Hector Villanueva
Hector (Balasquide) Villanueva
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
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 1, 1990
Final Game: June 13, 1993
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1990 CHC NL 25 C 23 17 142.1 115 108 6 1 2 .991 0.0 0.0 0 7.21 4.96 .987 6.65 5.44 4 7 2 3 60%
1990 CHC NL 25 1B 14 10 76.0 67 62 4 1 4 .985 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0 7.82 4.71 .993 9.59 7.88
1991 CHC NL 26 C 55 51 400.0 291 259 26 6 2 .979 -2.0 -6.0 -2 6.41 5.18 .988 6.78 5.59 4 13 42 16 28%
1991 CHC NL 26 1B 6 1 19.0 18 17 1 0 2 1.000 0.3 18.9 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 8.53 3.00 .994 9.81 8.43
1992 CHC NL 27 C 28 26 222.0 179 155 20 4 1 .978 -1.0 -5.4 -1 7.09 6.25 .991 6.67 5.68 3 12 21 11 34%
1992 CHC NL 27 1B 6 2 23.0 30 26 4 0 3 1.000 0.4 20.9 0.4 0.2 0.2 0 11.74 5.00 .993 9.74 8.38
1993 STL NL 28 C 17 16 143.1 89 86 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.59 5.24 .989 6.74 5.75 1 0 17 5 23%
4 Seasons C 123 110 907.2 674 608 55 11 5 .984 -3.0 -4.0 -3 6.57 5.39 .989 6.72 5.60 12 32 82 35 30%
3 Seasons 1B 26 13 118.0 115 105 9 1 9 .991 0.7 7.1 0.7 0.5 0.2 0 8.69 4.38 .993 9.66 8.12
4 Seasons TOT 149 123 1025.2 789 713 64 12 14 .985 -2.3 -2.7 0.7 0.5 0.2 0 -3 6.82 5.21 .974 7.06 6.04 12 32 82 35 30%

Appearances

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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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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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 25 644 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 1775 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 27 951 2.59 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 28 604 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 3974 3.25 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*

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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 2.06 0.88
1991 CHC NL 26 4 13 599 42 16 13 28% 37 15 5 1 0 0 0 0 68 19 1.45 1.50
1992 CHC NL 27 3 12 304 21 11 10 34% 18 9 3 2 0 0 1 0 48 12 1.33 1.27
1993 STL NL 28 1 0 180 17 5 2 23% 16 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 5 1.21 1.39
4 Seasons 12 32 1314 82 35 27 30% 72 32 10 3 0 0 1 0 159 40 1.39 1.36
MLB Averages 33% 1.31 1.28

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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 25 361 48% 78% 27% 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 85 45% 74% 29% 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 95 35% 84% 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 541 45% 78% 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 56% 77% 32% 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 1954 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.

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