Juan Gonzalez, who won two American League Most Valuable Player awards during his time with the Texas Rangers, quietly has returned to the game.

Gonzalez, shown above, has joined the Superior League in Puerto Rico as manager of his hometown Vega Baja Melao Melao Alligators. It is a semi-pro league that consists of 42 teams, with all games played on weekends. Gonzalez played in the league in 2010.

Gonzalez, 46, has kept a low profile since his major-league career ended with one at-bat for Cleveland in 2005. He went to spring training with St. Louis in 2008 as a non-roster player, but a persistent abdominal injury ended his comeback try.

Gonzalez has been estranged from the Rangers. He did not appear when the club inducted him into its Hall of Fame last summer.

Gonzalez played 13 seasons during two stays with the Rangers. He is the franchise leader in homers with 372 and RBIs with 1,180. He won the MVPs in 1996 and '98.

Gonzalez lasted only two years on the Hall of Fame ballot. Gonzalez came off the ballot after the 2012 election, when he received 4.0 percent of the vote from members of the Baseball Writers Association of America.