Oscar Gonzalez #39

Full name OSCAR LUIS GONZÁLEZ ARRINDELL...Started playing baseball at age 5...Favorite music genres are reggaeton and Dominican Trap...Hobbies are listening to music, spending time with family and going to the beach... Favorite player growing up: Manny Ramirez.

2021

Enjoyed a breakout campaign in his seventh professional season, batting .293 (140-for-478) between AA Akron and AAA Columbus (.329/.542/.871)...Led the organization in hits (140), homers (31), RBI (83), OPS (.871), extra-base hits (56) and total bases (259)...His 31 homers were tied for seventh in all of Minor League Baseball and his 259 total bases were tied for sixth... After beginning the season at AA Akron, was promoted to AAA Columbus on July 5...At the time of his promotion, he was leading the Double-A Northeast League in total bases (113) and slugging pct. (.601), second in hits (62) and average (.330) and third in HR, RBI and OPS (.968)...Hit safely in 18 straight games, June 12-July 2, batting .380 (27-for-71) with 8 2B, 4 HR, 15 RBI over that span...Hit .362 (34-for-94) in June with 9 2B, 5HR, 20 RBI in 24 games (1.011 OPS)... Hit in 14 straight games with Columbus, August 13-27, batting .424 (25-for-59) with 4 2B, 5 HR, 8 RBI over the span...Batted .333 (35-for-105) with 6 2B, 7 HR, 14 RBI in August for the Clippers... At 23 years of age, was playing 3.4 years under the AAA league average of 26.4....10 of his 31 homers came off LHP in just 89 at-bats...Had 2 HR, Sept. 29 vs. Louisville, 5 RBI on June 11 at Altoona (w/AKR) and had a pair of 4-hit games... Appeared in 22 games for Estrellas in the Dominican winter league following the season (16-for-77, .208, 2 2B, 2HR, 5 RBI).