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Héctor Villanueva

Hector (Balasquide) Villanueva

Positions: Catcher, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: October 2, 1964 in Rio Piedras, P.R.
High School: Cupeyville (Rio Piedras, PR)
School: University of Alabama at Birmingham (Birmingham, AL)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 1, 1990
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Cardinals 1990-1993

Final Game: June 13, 1993
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1985	20	CHC-min	A,A-	66	226	193	22	45	7	0	1	19	0	2	27	36	.233	.335	.285	.620		55		3	2	1	0		PEO,GEN · MIDW,NYPL
1986	21	CHC-min	A	125	509	412	58	131	20	2	13	100	6	4	81	42	.318	.422	.471	.893		194		2	2	12	3		WSM · CARL
1987	22	CHC-min	AA	109	440	391	59	107	31	0	14	70	3	4	43	38	.274	.345	.460	.805		180		1	2	3	1		PFD · EL
1988	23	CHC-min	AA	127	521	436	50	137	24	3	10	75	5	4	71	58	.314	.408	.452	.860		197		4	2	8	6		PFD · EL
1989	24	CHC-min	AAA	120	480	444	46	112	25	1	12	57	1	1	32	95	.252	.303	.394	.697		175		1	1	2	2		IWA · AA
1990	25	CHC-min	AAA	52	198	177	20	47	7	1	8	34	0	1	19	36	.266	.340	.452	.792		80		1	1	0	2		IWA · AA
1990	25	CHC	NL	52	120	114	14	31	4	1	7	18	1	0	4	27	.272	.308	.509	.817	114	58	3	2	0	0	2	23
1991	26	CHC-min	AAA	6	27	25	2	9	3	0	2	9	0	0	1	6	.360	.370	.720	1.090		18	0	0	0	1	1		IWA · AA
1991	26	CHC	NL	71	214	192	23	53	10	1	13	32	0	0	21	30	.276	.346	.542	.887	143	104	3	0	0	1	1	2/3
1992	27	CHC-min	AAA	49	182	159	21	38	8	0	9	35	0	1	20	36	.239	.320	.459	.780		73	4	0	1	2	0		IWA · AA
1992	27	CHC	NL	51	123	112	9	17	6	0	2	13	0	0	11	24	.152	.228	.259	.487	36	29	5	0	0	0	2	2/3
1993	28	STL-min	AAA	40	142	124	13	30	9	0	5	20	0	0	16	18	.242	.331	.435	.766		54	5	1	0	1	1		LOU · AA
1993	28	STL	NL	17	59	55	7	8	1	0	3	9	0	0	4	17	.145	.203	.327	.531	42	18	3	0	0	0	1	2
1994	29	WSN-min	AAA	26	107	93	12	20	5	0	4	11	0	0	12	18	.215	.308	.398	.706		37	4	1	0	1	0		OTT,PUE,MCT · IL,MEX
1995	30	ATL-min	AAA	10	21	19	1	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	3	.211	.238	.421	.659		8	0	0	0	1	0		RMD,MCT · IL,MEX
1996	31	MVA	AAA																										MVA · MEX
1997	32	QRO	AAA																										QRO · MEX
1998	33	DLA	AAA																										DLA · MEX
1999	34	YUC,OAX	AAA																										YUC,OAX · MEX
2001	36	PUE,CDB	AAA	90	362	289	35	77	16	0	9	46	0	1	67	45	.266	.401	.415	.816		120	12	1	0	5	8		PUE,CDB · MEX
4 Yrs				191	516	473	53	109	21	2	25	72	1	0	40	98	.230	.293	.442	.734	99	209	14	2	0	1	6
162 Game Avg.				162	438	401	45	92	18	2	21	61	1	0	34	83	.230	.293	.442	.734	99	177	12	2	0	1	5

CHC (3 yrs)				174	457	418	46	101	20	2	22	63	1	0	36	81	.242	.304	.457	.761	107	191	11	2	0	1	5
STL (1 yr)				17	59	55	7	8	1	0	3	9	0	0	4	17	.145	.203	.327	.531	42	18	3	0	0	0	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1990	25	CHC	NL	52	120	2	-1	-1	0	0	0	0.1	3	4	0.4	.501	.500	0.4	0.1	4	$100,000	23
1991	26	CHC	NL	71	214	13	-0	0	-2	2	14	1.5	6	20	2.1	.521	.509	2.2	0.1	21	$120,000	2/3
1992	27	CHC	NL	51	123	-9	-0	-1	-1	1	-10	-1.1	3	-6	-0.8	.477	.493	-0.8	0.1	-6	$200,000	2/3
1993	28	STL	NL	17	59	-5	0	-0	0	1	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.3	.471	.497	-0.3	0.1	-3	$225,000	2
4 Seasons				191	516	0	-1	-2	-2	5	-0	-0.0	14	14	1.4	.499	.500	1.5	0.4	16	$645,000

CHC (3 yrs)				174	457	6	-2	-1	-2	4	4	0.4	13	17	1.7	.502	.501	1.8	0.3	19	$420,000
STL (1 yr)				17	59	-5	0	-0	0	1	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.3	.471	.497	-0.3	0.1	-3	$225,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1990	25	CHC	NL	120	86	17	5.3	104	.300	.272	.273	.308	.341	.509	.411	.817	.751	114	.584	1.3	0.1	.756	.281	.237	1.8
1991	26	CHC	NL	214	143	36	6.8	97	.267	.276	.262	.346	.330	.542	.393	.887	.723	143	.706	10.3	1.0	.880	.375	.266	.0
1992	27	CHC	NL	123	100	6	1.6	95	.174	.152	.262	.228	.329	.259	.386	.487	.715	36	.153	-9.8	-1.0	.400	.205	.107	.0
1993	28	STL	NL	59	50	3	1.6	101	.143	.145	.267	.203	.332	.327	.407	.531	.740	42	.126	-5.0	-0.5	.440	.255	.182	.0
4 Yrs				516	379	62	4.4	99	.239	.230	.266	.293	.333	.442	.397	.734	.730	99	.513	-3.2	-0.3	.667	.298	.211	1.9
162 Game Avg.				438	321	53	4.4	99	.239	.230	.266	.293	.333	.442	.397	.734	.730	99	.513	-3.2	-0.3	.667	.298	.211	2

CHC (3 yrs)				457	329	59	4.8	98	.250	.242	.265	.304	.333	.457	.396	.761	.729	107	.560	1.8	0.2	.701	.304	.215	1.9
STL (1 yr)				59	50	3	1.6	101	.143	.145	.267	.203	.332	.327	.407	.531	.740	42	.126	-5.0	-0.5	.440	.255	.182	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1990	25	CHC	NL	120	5.8%	22.5%	3.3%	10.0%	39%	6.75	4.2	16.3	6.3	0.74	1.19	67%	21%	18.4%	24%
1991	26	CHC	NL	214	6.1%	14.0%	9.8%	11.2%	45%	1.43	6.4	14.8	6.0	0.57	0.73	70%	21%	15.3%	18%
1992	27	CHC	NL	123	1.6%	19.5%	8.9%	6.5%	47%	2.18	4.7	56.0	8.6	0.76	1.00	70%	18%	6.5%	38%
1993	28	STL	NL	59	5.1%	28.8%	6.8%	6.8%	50%	4.25	3.2	18.3	6.1	0.65	1.06	59%	24%	14.3%	9%
4 Yrs				516	4.8%	19.0%	7.8%	9.3%	44%	2.45	4.8	18.9	6.6	0.66	0.92	68%	20%	14.3%	23%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.0%	8.6%	6.8%	29%	1.73	5.9	42.4	8.4	0.80	1.05	73%	21%	6.1%	17%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1990	25	CHC	NL	1.3	0.1	122	0.2	2.5	-2.3	.95	-0.2	0.4	2.0	0.2	0.99	2.3	2.12	18
1991	26	CHC	NL	10.3	1.0	215	0.9	4.4	-3.6	.98	1.8	-0.9	11.3	1.1	0.91	19.4	1.59	13
1992	27	CHC	NL	-9.6	-1.0	123	-1.4	1.8	-3.3	1.34	-1.1	0.1	-10.3	-1.1	1.02	-10.9	2.62	16
1993	28	STL	NL	-5.0	-0.5	59	-0.7	0.6	-1.3	1.01	-0.4	-0.3	-3.6	-0.4	0.98	-4.5		0
4 Yrs				-3.1	-0.3	519	-1.1	9.3	-10.4	1.06	0.1	-1.1	-0.5	-0.1	0.96	6.3	2.14	47

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1990	25	CHC	NL	1	23%	30	1	100%	1	2	2	17%	4	4	0	0	2	1	1
1991	26	CHC	NL	6	16%	75	0		0	2	3	0%	5	5	2	2	2	2	0
1992	27	CHC	NL	1	27%	27	0		0	0	1	25%	5	5	0	0	3	1	2
1993	28	STL	NL	0	44%	15	0		0	1	0	20%	2	2	0	0	3	1	1
4 Yrs				8	22%	147	1	100%	1	5	6	14%	16	16	2	2	10	5	4

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1990	25	CHC	NL	120	55%	31	2	0	18	3	1	2	2.12	7	0	5	1	6	2	5	0	0	0		23	3	13%	9	1	11%	76	12	16%	6	0	0%	5	3	60%	0
1991	26	CHC	NL	214	55%	53	14	0	13	3	0	1	1.59	13	0	2	7	6	11	2	0	0	0		39	3	8%	17	5	29%	120	20	17%	6	4	67%	6	4	67%	0
1992	27	CHC	NL	123	41%	17	6	0	16	4	0	2	2.62	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		30	5	17%	11	0	0%	88	11	13%	9	3	33%	2	0	0%	0
1993	28	STL	NL	59	20%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0		12	3	25%	7	2	29%	36	6	17%	1	1	100%	3	2	67%	0
4 Yrs				516	48%	109	22	0	47	10	1	5	2.14	25	0	10	11	14	17	8	0	0	0		104	14	13%	44	8	18%	320	49	15%	22	8	36%	16	9	56%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			73%			10%			36%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1990	25	CHC	NL	114	430	3.77	285	66%	24%	21%	26%	28%	75%	4%	50%	72%	42%	6%	7	1	12%	14	3	7%	8	7	23%	6	0	2
1991	26	CHC	NL	215	808	3.76	471	58%	24%	17%	24%	35%	76%	1%	44%	77%	28%	8%	17	1	20%	42	20	9%	19	12	23%	-1	0	0
1992	27	CHC	NL	123	470	3.82	291	62%	32%	15%	23%	30%	68%	3%	42%	78%	28%	7%	9	0	18%	22	6	11%	13	5	42%	0	0	0
1993	28	STL	NL	59	250	4.24	162	65%	28%	18%	30%	23%	72%	1%	46%	74%	34%	5%	3	0	12%	7	2	5%	3	3	29%	0	0	1
4 Yrs				511	1958	3.83	1209	62%	26%	18%	25%	31%	73%	2%	45%	76%	32%	7%	36	2	17%	85	31	8%	43	27	29%	5	0	3
MLB Averages						3.64		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF	IBB
1990	25	52	120	114	14	31	4	1	7	18	1	4	27	.272	.308	.509	.817	114	58	3	2	0	2
1991	26	123	334	306	37	84	14	2	20	50	1	25	57	.275	.332	.529	.862	132	162	6	2	1	3
1992	27	174	457	418	46	101	20	2	22	63	1	36	81	.242	.304	.457	.761	107	191	11	2	1	5
1993	28	191	516	473	53	109	21	2	25	72	1	40	98	.230	.293	.442	.734	99	209	14	2	1	6

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1990	25	52	120	114	14	31	4	1	7	18	1	4	27	.272	.308	.509	.817	17	52
1991	26	71	215	193	24	54	10	1	13	33	0	21	30	.280	.349	.544	.893	37	71
1992	27	51	125	113	10	18	6	0	2	14	0	12	24	.159	.240	.265	.505	7	51
1993	28	17	59	55	8	8	1	0	3	10	0	4	17	.145	.203	.327	.531	4	17
4 Yrs		191	519	475	56	111	21	2	25	75	1	41	98	.234	.297	.444	.741	65	191
162 Game Avg.		162	440	403	47	94	18	2	21	64	1	35	83	.234	.297	.444	.741	55	191

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