Yomiuri Giants sign Edgar Gonzalez to 1-year deal
by Gen on Jan.07, 2010 @ 12:57 pm, under NPB
The Yomiuri Giants are in pursuit of 31-year-old infielder, Edgar Gonzalez. If his exam comes back clean, the club plans on offering him a contract.
Gonzalez was initially drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in 2000 and then made his way through 5 other organizations since then. Of the 6 teams he played for, the Padres were the only team that used him at the MLB level.
The Giants are hoping to fill their hole at second base with Gonzalez.
2009 Season
| Tm | Lvl | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | HBP | IBB | SH | SF | DP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| SD | A+ | 5 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .333 | .571 | 904 |
| SD | AAA | 6 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .458 | .444 | 902 |
| SD | MLB | 82 | 153 | 16 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .216 | .278 | .373 | 651 |
Career Totals
| Lvl | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | HBP | IBB | SH | SF | DP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| MLB | 193 | 478 | 54 | 122 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 51 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 112 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .255 | .312 | .381 | 693 |
| MiLB | 893 | 3069 | 439 | 910 | 207 | 29 | 66 | 423 | 81 | 54 | 378 | 605 | 36 | 12 | 16 | 34 | 80 | .297 | .376 | .447 | 823 |
=== UPDATE 1/9/2010 12:14am
The Giants have officially signed Gonzalez to a 1-year deal worth 46.5M yen ($500,000). He was also assigned the number 38. He will be registered as "E. Gonzalez" in the player registry and his name will appear as "エドガー" (Edgar) on the scoreboard.
