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Marco Elias Gonzales (born February 16, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He attended Gonzaga University, where he played college baseball for the Bulldogs as a pitcher and first baseman. The Cardinals selected him with the 19th overall pick in the first round of the June 2013 MLB Draft, and he made his MLB debut one year later against the Colorado Rockies. At Gonzaga, he won West Coast Conference Player of the Year, Pitcher of the Year, and Freshman of the Year awards. Gonzales also was chosen as an ''All-American'' and named the John Olerud Award winner for 2013. In Minor League Baseball in 2014, he was a Texas League midseason All-Star and Pitcher of the Week selection and the Cardinals' Minor League Pitcher of the Year. ==Amateur career== Gonzales attended Rocky Mountain High School in Fort Collins, Colorado. He lettered in baseball in all four years.〔 In his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons, he was named All-Colorado and All-Front Range. As a senior, he was named the Colorado High School Baseball Player of the Year after compiling an 11–0 won–loss record (W–L) with a 2.20 earned run average (ERA) and 87 strikeouts (SO) in 54 innings pitched (IP). He also batted .486 with seven home runs and 36 runs batted in (RBI).〔 He started the Class 5A state championship game for Rocky Mountain in all four years of his high school career, winning all four.〔〔 The Colorado Rockies selected Gonzales in the 29th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft. As the Rockies did not make a significant offer and advised him to attend college, Gonzales opted not to sign. Instead, he enrolled at Gonzaga University to play college baseball for the Bulldogs.〔 That summer, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Wenatchee AppleSox of the West Coast League.〔 〕 As a freshman at Gonzaga, Gonzales finished with an 11–2 W–L and 2.57 ERA, and was named West Coast Conference (WCC) co-Player of the Year and co-Freshman of the Year, along with Kris Bryant.〔 As a sophomore, he had an 8–2 W–L and a 1.55 ERA, and was named WCC Pitcher of the Year and an All-American.〔〔 That summer, he played for the United States national collegiate baseball team in tournaments in Cuba and the Netherlands, being named most valuable player of the Netherlands tournament. In 2013, his junior year, he pitched a 7–3 record with a 2.80 ERA, and led the team in hitting with a .311 average, two home runs and 26 RBI, earning him Co-West Coast Conference Player of the Year honors.〔 Gonzales was named a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award. In 2013, he won the John Olerud Award, awarded annually by the College Baseball Foundation to the best two-way player of the season. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marco Gonzales」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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