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Tony
Gonzalez		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 180
 
Born: August 28, 1936 in Cuba, , CENTRAL CUNAGU
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1964   
Gold Glove 1962    1963   
All-Star Selections 1962   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1960 23 STL NL     7 7 7 3 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 5 7 7 7
1961 24 STL NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 5 7 7 7
1962 25 STL NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 5 7 7 7
1963 26 STL NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 5 7 7 7
1964 27 STL NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 5 7 7 7
1965 28 STL NL $ 2,550,000   8 8 8 3 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 5 7 7 7
1966 29 STL NL $ 2,550,000   8 8 8 3 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 5 7 7 7
1967 30 STL NL $ 2,835,714   8 8 7 3 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 5 7 7 7
1968 31 STL NL $ 1,500,000   7 7 7 3 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 4 7 7 7
1969 32 WAS NL $ 1,500,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 4 6 7 7
1970 33 WAS NL $ 1,500,000   7 7 7 3 4 4 5 5 5 3 4 4 5 6 6
1971 34 WAS NL $ 1,500,000   7 7 7 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 6 6
1972 35 TOR AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 6 3 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 5 5
1973 36 TOR AL $ 2,000,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,835,714   9 9 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 5 7 7 7
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
1960 23 AAA   137 531 86 148 21 3 18 82 11 6 68 79 .279 .361 .431 .792 83.6  
1961 24 STL NL 125 436 56 123 15 6 14 52 8 5 42 82 .282 .350 .440 .790 65.7 13.1
    AAA   26 104 19 32 5 0 2 9 2 2 11 13 .308 .374 .413 .787 15.5  
1962 25 STL NL 152 541 73 167 23 5 10 70 4 3 37 82 .309 .357 .425 .782 74.5 19.1
1963 26 STL NL 155 566 72 148 19 3 8 47 23 11 52 86 .261 .329 .348 .677 62.6 10.9
1964 27 STL NL 150 486 62 136 20 4 9 57 13 13 42 63 .280 .343 .393 .736 62.9 12.4
1965 28 STL NL 145 427 65 119 18 2 10 48 22 10 33 57 .279 .335 .400 .736 56.6 10.9
1966 29 STL NL 145 482 83 141 29 5 4 53 24 17 50 67 .293 .357 .398 .755 65.1 13.5
1967 30 STL NL 138 440 45 112 15 2 1 44 16 15 39 48 .255 .318 .305 .623 41.1 4.3
1968 31 STL NL 133 417 53 113 15 3 5 24 21 12 25 54 .271 .312 .357 .669 40.2 4.5
1969 32 WAS NL 122 358 48 89 15 0 7 47 8 5 30 59 .249 .310 .349 .660 36.5 4.1
1970 33 WAS NL 15 36 5 14 1 1 0 2 3 2 1 2 .389 .405 .472 .878 5.6 1.2
1971 34 WAS NL 82 198 38 61 3 1 3 23 9 7 20 21 .308 .375 .379 .754 29.2 5.2
1972 35 TOR AL 129 404 57 99 13 3 6 42 7 5 21 69 .245 .290 .337 .627 38.0 3.6
1973 36 TOR AL 104 231 26 60 6 2 2 21 5 2 15 50 .260 .321 .329 .650 24.8 2.9
13 Years Sim 1595 5022 683 1382 192 37 79 530 163 107 407 740 .275 .334 .375 .709 602.9 105.7
2 Years AAA 163 635 105 180 26 3 20 91 13 8 79 92 .283 .366 .428 .794 99.1  
162 Game Average 510 69 140 19 3 8 53 16 10 41 75 .275 .334 .375 .709 61.2  
Career Highs 155 566 83 167 29 6 14 70 24 17 52 86 .389 .405 .472 .878 74.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3690 515 1060 154 21 64 406 123 77 309 491 .287 .346 .392 .738 485.5
vs LH   1332 168 322 38 16 15 124 40 30 98 249 .242 .300 .328 .628 126.1
Home 817 2541 340 725 102 15 43 287 85 51 193 355 .285 .341 .388 .729 323.7
Away 778 2481 343 657 90 22 36 243 78 56 214 385 .265 .327 .362 .689 287.8
RISP   1134 0 311 43 7 16 427 0 0 102 172 .274 .339 .367 .705 139.5
Pinch Hitting   142 20 34 5 1 1 15 3 0 15 21 .239 .319 .310 .629 14.9
Close/Late   616 115 180 19 4 14 71 0 0 68 78 .292 .368 .404 .773 90.8
Mar/Apr 239 799 107 211 38 3 12 76 27 20 57 115 .264 .315 .364 .679 88.2
May 239 730 102 220 29 7 11 86 21 16 56 99 .301 .356 .405 .761 99.2
June 288 930 129 236 32 5 12 76 33 14 74 135 .254 .317 .338 .654 99.0
July 261 848 107 233 32 6 16 104 23 18 67 125 .275 .330 .383 .713 103.9
August 284 865 125 254 37 8 13 111 32 20 82 129 .294 .357 .400 .757 120.3
Sep/Oct 284 850 113 228 24 8 15 77 27 19 71 137 .268 .331 .368 .699 100.9
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
1961 24 STL NL CF 70 70 560.3 136 3 1 0 .993 2.23   1.3
    3B 51 43 393.3 28 105 6 8 .957 3.04   1.3
    SS 12 0 28.0 2 9 0 0 1.000 3.54   0.1
1962 25 STL NL 3B 128 126 1123.7 63 285 8 11 .978 2.79   4.3
    CF 17 16 137.0 30 1 0 0 1.000 2.04   0.3
    SS 2 0 6.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1963 26 STL NL 3B 148 145 1299.0 72 350 7 22 .984 2.92   6.2
    SS 5 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1964 27 STL NL 3B 135 132 1164.3 74 273 6 19 .983 2.68   4.5
    SS 11 0 23.0 8 9 1 2 .944 6.65   0.2
    CF 2 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
1965 28 STL NL 3B 94 91 784.7 61 195 5 16 .981 2.94   2.4
    SS 22 6 86.3 14 37 1 10 .981 5.32   0.5
    CF 8 6 59.3 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.12   0.2
    LF 8 0 23.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.28    
1966 29 STL NL 3B 102 100 865.3 48 234 6 21 .979 2.93   3.5
    SS 23 6 84.3 9 35 2 5 .957 4.70   0.5
    CF 10 8 64.0 12 0 1 0 .923 1.69   0.2
    LF 7 5 45.0 5 2 0 1 1.000 1.40    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1967 30 STL NL 3B 93 93 824.7 64 203 5 22 .982 2.91   2.6
    SS 13 8 77.0 10 29 0 2 1.000 4.56   0.3
    CF 10 8 69.0 16 2 0 1 1.000 2.35   0.3
    LF 9 5 52.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.77    
1968 31 STL NL 3B 103 86 769.3 48 206 12 15 .955 2.97   2.1
    SS 12 4 59.0 10 16 0 2 1.000 3.97   0.1
    CF 9 6 51.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.41   0.1
    LF 4 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1969 32 WAS NL SS 91 83 744.7 120 351 8 64 .983 5.69   5.6
    3B 12 8 79.7 6 14 2 5 .909 2.26   0.1
    2B 5 5 45.0 9 19 6 4 .824 5.60   0.1
    LF 2 2 16.0 6 1 1 0 .875 3.94   0.1
    CF 8 0 10.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.84    
1970 33 WAS NL CF 6 3 39.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.85   0.1
    SS 5 2 20.0 2 14 0 3 1.000 7.20   0.3
    2B 2 2 18.0 4 8 2 1 .857 6.00   0.0
    3B 2 1 11.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 4.09   0.1
1971 34 WAS NL SS 67 59 513.7 78 216 1 33 .997 5.15   2.3
    3B 4 0 10.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.1
    LF 3 0 6.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1972 35 TOR AL SS 110 97 861.0 112 328 8 47 .982 4.60   3.7
    CF 6 3 32.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.41   0.1
    3B 7 2 30.0 3 6 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.1
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1973 36 TOR AL SS 64 38 358.3 51 148 1 29 .995 5.00   1.8
    LF 16 12 114.3 23 1 1 0 .960 1.89   0.5
    CF 8 3 36.0 12 0 1 0 .923 3.00    
    3B 7 3 32.7 1 8 1 0 .900 2.48   0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  3B 886 830 7387.6 469 1887 58 139 .976 2.87   27.4
  SS 437 303 2868.3 418 1195 22 197 .987 5.06   15.4
  CF 157 123 1071.3 244 6 3 1 .988 2.10   2.6
  LF 52 24 267.7 59 4 2 1 .969 2.12   0.6
  2B 8 7 65.0 13 29 8 5 .840 5.82   0.1
  RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1542 1287 11662.9 1203 3121 93 343 .979 3.34   46.2
Career Highs   155 145 1310.0 166 385 17 73 .997 5.29    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1962 25 STL NL 4 19 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 .211 .200 .211 .411
1963 26 STL NL 13 47 2 12 1 0 0 5 2 5 3 8 .255 .294 .277 .571
1964 27 STL NL 11 30 4 9 1 0 0 4 1 2 2 4 .300 .344 .333 .677
1966 29 STL NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1969 32 WAS NL 4 12 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .417 .667
1971 34 WAS NL 4 10 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 .300 .300 .300 .600
Career Post-Season Batting 37 119 8 31 4 0 0 14 4 8 5 22 .261 .286 .294 .580
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1962-6-.309
 Hits
1962-5-167
 Singles
1962-4-129
 Doubles
1966-9-29
 Triples
1961-3-6
1962-10-5
1966-10-5
 Stolen Bases
1961-8-8
1963-5-23
1965-9-22
1966-6-24
1968-6-21
Caught Stealing
1961-8-5
1962-6-3
1963-3-11
1964-3-13
1965-5-10
1966-2-17
1967-2-15
1968-4-12
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Buddy Bell (929)
  2. George Case (925)
  3. Andy Carey (921)
  4. Ray Knight (919)
  5. Bob Dillinger (919)
  6. Jose Pagan (915)
  7. Joe Foy (915)
  8. Carney Lansford (913)
  9. Jim Busby (913)
  10. Larry Hisle (911)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by St. Louis in 1960
Had first career hit on 5/1/1961, off Paul Foytack (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/27/1961, off Dick Hall (NYA)
Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against New York (A) on 8/17/1961
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1962, hitting .560 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1962
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1963
Won World Championship with St. Louis in 1964
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,550,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,550,000 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Minnesota on 9/7/1966
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,835,714 through salary arbitration
10/13/1967: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from St. Louis to Washington on 2/21/1969 (Going to WAS: 3B Tony Gonzalez. Going to STL: SS Amado Samuel)
Injured on 7/22/1969 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 7/28/1971
Signed as a free agent by Toronto on 2/2/1972 to a 2-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
 
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