Players · G · Pitcher · 2020
Gio Gonzalez
- Age
- 35
- B/T
- R/L
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Number
- #47
- Born
- September 19, 1985 in Hialeah, FL, United States
- MLB debut
- August 6, 2008
- dbWAR
- 13.2 11 season(s)
- IP
- 31.2
- ERA
- 4.83
- FIP
- 5.50
- K/9
- 9.7
- FIP−
- 123 100 = avg
Gio Gonzalez was a relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. In 2020 he struck out 34 batters over 31.2 innings across 12 appearances, going 1-2. His ERA of 4.83 was 8.5% higher than the league average of 4.45 — 9th of 12 on his team, and 230th of 323 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.50 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 32.0% of swings (12.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.2%. His -0.1 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2020.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | CWS | 12 | 4 | 31.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 17 | 34 | 19 | 4.83 | 5.50 | 1.86 | 9.7 | 5.4 | 108 | 123 | -0.1 | |
| 2019 | MIL | 19 | 17 | 87.1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 76 | 34 | 78 | 37 | 3.50 | 4.04 | 1.29 | 8.0 | 3.8 | 78 | 90 | 1.4 | |
| 2018 | WSH/MIL | 32 | 32 | 171.0 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 167 | 80 | 148 | 80 | 4.21 | 4.16 | 1.44 | 7.8 | 4.2 | 101 | 100 | 2.2 | |
| 2017 | WSH | 32 | 32 | 201.0 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 158 | 66 | 188 | 79 | 2.96 | 3.93 | 1.18 | 8.4 | 3.5 | 68 | 90 | 3.5 | |
| 2016 | WSH | 32 | 32 | 177.1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 179 | 90 | 171 | 59 | 4.57 | 3.76 | 1.34 | 8.7 | 3.0 | 109 | 90 | 2.9 | |
| 2015 | WSH | 31 | 31 | 175.2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 181 | 74 | 169 | 69 | 3.79 | 3.05 | 1.42 | 8.7 | 3.5 | 96 | 77 | 4.0 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | MIL | 18 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .040 | .077 | .040 | .000 | .125 | 3.6% | 60.7% | .061 | -6.3 | -78 | -0.2 | |
| 2018 | WSH/MIL | 29 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | .078 | .096 | .098 | .020 | .200 | 1.8% | 56.4% | .089 | -10.2 | -57 | -0.2 | |
| 2017 | WSH | 30 | 75 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 29 | .091 | .143 | .091 | .000 | .162 | 5.3% | 38.7% | .116 | -13.1 | -42 | -0.2 | |
| 2016 | WSH | 29 | 59 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .135 | .148 | .173 | .038 | .241 | 0.0% | 40.7% | .141 | -8.5 | -22 | -0.0 | |
| 2015 | WSH | 27 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .093 | .152 | .116 | .023 | .160 | 1.8% | 32.1% | .132 | -8.2 | -30 | -0.1 |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 46 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 10 | .278 | .422 | .389 | .374 | 21.7% |
| vs RHB | 107 | 95 | 30 | 5 | 12 | 24 | .316 | .393 | .505 | .389 | 22.4% |
Pitch sequencing
What Gio Gonzalez throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Changeup | 206 | 82.8 | 1,588 | 43.7% | 41.1% | 50 | .180 | .526 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 203 | 90.0 | 2,202 | 40.4% | 20.5% | 39 | .410 | 1.096 | |
| Curveball | 117 | 76.7 | 2,710 | 48.7% | 45.2% | 22 | .182 | .614 | |
| Sinker | 86 | 89.3 | 2,188 | 33.7% | 18.5% | 19 | .526 | 1.433 | |
| Slider | 12 | 85.9 | 2,210 | 41.7% | 0.0% | 2 | — | — |
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Similar players
Nearest 2020 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.