Mike González

Michael Vela Gonzalez

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: May 23, 1978 in Corpus Christi, TX
High School: Harvest Christian Academy (Pasadena, TX)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 30th round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed June 24, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 11, 2003
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Braves/Orioles/Rangers 2003-2011
Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: September 27, 2011
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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
1997	19	PIT-min	A,Rk	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		AUG,BRD · SALL,GULF
1998	20	PIT-min	A,A+	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		AUG,LBG · SALL,CARL
1999	21	PIT-min	AA,A+	27	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		ATO,LBG · EL,CARL
2000	22	PIT-min	Rk,A+	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		BRD,LBG · GULF,CARL
2001	23	PIT-min	AA,A+	28	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.083	.000	.083		0	0	0	2	0	0		ATO,LBG · EL,CARL
2002	24	PIT-min	AA,Rk	18	15	14	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.357	.357	.357	.714		5	0	0	1	0	0		ATO,BRD · EL,GULF
2003	25	BOS-PIT-min	AAA,AA,A+	19	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.667	.000	.667		0	0	0	0	0	1		NVL,PAW,ATO,LBG · PCL,IL,EL,CARL
2003	25	PIT	NL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004	26	PIT-min	AAA	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		NVL · PCL
2004	26	PIT	NL	47	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	654	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	27	PIT-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		INA · IL
2005	27	PIT	NL	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2006	28	PIT	NL	54	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	29	ATL	NL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	30	ATL-min	AA,AAA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		MSS,RMD · SOUL,IL
2008	30	ATL	NL	36	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	31	ATL	NL	80	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	32	BAL-min	A-,AAA,Rk,AA	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		ADN,NFK,OLS,BOW · NYPL,IL,GULF,EL
2010	32	BAL	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011	33	TOT	AL	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011	33	BAL	AL	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011	33	TEX	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
9 Yrs				387	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	153	2	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	153	1	0	0	0	0	0

PIT (4 yrs)				168	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	276	2	0	0	0	0	0
ATL (3 yrs)				134	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (2 yrs)				78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (7 yrs)				302	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	153	2	0	0	0	0	0
AL (2 yrs)				85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

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
2003	25	PIT	NL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
2004	26	PIT	NL	47	1	1	-0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
2005	27	PIT	NL	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$330,000	1
2006	28	PIT	NL	54	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$347,000	1
2007	29	ATL	NL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$2,350,000	1
2008	30	ATL	NL	36	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$2,362,500	1
2009	31	ATL	NL	80	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$3,450,000	1
2010	32	BAL	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$6,000,000	1
2011	33	BAL	AL	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$6,000,000	1
2011	33	TEX	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
9 Seasons				387	3	0	-0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$20,839,500

PIT (4 yrs)				168	2	0	-0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$677,000
ATL (3 yrs)				134	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$8,162,500
BAL (2 yrs)				78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$12,000,000
TEX (1 yr)				7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
2004	26	PIT	NL	1	0	2		110	1.000	1.000	.268	1.000	.340	2.000	.435	3.000	.775	654	.000	0.8	0.1		1.000	1.000

2006	28	PIT	NL	1	1	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.270	.000	.340	.000	.438	.000	.778	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

2008	30	ATL	NL	1	1	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.265	.000	.336	.000	.423	.000	.759	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
9 Yrs				3	2	2	26.8	109	.333	.333	.268	.333	.339	.667	.432	1.000	.771	153	.956	0.3	0.0	1.000	.333	.333
162 Game Avg.				1	1	1	26.8	109	.333	.333	.268	.333	.339	.667	.432	1.000	.771	153	.956	0	0	1.000	.333	.333

PIT (4 yrs)				2	1	2	53.6	111	.500	.500	.269	.500	.340	1.000	.436	1.500	.776	276	.987	0.5	0.0	2.000	.500	.500
ATL (3 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.265	.000	.336	.000	.423	.000	.759	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
2011	33	TEX	AL	ALDS	TBR	W	2
2011	33	TEX	AL	ALCS	DET	W	3
2011	33	TEX	AL	WS	STL	L	3
1 Yr (3 Series)							8
1 ALDS							2
1 ALCS							3
1 WS							3

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
2004	26	PIT	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100%				.5	0.00		100%	100%	0.0%	0%

2006	28	PIT	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%

2008	30	ATL	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	0.00	100%	0%	0.0%	0%
9 Yrs				3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	100%				1.5	0.50	1.00	100%	33%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.4%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.04	5.1	33.2	7.8	0.80	1.08	70%	19%	7.7%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
2003	25	PIT	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2004	26	PIT	NL	0.8	0.1	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	0.0		1.3	0.1	1.39	0.9	0
2005	27	PIT	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2006	28	PIT	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.36	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.39	-0.3	0
2007	29	ATL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2008	30	ATL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.12	-0.0	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.46	-0.3	0
2009	31	ATL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2010	32	BAL	AL	0.0	0.0
2011	33	TOT	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2011	33	BAL	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2011	33	TEX	AL	0.0	0.0
9 Yrs				0.3	0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.49	-0.1	-0.0	0.7	0.1	1.08	0.3	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2004	26	PIT	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2006	28	PIT	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2008	30	ATL	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Yrs				0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						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	26	PIT	NL	1	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	2	100%	1	1	100%	0	0		0

2006	28	PIT	NL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

2008	30	ATL	NL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
9 Yrs				3	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		4	2	50%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			33%			15%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	26	PIT	NL	1	5	5.00	3	60%	67%	0%	0%	33%	33%	0%	20%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0

2006	28	PIT	NL	1	4	4.00	3	75%	33%	0%	33%	33%	67%	0%	50%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0

2008	30	ATL	NL	1	2	2.00	1	50%	0%	0%	0%	100%	100%	0%	50%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
3 Yrs				3	11	3.67	7	64%	43%	0%	14%	43%	57%	0%	36%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.78		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	80%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	2B	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
2004	26	63	1	1	1	1	2	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	654	2
2005	27	114	1	1	1	1	2	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	654	2
2006	28	168	2	2	1	1	2	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	276	2
2007	29	186	2	2	1	1	2	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	276	2
2008	30	222	3	3	1	1	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	153	2
2009	31	302	3	3	1	1	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	153	2
2010	32	331	3	3	1	1	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	153	2
2011	33	387	3	3	1	1	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	153	2

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2004	26	47	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2	47

2006	28	54	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	54

2008	30	36	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	36
3 Yrs		137	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	137
162 Game Avg.		162	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	137

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