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Alex Gonzalez SSBlue Jays

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
16 5528 .243 .302 .391 77 8.8
Birth Date4-8-1973
Height6' 0"
Weight200 lbs
Age51 years, 0 months, 17 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
1994 TOR 21 15 59 8 3 1 0 4 17 1 3 0 .151 .224 .245 57 -3.1 0.4 2.0 0.2
1995 TOR 22 111 425 89 19 4 10 44 114 1 4 4 .243 .322 .398 78 -10.4 0.1 -13.8 -0.6
1996 TOR 23 147 587 124 30 5 14 45 127 5 16 6 .235 .300 .391 75 -16.9 -3.1 13.3 1.9
1997 TOR 24 126 478 102 23 2 12 34 94 5 15 6 .239 .302 .387 80 -10.2 -0.4 4.7 1.4
1998 TOR 25 158 618 136 28 1 13 28 121 6 21 6 .239 .281 .361 68 -23.8 -1.6 2.7 0.2
1999 TOR 26 38 173 45 13 0 2 16 23 3 4 2 .292 .370 .416 93 -0.9 0.3 4.0 1.0
2000 TOR 27 141 591 133 31 2 15 43 113 4 4 4 .252 .313 .404 78 -14.6 3.1 -5.8 0.9
2001 TOR 28 154 703 161 25 5 17 43 149 7 18 11 .253 .303 .388 77 -17.4 -1.5 8.1 1.9
2002 CHN 29 142 568 127 27 5 18 46 136 3 5 3 .248 .312 .425 84 -8.8 0.3 -8.9 0.6
2003 CHN 30 152 601 122 37 0 20 47 123 6 3 3 .228 .295 .409 81 -12.3 -1.8 5.8 1.6
2004 CHN 31 37 135 28 10 0 3 4 26 0 1 1 .217 .241 .364 58 -6.9 -0.9 -0.2 -0.2
2004 MON 31 35 144 32 7 0 4 8 32 1 1 1 .241 .289 .383 56 -7.8 0.3 -5.0 -0.6
2004 SDN 31 11 25 4 1 1 0 2 6 0 0 0 .174 .240 .304 60 -1.2 0.1 -1.3 -0.1
2005 TBA 32 109 383 94 20 1 9 26 74 3 2 1 .269 .323 .410 88 -5.0 0.6 -0.7 0.8
2006 PHI 33 20 38 4 0 0 0 2 10 0 0 0 .111 .158 .111 51 -2.2 0.3 0.0 -0.1
Career139655281209274271373921165459748.243.302.39177-141.6-4.04.78.8

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1992 MYR A SAL 134 581 .000 .000 .000 .330 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 KNX AA SOU 142 610 .000 .000 .000 .336 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 TOR MLB AL 15 59 .281 .343 .447 .222 97 -6.6 1.8 0.8 57 10 2.0 0.4 -3.1 0.2
1994 SYR AAA INT 110 497 .000 .000 .000 .332 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 TOR MLB AL 111 425 .273 .342 .432 .320 98 -2.7 12.7 5.4 78 10 -13.8 0.1 -10.4 -0.6
1996 TOR MLB AL 147 587 .278 .349 .447 .283 98 -17.8 18.1 8.3 75 9 13.3 -3.1 -16.9 1.9
1997 TOR MLB AL 126 478 .270 .335 .425 .280 95 -12.6 13.2 6.5 80 7 4.7 -0.4 -10.2 1.4
1998 TOR MLB AL 158 618 .267 .333 .424 .281 94 -21.7 16.8 8.4 68 7 2.7 -1.6 -23.8 0.2
1999 TOR MLB AL 38 173 .277 .349 .444 .333 100 0.6 4.8 2.3 93 12 4.0 0.3 -0.9 1.0
2000 TOR MLB AL 141 591 .270 .341 .435 .295 88 -3.7 18.6 8.6 78 8 -5.8 3.1 -14.6 0.9
2000 SYR AAA INT 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 TOR MLB AL 154 703 .265 .331 .424 .300 99 -16.9 20.9 9.6 77 11 8.1 -1.5 -17.4 1.9
2002 CHN MLB NL 142 568 .260 .330 .414 .302 101 -5.1 16.4 7.5 84 6 -8.9 0.3 -8.8 0.6
2003 CHN MLB NL 152 601 .268 .331 .430 .257 103 -12.9 15.8 8.1 81 11 5.8 -1.8 -12.3 1.6
2004 CHN MLB NL 37 135 .271 .335 .448 .250 96 -8.8 4.0 1.8 58 11 -0.2 -0.9 -6.9 -0.2
2004 MON MLB NL 35 144 .261 .325 .416 .289 96 -2.7 4.3 1.9 56 11 -5.0 0.3 -7.8 -0.6
2004 SDN MLB NL 11 25 .249 .330 .405 .235 95 -2.1 0.7 0.3 60 11 -1.3 0.1 -1.2 -0.1
2004 IOW AAA PCL 8 28 .000 .000 .000 .471 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 TBA MLB AL 109 383 .266 .329 .420 .316 103 -2.5 11.0 1.8 88 10 -0.7 0.6 -5.0 0.8
2006 PHI MLB NL 20 38 .277 .352 .442 .154 99 -6.3 1.1 0 51 14 0.0 0.3 -2.2 -0.1
2007 COH AAA INT 5 18 .277 .344 .388 .231 97 -2.7 0.5 0.3 27 0 -0.1 0.2 -1.5 -0.1

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1992 MYR A SAL 581 535 83 145 22 9 10 215 62 38 119 26 14 .271 .321 .402 .131 3 3
1993 KNX AA SOU 610 561 93 162 29 7 16 253 69 39 110 38 13 .289 .342 .451 .162 0 0
1994 TOR MLB AL 59 53 7 8 3 1 0 13 1 4 17 3 0 .151 .224 .245 .094 0 1
1994 SYR AAA INT 497 437 69 124 22 4 12 190 57 53 92 23 6 .284 .360 .435 .151 4 4
1995 TOR MLB AL 425 367 51 89 19 4 10 146 42 44 114 4 4 .243 .322 .398 .155 4 9
1996 TOR MLB AL 587 527 64 124 30 5 14 206 64 45 127 16 6 .235 .300 .391 .156 3 7
1997 TOR MLB AL 478 426 46 102 23 2 12 165 35 34 94 15 6 .239 .302 .387 .148 2 11
1998 TOR MLB AL 618 568 70 136 28 1 13 205 51 28 121 21 6 .239 .281 .361 .121 3 13
1999 TOR MLB AL 173 154 22 45 13 0 2 64 12 16 23 4 2 .292 .370 .416 .123 0 0
2000 TOR MLB AL 591 527 68 133 31 2 15 213 69 43 113 4 4 .252 .313 .404 .152 1 16
2000 SYR AAA INT 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2001 TOR MLB AL 703 636 79 161 25 5 17 247 76 43 149 18 11 .253 .303 .388 .135 10 7
2002 CHN MLB NL 568 513 58 127 27 5 18 218 61 46 136 5 3 .248 .312 .425 .177 2 4
2003 CHN MLB NL 601 536 71 122 37 0 20 219 59 47 123 3 3 .228 .295 .409 .181 4 8
2004 CHN MLB NL 135 129 15 28 10 0 3 47 8 4 26 1 1 .217 .241 .364 .147 0 2
2004 SDN MLB NL 25 23 2 4 1 1 0 7 3 2 6 0 0 .174 .240 .304 .130 0 0
2004 MON MLB NL 144 133 19 32 7 0 4 51 16 8 32 1 1 .241 .289 .383 .143 0 2
2004 IOW AAA PCL 28 24 7 8 3 0 0 11 0 4 7 1 0 .333 .429 .458 .125 0 0
2005 TBA MLB AL 383 349 47 94 20 1 9 143 38 26 74 2 1 .269 .323 .410 .140 3 2
2006 PHI MLB NL 38 36 4 4 0 0 0 4 1 2 10 0 0 .111 .158 .111 .000 0 0
2007 COH AAA INT 18 18 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 .167 .167 .222 .056 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2005-06-26 2005-07-16 15-DL 20 16 - Neck Strain - -
2004-05-06 2004-07-19 15-DL 74 64 Right Wrist Fracture Ulnar Styloid Process From Batted Ball - -
2002-05-10 2002-05-24 15-DL 14 12 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring - -
2000-07-07 2000-07-22 15-DL 15 12 Right Groin Strain - -
1999-05-17 1999-10-04 60-DL 140 123 Right Shoulder Surgery Labrum 1999-06-18 -
1997-08-14 1997-09-14 15-DL 31 30 Right Fingers Fracture Index Finger - -
1994-04-25 1994-05-27 15-DL 32 27 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2006 PHI $750,000
2005 TBA $1,750,000
2004 CHN $5,750,000
2003 CHN $5,750,000
2002 CHN $4,250,000
2001 TOR $4,250,000
2000 TOR $3,025,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
7 yrPrevious$25,525,000
7 yrTotal$25,525,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
11 y 55 dJim Bronner

Details
  • signed as a free agent from PHI 1/07 (minor-league contract)
  • retired 5/06 signed as a free agent from TB 2/06, 1 year/$0.75M (06)+$1M bonuses (130 games started & 500 plate appearances)
  • signed as a free agent from SD 1/05, 1 year/$1.75M (05)+$0.25M bonuses
  • acquired in trade from MON 9/04 acquired in trade from CHC 7/04 acquired in trade from TOR 12/01
  • 4 year/$20M (01-04) $5M signing bonus, 01:$3M+$2M b, 02:$3M+$1M b, 03:$4.5M+$1M b, 04:$4.5M+$1M b

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ VORP FRAA WARP
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