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Portrait of Elih Villanueva

Elih Villanueva PPirates

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 32)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date7-27-1986
Height6' 2"
Weight230 lbs
Age37 years, 8 months, 28 days
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2011 FLO MLB 1 1 3.0 0 1 0 5 5 2 1 87 15.0 15.0 3.0 6.0 0% .364 3.33 11.99 24.00 139 7.57 176.0 -0.1
CareerMLB113.001055218715.015.03.06.025%.3643.3311.9924.001397.57176.0-0.1

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2011 FLO MLB NL 1 1 3.0 0 1 0 5 5 2 1 87 15.0 15.0 3.0 6.0 0% .364 3.33 11.99 24.00 139 7.57 176.0
2011 NWO AAA PCL 28 28 165.0 7 11 0 199 59 105 24 93 10.9 3.2 1.3 5.7 0% .325 1.56 5.50 5.35 110 6.29 128.3
2012 NWO AAA PCL 32 16 113.0 9 8 1 120 44 83 11 92 9.6 3.5 0.9 6.6 0% .310 1.45 4.73 3.90 102 4.92 102.5
2012 TOR Wnt DWL 7 7 30.0 1 2 0 27 11 21 3 8.1 3.3 0.9 6.3 0% .270 1.27 4.13 3.00 0 0.00 0.0
2013 NWO AAA PCL 8 8 46.3 2 3 0 41 11 31 5 82 8.0 2.1 1.0 6.0 0% .265 1.12 4.34 3.50 97 3.46 75.1
2013 MRL Rk GCL 4 4 18.0 2 0 0 20 3 19 0 96 10.0 1.5 0.0 9.5 0% .377 1.28 1.84 1.00 81 4.57 99.4
2014 NWO AAA PCL 27 27 137.0 10 10 0 148 47 104 18 89 9.7 3.1 1.2 6.8 0% .304 1.42 5.06 4.47 110 5.20 110.0
2015 BOW AA EAS 17 17 110.7 8 7 0 92 21 67 6 94 7.5 1.7 0.5 5.4 0% .254 1.02 3.47 2.93 97 3.18 69.8
2015 NOR AAA INT 11 11 57.3 4 5 0 67 14 24 6 95 10.5 2.2 0.9 3.8 0% .304 1.41 4.56 4.71 117 5.53 121.4
2017 PME AA EAS 14 12 57.3 5 5 0 85 15 48 12 106 13.3 2.4 1.9 7.5 48% .372 1.74 5.27 7.85 114 7.45 158.4
2018 AGU Wnt DWL 7 5 22.3 0 2 0 32 11 18 3 113 12.9 4.4 1.2 7.3 0% .392 1.93 4.54 5.64 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2011 87 0.4713 0.3908 0.9412 0.4878 0.3043 0.9500 0.9286 0.0588
Career870.47130.39080.94120.48780.30430.95000.92860.0588

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation

Compensation

Year Team Salary

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 1 d1 year (2013)

Details
  • 1 year (2013). Re-signed by Miami (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2012). DFA by Florida 1/3/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Contract purchased by Florida 6/15/11.
  • Drafted by Florida 2008 (27-808) (Florida State).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
90o 8.7 0 0 9 9 49.8 48 13 33 8 .262 1.21 4.19 4.56 -7.0 -0.8
80o 7.4 0 0 8 8 44.0 45 12 29 7 .276 1.30 4.59 4.99 -8.2 -0.9
70o 6.5 0 0 8 8 40.0 43 12 26 7 .285 1.37 4.88 5.31 -8.8 -1.0
60o 5.8 0 0 7 7 36.7 41 11 24 7 .294 1.43 5.13 5.58 -9.1 -1.0
50o 5.2 0 0 6 6 33.6 39 10 22 6 .302 1.48 5.37 5.84 -9.3 -1.0
40o 4.6 0 0 6 6 30.6 37 10 20 6 .310 1.54 5.61 6.11 -9.3 -1.0
30o 4 0 0 5 5 27.5 35 9 18 6 .319 1.61 5.88 6.39 -9.2 -1.0
20o 3.3 0 0 5 5 23.9 32 8 16 5 .329 1.68 6.19 6.74 -8.9 -1.0
10o 2.5 0 0 4 4 19.1 27 7 13 4 .343 1.79 6.64 7.22 -8.1 -0.9
Weighted Mean5.1006632.93810226.3001.475.345.81-9.0-1.0

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Elih Villanueva threw 5,074 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2011 and 2023, including pitches thrown in . In 2023, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (89mph), Slider (84mph) and Change (83mph), also mixing in a Curve (80mph) and Sinker (88mph).