Vince Gonzales Explained

Vince Gonzales
Position:Pitcher
Bats:Left
Throws:Left
Birth Date:28 September 1925
Birth Place:Quivicán, Cuba
Death Place:Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:April 13
Debutyear:1955
Debutteam:Washington Senators
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:April 13
Finalyear:1955
Finalteam:Washington Senators
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Win–loss record
Stat1value:0–0
Stat2label:Earned run average
Stat2value:27.00
Stat3label:Innings pitched
Stat3value:2
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Wenceslao Gonzales O'Reilly (September 28, 1925 – March 11, 1981) was a Cuban-born professional baseball player during the 1950s and 1960s. A left-handed pitcher who stood 6feet tall and weighed, Gonzales appeared in one Major League Baseball game in 1955 as a member of the Washington Senators.

Gonzales entered pro baseball in 1951 as a member of the Ciudad Juárez Indios and in his first season, he led the Class C Southwest International League with 32 victories.[1] He followed that by winning 25 and 22 games for the Indios.[2]

In 1955, Gonzales was a member of the Senators' early season roster and appeared in the second game of the campaign, a road contest against the New York Yankees. Called into the game in the seventh inning with Washington already losing 13–1, he worked the final two frames, allowing six hits, six earned runs and three bases on balls in an eventual 19–1 rout.[3]

Gonzales spent the rest of the season in the Arizona–Mexico League and the Mexican League and the rest of his career pitching in Mexico, appearing in a game as late as in 1969.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, eds. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd ed. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007, p. 452
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=gonzal001wen Minor league statistics from Baseball Reference
  3. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1955/B04130NYA1955.htm Retrosheet