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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
19 509 444.3 17 24 56 3.14 6
Birth Date5-23-1978
Height6' 2"
Weight200 lbs
Age45 years, 11 months, 3 days
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2003 PIT MLB 16 0 8.3 0 1 0 7 6 6 4 102 7.6 6.5 4.3 6.5 0% .136 1.56 9.93 7.56 129 8.00 167.6 -0.2
2004 PIT MLB 47 0 43.3 3 1 1 32 6 55 2 92 6.6 1.2 0.4 11.4 0% .286 0.88 1.49 1.25 57 2.21 45.6 1.6
2005 PIT MLB 51 0 50.0 1 3 3 35 31 58 2 104 6.3 5.6 0.4 10.4 0% .275 1.32 3.10 2.70 85 3.30 71.0 1.2
2006 PIT MLB 54 0 54.0 3 4 24 42 31 64 1 96 7.0 5.2 0.2 10.7 0% .301 1.35 2.81 2.17 86 3.87 78.8 1.1
2007 ATL MLB 18 0 17.0 2 0 2 15 8 13 0 104 7.9 4.2 0.0 6.9 0% .306 1.35 3.05 1.59 102 4.48 92.7 0.2
2008 ATL MLB 36 0 33.7 0 3 14 26 14 44 6 96 7.0 3.7 1.6 11.8 0% .260 1.19 4.14 4.28 106 4.76 101.6 0.2
2009 ATL MLB 80 0 74.3 5 4 10 56 33 90 7 96 6.8 4.0 0.8 10.9 0% .275 1.20 3.47 2.42 92 4.02 86.2 1.0
2010 BAL MLB 29 0 24.7 1 3 1 18 14 31 1 114 6.6 5.1 0.4 11.3 0% .283 1.30 2.76 4.01 102 4.29 96.9 0.2
2011 BAL 0 49 0 46.3 2 2 1 46 18 46 7 105 8.9 3.5 1.4 8.9 0% .302 1.38 4.33 4.27 105 4.38 101.9 0.2
2011 TEX 0 7 0 7.0 0 0 0 5 3 5 0 113 6.4 3.9 0.0 6.4 0% .250 1.14 2.91 5.14 96 2.94 68.3 0.1
2012 WAS MLB 47 0 35.7 0 0 0 31 16 39 2 103 7.8 4.0 0.5 9.8 0% .309 1.32 3.02 3.03 96 3.97 91.0 0.3
2013 MIL MLB 75 0 50.0 0 3 0 58 25 60 10 106 10.4 4.5 1.8 10.8 0% .348 1.66 4.84 4.68 111 4.55 108.9 0.0
2011 TOT MLB 56 0 53.3 2 2 1 51 21 51 7 106 8.6 3.5 1.2 8.6 0% .000 1.35 4.14 4.39 103 4.19 97.5 0.4
CareerMLB5090444.3172456371205511421017.54.20.910.442%.2921.303.473.14943.9887.56.0

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 GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
1997 AUG A SAL 4 3 19.3 1 1 0 11 8 22 1 5.1 3.7 0.5 10.3 0% .222 0.98 3.11 1.87 0 0.00 0.0
1998 AUG A SAL 11 9 50.7 4 2 0 43 26 72 2 7.6 4.6 0.4 12.8 0% -.410 1.36 2.89 2.84 0 0.00 0.0
1998 LYN A+ CRL 7 7 28.3 0 3 0 40 13 22 5 12.7 4.1 1.6 7.0 0% -.875 1.87 5.45 6.68 0 0.00 0.0
1999 LYN A+ CRL 20 20 112.0 10 4 0 98 63 119 10 7.9 5.1 0.8 9.6 0% -.458 1.44 4.28 4.02 0 0.00 0.0
1999 ALT AA EAS 7 5 26.7 2 3 0 34 19 31 4 11.5 6.4 1.3 10.4 0% -.556 1.99 5.02 8.09 0 0.00 0.0
2000 LYN A+ CRL 12 10 56.0 4 3 0 57 34 53 6 9.2 5.5 1.0 8.5 0% -.548 1.63 4.73 4.66 0 0.00 0.0
2001 LYN A+ CRL 14 2 30.7 2 2 0 28 7 32 3 8.2 2.1 0.9 9.4 0% -.581 1.14 3.21 2.93 0 0.00 0.0
2001 ALT AA EAS 14 14 87.3 5 4 0 81 36 66 5 8.4 3.7 0.5 6.8 0% -.710 1.34 3.67 3.71 0 0.00 0.0
2001 PES Wnt AFL 9 1 22.7 0 1 0 15 11 23 0 5.9 4.4 0.0 9.1 0% -.441 1.15 3.76 1.98 0 0.00 0.0
2002 ALT AA EAS 16 16 85.3 8 4 0 77 47 82 4 8.1 5.0 0.4 8.7 0% .317 1.45 3.66 3.80 0 0.00 0.0
2002 Pho Wnt AFL 13 0 17.0 0 0 2 10 5 23 1 5.3 2.6 0.5 12.2 0% -.310 0.88 2.51 1.06 0 0.00 0.0
2003 PIT MLB NL 16 0 8.3 0 1 0 7 6 6 4 102 7.6 6.5 4.3 6.5 0% .136 1.56 9.93 7.56 129 8.00 167.6
2003 LYN A+ CRL 5 0 7.0 0 1 0 7 5 9 0 9.0 6.4 0.0 11.6 0% .389 1.71 2.69 5.14 0 0.00 0.0
2003 ALT AA EAS 5 0 7.3 0 0 1 4 2 10 1 4.9 2.5 1.2 12.3 0% .200 0.82 3.13 1.23 0 0.00 0.0
2003 NAS AAA PCL 7 0 10.0 0 0 2 9 4 10 0 8.1 3.6 0.0 9.0 0% .310 1.30 3.10 4.50 0 0.00 0.0
2003 PAW AAA INT 2 0 1.7 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 10.6 5.3 0.0 10.6 0% .400 1.76 2.70 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2003 La_ Wnt VWL 24 0 18.0 1 1 2 14 9 24 0 7.0 4.5 0.0 12.0 0% -.424 1.28 2.39 2.50 0 0.00 0.0
2004 PIT MLB NL 47 0 43.3 3 1 1 32 6 55 2 92 6.6 1.2 0.4 11.4 0% .286 0.88 1.49 1.25 57 2.21 45.6
2004 NAS AAA PCL 14 0 20.0 2 0 2 12 7 35 0 5.4 3.2 0.0 15.8 0% .375 0.95 1.06 0.90 0 0.00 0.0
2005 PIT MLB NL 51 0 50.0 1 3 3 35 31 58 2 104 6.3 5.6 0.4 10.4 0% .275 1.32 3.10 2.70 85 3.30 71.0
2005 IND AAA INT 2 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 94 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.6 0% .000 0.00 0.17 0.00 57 2.88 56.9
2006 PIT MLB NL 54 0 54.0 3 4 24 42 31 64 1 96 7.0 5.2 0.2 10.7 0% .301 1.35 2.81 2.17 86 3.87 78.8
2007 ATL MLB NL 18 0 17.0 2 0 2 15 8 13 0 104 7.9 4.2 0.0 6.9 0% .306 1.35 3.05 1.59 102 4.48 92.7
2008 ATL MLB NL 36 0 33.7 0 3 14 26 14 44 6 96 7.0 3.7 1.6 11.8 0% .260 1.19 4.14 4.28 106 4.76 101.6
2008 MIS AA SOU 4 0 5.0 0 0 0 7 0 4 0 100 12.6 0.0 0.0 7.2 0% .438 1.40 1.64 0.00 77 5.43 111.1
2008 GWN AAA INT 5 0 6.0 1 0 1 5 1 8 0 7.5 1.5 0.0 12.0 0% .357 1.00 1.15 1.50 0 0.00 0.0
2009 ATL MLB NL 80 0 74.3 5 4 10 56 33 90 7 96 6.8 4.0 0.8 10.9 0% .275 1.20 3.47 2.42 92 4.02 86.2
2010 BAL MLB AL 29 0 24.7 1 3 1 18 14 31 1 114 6.6 5.1 0.4 11.3 0% .283 1.30 2.76 4.01 102 4.29 96.9
2010 ABE A- NYP 4 1 5.0 0 1 0 7 0 5 2 102 12.6 0.0 3.6 9.0 0% .357 1.40 6.66 5.40 0 0.00 0.0
2010 BOW AA EAS 4 0 4.0 1 0 0 2 1 4 1 4.5 2.3 2.3 9.0 0% .111 0.75 5.35 2.25 0 0.00 0.0
2010 NOR AAA INT 2 1 1.7 0 0 0 3 2 4 0 97 15.9 10.6 0.0 21.2 0% .750 2.94 2.11 10.59 0 0.00 0.0
2010 ORI Rk GCL 2 2 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 112 4.5 0.0 0.0 13.5 0% .250 0.50 0.50 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2011 BAL MLB AL 49 0 46.3 2 2 1 46 18 46 7 105 8.9 3.5 1.4 8.9 0% .302 1.38 4.33 4.27 105 4.38 101.9
2011 TEX MLB AL 7 0 7.0 0 0 0 5 3 5 0 113 6.4 3.9 0.0 6.4 0% .250 1.14 2.91 5.14 96 2.94 68.3
2012 WAS MLB NL 47 0 35.7 0 0 0 31 16 39 2 103 7.8 4.0 0.5 9.8 0% .309 1.32 3.02 3.03 96 3.97 91.0
2012 SYR AAA INT 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5 0% .000 0.00 0.15 0.00 71 3.44 71.6
2013 MIL MLB NL 75 0 50.0 0 3 0 58 25 60 10 106 10.4 4.5 1.8 10.8 0% .348 1.66 4.84 4.68 111 4.55 108.9
2014 SYR AAA INT 21 0 22.7 1 1 6 20 10 18 1 7.9 4.0 0.4 7.1 0% .279 1.32 3.79 2.78 97 3.72 78.8
2016 TIJ AAA MEX 38 0 18.3 0 2 0 28 10 15 1 13.7 4.9 0.5 7.4 0% .415 2.07 4.63 5.89 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 589 0.4414 0.4584 0.7333 0.6231 0.3283 0.8272 0.5926 0.2667
2009 1272 0.4599 0.4442 0.7292 0.5726 0.3348 0.8448 0.5609 0.2708
2010 365 0.4849 0.4356 0.6667 0.6102 0.2713 0.7685 0.4510 0.3333
2011 943 0.4613 0.4178 0.7234 0.5908 0.2697 0.8405 0.5036 0.2766
2012 618 0.4563 0.3851 0.7311 0.5816 0.2202 0.8537 0.4595 0.2689
2013 934 0.4497 0.4229 0.7089 0.6048 0.2743 0.8228 0.5035 0.2911
Career47210.45730.42810.72000.59300.28910.83270.52030.2800

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
2011-11-02 2011-11-02 FA 0 0 Left Knee Surgery Meniscus - -
2011-09-18 2011-09-25 DTD 7 6 - General Medical Illness - -
2010-09-06 2010-09-12 DTD 6 5 Low Back Soreness -
2010-04-10 2010-07-21 60-DL 102 89 Left Shoulder Strain Two Tears Rotator Cuff and Frayed Labrum -
2010-03-13 2010-03-19 Camp 6 0 Low Back Stiffness -
2009-09-17 2009-09-23 DTD 6 6 Low Back Tightness -
2009-07-23 2009-07-26 DTD 3 3 Left Forearm Contusion -
2009-07-09 2009-07-19 DTD 10 7 Left Elbow Inflammation -
2008-03-21 2008-06-18 60-DL 89 72 Left Elbow Recovery From Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2007-05-31
2007-05-16 2007-09-30 60-DL 137 122 Left Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2007-05-31
2007-04-23 2007-04-25 DTD 2 2 Left Elbow Soreness -
2006-08-25 2006-10-01 15-DL 37 33 Left Elbow Inflammation Tendonitis -
2005-06-23 2005-08-16 15-DL 54 48 Left Knee Sprain MCL -
2005-04-22 2005-04-30 DTD 8 5 Right Knee Soreness Twisted While Pitching -
2005-03-22 2005-04-01 Camp 10 0 Left Arm Fatigue -
2003-04-05 2003-06-09 Minors 65 0 - Low Back Spasms - -
2002-06-05 2002-08-10 Minors 66 0 Left Knee Surgery 2002-06-14 -
2000-09-28 2000-09-28 Minors 0 0 Left Shoulder Surgery 2000-09-28 -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2013 MIL $2,250,000
2011 BAL $6,000,000
2010 BAL $6,000,000
2009 ATL $3,450,000
2008 ATL $2,362,500
2007 ATL $2,350,000
2006 PIT $347,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
8 yrPrevious$22,759,500
8 yrTotal$22,759,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
9 y 137 dDan Lozano1 year (2014)

Details
  • 1 year (2014). Signed by Washington as a free agent 3/4/14 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.5M in majors. May earn additional $0.75M in performance bonuses. Released by Washington 3/25/14.
  • 1 year/$2.25M (2013). Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 1/13. Performance bonuses: $50,000 for 25 games finished. $75,000 each for 30, 35 GF. $0.1M each for 40, 50 GF.
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Washington as a free agent 5/8/12 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Washington 6/3/12.
  • 2 years/$12M (2010-11). Signed by Baltimore as a free agent from Atlanta 12/8/09. 10:$6M, 11:$6M. 2010 award bonus: $1M for team leader in Rolaids points. 2011 salary increases to $7M for 2010 team leader in Rolaids points. Annual performance bonus: $0.5M for top 20 in majors in Rolaids points.
  • 1 year/$3.45M (2009). Re-signed 1/19/09 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$2.3625M (2008). Re-signed 1/17/08 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$2.35M (2007). Re-signed 1/07 (avoided arbitration). Acquired in trade from Pittsburgh 1/07.
  • 1 year/$0.347M (2006). Renewed 3/06.
  • 1 year (2005). Re-signed 3/05.
  • 1 year (2004). Signed 2/04.
  • 1 year (2003). Acquired in trade from Boston 7/03. Acquired in trade from Pittsburgh 7/03. Contract purchased 8/03.
  • 1 year (2002). Contract purchased 11/01. Signed 3/02.

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Michael Gonzalez threw 4,965 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2013, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2013, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (92mph) and Slider (82mph), also mixing in a Sinker (90mph) and Change (82mph).