first base | bats: left | throws: left | height: 6-2 | weight: 220 | born: 05.08.82
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| Adrian Gonzalez was born in San Diego. |
2008 opening day age: 25
2008 salary: $750,000
2009 salary: $3 million
2010 salary: $4.75 million
Contract status: Gonzalez signed a four-year, $9.5 million contract, including a $5.5 million team option for 2011, on April 7, 2007.
In the show: Rangers (2004-05), Padres (2006-present).
How he was acquired: The Padres traded Adam Eaton, Akinori Otsuka and Billy Kilian to the Rangers for Gonzalez, Chris Young and Terrmel Sledge on Jan. 6, 2006.
Players most similar to: Wally Joyner, Alvin Davis, Tony Clark.
Career year, 2007: 30 home runs, 100 RBIs, .282 batting average, .347 on-base percentage, .502
slugging percentage, 101 runs, 46 doubles.
2008 projections (Bill James Handbook): 27 home runs, 87 RBIs, .295 batting average, .359 on-base percentage, .518 slugging percentage.
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