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Birth Date5-23-1978
Height6' 2"
Weight215 lbs
Age34 years, 11 months, 29 days
BatsR
ThrowsL
1.42009
0.52010
0.42011
0.82012
0.92013
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Standard

YEAR TEAM AGE G GS IP IP-SP IP-RP W L SV BS QS BQS PA H R ER HR TB BB UBB HBP SO ERA FIP FRA VORP WARP
2003 PIT 25 16 0 8.3 0.0 8.3 0 1 0 3 0 0 38 7 7 7 4 21 6 6 0 6 7.56 9.93 11.53 -5.2 -0.5
2004 PIT 26 47 0 43.3 0.0 43.3 3 1 1 3 0 0 169 32 7 6 2 41 6 6 1 55 1.25 1.50 2.38 15.5 1.5
2005 PIT 27 51 0 50.0 0.0 50.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 212 35 15 15 2 51 31 29 1 58 2.70 3.11 3.32 11.1 1.1
2006 PIT 28 54 0 54.0 0.0 54.0 3 4 24 0 0 0 234 42 13 13 1 51 31 29 2 64 2.17 2.81 2.50 18.9 1.9
2007 ATL 29 18 0 17.0 0.0 17.0 2 0 2 0 0 0 70 15 3 3 0 21 8 8 0 13 1.59 3.06 3.30 3.8 0.4
2008 ATL 30 36 0 33.7 0.0 33.7 0 3 14 2 0 0 142 26 21 16 6 51 14 11 1 44 4.28 4.14 5.26 -0.2 -0.1
2009 ATL 31 80 0 74.3 0.0 74.3 5 4 10 7 0 0 315 56 28 20 7 93 33 25 7 90 2.42 3.47 3.16 13.8 1.4
2010 BAL 32 29 0 24.7 0.0 24.7 1 3 1 3 0 0 106 18 11 11 1 28 14 10 0 31 4.01 2.76 3.04 5.1 0.5
2011 BAL 33 49 0 46.3 0.0 46.3 2 2 1 1 0 0 202 46 26 22 7 79 18 17 2 46 4.27 4.33 4.34 2.6 0.3
2011 TEX 33 7 0 7.0 0.0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 5 4 4 0 6 3 3 0 5 5.14 2.92 3.64 1.2 0.1
2012 WAS 34 47 0 35.7 0.0 35.7 0 0 0 3 0 0 151 31 14 12 2 49 16 16 0 39 3.03 3.02 2.59 7.5 0.8
2013 MIL 35 25 0 16.0 0.0 16.0 0 2 0 3 0 0 76 17 6 6 1 24 11 9 0 24 3.38 2.84 2.15 3.7 0.4
Career4590410.30.0410.31723562500174333015513533515191169144752.963.283.3777.87.8

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G GS IP FRA FRA+ TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP PPF PVORP PWARP VORP WARP
1997 AUG A 4 3 19.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .222 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 AUG A 11 9 50.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.410 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 LYN A+ 7 7 28.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.875 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 LYN A+ 20 20 112.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.458 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 ALT AA 7 5 26.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.556 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 LYN A+ 12 10 56.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.548 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 LYN A+ 14 2 30.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.581 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 ALT AA 14 14 87.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.710 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 PES Wnt 9 1 22.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.441 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 ALT AA 16 16 85.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .317 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 Pho Wnt 13 0 17.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.310 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 PIT MLB 16 0 8.3 11.53 -43 .330 .291 .365 .493 .290 .136 102 -5.2 -0.5 -5.2 -0.5
2003 LYN A+ 5 0 7.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .389 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 ALT AA 5 0 7.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 NAS AAA 7 0 10.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .310 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 PAW AAA 2 0 1.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .400 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 La_ Wnt 24 0 18.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.424 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 PIT MLB 47 0 43.3 2.38 147 .180 .274 .347 .455 .273 .286 96 14.5 1.4 15.5 1.5
2004 NAS AAA 14 0 20.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .375 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 PIT MLB 51 0 50.0 3.32 130 .219 .272 .346 .441 .272 .275 104 11.1 1.1 11.1 1.1
2005 IND AAA 2 0 3.3 0.79 182 .007 .289 .352 .455 .283 .000 89 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 PIT MLB 54 0 54.0 2.50 150 .218 .273 .342 .450 .266 .301 102 18.9 1.8 18.9 1.9
2007 ATL MLB 18 0 17.0 3.30 134 .227 .279 .356 .458 .277 .306 104 3.8 0.4 3.8 0.4
2008 ATL MLB 36 0 33.7 5.26 84 .254 .269 .341 .430 .270 .260 98 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.1
2008 MIS AA 4 0 5.0 2.81 136 .255 .266 .333 .404 .267 .438 94 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 GWN AAA 5 0 6.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .357 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 RIC AAA 5 0 6.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .357 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 ATL MLB 80 0 74.3 3.16 131 .238 .273 .347 .442 .272 .275 101 13.8 1.4 13.8 1.4
2010 BAL MLB 29 0 24.7 3.04 135 .230 .265 .334 .429 .274 .283 105 5.1 0.5 5.1 0.5
2010 ABE A- 4 1 5.0 7.65 26 .365 .252 .328 .399 .266 .357 100 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 BOW AA 4 0 4.0 5.74 78 .190 .266 .341 .394 .268 .111 102 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 NOR AAA 2 1 1.7 -0.33 208 .317 .269 .353 .415 .260 .750 96 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 ORI Rk 2 2 2.0 2.60 145 .096 .262 .306 .374 .258 .250 109 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 BAL MLB 49 0 46.3 4.34 104 .276 .265 .334 .426 .275 .302 102 2.6 0.3 2.6 0.3
2011 TEX MLB 7 0 7.0 3.64 126 .201 .259 .331 .440 .276 .250 110 1.2 0.1 1.2 0.1
2012 WAS MLB 47 0 35.7 2.59 141 .243 .265 .333 .421 .271 .309 101 7.5 0.8 7.5 0.8
2012 SYR AAA 1 0 1.3 1.97 157 .007 .264 .349 .450 .265 .000 104 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 MIL MLB 25 0 16.0 2.15 151 .268 .274 .342 .432 .278 .400 107 3.7 0.4 3.7 0.4
CareerMLB0410.33.38127.235.271.342.440.272.28810277.37.878.17.8

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR GB% BABIP H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 WHIP ERA VORP WARP
1997 AUG A 1 1 0 4 3 19.3 11 8 22 1 0% .222 5.1 3.7 0.5 10.3 0.98 1.87 0.0 0.0
1998 AUG A 4 2 0 11 9 50.7 43 26 72 2 0% -.410 7.6 4.6 0.4 12.8 1.36 2.84 0.0 0.0
1998 LYN A+ 0 3 0 7 7 28.3 40 13 22 5 0% -.875 12.7 4.1 1.6 7.0 1.87 6.68 0.0 0.0
1999 ALT AA 2 3 0 7 5 26.7 34 19 31 4 0% -.556 11.5 6.4 1.3 10.4 1.99 8.09 0.0 0.0
1999 LYN A+ 10 4 0 20 20 112.0 98 63 119 10 0% -.458 7.9 5.1 0.8 9.6 1.44 4.02 0.0 0.0
2000 LYN A+ 4 3 0 12 10 56.0 57 34 53 6 0% -.548 9.2 5.5 1.0 8.5 1.62 4.66 0.0 0.0
2001 ALT AA 5 4 0 14 14 87.3 81 36 66 5 0% -.710 8.4 3.7 0.5 6.8 1.34 3.71 0.0 0.0
2001 LYN A+ 2 2 0 14 2 30.7 28 7 32 3 0% -.581 8.2 2.1 0.9 9.4 1.14 2.93 0.0 0.0
2001 PES Wnt 0 1 0 9 1 22.7 15 11 23 0 0% -.441 5.9 4.4 0.0 9.1 1.15 1.98 0.0 0.0
2002 ALT AA 8 4 0 16 16 85.3 77 47 82 4 0% .317 8.1 5.0 0.4 8.7 1.45 3.80 0.0 0.0
2002 Pho Wnt 0 0 2 13 0 17.0 10 5 23 1 0% -.310 5.3 2.6 0.5 12.2 0.88 1.06 0.0 0.0
2003 PIT MLB 0 1 0 16 0 8.3 7 6 6 4 35% .136 7.6 6.5 4.3 6.5 1.56 7.56 -5.2 -0.5
2003 NAS AAA 0 0 2 7 0 10.0 9 4 10 0 0% .310 8.1 3.6 0.0 9.0 1.30 4.50 0.0 0.0
2003 PAW AAA 0 0 1 2 0 1.7 2 1 2 0 0% .400 10.6 5.3 0.0 10.6 1.76 0.00 0.0 0.0
2003 ALT AA 0 0 1 5 0 7.3 4 2 10 1 0% .200 4.9 2.5 1.2 12.3 0.82 1.23 0.0 0.0
2003 LYN A+ 0 1 0 5 0 7.0 7 5 9 0 0% .389 9.0 6.4 0.0 11.6 1.71 5.14 0.0 0.0
2003 La_ Wnt 1 1 2 24 0 18.0 14 9 24 0 0% -.424 7.0 4.5 0.0 12.0 1.28 2.50 0.0 0.0
2004 PIT MLB 3 1 1 47 0 43.3 32 6 55 2 55% .286 6.6 1.2 0.4 11.4 0.88 1.25 15.5 1.5
2004 NAS AAA 2 0 2 14 0 20.0 12 7 35 0 0% .375 5.4 3.1 0.0 15.8 0.95 0.90 0.0 0.0
2005 PIT MLB 1 3 3 51 0 50.0 35 31 58 2 50% .275 6.3 5.6 0.4 10.4 1.32 2.70 11.1 1.1
2005 IND AAA 0 0 0 2 0 3.3 0 0 5 0 60% .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.6 0.00 0.00 0.0 0.0
2006 PIT MLB 3 4 24 54 0 54.0 42 31 64 1 40% .301 7.0 5.2 0.2 10.7 1.35 2.17 18.9 1.9
2007 ATL MLB 2 0 2 18 0 17.0 15 8 13 0 41% .306 7.9 4.2 0.0 6.9 1.35 1.59 3.8 0.4
2008 ATL MLB 0 3 14 36 0 33.7 26 14 44 6 33% .260 7.0 3.7 1.6 11.8 1.19 4.28 -0.2 -0.1
2008 GWN AAA 1 0 1 5 0 6.0 5 1 8 0 0% .357 7.5 1.5 0.0 12.0 1.00 1.50 0.0 0.0
2008 MIS AA 0 0 0 4 0 5.0 7 0 4 0 44% .438 12.6 0.0 0.0 7.2 1.40 0.00 0.0 0.0
2008 RIC AAA 1 0 1 5 0 6.0 5 1 8 0 0% .357 7.5 1.5 0.0 12.0 1.00 1.50 0.0 0.0
2009 ATL MLB 5 4 10 80 0 74.3 56 33 90 7 41% .275 6.8 4.0 0.8 10.9 1.20 2.42 13.8 1.4
2010 BAL MLB 1 3 1 29 0 24.7 18 14 31 1 36% .283 6.6 5.1 0.4 11.3 1.30 4.01 5.1 0.5
2010 ORI Rk 0 0 0 2 2 2.0 1 0 3 0 0% .250 4.5 0.0 0.0 13.5 0.50 0.00 0.0 0.0
2010 NOR AAA 0 0 0 2 1 1.7 3 2 4 0 50% .750 15.9 10.6 0.0 21.2 2.94 10.59 0.0 0.0
2010 BOW AA 1 0 0 4 0 4.0 2 1 4 1 20% .111 4.5 2.2 2.2 9.0 0.75 2.25 0.0 0.0
2010 ABE A- 0 1 0 4 1 5.0 7 0 5 2 56% .357 12.6 0.0 3.6 9.0 1.40 5.40 0.0 0.0
2011 BAL MLB 2 2 1 49 0 46.3 46 18 46 7 41% .302 8.9 3.5 1.4 8.9 1.38 4.27 2.6 0.3
2011 TEX MLB 0 0 0 7 0 7.0 5 3 5 0 50% .250 6.4 3.9 0.0 6.4 1.14 5.14 1.2 0.1
2012 WAS MLB 0 0 0 47 0 35.7 31 16 39 2 43% .309 7.8 4.0 0.5 9.8 1.32 3.03 7.5 0.8
2012 SYR AAA 0 0 0 1 0 1.3 0 0 2 0 100% .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5 0.00 0.00 0.0 0.0
2013 MIL MLB 0 2 0 25 0 16.0 17 11 24 1 37% .400 9.6 6.2 0.6 13.5 1.75 3.38 3.7 0.4

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2011-11-02 2011-11-02 FA 0 0 Left Knee Surgery Meniscus - -
2011-09-18 2011-09-25 DTD 7 6 - General Medical Illness - -
2010-09-06 2010-09-12 DTD 6 5 Low Back Soreness -
2010-04-10 2010-07-21 60-DL 102 89 Left Shoulder Strain Two Tears Rotator Cuff and Frayed Labrum -
2010-03-13 2010-03-19 Camp 6 0 Low Back Stiffness -
2009-09-17 2009-09-23 DTD 6 6 Low Back Tightness -
2009-07-23 2009-07-26 DTD 3 3 Left Forearm Contusion -
2009-07-09 2009-07-19 DTD 10 7 Left Elbow Inflammation -
2008-03-21 2008-06-18 60-DL 89 72 Left Elbow Recovery From Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2007-05-31
2007-05-16 2007-09-30 60-DL 137 122 Left Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2007-05-31
2007-04-23 2007-04-25 DTD 2 2 Left Elbow Soreness -
2006-08-25 2006-10-01 15-DL 37 33 Left Elbow Inflammation Tendinitis -
2005-06-23 2005-08-16 15-DL 54 48 Left Knee Sprain MCL -
2005-04-22 2005-04-30 DTD 8 5 Right Knee Soreness Twisted While Pitching -
2005-03-22 2005-04-01 Camp 10 0 Left Arm Fatigue -
2003-04-05 2003-06-09 Minors 65 0 - Low Back Spasms - -
2002-06-05 2002-08-10 Minors 66 0 Left Knee Surgery 2002-06-14 -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2013 MIL $2,250,000
2011 BAL $6,000,000
2010 BAL $6,000,000
2009 ATL $3,450,000
2008 ATL $2,362,500
2007 ATL $2,350,000
2006 PIT $347,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
7 yrPrevious$20,509,500
2011Current$2,250,000
8 yrPvs + Cur$22,759,500
8 yrTotal$22,759,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
8 y 137 dDan Lozano1 year/$2.25M (2013)

Details
  • 1 year/$2.25M (2013). Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 1/13. Performance bonuses: $50,000 for 25 games finished. $75,000 each for 30, 35 GF. $0.1M each for 40, 50 GF.
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Washington as a free agent 5/8/12 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Washington 6/3/12.
  • 2 years/$12M (2010-11). Signed by Baltimore as a free agent from Atlanta 12/8/09. 10:$6M, 11:$6M. 2010 award bonus: $1M for team leader in Rolaids points. 2011 salary increases to $7M for 2010 team leader in Rolaids points. Annual performance bonus: $0.5M for top 20 in majors in Rolaids points.
  • 1 year/$3.45M (2009). Re-signed 1/19/09 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$2.3625M (2008). Re-signed 1/17/08 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$2.35M (2007). Re-signed 1/07 (avoided arbitration). Acquired in trade from Pittsburgh 1/07.
  • 1 year/$0.347M (2006). Renewed 3/06.
  • 1 year (2005). Re-signed 3/05.
  • 1 year (2004). Signed 2/04.
  • 1 year (2003). Acquired in trade from Boston 7/03. Acquired in trade from Pittsburgh 7/03. Contract purchased 8/03.
  • 1 year (2002). Contract purchased 11/01. Signed 3/02.

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Platoon
SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .203 .267 .308 .212
11 vs R (Multi) .263 .358 .445 .279
18 Split (Multi) -.060 -.091 -.138 -.067
19 LgAvg (Multi) -.029 -.032 -.065 -.030
30 vs L (2012) .179 .257 .269 .204
31 vs R (2012) .297 .378 .484 .280
38 Split (2012) -.118 -.122 -.216 -.076
39 LgAvg (2012) -.031 -.033 -.073 -.033

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BP Articles

Michael Gonzalez is referenced in the following articles.

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  Title Author Date
Overthinking It: This Week in Catcher Framing, 5/10Ben Lindbergh2013-05-10
This article requires BP Premium accessRumor Roundup: Wednesday, January 9Daniel Rathman2013-01-09
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessThe Keeper Reaper: Relievers for 1/9/13Dan Mennella2013-01-09
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: Royals Carry a Mig StickR.J. Anderson2013-01-02
This article requires BP Premium accessRumor Roundup: Monday, December 3Daniel Rathman2012-12-03
Prospectus Hit List: La ciudad de los frijoles es suprema!Jay Jaffe2007-05-18
This article requires BP Premium accessUnder The Knife: Winding Down and Winding UpWill Carroll2006-09-28
Prospectus Hit List: Week of September 26Jay Jaffe2006-09-26
This article requires BP Premium accessUnder The Knife: Not Letting Them WinWill Carroll2006-09-11
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: August 28-31, 2006Christina Kahrl2006-09-01
This article requires BP Premium accessUnder The Knife: The Radke DefenseWill Carroll2006-08-29
Prospectus Hit List: Week of August 13Jay Jaffe2006-08-15
Prospectus Matchups: The Loneliness FactorJim Baker2006-08-15
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: August 7-9Christina Kahrl2006-08-10
This article requires BP Premium accessFuture Shock: Mommy, Where Do Closers Come From?Kevin Goldstein2006-05-12
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessTeam Health Reports: Pittsburgh PiratesWill Carroll2006-02-14
Prospectus Notebook: Cubs, PiratesBaseball Prospectus2005-12-16
Prospectus Notebook: Pirates, RangersBaseball Prospectus2005-10-07
Prospectus Notebook: CHN, PIT, STLBaseball Prospectus2005-09-09
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: August 15-18Christina Kahrl2005-08-19
This article requires BP Premium accessUnder The Knife: HeroesWill Carroll2005-07-29
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: June 23-30Christina Kahrl2005-06-30
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessFantasy Focus: NL Teams in TransitionJeff Erickson2005-05-31
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessFantasy Focus: Fantasy Trends--NL CentralErik Siegrist2005-04-27
This article requires BP Premium accessUnder The Knife: Opening DayWill Carroll2005-04-04
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessFantasy Focus: NL Central BustsJeff Erickson2005-03-21
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessFantasy Focus: You Say Good-Bye, I Say Hello: Making Keeper League DecisionsErik Siegrist2005-02-25
Prospectus Triple Play: Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh PiratesBaseball Prospectus2005-02-15


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