Oscar Villarreal
Oscar Eduardo Villarreal
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 177 lb.

Born: November 22, 1981 in Nuevo San Nicolas de los Garza, 19, Mexico
High School: Preparatoria #16 (Nuevo Leon, MX)
Signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks as an amateur free agent in 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: March 31, 2003
Final Game: July 1, 2008
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2003 21 ARI NL 10 7 .588 2.57 86 1 14 0 0 0 98.0 80 40 28 6 46 10 80 3 2 3 422 182 1.286 7.3 0.6 4.2 7.3 1.74
2004 22 ARI NL 0 2 .000 7.00 17 0 4 0 0 0 18.0 25 14 14 3 7 1 17 1 0 5 84 66 1.778 12.5 1.5 3.5 8.5 2.43
2005 23 ARI NL 2 0 1.000 5.27 11 0 0 0 0 0 13.2 11 8 8 2 6 2 5 1 0 0 57 84 1.244 7.2 1.3 4.0 3.3 0.83
2006 24 ATL NL 9 1 .900 3.61 58 4 11 0 0 0 92.1 93 41 37 13 27 3 55 5 0 4 397 123 1.300 9.1 1.3 2.6 5.4 2.04
2007 25 ATL NL 2 2 .500 4.24 51 0 11 0 0 1 76.1 75 40 36 6 32 8 58 4 0 6 336 102 1.402 8.8 0.7 3.8 6.8 1.81
2008 26 HOU NL 1 3 .250 5.02 35 0 13 0 0 0 37.2 42 25 21 12 17 0 21 2 0 2 168 84 1.566 10.0 2.9 4.1 5.0 1.24
6 Seasons 24 15 .615 3.86 258 5 53 0 0 1 336.0 326 168 144 42 135 24 236 16 2 20 1464 116 1.372 8.7 1.1 3.6 6.3 1.75
162 Game Avg. 6 4 .615 3.86 67 1 14 0 0 0 87 84 43 37 11 35 6 61 4 1 5 379 116 1.372 8.7 1.1 3.6 6.3 1.75
ARI (3 yrs) 12 9 .571 3.47 114 1 18 0 0 0 129.2 116 62 50 11 59 13 102 5 2 8 563 134 1.350 8.1 0.8 4.1 7.1 1.73
ATL (2 yrs) 11 3 .786 3.90 109 4 22 0 0 1 168.2 168 81 73 19 59 11 113 9 0 10 733 113 1.346 9.0 1.0 3.1 6.0 1.92
HOU (1 yr) 1 3 .250 5.02 35 0 13 0 0 0 37.2 42 25 21 12 17 0 21 2 0 2 168 84 1.566 10.0 2.9 4.1 5.0 1.24

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 21 ARI NL 86 422 361 40 80 14 0 6 3 2 46 80 .222 .312 .310 .623 .266 112 9 3 9 3 10
2004 22 ARI NL 17 84 73 14 25 7 1 3 0 0 7 17 .342 .407 .589 .996 .415 43 3 1 3 0 1
2005 23 ARI NL 11 57 47 8 11 2 0 2 1 0 6 5 .234 .327 .404 .732 .220 19 2 1 2 1 2
2006 24 ATL NL 58 397 356 41 93 18 2 13 4 1 27 55 .261 .319 .433 .751 .274 154 8 5 5 4 3
2007 25 ATL NL 51 336 288 40 75 15 2 6 3 0 32 58 .260 .333 .389 .722 .296 112 4 4 3 9 8
2008 26 HOU NL 35 168 147 25 42 2 3 12 2 1 17 21 .286 .365 .585 .950 .261 86 5 2 1 1 0
6 Seasons 258 1464 1272 168 326 58 8 42 13 4 135 236 .256 .331 .414 .745 .281 526 31 16 23 18 24
162 Game Avg. 67 379 329 43 84 15 2 11 3 1 35 61 .256 .331 .414 .745 .281 136 8 4 6 5 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2003 21 ARI NL 86 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 42 42 42 28 9 1 0 3.0 0.0 3.0 69 1 0 0 0 69
2006 24 ATL NL 58 4 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 .750 0 3 0 0 0 0% 50 68 34 14 1 0 1 6.4 3.4 4.5 69 3 1 0 0 82
2 Seasons 144 5 1 0 4 1 0 3 2 .600 0 4 0 0 0 0% 48 68 34 42 10 1 1 5.7 2.8 4.2 69 4 1 0 0 82
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2003 21 ARI NL 86 85 14 10 7 4 0 4 0% 14 10 45 14 31% 7 1.117 33 17 35 24 22 39 26 59 26 26 33 27 3.4 18
2004 22 ARI NL 17 17 4 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 14 9 64% 8 1.488 9 3 5 5 5 7 7 10 5 6 6 6 3.2 18
2005 23 ARI NL 11 11 0 2 0 2 0 2 0% 4 2 11 3 27% 7 1.332 5 2 4 4 1 6 5 6 4 2 5 4 3.7 17
2006 24 ATL NL 58 54 11 8 1 4 0 4 0% 6 2 26 11 42% 8 0.831 12 12 30 17 8 29 18 36 23 10 24 10 4.1 20
2007 25 ATL NL 51 51 11 2 2 2 1 1 50% 4 2 33 14 42% 4 0.792 16 6 27 12 10 29 17 34 26 6 27 10 4.5 23
2008 26 HOU NL 35 35 13 1 3 1 0 1 0% 4 2 11 1 9% 6 0.468 5 6 22 8 5 22 8 27 10 8 10 9 3.2 17
6 Seasons 258 253 53 23 15 13 1 12 8% 35 20 140 52 37% 0.920 80 46 123 70 51 132 81 172 94 58 105 66 3.7 19

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2003 21 ARI NL 422 38% 1.4% 19.0% 10.9% 4.7% 25% 0.87 1.15 66% 17% 4.7% 13% 81 9 11%
2004 22 ARI NL 84 38% 3.6% 20.2% 8.3% 13.1% 44% 0.40 1.06 63% 31% 8.6% 13% 14 3 21%
2005 23 ARI NL 57 60% 3.5% 8.8% 10.5% 7.0% 36% 0.45 0.89 72% 24% 8.0% 14% 16 2 13%
2006 24 ATL NL 397 47% 3.3% 13.9% 6.8% 8.3% 36% 0.88 1.19 74% 18% 8.7% 7% 72 8 11%
2007 25 ATL NL 336 44% 1.8% 17.3% 9.5% 6.9% 31% 0.84 1.22 69% 17% 5.2% 10% 72 4 6%
2008 26 HOU NL 168 40% 7.1% 12.5% 10.1% 10.1% 41% 0.72 1.12 68% 18% 18.8% 14% 34 5 15%
6 Seasons 1464 43% 2.9% 16.1% 9.2% 7.4% 33% 0.79 1.15 69% 18% 8.1% 11% 289 31 11%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2003 21 ARI NL 422 1559 3.69 928 60% 27% 18% 23% 32% 73% 5% 43% 75% 52% 8% 33 14 19% 79 46 2 19% 14 9 0 0 0
2004 22 ARI NL 84 301 3.58 183 61% 26% 19% 22% 32% 74% 3% 45% 74% 51% 5% 4 1 21% 18 11 0 12% 5 2 0 0 0
2005 23 ARI NL 57 186 3.26 107 58% 21% 9% 27% 42% 79% 10% 45% 88% 58% 9% 5 3 11% 6 3 0 20% 1 0 0 0 0
2006 24 ATL NL 397 1370 3.45 861 63% 28% 13% 23% 36% 72% 2% 46% 82% 60% 6% 22 16 19% 77 52 10 24% 12 3 0 0 0
2007 25 ATL NL 336 1177 3.50 720 61% 25% 17% 25% 34% 75% 5% 46% 78% 57% 7% 22 10 20% 68 39 5 28% 12 4 0 0 0
2008 26 HOU NL 168 611 3.64 367 60% 26% 14% 25% 35% 74% 0% 45% 81% 58% 5% 8 5 17% 28 13 0 24% 3 3 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1464 5204 3.55 3166 61% 26% 16% 24% 34% 74% 4% 45% 79% 56% 6% 94 49 19% 276 164 17 22% 47 21 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2003 21 ARI NL 422 80 14 2 6 0 14 2 4 2 4 17 9 5 53% 10 3 1 172 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
2004 22 ARI NL 84 25 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 1 2 5 5 0 100% 0 5 1 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2005 23 ARI NL 57 11 1 1 2 0 6 1 1 2 0 7 2 0 29% 1 0 0 21 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 24 ATL NL 397 93 11 1 13 0 10 5 8 6 7 19 11 0 58% 6 4 0 150 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
2007 25 ATL NL 336 75 1 1 6 0 11 2 4 3 3 31 19 2 61% 3 6 1 140 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
2008 26 HOU NL 168 42 5 0 12 0 3 6 6 5 7 11 6 2 55% 1 2 1 56 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Seasons 1464 326 33 5 42 0 45 19 23 19 23 90 52 9 58% 21 20 4 576 13 4 76% 10 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 53 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2003 21 10 7 .588 2.57 86 1 14 0 0 0 98.0 80 40 28 6 46 10 80 3 2 3 422 182 1.286 7.3 0.6 4.2 7.3 1.74 182
2004 22 10 9 .526 3.26 103 1 18 0 0 0 116.0 105 54 42 9 53 11 97 4 2 8 506 143 1.362 8.1 0.7 4.1 7.5 1.83 143
2005 23 12 9 .571 3.47 114 1 18 0 0 0 129.2 116 62 50 11 59 13 102 5 2 8 563 134 1.350 8.1 0.8 4.1 7.1 1.73 134
2006 24 21 10 .677 3.53 172 5 29 0 0 0 222.0 209 103 87 24 86 16 157 10 2 12 960 129 1.329 8.5 1.0 3.5 6.4 1.83 129
2007 25 23 12 .657 3.71 223 5 40 0 0 1 298.1 284 143 123 30 118 24 215 14 2 18 1296 121 1.347 8.6 0.9 3.6 6.5 1.82 121
2008 26 24 15 .615 3.86 258 5 53 0 0 1 336.0 326 168 144 42 135 24 236 16 2 20 1464 116 1.372 8.7 1.1 3.6 6.3 1.75 116

Neutralized Pitching

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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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2003 21 8 3 .727 2.25 100.0 76 28 25 6 44 82 3 1.200 6.8 4.0 7.4 1.86 0.5 86
2004 22 1 1 .500 6.00 18.0 23 13 12 3 6 17 1 1.611 11.5 3.0 8.5 2.83 1.5 17
2005 23 0 1 .000 4.85 13.0 11 8 7 2 6 5 1 1.308 7.6 4.2 3.5 0.83 1.4 11
2006 24 6 4 .600 3.42 92.0 91 39 35 13 26 55 5 1.272 8.9 2.5 5.4 2.12 1.3 58
2007 25 4 4 .500 4.20 75.0 74 39 35 6 32 57 4 1.413 8.9 3.8 6.8 1.78 0.7 51
2008 26 1 2 .333 5.25 36.0 42 23 21 12 17 20 2 1.639 10.5 4.3 5.0 1.18 3.0 35
6 Seasons 20 15 .571 3.64 334.0 317 150 135 42 131 236 16 1.341 8.5 6.4 1.80 1.1 258

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2003 NL  86 (2nd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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