Orlando
Gonzalez
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 180
 
Born: November 15, 1951 in Cuba, , HAVANA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1976 24 MIN AL     5 5 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 5 8 8 8
1977 25 MIN AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 5 8 8 8
1978 26 MIN AL     6 6 5 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 8 8 8
1979 27 MIN AL     6 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 5 8 8 8
1980 28 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 5 8 9 8
1981 29 MIN AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 5 7 8 8
1982 30 MIN AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 5 5 7 8 8
1983 31 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 7 7
1984 32 MIN AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 7 7
1985 33 MIN AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 7 7
1986 34 MIN AL     4 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 5 8 9 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1976 24 AA   56 229 27 70 4 1 0 12 2 0 30 15 .306 .386 .332 .718 31.7  
    A   79 276 28 80 7 1 5 20 0 0 43 18 .290 .386 .377 .762 42.6  
1977 25 AA   137 570 68 152 9 1 13 53 2 0 52 35 .267 .328 .354 .682 68.7  
1978 26 AAA   112 422 36 120 9 0 2 40 1 0 53 33 .284 .364 .320 .684 53.1  
    AA   25 78 8 22 0 0 1 9 1 0 14 5 .282 .391 .321 .712 11.5  
1979 27 AAA   137 500 45 141 7 0 9 50 1 1 63 46 .282 .362 .350 .712 67.3  
1980 28 MIN AL 13 32 2 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .250 .235 .313 .548 3.0 0.3
    AAA   110 426 39 111 9 0 5 45 0 0 47 28 .261 .334 .317 .651 47.9  
1981 29 AAA   137 558 54 135 12 1 5 48 2 0 59 34 .242 .314 .294 .608 55.2  
1982 30 AAA   137 527 59 139 11 1 9 56 0 1 58 48 .264 .337 .340 .676 63.1  
1983 31 MIN AL 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
    AAA   112 443 32 103 8 0 1 20 1 1 35 53 .233 .289 .257 .546 33.3  
1984 32 MIN AL 148 484 44 104 15 1 3 45 0 1 30 51 .215 .259 .269 .528 32.4 0.0
1985 33 MIN AL 89 251 15 42 5 0 1 14 1 1 19 40 .167 .224 .199 .423 6.2 0.0
1986 34 MIN AL 21 33 5 10 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .303 .343 .364 .706 3.7 0.7
    AAA   53 206 15 38 8 0 2 15 1 0 18 43 .184 .250 .252 .502 12.8  
5 Years Sim 274 805 66 164 24 1 4 63 1 2 51 95 .204 .249 .251 .500 44.8 1.0
7 Years AAA 798 3082 280 787 64 2 33 274 6 3 333 285 .255 .328 .310 .637 332.7  
3 Years AA 218 877 103 244 13 2 14 74 5 0 96 55 .278 .351 .345 .697 111.9  
1 Years A 79 276 28 80 7 1 5 20 0 0 43 18 .290 .387 .377 .764 42.6  
11 Years Minors 1095 4235 411 1111 84 5 52 368 11 3 472 358 .262 .337 .321 .658 487.2  
162 Game Average 475 39 96 14 0 2 37 0 1 30 56 .204 .249 .251 .500 26.5  
Career Highs 148 484 44 104 15 1 3 45 1 1 30 51 .303 .343 .364 .706 32.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   593 46 127 15 1 4 46 0 1 33 50 .214 .254 .263 .517 37.3
vs LH   212 20 37 9 0 0 17 1 1 18 45 .175 .237 .217 .454 9.7
Home 135 404 36 88 8 1 2 36 1 1 27 41 .218 .265 .257 .522 26.9
Away 139 401 30 76 16 0 2 27 0 1 24 54 .190 .233 .244 .477 20.0
RISP   172 0 32 3 0 0 57 0 0 13 19 .186 .234 .203 .438 7.6
Pinch Hitting   6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.4
Close/Late   98 5 23 5 0 0 10 0 0 6 17 .235 .279 .286 .565 7.4
Mar/Apr 43 134 10 26 4 0 0 8 0 1 10 19 .194 .248 .224 .472 6.6
May 52 158 9 34 5 0 1 14 0 0 8 21 .215 .251 .266 .517 9.9
June 69 198 10 39 4 0 1 15 1 1 5 24 .197 .214 .232 .446 7.6
July 35 102 6 19 3 1 0 7 0 0 9 17 .186 .250 .235 .485 5.8
August 42 124 16 32 5 0 1 9 0 0 11 8 .258 .319 .323 .641 12.9
Sep/Oct 33 89 15 14 3 0 1 10 0 0 8 6 .157 .224 .225 .449 4.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1980 28 MIN AL LF 6 4 36.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.96   0.1
    CF 5 4 33.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
    RF 2 0 6.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42    
1983 31 MIN AL 1B 3 0 10.0 10 1 0 2 1.000 9.90   0.0
1984 32 MIN AL 1B 36 36 294.0 355 31 3 32 .992 11.82   0.6
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1985 33 MIN AL LF 75 74 602.7 134 3 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.8
    RF 13 5 68.0 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.12    
    1B 6 1 16.0 11 3 0 2 1.000 7.88   0.0
1986 34 MIN AL 1B 12 5 51.0 57 2 0 9 1.000 10.41   0.1
    RF 6 2 21.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.86   0.0
    LF 2 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
  LF 84 79 649.3 144 3 0 0 1.000 2.04   0.9
  1B 57 42 371.0 433 37 3 45 .994 11.40   0.8
  RF 21 7 95.3 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.79   0.0
  CF 5 4 33.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
Career Totals   167 132 1148.7 601 41 3 45 .995 5.03   1.7
Career Highs   94 80 686.7 355 31 3 32 1.000 11.74    
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 64th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1976
Injured on 4/24/1979 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
Had first career hit on 6/1/1980, off Mike Boddicker (CLN)
Hit first career homerun on 6/11/1984, off Marty Bystrom (LAD)
Injured on 3/18/1985 with a Strained Medial Collateral Ligament, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 4/12/1986 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Released by Minnesota on 10/28/1986