Ron Villone

Q: When was Ron Villone born?

Ron Villone was born on January 16, 1970.

Q: Where was Ron Villone born?

Ron Villone was born in Englewood, NJ .

Q: How tall is Ron Villone?

Ron Villone is 6-3 (190 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Ron Villone weigh when playing?

Ron Villone weighed 245 lbs (111 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Ron Villone in the Hall of Fame?

Ron Villone has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was Ron Villone drafted?

Ron Villone was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (14th) of the 1992 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Massachusetts Amherst (Amherst, MA) .

Q: How many strikeouts did Ron Villone have?

Ron Villone had 925 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Ron Villone played for?

Ron Villone played for 12 teams; the San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners, Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros, Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals and Washington Nationals.

Q: When did Ron Villone retire?

Ron Villone last played in 2009.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 245lb (190cm, 111kg)

Born: January 16, 1970 in Englewood, NJ us

Draft: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (14th) of the 1992 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Massachusetts Amherst (Amherst, MA).

High School: South HS (Bergenfield, NJ)

School: University of Massachusetts Amherst (Amherst, MA)

Debut: April 28, 1995 (Age 25-102d, 16,601st in major league history)
vs. DET 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 4, 2009 (Age 39-261d)
vs. ATL 1.2 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1996 season

Agents: Boras Corporation

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Ronald Thomas Villone

Pronunciation: \vill-OWN\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.6

ERA

4.73

717

1168.0

925

WHIP

1.500

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1993	23	SEA-min	A+,AA	10	8	.556	4.29	27	27	0	0	0	0	147.0	123	81	70	11	103	3	148	5	3	16	644			1.537	7.5	0.7	6.3	9.1	1.44	RVS,JCK CALL,SOUL
1994	24	SEA-min	AA	6	7	.462	3.86	41	5	19	0	0	8	79.1	56	37	34	7	68	3	94	5	0	9	360			1.563	6.4	0.8	7.7	10.7	1.38	JCK SOUL
1995	25	SEA-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	0.61	22	0	16	0	0	13	29.2	9	6	2	1	19	0	43	0	0	1	117			0.944	2.7	0.3	5.8	13.0	2.26	TAC PCL
1995	25	TOT	MLB	2	3	.400	5.80	38	0	15	0	0	1	45.0	44	31	29	11	34	0	63	1	0	3	212	76	5.81	1.733	8.8	2.2	6.8	12.6	1.85
1995	25	SEA	AL	0	2	.000	7.91	19	0	7	0	0	0	19.1	20	19	17	6	23	0	26	1	0	1	101	61	8.17	2.224	9.3	2.8	10.7	12.1	1.13
1995	25	SDP	NL	2	1	.667	4.21	19	0	8	0	0	1	25.2	24	12	12	5	11	0	37	0	0	2	111	98	4.04	1.364	8.4	1.8	3.9	13.0	3.36
1996	26	SDP-min	AAA	2	1	.667	1.64	23	0	10	0	0	3	22.0	13	5	4	0	9	0	29	2	1	2	90			1.000	5.3	0.0	3.7	11.9	3.22	LVG PCL
1996	26	TOT	MLB	1	1	.500	3.14	44	0	19	0	0	2	43.0	31	15	15	6	25	0	38	5	0	2	182	151	5.31	1.302	6.5	1.3	5.2	8.0	1.52
1996	26	SDP	NL	1	1	.500	2.95	21	0	9	0	0	0	18.1	17	6	6	2	7	0	19	1	0	0	78	138	3.83	1.309	8.3	1.0	3.4	9.3	2.71
1996	26	MIL	AL	0	0		3.28	23	0	10	0	0	2	24.2	14	9	9	4	18	0	19	4	0	2	104	160	6.42	1.297	5.1	1.5	6.6	6.9	1.06
1997	27	MIL	AL	1	0	1.000	3.42	50	0	15	0	0	0	52.2	54	23	20	4	36	2	40	1	0	3	238	137	4.68	1.709	9.2	0.7	6.2	6.8	1.11
1998	28	CLE-min	AAA	2	2	.500	2.01	23	0	20	0	0	7	22.1	20	11	5	2	11	1	28	0	0	0	98			1.388	8.1	0.8	4.4	11.3	2.55	BFL IL
1998	28	CLE	AL	0	0		6.00	25	0	6	0	0	0	27.0	30	18	18	3	22	0	15	2	0	0	129	80	6.14	1.926	10.0	1.0	7.3	5.0	0.68
1999	29	CIN-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	1.42	18	0	6	0	0	1	19.0	9	3	3	1	13	1	23	2	0	0	75			1.158	4.3	0.5	6.2	10.9	1.77	INA IL
1999	29	CIN	NL	9	7	.563	4.23	29	22	2	0	0	2	142.2	114	70	67	8	73	2	97	5	0	6	610	110	4.14	1.311	7.2	0.5	4.6	6.1	1.33
2000	30	CIN	NL	10	10	.500	5.43	35	23	5	2	0	0	141.0	154	95	85	22	78	3	77	9	0	7	643	87	5.92	1.645	9.8	1.4	5.0	4.9	0.99
2001	31	TOT	NL	6	10	.375	5.89	53	12	12	0	0	0	114.2	133	81	75	18	53	5	113	5	1	4	523	84	4.64	1.622	10.4	1.4	4.2	8.9	2.13
2001	31	COL	NL	1	3	.250	6.36	22	6	6	0	0	0	46.2	56	35	33	6	29	4	48	1	0	2	222	84	4.59	1.821	10.8	1.2	5.6	9.3	1.66
2001	31	HOU	NL	5	7	.417	5.56	31	6	6	0	0	0	68.0	77	46	42	12	24	1	65	4	1	2	301	84	4.67	1.485	10.2	1.6	3.2	8.6	2.71
2002	32	PIT	NL	4	6	.400	5.81	45	7	6	0	0	0	93.0	95	63	60	8	34	3	55	5	0	1	399	73	4.16	1.387	9.2	0.8	3.3	5.3	1.62
2003	33	HOU-ARI-min	AAA	4	2	.667	2.30	20	5	6	0	0	1	54.2	44	19	14	2	22	1	40	1	0	0	219			1.207	7.2	0.3	3.6	6.6	1.82	NOR,TUC PCL
2003	33	HOU	NL	6	6	.500	4.13	19	19	0	0	0	0	106.2	91	51	49	16	48	1	91	5	0	1	449	106	4.77	1.303	7.7	1.4	4.1	7.7	1.90
2004	34	SEA	AL	8	6	.571	4.08	56	10	14	0	0	0	117.0	102	64	53	12	64	3	86	12	0	6	523	111	4.86	1.419	7.8	0.9	4.9	6.6	1.34
2005	35	TOT	MLB	5	5	.500	4.08	79	0	24	0	0	1	64.0	57	34	29	4	35	2	70	7	1	3	287	102	3.61	1.438	8.0	0.6	4.9	9.8	2.00
2005	35	SEA	AL	2	3	.400	2.45	52	0	14	0	0	1	40.1	33	14	11	2	23	1	41	5	1	2	178	172	3.71	1.388	7.4	0.4	5.1	9.1	1.78
2005	35	FLA	NL	3	2	.600	6.85	27	0	10	0	0	0	23.2	24	20	18	2	12	1	29	2	0	1	109	59	3.44	1.521	9.1	0.8	4.6	11.0	2.42
2006	36	NYY	AL	3	3	.500	5.04	70	0	19	0	0	0	80.1	75	48	45	9	51	9	72	4	0	5	365	90	4.86	1.568	8.4	1.0	5.7	8.1	1.41
2007	37	NYY-min	AAA	0	1	.000	1.90	17	0	4	0	0	1	23.2	21	6	5	0	10	0	27	1	0	1	102			1.310	8.0	0.0	3.8	10.3	2.70	SWB IL
2007	37	NYY	AL	0	0		4.25	37	0	13	0	0	0	42.1	36	20	20	5	18	3	25	3	0	4	176	107	5.08	1.276	7.7	1.1	3.8	5.3	1.39
2008	38	STL	NL	1	2	.333	4.68	74	0	11	0	0	1	50.0	45	27	26	4	37	2	50	2	0	2	229	91	4.51	1.640	8.1	0.7	6.7	9.0	1.35
2009	39	WSN-min	AAA	0	0		2.35	8	0	2	0	0	0	7.2	4	2	2	1	2	0	5	1	0	0	29			0.783	4.7	1.2	2.3	5.9	2.50	SYR IL
2009	39	WSN	NL	5	6	.455	4.25	63	0	7	0	0	1	48.2	54	25	23	6	29	4	33	2	0	1	228	100	5.25	1.705	10.0	1.1	5.4	6.1	1.14
2010	40	WSN-min	AAA	2	5	.286	6.59	41	1	18	0	0	1	42.1	50	33	31	7	30	0	25	8	0	0	205			1.890	10.6	1.5	6.4	5.3	0.83	SYR IL
15 Yrs				61	65	.484	4.73	717	93	168	2	0	8	1168.0	1115	665	614	136	637	39	925	68	2	48	5193	96	4.83	1.500	8.6	1.0	4.9	7.1	1.45
162 Game Avg.				5	5	.484	4.73	60	8	14	0	0	1	98	94	56	52	11	53	3	78	6	0	4	436	96	4.83	1.500	8.6	1.0	4.9	7.1	1.45
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
SEA (3 yrs)				10	11	.476	4.13	127	10	35	0	0	1	176.2	155	97	81	20	110	4	153	18	1	9	802	109	4.96	1.500	7.9	1.0	5.6	7.8	1.39
SDP (2 yrs)				3	2	.600	3.68	40	0	17	0	0	1	44.0	41	18	18	7	18	0	56	1	0	2	189	111	3.95	1.341	8.4	1.4	3.7	11.5	3.11
CIN (2 yrs)				19	17	.528	4.82	64	45	7	2	0	2	283.2	268	165	152	30	151	5	174	14	0	13	1253	98	5.03	1.477	8.5	1.0	4.8	5.5	1.15
NYY (2 yrs)				3	3	.500	4.77	107	0	32	0	0	0	122.2	111	68	65	14	69	12	97	7	0	9	541	95	4.94	1.467	8.1	1.0	5.1	7.1	1.41
HOU (2 yrs)				11	13	.458	4.69	50	25	6	0	0	0	174.2	168	97	91	28	72	2	156	9	1	3	750	96	4.73	1.374	8.7	1.4	3.7	8.0	2.17
MIL (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	3.38	73	0	25	0	0	2	77.1	68	32	29	8	54	2	59	5	0	5	342	144	5.24	1.578	7.9	0.9	6.3	6.9	1.09
COL (1 yr)				1	3	.250	6.36	22	6	6	0	0	0	46.2	56	35	33	6	29	4	48	1	0	2	222	84	4.59	1.821	10.8	1.2	5.6	9.3	1.66
PIT (1 yr)				4	6	.400	5.81	45	7	6	0	0	0	93.0	95	63	60	8	34	3	55	5	0	1	399	73	4.16	1.387	9.2	0.8	3.3	5.3	1.62
STL (1 yr)				1	2	.333	4.68	74	0	11	0	0	1	50.0	45	27	26	4	37	2	50	2	0	2	229	91	4.51	1.640	8.1	0.7	6.7	9.0	1.35
WSN (1 yr)				5	6	.455	4.25	63	0	7	0	0	1	48.2	54	25	23	6	29	4	33	2	0	1	228	100	5.25	1.705	10.0	1.1	5.4	6.1	1.14
CLE (1 yr)				0	0		6.00	25	0	6	0	0	0	27.0	30	18	18	3	22	0	15	2	0	0	129	80	6.14	1.926	10.0	1.0	7.3	5.0	0.68
FLA (1 yr)				3	2	.600	6.85	27	0	10	0	0	0	23.2	24	20	18	2	12	1	29	2	0	1	109	59	3.44	1.521	9.1	0.8	4.6	11.0	2.42

NL (10 yrs)				47	51	.480	4.96	385	83	70	2	0	5	764.1	751	450	421	91	382	21	601	36	1	25	3379	91	4.70	1.482	8.8	1.1	4.5	7.1	1.57
AL (8 yrs)				14	14	.500	4.30	332	10	98	0	0	3	403.2	364	215	193	45	255	18	324	32	1	23	1814	107	5.09	1.533	8.1	1.0	5.7	7.2	1.27

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Ron Villone?

Ron Villone is 54 years old.

When was Ron Villone born?

Ron Villone was born on January 16, 1970.

Where was Ron Villone born?

Ron Villone was born in Englewood, NJ.

How tall is Ron Villone?

Ron Villone is 6-3 (190 cm) tall.

How much did Ron Villone weigh when playing?

Ron Villone weighed 245 lbs (111 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Ron Villone play?

Ron Villone played 15 seasons.

Is Ron Villone in the Hall of Fame?

Ron Villone has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Ron Villone drafted?

Ron Villone was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (14th) of the 1992 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Massachusetts Amherst (Amherst, MA).

What position did Ron Villone play?

Ron Villone was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Ron Villone have?

Ron Villone had 925 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Ron Villone played for?

Ron Villone played for 12 teams; the San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners, Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros, Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals and Washington Nationals.

When did Ron Villone retire?

Ron Villone last played in 2009.

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