Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez led the National League in slugging percentage and OPS on May 1. (Scott Varley/Staff photographer)

This is Part 16 of a series in which every member of the 2015 Dodgers has his season juxtaposed with an episode of the greatest sitcom of all-time. Don’t take it too seriously.

Adrian Gonzalez, 1B.

Key stats: .275/.350/.480 slash line, 28 home runs, 33 doubles, 90 RBIs in 156 games.

Seinfeld episode: “The Wink” (season 7, episode 4).

Key quote: “That’s ridiculous. I’m not a home run hitter.”

Adrian Gonzalez spent much of April insisting he wasn’t a home run hitter, over and over until he was practically blue in the face. Not that there’s anything wrong with that — wait, we’ll save that episode for someone else — but Gonzalez’s binge of eight home runs in the first 21 games of the season put him on an unrealistic pace for 62 in one year. By the end of the month, he was leading the National League in slugging percentage and OPS. He’s not that good, at least not at age 33, and he knew it.

Gonzalez’s season followed a different trajectory, and that was OK.

From May 1 onward, Gonzalez posted a .257/.338/.429 slash line. He never missed a game due to injury and provided Gold Glove-caliber defense at first base (though Paul Goldschmidt won the official award). He wound up getting a ninth- and 10th-place vote on separate MVP ballots. He had a decent NLDS. Gonzalez’s final total of 28 home runs led the Dodgers and ranked eighth in the National League — not bad for a guy who doesn’t hit home runs.

That might not be worth $21.9 million, but it has plenty of value. Think Tino Martinez during the last New York Yankees dynasty. Surround him with the right talent, and you might have a pretty good lineup.

Speaking of the last Yankees dynasty, a few of them made cameos on Seinfeld. Like Paul O’Neill:

In the fictitious game, O’Neill settled for a home run over the fence and an inside-the-park home run that was ruled a triple and an error. We’d love to see Gonzalez leg one of those out. Dying wish, anyone?

While fans are more likely to remember Gonzalez’s three-homer game against the San Diego Padres in the third game of the season, the Dodgers’ front office ought to remember the May-through-September version as it plans its 2016 roster. That may be a more accurate glimpse into the final three years of Gonzalez’s contract.