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Luis Gonzalez

Birthdate:

9/3/1967

Height / Weight:

6' 2" / 180 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Tampa, FL, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / R

Baseball Historian Biography

A native of Tampa, Florida, Luis Gonzalez broke into the major leagues with the Houston Astros on September 2, 1990 after leading the Columbus Mudcats AA in most offensive statistics thru most of the season. For the season with Houston ‘Gonzo’ had 4 hits in 21 at bats, including his first big-league hit on Sept 8 off of SF Giants stalwart Steve Bedrosian.

The next year, 1991, Luis Gonzalez was the Astros opening day leftfielder, a honor he had for next 4 years. On July 5 he had 5 RBI vs the Dodgers.

Upon Further Review:

In the last week of May 2007 the left-handed batting Luis Gonzalez lined career hit number 2,417 and moved into the top 100 of all-time in career hits, passing two Hall of Fame players, Mickey Mantle 2,415 and Pie Traynor 2,416.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
18 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1990	HOU (NL)	12	21	1	4	2	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	.190	.261	SLG
1991	HOU (NL)	137	473	51	120	28	9	13	69	40	101	10	7	4	8	1	4	.254	.320	SLG
1992	HOU (NL)	122	387	40	94	19	3	10	55	24	52	7	7	3	2	1	2	.243	.289	SLG
1993	HOU (NL)	154	540	82	162	34	3	15	72	47	83	20	9	7	10	3	10	.300	.361	SLG
1994	HOU (NL)	112	392	57	107	29	4	8	67	49	57	15	13	6	3	0	6	.273	.353	SLG
1995	CHC (NL)	77	262	34	76	19	4	7	34	39	33	5	5	5	3	0	3	.290	.384	SLG
1995	HOU (NL)	56	209	35	54	10	4	6	35	18	30	1	3	3	3	1	3	.258	.322	SLG
1996	CHC (NL)	146	483	70	131	30	4	15	79	61	49	9	6	8	4	1	6	.271	.354	SLG
1997	HOU (NL)	152	550	78	142	31	2	10	68	71	67	10	7	7	5	0	5	.258	.345	SLG
1998	DET (AL)	154	547	84	146	35	5	23	71	57	62	12	7	7	8	0	8	.267	.340	SLG
1999	ARI (NL)	153	614	112	206	45	4	26	111	66	63	9	5	6	7	1	5	.336	.403	SLG
2000	ARI (NL)	162	618	106	192	47	2	31	114	78	85	2	4	6	12	2	12	.311	.392	SLG
2001	ARI (NL)	162	609	128	198	36	7	57	142	100	83	1	1	24	14	0	5	.325	.429	SLG
2002	ARI (NL)	148	524	90	151	19	3	28	103	97	76	9	2	8	5	0	7	.288	.400	SLG
2003	ARI (NL)	156	579	92	176	46	4	26	104	94	67	5	3	17	3	0	3	.304	.402	SLG
2004	ARI (NL)	105	379	69	98	28	5	17	48	68	58	2	2	11	2	0	2	.259	.373	SLG
2005	ARI (NL)	155	579	90	157	37	0	24	79	78	90	4	1	12	11	0	4	.271	.366	SLG
2006	ARI (NL)	153	586	93	159	52	2	15	73	69	58	0	1	10	7	0	6	.271	.352	SLG
18 years		2316	8352	1312	2373	547	65	331	1324	1058	1119	121	83	145	107	10	91	.284	.368	.SLG

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