Major League star and former first baseman Adrian Gonzalez recently announced his retirement, having played in major leagues for 15 seasons, last appearing in 2018, and it is worth noting that he is the only two first basemen in the history of major leagues.
However, Gonzalez did not directly withdraw from baseball after fading out of the major league, last season, he also played in the Mexican league, played 43 games in Guadalajara, paid 0.340/.412/.531 in 187 playing places, and played for Mexico at last year's Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo, knocking out three hits in 12 seats.
After being drafted by the Marlins in 1999, Gonzalez was traded by the team to the Rangers on the eve of his debut in the major league in 2003, and in 2003, the Marlins made it to the playoffs for the second time in their history and won their second title. However, at the Rangers, although Gonzalez made his major league debut, he did not become a standing main force, and two years later, he was traded to the San Diego Priests, and as a San Diego native, he also returned home.
Returning home and reaching the peak of his age as an athlete, Gonzalez was selected for the Star Game for four consecutive years, won the MVP vote for five consecutive years, won three gold gloves and a silver rod award, but the padsters have not been good, and they have also chosen to sell him to the Boston Red Sox in the final year of Gonzalez's contract, a deal that includes the future Cubs star Anthony Rizzo. In the Red Sox, Gonzalez renewed his contract with the team for $154 million for seven years, but a year and a half later, in order to ease the salary pressure, Gonzalez was sent to the Dodgers by the Red Sox.
In the first four years in Los Angeles, Gonzalez was still able to have a stable output, but in the 2017 season, he only played 71 games due to injury, and since 2005, his number of games in a single season has never been lower than 156, and it is hard to imagine that at the age of 35, he has made the first injury list in his career. His injury also contributed to Cody Bellinger's major league debut, and at the end of the season, he also waived the no-deal clause and was sent to the Warriors by the Dodgers, but was immediately released.
In the middle of the season, Gonzalez signed with the Mets, played 54 games, paid 0.237/.299/.373 in 187 plays, and after being released in June, never found a job.
Throughout his career, Gonzalez has had a .287/.358/.485 strikeout, 317 hits, 2050 home runs and 1202 RBIs, five-time Star Game and four Gold Gloves and two Silver Rod Awards. At his peak, Gonzalez was a major league hitter, and while he's a decent stat, he could definitely miss the Hall of Fame considering his defensive positions — almost all first base.
(Text/Geng Haoyang)