Carlos González | |||
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González with the Colorado Rockies
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Colorado Rockies – No. 5 | |||
Right fielder | |||
Born: Maracaibo, Venezuela |
October 17, 1985 |||
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MLB debut | |||
May 30, 2008, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
Career statistics (through 2016 season) |
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Batting average | .291 | ||
Hits | 1,152 | ||
Home runs | 201 | ||
Runs batted in | 654 | ||
Stolen base | 114 | ||
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Career highlights and awards | |||
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Carlos Eduardo González (born October 17, 1985) (nicknamed CarGo) is a Venezuelan professional baseball right fielder for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball. A three-time All-Star, González is a former National League batting champion. He has also won a Silver Slugger Award and is a three-time Gold Glove Award winner. While mainly a left fielder throughout his career, Gonzalez became the Rockies starting right fielder in 2015.
Born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, González was signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks on August 3, 2002. González began his professional baseball career in 2003 for the Rookie League Missoula Osprey. González batted just .258 with 6 home runs in 72 games. In 2004, González split time between the Low Single-A Yakima Bears and the Single-A South Bend Silver Hawks. In 85 games, he batted .275 with 10 home runs.
González played the 2005 season again for the Silver Hawks. He led the team in games played (129) and RBIs (92), and was also second on the team in batting average (.307), home runs (18), at bats (515) and runs scored (91). González was also named to the Midwest League midseason and postseason All-Star games and was also named the Midwest League Prospect of the Year. Baseball America and Topps each named González as a Low Class-A All-Star. Topps also named him as the Midwest League Player of the Year.