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
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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

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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
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	37	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	41	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 · IL
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 · IL
2001	36	-min	AAA	90	362	289	35	77	16	0	9	46	0	1	67	45	.266	.401	.415	.816		120	12	1	0	5	8	CDB,PUE · MEX
4 Seasons				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	41	18	3	0	0	0	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1990	25	CHC	NL	120	2	-1	0	-1	0	0	3	3	0.4	3	0.3	0.1	$100,000	23
1991	26	CHC	NL	214	10	0	2	0	-2	3	6	19	2.1	21	2.3	-0.2	$120,000	2/3
1992	27	CHC	NL	123	-10	0	0	-1	-1	1	4	-7	-0.9	-6	-0.7	-0.2	$200,000	2/3
1993	28	STL	NL	59	-6	0	0	0	0	1	2	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$225,000	2
4 Seasons				516	-4	-1	2	-2	-2	5	15	12	1.2	15	1.6	-0.4	$645,000

CHC (3 yrs)				457	2	-1	2	-2	-2	4	13	15	1.6	18	1.9	-0.3	$420,000
STL (1 yr)				59	-6	0	0	0	0	1	2	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$225,000

Standard Fielding

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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%	PO
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%	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%	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%	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%	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%	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%	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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

March 26, 1985: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.
November 9, 1992: Released by the Chicago Cubs.
December 8, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
August 8, 1993: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1990	25	Chicago Cubs	$100,000	11/21/90 NYT
1991	26	Chicago Cubs	$120,000	USA Today survey
1992	27	Chicago Cubs	$200,000	4/2/92 USA Today
1993	28	St. Louis Cardinals	$225,000	USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$645,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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