| Mike Gonzalez | |||
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Full Name: Miguel Angel (Cordero) Gonzalez Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6-1 Weight: 200 lbs. Born: Sep 24, 1890 in Havana, Cuba College: ? Major League Debut: Sep 28, 1912 Died: Feb 19, 1977 in Havana, Cuba |
| Mike Gonzalez | |||
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Full Name: Miguel Angel (Cordero) Gonzalez Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6-1 Weight: 200 lbs. Born: Sep 24, 1890 in Havana, Cuba College: ? Major League Debut: Sep 28, 1912 Died: Feb 19, 1977 in Havana, Cuba |
| CAREER BATTING STATISTICS |
| BATTING | |||||||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | AVG | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | OBP | SLG |
| 1912 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1924 1925 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1931 1932 |
Bos Cin StL StL StL StL NYG NYG NYG StL StL ChN ChN ChN ChN ChN StL StL |
NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL |
.000 .233 .227 .239 .262 .252 .190 .231 .375 .296 .310 .264 .249 .241 .272 .240 .105 .143 |
1 95 51 118 106 117 58 11 13 120 22 70 80 39 49 60 15 17 |
2 176 97 331 290 349 158 13 24 402 71 197 253 108 158 167 19 14 |
0 19 12 33 28 33 18 1 3 34 9 26 24 15 12 15 1 0 |
0 41 22 79 76 88 30 3 9 119 22 52 63 26 43 40 2 2 |
0 6 2 15 8 13 6 0 1 27 3 13 13 4 9 3 0 0 |
0 0 2 4 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 |
0 10 10 29 28 20 8 0 0 53 4 18 23 15 21 18 3 3 |
1 13 8 28 22 39 20 3 1 24 6 13 13 10 12 18 0 0 |
1 16 9 18 24 30 9 1 0 22 2 15 17 8 7 14 3 2 |
.333 .293 .306 .304 .316 .327 .293 .375 .400 .337 .380 .316 .288 .311 .324 .317 .105 .143 |
.000 .267 .289 .308 .307 .338 .228 .231 .417 .391 .352 .386 .336 .324 .373 .257 .105 .143 |
| Totals | AVG .253 |
G 1042 |
AB 2829 |
R 283 |
H 717 |
2B 123 |
3B 19 |
HR 13 |
RBI 263 |
BB 231 |
K 198 |
OBP .314 |
SLG .324 |
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| BATTING | BASERUNNING | MISC | |||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | HBP | GDP | TB | IBB | SH | SF | SB | CS | SB% | AB/HR | AB/K |
| 1912 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1924 1925 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1931 1932 |
Bos Cin StL StL StL StL NYG NYG NYG StL StL ChN ChN ChN ChN ChN StL StL |
NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL |
0 2 3 3 1 0 3 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 |
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- |
0 47 28 102 89 118 36 3 10 157 25 76 85 35 59 43 2 2 |
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- |
0 5 3 8 9 4 4 0 2 7 1 6 8 4 5 3 0 0 |
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- |
0 2 4 5 12 14 3 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 0 |
-- -- 2 -- -- -- -- 0 0 5 2 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- |
-.--- -.--- .667 -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- 1.000 -.--- .167 .333 .667 -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- |
--.- --.- --.- --.- 290.0 116.3 --.- --.- --.- 134.0 --.- 65.7 253.0 108.0 158.0 --.- --.- --.- |
2.0 11.0 10.8 18.4 12.1 11.6 17.6 13.0 --.- 18.3 35.5 13.1 14.9 13.5 22.6 11.9 6.3 7.0 |
| Totals | HBP 20 |
GDP -- |
TB 917 |
IBB -- |
SH 69 |
SF -- |
SB 52 |
CS 10 |
SB% .839 |
AB/HR 217.6 |
AB/K 14.3 |
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| CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS |
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | POS | G | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT |
| 1912 1914 1915 1915 1916 1916 1917 1917 1917 1918 1918 1918 1919 1919 1920 1921 1921 1924 1925 1925 1925 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1931 1932 |
Bos Cin StL StL StL StL StL StL StL StL StL StL NYG NYG NYG NYG NYG StL StL ChN ChN ChN ChN ChN ChN ChN StL StL |
NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL |
C C 1B C 1B C OF 1B C 1B OF C 1B C C C 1B C C 2B 1B C C C C C C C |
1 83 8 32 13 93 1 18 68 2 5 100 4 52 8 2 6 119 22 1 9 50 78 35 45 60 12 7 |
8 370 90 118 118 513 0 220 346 4 4 497 30 237 13 5 53 506 110 0 97 188 363 166 237 248 19 13 |
3 252 82 93 116 367 0 203 241 4 4 362 26 179 9 5 50 403 92 0 91 155 306 136 198 212 15 12 |
4 101 7 24 2 136 0 13 97 0 0 124 3 49 4 0 2 96 16 0 6 31 53 29 35 34 4 1 |
1 17 1 1 0 10 0 4 8 0 0 11 1 9 0 0 1 7 2 0 0 2 4 1 4 2 0 0 |
0 5 6 3 7 8 0 11 8 1 0 17 2 3 0 0 5 15 3 0 6 7 5 6 8 7 0 0 |
0.875 0.954 0.989 0.992 1.000 0.981 -.--- 0.982 0.977 1.000 1.000 0.978 0.967 0.962 1.000 1.000 0.981 0.986 0.982 -.--- 1.000 0.989 0.989 0.994 0.983 0.992 1.000 1.000 |
| Totals | G 934 |
Ch 4573 |
PO 3616 |
A 871 |
E 86 |
DP 133 |
FPCT 0.981 |
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| WORLD SERIES BATTING STATISTICS |
| BATTING | |||||||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | AVG | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | OBP | SLG |
| 1929 |
ChN |
NL |
.000 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.000 |
.000 |
| Totals | AVG .000 |
G 2 |
AB 1 |
R 0 |
H 0 |
2B 0 |
3B 0 |
HR 0 |
RBI 0 |
BB 0 |
K 1 |
OBP .000 |
SLG .000 |
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| BATTING | BASERUNNING | MISC | |||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | HBP | GDP | TB | IBB | SH | SF | SB | CS | SB% | AB/HR | AB/K |
| 1929 |
ChN |
NL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-.--- |
--.- |
1.0 |
| Totals | HBP 0 |
GDP 0 |
TB 0 |
IBB 0 |
SH 0 |
SF 0 |
SB 0 |
CS 0 |
SB% -.--- |
AB/HR --.- |
AB/K 1.0 |
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| WORLD SERIES FIELDING |
| YEAR | TEAM | POS | G | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT |
| 1929 |
ChC |
C |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
| Totals | G 1 |
Ch 2 |
PO 2 |
A 0 |
E 0 |
DP 0 |
FPCT 1.000 |
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Gonzales coined a standard phrase with his pithy assessment of the abilities of a
player he scouted: "Good field, no hit." That could also describe the playing career
of the Cuban-born catcher. Although he played for five NL teams, he is most often
associated with the Cardinals, for whom he served as regular catcher (1916-18 and
1924), longtime coach, and twice as interim manager.
Miguel Angel "Mike" Gonzalez spent almost his entire adult life in baseball, but his role as a trailblazer is hardly known of today.
Amongst Gonzalez's many accomplishments are 17 seasons as a journeyman backstop, 13 years as a big league coach, and the author of the now-famous "Good field, no hit" line used to describe a player he was scouting. He was also the third base coach when Enos "Country" Slaughter made his "Mad Dash" to win the 1946 World Series for the St. Louis Cardinals. But possibly his greatest moment came on Sept. 11, 1938, when the Cardinals fired manager Frankie Frisch and replaced him with Gonzalez, their longtime coach. Thus, he became the first Cuban-born (and Latino) manager in Major League Baseball history.
Gonzalez, who was offered the helm for the remainder of the season only, was a longtime friend and roommate of Frisch's. "I hate to see him go. He's a real pal and a good man. I didn't want him to leave," said Gonzalez after getting the interim job.
The Cards, who were 63-72 under Frisch, ended the 1938 season with an 8-8 mark under their new skipper. Gonzalez would return to the coaching box the next year under Ray Blades. But Gonzalez had another crack at managing in 1940 when the Cardinals fired Blades after 38 games. Filling in on an interim basis, he compiled a 1-5 mark before Billy Southworth took over.
