4 2/3
1916 25 STL NL 118 373 -3 -0 0 0 6 2 0.3 12 14 1.5 .503 .502 1.5 0.7 14 23/9
1917 26 STL NL 106 323 -1 -0 0 0 3 2 0.2 10 12 1.3 .502 .502 1.3 0.4 12 23/O9
1918 27 STL NL 117 394 3 -0 0 2 5 10 1.1 12 22 2.4 .510 .507 2.2 0.9 20 *2/O937
1919 28 NYG NL 58 185 -7 -0 0 -1 2 -6 -0.7 6 0 -0.1 .488 .496 0.0 0.1 1 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 .505 .500 0.2 -0.0 1 /32
1924 33 STL NL 120 434 -2 -1 0 2 4 3 0.3 13 17 1.7 .503 .502 1.5 0.5 15 *2
1925 34 STL NL 22 80 -1 -1 0 1 1 0 0.0 2 3 0.3 .501 .500 0.2 0.2 2 2
1925 34 CHC NL 70 218 -7 0 0 1 1 -5 -0.5 7 2 0.2 .494 .497 0.2 0.2 1 2/3
1926 35 CHC NL 80 275 -12 -0 0 1 2 -9 -1.0 8 -1 -0.1 .488 .494 -0.2 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 1 -2 -0.2 5 4 0.4 .497 .499 0.3 0.2 3 2
1929 38 CHC NL 60 189 -14 -0 0 2 2 -10 -1.0 6 -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 1 -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 3155 -67 -2 0 8 34 -27 -2.9 97 70 7.2 .498 .499 6.7 4.4 62
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 1748 -12 -2 0 7 21 14 1.6 54 68 7.2 .503 .501 6.5 3.1 61
CHC (5 yrs) 298 980 -42 -0 0 6 8 -28 -2.9 30 2 0.2 .491 .497 -0.3 1.3 -4
NYG (3 yrs) 82 228 -6 0 0 -1 2 -5 -0.7 7 2 0.1 .493 .499 0.3 0.1 3
BSN (1 yr) 1 3 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .479 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0
CIN (1 yr) 95 196 -7 -0 0 -4 3 -8 -0.9 6 -2 -0.3 .491 .494 0.2 -0.1 2

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1912 BSN NL 21 C 1 8 3 4 1 0 .875 7.00 .969 6.30 0 1 3 75% 44%
1914 CIN NL 23 C 83 370 252 101 17 5 .954 4.25 .970 6.31 15 57 59 51% 44%
1915 STL NL 24 C 32 118 93 24 1 3 .992 3.66 .975 6.20 2 15 13 46% 46%
1915 STL NL 24 1B 8 90 82 7 1 6 .989 11.13 .990 10.61
1916 STL NL 25 C 93 84 73 513 367 136 10 8 .981 5.41 .974 6.30 12 100 75 43% 44%
1916 STL NL 25 1B 13 9 9 118 116 2 0 7 1.000 9.08 .987 10.80
1916 STL NL 25 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80
1917 STL NL 26 C 68 56 54 346 241 97 8 8 .977 4.97 .975 5.98 8 46 50 52% 44%
1917 STL NL 26 1B 18 17 17 220 203 13 4 11 .982 12.00 .988 10.92
1917 STL NL 26 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0-0-1
1917 STL NL 26 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90
1918 STL NL 27 C 100 94 87 497 362 124 11 14 .978 4.86 .974 5.25 8 117 82 41% 44%
1918 STL NL 27 OF 5 4 3 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.80 .962 2.26 1-1-3
1918 STL NL 27 RF 4 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.25 .960 1.85
1918 STL NL 27 1B 2 0 0 4 4 0 0 1 1.000 2.00 .988 11.25
1918 STL NL 27 LF 2 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .965 2.20
1919 NYG NL 28 C 52 47 42 237 179 49 9 3 .962 4.38 .972 5.39 5 60 30 33% 44%
1919 NYG NL 28 1B 4 2 2 30 26 3 1 2 .967 7.25 .988 11.25
1920 NYG NL 29 C 8 2 1 13 9 4 0 0 1.000 1.63 .968 5.31 0 0 3 100% 46%
1921 NYG NL 30 1B 6 5 4 53 50 2 1 5 .981 8.67 .990 10.78
1921 NYG NL 30 C 2 1 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 .972 4.85 0 2 0 0% 49%
1924 STL NL 33 C 119 114 93 516 413 96 7 15 .986 4.28 .981 4.78 6 41 46 53% 47%
1925 TOT NL 34 C 72 63 57 298 247 47 4 10 .987 4.08 .970 4.45 5 21 31 60% 44%
1925 STL NL 34 C 22 20 17 110 92 16 2 3 .982 4.91 .970 4.45 1 9 10 53% 44%
1925 CHC NL 34 C 50 43 40 188 155 31 2 7 .989 3.72 .970 4.45 4 12 21 64% 44%
1925 CHC NL 34 1B 9 8 8 97 91 6 0 6 1.000 10.78 .989 10.33
1926 CHC NL 35 C 78 71 66 363 306 53 4 5 .989 4.60 .971 4.39 5 16 22 58% 44%
1927 CHC NL 36 C 36 29 27 166 136 29 1 6 .994 4.58 .974 4.43 3 9 12 57% 39%
1928 CHC NL 37 C 45 40 36 237 198 35 4 8 .983 5.18 .979 4.42 1 14 15 52% 45%
1929 CHC NL 38 C 60 47 40 248 212 34 2 7 .992 4.10 .974 4.34 1 22 20 48% 42%
1931 STL NL 40 C 12 1 0 19 15 4 0 0 1.000 1.58 .980 4.64 1 2 2 50% 46%
1932 STL NL 41 C 7 0 0 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.86 .979 4.66 0 0 1 100% 45%
17 Seasons C 868 649 577 3967 3050 838 79 92 .980 4.48 .974 5.20 72 523 464 47% 44%
7 Seasons 1B 60 41 40 612 572 33 7 38 .989 10.08 .988 10.78
3 Seasons (incomplete) RF 6 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.17 .960 1.85
2 Seasons OF 6 4 3 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 .962 2.25 3-1-10
1 Season (incomplete) LF 2 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .965 2.20
17 Seasons TOT 934 694 620 4583 3626 871 86 130 .981 4.81 .976 5.54 3-1-10 72 523 464 47% 44%
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 WAR† s c a p y
1918 NL  0.9 (10th)

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

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1916 NL  93 (4th)
1918 NL  100 (3rd)
1924 NL  119 (1st)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1918 NL  362 (3rd)
1924 NL  413 (1st)
1926 NL  306 (5th)

Assists as C s c a p y
1916 NL  136 (4th)
1917 NL  97 (5th)
1918 NL  124 (2nd)
1924 NL  96 (3rd)
Career  838 (72nd)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1914 NL  17 (3rd)
1918 NL  11 (2nd)
1924 NL  7 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as C s c a p y
1918 NL  14 (2nd)
1924 NL  15 (1st)
1925 NL  10 (4th)
1928 NL  8 (5th)
1929 NL  7 (4th)
Career  92 (70th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1914 NL  15 (2nd)
1916 NL  12 (4th)
1917 NL  8 (4th)
1918 NL  8 (1st)
1924 NL  6 (5th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1916 NL  100 (3rd)
1918 NL  117 (1st)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1916 NL  75 (5th)
1918 NL  82 (1st)
Career  464 (76th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1914 NL  50.9 (2nd)
1917 NL  52.1 (2nd)
1924 NL  52.9 (3rd)
1925 NL  59.6 (1st)
1926 NL  57.9 (2nd)
1929 NL  47.6 (4th)
Career  47.0 (53rd)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1918 NL  4.86 (4th)
1926 NL  4.60 (1st)
1929 NL  4.10 (5th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1916 NL  .981 (2nd)
1918 NL  .978 (4th)
1924 NL  .986 (3rd)
1926 NL  .989 (1st)

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

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (827), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (206th), 7.2 career WAR/8.1 7yr-peak WAR/7.6 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 13) = 52.4 career WAR/33.7 7yr-peak WAR/43.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  2. Jimmy Archer (951)
  3. Kirt Manwaring (951)
  4. Zack Taylor (945)
  5. Hank Gowdy (941)
  6. Joe Sugden (941)
  7. Larry McLean (940)
  8. Bill Rariden (933)
  9. Otto Miller (932)
  10. Pat Moran (932)
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  1. Roxy Walters (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bob Clark (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Larry McLean (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Rick Dempsey (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Admiral Schlei (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ron Brand (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Frank Bowerman (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Frank Bowerman (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jimmy Archer (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Frank Bowerman (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Frank Bowerman (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Hank Gowdy (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Joe Sugden (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Joe Sugden (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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