Ron Villone  
Relief Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
He's got a really stong arm, so he can blow it by you on occasion. He has an above-average changeup and the ability to throw from a variety of arm angles. The Free Agents hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. He frequently leaves fastballs up in the strike zone, where they get pounded. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Villone uses a slide step to keep runners close. Villone is nothing special in the field. Villone is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Villone has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
It's really a shame he hasn't caught on somewhere. He might be a decent addition to someone's bench.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
1998 CLE 88 35 50 77 56 53 51 49 52 48 53 0 46 0 0 0 26 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 8 16 55 273
1999 CLE 88 36 53 81 56 53 51 49 52 48 61 0 46 0 0 0 27 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 58 288
2000 CLE 98 36 53 85 56 53 51 49 52 48 61 0 48 0 0 0 28 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 59 311
2001 CLE 98 37 53 85 56 53 51 49 52 48 64 0 50 0 0 0 29 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 315
2002 CLE 96 38 53 88 56 53 51 49 52 48 67 0 50 0 0 0 30 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 60 316
2003 CLE 98 38 53 89 56 53 51 49 52 48 67 0 51 0 0 0 31 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 320
2004 CLE 98 37 53 89 56 53 51 49 52 48 69 0 52 0 0 0 32 9 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 60 321
2005 CLE 97 37 53 89 56 53 51 49 52 49 70 0 52 0 0 0 33 10 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 60 321
2006 PIT 98 37 53 87 56 53 51 49 52 49 70 0 52 0 0 0 34 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 320
2007 PIT 98 37 53 85 56 53 51 49 52 49 70 0 52 0 0 0 35 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 59 317
2008 PIT 98 35 53 83 56 53 51 49 52 49 70 0 52 0 0 0 36 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 59 313
2009 FA 98 36 53 86 56 53 51 49 52 49 70 0 52 0 0 0 37 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 58 316
2010 FA 98 36 51 86 56 53 51 49 52 49 70 0 52 0 0 0 38 15 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 56 311
Ratings Delta       -2                           +1 +1           -2 -5
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.