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Full Name: Ronald Thomas Villone Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/230 First Game: April 28, 1995
Birthdate: January 16, 1970 MLB Experience: 12 years
Birthplace: Englewood, New Jersey
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

Biography[]

Born on January 16, 1970 in Englewood, New Jersey, Ron Villone (Ronald Thomas Villone) played for the Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, Colorado Rockies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins and New York Yankees over the course of his 12 year career. Villone broke into the bigs on April 28, 1995 with the Seattle Mariners, and put up a 3.42 ERA in 52.2 innings pitched in 1997, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Ron Villone's best season was 1999, when he posted a 4.23 ERA and struck out 97 batters.

Villone was also one of the players named in baseball's Mitchell Report. According to the report, Villone was referred to former Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski by Denny Neagle. Between 2004 and 2005, Radomski claims that he made 3 sales of HGH to Villone, each containing two kits of HGH. Villone paid all three times in cash, sometimes sent in pages of a Mariners yearbook. Villone's name, address, and phone number were found in Radomski's seized address book.

Like most players, Villone declined to speak with investigators for the Mitchell Report.

Scouting Report[]

Statistics[]

Pitching Stats[]

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1995 SEA A 19 0 0 2 7.91 26 19 17 0 0 0 19.1 20 6 23 0 1 1
1995 SD N 19 0 2 1 4.21 37 12 12 0 0 1 25.2 24 5 11 0 2 0
1995 Total 38 0 2 3 5.80 63 31 29 0 0 1 45 44 11 34 0 3 1
1996 SD N 21 0 1 1 2.95 19 6 6 0 0 0 18.1 17 2 7 0 0 1
1996 MIL A 23 0 0 0 3.28 19 9 9 0 0 2 24.2 14 4 18 0 2 4
1996 Total 44 0 1 1 3.14 38 15 15 0 0 2 43 31 6 25 0 2 5
1997 MIL A 50 0 1 0 3.42 40 23 20 0 0 0 52.2 54 4 36 2 3 1
1998 CLE A 25 0 0 0 6.00 15 18 18 0 0 0 27 30 3 22 0 0 2
1999 CIN N 29 22 9 7 4.23 97 70 67 0 0 2 142.2 114 8 73 2 6 5
2000 CIN N 35 23 10 10 5.43 77 95 85 2 0 0 141 154 22 78 3 7 9
2001 HOU N 31 6 5 7 5.56 65 46 42 0 0 0 68 77 12 24 1 2 4
2001 COL N 22 6 1 3 6.36 48 35 33 0 0 0 46.2 56 6 29 4 2 1
2001 TOT N 53 12 6 10 5.89 113 81 75 0 0 0 114.2 133 18 53 5 4 5
2002 PIT N 45 7 4 6 5.81 55 63 60 0 0 0 93 95 8 34 3 1 5
2003 HOU N 19 19 6 6 4.13 91 51 49 0 0 0 106.2 91 16 48 1 1 5
2004 SEA A 56 10 8 6 4.08 86 64 53 0 0 0 117 102 12 64 3 6 12
2005 SEA A 52 0 2 3 2.45 41 14 11 0 0 1 40.1 33 2 23 1 2 5
2005 FLA N 27 0 3 2 6.85 29 20 18 0 0 0 23.2 24 2 12 1 1 2
2005 Total 79 0 5 5 4.08 70 34 29 0 0 1 64 57 4 35 2 3 7
2006 NY A 70 0 3 3 5.04 72 48 45 0 0 0 80.1 75 9 51 9 5 4
2007 NY A 37 0 0 0 4.25 25 20 20 0 0 0 42.1 36 5 18 3 4 3
Total NL 248 83 41 43 5.03 518 398 372 2 0 3 665.2 652 81 316 15 22 32
Total AL 332 10 14 14 4.30 324 215 193 0 0 3 403.2 364 45 255 18 23 32
Total 580 93 55 57 4.76 842 613 565 2 0 6 1069.1 1016 126 571 33 45 64

Fielding Stats[]

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1995 SEA A P 19 0 19.1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 .667
1995 SD N P 19 0 25.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.000
1995 Total P 38 0 45 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 .800
1996 SD N P 21 0 18.1 1 4 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 .833
1996 MIL A P 23 0 24.2 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 .750
1996 Total P 44 0 43 3 5 2 0 0 2 4 2 2 .800
1997 MIL A P 50 0 52.2 3 6 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 .900
1998 CLE A P 25 0 27 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1.000
1999 CIN N P 29 22 142.2 7 28 6 1 0 2 7 2 6 .854
2000 CIN N P 35 23 141 4 23 4 1 0 0 8 5 4 .871
2001 HOU N P 31 6 68 2 10 0 1 0 0 3 3 1 1.000
2001 COL N P 22 6 46.2 2 3 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 1.000
2001 TOT N P 53 12 114.2 4 13 0 1 0 1 7 4 2 1.000
2002 PIT N P 45 7 93 6 20 2 2 0 3 2 1 1 .929
2003 HOU N P 19 19 106.2 14 16 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 1.000
2004 SEA A P 56 10 117 6 17 4 2 0 2 4 2 3 .852
2005 SEA A P 52 0 40.1 6 8 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1.000
2005 FLA N P 27 0 23.2 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .800
2005 Total P 79 0 64 8 10 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 .947
2006 NY A P 70 0 80.1 2 19 1 1 0 0 1 3 3 .955
2007 NY A P 37 0 42.1 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 580 93 1069.1 60 169 22 11 0 14 38 31 27 .912

Batting Stats[]

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1995 SEA A 19 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 SD N 19 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 Total 38 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 SD N 21 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 MIL A 23 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 Total 44 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 MIL A 50 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1998 CLE A 25 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 CIN N 29 43 0 3 0 0 .070 .091 .070 0 0 1 10 0 5 0 0 0
2000 CIN N 35 43 2 7 0 4 .163 .163 .186 1 0 0 9 0 2 0 0 1
2001 HOU N 31 13 2 1 0 0 .077 .077 .154 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0
2001 COL N 22 9 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 0
2001 TOT N 53 22 2 1 0 0 .045 .045 .091 1 0 0 9 0 4 0 0 0
2002 PIT N 45 16 1 4 0 1 .250 .250 .375 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
2003 HOU N 19 42 2 7 1 2 .167 .186 .262 1 0 0 17 1 1 0 0 0
2004 SEA A 56 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 SEA A 52 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 FLA N 27 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2005 Total 79 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2006 NY A 70 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 NY A 37 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 248 168 7 22 1 7 .131 .141 .179 3 1 1 49 1 12 0 0 1
Total AL 332 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 580 169 7 22 1 7 .130 .140 .178 3 1 1 50 1 12 0 0 1

Transactions[]

  • Selected by Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (14th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 1, 1992 - signed October 1, 1992).
  • Traded by Seattle Mariners with Marc Newfield to San Diego Padres in exchange for Andy Benes and a player to be named later (July 31, 1995); Seattle Mariners received Greg Keagle (September 17, 1995).
  • Traded by San Diego Padres with Bryce Florie and Marc Newfield to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Greg Vaughn and a player to be named later (July 31, 1996); San Diego Padres received Gerald Parent (September 16, 1996).
  • Traded by Milwaukee Brewers with Mike Fetters and Ben McDonald to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Marquis Grissom and Jeff Juden (December 8, 1997).
  • Released by Cleveland Indians (April 2, 1999).
  • Signed by Cincinnati Reds (April 5, 1999).
  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Colorado Rockies in exchange for 2 players to be named later (November 8, 2000); Cincinnati Reds received Justin Carter and Jeff Taglienti (December 20, 2000).
  • Traded by Colorado Rockies to Houston Astros in exchange for Jay Powell (June 27, 2001).
  • Granted free agency (November 5, 2001).
  • Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (February 16, 2002).
  • Granted free agency (October 29, 2002).
  • Signed by Arizona Diamondbacks (March 29, 2003).
  • Released by Arizona Diamondbacks (May 15, 2003).
  • Signed by Houston Astros (May 19, 2003).
  • Granted free agency (November 2, 2003).
  • Signed by Seattle Mariners (February 10, 2004).
  • Granted free agency (October 28, 2004).
  • Signed by Seattle Mariners (December 19, 2004).
  • Traded by Seattle Mariners to Florida Marlins in exchange for Yorman Bazardo and Mike Flannery (July 31, 2005).
  • Traded by Florida Marlins to New York Yankees in exchange for Ben Julianel (November 16, 2005).

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