CARLOS GONZÁLEZ Outfielder Ht: 6-1 Wt: 217 B/T: L/L Opening Day Age: 32 Born: Oct. 17, 1985 in Maracaibo, Venezuela Major League Service: 9.059 Contract: Through 2018 Obtained: Acquired from Oakland for Matt Holliday, Nov. 12, 2008 CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Enters 2018 ranked third in Rockies franchise history in games played (1,115), third in runs scored (698), fifth in hits (1,202), fourth in doubles (245), fifth in triples (35), fourth in home runs (211) and fifth in RBI (686) Three-time All-Star (2012-2013, 2016) has recorded five seasons of 25 or more home runs with the Rockies, tied for the third-most in franchise history Has won three Gold Gloves (2010, 2012, 2013) and two Silver Sluggers (2010, 2015) Is one of five Rockies players to be awarded both a Gold Glove and a Silver Slugger in the same season, along with Larry Walker (1997 and 1999), Todd Helton (2001-02), Troy Tulowitzki (2010-11) and Nolan Arenado (2015-17) In 2010, was voted by his fellow players as the 2010 National League Most Outstanding Player and Major League Player of the Year (Players Choice Awards) Also in 2010, became the fifth Rockies player to win a batting title with a.336 batting average MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT 5/30/08 with OAK at TEX FIRST ML HIT 5/30/08 at TEX (double, Kevin Millwood) FIRST ML HOME RUN 6/20/08 vs. FLA (Mark Hendrickson) 2017: In his ninth season with the Rockies, appeared in 136 games and batted.262 (123-for-470) with 34 doubles, 14 home runs, 57 RBI, 56 walks and 119 strikeouts. Went 2-for-5 with one RBI in the National League Wild Card Game at Arizona became the only player to appear in both the 2009 and 2017 postseason with the Rockies. Hit.221 (58-for-263) with 13 doubles, six home runs, 22 RBI, 30 walks and 64 strikeouts in the 74 games prior to the All-Star break in 62 games after the break, hit.314 (65-for-207) with 21 doubles, eight home runs, 35 RBI, 26 walks and 55 strikeouts. Batted.377 (29-for-77) in September with 12 doubles, six home runs, 16 RBI, 15 walks and 24 strikeouts led the National League in doubles and finished second in hits, second in average, first in on-base percentage (.484) and second in slugging percentage (.766). Recorded two home runs and a season-high four RBI Sept. 12 at Arizona it was his 20th career multi-home run game with the Rockies, the fourth-most in franchise history. Drew a walk-off walk Sept. 4 vs. San Francisco, his fourth career walk-off RBI (last: Sept. 26, 2015 vs. Los Angeles-NL). Hit his 202nd career home run with the Rockies on June 6 vs. Cleveland, passing Dante Bichette for the fourth-most in franchise history. Has recorded at least 10 home runs in all nine of his seasons with the Rockies, the second-most 10-plus home run seasons in franchise history, behind Todd Helton s 13 seasons. 2016: Was a National League All-Star for the third time in his career... played 150 games, his second consecutive season of 150 games or more. Started in left field for the National League All-Stars, his third time starting the All-Star Game participated in the Home Run Derby for the second time in his career (also: 2012). Recorded 174 hits, his most since his career-high 197 hits in 2010. Recorded his 100th RBI of the season Oct. 1, his most since recording a career-high 117 RBI in 2010. Set a career high with 42 doubles became the 10th player in Rockies history to record 40 doubles and 25 home runs in a season. His fifth season of 25 or more home runs with the Rockies, tied for the third-most in franchise history. ROCKIES.com Twitter.com/Rockies Twitter.com/RockiesPR 97
Hit two grand slams, June 26 vs. Arizona and Sept. 5 vs. San Francisco his six career grand slams with the Rockies are tied for the second-most in franchise history, behind Todd Helton s seven. Hit his 200th Major League home run Aug. 27 at Washington off Yusmeiro Petit hit his 189th career home run as a member of the Rockies June 27 vs. Toronto, passing Troy Tulowitzki for fifth-most in franchise history. Recorded his 600th RBI as a Rockies player on Aug. 2, the sixth player in club history to reach the milestone. Recorded his 1,000th Major League hit on April 20 at Cincinnati, a double off Raisel Iglesias. His career-high, 19-game hitting streak from July 18-Aug. 13 was the longest by a Rockies player in 2016, tied for the second-longest hitting streak in the National League batted.361 (26-for-72) with 11 doubles, four home runs and 24 RBI during the streak. Hit a home run in four consecutive games May 28-31 and in three consecutive games June 26-28. 2015: Won his second career Silver Slugger after recording a career-high 40 home runs. His 40 home runs ranked third in the NL behind Nolan Arenado and Bryce Harper (each tied for first with 42 home runs). Hit 27 of his 40 home runs in the second half tied with Dante Bichette (1995) for the most second-half home runs in franchise history. Recorded six multi-home run games, all after July 24 had not had a multi-home run game since June 5, 2013 at Cincinnati. Had back-to-back multi-home run games on two separate occasions, July 26-27 and Sept. 2-3 was the second player in Rockies history to have back-to-back multi-home run games (Vinny Castilla, July 7-8, 1995) was the first player in MLB since Jason Giambi (New York-AL) in 2005 to have back-to-back multi-home run games twice in a season. Was named NL Player of the Month for July after batting.386 (34-for-88) with 20 runs, seven doubles, 11 home runs, 24 RBI and eight walks the 11 home runs in July ranked first in the NL (second in MLB), and the 24 RBI were tied for first in MLB. Was named co-nl Player of the Week with Cole Hamels for the week of July 20-26, after batting.476 (10- for-21) with nine runs, five home runs, 11 RBI and two walks over that span. 2014: Was limited to a career-low 70 games and finished the season on the 60-day disabled list after undergoing surgery to repair a patellar tear in his left knee. Also had surgery to remove a tumor from his left index finger in June. Had two separate 10-game hitting streaks in 2014, the first beginning on Opening Day (March 31-April 11), the longest of his career to begin a campaign also had a 10-game hitting streak from April 28-May 8. 2013: Was selected to his second consecutive All-Star team in 2013 and recorded his fourth consecutive (and fourth career) season with 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases. Prior to the All-Star break, led the NL in home runs (25), slugging percentage (.610), extra-base hits (53) and total bases (216). Played just 19 games with 41 plate appearances after the All-Star break due to a sprained right middle finger. Started his second consecutive All-Star Game after being elected by the fans for the first time. According to STATS, became the 15th player in Major League history, and the third active player (Carlos Beltran and Hanley Ramirez), to have four consecutive seasons with at least 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases. Had his second career three-home run game on June 5 at Cincinnati, when he went 3-for-5 with three home runs and six RBI the six RBI also tied a career high at the time. 2012: Was named to his first career All-Star team and participated in his first career Home Run Derby after hitting.330 (104-for-315) with 61 runs, 19 doubles, four triples, 17 home runs and 58 RBI prior to the All-Star break. Became the first Rockies player to have three consecutive seasons with 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases (2010-12). Had a home run in four consecutive plate appearances, May 30-31 vs. Houston was the first player to accomplish the feat since Albert Pujols, April 16-17, 2006, and the 22nd player to do it in MLB history. Earned his second-career Gold Glove in 2012... played the entire season as the Rockies left fielder after splitting time at all three outfield positions in the previous three seasons. 2011: Began his fourth season as the Rockies starting left fielder, then moved to center field in the middle of the season and finished the season as the primary right fielder. Was named the NL Player of the Week for Aug. 22-28, after hitting.481 (13-for-27) with two doubles, three home runs, 10 RBI, nine runs and a 1.422 OPS (.533 OBP,.889 SLG). Finished his second full season with at least 20 home runs and at least 20 stolen bases was the first Rockies player to hit those marks in back-to-back seasons and just the second Rockies player to have multiple 20/20 seasons (also: Dante Bichette). Was placed on the 15-day disabled list July 22-Aug. 6 with a strained right wrist he suffered after colliding with the center field wall. 98 ROCKIES.com Twitter.com/Rockies Twitter.com/RockiesPR
2010: In what was his first full Major League season, led the Rockies in nearly every offensive category and carried a National League Triple Crown run into the season s final month; eventually becoming the fifth Rockies player to win the National League batting title. His.336 batting average (197-for-587) was 12 points higher than second-place Joey Votto (.324). Finished among NL leaders in several offensive categories, including hits (197, first), total bases (351, first), RBI (117, second), extra-base hits (77, second), slugging percentage (.598, second), OPS (.974, third), runs (111, third) and home runs (34, fourth). Was named the NL Player of the Week twice, July 26-Aug. 1 and Aug. 23-29. Recorded his first career cycle and the sixth in Rockies history on July 31 vs. Chicago-NL finished the cycle by recording his first career walk-off home run to lead off the ninth inning according to ELIAS, González was the fifth player in MLB history to have hit a game-ending home run while hitting for the cycle in the same game. 2009: In his second Major League season, hit.284 with 13 home runs, 29 RBI and 16 stolen bases. Collected 10 hits and reached base safely 12 times in the NLDS vs. Philadelphia his 10 hits were the most for any player in Division Series play in 2009 (no other player had more than six hits). Hit his first postseason home run in Game 3, a game-tying home run off of Joe Blanton at Coors Field. Recorded a home run in four consecutive games, Aug. 16-19. Recalled from Triple-A Colorado Springs on June 5 and remained with the Rockies for the rest of the season. Made his first start for the Rockies on June 6 at St. Louis in center field. 2008: Was named the Oakland Athletics top prospect by Baseball America after he was acquired from Arizona via trade, and made his MLB debut May 30 was acquired by the Rockies via trade in a fourplayer deal for Matt Holliday, Nov. 10. Made his MLB debut May 30 at Texas and went 2-for-3 with two doubles and one RBI. Hit his first career home run on June 20 vs. Florida off of Mark Hendrickson. 2007: Spent most of the year at Double-A Mobile before earning a late-season promotion to Triple-A Tucson. Hit a combined.288 (144-for-500) average with 17 home runs and 86 RBI in 130 games. Named the Diamondbacks top prospect by Baseball America following the season. 2006: Spent the majority of the season with High-A Lancaster before a late-season promotion to Double-A Tennessee for his first stint in Double-A. Led Arizona Minor Leaguers with 99 RBI while ranking fifth with 23 home runs... hit.289 with 41 doubles and four triples in a combined 122 games. Led the California League with a.563 slugging percentage and ranked fourth in RBI (94) and extra-base hits (60). Recognized as a Baseball America High-A All-Star. Promoted to Tennessee Aug. 15 and played in 18 games. 2005: Was selected as the Midwest League s MVP and Prospect-of-the-Year also garnered Baseball America Single-A All-Star and Topps Midwest League Player-of-the-Year and Single-A All-Star honors. Ranked second in hits (158) and total bases (252), third in RBI (92), fifth in runs scored (91) and seventh in batting average (.307) in the Midwest League. Named the Arizona farm system s Player of the Month for June after batting.400 with four home runs and 18 RBI. 2004: Was tabbed by Baseball America as the third-best prospect in the Northwest League. Hit.275 in 14 games for Low-A South Bend before going on the disabled list with a fractured right wrist April 30-June 14. Returned from the disabled list June 18 with Single-A Yakima and hit five home runs in his first 11 games. 2003: Played for Rookie League Missoula and was selected by Baseball America as one of the top 30 prospects in the Arizona organization. Ranked second on the club in games (72), at-bats (275), runs (45), total bases (111), triples (four) and stolen bases (12). PERSONAL: Carlos Eduardo González resides in Orlando, Fla. during the offseason. González and his wife, Indonesia Riera, have three children: Santiago, Carlota, and Genova. Founded the Carlos González foundation in 2014, which has raised money for Denver Kids, Denver Advocacy Center and the Denver Boys and Girls Clubs. Is a frequent visitor at Children s Hospital Colorado, where he has visited patients on numerous occasions and has participated in events such as the Make-A-Wish Holiday Wish Store. Attended Liceo Udon Perez High School in Maracaibo, Venezuela. ROCKIES.com Twitter.com/Rockies Twitter.com/RockiesPR 99
All-Star CAREER AWARDS 2012 (NL) 2013 (NL) 2016 (NL) National League Batting Title 2010 Gold Glove 2010 2012 2013 Silver Slugger 2010 2015 Wilson Defensive Player of the Year 2012 National League Player of the Month July 2015 National League Player of the Week 8/1/10 8/29/10 8/28/11 6/16/13 7/26/15 MULTI-HOME RUN GAMES (20) NO. DATE OPP. PITCHER(S) 2 8/4/10 SF Bumgarner/Bautista 2 8/29/10 LAD Ted Lilly 2 5/24/11 G1 ARI Collmenter/Heilman 2 6/27/11 at CHC Matt Garza 2 4/24/12 at PIT Correia/Watson 2 5/2/12 LAD Clayton Kershaw 2 5/27/12 at CIN Mat Latos 3 5/30/12 HOU Harrell/Cedeno/Carpenter 2 5/14/13 at CHC Villanueva/Camp 3 6/5/13 at CIN Villareal (2)/Parra 2 7/24/15 CIN DeSclafani/Hoover 2 7/26/15 CIN Dylan Axelrod 2 7/27/15 at CHC Hendricks/Soriano 2 8/9/15 at WAS Max Scherzer 2 9/2/15 ARI Hessler/Stites 2 9/3/15 SF Vogelsong/Kontos 2 4/10/16 SD Shields/Maurer 2 6/5/16 at SD Perdomo/Maurer 2 8/3/16 LAD Stewart/Urías 2 9/12/17 at ARI Walker/Hernández WALK-OFF RBI (5) DATE OPP. PITCHER PLAY 7/31/10 CHC Sean Marshall Solo home run 7/20/11 ATL Eric O Flaherty RBI single 7/11/15 ATL Mike Foltynewicz RBI single 9/26/15 LAD Yimi Garcia Two-run home run 9/4/17 SF Cory Gearrin Walk HIT FOR CYCLE (1 ) July 31, 2010 vs. CHC (single, triple, double, home run) LEADOFF HOME RUNS (6) DATE OPP. PITCHER 9/5/09 ARI Doug Davis 9/19/09 at ARI Max Scherzer 4/26/10 ARI Dan Haren 6/4/10 at ARI Ian Kennedy 6/27/11 at CHC Matt Garza 7/21/11 ATL Tommy Hanson GRAND SLAMS (6) DATE OPP. PITCHER 9/23/10 at ARI Blaine Boyer 7/20/12 at SD Jason Marquis 8/7/15 at WAS Drew Storen 9/2/15 ARI Keith Hessler 6/26/16 ARI Patrick Corbin 9/5/16 SF Matt Moore GAMES PLAYED, ROCKIES FRANCHISE HISTORY Player Games 1. Todd Helton 2,247 2. Larry Walker 1,170 3. Carlos González 1,115 4. Vinny Castilla 1,098 5. Troy Tulowitzki 1,048 HITS, ROCKIES FRANCHISE HISTORY Player Hits 1. Todd Helton 2,519 2. Larry Walker 1,361 3. Dante Bichette 1,278 4. Vinny Castilla 1,206 5. Carlos González 1,202 100 ROCKIES.com Twitter.com/Rockies Twitter.com/RockiesPR
2017 HIGHS AND LOWS CAREER 3, 7x, last: Sept. 27 vs. MIA... Hits...5, 4x, last: June 26, 2015 at SF 2, Sept. 12 at ARI... Home Runs...3, 2x, last: June 5, 2013 at CIN 4, Sept. 12 at ARI...RBI... 7, Sept. 2, 2015 vs. ARI 11, July 18-Aug. 2... Hit Streak...19, July 18-Aug. 13, 2016 4, June 6 vs. CLE...Runs... 4, 3x, last: June 6, 2017 vs. CLE 2, 4x, last: Sept. 27 vs. MIA... Doubles... 3, 2x, last: Sept. 12, 2016 at ARI No triples... Triples... 2, 2x, last: June 7, 2013 vs. SD 8, Sept. 12 at ARI... Total Bases... 13, May 30, 2012 vs. HOU 3, June 1 at SEA... Walks...3, 5x, last: June 1, 2017 at SEA 4, Sept. 21 at SD... Strikeouts...5, July 18, 2014 at PIT 1, 3x, last: Aug. 14 vs. ATL... Stolen Bases... 3, May 30, 2013 vs. HOU GONZÁLEZ S CAREER RECORD Year Team AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SAC SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GIDP OBP SLG 2003 Missoula.258 72 275 45 71 14 4 6 25 0 3 5 16 1 61 12 7 3.308.404 2004 South Bend.275 14 51 5 14 4 0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 2 0.288.412 Yakima.273 73 300 44 82 15 2 9 44 2 2 3 22 0 70 2 0 4.327.427 2005 South Bend.307 129 515 91 158 28 6 18 92 0 1 5 48 8 86 7 3 12.371.489 2006 Lancaster.300 104 403 82 121 35 4 21 94 0 9 10 30 7 104 15 8 6.356.563 Tennessee.213 18 61 11 13 6 0 2 5 1 0 0 7 0 12 1 0 3.294.410 2007 Mobile.286 120 458 63 131 33 3 16 75 2 6 1 32 2 103 9 5 7.330.476 Tucson.310 10 42 9 13 5 0 1 11 0 0 0 6 1 6 1 0 1.396.500 2008 Sacramento.283 46 173 23 49 9 1 4 28 0 0 0 16 3 35 1 1 5.344.416 OAKLAND.242 85 302 31 73 22 1 4 26 1 0 0 13 1 81 4 1 7.273.361 2009 Colo. Springs.339 48 192 43 65 12 7 10 59 3 1 5 22 2 32 6 3 2.418.630 COLORADO.284 89 278 53 79 14 7 13 29 5 3 3 28 3 70 16 4 3.353.525 2010 COLORADO.336 145 587 111 197 34 9 34 117 0 7 2 40 8 135 26 8 9.376.598 2011 COLORADO.295 127 481 92 142 27 3 26 92 0 6 7 48 8 105 20 5 11.363.526 Colo. Springs.300 3 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.300.300 2012 COLORADO.303 135 518 89 157 31 5 22 85 0 3 2 56 11 115 20 5 11.371.510 2013 COLORADO.302 110 391 72 118 23 6 26 70 0 3 1 41 2 118 0 21 7.367.591 Colo. Springs.167 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.286.167 2014 Colo. Springs.385 4 13 4 5 1 1 2 6 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0.467 1.077 COLORADO.238 70 260 35 62 15 1 11 38 0 1 1 19 2 70 3 0 7.292.431 2015 COLORADO.271 153 554 87 150 25 2 40 97 1 6 1 46 6 133 2 0 11.325.540 2016 COLORADO.298 150 584 87 174 42 2 25 100 0 1 1 46 6 129 2 2 10.350.505 2017 COLORADO.262 136 470 72 123 34 0 14 57 0 6 2 56 3 119 3 0 9.339.423 Minor League Totals.291 643 2499 421 726 162 28 90 447 8 22 30 202 24 526 54 29 44.348.486 Major League Totals.288 1200 4425 729 1275 267 36 215 711 7 36 20 393 50 1075 117 28 85.346.511 GONZÁLEZ S CAREER FIELDING POS. G GS INN TC PO A E DP PCT RF 559 506 4479.0 941 900 28 13 4.986 LF 456 419 3655.2 724 683 31 10 1.986 CF 200 187 1539.1 463 447 12 4 2.991 GONZÁLEZ S CAREER POSTSEASON RECORD Year Series Team Opp. AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SAC SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GIDP OBP SLG 2009 NLDS COL PHI.588 4 17 5 10 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 0.632.882 2017 NLWC COL ARI.400 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.400.400 Postseason Totals.545 5 22 5 12 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 0.583.773 GONZALEZ, C. GONZÁLEZ S CAREER WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC RECORD Year Team AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SAC SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GIDP OBP SLG 2013 VEN.273 3 10 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0.385.273 2017 VEN.308 7 26 2 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 7 0 0 0.379.385 WBC Totals.297 10 36 4 12 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 9 0 0 0.381.351 ROCKIES.com Twitter.com/Rockies Twitter.com/RockiesPR 101
GONZÁLEZ S CAREER TRANSACTIONS 2002: Signed by Arizona as a non-drafted international free agent, Aug. 3. 2007: Acquired by Oakland from Arizona along with LHPs Brett Anderson, Dana Eveland and Greg Smith, IF Chris Carter and OF Aaron Cunningham in exchange for RHPs Dan Haren and Connor Robertson, Dec. 14. 2008: Acquired by Colorado from Oakland along with LHP Greg Smith and RHP Huston Street in exchange for OF Matt Holliday, Nov. 12. 2010: Placed on bereavement list, May 9; reinstated, May 12. 2011: Signed to a seven-year contract extension through the 2017 season, Jan. 11 placed on 15-day disabled list (strained right wrist), July 22; sent to Minors for rehabilitation (Colorado Springs), Aug. 3; reinstated, Aug. 6. 2012: Placed on bereavement list, Aug. 18; reinstated, Aug. 22. 2013: Placed on 15-day disabled list (sprained right middle finger), Aug. 7; sent to Minors for rehabilitation (Colorado Springs), Aug. 31; reinstated; Sept. 3. 2014: Placed on 15-day disabled list (left index finger inflammation), June 4; sent to Minors for rehabilitation (Colorado Springs), July 7; reinstated, July 11 placed on 15-day disabled list (left patellar tendinitis), Aug. 10 transferred to 60-day disabled list, Aug. 24; reinstated Nov. 3. 2017: Placed on 10-day disabled list (strained right shoulder), June 26; reinstated from the disabled list, July 3. 2018: Signed as a Major League free agent, March 12. 102 ROCKIES.com Twitter.com/Rockies Twitter.com/RockiesPR