Raúl González

Victor Raul Gonzalez

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 27, 1973 in Santurce, P.R.
High School: Dr. Gilberto Concepcion de Gracia HS (Carolina, PR)
Drafted
by the Kansas City Royals in the 17th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed August 26, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 25, 2000
Teams (by GP): Mets/Reds/Indians/Cubs 2000-2004

Final Game: June 21, 2004
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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
2000 26 CHC NL 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /7
2001 27 CIN NL 11 15 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .214 .267 .214 .481 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 /7
2002 28 TOT NL 40 111 104 13 27 3 0 3 12 4 2 6 22 .260 .297 .375 .672 78 39 3 0 0 1 0 87/9
2002 28 CIN NL 10 25 23 4 6 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 5 .261 .320 .304 .624 63 7 1 0 0 0 0 /87
2002 28 NYM NL 30 86 81 9 21 2 0 3 11 2 2 4 17 .259 .291 .395 .686 82 32 2 0 0 1 0 87/9
2003 29 NYM NL 107 246 217 28 50 12 2 2 21 3 0 27 34 .230 .317 .332 .649 72 72 8 1 0 1 1 798
2004 30 CLE AL 7 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -51 1 0 0 0 0 0 /97
5 Yrs 168 385 348 41 81 15 2 5 33 7 2 34 65 .233 .301 .330 .632 67 115 11 1 0 2 1
162 Game Avg. 162 371 336 40 78 14 2 5 32 7 2 33 63 .233 .301 .330 .632 67 111 11 1 0 2 1
NYM (2 yrs) 137 332 298 37 71 14 2 5 32 5 2 31 51 .238 .310 .349 .659 75 104 10 1 0 2 1
CIN (2 yrs) 21 40 37 4 9 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 8 .243 .300 .270 .570 49 10 1 0 0 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 7 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -51 1 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 161 374 337 41 80 15 2 5 33 7 2 34 61 .237 .307 .338 .646 71 114 11 1 0 2 1
AL (1 yr) 7 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -51 1 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 Awards
2000 26 CHC NL 3 2 -1 0 0 -0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .471 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ /7
2001 27 CIN NL 11 15 -1 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .495 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /7
2002 28 CIN NL 10 25 -1 0 0 -0 0 -1 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .485 .499 0.0 -0.0 -0 $ /87
2002 28 NYM NL 30 86 -3 0 1 -2 -0 -4 -0.4 2 -1 -0.2 .487 .498 0.0 -0.2 0 $ 87/9
2003 29 NYM NL 107 246 -5 3 -0 2 -4 -4 -0.4 7 3 0.2 .496 .497 0.1 -0.2 1 $ 798
2004 30 CLE AL 7 11 -2 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .465 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ /97
5 Seasons 168 385 -13 3 1 0 -4 -13 -1.4 11 -2 -0.4 .492 .499 -0.3 -0.4 -3 $
NYM (2 yrs) 137 332 -8 3 0 0 -4 -8 -0.8 9 1 0.0 .494 .497 0.1 -0.4 1 $
CIN (2 yrs) 21 40 -2 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .491 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $
CLE (1 yr) 7 11 -2 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .465 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2 $
CHC (1 yr) 3 2 -1 0 0 -0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .471 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $

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
2000 26 CHC NL 2 2 0 0.0 114 .000 .270 .000 .346 .000 .440 .000 .787 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2001 27 CIN NL 15 11 1 2.4 116 .273 .214 .274 .267 .346 .214 .450 .481 .796 25 .210 -1.7 -0.2 .364 .071 .000
2002 28 TOT NL 111 83 10 3.2 105 .300 .260 .263 .297 .337 .375 .419 .672 .756 78 .326 -3.6 -0.4 .573 .192 .115 3.4
2002 28 CIN NL 25 18 2 3.0 111 .333 .261 .271 .320 .345 .304 .430 .624 .776 63 .295 -1.2 -0.1 .611 .217 .043 .0
2002 28 NYM NL 86 65 8 3.3 104 .290 .259 .261 .291 .334 .395 .416 .686 .750 82 .335 -2.4 -0.2 .563 .185 .136 2.4
2003 29 NYM NL 246 176 23 3.5 107 .264 .230 .265 .317 .336 .332 .425 .649 .761 72 .348 -8.4 -0.8 .589 .240 .101 2.4
2004 30 CLE AL 11 10 0 0.0 104 .143 .091 .263 .091 .330 .091 .423 .182 .753 -51 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .100 .000 .000
5 Yrs 385 282 34 3.2 107 .271 .233 .265 .301 .337 .330 .424 .632 .761 67 .317 -16.7 -1.6 .554 .210 .098 5.8
162 Game Avg. 371 272 33 3.2 107 .271 .233 .265 .301 .337 .330 .424 .632 .761 67 .317 -16.7 -1.6 .554 .210 .098 6
NYM (2 yrs) 332 241 31 3.4 106 .270 .238 .264 .310 .336 .349 .422 .659 .758 75 .344 -10.8 -1.0 .582 .225 .111 5.0
CIN (2 yrs) 40 29 3 2.8 113 .310 .243 .272 .300 .346 .270 .438 .570 .783 49 .261 -2.9 -0.3 .517 .162 .027 .0
CLE (1 yr) 11 10 0 0.0 104 .143 .091 .263 .091 .330 .091 .423 .182 .753 -51 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .100 .000 .000
CHC (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 114 .000 .270 .000 .346 .000 .440 .000 .787 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
NL (4 yrs) 374 272 34 3.3 107 .275 .237 .265 .307 .337 .338 .424 .646 .761 71 .333 -14.3 -1.4 .570 .217 .101 5.8
AL (1 yr) 11 10 0 0.0 104 .143 .091 .263 .091 .330 .091 .423 .182 .753 -51 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .100 .000 .000

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
2000 26 CHC NL 2 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
2001 27 CIN NL 15 0.0% 20.0% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 3.00 4.7 0.83 1.33 73% 45% 0.0% 0%
2002 28 TOT NL 111 2.7% 19.8% 5.4% 5.4% 22% 3.67 4.7 34.7 8.7 1.96 2.93 72% 17% 11.5% 4%
2002 28 CIN NL 25 0.0% 20.0% 8.0% 4.0% 17% 2.50 4.6 23.0 2.60 5.50 72% 17% 0.0% 0%
2002 28 NYM NL 86 3.5% 19.8% 4.7% 5.8% 24% 4.25 4.8 27.0 7.4 1.82 2.54 72% 17% 14.3% 5%
2003 29 NYM NL 246 0.8% 13.8% 11.0% 6.5% 32% 1.26 6.4 108.5 10.3 1.18 1.69 74% 18% 2.8% 13%
2004 30 CLE AL 11 0.0% 36.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.8 0.75 0.50 64% 14% 0.0% 0%
5 Yrs 385 1.3% 16.9% 8.8% 5.7% 27% 1.91 5.4 69.6 10.5 1.33 1.86 73% 19% 4.6% 10%
MLB Averages 2.9% 16.8% 8.8% 8.1% 34% 1.91 5.3 31.0 7.5 0.77 1.07 70% 22% 8.3% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2000 26 CHC NL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .91 -0.1 0.0 -0.8 -0.1 0.95 -0.8 0.91 2
2001 27 CIN NL -1.7 -0.2 15 0.0 0.2 -0.2 .95 -0.1 0.1 -1.5 -0.1 0.81 -0.9 0.94 7
2002 28 TOT NL -3.8 -0.4 118 -0.3 1.6 -1.8 .93 -0.3 0.0 -5.7 -0.6 1.00 -4.7 0.99 12
2002 28 CIN NL -1.2 -0.1 27 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 1.02 -0.1 -0.1 -2.9 -0.3 1.03 -1.6 1.53 3
2002 28 NYM NL -2.5 -0.2 91 -0.1 1.3 -1.4 .91 -0.2 0.1 -2.9 -0.3 1.00 -3.1 0.82 9
2003 29 NYM NL -8.4 -0.8 256 -1.0 3.9 -4.9 1.06 -0.5 -0.5 -6.4 -0.6 0.98 -5.6 1.18 31
2004 30 CLE AL -2.4 -0.2 11 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .60 -0.2 0.0 -1.9 -0.2 0.73 -2.7 0.55 4
5 Yrs -16.8 -1.6 402 -1.5 5.7 -7.1 1.00 -1.1 -0.3 -16.4 -1.6 0.97 -14.7 1.05 56

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2000 26 CHC 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
2001 27 CIN NL 1 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 28 TOT NL 0 0 33% 44 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 60% 5 3 2 4 0 3 1 0 1
2002 28 CIN NL 0 0 50% 10 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 67% 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1
2002 28 NYM NL 0 0 27% 34 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 57% 5 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
2003 29 NYM NL 6 0 34% 89 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 54% 14 8 6 5 2 3 7 2 5
2004 30 CLE AL 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
5 Yrs 7 0 32% 138 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 56% 19 11 8 9 2 6 8 2 6

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
2000 26 CHC NL 2 100% 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2001 27 CIN NL 15 53% 3 0 0 7 1 0 0 0.94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2002 28 TOT NL 111 33% 27 8 0 12 1 0 1 0.99 3 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 25 3 12% 15 6 40% 74 9 12% 7 5 71% 6 3 50% 0
2002 28 CIN NL 25 28% 6 3 0 3 0 0 0 1.53 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 2 0 0% 19 1 5% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
2002 28 NYM NL 86 35% 21 5 0 9 1 0 1 0.82 3 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 21 2 10% 13 6 46% 55 8 15% 5 4 80% 6 3 50% 0
2003 29 NYM NL 246 42% 50 7 1 31 5 0 3 1.18 2 0 8 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0% 51 8 16% 25 7 28% 164 19 12% 10 5 50% 10 5 50% 0
2004 30 CLE AL 11 55% 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 385 41% 81 15 1 56 7 0 4 1.05 5 0 10 4 1 2 3 0 1 0 0% 79 11 14% 41 13 32% 249 28 11% 18 10 56% 16 8 50% 0
MLB Averages 54% 72% 11% 34% 15% 52% 57%

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
2000 26 CHC NL 2 9 4.50 6 67% 17% 50% 33% 0% 83% 0% 56% 40% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2001 27 CIN NL 15 49 3.27 31 63% 16% 16% 32% 35% 84% 0% 53% 81% 60% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 7% 1 1 33% 0 0 0
2002 28 TOT NL 111 411 3.70 257 63% 26% 16% 25% 32% 74% 0% 46% 78% 28% 6% 7 0 22% 24 11 8% 9 7 23% 0 0 0
2002 28 CIN NL 25 88 3.52 52 59% 23% 17% 25% 35% 77% 0% 45% 78% 16% 4% 1 0 20% 5 2 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2002 28 NYM NL 86 323 3.76 205 63% 27% 16% 25% 32% 73% 0% 46% 78% 31% 7% 6 0 22% 19 9 10% 9 7 29% 0 0 0
2003 29 NYM NL 246 913 3.71 562 62% 27% 11% 29% 33% 73% 1% 45% 85% 29% 6% 14 1 15% 36 12 12% 29 15 26% 0 0 0
2004 30 CLE AL 11 48 4.36 32 67% 22% 19% 38% 22% 78% 0% 52% 76% 45% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 25% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 385 1430 3.71 888 62% 26% 13% 28% 32% 74% 1% 46% 82% 31% 5% 21 1 16% 60 23 10% 39 23 25% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.74 62% 27% 14% 27% 32% 73% 2% 46% 80% 29% 5% 15% 9% 27%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2000 26 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 27 14 17 16 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .188 .235 .188 .423 10 3 0 0 0 0 0
2002 28 54 128 120 13 30 3 0 3 12 4 2 7 27 .250 .289 .350 .639 68 42 3 0 0 1 0
2003 29 161 374 337 41 80 15 2 5 33 7 2 34 61 .237 .307 .338 .646 71 114 11 1 0 2 1
2004 30 168 385 348 41 81 15 2 5 33 7 2 34 65 .233 .301 .330 .632 67 115 11 1 0 2 1

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2000 26 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
2001 27 11 15 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .214 .267 .214 .481 1 11
2002 28 40 111 104 13 27 3 0 3 12 4 6 22 .260 .297 .375 .672 12 40
2003 29 107 244 216 27 49 12 2 2 20 3 26 34 .227 .311 .329 .640 22 107
2004 30 7 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
5 Yrs 168 383 347 40 79 15 2 5 32 7 33 65 .228 .295 .326 .621 35 168
162 Game Avg. 162 369 335 39 76 14 2 5 31 7 32 63 .228 .295 .326 .621 34 168

* 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.

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