Gio González
P | Bats/Throws: R/L | 6' 0" 205LBS | Age: 39
Draft: 2004 | Rd: C-1, #38, Chicago White Sox | Monsignor Edward Pace HS (FL)
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2018 10 11 4.21 32 32 0 171 148 1.44
2019 3 2 3.50 19 17 0 87.1 78 1.29
2020 1 2 4.83 12 4 0 31.2 34 1.86
13 Seasons 131 101 3.70 344 328 0 1,933 1,860 1.32
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2018 32 10-11 4.21 171 148 1.44
2019 19 3-2 3.50 87.1 78 1.29
2020 12 1-2 4.83 31.2 34 1.86
13 Seasons 344 131-101 3.70 1,933 1,860 1.32
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 29 2947 516 25 4.8 3.3 88.1 111.8 6.4 28.9 .240 .368 .312 .303 .352 34.1 22.3 9.1 3.79 3.80
2016 30 3116 526 31 5.9 4.1 88.7 119.3 9.1 31.2 .251 .406 .317 .316 .375 33.8 22.4 7.7 4.57 4.22
2017 31 3364 553 27 4.9 3.3 86.1 117.3 11.7 29.5 .226 .364 .281 .295 .338 27.9 22.7 9.6 2.96 3.71
2018 32 3022 516 30 5.8 4.0 87.7 113.4 11.2 35.1 .255 .412 .320 .329 .368 34.5 19.8 10.7 4.21 4.63
2019 33 1501 251 16 6.4 4.4 87.4 112.7 9.6 32.3 .245 .413 .304 .319 .367 31.2 21.3 10.1 3.50 4.50
2020 34 618 97 7 7.2 4.6 86.3 112.5 10.9 39.2 .275 .427 .382 .356 .407 33.0 22.2 12.4 4.83 5.55
Player 14568 2459 136 5.5 3.8 87.5 119.3 9.7 31.6 .244 .391 .310 .313 .361 32.4 21.8 9.5
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Gonzalez relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(32.8%) ,
Changeup
(32.8%) ,
Curveball
(19.1%) ,
Sinker
(13.9%) ,
Slider
(1.3%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 55.2 14.7 26.4 3.7 31.8 42.2 26.0 4.1 39.7 17.8 24.2 5.6 4.8 3.3
2016 49.0 18.6 27.9 4.4 34.2 38.6 27.2 2.5 36.3 18.4 25.3 6.3 5.9 4.1
2017 47.7 20.8 22.6 8.9 37.1 39.4 23.5 5.2 33.5 26.0 23.5 4.5 4.9 3.3
2018 46.9 21.5 24.0 7.6 37.6 37.4 25.0 2.5 35.3 23.1 25.2 6.8 5.8 4.0
2019 47.0 21.5 26.3 5.2 33.9 45.0 21.1 2.0 35.1 19.1 24.7 5.2 6.4 4.4
2020 43.3 19.6 30.9 6.2 36.1 37.1 26.8 3.1 36.1 17.5 26.8 8.2 7.2 4.6
Player 49.2 19.2 25.5 6.1 35.1 39.9 25.0 3.4 36.0 21.0 24.6 5.8 5.5 3.8
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2020 Slider CWS L 8 85.4 32.2 -3.5 1.9GLV -2.8 5.3 -4.0 1.9GLV -3.2
2020 Sinker CWS L 86 89.3 23.7 -1.2 14.3ARM -0.4 10.5 -1.8 14.3ARM -0.2
2020 4-Seam Fastball CWS L 203 90.0 18.0 -0.7 7.6ARM 0.4 15.6 -0.4 7.6ARM 0.1
2020 Curveball CWS L 118 76.7 61.3 4.6 11.9GLV 1.6 -14.4 5.6 11.9GLV 3.7
2020 Changeup CWS L 203 82.8 34.1 1.0 13.0ARM -0.7 5.7 2.1 13.0ARM -0.6
2019 Changeup MIL L 445 82.3 33.9 0.9 13.0ARM -0.8 7.0 0.9 13.0ARM -1.3
2019 Curveball MIL L 229 75.3 66.9 6.3 11.7GLV 0.7 -16.5 7.8 11.7GLV 3.6
2019 Sinker MIL L 353 88.9 23.7 -1.7 15.0ARM 0.5 11.2 -1.7 15.0ARM 0.9
2019 4-Seam Fastball MIL L 372 89.5 18.0 0.0 9.1ARM 2.0 16.5 0.8 9.1ARM 1.4
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2020 Changeup 2.1 4 203 32.8 52 .184 .306 .256 41.5 28.8 28.3 .176 .264 .221 23.5
2020 4-Seam Fastball -3.3 -7 203 32.8 53 .410 .538 .491 20.5 13.2 13.0 .364 .560 .474 37.5
2020 Curveball 1.2 1 118 19.1 24 .182 .364 .298 45.2 45.8 27.5 .190 .363 .300 27.3
2020 Sinker -4.5 -4 86 13.9 22 .526 .842 .633 18.5 4.5 5.9 .437 .637 .496 44.4
2020 Slider -4.0 0 8 1.3 2 .500 1.000 .625 0.0 0.0 0.0 .436 .604 .447 50.0
2019 Changeup 3.6 16 445 29.6 137 .154 .236 .213 36.1 23.4 27.4 .235 .323 .276 31.9
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 -2 372 24.8 86 .253 .560 .385 21.7 22.1 17.1 .258 .616 .397 41.1
2019 Sinker -0.5 -2 353 23.5 78 .349 .571 .449 12.1 9.0 14.6 .302 .475 .395 28.1
2019 Curveball -1.2 -3 229 15.3 43 .209 .256 .226 30.7 30.2 16.0 .209 .292 .213 16.7
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 Changeup 189 82.8 98 14.4 10:00 9:30 30
2020 Curveball 109 76.7 87 21.6 4:45 4:45 0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 168 90.0 91 16.9 10:45 11:00 -15
2020 Sinker 51 89.4 88 17.7 10:45 10:00 45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 161 703 -4 0 -7 -5 -16
2009 446 1,802 7 -5 -13 -7 -17
2010 839 3,340 27 28 -27 -10 18
2011 861 3,401 26 26 -18 -16 18
2012 863 3,397 24 46 -23 -14 33
2013 817 3,307 8 27 -11 -11 13
2014 670 2,676 11 16 -16 -9 2
2015 755 2,937 3 27 -16 -11 2
2016 781 3,191 2 17 -18 -12 -11
2017 856 3,508 34 49 -30 -16 38
2018 759 3,075 21 17 -23 -15 0
2019 344 1,399 4 24 -12 -7 10
2020 153 618 -9 14 -7 -4 -5
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 2,947 44.9 64.6 84.0 28.8 59.3 43.7 59.9 44.9 23.7 6.0 76.3
2016 3,116 45.1 64.0 81.4 27.8 63.2 44.7 57.6 44.2 23.4 6.0 69.5
2017 3,364 45.9 64.4 81.5 23.6 65.7 43.7 55.3 42.3 22.3 4.8 70.6
2018 3,022 44.6 65.6 80.4 25.4 63.9 42.0 53.9 43.2 24.0 5.7 70.3
2019 1,501 37.2 66.3 80.9 30.0 63.6 40.0 48.1 44.2 25.9 4.2 78.0
2020 618 38.3 59.9 84.5 26.8 44.1 42.4 62.7 39.5 32.4 5.2 59.4
Player 14,568 44.1 64.6 81.8 26.8 62.2 43.2 56.0 43.5 23.9 5.4 71.7
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2015 57 55 63 65 43 19 55 50 41 63 19 59 43 49 51 98 50
2016 45 44 47 50 41 19 51 44 56 61 53 51 36 26 50 94 51
2017 71 76 74 70 64 19 70 78 88 59 29 35 11 10 48 81 57
2018 26 28 35 42 19 18 63 68 58 32 16 43 21 11 39 81 33
2019 43 47 50 51 37 51 61 79 87 37 21 52 60 6 39 74 42
2020 17 16 38 56 7 38 48 85 74 43 16 81 41 9 38 69 51
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.3 20 21.4 -1 14 16 10 50.0
2017 22.8 23 22.5 1 8 9 16 69.6
2018 22.7 18 18.7 -1 10 14 9 50.0
2019 23.2 9 8.6 0 10 5 4 44.4
2020 23.1 6 3.8 2 0 3 2 33.3
Player 22.7 76 75.0 1 42 47 41 53.9
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 20 25 18 26 22 19 24 22 19 15 20 24 21 19 21 22 12 17 22 25 18 15 30 30 20 20 21 31 24 23 16
2017 23 24 19 25 24 21 26 22 20 19 21 27 21 21 23 22 20 20 26 23 22 21 25 24 22 21 23 28 25 23 18
2018 18 21 18 16 20 16 19 17 13 14 17 24 21 19 18 20 18 19 20 22 20 20 25 21 18 14 15 19 23 18 15
2019 9 12 7 9 9 9 10 7 7 5 6 11 12 6 8 9 7 7 9 10 7 13 12 12 7 6 7 11 11 7 6
2020 6 4 2 5 4 3 5 4 4 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 3 5 3 4 5 3 2 2 4 5 4 5 3
Player 76 86 64 81 79 68 84 72 63 55 68 90 79 68 74 77 62 67 80 85 70 73 97 90 69 63 70 94 87 76 58
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.6 91.4 -1.2 ↓ 89.7 -1.7 ↓ 89.7 0.0 89.2 -0.5 ↓ 89.8 0.6 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 84.5 84.4 -0.1 ↓ 83.0 -1.4 ↓ 82.7 -0.3 ↓ 82.3 -0.4 ↓ 82.8 0.5 ↑
Breaking Velocity 78.7 77.7 -1.0 ↓ 74.8 -2.9 ↓ 75.7 0.9 ↑ 75.3 -0.4 ↓ 77.2 1.9 ↑
Exit Velocity 88.1 88.7 0.6 ↑ 86.1 -2.6 ↓ 87.7 1.6 ↑ 87.4 -0.3 ↓ 86.3 -1.1 ↓
Launch Angle 6.4 9.1 2.7 ↑ 11.7 2.6 ↑ 11.2 -0.5 ↓ 9.6 -1.6 ↓ 10.9 1.3 ↑
Barrel % 4.8 5.9 1.1 ↑ 4.9 -1.0 ↓ 5.8 0.9 ↑ 6.4 0.6 ↑ 7.2 0.8 ↑
Hard Hit % 34.1 33.8 -0.3 ↓ 27.9 -5.9 ↓ 34.5 6.6 ↑ 31.2 -3.3 ↓ 33.0 1.8 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 28.9 31.2 2.3 ↑ 29.5 -1.7 ↓ 35.1 5.6 ↑ 32.3 -2.8 ↓ 39.2 6.9 ↑
xBA .240 .251 0.011 ↑ .226 -0.025 ↓ .255 0.029 ↑ .245 -0.010 ↓ .275 0.030 ↑
BA .269 .262 -0.007 ↓ .216 -0.046 ↓ .256 0.040 ↑ .234 -0.022 ↓ .305 0.071 ↑
xwOBA .303 .316 0.013 ↑ .295 -0.021 ↓ .329 0.034 ↑ .319 -0.010 ↓ .356 0.037 ↑
wOBA .312 .317 0.005 ↑ .281 -0.036 ↓ .320 0.039 ↑ .304 -0.016 ↓ .382 0.078 ↑
xSLG .368 .406 0.038 ↑ .364 -0.042 ↓ .412 0.048 ↑ .413 0.001 ↑ .427 0.014 ↑
SLG .374 .404 0.030 ↑ .345 -0.059 ↓ .399 0.054 ↑ .397 -0.002 ↓ .473 0.076 ↑
K% 22.3 22.4 0.1 ↑ 22.7 0.3 ↑ 19.8 -2.9 ↓ 21.3 1.5 ↑ 22.2 0.9 ↑
BB% 9.1 7.7 -1.4 ↓ 9.6 1.9 ↑ 10.7 1.1 ↑ 10.1 -0.6 ↓ 12.4 2.3 ↑
Swing % 44.9 44.2 -0.7 ↓ 42.3 -1.9 ↓ 43.2 0.9 ↑ 44.2 1.0 ↑ 39.5 -4.7 ↓
Whiff% 23.7 23.4 -0.3 ↓ 22.3 -1.1 ↓ 24.0 1.7 ↑ 25.9 1.9 ↑ 32.4 6.5 ↑
In Zone % 44.9 45.1 0.2 ↑ 45.9 0.8 ↑ 44.6 -1.3 ↓ 37.2 -7.4 ↓ 38.3 1.1 ↑
Out of Zone % 55.1 54.9 -0.2 ↓ 54.1 -0.8 ↓ 55.4 1.3 ↑ 62.8 7.4 ↑ 61.7 -1.1 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 28.8 27.8 -1.0 ↓ 23.6 -4.2 ↓ 25.4 1.8 ↑ 30.0 4.6 ↑ 26.8 -3.2 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 27.3 27.5 0.2 ↑ 25.0 -2.5 ↓ 23.5 -1.5 ↓ 22.7 -0.8 ↓ 26.8 4.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 59.9 57.6 -2.3 ↓ 55.3 -2.3 ↓ 53.9 -1.4 ↓ 48.1 -5.8 ↓ 62.7 14.6 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 723 .316 570 23 4.0 153 42 27.5
2017 Shifts 821 .280 640 21 3.3 181 50 27.6
2018 Shifts 744 .320 605 38 6.3 139 20 14.4
2019 Shifts 366 .304 291 64 22.0 75 48 64.0
2020 Shifts 153 .382 107 11 10.3 46 19 41.3
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 1047 15.0 51.7% 2.1% 619 19.4 6.6% 6.3%
2011 1016 14.9 51.0% 1.1% 601 19.7 3.2% 6.8%
2012 953 14.5 56.6% 0.9% 529 22.0 3.2% 8.9%
2013 998 14.8 53.0% 0.3% 577 20.5 3.3% 4.5%
2014 834 15.2 46.6% 0.4% 372 20.7 1.3% 5.1%
2015 823 15.7 45.2% 2.8% 563 22.8 10.3% 19.5%
2016 992 15.5 45.2% 2.0% 525 23.6 9.3% 19.4%
2017 1122 14.5 56.7% 0.3% 572 23.0 1.2% 12.2%
2018 921 14.6 54.4% 0.5% 553 21.6 2.5% 7.6%
2019 481 16.3 36.6% 0.2% 213 22.1 1.9% 5.2%
2020 165 15.1 47.9% 0.6% 147 22.4 0.7% 3.4%

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Pitch Distribution

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