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2025 Baseball Roster

27 Orlando Gonzalez

  • Position Infield
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chitre, Panama
  • Highschool Crespo

Biography

All-MIAA senior infielder and gold glove selection aimed at finishing his career with another standout season ... Dominant glove at shortstop that adds security for the UCO pitching staff ... Talented athlete that can make plays all over the field ... Will be a steady force in the lineup that can do a lot with the bat in his hands ... Knows how to put the ball in play and move runners around the bases ... Has a power threat with the bat too ... Transferred to UCO from Coffeyville Community College in Kansas.

2024: Played in 52 of 53 games and started all of them for the Bronchos in his second season in the program ... Earned Third Team All-MIAA honors and was the shortstop picked for the MIAA Gold Glove Team ... Outstanding defender that boasted a .973 fielding percentage with six errors in well over 200 chances ... Credited with 147 assists and 70 putouts ... Turned 33 double plays ... Hit .266 at the plate with 49 hits in 184 at bats ... Scattered 11 doubles, five home runs, and two triples ... Scored 37 runs and belted 29 RBIs ... Also stole 13 bases on 18 attempts ... Drew 16 walks and was hit by a pitch nine times ... Finished the season with a .266/.429/.354 slash line ... Recorded at least one hit in 32 games and had multiple hits in a game 13 times ... Season-high four hits against Newman in March ... Had three hits in a game against Emporia State and Missouri Southern ... Scored career-high four runs in win over East Central in February ... Also had a season-high four RBIs in another game against East Central ... Named to MIAA Honor Roll.

2023: Played in all 51 games and stared every one of them in his first season at Central Oklahoma … Was the only member of the team to appear in every game … Had a .278 batting average, a .469 slugging percentage, and a .354 on-base percentage … Scattered 54 hits, including nine doubles, a team-high five triples, and six home runs … Scored 41 runs on the season and batted in 23 more runs … Stole eight bases … Had a .936 fielding percentage with 76 putouts and 128 assists from the middle infield … Had hit streaks of five, six, and seven during the season … Season-high four hits in 4-for-4 day at Emporia April 29 … Scored season-high three runs that day and also did it against Newman in March … Hit a double in eight games with a season-high two against Missouri Western in February … Had five games with a triple and six games with a homer … Batted a season-high four RBIs in win at Oklahoma Christian in April … Had three RBIs against Newman in March … Had three more multiple RBI games … Named to MIAA Honor Roll following the season.

JUCO: Played in almost 100 games in two seasons at Coffeyville and was a standout player both years ... Played in 45 games as a freshman ... Had 39 hits, 24 RBIs and scored 37 runs ... Belted 11 doubles and four home runs ... Also stole 10 bases ... Played in 52 games as a sophomore ... Had 60 hits, 37 RBIs and scored 48 runs ... Had 11 doubles again, four triples, and hit seven homers ... Also stole 14 bases. 

High School: Prep standout at Jose Daniel Crespo Chitre in Panama ... Also played for Panamanian Youth National Teams (U-12, U-15, U-18).

Personal: Business major ... Names the Kansas City Royals his favorite sports team ... Birthdate is July 1, 2001. 

Statistics

Season:
2025

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 27

    2023Sophomore

    Infield
    6'0" 180 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2024Junior

    Infield
    6'0" 180 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2025Senior

    Infield
    6'0" 180 lbs
    27
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