Carlos Eduardo González (born October 17, 1985), nicknamed "CarGo", is a Venezuelan former professional baseball outfielder.

Born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, González signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks as an international free agent on August 3, 2002.

González mainly played for the High Single-A Lancaster JetHawks in 2006, but also spent some time with the Double-A Tennessee Smokies.

Baseball America rated González as a High Class-A All-Star, and he received the same honor from Topps.

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

On November 12, 2008, González was traded with Huston Street and Greg Smith to the Colorado Rockies for Matt Holliday.

After a series of injuries to the Rockies outfield, González was called up and started slowly, but eventually began to produce, proving himself as a nice combination of power and speed atop the lineup.

On July 31, 2010, in a game against the Chicago Cubs, González hit for the cycle, including a walk-off home run on the first pitch in the bottom of the 9th inning.

[5] He became the first player since Dwight Evans of the Boston Red Sox in 1984 to hit a walk-off home run for the cycle, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

"[6][7] Only four other players in major league baseball history had completed a cycle with a game-ending homer: Ken Boyer (1961),[8] César Tovar (1972),[7] George Brett (1979),[9] Dwight Evans (1984).

[11][12] However, González fell short on home runs and narrowly missed having the most RBI, but did manage to win the NL batting title in 2010 with a .336 average.

On May 21, 2012, he became the 22nd player in MLB history to hit a home run in four consecutive at-bats, doing this during a two-game span against the Houston Astros.

On June 5, 2013, he hit 3 home runs against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park in a 12–4 victory.

González won a Silver Slugger Award in right field for the 2015 season after hitting 40 home runs, second most in the National League.

González signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians on March 19, 2019; the deal included a non-roster invitation to spring training.

With one out and the bases loaded in the seventh inning, González made a highlight-reel game-saving diving catch.