MLB / Players

Adrian Gonzalez

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left
Listed at6 ft 2 in · 215 lb
BornMay 8, 1982 · San Diego, CA, USA
MLB debutApril 18, 2004
Final gameJune 10, 2018
Seasons15 (2004–2018)

Texas Rangers 2004–2005; San Diego Padres 2006–2010; Boston Red Sox 2011–2012; Los Angeles Dodgers 2012–2017; New York Mets 2018

Percentile snapshot

2016 season — qualified batters

G
156
70.3
PA
633
57.9
AB
568
60.7
R
69
32.4
H
162
67.6
2B
31
55.9
3B
0
0
HR
18
34.5
RBI
90
70.3
BB
55
61.4
SO
117
47.6
SB
0
0
CS
2
49.7
BA
.285
64.8
OBP
.349
59.3
SLG
.435
36.6
OPS
.784
43.4
wRC+
110.4
46.9
OPS+
112.0
52.4
wOBA
.340
45.5
sWAR
1.6
22.8

of 146 qualified 2016 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+
126.3
87
OPS+
129.2
89.9
sWAR
35.7
97.4

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
200416444271030172600.238.273.381.65460.063.3.286-0.2
200543162150173471617103700.227.272.407.67866.873.7.288-0.6
20061566315708317338124825211301.304.362.500.862125.3127.3.3702.7
2007161720646101182463301006514000.282.347.502.849122.5125.0.3653.0
2008162700616103172321361197414200.279.361.510.871131.9136.7.3733.6
200916068155290153272409911910911.277.407.551.958157.0160.5.4115.5
201016069259187176330311019311400.298.393.511.904142.6151.1.3844.3
2011159715630108213453271177411910.338.410.548.957154.1154.0.4095.7
201215968462975188471181084211020.299.344.463.806116.4116.9.3482.3
20131576415836917132022100479810.293.342.461.803124.9126.1.3512.7
201415966059183163410271165611211.276.335.482.817128.4131.0.3533.0
20151566425717615733028906210701.275.350.480.830130.0130.5.3593.1
20161566335686916231018905511702.285.349.435.784110.4112.0.3401.6
2017712512311456170330164301.242.287.355.64267.570.9.280-0.7
201854187169154050626153400.237.299.373.67282.287.1.292-0.2

Career totals

G
1,929
309th-most career G
PA
8,043
289th-most career PA
AB
7,139
283rd-most career AB
R
997
359th-most career R
H
2,050
270th-most career H
2B
437
134th-most career 2B
3B
12
HR
317
142nd-most career HR
RBI
1,202
158th-most career RBI
BB
782
289th-most career BB
SO
1,401
118th-most career SO
SB
6
BA
.2872
476th-highest career batting average
OBP
.3579
SLG
.4849
196th-highest career slugging percentage
OPS
.8428
229th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
2015-04-08SD @ LAD Gameday4340034013
2016-08-22LAD @ CIN Gameday6330038012
2007-06-17SD @ CHC Gameday5443013010
2007-08-24SD @ PHI Gameday6340023010
2010-09-15SD @ COL Gameday4231025010

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Gold Glove Silver Slugger All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.