Adrian
Gonzalez
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: May 8, 1982 in N/a
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 2017   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 22 TEX AL     4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 6 6 6
2005 23 TEX AL     5 5 5 4 6 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 6 6 6
2006 24 TEX AL     5 5 5 6 7 6 5 4 4 4 3 4 6 6 6
2007 25 TEX AL     5 5 5 7 8 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
2008 26 TEX AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 8 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
2009 27 TEX AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 8 8 5 4 4 7 6 6 7 7 7
2010 28 TEX AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 8 8 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7
2011 29 TEX AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 7 8 8 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7
2012 30 TEX AL $ 2,785,714   7 7 7 7 8 8 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7
2013 31 WSH NL $ 2,785,714   7 7 7 7 8 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7
2014 32 CHA AL $ 5,070,000   7 7 7 7 8 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7
2015 33 CHA AL $ 5,070,000   7 7 7 6 7 7 5 4 4 8 7 7 6 6 6
2016 34 KCA AL $ 5,070,000   7 7 7 6 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6
2017 35 KCA AL $ 2,260,000   7 7 7 6 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
2018 36 KCA AL $ 2,260,000   7 7 7 6 7 7 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
2019 37 KCA AL $ 2,810,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 4 4 6 6 6
2020 38 KCA AL     5 5 5 4 6 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,070,000   8 8 8 7 8 8 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 22 AA   138 514 75 153 19 1 23 88 6 1 76 82 .298 .388 .473 .861 94.8  
2005 23 AAA   137 556 89 153 17 2 38 101 1 0 47 82 .275 .332 .518 .850 94.5  
2006 24 AAA   136 505 70 127 14 0 34 83 2 0 52 100 .251 .321 .481 .803 80.3  
2007 25 AAA   138 523 92 149 20 1 36 94 3 1 53 73 .285 .351 .533 .884 95.6  
2008 26 TEX AL 129 507 79 154 15 1 22 98 1 0 41 84 .304 .353 .467 .821 77.7 12.9
    AAA   27 113 25 45 2 0 13 31 1 0 16 16 .398 .473 .761 1.234 34.3  
2009 27 TEX AL 152 598 93 156 16 0 30 107 1 0 52 125 .261 .324 .438 .762 87.4 10.3
2010 28 TEX AL 155 563 95 154 29 0 29 103 1 0 83 110 .274 .365 .480 .845 98.6 14.4
2011 29 TEX AL 155 567 92 159 26 0 25 100 0 0 80 124 .280 .371 .459 .830 97.3 18.9
2012 30 TEX AL 141 535 79 151 28 0 23 86 1 0 52 106 .282 .350 .464 .814 83.5 14.1
2013 31 TEX AL 49 177 33 52 8 0 8 30 0 0 28 40 .294 .394 .475 .869 32.0 5.7
  WSH NL 107 414 47 88 19 0 9 54 0 0 43 90 .213 .293 .324 .617 39.7 2.2
  TOT   156 591 80 140 27 0 17 84 0 0 71 130 .237 .324 .369 .693 71.7 7.9
2014 32 CHA AL 151 543 81 144 22 1 21 72 0 0 67 119 .265 .354 .425 .779 83.5 13.4
2015 33 CHA AL 151 505 52 125 19 0 16 68 0 0 51 108 .248 .320 .380 .701 64.2 7.3
2016 34 CHA AL 100 354 46 92 5 1 14 51 1 1 40 70 .260 .338 .398 .736 49.4 7.1
  KCA AL 56 189 22 47 8 0 12 38 0 0 26 32 .249 .344 .481 .826 31.7 4.8
  TOT   156 543 68 139 13 1 26 89 1 1 66 102 .256 .340 .427 .767 81.1 11.9
2017 35 KCA AL 157 550 91 164 34 1 14 92 0 0 60 103 .298 .370 .440 .810 85.5 15.9
2018 36 KCA AL 146 504 59 144 17 0 12 74 0 0 52 99 .286 .360 .391 .750 74.5 11.6
2019 37 KCA AL 128 418 48 113 17 1 16 68 0 1 30 91 .270 .316 .431 .747 56.6 9.4
2020 38 KCA AL 38 97 5 17 1 0 2 7 0 0 3 19 .175 .208 .247 .455 2.8 0.0
13 Years Sim 1815 6521 922 1760 264 5 253 1048 5 2 708 1320 .270 .344 .428 .773 964.4 148.0
4 Years AAA 438 1697 276 474 53 3 121 309 7 1 168 271 .279 .345 .528 .873 304.7  
1 Years AA 138 514 75 153 19 1 23 88 6 1 76 82 .298 .388 .473 .860 94.8  
5 Years Minors 576 2211 351 627 72 4 144 397 13 2 244 353 .284 .355 .515 .870 399.5  
162 Game Average 582 82 157 23 0 22 93 0 0 63 117 .270 .344 .428 .773 86.1  
Career Highs 157 598 95 164 34 1 30 107 1 1 83 130 .304 .371 .480 .845 98.6  
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   4689 672 1282 184 5 196 800 5 2 540 977 .273 .351 .440 .791 725.2
vs LH   1832 250 478 80 0 57 248 0 0 168 343 .261 .328 .398 .726 237.3
Home 904 3144 440 869 128 4 124 515 2 1 352 635 .276 .352 .438 .790 482.7
Away 911 3377 482 891 136 1 129 533 3 1 356 685 .264 .337 .419 .756 479.8
RISP   1801 0 485 89 1 60 768 0 0 222 353 .269 .344 .420 .764 268.2
Pinch Hitting   81 7 24 3 0 2 13 0 0 5 17 .296 .333 .407 .741 10.8
Close/Late   718 53 219 33 0 27 105 0 0 77 140 .305 .375 .464 .839 120.4
Mar/Apr 276 995 153 262 33 1 43 173 1 0 106 222 .263 .338 .428 .766 145.1
May 318 1147 175 318 46 1 51 191 2 0 128 224 .277 .353 .452 .806 181.9
June 305 1105 158 302 42 0 39 176 0 0 121 221 .273 .347 .417 .764 161.0
July 292 1083 141 313 48 1 36 164 1 1 112 223 .289 .357 .435 .792 165.5
August 309 1110 141 298 49 1 49 174 1 0 112 215 .268 .340 .447 .787 166.7
Sep/Oct 315 1081 154 267 46 1 35 170 0 1 129 215 .247 .330 .389 .719 142.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2008 26 TEX AL 1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2010 28 TEX AL 3B 3 0 6.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2011 29 TEX AL 1B 153 152 1339.0 1269 96 9 143 .993 9.17 0 0 .000 0 1.5
2012 30 TEX AL 1B 139 138 1190.7 1130 95 9 99 .993 9.26 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2013 31 TEX AL 1B 46 46 403.3 371 27 2 28 .995 8.88 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    3B 0 0 3.1 0 1 1 0 .500 2.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  WSH NL 1B 101 100 907.4 836 60 5 62 .994 8.89 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    3B 1 1 6.9 0 1 1 0 .500 1.30 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   1B 147 146 1310.7 1207 87 7 90 .995 8.89   1.8
      3B 1 1 10.0 0 2 2 0 .500 1.80   0.0
2014 32 CHA AL 1B 15 15 127.0 113 9 1 6 .992 8.65 0 0 .000 0 0.2
2015 33 CHA AL 3B 15 11 102.0 8 17 0 2 1.000 2.21 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 4 3 34.0 5 9 2 5 .875 3.71 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 3 2 18.0 19 2 0 0 1.000 10.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2016 34 CHA AL 1B 67 65 566.1 564 50 3 53 .995 9.76 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    C 6 6 50.3 42 3 0 0 1.000 8.05 7 1 .143 5 0.2
    3B 4 4 34.3 4 4 0 1 1.000 2.10 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  KCA AL 1B 38 36 308.5 307 27 2 29 .994 9.74 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    C 3 3 27.4 23 2 0 0 1.000 8.21 4 1 .250 2 0.1
    3B 2 2 18.7 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  TOT   1B 105 101 874.6 871 77 5 82 .995 9.76   2.0
      C 9 9 77.7 65 5 0 0 1.000 8.11 11 2 .182 7 0.3
      3B 6 6 53.0 6 6 0 1 1.000 2.04   0.2
2017 35 KCA AL 1B 152 144 1273.0 1320 108 12 126 .992 10.10 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    3B 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2018 36 KCA AL 1B 142 138 1203.0 1171 85 5 109 .996 9.40 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2019 37 KCA AL 1B 61 58 513.7 462 33 4 55 .992 8.67 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    3B 8 5 46.0 6 6 0 0 1.000 2.35 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 2 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2020 38 KCA AL 3B 19 13 127.0 11 25 0 2 1.000 2.55 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 9 9 76.0 71 6 0 5 1.000 9.12 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  1B 927 903 7927.6 7634 598 52 715 .994 9.35 0 0 .000 0 13.1
  3B 59 36 354.7 31 58 2 5 .978 2.26 0 0 .000 0 1.1
  C 9 9 77.7 65 5 0 0 1.000 8.11 11 2 .182 7 0.3
  SS 4 3 34.0 5 9 2 5 .875 3.71 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  LF 2 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1001 951 8402.0 7736 670 56 725 .993 9.00 11 2 .182 7 14.6
Career Highs   155 152 1339.0 1320 108 12 143 1.000 10.05 11 2 .182 7  
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
2008 26 TEX AL 4 15 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .133 .188 .200 .388
2010 28 TEX AL 5 24 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .167 .200 .208 .408
2011 29 TEX AL 10 38 5 10 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 10 .263 .349 .368 .717
2012 30 TEX AL 4 16 5 7 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 .438 .438 .813 1.250
2017 35 KCA AL 7 26 3 8 1 0 1 5 0 0 1 4 .308 .321 .462 .783
Career Post-Season Batting 30 119 13 31 4 0 4 15 0 0 5 24 .261 .305 .395 .700
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.
Games
2016-9-156
2017-2-157
Homeruns
2010-9-29
Walks
2010-8-83
2011-8-80
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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  4. Carlos Pena (911)
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  6. Paul Konerko (896)
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  8. Mark Teixeira (878)
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History
Injured on 6/3/2007 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit (homerun) on 5/8/2008, off Rick Hummel (CHA)
Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 6/28/2011
1/29/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,785,714 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Boston on 5/17/2012
Injured on 5/19/2012 with a Stiff Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
1/29/2013: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,785,714 through salary arbitration
5/14/2013: Signed a contract extension with Texas, $5,070,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Texas to Washington on 5/30/2013 (Going to TEX: LF Lance Berkman, P Felix Hernandez, LF Ernest Conrad, C Francisco Cordero Jr.. Going to WSH: DH Adrian Gonzalez, SS Miguel Tejada)
Drove in 6 runs against Colorado on 7/6/2013
Traded from Washington to Chicago (A) on 3/30/2014 (Going to CHA: 1B Adrian Gonzalez. Going to WSH: 1B Roland Bowes)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Minnesota on 4/7/2014
Traded from Chicago (A) to Kansas City on 8/2/2016 (Going to KCA: 1B Adrian Gonzalez. Going to CHA: 1B Corey Hart)
9/19/2016: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $2,260,000 per year, for 2 years
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Baltimore on 5/11/2017
Won Player of the Week award on 5/16/2017, hitting .524 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 6/1/2017
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (A) on 6/4/2017
Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 2017
8/1/2018: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $2,810,000 per year, for 2 years
Released by Kansas City on 8/9/2020