What years did Marwin Gonzalez play?

Marwin Gonzalez played in Major League Baseball from 2012 to 2022.

Was Marwin Gonzalez a pitcher?

No. Marwin Gonzalez was a position player (Shortstop), though he did pitch in 2 career games.

How many home runs did Marwin Gonzalez hit?

Marwin Gonzalez hit 107 career home runs with 888 hits.

What was Marwin Gonzalez's career batting average?

Marwin Gonzalez batted .252 over his career, with 888 hits in 3,526 at bats.

How many RBI did Marwin Gonzalez have?

Marwin Gonzalez drove in 415 runs in his career.

What was Marwin Gonzalez's career ERA?

Marwin Gonzalez finished with a 0.00 career ERA, going 0-0 with 0 strikeouts.

Marwin Gonzalez

Shortstop · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2012-2022)

Marwin Gonzalez was a shortstop who played in Major League Baseball from 2012 to 2022 for 4 teams, including the Houston Astros, a span of 11 seasons. In 1,139 career games, he hit .252 with 888 hits, 107 home runs, and 415 RBI.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 12, 2026

AVG .252

HR 107

RBI 415

H 888

OPS .709

PIV -1,180

Position: Shortstop
Bats / Throws: B / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 205 lb
Born: 3/14/1989 in Puerto Ordaz, Bolívar, Venezuela
MLB Debut: 2012-04-06
Last Game: 2022-10-05

Full name: Marwin Javier Gonzalez

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Career Batting Statistics

Marwin Gonzalez — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,139	3,526	420	888	183	8	107	415	44	261	812	.252	.310	.399	.709	-1,180

Career AVG .252 vs. league average .251 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .310 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .399 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OPS .709 vs. league average .727 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Marwin Gonzalez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2012	HOU	NL	80	205	21	48	13	0	2	12	3	13	29	.234	.254 (-8%)	.318 (-12%)	.405 (-19%)	.724 (-16%)	-532.3
2013	HOU	AL	72	204	22	45	8	0	4	14	6	9	37	.221	.253 (-13%)	.317 (-21%)	.396 (-20%)	.714 (-20%)	-668.9
2014	HOU	AL	103	285	33	79	15	1	6	23	2	17	58	.277	.251 (+10%)	.313 (+4%)	.386 (+4%)	.700 (+4%)	211.5
2015	HOU	AL	120	344	44	96	18	1	12	34	4	16	74	.279	.254 (+10%)	.316 (avg)	.404 (+9%)	.721 (+5%)	304.1
2016	HOU	AL	141	484	55	123	26	3	13	51	12	22	118	.254	.255 (avg)	.321 (-9%)	.417 (-4%)	.738 (-6%)	-543.3
2017	HOU	AL	134	455	67	138	34	0	23	90	8	49	99	.303	.254 (+19%)	.324 (+16%)	.425 (+24%)	.750 (+21%)	2003.9
2018	HOU	AL	145	489	61	121	25	3	16	68	2	53	126	.247	.247 (avg)	.318 (+2%)	.409 (avg)	.727 (+1%)	103.6
2019	MIN	AL	114	425	52	112	19	0	15	55	1	31	98	.264	.252 (+4%)	.322 (avg)	.434 (-5%)	.757 (-3%)	-165.6
2020	MIN	AL	53	175	15	37	4	0	5	22	0	17	41	.211	.244 (-14%)	.321 (-11%)	.417 (-23%)	.739 (-18%)	-521.8
2021	BOS	AL	77	242	25	49	14	0	2	20	3	19	70	.202	.243 (-17%)	.317 (-11%)	.410 (-31%)	.727 (-22%)	-823.7
2021	HOU	AL	14	34	5	6	0	0	3	8	0	1	8	.176	—	—	—	—	-823.7
2022	NYA	AL	86	184	20	34	7	0	6	18	3	14	54	.185	.242 (-24%)	.311 (-18%)	.394 (-19%)	.706 (-19%)	-547.2
Career · 12 seasons			1,139	3,526	420	888	183	8	107	415	44	261	812	.252	—	—	—	—	-2,003

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

Marwin Gonzalez — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0

Career ERA 0.00 vs. league average 4.12 across their career seasons — 100.0% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Marwin Gonzalez — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	G	IP	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2021	BOS	AL	1	1.0	—	0.0
2022	NYA	AL	1	0.1	—	0.0
Career · 2 seasons			2	1.1	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Marwin Gonzalez — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
40	118	11	27	7	0	3	15	8	33	.229

Playoff Batting by Year

Marwin Gonzalez — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2022	ALDS1	NYA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
2021	WS	HOU	4	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	.250
2020	ALWC3	MIN	2	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.200
2019	ALDS2	MIN	3	11	0	3	1	0	0	0	4	.273
2018	ALCS	HOU	5	20	2	4	0	2	4	1	7	.200
2018	ALDS2	HOU	3	13	1	7	2	0	5	0	2	.538
2017	ALCS	HOU	7	22	2	3	1	0	0	2	4	.136
2017	ALDS2	HOU	4	15	2	3	1	0	2	0	6	.200
2017	WS	HOU	7	24	3	5	2	1	2	4	5	.208
2015	ALDS1	HOU	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
2015	ALWC	HOU	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Marwin Gonzalez — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	584	1762	206	428	57	208	.243
Away	555	1764	214	460	50	207	.261

Pitching — Home / Away

Marwin Gonzalez — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Away	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0.00

Last 10 Games — Batting

Marwin Gonzalez — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO
2022-10-05	NYY	TEX	L	4	0	1	0	0	0	2
2022-10-04	NYY	TEX	W	4	0	1	0	1	0	2
2022-10-03	NYY	TEX	W	4	1	1	1	1	0	1
2022-10-01	NYY	BAL	W	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-09-30	NYY	BAL	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2022-09-28	NYY	TOR	W	4	0	0	0	1	0	1
2022-09-25	NYY	BOS	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-09-23	NYY	BOS	W	3	1	0	0	0	1	2
2022-09-22	NYY	BOS	W	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2022-09-17	NYY	MIL	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last 2 Games — Pitching

Marwin Gonzalez — Last 2 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2022-09-02	NYY	TBR	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-06-13	BOS	TOR	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Marwin Gonzalez — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	257	185	1492	135	14	133
2B	175	118	206	346	11	84
3B	179	134	88	272	11	17
OF	276	213	360	17	5	2
P	2	0	0	1	0	0
SS	324	275	337	774	34	155

Season-by-Season Fielding

Marwin Gonzalez — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2012	HOU	2B	6	4	5	15	0	1
2012	HOU	3B	14	6	2	16	0	0
2012	HOU	SS	47	38	55	112	5	19
2013	HOU	2B	10	6	17	38	0	6
2013	HOU	3B	4	1	3	1	0	0
2013	HOU	SS	53	50	75	143	10	38
2014	HOU	1B	1	0	2	0	0	0
2014	HOU	2B	11	5	12	21	0	4
2014	HOU	3B	10	6	2	12	2	1
2014	HOU	OF	4	1	3	0	0	0
2014	HOU	SS	71	64	76	200	6	36
2015	HOU	1B	43	20	203	14	1	14
2015	HOU	2B	15	9	17	38	1	7
2015	HOU	3B	21	16	7	22	2	1
2015	HOU	OF	15	12	21	1	1	0
2015	HOU	SS	32	29	34	81	3	15
2016	HOU	1B	92	74	640	69	6	57
2016	HOU	2B	14	8	14	20	1	6
2016	HOU	3B	22	16	12	42	1	2
2016	HOU	OF	19	14	26	1	0	0
2016	HOU	SS	11	6	9	18	0	3
2017	HOU	1B	31	20	151	14	2	16
2017	HOU	2B	22	14	24	45	1	17
2017	HOU	3B	19	15	12	29	3	2
2017	HOU	OF	48	38	48	2	0	0
2017	HOU	SS	38	33	39	88	2	23
2018	HOU	1B	24	21	128	11	0	14
2018	HOU	2B	32	19	33	45	1	9
2018	HOU	3B	3	2	2	3	1	1
2018	HOU	OF	73	65	102	4	1	1
2018	HOU	SS	39	29	27	65	6	14
2019	MIN	1B	21	19	134	10	1	10
2019	MIN	2B	2	2	8	3	0	0
2019	MIN	3B	40	35	25	74	1	6
2019	MIN	OF	59	49	88	8	2	0
2019	MIN	SS	1	1	0	5	0	0
2020	MIN	1B	14	5	59	2	0	5
2020	MIN	2B	21	19	24	36	1	5
2020	MIN	3B	23	21	14	31	0	2
2020	MIN	OF	8	6	9	0	1	0
2021	BOS	1B	15	12	83	6	2	9
2021	BOS	2B	37	30	49	77	4	27
2021	BOS	3B	6	6	3	11	1	1
2021	BOS	OF	14	10	22	0	0	0
2021	BOS	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
2021	BOS	SS	12	9	8	29	2	3
2021	HOU	1B	2	2	21	0	0	1
2021	HOU	2B	2	2	3	7	2	2
2021	HOU	3B	5	2	2	8	0	1
2022	NYA	1B	14	12	71	9	2	7
2022	NYA	2B	3	0	0	1	0	0
2022	NYA	3B	12	8	4	23	0	0
2022	NYA	OF	36	18	41	1	0	1
2022	NYA	P	1	0	0	1	0	0
2022	NYA	SS	20	16	14	33	0	4

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Marwin Gonzalez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	2
First Base	257
Second Base	175
Third Base	179
Shortstop	324
Left Field	203
Center Field	3
Right Field	78
Designated Hitter	18

Salary History

Marwin Gonzalez — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	HOU	AL	$2,000,000
2015	HOU	AL	$1,062,500
2014	HOU	AL	$504,500
2013	HOU	AL	$494,400
2012	HOU	NL	$480,000
Total Career Earnings			$4,541,400

Award Voting History

Marwin Gonzalez — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2017	Most Valuable Player	AL	19th	6.0	420	0

Most Similar Players

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Career Spans

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Marwin Gonzalez: the record in brief

Between the debut on April 6, 2012 and the final game on October 5, 2022, Marwin Gonzalez built the record summarized on this page. Gonzalez played for the Houston Astros (2012 through 2021), the Minnesota Twins (2019 to 2020), the Boston Red Sox (2021), and the New York Yankees (2022). The bio lists Gonzalez as a shortstop who batted from both sides and threw right-handed. Height and weight on file: 205 pounds on a 6-foot-1 frame. The birth record reads March 14, 1989, in Puerto Ordaz, Bolívar, Venezuela. The given name on file is Marwin Javier Gonzalez.

Across 1,139 games at the plate, Gonzalez's career line reads 888 hits in 3,526 at bats for a .252 average, plus 107 home runs, 415 RBI, and 44 stolen bases. On-base and slugging figures of .310 and .399 give Gonzalez a career OPS of .709. Gonzalez hit .252 while the league hit .251 over the same span, a figure close to average. 2017 was Gonzalez's biggest home run year, with 23. Gonzalez collected a career-high 138 hits in 2017.

Frequently Asked Questions about Marwin Gonzalez

What years did Marwin Gonzalez play?: Marwin Gonzalez played in Major League Baseball from 2012 to 2022.
Was Marwin Gonzalez a pitcher?: No. Marwin Gonzalez was a position player (Shortstop), though he did pitch in 2 career games.
How many home runs did Marwin Gonzalez hit?: Marwin Gonzalez hit 107 career home runs with 888 hits.
What was Marwin Gonzalez's career batting average?: Marwin Gonzalez batted .252 over his career, with 888 hits in 3,526 at bats.
How many RBI did Marwin Gonzalez have?: Marwin Gonzalez drove in 415 runs in his career.
What was Marwin Gonzalez's career ERA?: Marwin Gonzalez finished with a 0.00 career ERA, going 0-0 with 0 strikeouts.