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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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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

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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
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 NL 44 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 NL 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 28 PIT NL 51 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 NL 34 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 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Seasons 289 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 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 153 1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT (4 yrs) 160 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) 129 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2003 PIT NL 25 P 16 0 8.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.24 0.19 .967 1.84 0.48
2004 PIT NL 26 P 47 0 43.1 7 1 5 1 0 .857 1.25 0.13 .971 1.85 0.47
2005 PIT NL 27 P 51 0 50.0 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.26 0.14 .957 1.75 0.46
2006 PIT NL 28 P 54 0 54.0 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.33 0.15 .950 1.72 0.43
2007 ATL NL 29 P 18 0 17.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.06 0.11 .950 1.69 0.40
2008 ATL NL 30 P 36 0 33.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.27 0.03 1.000 1.74 0.43
2009 ATL NL 31 P 80 0 74.1 15 4 11 0 1 1.000 1.82 0.19 .953 1.72 0.42
7 Seasons P 302 0 280.2 43 8 34 1 2 .977 1.35 0.14 .958 1.75 0.44
7 Seasons TOT 302 0 280.2 43 8 34 1 2 .977 1.35 0.14 .935 1.75 0.44

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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  9. Jeff Calhoun (930)
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Transactions

June 4, 1996: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 17th round of the 1996 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1997: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 30th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 1997.

July 22, 2003: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Scott Sauerbeck to the Boston Red Sox for Brandon Lyon and Anastacio Martinez.

July 31, 2003: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Freddy Sanchez and cash to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Brandon Lyon, Anastacio Martinez and Jeff Suppan.

January 19, 2007: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Brent Lillibridge to the Atlanta Braves for Jamie Romak (minors) and Adam LaRoche.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2009.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2005Pittsburgh Pirates$330,000
2006Pittsburgh Pirates$347,000
2007Atlanta Braves$2,350,000
2008Atlanta Braves$2,362,500
2009Atlanta Braves$3,450,000
Career (may be incomplete)$8,839,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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