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b. September 3, 1967 · Houston Astros 1990–1995, 1997, Chicago Cubs 1995–1996, Detroit Tigers 1998, Arizona Diamondbacks 1999–2006, Los Angeles Dodgers 2007, Florida Marlins 2008

In 2001 he hit 57 home runs, having never hit more than 31 in a season before or since, drove in 142 and had 198 hits. In the ninth inning of the seventh game of that year's World Series, with the bases loaded and the infield drawn in, he hit a soft single over the shortstop off Mariano Rivera to win it. Arizona was in its fourth season.

The rest is nineteen seasons of steady work: 2,591 hits, 354 home runs, 596 doubles, 1,439 runs batted in and a .283 average, with 1,155 walks. He led the National League in hits in 1999 with 206. Five All-Star selections and one Silver Slugger, in 2001.

He played for six clubs and eight seasons of it in Arizona, which retired his number. The 2001 season sits well outside the shape of the rest of his career, and he has said since that he was tested for steroids that year and passed. The writers gave him five votes of 571 in 2014.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	5	1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
Player of the Week	3	2000, 2001, 2004
Branch Rickey Award	1	2005
Player of the Month	1	2001
Silver Slugger	1	2001
The Sporting News All-Star	1	2001

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1990	HOU	12	21	1	4	2	0	0	0	2	5	0	.190
1991	HOU	137	473	51	120	28	9	13	69	40	101	10	.254
1992	HOU	122	387	40	94	19	3	10	55	24	52	7	.243
1993	HOU	154	540	82	162	34	3	15	72	47	83	20	.300
1994	HOU	112	392	57	107	29	4	8	67	49	57	15	.273
1995	CHC/HOU	133	471	69	130	29	8	13	69	57	63	6	.276
1996	CHC	146	483	70	131	30	4	15	79	61	49	9	.271
1997	HOU	152	550	78	142	31	2	10	68	71	67	10	.258
1998	DET	154	547	84	146	35	5	23	71	57	62	12	.267
1999	ARI	153	614	112	206	45	4	26	111	66	63	9	.336
2000	ARI	162	618	106	192	47	2	31	114	78	85	2	.311
2001	ARI	162	609	128	198	36	7	57	142	100	83	1	.325
2002	ARI	148	524	90	151	19	3	28	103	97	76	9	.288
2003	ARI	156	579	92	176	46	4	26	104	94	67	5	.304
2004	ARI	105	379	69	98	28	5	17	48	68	58	2	.259
2005	ARI	155	579	90	157	37	0	24	79	78	90	4	.271
2006	ARI	153	586	93	159	52	2	15	73	69	58	0	.271
2007	LAD	139	464	70	129	23	2	15	68	56	56	6	.278
2008	FLA	136	341	30	89	26	1	8	47	41	43	1	.261
Career	—	2591	9157	1412	2591	596	68	354	1439	1155	1218	128	.283

On this day & linked events

1967

Born September 3, 1967

Tampa, FL, USA

1990

Major-league debut: Luis Gonzalez

Luis Gonzalez made a major-league debut on September 4, 1990.

2000

Final major-league game: Luis Gonzalez

Luis Gonzalez played a final major-league game on September 28, 2008.

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