Mike González

Q: How old is Mike González?

Mike González is 46 years old.

Q: When was Mike González born?

Mike González was born on May 23, 1978.

Q: Where was Mike González born?

Mike González was born in Corpus Christi, TX .

Q: How tall is Mike González?

Mike González is 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Mike González weigh when playing?

Mike González weighed 200 lbs (90 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did Mike González play?

Mike González played 11 seasons.

Q: Is Mike González in the Hall of Fame?

Mike González has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was Mike González drafted?

Mike González was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 17th round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from Faith Christian Academy HS (Pasadena, TX) and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 30th round of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from San Jacinto College (Pasadena, TX) .

Q: How many strikeouts did Mike González have?

Mike González had 511 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Mike González played for?

Mike González played for 6 teams; the Pittsburgh Pirates, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers, Washington Nationals and Milwaukee Brewers.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: May 23, 1978 in Corpus Christi, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 17th round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from Faith Christian Academy HS (Pasadena, TX) and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 30th round of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from San Jacinto College (Pasadena, TX).

High Schools: Faith Christian Academy HS (Pasadena, TX), Harvest Christian Academy (Pasadena, TX)

Schools: San Jacinto College (Pasadena, TX), San Jacinto College, North Campus (Houston, TX)

Debut: August 11, 2003 (Age 25-080d, 18,338th in major league history)
vs. STL 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 28, 2013 (Age 35-128d)
vs. NYM 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2004 season

Agents: Boras Corporation

Full Name: Michael Vela Gonzalez

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.7

ERA

3.14

509

444.1

511

WHIP

1.296

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1997	19	PIT-min	Rk,A	3	1	.750	2.23	11	6	1	0	0	0	48.1	32	14	12	1	16	0	55	1	3	6	191			0.993	6.0	0.2	3.0	10.2	3.44	BRD,AUG GULF,SALL
1998	20	PIT-min	A,A+	4	5	.444	4.22	18	16	0	0	0	0	79.0	83	45	37	7	39	0	94	10	4	4	352			1.544	9.5	0.8	4.4	10.7	2.41	AUG,LBG SALL,CARL
1999	21	PIT-min	A+,AA	12	7	.632	4.80	27	25	0	0	0	0	138.2	132	80	74	14	82	0	150	6	3	13	611			1.543	8.6	0.9	5.3	9.7	1.83	LBG,ATO CARL,EL
2000	22	PIT-min	A+,Rk	5	3	.625	4.65	14	11	2	0	0	0	62.0	65	40	32	7	38	0	60	4	0	4	291			1.661	9.4	1.0	5.5	8.7	1.58	LBG,BRD CARL,GULF
2001	23	PIT-min	AA,A+	7	6	.538	3.51	28	16	7	1	1	0	118.0	109	52	46	8	43	1	98	0	2	7	494			1.288	8.3	0.6	3.3	7.5	2.28	ATO,LBG EL,CARL
2002	24	PIT-min	AA,Rk	10	4	.714	3.28	18	18	0	0	0	0	98.2	82	39	36	4	50	2	96	4	1	7	414			1.338	7.5	0.4	4.6	8.8	1.92	ATO,BRD EL,GULF
2003	25	PIT-BOS-min	AAA,AA,A+	0	1	.000	3.46	19	0	5	0	0	4	26.0	22	15	10	1	12	1	31	2	0	0	113			1.308	7.6	0.3	4.2	10.7	2.58	NVL,ATO,LBG,PAW PCL,EL,CARL,IL
2003	25	PIT	NL	0	1	.000	7.56	16	0	2	0	0	0	8.1	7	7	7	4	6	0	6	0	0	1	38	60	9.99	1.560	7.6	4.3	6.5	6.5	1.00
2004	26	PIT-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	0.90	14	0	3	0	0	2	20.0	12	2	2	0	7	0	35	0	0	2	73			0.950	5.4	0.0	3.2	15.8	5.00	NVL PCL
2004	26	PIT	NL	3	1	.750	1.25	47	0	12	0	0	1	43.1	32	7	6	2	6	0	55	1	0	4	169	346	1.60	0.877	6.6	0.4	1.2	11.4	9.17
2005	27	PIT-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	10			0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.5		INA IL
2005	27	PIT	NL	1	3	.250	2.70	51	0	15	0	0	3	50.0	35	15	15	2	31	2	58	1	0	3	212	156	3.14	1.320	6.3	0.4	5.6	10.4	1.87
2006	28	PIT	NL	3	4	.429	2.17	54	0	47	0	0	24	54.0	42	13	13	1	31	2	64	2	0	0	234	207	2.85	1.352	7.0	0.2	5.2	10.7	2.06
2007	29	ATL	NL	2	0	1.000	1.59	18	0	5	0	0	2	17.0	15	3	3	0	8	0	13	0	0	0	70	279	3.12	1.353	7.9	0.0	4.2	6.9	1.63
2008	30	ATL-min	AAA,AA	1	0	1.000	0.82	9	0	1	0	0	1	11.0	12	1	1	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	43			1.182	9.8	0.0	0.8	9.8	12.00	RMD,MSS IL,SOUL
2008	30	ATL	NL	0	3	.000	4.28	36	0	29	0	0	14	33.2	26	21	16	6	14	3	44	1	0	0	142	98	4.17	1.188	7.0	1.6	3.7	11.8	3.14
2009	31	ATL	NL	5	4	.556	2.42	80	0	29	0	0	10	74.1	56	28	20	7	33	8	90	7	0	5	315	171	3.51	1.197	6.8	0.8	4.0	10.9	2.73
2010	32	BAL-min	A-,AA,Rk,AAA	1	1	.500	4.26	12	4	0	0	0	0	12.2	13	6	6	3	3	0	16	0	0	0	53			1.263	9.2	2.1	2.1	11.4	5.33	ADN,BOW,OLS,NFK NYPL,EL,GULF,IL
2010	32	BAL	AL	1	3	.250	4.01	29	0	7	0	0	1	24.2	18	11	11	1	14	4	31	0	0	3	106	105	2.80	1.297	6.6	0.4	5.1	11.3	2.21
2011	33	TOT	AL	2	2	.500	4.39	56	0	15	0	0	1	53.1	51	30	26	7	21	1	51	2	0	5	230	98	4.11	1.350	8.6	1.2	3.5	8.6	2.43
2011	33	BAL	AL	2	2	.500	4.27	49	0	14	0	0	1	46.1	46	26	22	7	18	1	46	2	0	4	202	99	4.30	1.381	8.9	1.4	3.5	8.9	2.56
2011	33	TEX	AL	0	0		5.14	7	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	5	4	4	0	3	0	5	0	0	1	28	90	2.88	1.143	6.4	0.0	3.9	6.4	1.67
2012	34	WSN-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4			0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.5		SYR IL
2012	34	WSN	NL	0	0		3.03	47	0	13	0	0	0	35.2	31	14	12	2	16	0	39	0	1	2	151	133	2.98	1.318	7.8	0.5	4.0	9.8	2.44
2013	35	MIL	NL	0	3	.000	4.68	75	0	11	0	0	0	50.0	58	28	26	10	25	2	60	2	0	4	235	83	4.87	1.660	10.4	1.8	4.5	10.8	2.40
2014	36	WSN-min	AAA	1	1	.500	2.78	21	0	16	0	0	6	22.2	20	8	7	1	10	0	18	1	0	1	98			1.324	7.9	0.4	4.0	7.1	1.80	SYR IL
11 Yrs				17	24	.415	3.14	509	0	185	0	0	56	444.1	371	177	155	42	205	22	511	16	1	27	1902	134	3.50	1.296	7.5	0.9	4.2	10.4	2.49
162 Game Avg.				2	3	.415	3.14	68	0	25	0	0	7	59	50	24	21	6	27	3	68	2	0	4	254	134	3.50	1.296	7.5	0.9	4.2	10.4	2.49

PIT (4 yrs)				7	9	.438	2.37	168	0	76	0	0	28	155.2	116	42	41	9	74	4	183	4	0	8	653	184	2.98	1.221	6.7	0.5	4.3	10.6	2.47
ATL (3 yrs)				7	7	.500	2.81	134	0	63	0	0	26	125.0	97	52	39	13	55	11	147	8	0	5	527	149	3.64	1.216	7.0	0.9	4.0	10.6	2.67
BAL (2 yrs)				3	5	.375	4.18	78	0	21	0	0	2	71.0	64	37	33	8	32	5	77	2	0	7	308	101	3.78	1.352	8.1	1.0	4.1	9.8	2.41
TEX (1 yr)				0	0		5.14	7	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	5	4	4	0	3	0	5	0	0	1	28	90	2.88	1.143	6.4	0.0	3.9	6.4	1.67
WSN (1 yr)				0	0		3.03	47	0	13	0	0	0	35.2	31	14	12	2	16	0	39	0	1	2	151	133	2.98	1.318	7.8	0.5	4.0	9.8	2.44
MIL (1 yr)				0	3	.000	4.68	75	0	11	0	0	0	50.0	58	28	26	10	25	2	60	2	0	4	235	83	4.87	1.660	10.4	1.8	4.5	10.8	2.40

NL (9 yrs)				14	19	.424	2.90	424	0	163	0	0	54	366.1	302	136	118	34	170	17	429	14	1	19	1566	145	3.46	1.288	7.4	0.8	4.2	10.5	2.52
AL (2 yrs)				3	5	.375	4.27	85	0	22	0	0	2	78.0	69	41	37	8	35	5	82	2	0	8	336	100	3.70	1.333	8.0	0.9	4.0	9.5	2.34

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Mike González?

Mike González is 46 years old.

When was Mike González born?

Mike González was born on May 23, 1978.

Where was Mike González born?

Mike González was born in Corpus Christi, TX.

How tall is Mike González?

Mike González is 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

How much did Mike González weigh when playing?

Mike González weighed 200 lbs (90 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Mike González play?

Mike González played 11 seasons.

Is Mike González in the Hall of Fame?

Mike González has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Mike González drafted?

Mike González was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 17th round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from Faith Christian Academy HS (Pasadena, TX) and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 30th round of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from San Jacinto College (Pasadena, TX).

What position did Mike González play?

Mike González was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Mike González have?

Mike González had 511 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Mike González played for?

Mike González played for 6 teams; the Pittsburgh Pirates, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers, Washington Nationals and Milwaukee Brewers.

When did Mike González retire?

Mike González last played in 2013.

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