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Birth Date	9-19-1985
Height	6' 0"
Weight	205 lbs

Age	39 years, 6 months, 19 days
Bats	R
Throws	L

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Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2008	OAK	10	7	34.0	1	4	32	25	34	9	96	8.5	6.6	2.4	9.0	0%	.250	1.68	7.07	7.68	96	4.16	88.7	0.5
2009	OAK	20	17	98.7	6	7	113	56	109	14	101	10.3	5.1	1.3	9.9	0%	.360	1.71	4.50	5.75	87	4.00	85.7	1.7
2010	OAK	33	33	200.7	15	9	171	92	171	15	101	7.7	4.1	0.7	7.7	0%	.274	1.31	3.75	3.23	90	3.69	83.3	3.7
2011	OAK	32	32	202.0	16	12	175	91	197	17	94	7.8	4.1	0.8	8.8	0%	.287	1.32	3.67	3.12	90	3.56	82.7	3.6
2012	WAS	32	32	199.3	21	8	149	76	207	9	100	6.7	3.4	0.4	9.3	0%	.267	1.13	2.86	2.89	78	2.80	64.2	5.6
2013	WAS	32	32	195.7	11	8	169	76	192	17	102	7.8	3.5	0.8	8.8	0%	.286	1.25	3.38	3.36	85	3.28	78.6	3.9
2014	WAS	27	27	158.7	10	10	134	56	162	10	100	7.6	3.2	0.6	9.2	0%	.294	1.20	2.99	3.57	85	3.09	75.8	3.4
2015	WAS	31	31	175.7	11	8	181	69	169	8	95	9.3	3.5	0.4	8.7	0%	.341	1.42	3.07	3.79	89	3.76	87.8	2.8
2016	WAS	32	32	177.3	11	11	179	59	171	19	90	9.1	3.0	1.0	8.7	49%	.316	1.34	3.79	4.57	93	3.71	82.1	3.4
2017	WAS	32	32	201.0	15	9	158	79	188	21	96	7.1	3.5	0.9	8.4	48%	.258	1.18	3.94	2.96	95	3.60	76.7	4.4
2018	MIL	5	5	25.3	3	0	14	10	22	2	91	5.0	3.6	0.7	7.8	46%	.182	0.95	3.59	2.13	87	3.27	73.1	0.6
2018	WAS	27	27	145.7	7	11	153	70	126	15	99	9.5	4.3	0.9	7.8	47%	.319	1.53	4.21	4.57	102	4.33	96.7	1.7
2018	TOT	32	32	171.0	10	11	167	80	148	17	98	8.8	4.2	0.9	7.8	47%	.301	1.44	4.12	4.21	100	4.17	93.2	2.2
2019	MIL	19	17	87.3	3	2	76	37	78	9	97	7.8	3.8	0.9	8.0	47%	.277	1.29	3.99	3.50	106	4.41	90.6	1.3
Career		332	324	1901.3	130	99	1704	796	1826	165	98	8.1	3.8	0.8	8.6	48%	.288	1.31	3.65	3.68	90	3.59	81.2	36.4

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
2004	KAN	A	SAL	8	8	40.7	1	2	39	20	34	1		8.6	4.4	0.2	7.5	0%	.297	1.45	3.60	3.76	0	0.00	0.0
2004	BRI	Rk	APL	7	6	24.0	1	2	17	8	36	0		6.4	3.0	0.0	13.5	0%	.327	1.04	1.71	2.25	0	0.00	0.0
2005	KAN	A	SAL	11	10	57.7	5	3	36	22	84	3	83	5.6	3.4	0.5	13.1	0%	-.297	1.01	2.33	1.87	68	2.72	53.6
2005	WNS	A+	CRL	13	13	73.3	8	3	61	25	79	5		7.5	3.1	0.6	9.7	0%	-.509	1.17	3.12	3.56	0	0.00	0.0
2006	REA	AA	EAS	27	27	154.0	7	12	140	81	166	24	76	8.2	4.7	1.4	9.7	0%	.286	1.44	4.68	4.68	110	5.23	109.8
2007	BIR	AA	SOU	27	27	150.0	9	7	116	57	185	10	89	7.0	3.4	0.6	11.1	0%	.297	1.15	2.96	3.18	76	3.30	67.6
2008	OAK	MLB	AL	10	7	34.0	1	4	32	25	34	9	96	8.5	6.6	2.4	9.0	0%	.250	1.68	7.07	7.68	96	4.16	88.7
2008	SAC	AAA	PCL	23	22	123.0	8	7	106	61	128	12	105	7.8	4.5	0.9	9.4	0%	.293	1.36	4.20	4.24	92	3.72	76.2
2009	OAK	MLB	AL	20	17	98.7	6	7	113	56	109	14	101	10.3	5.1	1.3	9.9	0%	.360	1.71	4.50	5.75	87	4.00	85.7
2009	SAC	AAA	PCL	12	12	61.0	4	1	42	34	71	5	86	6.2	5.0	0.7	10.5	0%	.259	1.25	4.01	2.51	84	2.95	62.1
2010	OAK	MLB	AL	33	33	200.7	15	9	171	92	171	15	101	7.7	4.1	0.7	7.7	0%	.274	1.31	3.75	3.23	90	3.69	83.3
2011	OAK	MLB	AL	32	32	202.0	16	12	175	91	197	17	94	7.8	4.1	0.8	8.8	0%	.287	1.32	3.67	3.12	90	3.56	82.7
2012	WAS	MLB	NL	32	32	199.3	21	8	149	76	207	9	100	6.7	3.4	0.4	9.3	0%	.267	1.13	2.86	2.89	78	2.80	64.2
2013	WAS	MLB	NL	32	32	195.7	11	8	169	76	192	17	102	7.8	3.5	0.8	8.8	0%	.286	1.25	3.38	3.36	85	3.28	78.6
2013	USA	int	WBC	1	1	5.0	1	0	3	0	5	0		5.4	0.0	0.0	9.0	0%	.231	0.60	1.63	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2014	WAS	MLB	NL	27	27	158.7	10	10	134	56	162	10	100	7.6	3.2	0.6	9.2	0%	.294	1.20	2.99	3.57	85	3.09	75.8
2014	POT	A+	CAR	2	2	7.7	0	0	9	8	9	1	96	10.6	9.4	1.2	10.6	0%	.364	2.22	6.38	10.57	137	7.90	167.3
2015	WAS	MLB	NL	31	31	175.7	11	8	181	69	169	8	95	9.3	3.5	0.4	8.7	0%	.341	1.42	3.07	3.79	89	3.76	87.8
2016	WAS	MLB	NL	32	32	177.3	11	11	179	59	171	19	90	9.1	3.0	1.0	8.7	49%	.316	1.34	3.79	4.57	93	3.71	82.1
2017	WAS	MLB	NL	32	32	201.0	15	9	158	79	188	21	96	7.1	3.5	0.9	8.4	48%	.258	1.18	3.94	2.96	95	3.60	76.7
2018	MIL	MLB	NL	5	5	25.3	3	0	14	10	22	2	91	5.0	3.6	0.7	7.8	46%	.182	0.95	3.59	2.13	87	3.27	73.1
2018	WAS	MLB	NL	27	27	145.7	7	11	153	70	126	15	99	9.5	4.3	0.9	7.8	47%	.319	1.53	4.21	4.57	102	4.33	96.7
2019	MIL	MLB	NL	19	17	87.3	3	2	76	37	78	9	97	7.8	3.8	0.9	8.0	47%	.277	1.29	3.99	3.50	106	4.41	90.6
2019	CAR	A+	CAR	1	1	2.0	0	0	4	0	2	0	105	18.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	63%	.500	2.00	1.37	9.00	88	5.63	115.9
2019	SAN	AAA	PCL	1	1	4.7	0	0	5	0	4	1	89	9.6	0.0	1.9	7.7	73%	.286	1.07	4.86	1.93	92	3.16	65.1
2019	SWB	AAA	INT	3	3	15.0	2	1	19	6	19	1	102	11.4	3.6	0.6	11.4	48%	.439	1.67	3.16	6.00	84	5.44	112.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	703	0.4538	0.3684	0.7876	0.5392	0.2266	0.8779	0.6092	0.2124
2009	1802	0.4906	0.4151	0.7433	0.5713	0.2647	0.8396	0.5432	0.2567
2010	3340	0.5021	0.4174	0.7805	0.5671	0.2664	0.8675	0.5937	0.2195
2011	3472	0.4672	0.4165	0.7469	0.5777	0.2751	0.8303	0.5933	0.2531
2012	3186	0.4570	0.4272	0.7553	0.6099	0.2734	0.8300	0.6152	0.2447
2013	3307	0.4738	0.4421	0.7668	0.6222	0.2799	0.8328	0.6345	0.2332
2014	2613	0.4761	0.4546	0.7348	0.6342	0.2915	0.8238	0.5589	0.2652
2015	2955	0.4379	0.4403	0.7633	0.6136	0.3052	0.8476	0.6312	0.2367
2016	3100	0.4342	0.4323	0.7642	0.6159	0.2913	0.8552	0.6164	0.2358
2017	3367	0.4402	0.4128	0.7741	0.5796	0.2817	0.8591	0.6365	0.2259
2018	2908	0.4230	0.4250	0.7589	0.6220	0.2807	0.8366	0.6327	0.2411
2019	1397	0.3407	0.4302	0.7388	0.6723	0.3051	0.8469	0.6157	0.2612
Career	32150	0.4540	0.4269	0.7597	0.6031	0.2810	0.8437	0.6093	0.2403

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
2014-05-18	2014-06-18	15-DL	31	27	Left	Shoulder	Inflammation		-	-
2014-04-24	2014-04-29	DTD	5	4	Left	Shoulder	Soreness		-	-
2011-05-27	2011-05-27	DTD	0	0	Left	Ankle	Sprain	Fielding	-
2009-03-13	2009-04-02	Camp	20	0	Right	Shoulder	Stiffness		-
2009-03-08	2009-03-12	Camp	4	0		General Medical	Illness		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2010	OAK	$405,000
2011	OAK	$420,000
2012	WAS	$3,350,000
2013	WAS	$6,350,000
2014	WAS	$8,600,000
2015	WAS	$11,100,000
2016	WAS	$12,100,000
2017	WAS	$12,000,000
2018	WAS	$12,000,000
2019	MIL	$
2020	CHA	$4,500,000
2021	CHA	$500,000

Years	Description	Salary
11 yr	Previous	$71,325,000
11 yr	Total	$71,325,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
11 y 146 d	CAA	1 year (2021)

Details

1 year (2021). Signed by Miami as a free agent 3/3/21 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1M in majors. Retired 3/25/21.
1 year/$5M (2020), plus 2021 club option. Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 12/19/19. 20:$4.5M, 21:$7M club option ($500,000 buyout). Performance bonuses: $250,000 each for 15, 20, 25 and 30 games started. Chicago White Sox declined 2021 option 10/30/20.
1 year (2019). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 3/19/19 (minor-league contract). Performance bonuses: $300,000 each for starts 1-30. May opt out of contract 4/20/19 if not on Major League roster. Released by NY Yankees 4/22/19 (exercised opt-out). Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 4/24/19, 1 year/$2M (2019). May earn additional $2M in performance bonuses based on points: $333,333 each for 25, 30, 35, 40 points and $333,334 each for 45, 50 points, with 2 points each for pitching appearances of 3 innings or more and 1 point each for pitching appearances of less than 3 innings.
5 years/$42M (2012-16), plus 2017-18 options. Signed extension with Washington 1/16/12. $500,000 signing bonus. 12:$3.25M, 13:$6.25M, 14:$8.5M, 15:$11M, 16:$12M, 17:$12M club option, $500,000 buyout. 18:$12M club option (guaranteed with 180 IP in 2017). At signing, largest-ever contract for first-time arbitration-eligible pitcher. Washington exercised 2017 option 11/3/16. Met innings threshold guaranteeing 2018 option 9/12/17. Acquired by Milwaukee in trade from Washington 8/31/18 with $2M remaining on contract).
1 year/$420,000 (2011). Re-signed by Oakland 3/11. Acquired by Washington in trade from Oakland 12/22/11.
1 year/$405,000 (2010). Re-signed by Oakland 3/8/10.
1 year/$405,000 (2009). Re-signed by Oakland 2/26/09.
1 year (2008). Acquired in trade from Chicago White Sox 1/4/08. Contract purchased by Oakland 8/6/08.
Acquired by Chicago White Sox in trade from Philadelphia 12/06 (player to be named later in Freddy Garcia deal).
Acquired by Philadelphia in trade from Chicago White Sox 12/05 (player to be named later in Jim Thome deal).
Drafted by Chicago White Sox 2004 (1s-38) (Monsignor Pace HS, Miami). $850,000 signing bonus.

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
90^o	0	0	0	0	0	10.1	8	4	10	1	.256	1.09	2.81	3.17
80^o	0	0	0	0	0	6.6	5	2	7	1	.265	1.15	3.10	3.5
70^o	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	3	2	4	0	.272	1.19	3.32	3.73
60^o	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	2	1	2	0	.278	1.23	3.50	3.94
50^o	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	.284	1.26	3.67	4.13
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2020-01-13 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Thoughts on what the White Sox rotation looks like in early June? Is that when we see whether Reynaldo Lopez, late-inning reliever is a thing? Or does the likelihood that Cease and Kopech rarely pitch into the sixth to preserve their arms and Gio Gonzalez is as limited as he was last year (he exceeded 5.0 IP in only two of his 17 starts!) mean we're going to see some planned tandem games involving these latter three pitchers? (stevegoz from Chicago)	They could, and arguably should, try and get creative here. Could try some tandem stuff, use some openers. There's also not as much depth as you'd like given the durability concerns on the staff. The O/U on Ross Detwiler and Bernardo Flores starts could be dangerously high. (AL Central Top 10 Chat)
2019-11-13 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Does Anthony Kay have a Gio Gonzalez profile as his upside? (noelman from Portland )	Gio had a legit 7 curveball for most of his peak. So that's going to be the difference there I think. (Toronto Blue Jays Top 10 Chat)
2019-04-24 13:00:00 (link to chat)	How many teams in baseball do you think should have been in on Gio Gonzalez for $2 million guaranteed with $2 million in incentives? 20 teams or more? (someguynamedkenn from NJ)	30 (Craig Goldstein)
2018-02-06 15:00:00 (link to chat)	After selling at the deadline last season, I have a lot of keeper options to sort through. I am in a standard 12-team mixed-league 5x5 roto league with a $260 budget, but we use OBP instead of AVG and SV + 1/2 H instead of just saves. We can keep 5 MLB players; the first year without a price increase, in subsequent years price goes up $10 each year. We can also keep one minor leaguer (I have both Mejia and Acuna and could burn an MLB slot on one of them if I want) I have the following possible keepers: Nomar Mazara $11 Justin Turner $9 Gio Gonzalez $4 Jerad Eickhoff $2 Jon Gray $2 Julio Teheran $2 Orlando Arcia $2 Joey Gallo $1 Rafael Devers $1 Rhys Hoskins $1 Travis Shaw $1 Francisco Mejia $1 Ronald Acuna $1 Which 6 would you keep? (bmmcmahon from Los Angeles)	As much as I think he's the safest bet here, I'm tempted to throw back Turner just based the on the savings and your quantity of $1 options. I'll say Turner, Gallo, Devers, Hoskins, Shaw, Acuna, but I wouldn't blame you for saving the money on Turner and keeping Gray instead. (Darius Austin)
2017-10-12 20:00:00 (link to chat)	Please grade all the Gio Gonzalez's trades (K. Williams from Chicago, IL)	The first one, where the White Sox got Jim Thome, was fantastic! Tough to give up Rowand and Gio but hey, Jim. And then they got Gio back for Freddy Garcia who was fairly cooked at that point--nice work! Especially with Gavin Floyd too. Heck, even trading him with De Los Santos and Sweeney for Swisher wasn't the woooooorst idea. It became the worst idea ever when Swisher was traded for a pile of old TV guides though. What were you doing, Kenneth? (Nick Schaefer)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2025, Gio González threw 33,346 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2008 and 2020, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2020, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (90mph) and Change (83mph), also mixing in a Curve (77mph) and Sinker (89mph). He also rarely threw a Slider (85mph).