Orlando González

Orlando Eugene Gonzalez

Positions: First Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 15, 1951 in La Habana, La Habana, Cuba
School: University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 18th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 7, 1976
Teams (by GP): Indians/Phillies/Athletics 1976-1980

Final Game: October 5, 1980
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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
1974	22	CLE-min	AA	64	233	233		65	8	1	1						.279	.279	.335	.614		78							SAN · TL
1975	23	CLE-min	AAA,AA	139	573	507	78	157	26	6	1	51	21	9	52	42	.310	.372	.391	.762		198	4	1	8	5	0		OKC,SAN · AA,TL
1976	24	CLE-min	AAA	98	402	357	49	111	17	4	1	45	19	5	35	39	.311	.374	.389	.764		139		3	4	3			TOL · IL
1976	24	CLE	AL	28	75	68	5	17	2	0	0	4	1	2	5	7	.250	.301	.279	.581	73	19	2	0	2	0	0	3/97D

1977	25	CLE-min	AAA	132	560	474	75	145	21	4	1	43	28	18	73	38	.306	.395	.373	.768		177		1	5	7			TOL · IL
1978	26	PHI-min	AAA	74	309	260	49	77	14	2	1	36	9	0	44	27	.296	.393	.377	.770		98		0	1	4			OKC · AA
1978	26	PHI	NL	26	27	26	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.192	.222	.192	.415	17	5	0	0	0	0	0	9/37

1979	27	PHI-min	AAA	125	556	480	87	150	29	7	6	76	16	2	65	44	.313	.393	.440	.833		211		1	7	3			OKC · AA
1980	28	PHI-min	AAA	97	430	370	60	131	22	7	2	55	12	3	51	31	.354	.428	.468	.895		173		1	2	6			OKC · AA
1980	28	OAK	AL	25	80	70	10	17	0	0	0	1	0	2	9	8	.243	.329	.243	.572	66	17	0	0	1	0	0	3/D7
3 Yrs				79	182	164	16	39	2	0	0	5	1	4	15	16	.238	.302	.250	.552	61	41	2	0	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	373	336	33	80	4	0	0	10	2	8	31	33	.238	.302	.250	.552	61	84	4	0	6	0	0

PHI (1 yr)				26	27	26	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.192	.222	.192	.415	17	5	0	0	0	0	0
OAK (1 yr)				25	80	70	10	17	0	0	0	1	0	2	9	8	.243	.329	.243	.572	66	17	0	0	1	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				28	75	68	5	17	2	0	0	4	1	2	5	7	.250	.301	.279	.581	73	19	2	0	2	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				53	155	138	15	34	2	0	0	5	1	4	14	15	.246	.316	.261	.577	69	36	2	0	3	0	0
NL (1 yr)				26	27	26	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.192	.222	.192	.415	17	5	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
1976	24	CLE	AL	28	75	-2	-1	-0	-1	-1	-5	-0.6	2	-3	-0.4	.478	.496	-0.2	-0.3	-2	$	3/97D

1978	26	PHI	NL	26	27	-1	0	0	1	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.497	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	9/37

1980	28	OAK	AL	25	80	-2	0	0	2	-2	-1	-0.1	2	2	0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	3/D7
3 Seasons				79	182	-5	-1	0	2	-4	-7	-0.7	6	-1	-0.3	.490	.498	-0.4	-0.1	-3	$

PHI (1 yr)				26	27	-1	0	0	1	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.497	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$
OAK (1 yr)				25	80	-2	0	0	2	-2	-1	-0.1	2	2	0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.1	-1	$
CLE (1 yr)				28	75	-2	-1	-0	-1	-1	-5	-0.6	2	-3	-0.4	.478	.496	-0.2	-0.3	-2	$

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	PwrSpd
1976	24	CLE	AL	75	57	5	2.4	84	.279	.250	.254	.301	.318	.279	.358	.581	.675	73	.279	-2.3	-0.2	.418	.088	.029	.0

1978	26	PHI	NL	27	21	1	1.3	96	.200	.192	.263	.222	.331	.192	.387	.415	.718	17	.103	-3.0	-0.3	.286	.038	.000

1980	28	OAK	AL	80	56	6	2.9	92	.274	.243	.259	.329	.321	.243	.385	.572	.705	66	.299	-2.8	-0.3	.436	.100	.000
3 Yrs				182	134	12	2.4	89	.264	.238	.258	.302	.321	.250	.374	.552	.695	61	.260	-8.2	-0.8	.405	.085	.012	.0
162 Game Avg.				373	275	25	2.4	89	.264	.238	.258	.302	.321	.250	.374	.552	.695	61	.260	-8.2	-0.8	.405	.085	.012

PHI (1 yr)				27	21	1	1.3	96	.200	.192	.263	.222	.331	.192	.387	.415	.718	17	.102	-3.0	-0.3	.286	.038	.000
OAK (1 yr)				80	56	6	2.9	92	.274	.243	.259	.329	.321	.243	.385	.572	.705	66	.299	-2.8	-0.3	.436	.100	.000
CLE (1 yr)				75	57	5	2.4	84	.279	.250	.254	.301	.318	.279	.358	.581	.675	73	.278	-2.3	-0.2	.418	.088	.029	.0

AL (2 yrs)				155	113	11	2.6	88	.276	.246	.257	.316	.319	.261	.371	.577	.691	69	.288	-5.1	-0.5	.427	.094	.014	.0
NL (1 yr)				27	21	1	1.3	96	.200	.192	.263	.222	.331	.192	.387	.415	.718	17	.102	-3.0	-0.3	.286	.038	.000

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
1978	26	PHI	NL	NLCS	LAD	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1976	24	CLE	AL	75	0.0%	9.3%	6.7%	2.7%	12%	1.40	9.7		17.0	0.77	81%

1978	26	PHI	NL	27	0.0%	3.7%	3.7%	0.0%	0%	1.00	26.0			5.00	93%

1980	28	OAK	AL	80	0.0%	10.0%	11.3%	0.0%	0%	0.89	8.8		70.0	1.26	78%
3 Yrs				182	0.0%	8.8%	8.2%	1.1%	5%	1.07	10.3		32.8	1.23	81%
MLB Averages					1.9%	12.8%	8.4%	6.5%	28%	1.52	7.0	45.8	8.5	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1976	24	CLE	AL	-2.3	-0.2	78	-0.6	0.6	-1.3	.89	-0.3	-0.4	-2.3	-0.2	0.89	-2.5	0.81	6

1978	26	PHI	NL	-3.0	-0.3	28	0.1	0.4	-0.3	.73	-0.1	0.3	-0.7	-0.1	0.75	-1.6	0.82	14

1980	28	OAK	AL	-2.9	-0.3	82	-0.8	0.8	-1.6	1.06	-0.4	-0.3	-3.4	-0.4	0.87	-3.8	2.27	4
3 Yrs				-8.3	-0.8	188	-1.3	1.8	-3.1	.94	-0.8	-0.5	-6.4	-0.7	0.86	-7.9	1.06	24

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1976	24	CLE	AL	1	0	23%	35	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	43%	6	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	0

1978	26	PHI	NL	2	0	17%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1980	28	OAK	AL	2	0	39%	32	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	64%	9	4	5	1	0	1	4	1	3
3 Yrs				5	0	30%	82	1	4	20%	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	55%	16	8	8	1	0	1	5	2	3

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
1976	24	CLE	AL	75	91%	17			6	2	0	0	0.81	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	12	2	17%	6	2	33%	30	4	13%	4	1	25%	1	0	0%	0

1978	26	PHI	NL	27	96%	5			14	3	0	0	0.82	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1980	28	OAK	AL	80	81%	17			4	0	0	0	2.27	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	13	0	0%	3	1	33%	44	1	2%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
3 Yrs				182	87%	39			24	5	0	0	1.06	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	27	2	7%	10	3	30%	80	5	6%	7	2	29%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			79%			11%			35%			15%			51%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1976	24	28	75	68	5	17	2	4	1	2	5	7	.250	.301	.279	.581	73	19	2	2
1977	25	28	75	68	5	17	2	4	1	2	5	7	.250	.301	.279	.581	73	19	2	2
1978	26	54	102	94	6	22	2	4	1	2	6	8	.234	.280	.255	.535	57	24	2	2
1979	27	54	102	94	6	22	2	4	1	2	6	8	.234	.280	.255	.535	57	24	2	2
1980	28	79	182	164	16	39	2	5	1	4	15	16	.238	.302	.250	.552	61	41	2	3

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1976	24	28	78	70	6	19	2	0	0	5	1	6	7	.271	.329	.300	.629	7	28

1978	26	26	27	26	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.192	.222	.192	.415	1	26

1980	28	25	82	71	11	18	0	0	0	1	0	10	8	.254	.346	.254	.599	6	25
3 Yrs		79	187	167	18	42	2	0	0	6	1	17	16	.251	.321	.263	.584	14	79
162 Game Avg.		162	383	342	37	86	4	0	0	12	2	35	33	.251	.321	.263	.584	29	79

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