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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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1990 CHC NL 25 C 23 17 10 142.1 115 108 6 1 2 .991 0 0 7.21 4.96 .987 6.65 6.61 4 7 2 3 60% 29% 0
1990 CHC NL 25 1B 14 10 5 76.0 67 62 4 1 4 .985 0 0 7.82 4.71 .992 9.59 9.53
1991 CHC NL 26 C 55 51 25 400.0 291 259 26 6 2 .979 -2 -6 6.41 5.18 .988 6.78 6.75 4 13 42 16 28% 33% 0
1991 CHC NL 26 1B 6 1 0 19.0 18 17 1 0 2 1.000 0 19 8.53 3.00 .992 9.81 9.75
1992 CHC NL 27 C 28 26 19 222.0 179 155 20 4 1 .978 -1 -5 7.09 6.25 .991 6.67 6.67 3 12 21 11 34% 32% 1
1992 CHC NL 27 1B 6 2 2 23.0 30 26 4 0 3 1.000 0 21 11.74 5.00 .993 9.74 9.77
1993 STL NL 28 C 17 16 13 143.1 89 86 3 0 0 1.000 0 0 5.59 5.24 .989 6.74 6.69 1 0 17 5 23% 32% 0
4 Seasons C 123 110 67 907.2 674 608 55 11 5 .984 -3 -4 6.57 5.39 .989 6.72 6.70 12 32 82 35 30% 32% 1
3 Seasons 1B 26 13 7 118.0 115 105 9 1 9 .991 1 7 8.69 4.38 .992 9.66 9.63
4 Seasons TOT 149 123 74 1025.2 789 713 64 12 14 .985 -2 -3 6.82 5.21 .989 7.06 7.21 12 32 82 35 30% 32% 1
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1990 CHC NL 25 C 0 0 0
1990 CHC NL 25 1B 0 0 0 -0 0 0
1991 CHC NL 26 C -2 -6 -2
1991 CHC NL 26 1B 0 19 0 0 0 0
1992 CHC NL 27 C -1 -5 -1
1992 CHC NL 27 1B 0 21 0 0 0 0
1993 STL NL 28 C 0 0 0
4 Seasons C -3 -4 -3
3 Seasons 1B 1 7 1 0 1 0
4 Seasons TOT -2 -3 1 0 1 0 -3

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1990 CHC NL 25 52 27 52 36 0 23 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1991 CHC NL 26 71 52 71 57 0 55 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1992 CHC NL 27 51 28 51 33 0 28 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1993 STL NL 28 17 16 17 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 191 123 191 143 0 123 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1990 CHC NL 25 625 4.24 4.74 4 100% 0 0 109 4 2 3 100 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0
1991 CHC NL 26 1696 3.47 4.14 15 93% 0 0 259 9 3 5 242 26 6 0 0 4 6 0 1 5 0 2 0 1 1 6 100%
1992 CHC NL 27 907 2.64 3.16 8 100% 2 1 155 3 0 2 150 20 4 0 0 4 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 100%
1993 STL NL 28 578 2.70 3.01 3 100% 0 0 86 3 0 1 82 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 3806 3.26 3.82 30 97% 2 1 609 19 5 11 574 55 11 0 0 10 11 0 3 8 0 5 0 2 2 9 100%
MLB Averages 3.92 4.35 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1990 CHC NL 25 4 7 231 2 3 2 60% 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 4 2.12 0.86
1991 CHC NL 26 4 13 599 42 16 13 28% 37 15 5 1 0 0 0 0 68 19 1.43 1.50
1992 CHC NL 27 3 12 304 21 11 10 34% 18 9 3 2 0 0 1 0 48 12 1.32 1.22
1993 STL NL 28 1 0 180 17 5 2 23% 16 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 5 1.21 1.36
4 Seasons 12 32 1314 82 35 27 30% 72 32 10 3 0 0 1 0 159 40 1.37 1.34
MLB Averages 33% 1.31 1.29

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1990 CHC NL 25 349 50% 80% 28% 14 93% 0 63 4 59 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0
1991 CHC NL 26 82 46% 77% 30% 3 100% 0 17 0 17 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1992 CHC NL 27 94 35% 85% 39% 6 100% 0 26 1 25 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 525 46% 81% 30% 23 96% 0 106 5 101 0 9 9 6 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 9 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 1 0
MLB Averages 58% 80% 33% 92% 87%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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