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Carlos Villanueva

Brewers Career team 2006–2010
Number #91
Position Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 42
Height 6' 2"
Weight 215 lbs
Birth Place Santiago, Dominican Republic
Born Nov 28, 1983

Key Insights

2016
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

Villanueva's 4-seam fastball averages 88.2 mph, and has touched 91.9.

368 thrown, 30.8% of his pitches.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out

With two strikes Villanueva goes to the slider: 44.6% of his two-strike pitches, against 22.2% the rest of the time.

334 two-strike pitches in 2016.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him

Villanueva averages 83.6 mph across his arsenal, 7th percentile in the league.

1193 pitches in 2016. 7th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2016, 644th in MLB.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Villanueva's sinker leaves the bat at 94.7 mph, against 86.5 off his curveball.

149 and 170 of them thrown.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass

The quality of contact against Villanueva projects a .400 average, 15th percentile.

1193 pitches in 2016. 15th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2016, 590th in MLB.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night

Villanueva throws a strike on the first pitch 65.9% of the time.

323 plate appearances started in 2016.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

Catcher's Perspective • Pitch movement relative to a spinless ball

Player Bio Data
DOB Nov 28, 1983
Birth Place Santiago, Dominican Republic
Height 6' 2"
Weight 215 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right