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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 Pitching

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 60 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 3 212 156 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 0 234 207 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 70 279 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 5 315 171 1.197 6.8 0.8 4.0 10.9 2.73
2010 32 BAL AL 1 3 .250 4.01 29 0 7 0 0 1 24.2 18 11 11 1 14 4 31 0 0 3 106 105 1.297 6.6 0.4 5.1 11.3 2.21
2011 33 TOT AL 2 2 .500 4.39 56 0 15 0 0 1 53.1 51 30 26 7 21 1 51 2 0 5 230 96 1.350 8.6 1.2 3.5 8.6 2.43
2011 33 BAL AL 2 2 .500 4.27 49 0 14 0 0 1 46.1 46 26 22 7 18 1 46 2 0 4 202 97 1.381 8.9 1.4 3.5 8.9 2.56
2011 33 TEX AL 0 0 5.14 7 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 5 4 4 0 3 0 5 0 0 1 28 90 1.143 6.4 0.0 3.9 6.4 1.67
9 Yrs 17 21 .447 2.94 387 0 161 0 0 56 358.2 282 135 117 30 164 20 412 14 0 21 1516 145 1.243 7.1 0.8 4.1 10.3 2.51
162 Game Avg. 3 4 .447 2.94 68 0 28 0 0 10 63 50 24 21 5 29 4 72 2 0 4 266 145 1.243 7.1 0.8 4.1 10.3 2.51
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 8 653 184 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
BAL (2 yrs) 3 5 .375 4.18 78 0 21 0 0 2 71.0 64 37 33 8 32 5 77 2 0 7 308 100 1.352 8.1 1.0 4.1 9.8 2.41
TEX (1 yr) 0 0 5.14 7 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 5 4 4 0 3 0 5 0 0 1 28 90 1.143 6.4 0.0 3.9 6.4 1.67
NL (7 yrs) 14 16 .467 2.57 302 0 139 0 0 54 280.2 213 94 80 22 129 15 330 12 0 13 1180 167 1.219 6.8 0.7 4.1 10.6 2.56
AL (2 yrs) 3 5 .375 4.27 85 0 22 0 0 2 78.0 69 41 37 8 35 5 82 2 0 8 336 99 1.333 8.0 0.9 4.0 9.5 2.34

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2003 25 PIT NL 8.1 16 0 7 7.56 5.66 -0.05 -0.42 100.1 5.29 -2 -0.2 1.1 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .486 .499 $
2004 26 PIT NL 43.1 47 0 7 1.45 4.61 -0.11 -0.34 100.0 4.38 14 1.4 1.4 0.2 1.9 18 .531 .509 $
2005 27 PIT NL 50.0 51 0 15 2.70 4.68 0.06 -0.36 98.6 4.20 8 0.9 1.6 0.2 1.4 13 .517 .505 $330,000
2006 28 PIT NL 54.0 54 0 13 2.17 4.88 -0.22 -0.36 99.1 4.71 15 1.5 1.4 0.2 2.2 21 .529 .510 $347,000
2007 29 ATL NL 17.0 18 0 3 1.59 4.90 0.29 -0.35 99.1 4.21 5 0.5 1.0 -0.0 0.6 7 .529 .503 $2,350,000
2008 30 ATL NL 33.2 36 0 21 5.61 4.68 0.15 -0.34 95.2 3.99 -6 -0.6 1.2 -0.1 -0.4 -3 .484 .496 $2,362,500
2009 31 ATL NL 74.1 80 0 28 3.39 4.62 -0.06 -0.34 98.8 4.28 7 0.8 1.5 0.0 1.4 14 .510 .505 $3,450,000
2010 32 BAL AL 24.2 29 0 11 4.01 4.76 -0.13 -0.36 99.2 4.49 1 0.1 1.9 -0.0 0.3 4 .504 .501 $6,000,000
2011 33 BAL AL 46.1 49 0 26 5.05 4.59 -0.11 -0.35 100.7 4.38 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.0 2 .492 .498 $6,000,000
2011 33 TEX AL 7.0 7 0 4 5.14 4.58 0.10 -0.35 107.1 4.42 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.0 0 .491 .500 $
9 Seasons 358.2 387 0 135 3.39 4.71 -0.04 -0.35 99.1 4.37 39 4.0 1.4 0.3 7.2 76 .510 .502 $20,839,500
PIT (4 yrs) 155.2 168 0 42 2.43 4.78 -0.09 -0.35 99.2 4.49 35 3.6 1.4 0.6 5.3 51 .522 .506 $677,000
ATL (3 yrs) 125.0 134 0 52 3.74 4.67 0.05 -0.34 97.9 4.19 7 0.7 1.3 -0.1 1.6 18 .505 .501 $8,162,500
BAL (2 yrs) 71.0 78 0 37 4.69 4.65 -0.12 -0.35 100.2 4.42 -2 -0.3 1.3 -0.1 0.3 6 .497 .499 $12,000,000
TEX (1 yr) 7.0 7 0 4 5.14 4.58 0.10 -0.35 107.1 4.42 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.0 0 .491 .500 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2011 33 TEX AL ALDS W TBR 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 27.0
2011 33 TEX AL ALCS W DET 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 33 TEX AL WS L STL 0 0 6.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 0.667 3.0 3.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1 Yr (3 Series) 0 0 4.15 8 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 3 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 17 0.923 6.2 2.1 2.1 8.3 4.00
1 ALDS 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 27.0
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 WS 0 0 6.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 0.667 3.0 3.0 3.0 6.0 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
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 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 3
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 1
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 0
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 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 2
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 6
2010 32 BAL AL 29 106 88 11 18 7 0 1 2 0 14 31 .205 .311 .318 .629 .298 28 2 0 3 1 4 1
2011 33 TOT AL 56 230 204 30 51 13 0 7 4 0 21 51 .250 .322 .417 .738 .295 85 4 2 0 3 1 2
2011 33 BAL AL 49 202 180 26 46 12 0 7 4 0 18 46 .256 .327 .439 .766 .302 79 3 2 0 2 1 2
2011 33 TEX AL 7 28 24 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 .208 .286 .250 .536 .250 6 1 0 0 1 0 0
9 Yrs 387 1516 1309 135 282 62 4 30 22 4 164 412 .215 .307 .338 .645 .287 442 26 14 17 12 20 15
162 Game Avg. 68 266 230 24 50 11 1 5 4 1 29 72 .215 .307 .338 .645 .287 78 5 2 3 2 4 3
MLB Averages .263 .331 .418 .749 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2003 25 PIT NL -2.5 -0.2 38 -0.4 0.4 -0.7 .84 -0.4 0.0 -3.4 -0.3 0.84 -4.0 6 3 7
2004 26 PIT NL 14.7 1.5 176 0.4 3.5 -3.1 1.13 1.0 -0.7 10.8 1.1 1.13 13.9 18 9 18
2005 27 PIT NL 9.2 0.9 219 1.5 5.5 -4.0 1.43 0.7 0.4 12.0 1.2 1.43 9.3 23 11 16
2006 28 PIT NL 14.5 1.4 239 2.3 7.6 -5.3 1.84 0.9 0.3 13.5 1.3 1.84 13.8 28 8 16
2007 29 ATL NL 5.6 0.6 73 0.7 1.5 -0.7 .96 0.4 0.4 4.7 0.5 0.96 4.4 4 7 7
2008 30 ATL NL -1.8 -0.2 149 0.1 2.9 -2.7 1.10 0.1 0.0 -1.9 -0.2 1.10 1.0 15 4 16
2009 31 ATL NL 11.4 1.2 335 0.8 9.5 -8.7 1.72 0.2 0.3 10.7 1.1 1.72 4.2 43 10 27
2010 32 BAL AL 1.0 0.1 112 -0.0 3.3 -3.3 1.96 0.4 -0.5 4.1 0.4 1.96 3.7 14 7 8
2011 33 TOT AL -1.7 -0.2 238 0.3 2.9 -2.6 .73 -0.1 0.6 4.0 0.4 0.73 -0.3 15 6 33
2011 33 BAL AL -1.5 -0.2 209 0.1 2.6 -2.5 .74 -0.2 0.3 3.2 0.3 0.74 -1.8 12 6 30
2011 33 TEX AL -0.2 -0.0 29 0.2 0.4 -0.1 .67 0.1 0.2 0.8 0.1 0.67 1.5 3 0 3
9 Yrs 50.6 5.0 1579 5.9 36.9 -31.0 1.38 3.2 1.1 54.4 5.4 1.38 45.7 166 65 148

Reliever Pitching*

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 .837 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 1.130 18 9 18 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 1.429 23 11 16 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 1.837 28 8 16 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 .963 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 1.098 15 4 16 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 1.718 43 10 27 53 17 10 5 75 2 12 2 28 2.8 16
2010 32 BAL AL 29 29 7 1 3 3 1 2 33% 14 10 19 1 5% 8 1.962 14 7 8 16 5 8 12 17 5 12 9 6 2.6 14
2011 33 TOT AL 56 56 15 2 2 2 1 1 50% 10 8 27 7 26% .727 15 6 33 20 7 29 17 39 12 19 14 8 2.9 17
2011 33 BAL AL 49 49 14 2 2 2 1 1 50% 8 6 24 6 25% 7 .736 12 6 30 14 6 29 15 34 11 17 13 8 2.8 17
2011 33 TEX AL 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 33% 8 .666 3 0 3 6 1 0 2 5 1 2 1 0 3.0 17
9 Yrs 387 387 161 17 21 71 56 15 79% 149 74 138 41 30% 1.382 166 65 148 212 61 114 85 302 45 101 52 99 2.8 16

Ratio Pitching*

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 37% 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 39% 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 36% 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 21% 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 39% 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 20% 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 34% 2.2% 28.6% 10.5% 7.3% 41% 0.62 0.82 55% 17% 7.8% 17% 56 6 11%
2010 32 BAL AL 106 36% 0.9% 29.3% 13.2% 7.6% 44% 0.49 0.76 54% 18% 3.0% 15% 19 2 11%
2011 33 TOT AL 230 48% 3.0% 22.2% 9.1% 8.7% 39% 0.71 0.95 65% 20% 9.1% 14% 46 4 9%
2011 33 BAL AL 202 47% 3.5% 22.8% 8.9% 9.4% 41% 0.69 0.90 64% 20% 9.9% 11% 37 3 8%
2011 33 TEX AL 28 54% 0.0% 17.9% 10.7% 3.6% 20% 0.90 1.29 71% 20% 0.0% 40% 9 1 11%
9 Yrs 1516 34% 2.0% 27.2% 10.8% 6.3% 34% 0.68 0.98 58% 18% 6.7% 15% 298 26 9%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.4% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.7% 12% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 318 1309 4.12 813 62% 29% 19% 30% 23% 71% 6% 44% 74% 55% 7% 22 8 27% 86 52 8 26% 20 6 -3 0 0
2010 32 BAL AL 106 402 3.79 236 59% 28% 23% 23% 26% 72% 10% 42% 68% 60% 8% 8 1 18% 19 6 0 13% 5 3 0 0 0
2011 33 TOT AL 230 953 4.14 570 60% 29% 19% 24% 27% 71% 1% 42% 73% 53% 4% 10 8 23% 54 19 0 16% 5 1 0 0 0
2011 33 BAL AL 202 834 4.13 499 60% 29% 19% 24% 27% 71% 1% 42% 73% 54% 4% 8 6 22% 45 15 0 17% 5 1 0 0 0
2011 33 TEX AL 28 119 4.25 71 60% 30% 18% 24% 28% 70% 0% 42% 74% 46% 7% 2 2 32% 9 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 1519 6174 4.06 3763 61% 29% 20% 27% 25% 71% 3% 43% 72% 54% 7% 103 53 24% 359 168 19 20% 50 30 -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.78 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 0 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 2 2 8 0
2010 32 BAL AL 106 18 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 8 2 2 25% 1 3 0 44 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2011 33 TOT AL 230 51 8 1 7 0 6 5 2 3 4 18 9 4 50% 2 5 0 86 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2011 33 BAL AL 202 46 6 1 7 0 6 5 2 3 4 15 5 4 33% 2 4 0 73 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2011 33 TEX AL 28 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 133% 0 1 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
9 Yrs 1516 282 30 4 30 1 69 20 10 18 12 110 49 28 45% 15 21 1 542 22 4 85% 14 3 8 1 0 0 2 2 33 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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 60 1.560 7.6 4.3 6.5 6.5 1.00 60
2004 26 3 2 .600 2.26 63 0 14 0 0 1 51.2 39 14 13 6 12 0 61 1 0 5 207 192 0.987 6.8 1.0 2.1 10.6 5.08 192
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 8 653 184 1.221 6.7 0.5 4.3 10.6 2.47 184
2007 29 9 9 .500 2.29 186 0 81 0 0 30 172.2 131 45 44 9 82 4 196 4 0 8 723 190 1.234 6.8 0.5 4.3 10.2 2.39 190
2008 30 9 12 .429 2.62 222 0 110 0 0 44 206.1 157 66 60 15 96 7 240 5 0 8 865 166 1.226 6.8 0.7 4.2 10.5 2.50 166
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 167 1.219 6.8 0.7 4.1 10.6 2.56 167
2010 32 15 19 .441 2.68 331 0 146 0 0 55 305.1 231 105 91 23 143 19 361 12 0 16 1286 159 1.225 6.8 0.7 4.2 10.6 2.52 159
2011 33 17 21 .447 2.94 387 0 161 0 0 56 358.2 282 135 117 30 164 20 412 14 0 21 1516 145 1.243 7.1 0.8 4.1 10.3 2.51 145

Neutralized Pitching

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 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 55 1 0.841 6.3 1.2 11.3 9.17 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 15 3 3 0 8 12 0 1.438 8.4 4.5 6.8 1.50 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 2.63 72.0 57 23 21 7 34 88 7 1.264 7.1 4.3 11.0 2.59 0.9 80
2010 32 1 1 .500 4.32 25.0 18 13 12 1 14 31 0 1.280 6.5 5.0 11.2 2.21 0.4 29
2011 33 2 3 .400 4.67 52.0 52 30 27 7 21 49 2 1.404 9.0 3.6 8.5 2.33 1.2 56
9 Yrs 22 11 .667 3.01 353.0 282 131 118 30 164 405 14 1.263 7.2 10.3 2.47 0.8 387

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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)
Career  56 (250th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1994), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 7 (1145), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Name and misspellings: Michael mark michael Mike Vela gonzalas gonzales gonzalex Gonzalez

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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