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Erik Gonzalez

Pirates Career team 2019–2021
Number #59
Position Shortstop
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 35
Height 6' 3"
Weight 205 lbs
Birth Place Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Born Aug 31, 1991

Key Insights

2022
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Gonzalez is 7 for 13 against Anthony DeSclafani, a .538 average and his best against anyone he has faced this often.

13 career plate appearances.
One club he looks forward to seeing on the schedule

Against the arms currently on the WSH, Gonzalez has hit .387 and slugged .677 over 33 plate appearances, his best of any club.

12 hits, 1 home run and 8 strikeouts, against a .324 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Gonzalez hits Luis Castillo harder than anyone: 95.2 mph off the bat, against a median of 85.3 across the pitchers he has faced.

11 plate appearances with tracked contact.
This opponent takes the sting out of his bat

Gonzalez cannot get the barrel to Brett Anderson: 77.1 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 85.3 across the pitchers he has faced.

8 plate appearances with tracked contact.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

No pitcher has seen Gonzalez more often than Jon Lester: 15 plate appearances, in which Gonzalez has hit .357/.400/.429.

5 hits, 0 home runs and 1 strikeout across 15 plate appearances.
One club he never seems to get going against

Against the arms currently on the SD, Gonzalez has hit .143 and slugged .143 over 30 plate appearances, his worst of any club.

4 hits, 0 home runs and 9 strikeouts, against a .324 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Aug 31, 1991
Birth Place Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Height 6' 3"
Weight 205 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right