Carlos Eduardo González was born on October 17, 1985 in Maracaibo, Venezuela. He plays right field for the Oakland Athletics.

Minor Leagues
Carlos was signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks on August 3, 2002.

He made his way through the Diamondbacks' minor league system.

On December 14, 2007, González was traded along with Dana Eveland, Aaron Cunningham, Chris Carter, Brett Anderson, and Greg Smith to the Oakland Athletics for Dan Haren and Connor Robertson.

Major Leagues
On May 30, 2008, Carlos made his MLB debut against the Texas Rangers, where he got first career hit, an opposite field double down the left field line off of Texas Rangers pitcher Kevin Millwood. This was one of two doubles he hit in his major league debut. His next five major league hits were also doubles, making Carlos the first player since Hall of Famer Johnny Mize in 1936 to record the first seven hits of his career as extra base hits.

Although Carlos started out well, he cooled off precipitously, and on August 28, 2008 was optioned back down to AAA to work on his batting. However, he will undoubtedly be called back up when the rosters expand in September.