Ricky
Gonzalvo
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: October 11, 1943 in Venezuela
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 29 CAL JL $ 3,190,000 5 5 5 5 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
1974 30 CAL JL $ 3,190,000 5 5 5 6 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
1975 31 SEA FL $ 3,190,000 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
1976 32 SEA FL $ 6,500,001 5 4 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
1977 33 SEA FL $ 6,500,001 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
1978 34 SEA FL $ 6,500,001 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
1979 35 HON JL $ 3,000,000 4 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1980 36 LOU JL $ 460,000 2 2 2 5 4 4 8 8 8 6 5 5 4 4 4 2 3 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 460,000 2 2 2 5 4 4 8 8 8 6 5 5 4 4 4 2 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 6,500,001 5 5 5 6 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 29 CAL JL 148 507 65 127 19 5 15 77 8 9 41 97 .250 .308 .396 .705 60.5 8.8
1974 30 CAL JL 152 574 92 173 30 7 18 74 16 8 61 88 .301 .372 .472 .844 92.9 19.7
1975 31 CAL JL 53 209 36 57 13 3 2 19 9 5 23 43 .273 .346 .392 .738 29.0 5.3
  DM FL 25 90 10 24 6 0 2 8 4 2 11 17 .267 .347 .400 .747 12.6 1.8
  SEA FL 77 264 37 61 11 4 6 23 12 6 29 60 .231 .308 .371 .680 32.0 5.4
  TOT   155 563 83 142 30 7 10 50 25 13 63 120 .252 .329 .384 .712 73.5 12.5
1976 32 SEA FL 155 614 65 168 25 9 18 63 19 16 60 126 .274 .337 .432 .769 89.2 21.1
1977 33 SEA FL 153 595 61 136 22 12 10 60 6 8 41 150 .229 .278 .356 .634 55.6 5.0
1978 34 SEA FL 114 339 36 76 13 4 8 39 5 4 24 91 .224 .275 .357 .632 32.4 2.9
1979 35 HON JL 107 244 35 50 10 0 10 25 8 4 19 68 .205 .264 .369 .633 24.9 1.9
1980 36 AAA   107 280 45 65 19 6 12 49 9 4 27 75 .232 .300 .471 .771 40.1  
7 Years Sim 984 3436 437 872 149 44 89 388 87 62 309 740 .254 .316 .400 .717 429.0 72.0
1 Years AAA 107 280 45 65 19 6 12 49 9 4 27 75 .232 .298 .471 .769 40.1  
162 Game Average 565 71 143 24 7 14 63 14 10 50 121 .254 .316 .400 .717 70.6  
Career Highs 155 614 92 173 30 12 18 77 25 16 63 150 .301 .372 .472 .844 92.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2357 285 571 99 28 58 261 57 37 206 530 .242 .305 .382 .686 273.9
vs LH   1079 152 301 50 16 31 127 30 25 103 210 .279 .341 .441 .782 157.0
Home 490 1677 194 410 72 18 33 172 37 33 130 342 .244 .300 .368 .668 180.2
Away 494 1759 243 462 77 26 56 216 50 29 179 398 .263 .331 .431 .763 250.7
RISP   727 0 186 32 8 24 277 0 0 69 168 .256 .312 .421 .733 98.4
Pinch Hitting   94 18 25 7 2 2 15 4 0 11 23 .266 .355 .447 .802 14.8
Close/Late   490 63 130 27 4 13 66 0 0 46 111 .265 .328 .416 .744 66.4
Mar/Apr 179 638 89 168 18 13 16 76 21 14 75 129 .263 .341 .408 .748 89.7
May 179 674 90 174 36 7 17 81 17 15 43 154 .258 .300 .408 .708 79.6
June 156 540 62 131 23 5 12 48 11 9 53 112 .243 .314 .370 .684 62.4
July 156 542 66 141 30 6 10 62 10 8 50 116 .260 .323 .393 .716 67.5
August 162 545 72 144 21 8 17 59 15 8 49 117 .264 .329 .426 .755 75.2
Sep/Oct 152 497 58 114 21 5 17 62 13 8 39 112 .229 .285 .394 .680 56.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1973 29 CAL JL 2B 142 122 1141.7 189 408 13 83 .979 4.71   7.2
1974 30 CAL JL 2B 148 143 1300.3 223 448 15 70 .978 4.64   5.6
1975 31 CAL JL 2B 52 46 462.7 84 159 4 32 .984 4.73   2.6
  DM FL 2B 25 22 198.9 36 68 2 14 .981 4.71   0.7
  SEA FL 2B 76 67 582.8 105 200 5 40 .984 4.71   3.7
  TOT   2B 153 135 1244.4 225 427 11 86 .983 4.72   6.9
1976 32 SEA FL 2B 153 149 1345.0 263 408 17 89 .975 4.49   5.6
1977 33 SEA FL 2B 151 149 1355.0 258 404 18 86 .974 4.40   4.6
1978 34 SEA FL 2B 102 83 802.3 151 238 10 46 .975 4.36   3.9
    LF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
1979 35 HON JL 2B 62 55 500.7 110 173 12 43 .959 5.09   1.5
    SS 3 0 5.0 1 1 1 1 .667 3.60   0.0
    LF 3 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  2B 911 836 7689.4 1419 2506 96 503 .976 4.59   35.4
  LF 4 1 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.0
  SS 3 0 5.0 1 1 1 1 .667 3.60   0.0
Career Totals   918 837 7707.4 1423 2507 97 504 .976 4.59   35.4
Career Highs   153 149 1355.0 263 448 18 89 .983 5.07    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1973 29 CAL JL 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250
1978 34 SEA FL 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .083 .000 .083
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1974-6-.301
On-Base Pct
1974-10-.372
XR
1976-8-89.2
At-Bats
1976-4-614
1977-7-595
Runs
1974-7-92
Hits
1974-7-173
Singles
1974-10-118
Triples
1976-10-9
1977-5-12
Caught Stealing
1976-7-16
Strikeouts
1977-1-150
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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History
Drafted in 8th round, 188th overall pick, by California in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/1/1973, off Lank Bechard (VAN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/3/1973, off Wallace Chilsen (VAN)
Injured on 6/9/1973 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 6/26/1974 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Traded from California to Des Moines on 6/1/1975 (Going to CAL: 2B T. Riener. Going to DM: 2B R. Gonzalvo)
Traded from Des Moines to Seattle on 7/1/1975 (Going to SEA: 2B R. Gonzalvo. Going to DM: P E. Sachs, CF D. Whitnall)
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/12/1976 to a 3-year deal worth $6,500,001 per year
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Brooklyn on 6/7/1977
Signed as a free agent by Honolulu on 2/2/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year