Michael Vela Gonzalez
[edit] Biography
Born on May 23, 1978 in Corpus Christi, Texas, Mike Gonzalez (Michael Vela Gonzalez) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates for his entire 4 year career. Gonzalez broke into the bigs on August 11, 2003 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 2.70 ERA in 50 innings pitched in 2005, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Mike Gonzalez's best season was 2006, when he posted a 2.17 ERA, notched 24 saves and struck out 64 batters.
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[edit] Pitching Stats
| 2003
| PIT
| N
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7.56
| 6
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8.1
| 7
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 2004
| PIT
| N
| 47
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 1.25
| 55
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 43.1
| 32
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 4
| 1
|
| 2005
| PIT
| N
| 51
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 2.70
| 58
| 15
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 50
| 35
| 2
| 31
| 2
| 3
| 1
|
| 2006
| PIT
| N
| 54
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 2.17
| 64
| 13
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 54
| 42
| 1
| 31
| 2
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 168
| 0
| 7
| 9
| 2.37
| 183
| 42
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 155.2
| 116
| 9
| 74
| 4
| 8
| 4
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 2003
| PIT
| N
| P
| 16
| 0
| 8.1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2004
| PIT
| N
| P
| 47
| 0
| 43.1
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 2005
| PIT
| N
| P
| 51
| 0
| 50
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2006
| PIT
| N
| P
| 54
| 0
| 54
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 168
| 0
| 155.2
| 4
| 20
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 0
| .960
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 2003
| PIT
| N
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2004
| PIT
| N
| 47
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 2.000
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2005
| PIT
| N
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2006
| PIT
| N
| 54
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 168
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| .500
| .500
| 1.000
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates in the 17th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 4, 1996).
- Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates in the 30th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1997 - signed June 24, 1997).
- Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Scott Sauerbeck to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Brandon Lyon and Anastacio Martinez (July 22, 2003).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox with Freddy Sanchez and cash to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Brandon Lyon, Jeff Suppan and Anastacio Martinez (July 31, 2003).
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