Victor Aaron González (born November 16, 1995) is a Mexican professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2020.
| Victor González | |
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| Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 81 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: (1995-11-16) November 16, 1995 (age 26) Tuxpan, Nayarit, Mexico[1] | |
Bats: Left Throws: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| July 31, 2020, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
| MLB statistics (through 2021 season) | |
| Win–loss record | 6–1 |
| Earned run average | 2.75 |
| Strikeouts | 56 |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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González signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers as an international free agent on July 2, 2012.[2] He began his professional career with the Arizona League Dodgers in 2013, going 3–2 with a 3.79 ERA over 38 innings.
He spent the 2014 season with the Ogden Raptors, going 4–5 with a 6.09 ERA over 54+2⁄3 innings. He split the 2015 season between the AZL Dodgers, Ogden, and the Great Lakes Loons, and went a combined 1–7 with a 5.43 ERA over 66+1⁄3 innings.[3]
He returned to Great Lakes in 2016, going 3–6 with a 4.66 ERA over 94+2⁄3 innings. He missed all of the 2017 season due to an injury.
He split the 2018 season between Ogden and Great Lakes, going a combined 1–5 with a 7.49 ERA over 33+2⁄3 innings. He split the 2019 season between the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, Tulsa Drillers, and Oklahoma City Dodgers, going a combined 5–2 with a 2.31 ERA over 89+2⁄3 innings in 38 games (13 starts).[4]
The Dodgers added González to their 40-man roster on October 31, 2019.[2] He was called up to the MLB roster for the first time on July 30, 2020.[5] González made his major league debut on July 31 against the Arizona Diamondbacks.[6] He appeared in 20.1 innings in 15 games (one start) for the Dodgers in 2020, winning three games and finishing with a 1.33 ERA and 23 strikeouts with only three walks.[7] In the postseason, González pitched 6+2⁄3 innings across eight games and allowed two runs on five hits and four walks while striking out five.[7] He was the winning pitcher in the deciding Game 6 of the 2020 World Series.[8]
On April 17, 2021, González picked up his first big league save against the San Diego Padres.[9] He pitched 35+1⁄3 innings for the Dodgers over 44 games during the 2021 season with a 3–1 record and 3.57 ERA. He struck out 33 but also had a high number of walks with 19.[7]
González began the 2022 season the injured list with left elbow inflammation. On May 8 it was announced that he was going to undergo arthroscopic surgery and would miss a couple more months.[10]
Los Angeles Dodgers 2020 World Series champions | |
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