Mike Gonzalez
Michael Vela Gonzalez
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 213 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
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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
2003 25 PIT NL 0 1 .000 7.56 16 0 2 0 0 0 8.1 7 7 7 4 6 0 6 0 0 1 38 58 1.560 7.6 4.3 6.5 6.5 1.00
2004 26 PIT NL 3 1 .750 1.25 47 0 12 0 0 1 43.1 32 7 6 2 6 0 55 1 0 4 169 346 0.877 6.6 0.4 1.2 11.4 9.17
2005 27 PIT NL 1 3 .250 2.70 51 0 15 0 0 3 50.0 35 15 15 2 31 2 58 1 0 3 212 157 1.320 6.3 0.4 5.6 10.4 1.87
2006 28 PIT NL 3 4 .429 2.17 54 0 47 0 0 24 54.0 42 13 13 1 31 2 64 2 0 0 234 205 1.352 7.0 0.2 5.2 10.7 2.06
2007 29 ATL NL 2 0 1.000 1.59 18 0 5 0 0 2 17.0 15 3 3 0 8 0 13 0 0 0 70 274 1.353 7.9 0.0 4.2 6.9 1.63
2008 30 ATL NL 0 3 .000 4.28 36 0 29 0 0 14 33.2 26 21 16 6 14 3 44 1 0 0 142 98 1.188 7.0 1.6 3.7 11.8 3.14
2009 31 ATL NL 5 4 .556 2.42 80 0 29 0 0 10 74.1 56 28 20 7 33 8 90 7 0 5 315 170 1.197 6.8 0.8 4.0 10.9 2.73
7 Seasons 14 16 .467 2.57 302 0 139 0 0 54 280.2 213 94 80 22 129 15 330 12 0 13 1180 166 1.219 6.8 0.7 4.1 10.6 2.56
162 Game Avg. 3 4 .467 2.57 68 0 31 0 0 12 63 48 21 18 5 29 3 74 3 0 3 266 166 1.219 6.8 0.7 4.1 10.6 2.56
PIT (4 yrs) 7 9 .438 2.37 168 0 76 0 0 28 155.2 116 42 41 9 74 4 183 4 0 8 653 183 1.221 6.7 0.5 4.3 10.6 2.47
ATL (3 yrs) 7 7 .500 2.81 134 0 63 0 0 26 125.0 97 52 39 13 55 11 147 8 0 5 527 149 1.216 7.0 0.9 4.0 10.6 2.67

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
2003 25 PIT NL 16 38 30 7 7 0 1 4 0 0 6 6 .233 .351 .700 1.051 .143 21 1 0 1 1 0
2004 26 PIT NL 47 169 159 7 32 3 0 2 2 0 6 55 .201 .235 .258 .493 .294 41 2 1 3 0 0
2005 27 PIT NL 51 212 178 15 35 10 0 2 2 1 31 58 .197 .316 .287 .603 .275 51 5 1 0 2 2
2006 28 PIT NL 54 234 197 13 42 6 0 1 3 0 31 64 .213 .325 .259 .584 .308 51 2 2 3 1 2
2007 29 ATL NL 18 70 61 3 15 4 1 0 1 1 8 13 .246 .329 .344 .673 .306 21 2 0 0 1 0
2008 30 ATL NL 36 142 124 21 26 3 2 6 1 0 14 44 .210 .291 .411 .702 .263 51 2 1 1 2 3
2009 31 ATL NL 80 315 268 28 56 16 0 7 7 2 33 90 .209 .311 .347 .658 .285 93 6 7 6 1 8
7 Seasons 302 1180 1017 94 213 42 4 22 16 4 129 330 .209 .304 .324 .627 .284 329 20 12 14 8 15
162 Game Avg. 68 266 229 21 48 9 1 5 4 1 29 74 .209 .304 .324 .627 .284 74 5 3 3 2 3
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

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
2003 25 PIT NL 16 16 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 3 15 6 40% 7 0.847 6 3 7 7 1 8 9 7 0 11 0 4 1.6 9
2004 26 PIT NL 47 47 12 3 1 4 1 3 25% 17 13 24 12 50% 7 1.142 18 10 17 26 5 16 15 32 8 16 8 13 2.8 14
2005 27 PIT NL 51 51 15 1 3 3 3 0 100% 18 15 33 7 21% 8 1.465 27 10 14 21 11 19 20 31 12 15 12 15 2.9 17
2006 28 PIT NL 54 54 47 3 4 24 24 0 100% 27 3 2 2 100% 9 1.856 28 14 10 30 10 14 1 53 3 5 4 15 3.0 18
2007 29 ATL NL 18 18 5 2 0 2 2 0 100% 7 5 2 2 100% 8 0.988 4 7 7 11 1 6 1 17 0 3 0 4 2.8 15
2008 30 ATL NL 36 36 29 0 3 16 14 2 88% 16 0 7 2 29% 9 1.128 15 5 15 28 4 4 5 31 3 8 3 6 2.8 17
2009 31 ATL NL 80 80 29 5 4 17 10 7 59% 34 17 9 2 22% 8 1.752 47 8 25 53 17 10 5 75 2 12 2 28 2.8 16
7 Seasons 302 302 139 14 16 66 54 12 82% 125 56 92 33 36% 1.484 145 57 95 176 49 77 56 246 28 70 29 85 2.8 16

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%
2003 25 PIT NL 38 63% 10.5% 15.8% 15.8% 13.2% 71% 0.47 1.00 55% 12% 28.6% 18% 9 1 11%
2004 26 PIT NL 169 61% 1.2% 32.5% 3.6% 3.0% 16% 1.08 1.68 60% 16% 4.8% 13% 31 2 6%
2005 27 PIT NL 212 64% 0.9% 27.4% 14.6% 5.7% 34% 0.93 1.46 57% 18% 3.8% 13% 44 5 11%
2006 28 PIT NL 234 79% 0.4% 27.4% 13.3% 3.0% 17% 0.62 0.83 57% 20% 1.4% 14% 59 2 3%
2007 29 ATL NL 70 61% 0.0% 18.6% 11.4% 7.1% 33% 0.69 0.76 70% 20% 0.0% 24% 11 2 18%
2008 30 ATL NL 142 80% 4.2% 31.0% 9.9% 7.8% 42% 0.45 0.78 54% 18% 12.8% 16% 23 2 9%
2009 31 ATL NL 315 66% 2.2% 28.6% 10.5% 7.3% 41% 0.62 0.82 55% 17% 7.8% 17% 56 6 11%
7 Seasons 1180 69% 1.9% 28.0% 10.9% 5.8% 32% 0.70 1.01 57% 18% 6.5% 16% 233 20 9%
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
2003 25 PIT NL 38 144 3.79 84 58% 30% 18% 21% 31% 70% 0% 41% 75% 53% 5% 2 2 18% 7 1 0 17% 0 0 0 0 0
2004 26 PIT NL 169 670 3.96 432 64% 27% 21% 27% 25% 73% 0% 47% 71% 53% 3% 5 5 25% 42 20 0 18% 3 0 0 0 0
2005 27 PIT NL 212 863 4.07 499 58% 31% 22% 23% 24% 69% 1% 40% 68% 53% 11% 23 10 22% 47 18 2 17% 6 11 0 0 0
2006 28 PIT NL 234 954 4.08 587 62% 28% 19% 30% 23% 72% 2% 44% 74% 54% 9% 20 14 25% 58 31 4 25% 8 4 0 0 0
2007 29 ATL NL 70 276 3.94 168 61% 35% 13% 23% 29% 65% 0% 40% 80% 51% 6% 4 3 16% 11 3 2 31% 1 1 0 0 0
2008 30 ATL NL 142 603 4.25 374 62% 26% 20% 33% 22% 74% 4% 46% 74% 51% 6% 9 2 25% 35 18 3 11% 2 4 0 0 0
2009 31 ATL NL 315 1299 4.12 809 62% 29% 19% 30% 23% 71% 7% 44% 74% 56% 7% 22 8 27% 86 52 8 26% 20 6 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1180 4809 4.08 2953 61% 29% 20% 28% 24% 71% 3% 44% 73% 54% 7% 85 44 24% 286 143 19 21% 40 26 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
2003 25 PIT NL 38 7 0 0 4 0 3 3 1 1 3 5 4 0 80% 0 1 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2004 26 PIT NL 169 32 3 1 2 1 7 2 0 1 1 9 5 1 56% 3 4 0 54 2 0 100% 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2005 27 PIT NL 212 35 6 2 2 0 14 2 0 2 0 16 7 5 44% 1 3 0 86 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
2006 28 PIT NL 234 42 3 0 1 0 14 0 1 0 1 15 6 6 40% 0 0 0 89 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2007 29 ATL NL 70 15 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 4 2 50% 0 0 1 23 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
2008 30 ATL NL 142 26 1 0 6 0 4 2 4 5 1 9 6 1 67% 2 0 0 43 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2009 31 ATL NL 315 56 7 0 7 0 15 5 2 5 2 22 6 7 27% 6 5 0 102 7 2 78% 5 2 2 0 0 0 3 2 8 0
7 Seasons 1180 213 22 3 22 1 59 14 8 14 8 84 38 22 45% 12 13 1 412 16 4 80% 10 3 6 1 0 0 4 2 23 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+
2003 25 0 1 .000 7.56 16 0 2 0 0 0 8.1 7 7 7 4 6 0 6 0 0 1 38 58 1.560 7.6 4.3 6.5 6.5 1.00 58
2004 26 3 2 .600 2.26 63 0 14 0 0 1 51.2 39 14 13 6 12 0 61 1 0 5 207 191 0.987 6.8 1.0 2.1 10.6 5.08 191
2005 27 4 5 .444 2.48 114 0 29 0 0 4 101.2 74 29 28 8 43 2 119 2 0 8 419 173 1.151 6.6 0.7 3.8 10.5 2.77 173
2006 28 7 9 .438 2.37 168 0 76 0 0 28 155.2 116 42 41 9 74 4 183 4 0 8 653 183 1.221 6.7 0.5 4.3 10.6 2.47 183
2007 29 9 9 .500 2.29 186 0 81 0 0 30 172.2 131 45 44 9 82 4 196 4 0 8 723 189 1.234 6.8 0.5 4.3 10.2 2.39 189
2008 30 9 12 .429 2.62 222 0 110 0 0 44 206.1 157 66 60 15 96 7 240 5 0 8 865 165 1.226 6.8 0.7 4.2 10.5 2.50 165
2009 31 14 16 .467 2.57 302 0 139 0 0 54 280.2 213 94 80 22 129 15 330 12 0 13 1180 166 1.219 6.8 0.7 4.1 10.6 2.56 166

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
2003 25 0 0 6.75 8.0 7 7 6 4 6 6 0 1.625 7.9 6.8 6.8 1.00 4.5 16
2004 26 4 0 1.000 1.23 44.0 31 7 6 2 6 56 1 0.841 6.3 1.2 11.5 9.33 0.4 47
2005 27 3 2 .600 2.81 48.0 35 17 15 2 31 56 1 1.375 6.6 5.8 10.5 1.81 0.4 51
2006 28 4 1 .800 2.00 54.0 41 13 12 1 30 64 2 1.315 6.8 5.0 10.7 2.13 0.2 54
2007 29 1 0 1.000 1.69 16.0 14 3 3 0 7 12 0 1.313 7.9 3.9 6.8 1.71 0.0 18
2008 30 1 2 .333 4.24 34.0 26 18 16 6 14 44 1 1.176 6.9 3.7 11.6 3.14 1.6 36
2009 31 6 2 .750 2.50 72.0 57 22 20 7 34 87 7 1.264 7.1 4.3 10.9 2.56 0.9 80
7 Seasons 19 7 .731 2.54 276.0 211 87 78 22 128 325 12 1.228 6.9 10.6 2.54 0.7 302

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2009 NL--80--3rd

Saves s c a p y
2006 NL--24--9th
Active--54--50th
Career--54--250th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  6. Rafael Soriano (933)
  7. John Rocker (933)
  8. Tom Hilgendorf (932)
  9. Jeff Calhoun (930)
  10. Ken Tatum (929)
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  6. Doug Corbett (934)
  7. Damaso Marte (934)
  8. Joe Sambito (933)
  9. Kerry Ligtenberg (932)
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  5. Steve Howe (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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