Paul Gonzalez (born April 22, 1969) is an American baseball executive and former professional player. Currently the general manager of the Brisbane Bandits, he played professional baseball in the United States, Japan, Italy and Australia, and won a silver medal with the Australia national baseball team at the

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Playing career

A native of Fort Worth, Texas, Gonzalez attended Texas Christian University. In 1989, he played

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with the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox of the

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and was named a league all-star. Gonzalez was picked up in the amateur draft by the San Diego Padres and played for a variety of

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teams including the High Desert Mavericks, Wichita Wranglers, Las Vegas Stars,

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, Abilene Prairie Dogs and the

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. Gonzalez played in the Australian Baseball League and the International Baseball League of Australia for the Brisbane Bandits from until and Melbourne Monarchs in the 1998–1999 season. In total he made 227 appearances, boasting 48

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and 168

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's, giving him a batting average of .304 and slugging .567. In Gonzalez led the Claxton Shield and

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batting with an average of .476 and slugging .857. By , he played for Orix BlueWave in Japan. In , he was part of the Australian Olympic baseball team, who achieved a Silver Medal in the baseball tournament at the Athens Olympics.

References

1969 births Living people American expatriate baseball players in Japan American expatriate baseball players in Taiwan Australian expatriate baseball players in Japan Australian expatriate baseball players in Taiwan Baseball players from Fort Worth, Texas Baseball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Birmingham Barons players High Desert Mavericks players Las Vegas Stars (baseball) players Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic baseball players for Australia Olympic medalists in baseball Olympic silver medalists for Australia Orix BlueWave players Prince William Cannons players Spokane Indians players Wichita Wranglers players Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox players {{Australia-Olympic-medalist-stub