Laurence
Gonsalves
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: October 13, 1989 in USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2013    2015    2016    2017    2022   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 19 POU VL   2 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 7 6 6 5 4 4 5 5 5
2010 20 POU VL   3 2 2 4 3 3 2 2 2 7 6 7 5 5 5 5 6 6
2011 21 POU VL $ 100,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 5 5 5 6 6
2012 22 POU VL $ 100,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 8 7 6 6 5 6 6
2013 23 POU VL $ 100,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 9 9 9 6 6 6 5 6 6
2014 24 POU VL $ 100,000 5 4 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 10 9 9 6 6 6 5 6 6
2015 25 POU VL $ 100,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 10 9 10 6 6 6 6 7 6
2016 26 POU VL $ 5,950,000 7 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 9 10 7 6 6 6 7 6
2017 27 POU VL $ 5,950,000 7 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 10 10 7 6 6 6 7 6
2018 28 POU VL $ 5,950,000 7 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 12 11 11 6 6 6 5 6 6
2019 29 POU VL $ 6,150,001 7 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 11 11 11 7 6 6 6 6 6
2020 30 POU VL $ 6,150,001 7 6 6 6 5 5 2 2 2 11 11 11 7 6 6 6 7 6
2021 31 POU VL $ 6,150,001 7 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 12 11 11 7 6 6 6 7 6
2022 32 POU VL $ 9,170,001 7 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 11 10 11 7 6 6 6 7 6
2023 33 POU VL $ 9,170,001 7 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
2024 34 POU VL $ 9,170,001 7 6 6 5 5 5 1 1 1 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
2025 35 COL VL $ 1,750,000 6 5 6 4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5
Min Ratings   2 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5
Max Ratings $ 9,170,001 7 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 12 11 11 7 6 6 6 7 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2009 19 AA   99 406 48 88 13 0 17 55 0 2 24 58 .217 .260 .374 .635 39.8  
    A   60 216 32 48 6 0 15 38 0 0 23 28 .222 .297 .458 .755 31.1  
2010 20 AAA   158 609 83 125 22 0 39 100 3 0 37 75 .205 .251 .433 .684 70.7  
2011 21 POU VL 156 552 67 130 14 2 27 72 1 0 51 66 .236 .301 .415 .716 71.1 9.6
2012 22 POU VL 160 606 83 154 21 0 26 86 4 1 65 81 .254 .327 .417 .744 83.1 14.7
2013 23 POU VL 160 571 85 147 18 1 24 71 0 1 75 68 .257 .350 .419 .768 86.9 12.4
2014 24 POU VL 160 614 97 154 37 0 39 101 6 0 54 98 .251 .318 .502 .820 96.8 17.6
2015 25 POU VL 158 604 118 171 35 1 54 120 6 1 64 90 .283 .356 .613 .969 126.1 32.4
2016 26 POU VL 158 600 92 186 39 2 41 134 7 3 70 72 .310 .382 .587 .969 125.8 26.4
2017 27 POU VL 161 623 86 173 32 2 35 107 4 1 57 89 .278 .344 .504 .848 104.8 21.0
2018 28 POU VL 158 593 75 126 24 0 22 49 4 1 49 101 .212 .276 .364 .640 59.1 1.4
2019 29 POU VL 159 593 85 159 36 2 35 125 13 6 70 85 .268 .348 .513 .861 105.9 19.2
2020 30 POU VL 157 598 106 186 44 3 28 100 12 5 69 94 .311 .379 .535 .914 113.6 21.5
2021 31 POU VL 159 594 94 167 38 0 42 134 9 5 74 94 .281 .362 .557 .919 117.5 19.8
2022 32 POU VL 160 599 92 167 24 0 41 112 9 3 70 80 .279 .353 .524 .877 107.2 15.2
2023 33 POU VL 157 591 89 155 34 3 29 99 7 5 66 75 .262 .336 .477 .814 91.5 12.2
2024 34 POU VL 160 599 95 173 33 0 25 99 9 1 70 92 .289 .367 .469 .836 103.8 19.7
2025 35 COL VL 156 561 80 150 26 2 19 104 4 2 70 98 .267 .352 .422 .775 88.0 14.2
15 Years Sim 2379 8898 1344 2398 455 18 487 1513 95 35 974 1283 .269 .344 .489 .833 1481.2 257.4
1 Years AAA 158 609 83 125 22 0 39 100 3 0 37 75 .205 .255 .433 .688 70.7  
1 Years AA 99 406 48 88 13 0 17 55 0 2 24 58 .217 .267 .374 .641 39.8  
1 Years A 60 216 32 48 6 0 15 38 0 0 23 28 .222 .310 .458 .769 31.1  
3 Years Minors 317 1231 163 261 41 0 71 193 3 2 84 161 .212 .269 .418 .687 141.6  
162 Game Average 605 91 163 30 1 33 103 6 2 66 87 .269 .344 .489 .833 100.9  
Career Highs 161 623 118 186 44 3 54 134 13 6 75 101 .311 .382 .613 .969 126.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6868 996 1775 339 14 360 1125 74 22 702 950 .258 .330 .469 .799 1064.1
vs LH   2030 348 623 116 4 127 388 21 13 272 333 .307 .391 .556 .947 415.6
Home 1187 4362 656 1171 218 10 230 740 43 17 459 666 .268 .340 .481 .821 707.1
Away 1192 4536 688 1227 237 8 257 773 52 18 515 617 .271 .347 .496 .844 772.6
RISP   2281 0 628 133 7 122 990 0 0 354 340 .275 .365 .500 .865 423.4
Pinch Hitting   58 14 17 3 0 6 20 0 0 4 11 .293 .339 .655 .994 12.2
Close/Late   1003 129 258 49 1 60 153 0 0 161 163 .257 .364 .488 .851 179.9
Mar/Apr 372 1375 227 392 72 3 81 272 13 8 169 191 .285 .363 .519 .881 252.5
May 383 1450 210 369 76 3 77 240 12 7 153 227 .254 .328 .470 .798 223.4
June 380 1400 222 385 81 4 86 229 15 4 144 206 .275 .344 .523 .867 246.3
July 307 1148 179 329 66 2 68 242 15 2 137 168 .287 .367 .525 .892 214.0
August 385 1453 185 385 76 5 61 196 14 8 130 185 .265 .329 .450 .779 210.9
Sep/Oct 552 2072 321 538 84 1 114 334 26 6 241 306 .260 .340 .466 .806 332.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2011 21 POU VL 1B 153 149 1306.3 1364 123 15 117 .990 10.24   1.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
2012 22 POU VL 1B 160 158 1412.3 1537 131 14 163 .992 10.63   1.9
2013 23 POU VL 1B 160 155 1393.7 1528 111 11 127 .993 10.58   1.9
2014 24 POU VL 1B 160 158 1419.0 1495 120 15 136 .991 10.24   1.9
2015 25 POU VL 1B 158 155 1382.3 1549 127 5 156 .997 10.91   2.2
2016 26 POU VL 1B 157 155 1386.0 1507 112 13 157 .992 10.51   2.0
2017 27 POU VL 1B 161 158 1432.7 1533 100 7 156 .996 10.26   2.6
2018 28 POU VL 1B 158 153 1362.3 1513 91 12 140 .993 10.60   1.8
2019 29 POU VL 1B 158 154 1388.0 1507 119 18 170 .989 10.54   1.6
2020 30 POU VL 1B 157 155 1362.0 1412 98 9 137 .994 9.98   1.5
2021 31 POU VL 1B 158 154 1382.0 1370 116 10 113 .993 9.68   1.7
2022 32 POU VL 1B 159 154 1366.7 1448 122 10 125 .994 10.34   2.0
2023 33 POU VL 1B 155 154 1345.0 1387 126 11 174 .993 10.12   1.6
2024 34 POU VL 1B 158 155 1364.0 1426 105 17 177 .989 10.10   1.6
2025 35 COL VL 1B 155 148 1308.3 1443 119 11 172 .993 10.74   0.9
  1B 2367 2315 20610.6 22019 1720 178 2220 .993 10.37   26.2
  LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   2368 2315 20611.6 22020 1720 178 2220 .993 10.37   26.2
Career Highs   161 158 1432.7 1549 131 18 177 .997 10.91    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
2015-3-.613
2016-4-.587
2020-9-.535
2021-9-.557
2022-10-.524
OPS
2015-3-.969
2016-4-.969
2020-7-.914
2021-9-.919
XR
2015-3-126.1
2016-4-125.8
2020-10-113.6
2021-8-117.5
CAR-35-1481.2
Games
2013-3-160
2014-10-160
2017-3-161
2022-7-160
2024-8-160
CAR-32-2379
At-Bats
CAR-33-8898
Runs
2015-4-118
Hits
CAR-49-2398
Total Bases
2014-10-308
2015-3-370
2016-5-352
2021-9-331
CAR-31-4350
Doubles
2020-8-44
Homeruns
2014-8-39
2015-3-54
2016-4-41
2017-10-35
2019-6-35
2021-3-42
2022-6-41
CAR-16-487
RBIs
2015-8-120
2016-3-134
2019-3-125
2021-4-134
CAR-30-1513
Walks
2013-8-75
CAR-49-974
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 71    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 106)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 44    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Poughkeepsie in 2009
Had first career hit on 4/2/2011, off Stacey Martinez (UTI)
Hit first career homerun on 4/14/2011, off Brent Neu (ORO)
Drove in 6 runs against Indianapolis on 5/20/2011