Édgar González (pitcher)
Edgar González | |
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Arizona Diamondbacks – No. 31 | |
Relief Pitcher | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
debut | |
June 1, 2003, for the Arizona Diamondbacks | |
Career statistics (through 2007) | |
Win-Loss | 7-16 |
Earned Run Average | 6.22 |
Strikeouts | 112 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
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Edgar Gerardo González Elizondo (born February 23, 1983 in San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo León, México) is a Mexican Major League Baseball Player with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Edgar signed with Arizona as a non-drafted free agent on April 18, 2000...when he did not report, he was placed on the suspended list for 2000- 2001...Gonzalez was the sixth major leaguer from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Mexico, joining Oscar Villarreal, Felipe Montemayor (1953 Pirates), Bobby Trevino (1968 Angels), Hector Torres (1968 Astros) and Alex Trevino (1978 Mets) Edgar was the 94th native of Mexico to appear in the majors and the 53rd pitcher from Mexico to work a big league game when he debuted with the D'Backs Jun 1, 2003. He also became the youngest MLB player at the moment at 20 years old.
Minor Leagues
He was assigned to class A South Bend Silver Hawks of the Midwest League. On April 14 he tossed a No-hitter for his first professional win. He was 11-8 with a 2.91 ERA and 110 K's with South Bend before earning a promotion to advance A Lancaster JetHawks of the California League (League for batters)in August, the last month of the season. He finished in Lancaster with 3-0 with a 0.78 ERA and 21 K's against 3 BB in 4 games started.
Winter Baseball
In winter, he plays in Mexico Naranjeros de Hermosillo
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference
- Minor League Stats