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Alex Gonzalez
Alexander Scott Gonzalez

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 4, 1994
  vs. CHW 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Born April 8, 1973 in Miami, FL

Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 14th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1991. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1994 21 TOR AL  15   53    7    8   3  1   0    1   3  0   4  17  .151  .224  .245   22   13   1   0   0   1   2
 1995 22 TOR AL 111  367   51   89  19  4  10   42   4  4  44 114  .243  .322  .398   88  146   9   4   1   1   7
 1996 23 TOR AL 147  527   64  124  30  5  14   64  16  6  45 127  .235  .300  .391   74  206   7   3   0   5  12
 1997 24 TOR AL 126  426   46  102  23  2  12   35  15  6  34  94  .239  .302  .387   80  165  11   2   1   5   9
 1998 25 TOR AL 158  568   70  136  28  1  13   51  21  6  28 121  .239  .281  .361   66  205  13   3   1   6  13
 1999 26 TOR AL  38  154   22   45  13  0   2   12   4  2  16  23  .292  .370  .416  100   64   0   0   0   3   4
 2000 27 TOR AL 141  527   68  133  31  2  15   69   4  4  43 113  .252  .313  .404   78  213  16   1   0   4  14
 2001 28 TOR AL 154  636   79  161  25  5  17   76  18 11  43 149  .253  .303  .388   80  247   7  10   0   7  16
 2002 29 CHC NL 142  513   58  127  27  5  18   61   5  3  46 136  .248  .312  .425   94  218   4   2   7   3  11
 2003 30 CHC NL 152  536   71  122  37  0  20   59   3  3  47 123  .228  .295  .409   81  219   8   4   1   6  17
 2004 31 TOT NL  83  285   36   64  18  1   7   27   2  2  14  64  .225  .263  .368   60  105   4   0   0   1   7
         CHC NL  37  129   15   28  10  0   3    8   1  1   4  26  .217  .241  .364   52   47   2   0   0   0   6
         MON NL  35  133   19   32   7  0   4   16   1  1   8  32  .241  .289  .383   69   51   2   0   0   1   1
         SDP NL  11   23    2    4   1  1   0    3   0  0   2   6  .174  .240  .304   46    7   0   0   0   0   0
 2005 32 TBD AL 109  349   47   94  20  1   9   38   2  1  26  74  .269  .323  .410   95  143   2   3   1   3  13
 2006 33 PHI NL  20   36    4    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   2  10  .111  .158  .111  -30    4   0   0   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons         4977      1209     27      536     48    1165  .243  .302  .391   79       82  32  12  45 128
               1396       623      274    137       97    392                            1948
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        578   72  140  32  3  16   62  11  6  45 135  .243  .302  .391   79  226  10   4   1   5  15
 Career High    158  636   79  161  37  5  20   76  21 11  47 149  .269  .323  .425   95  247  16  10   7   7  17
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1994 21 TOR AL   59   48    3   1.7   111| .151  .273| .224  .345| .245  .434| .469  .779|  22  .106  -6.5  -0.6 100%
 1995 22 TOR AL  425  302   48   4.2   109| .243  .269| .322  .343| .398  .425| .720  .768|  88  .406  -6.9  -0.6  50%
 1996 23 TOR AL  587  431   62   3.9   115| .235  .276| .300  .349| .391  .443| .691  .792|  74  .336 -22.4  -2.0  72%
 1997 24 TOR AL  478  352   50   3.8   108| .239  .270| .302  .339| .387  .427| .689  .766|  80  .364 -13.6  -1.3  71%
 1998 25 TOR AL  618  467   57   3.3   110| .239  .272| .281  .340| .361  .432| .642  .773|  66  .298 -30.2  -2.8  77%
 1999 26 TOR AL  173  115   24   5.6   115| .292  .276| .370  .349| .416  .442| .786  .791| 100  .513   0.6   0.1  66%
 2000 27 TOR AL  591  429   65   4.0   118| .252  .280| .313  .353| .404  .450| .717  .804|  78  .361 -19.5  -1.8  50%
 2001 28 TOR AL  703  519   73   3.8   109| .253  .270| .303  .337| .388  .433| .691  .770|  80  .367 -20.2  -1.9  62%
 2002 29 CHC NL  568  406   67   4.4   105| .248  .264| .312  .337| .425  .419| .737  .756|  94  .462  -6.1  -0.6  62%
 2003 30 CHC NL  601  446   62   3.7   110| .228  .270| .295  .342| .409  .433| .704  .775|  81  .374 -16.2  -1.6  50%
 2004 31 TOT NL  304  234   26   3.0   114| .225  .273| .263  .345| .368  .442| .631  .787|  60  .277 -18.5  -1.8  50%
         CHC NL  135  110    9   2.2   114| .217  .273| .241  .345| .364  .443| .605  .788|  52  .179  -9.8  -0.9  50%
         MON NL  144  105   15   3.8   115| .241  .275| .289  .348| .383  .446| .672  .794|  69  .378  -6.8  -0.7  50%
         SDP NL   25   19    2   2.8   102| .174  .257| .240  .327| .304  .417| .544  .744|  46  .258  -1.9  -0.2   0%
 2005 32 TBD AL  383  274   44   4.3   104| .269  .267| .323  .330| .410  .423| .733  .753|  95  .439  -2.5  -0.2  66%
 2006 33 PHI NL   38   35    0   0.0   117| .111  .278| .158  .350| .111  .452| .269  .801| -30  .000  -7.4  -0.7   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     5528 4058  581   3.8   110| .243  .271| .302  .342| .391  .434| .693  .776|  79  .367 -169.4 -15.8  66%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1994 21 TOR AL SS 15 18 49 6 6 .918 .970 4.47 4.22 4.65 4.64 15 129.7 1995 22 TOR AL SS 97 158 216 17 46 .957 .974 3.86 4.16 4.00 4.71 96 841.0 3B 9 6 11 2 1 .895 .950 1.89 2.19 4.41 2.62 2 34.7 DH 3 1996 23 TOR AL SS 147 279 465 21 122 .973 .971 5.06 4.19 5.09 4.66 147 1316.0 1997 24 TOR AL SS 125 209 341 8 77 .986 .974 4.40 4.05 4.49 4.55 125 1102.3 1998 25 TOR AL SS 158 259 427 17 98 .976 .972 4.34 4.26 4.42 4.71 157 1398.3 1999 26 TOR AL SS 37 69 132 4 34 .980 .970 5.43 4.19 5.55 4.73 37 326.0 DH 1 2000 27 TOR AL SS 141 213 408 16 100 .975 .973 4.40 4.17 4.56 4.71 140 1225.3 2001 28 TOR AL SS 154 248 511 10 120 .987 .973 4.93 4.03 4.97 4.49 153 1374.3 2002 29 CHC NL SS 142 219 361 21 84 .965 .970 4.08 4.00 4.22 4.52 139 1236.0 2003 30 CHC NL SS 150 193 423 10 95 .984 .973 4.11 3.99 4.48 4.52 141 1237.3 2004 31 TOT NL SS 81 132 188 11 46 .967 .973 3.95 3.94 4.37 4.45 77 658.6 CHC NL SS 37 65 82 5 18 .967 .973 3.97 3.94 4.45 4.45 35 297.3 MON NL SS 33 57 88 6 24 .960 .973 4.39 3.94 4.45 4.45 33 293.3 SDP NL SS 11 10 18 0 4 1.000 .972 2.55 3.94 3.71 4.45 9 68.0 2005 32 TBD AL 3B 98 65 173 14 10 .944 .957 2.43 2.49 2.75 2.76 90 779.7 SS 12 12 18 2 0 .938 .971 2.50 4.17 3.38 4.60 7 80.0 2006 33 PHI NL 1B 3 17 4 0 2 1.000 .995 7.00 8.07 8.22 9.39 3 23.0 SS 3 2 4 0 0 1.000 .968 2.00 4.00 2.57 4.41 2 21.0 3B 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 0.50 2.35 1.03 2.69 1 8.7 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2006 33 PHI NL 1B 3 17 4 0 2 1.000 .995 7.00 8.07 8.22 9.39 3 23.0 1995 22 TOR AL 3B 9 6 11 2 1 .895 .950 1.89 2.19 4.41 2.62 2 34.7 2005 32 TBD AL 3B 98 65 173 14 10 .944 .957 2.43 2.49 2.75 2.76 90 779.7 2006 33 PHI NL 3B 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 0.50 2.35 1.03 2.69 1 8.7 1995 22 TOR AL DH 3 1999 26 TOR AL DH 1 2006 33 PHI NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 2006 33 PHI NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1994 21 TOR AL SS 15 18 49 6 6 .918 .970 4.47 4.22 4.65 4.64 15 129.7 1995 22 TOR AL SS 97 158 216 17 46 .957 .974 3.86 4.16 4.00 4.71 96 841.0 1996 23 TOR AL SS 147 279 465 21 122 .973 .971 5.06 4.19 5.09 4.66 147 1316.0 1997 24 TOR AL SS 125 209 341 8 77 .986 .974 4.40 4.05 4.49 4.55 125 1102.3 1998 25 TOR AL SS 158 259 427 17 98 .976 .972 4.34 4.26 4.42 4.71 157 1398.3 1999 26 TOR AL SS 37 69 132 4 34 .980 .970 5.43 4.19 5.55 4.73 37 326.0 2000 27 TOR AL SS 141 213 408 16 100 .975 .973 4.40 4.17 4.56 4.71 140 1225.3 2001 28 TOR AL SS 154 248 511 10 120 .987 .973 4.93 4.03 4.97 4.49 153 1374.3 2002 29 CHC NL SS 142 219 361 21 84 .965 .970 4.08 4.00 4.22 4.52 139 1236.0 2003 30 CHC NL SS 150 193 423 10 95 .984 .973 4.11 3.99 4.48 4.52 141 1237.3 2004 31 TOT NL SS 81 132 188 11 46 .967 .973 3.95 3.94 4.37 4.45 77 658.6 CHC NL SS 37 65 82 5 18 .967 .973 3.97 3.94 4.45 4.45 35 297.3 MON NL SS 33 57 88 6 24 .960 .973 4.39 3.94 4.45 4.45 33 293.3 SDP NL SS 11 10 18 0 4 1.000 .972 2.55 3.94 3.71 4.45 9 68.0 2005 32 TBD AL SS 12 12 18 2 0 .938 .971 2.50 4.17 3.38 4.60 7 80.0 2006 33 PHI NL SS 3 2 4 0 0 1.000 .968 2.00 4.00 2.57 4.41 2 21.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS*1262 2011 3543 143 828 .975 .972 4.40 4.10 4.57 4.60 1236 10946.0 3B* 109 72 184 17 11 .938 .957 2.35 2.46 2.80 2.75 93 823.0 DH 4 Games not counted in Overall Total below 1B* 3 17 4 0 2 1.000 .995 7.00 8.07 8.22 9.39 3 23.0 LF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1375 2100 3731 160 841 .973 .972 4.24 3.98 4.45 4.48 1332 11793
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2003   NLDS  CHC ATL     W   5  12   1   3  0  0  1   1   2   3  .250  .357  .500   0  1   0   0   0 
        NLCS  CHC FLA     L   7  28   5   8  2  0  3   7   2   7  .286  .333  .679   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1  12  40   6  11  2  0  4   8   4  10  .275  .341  .625   0  1   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1998 AL-158-10

At Bats
2001 AL-636-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
2001 AL-703-9

Strikeouts
1995 AL-114-8
2001 AL-149-5

Sac. Hits
1995 AL-9-9
1997 AL-11-4
1998 AL-13-2
2000 AL-16-1

Sac. Flies
2001 AL-10-5

Grounded into Double Plays
2001 AL-16-10

Caught Stealing
2001 AL-11-6

Outs
1998 AL-467-10
2001 AL-519-1

Youngest Player
1994 AL-21-3

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.9 (1123) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1692) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 3, 1991: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 14th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1991.

October 30, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

December 10, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

December 10, 2001: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later and Felix Heredia. The Chicago Cubs sent James Deschaine (minors) (December 13, 2001) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade.

July 31, 2004: Traded as part of a 4-team trade by the Chicago Cubs with Francis Beltran and Brendan Harris to the Montreal Expos. The Boston Red Sox sent Nomar Garciaparra and Matt Murton to the Chicago Cubs. The Minnesota Twins sent Doug Mientkiewicz to the Boston Red Sox. The Montreal Expos sent Orlando Cabrera to the Boston Red Sox. The Chicago Cubs sent Justin Jones (minors) to the Minnesota Twins.

September 16, 2004: Sent to the San Diego Padres by the Montreal Expos as part of a conditional deal.

November 1, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

January 12, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

October 28, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

March 1, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

May 21, 2006: Retired from the Philadelphia Phillies.

January 12, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

March 29, 2007: Released by the Kansas City Royals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1994Toronto Blue Jays$109,000
1995Toronto Blue Jays$130,000
1996Toronto Blue Jays$232,875
1997Toronto Blue Jays$500,000
1998Toronto Blue Jays$1,497,500
1999Toronto Blue Jays$2,275,000
2000Toronto Blue Jays$3,025,000
2001Toronto Blue Jays$4,250,000
2002Chicago Cubs$4,250,000
2003Chicago Cubs$5,750,000
2004Chicago Cubs$5,750,000
2005Tampa Bay Devil Rays$1,750,000
2006Philadelphia Phillies$750,000
Career (may be incomplete)$30,269,375

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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