Mike González

Position: Relief 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)

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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.7

ERA

3.14

509

444.1

511

WHIP

1.296

Player News

Hide Majors

Hide Minors

Hide Foreign

Register Pitching

Register Pitching
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1997	19		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-A	PIT	3	1	.750	2.23	2.61	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
1997	19	-2.3	Augusta	SALL	A	PIT	1	1	.500	1.86	2.33	4	3	1	0	0	0	19.1	11	5	4	1	8	0	22	0	0	3	76	0.983	5.1	0.5	3.7	10.2	2.75
1997	19	-0.5	Pirates	GULF	Rk	PIT	2	0	1.000	2.48	2.79	7	3	0	0	0	0	29.0	21	9	8	0	8	0	33	1	3	3	115	1.000	6.5	0.0	2.5	10.2	4.13
1998	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-A+	PIT	4	5	.444	4.22	5.13	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
1998	20	-2.4	Lynchburg	CARL	A+	PIT	0	3	.000	6.67	6.67	7	7	0	0	0	0	28.1	40	21	21	5	13	0	22	3	0	1	131	1.871	12.7	1.6	4.1	7.0	1.69
1998	20	-1.6	Augusta	SALL	A	PIT	4	2	.667	2.84	4.26	11	9	0	0	0	0	50.2	43	24	16	2	26	0	72	7	4	3	221	1.362	7.6	0.4	4.6	12.8	2.77
1999	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	PIT	12	7	.632	4.80	5.19	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
1999	21	-2.9	Altoona	EL	AA	PIT	2	3	.400	8.10	8.44	7	5	0	0	0	0	26.2	34	25	24	4	19	0	31	2	3	3	133	1.988	11.5	1.4	6.4	10.5	1.63
1999	21	-1.5	Lynchburg	CARL	A+	PIT	10	4	.714	4.02	4.42	20	20	0	0	0	0	112.0	98	55	50	10	63	0	119	4	0	10	478	1.438	7.9	0.8	5.1	9.6	1.89
2000	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-Rk	PIT	5	3	.625	4.65	5.81	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
2000	22	-0.7	Lynchburg	CARL	A+	PIT	4	3	.571	4.66	5.46	12	10	1	0	0	0	56.0	57	34	29	6	34	0	53	3	0	1	256	1.625	9.2	1.0	5.5	8.5	1.56
2000	22	2.4	Pirates	GULF	Rk	PIT	1	0	1.000	4.50	9.00	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	8	6	3	1	4	0	7	1	0	3	35	2.000	12.0	1.5	6.0	10.5	1.75
2001	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A+	PIT	7	6	.538	3.51	3.97	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
2001	23	-1.2	Altoona	EL	AA	PIT	5	4	.556	3.71	3.92	14	14	0	1	1	0	87.1	81	38	36	5	36	0	66	0	1	2	367	1.340	8.3	0.5	3.7	6.8	1.83
2001	23	0.4	Lynchburg	CARL	A+	PIT	2	2	.500	2.93	4.11	14	2	7	0	0	0	30.2	28	14	10	3	7	1	32	0	1	5	127	1.141	8.2	0.9	2.1	9.4	4.57
2002	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-Rk	PIT	10	4	.714	3.28	3.56	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
2002	24	-0.5	Altoona	EL	AA	PIT	8	4	.667	3.80	4.01	16	16	0	0	0	0	85.1	77	38	36	4	47	2	82	4	1	7	367	1.453	8.1	0.4	5.0	8.6	1.74
2002	24	4.2	Pirates	GULF	Rk	PIT	2	0	1.000	0.00	0.68	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.1	5	1	0	0	3	0	14	0	0	0	47	0.600	3.4	0.0	2.0	9.5	4.67
2003	25		4 Teams	4 Lgs	AAA-AA-A+	PIT	0	1	.000	3.46	5.19	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
2003	25	-2.1	Nashville	PCL	AAA	PIT	0	0		4.50	4.50	7	0	2	0	0	2	10.0	9	5	5	0	4	1	10	2	0	0	45	1.300	8.1	0.0	3.6	9.0	2.50
2003	25	-1.8	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	8	1.800	10.8	0.0	5.4	10.8	2.00
2003	25	0.8	Altoona	EL	AA	PIT	0	0		1.23	1.23	5	0	2	0	0	1	7.1	4	1	1	1	2	0	10	0	0	0	28	0.818	4.9	1.2	2.5	12.3	5.00
2003	25	2.2	Lynchburg	CARL	A+	PIT	0	1	.000	5.14	11.57	5	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	7	9	4	0	5	0	9	0	0	0	32	1.714	9.0	0.0	6.4	11.6	1.80
2003	25	-3.8	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	0	1	.000	7.56	7.56	16	0	2	0	0	0	8.1	7	7	7	4	6	0	6	0	0	1	38	1.560	7.6	4.3	6.5	6.5	1.00
2004	26	-1.2	Nashville	PCL	AAA	PIT	2	0	1.000	0.90	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
2004	26	-3.2	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	3	1	.750	1.25	1.45	47	0	12	0	0	1	43.1	32	7	6	2	6	0	55	1	0	4	169	0.877	6.6	0.4	1.2	11.4	9.17
2005	27	0.2	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	0	0		0.00	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
2005	27	-2.2	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	1	3	.250	2.70	2.70	51	0	15	0	0	3	50.0	35	15	15	2	31	2	58	1	0	3	212	1.320	6.3	0.4	5.6	10.4	1.87
2006	28	-1.1	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	3	4	.429	2.17	2.17	54	0	47	0	0	24	54.0	42	13	13	1	31	2	64	2	0	0	234	1.352	7.0	0.2	5.2	10.7	2.06
2007	29	0.0	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	2	0	1.000	1.59	1.59	18	0	5	0	0	2	17.0	15	3	3	0	8	0	13	0	0	0	70	1.353	7.9	0.0	4.2	6.9	1.63
2008	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	ATL	1	0	1.000	0.82	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
2008	30	2.9	Richmond	IL	AAA	ATL	1	0	1.000	1.50	1.50	5	0	1	0	0	1	6.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	23	1.000	7.5	0.0	1.5	12.0	8.00
2008	30	5.5	Mississippi	SOUL	AA	ATL	0	0		0.00	0.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	20	1.400	12.6	0.0	0.0	7.2
2008	30	1.1	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	0	3	.000	4.28	5.61	36	0	29	0	0	14	33.2	26	21	16	6	14	3	44	1	0	0	142	1.188	7.0	1.6	3.7	11.8	3.14
2009	31	2.4	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	5	4	.556	2.42	3.39	80	0	29	0	0	10	74.1	56	28	20	7	33	8	90	7	0	5	315	1.197	6.8	0.8	4.0	10.9	2.73
2010	32		4 Teams	4 Lgs	A--AA-Rk-AAA	BAL	1	1	.500	4.26	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
2010	32	5.4	Norfolk	IL	AAA	BAL	0	0		10.80	10.80	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	2	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	10	3.000	16.2	0.0	10.8	21.6	2.00
2010	32	7.8	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	1	0	1.000	2.25	2.25	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	15	0.750	4.5	2.3	2.3	9.0	4.00
2010	32	10.7	Aberdeen	NYPL	A-	BAL	0	1	.000	5.40	5.40	4	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	3	3	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	21	1.400	12.6	3.6	0.0	9.0
2010	32	11.6	Orioles	GULF	Rk	BAL	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	13.5
2010	32	4.0	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	1	3	.250	4.01	4.01	29	0	7	0	0	1	24.2	18	11	11	1	14	4	31	0	0	3	106	1.297	6.6	0.4	5.1	11.3	2.21
2011	33		2 Teams	AL	Maj	BAL-TEX	2	2	.500	4.39	5.06	56	0	15	0	0	1	53.1	51	30	26	7	21	1	51	2	0	5	230	1.350	8.6	1.2	3.5	8.6	2.43
2011	33	4.8	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	2	2	.500	4.27	5.05	49	0	14	0	0	1	46.1	46	26	22	7	18	1	46	2	0	4	202	1.381	8.9	1.4	3.5	8.9	2.56
2011	33	4.8	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	0	0		5.14	5.14	7	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	5	4	4	0	3	0	5	0	0	1	28	1.143	6.4	0.0	3.9	6.4	1.67
2012	34	6.8	Syracuse	IL	AAA	WSN	0	0		0.00	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
2012	34	5.5	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	0	0		3.03	3.53	47	0	13	0	0	0	35.2	31	14	12	2	16	0	39	0	1	2	151	1.318	7.8	0.5	4.0	9.8	2.44
2013	35	6.9	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	0	3	.000	4.68	5.04	75	0	11	0	0	0	50.0	58	28	26	10	25	2	60	2	0	4	235	1.660	10.4	1.8	4.5	10.8	2.40
2014	36	9.1	Syracuse	IL	AAA	WSN	1	1	.500	2.78	3.18	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

2016	38	9.3	Tijuana	MEX	AAA		0	2	.000	5.89	8.35	38	0	0	0	0	0	18.1	28	17	12	1	10	1	15	3	0	1	94	2.073	13.7	0.5	4.9	7.4	1.50
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (11 seasons)					Majors		17	24	.415	3.14	3.59	509	0	185	0	0	56	444.1	371	177	155	42	205	22	511	16	1	27	1902	1.296	7.5	0.9	4.2	10.4	2.49
Minors (13 seasons)					Minors		46	29	.613	3.69	4.24	194	96	35	1	1	13	641.2	582	302	263	46	301	4	672	28	13	44	2747	1.376	8.2	0.6	4.2	9.4	2.23
Foreign (1 season)					Foreign		0	2	.000	5.89	8.35	38	0	0	0	0	0	18.1	28	17	12	1	10	1	15	3	0	1	94	2.073	13.7	0.5	4.9	7.4	1.50
All Levels (19 Seasons)							63	55	.534	3.50	4.04	741	96	220	1	1	69	1104.1	981	496	430	89	516	27	1198	47	14	72	4743	1.356	8.0	0.7	4.2	9.8	2.32

AAA (7 seasons)					Minors		4	1	.800	2.30	2.43	54	1	23	0	0	12	66.2	51	18	17	1	25	1	84	3	0	3	271	1.140	6.9	0.1	3.4	11.3	3.36
AA (6 seasons)					Minors		16	11	.593	4.09	4.30	50	35	2	1	1	1	215.2	205	103	98	15	105	2	197	6	5	12	930	1.437	8.6	0.6	4.4	8.2	1.88
A+ (5 seasons)					Minors		16	13	.552	4.38	5.12	58	39	8	0	0	0	234.0	230	133	114	24	122	1	235	10	1	17	1024	1.504	8.8	0.9	4.7	9.0	1.93
A (2 seasons)					Minors		5	3	.625	2.57	3.73	15	12	1	0	0	0	70.0	54	29	20	3	34	0	94	7	4	6	297	1.257	6.9	0.4	4.4	12.1	2.76
A- (1 season)					Minors		0	1	.000	5.40	5.40	4	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	3	3	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	21	1.400	12.6	3.6	0.0	9.0
Rk (4 seasons)					Minors		5	0	1.000	1.97	2.86	13	8	1	0	0	0	50.1	35	16	11	1	15	0	57	2	3	6	204	0.993	6.3	0.2	2.7	10.2	3.80