Edgar Gonzalez | |||
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Gonzalez with the Yomiuri Giants
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Infielder / Left Fielder / Right Fielder | |||
Born: San Diego, California |
June 14, 1978 |||
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Professional debut | |||
MLB: May 12, 2008, for the San Diego Padres | |||
NPB: March 26, 2010, for the Yomiuri Giants | |||
Last appearance | |||
MLB: October 4, 2009, for the San Diego Padres | |||
NPB: October 1, 2012, for the Yomiuri Giants | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Batting average | .255 | ||
Home runs | 11 | ||
Runs batted in | 51 | ||
NPB statistics | |||
Batting average | 2.53 | ||
Home runs | 16 | ||
Runs batted in | 19 | ||
Teams | |||
Edgar Victor Gonzalez (born June 14, 1978) is a Mexican American former professional baseball infielder. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yomiuri Giants.
In 2000 Gonzalez batted .270 with seven doubles, seven triples, 16 RBIs and nine stolen bases in a combined 61 games with the Rookie-Level Princeton Devil Rays and the Short-Season Hudson Valley Renegades.
Gonzalez led the New York–Penn League in 2001 in total bases with 146, and hits with 92. He was second in batting average and games, third in slugging percentage, fourth in runs and extra-base hits and fifth in doubles. He played 73 games in '01.
He played a career-high 134 games with the Class-A Charleston RiverDogs in 2002. 128 of those games at third base with just one game played at second base. He finished the season hitting .275 with 123 hits, 28 doubles, eight home runs and 62 RBIs in 447 at bats