Luis Gonzalez is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on September 3, 1967 in Tampa, Florida, United States. Five-time MLB All-Star outfielder who hit 354 home runs during his 19-year career. He drove in the series clinching run against the New York Yankees to propel the Arizona Diamondbacks to a World Series Championship in 2001.
He hit 57 home runs in 2001, the same year that Barry Bonds broke the single-season record.
Gonzalez grew up in the West Tampa neighborhood of Tampa, Florida in a Cuban-American household. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1985 along with childhood friend Tino Martinez. After high school, he attended the University of South Alabama, where he earned Baseball America’s All-Freshman Second Team honors. He was drafted by the Houston Astros in the fourth round of the 1988 amateur draft. Gonzalez played American Legion Baseball for Post 248. Other Post 248 alumni include Lou Piniella, Tony La Russa, Tino Martinez, and Gary Sheffield.
Gonzalez made his major league debut on September 4, 1990. He finished the rest of the 1990 season with 4 hits (2 doubles). The year of 1991 became the first full season of Gonzalez’s career. During 1991, he batted .254 with 13 home runs and 69 RBI. In 1992, he batted .243 with 10 home runs and 55 RBI. In 1993, he batted .300 with 15 home runs, 72 RBI, and an NL leading 10 sacrifice flies. In 1994, he batted .273 with 8 homers and 67 RBI. His 1995 season began with a .258 batting average, 6 homers and 35 RBI.
He had tripletts with his wife Christine.
