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.

Marwin Gonzalez

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

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

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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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

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.3	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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Year	Team	Lg	G	IP	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2021	BOS	AL	1	1.0	—	0.0
2022	NYA	AL	1	0.3	—	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Circle size = games played at each position.

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

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

Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2017	Most Valuable Player	AL	19th	6.0	420	0

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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.