Romy Gonzalez #23

Full name is Roman Alexander Gonzalez...Played baseball at the University of Miami (2016-18)...Is a 2015 graduate of American Senior High School in Hialeah, Fla...Earned All-State honors in 2014 and 2015.

2025

Made his second career Opening Day roster (also 2023 with CWS)...Set career highs in games (96), hits (96), doubles (23), triples (three), HR (nine), RBI (53), runs (47) and BB (18)...Slashed .305/.343/.483/.826, each his best marks in a season...Made 41 starts at 1B, 32 at 2B, one at 3B and two as the DH...Was one of three players to play at least 40 games at both 1B and 2B in 2025 (also Kody Clemens and Lenyn Sosa)...Hit .331 (43-for-130) with a .978 OPS against left-handed pitchers...Seven of his nine home runs were vs. LHP...Posted a .594 SLG against left-handed starters, MLB’s fifth-highest mark (min. 100 PA, see box on right)...Ranked fourth among qualified MLB hitters in hard-hit percentage (57.3%), and T-9th in average exit velocity (93.3 mph) and average HR distance (413 feet)...Ranked among MLB leaders in AVG (10th, .331), SLG (seventh, .600) and OPS (eighth, .978) vs. LHP (min. 100 PA)...Recorded a career-high 30 multi-hit games, fourth most on the team behind Rafaela (35), Duran (39) and Story (48)...Recorded three hits in six of those games...Recorded a career-high 14-game hitting streak from 8/28-9/14...It was the longest active streak in the Majors and the longest by a Red Sox hitter in 2025...Batted .320 (57-for-178) with an .842 OPS in 51 games at Fenway Park...Hit .317 (33-for-104) vs. RHP in 36 games in August & September after batting .247 (20-for-81) vs. righties in 38 games from March-July.

2024

Played in a career-high 89 games (41 starts), after appearing in 86 games over his first three seasons...Missed 39 games due to a pair of stints on the injured list...Played seven defensive positions...Was the first Red Sox player since Brock Holt (2015) to play at least one game at 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF, CF and RF in a season...Was one of six Major Leaguers to play each of those seven positions in 2024...Was the only player in 2024 to play at least 75.0 innings at each of the four infield positions (1B, 2B, 3B, SS)...Led MLB in pinch-hit HR (three) and RBI (10)...Is one of only seven Red Sox with as many as three pinch-hit HR in a season...Ranked in MLB’s 90th percentile in sprint speed (28.9 feet per second)...Was 11-for-14 in SB attempts...Led MLB in average HR distance (min. 5 HR)...Recorded a .302 AVG/.879 OPS vs. LHP (6 HR) and a .217 AVG/.498 OPS vs. RHP (0 HR)...Hit two of the Sox’ five longest HR of the season on 8/5 at KC (third, 452 feet) and 9/22 vs. MIN-G2 (T-4th, 448 feet)...In 53 PA when leading off an inning, hit .353 with an .887 OPS (18-for-51, 2 HR)...Also played in 13 games with Triple-A Worcester, including six while on rehab assignments.

2023

Missed a majority of the season due to a pair of stints on the injured list (right shoulder inflammation)...Played in 44 games with the White Sox, making 21 starts at 2B, four in RF, two in LF and one at SS...Also appeared in one game at 3B (1.0 inning) and one in CF (1.0 inning)...Was 7-for-7 in stolen base attempts...In 22 PA with RISP, went 6-for-19 (.316) with 11 RBI...Was on the IL from 5/1-12...Reinstated on 5/13 but returned to the IL on 6/18...Transferred to the 60-Day IL on 7/2 and missed the remainder of the season...Underwent right shoulder surgery in July. 

2022

Split the season between the White Sox and Class AAA Charlotte...also appeared in five games with the Arizona Complex League White Sox...Appeared in 25 games (24 starts) at second base with the Sox, three (three) at shortstop, two (one) in right field and one (zero) in left...Slashed .314/.324/.486 (11-35) vs. left-handers, compared to .200/.222/.286 (14-70) vs. righties...went 7-21 (.333) with two home runs and 10 RBI with RISP...Was recalled from Charlotte on 8/17 and made his season debut that night as the starting shortstop vs. Houston (1-4)...Recorded his first RBI of the season on 8/18 vs. Houston and second career multi-hit effort on 8/24 at Baltimore...Hit his first MLB home run on 9/3 vs. Minnesota, a three-run shot off Aníbal Sánchez in the fourth inning...Set a career-high with four hits, including a three-run homer, on 9/8 at Oakland...marked his final multi-hit game of the season...Was 6-49 (.122) with a double, triple and two RBI over his final 17 games of the season from 9/9-10/5...Was limited to just 33 games with Charlotte due to three stints on the injured list: 4/26-5/11 (strained right hamstring), 5/19-30 (viral infection) and 6/19-8/8 (tonsil surgery)...Preseason Rankings: No. 8 prospect in the White Sox system (MLB.com)...No. 15 prospect and Best Power Hitter in the White Sox organization (Baseball America).

2021

Spent a majority of 2021 with Class AA Birmingham and Class AAA Charlotte and was on the Sox active roster in September...His contract was selected from Charlotte on 9/1...Made his major-league debut on 9/3 at Kansas City as a pinch hitter...stayed in the game at third base and finished 0-2...Made his first start as the leadoff hitter and third baseman on 9/4 at the Royals...went 0-5 with his first career RBI...Recorded his first MLB hit, a single off Andrew Chafin, as a pinch-hitter in the ninth on 9/8 at Oakland...Set career highs with three hits, two doubles and two runs scored on 9/17 at Texas...Was optioned to Charlotte on 9/21 for the remainder of 2021...Combined to hit .283/.364/.532 (101-357) with 17 doubles, 24 homers, 61 RBI, 43 walks, 61 runs scored, 24 steals and an .896 OPS in 93 games between Birmingham and Charlotte...Ranked among Class AA South leaders in OPS (1st, .856), homers (5th, 20), SLG (2nd, .502) and average (7th, .267)...Was promoted to Charlotte on 8/21...At the time his contract was selected by the White Sox, was one of just seven players in the minor leagues with 20-plus home runs and 20-plus steals...finished the season as one of just 16 minor-leaguers to accomplish the feat.

2020

Did not play following the cancellation of the minor-league season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019

Spent the entire season with Class A Kannapolis...Went 4-5 with two home runs on 6/30 at West Virginia...batted .286 (26-91) with 12 RBI over 26 games in July.

2018

Made his professional debut with Advanced Rookie Great Falls...ranked ninth in the Pioneer League with a team-high

10 home runs.