Dave Gonsalves:
Dave Gonsalves was the first Hall of Fame hitter to get in primarily for his ability to get hits, rather than homeruns, though Gonsalves did have solid pop in his bat. He collected 2936 hits, a total that ranked third all time at the time that he retired. His hit total remained in the top 25 all time until 2063.
Gonsalves also became known for being a "have bat, will travel" type of player. He established himself with Memphis in the league's very first season of 2003. He remained with the Grizzlies until 2008, although an odd series of events in 2006 briefly took him away from Memphis. On July 18th of that year, Memphis traded Gonsalves to Hartford. Twelve days later, the Grizzlies reacquired Gonsalves. A year later, Gonsalves made the first of what would be six All Star appearances. Gonsalves left as a free agent after that year, and went to Portland. In 2010, he was traded to Sacramento, where he got his first opportunity to play in the postseason. Though Sacramento did not win the World Series, it wasn't because of anything Gonsalves didn't do. Gonsalves batted .407 with a double and a homer in the playoffs that season. Gonsalves would spend another year with Portland before coming to Hartford as a free agent. This stint was a bit longer than his first with them. After four years with the Whalers, Gonsalves then came to Los Angeles, where he played three seasons. He finished his career with Rochester.
Gonsalves's career numbers:
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Career Batting Stats
Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams
2003 148 529 129 32 0 21 69 63 38 118 0 0 .244 .295 .423 .718 MEM
2004 155 546 149 18 0 15 79 73 53 92 0 0 .273 .337 .388 .726 MEM
2005 148 553 171 33 1 10 71 70 49 65 0 0 .309 .365 .427 .792 MEM
2006 154 612 192 31 3 19 99 87 44 70 0 0 .314 .360 .467 .827 MEM HAR MEM
2007 153 587 188 26 2 15 84 78 44 75 2 0 .320 .368 .448 .816 MEM,AL
2008 142 515 154 33 0 13 59 73 47 68 0 3 .299 .358 .439 .796 POR
2009 157 575 183 30 1 11 70 73 47 59 0 1 .318 .370 .431 .801 POR,NL
2010 149 525 155 27 1 11 53 75 53 48 3 0 .295 .360 .413 .773 POR SAC
2011 153 585 219 51 3 20 99 78 48 70 1 0 .374 .422 .574 .996 SAC,NL
2012 154 618 211 35 2 24 114 112 47 92 0 0 .341 .388 .521 .909 HAR,NL
2013 149 577 185 30 1 18 99 79 53 88 0 0 .321 .378 .470 .847 HAR,NL
2014 155 589 193 32 3 24 85 98 61 81 2 0 .328 .391 .514 .905 HAR,NL
2015 152 597 205 46 1 17 80 93 46 93 0 0 .343 .390 .509 .900 HAR
2016 154 553 150 32 0 13 97 51 55 90 3 0 .271 .337 .400 .737 LA
2017 153 603 182 29 0 18 83 96 51 96 1 0 .302 .356 .439 .796 LA
2018 155 550 172 35 0 18 91 68 47 94 0 0 .313 .367 .475 .841 LA
2019 119 227 58 11 3 3 26 21 20 30 0 0 .256 .316 .370 .686 LA
2020 77 143 40 5 0 2 12 8 8 34 0 0 .280 .318 .357 .675 ROC
Total 2627 9484 2936 536 21 272 1370 1296 811 1363 12 4 .310 .364 .457 .821
Career Minor League Batting Stats
Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
2003, AAA 7 29 5 1 0 0 0 3 3 5 0 0 .172 .250 .207 .457
2021, AAA 135 582 180 33 0 1 39 65 30 125 1 3 .309 .341 .371 .713
Career Postseason Batting Stats
Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
2010 7 27 11 1 0 1 2 2 5 3 0 0 .407 .500 .556 1.056
2016 10 40 8 2 0 0 5 3 5 10 0 0 .200 .289 .250 .539
2017 5 21 6 0 0 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 .286 .348 .286 .634
2018 7 30 8 1 0 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 .267 .267 .300 .567
Total 29 118 33 4 0 1 14 8 12 20 0 0 .280 .346 .339 .685
Player History
Drafted in 14th round, 211st overall pick, by Memphis in 2003...
Had first career hit on 4/15/2003, off Blake Aranda (WAS)...
Hit first career homerun on 4/23/2003, off Donald Hutzler (KNO)...
Drove in 6 runs against Nashville on 4/11/2004...
Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 7/6/2004...
Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 5/19/2006...
Traded from Memphis to Hartford on 7/18/2006 (Going to MEM: P W. Wardlow, P T. Thrush. Going to HAR: 2B D. Gonsalves)...
Traded from Hartford to Memphis on 7/30/2006 (Going to HAR: P O. Dovando. Going to MEM: 2B D. Gonsalves)...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/2006, hitting .424 with 2 HR, 10 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/2006, hitting .364 with 3 HR, 9 RBI...
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game...
Signed as a free agent by Portland on 2/4/2008 to a 4-year deal worth $5,170,400 per year...
Injured on 7/29/2008 with a Sore Back, out for one week...
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game...
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2009, hitting .398 with 4 HR, 19 RBI...
Traded from Portland to Sacramento on 7/30/2010 (Going to SAC: 2B D. Gonsalves. Going to POR: 1B J. Swigert)...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/2011, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 8 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2011, hitting .439 with 5 HR, 24 RBI...
Was selected to the 2011 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/2011, hitting .600 with 0 HR, 4 RBI...
Signed as a free agent by Hartford on 2/7/2012 to a 4-year deal worth $7,219,800 per year...
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 6/13/2012...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/2012, hitting .500 with 0 HR, 6 RBI...
Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2012, hitting .407 with 3 HR, 9 RBI...
Was selected to the 2013 Allstar game...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Los Angeles on 8/4/2013...
Had 2000th career hit on 6/1/2014, off Jose Henriquez (SAC)...
Was selected to the 2014 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2014, hitting .571 with 4 HR, 12 RBI...
Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 2015...
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/24/2016 to a 4-year deal worth $6,004,500 per year...
Drove in 10 runs against Sacramento on 7/19/2016...
Signed as a free agent by Rochester on 2/1/2020 to a 3-year deal worth $528,000 per year...
Released by Rochester on 9/16/2021, refused assignment to minors...
Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2022.
Batting Leader Boards Appearances
AVG
2005 - .309 - 8th
2006 - .314 - 6th
2007 - .320 - 5th
2009 - .318 - 5th
2011 - .374 - 1st
2012 - .341 - 4th
2014 - .328 - 2nd
2015 - .343 - 4th
2018 - .313 - 8th
OBP
2011 - .422 - 3rd
2014 - .391 - 3rd
2015 - .390 - 8th
SLG
2011 - .574 - 3rd
2014 - .514 - 7th
OPS
2011 - .996 - 3rd
2012 - .909 - 10th
2014 - .905 - 7th
2015 - .900 - 8th
Hits
2006 - 192 - 2nd
2007 - 188 - 3rd
2009 - 183 - 4th
2011 - 219 - 1st
2012 - 211 - 3rd
2013 - 185 - 6th
2014 - 193 - 1st
2015 - 205 - 4th
2017 - 182 - 9th
2018 - 172 - 10th
Doubles
2011 - 51 - 1st
2015 - 46 - 3rd
RBI
2006 - 99 - 10th
2012 - 114 - 8th
2013 - 99 - 8th
Runs
2012 - 112 - 6th
2014 - 98 - 9th