Marco Gonzales
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Gonzales with the Seattle Mariners in 2018 | |||||||||||||||
| San Diego Padres | |||||||||||||||
| Pitcher | |||||||||||||||
| Born: February 16, 1992 Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Left Throws: Left | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| June 25, 2014, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics (through 2024 season) | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 66–50 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 4.16 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 688 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Marco Elias Gonzales (born February 16, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Seattle Mariners, and Pittsburgh Pirates. He attended Gonzaga University, where he played college baseball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs as a pitcher and first baseman.
At Gonzaga, Gonzales won the West Coast Conference Player of the Year, Pitcher of the Year, and Freshman of the Year awards. Gonzales also was chosen as an All-American and named the John Olerud Award winner for 2013. The Cardinals selected him with the 19th overall pick in the first round of the 2013 MLB draft. In Minor League Baseball in 2014, he was a Texas League midseason All-Star and Pitcher of the Week selection and the Cardinals' Minor League Pitcher of the Year. He made his MLB debut in 2014, and underwent Tommy John surgery in 2016 for a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow. The Cardinals traded him to the Mariners in 2017.