Happy Birthday Alex Gonzalez and Pete Walker
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We’ve had two shortstops named Alex Gonzalez; this is the first.
This Alex was a member of the
Blue Jays from 1994 to 2001.
The Jays drafted Gonzalez in the 14th round of the 1991 amateur draft. He had the best career of any player taken in that round of that draft. He rose quickly thru the Jays minor league system and started the 1994 season as the Jay’s starting SS at the age of 21, but after 15 games, he had a .151 batting average, and the Jays gave the job to
Dick Schofield. It would have been good if the team had a bit more patience with him; Schofield was nearing the end of an ok career, but, by then, he wasn’t a guy you’d want to play short for you.