Tony Gonzalez
Cincinnati Reds 1960; Philadelphia Phillies 1960–1968; Atlanta Braves 1969; San Diego Padres 1969; Atlanta Braves 1970; California Angels 1970–1971
Percentile snapshot
1970 season — qualified batters
of 114 qualified 1970 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
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
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 117 | 360 | 340 | 37 | 93 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 15 | 74 | 3 | 2 | .274 | .311 | .453 | .764 | 106.7 | 105.7 | .340 | 1.4 |
| 1961 | 126 | 485 | 426 | 58 | 118 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 58 | 49 | 66 | 15 | 5 | .277 | .358 | .437 | .795 | 111.8 | 111.0 | .353 | 2.3 |
| 1962 | 118 | 490 | 437 | 76 | 132 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 63 | 40 | 82 | 17 | 8 | .302 | .371 | .494 | .865 | 133.4 | 133.3 | .384 | 3.9 |
| 1963 | 155 | 625 | 555 | 78 | 170 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 66 | 53 | 68 | 13 | 8 | .306 | .372 | .436 | .808 | 138.6 | 134.5 | .367 | 4.9 |
| 1964 | 131 | 476 | 421 | 55 | 117 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 44 | 74 | 0 | 5 | .278 | .352 | .380 | .732 | 109.7 | 108.4 | .333 | 2.4 |
| 1965 | 108 | 407 | 370 | 48 | 109 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 41 | 31 | 52 | 3 | 4 | .295 | .351 | .457 | .808 | 130.2 | 128.4 | .362 | 2.7 |
| 1966 | 132 | 416 | 384 | 53 | 110 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 26 | 60 | 2 | 6 | .286 | .335 | .406 | .741 | 108.8 | 106.1 | .335 | 1.5 |
| 1967 | 149 | 568 | 508 | 74 | 172 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 59 | 47 | 58 | 10 | 9 | .339 | .396 | .472 | .869 | 150.1 | 147.5 | .392 | 4.7 |
| 1968 | 121 | 471 | 416 | 45 | 110 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 40 | 42 | 6 | 5 | .264 | .335 | .337 | .671 | 106.6 | 102.0 | .320 | 2.0 |
| 1969 | 142 | 561 | 502 | 68 | 135 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 58 | 46 | 46 | 4 | 1 | .269 | .338 | .386 | .724 | 105.5 | 103.3 | .337 | 2.0 |
| 1970 | 149 | 584 | 522 | 66 | 142 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 67 | 48 | 56 | 6 | 7 | .272 | .342 | .364 | .706 | 86.6 | 87.6 | .324 | 1.2 |
| 1971 | 111 | 350 | 314 | 32 | 77 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 1 | .245 | .310 | .315 | .626 | 82.0 | 85.0 | .292 | 0.0 |
Career totals
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
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961-07-21 | CHC @ PHI Gameday | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1969-06-16 | HOU @ ATL Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 1962-08-01 | PHI @ NYM Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 1962-07-28 | PIT @ PHI Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 1967-04-15 | NYM @ PHI Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
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.