1970
Born January 16, 1970
Englewood, NJ, USA
Ron Villone Marquee
b. January 16, 1970 · Seattle Mariners 1995, 2004–2005, San Diego Padres 1995–1996, Milwaukee Brewers 1996–1997, Cleveland Indians 1998, Cincinnati Reds 1999–2000, Houston Astros 2001, 2003, Colorado Rockies 2001, Pittsburgh Pirates 2002, Florida Marlins 2005, New York Yankees 2006–2007, St. Louis Cardinals 2008, Washington Nationals 2009
Seattle took him in the first round in 1992 out of a Rhode Island high school and he pitched for it and eleven other clubs before he was through, none of them for more than two seasons in a row. He started 93 games early in his career and became a lefty reliever for the second half of it.
Fifteen seasons gave him 61 wins against 65, a 4.73 earned run average, 1,168 innings and eight saves across 717 appearances. His best year was 2000 in Houston, when he went 7-8 with a 4.13, and his job for most of the rest was getting one left-handed hitter out and coming off the mound.
He pitched in the 2006 postseason for the Yankees. He is not on a Hall of Fame ballot.
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | SDP/SEA | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1996 | MIL/SDP | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1997 | MIL | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 1998 | CLE | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1999 | CIN | 29 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | .070 |
| 2000 | CIN | 35 | 43 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .163 |
| 2001 | COL/HOU | 53 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .045 |
| 2002 | PIT | 45 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .250 |
| 2003 | HOU | 19 | 42 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | .167 |
| 2004 | SEA | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | FLA/SEA | 79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 2006 | NYY | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | NYY | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | STL | 74 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 2009 | WSN | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Career | — | 717 | 170 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 51 | 0 | .129 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | SDP/SEA | 2 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 45.0 | 44 | 29 | 34 | 63 | 5.80 |
| 1996 | MIL/SDP | 1 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 43.0 | 31 | 15 | 25 | 38 | 3.14 |
| 1997 | MIL | 1 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 52.2 | 54 | 20 | 36 | 40 | 3.42 |
| 1998 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 30 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 6.00 |
| 1999 | CIN | 9 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 2 | 142.2 | 114 | 67 | 73 | 97 | 4.23 |
| 2000 | CIN | 10 | 10 | 35 | 23 | 0 | 141.0 | 154 | 85 | 78 | 77 | 5.43 |
| 2001 | COL/HOU | 6 | 10 | 53 | 12 | 0 | 114.2 | 133 | 75 | 53 | 113 | 5.89 |
| 2002 | PIT | 4 | 6 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 93.0 | 95 | 60 | 34 | 55 | 5.81 |
| 2003 | HOU | 6 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 106.2 | 91 | 49 | 48 | 91 | 4.13 |
| 2004 | SEA | 8 | 6 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 117.0 | 102 | 53 | 64 | 86 | 4.08 |
| 2005 | FLA/SEA | 5 | 5 | 79 | 0 | 1 | 64.0 | 57 | 29 | 35 | 70 | 4.08 |
| 2006 | NYY | 3 | 3 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 80.1 | 75 | 45 | 51 | 72 | 5.04 |
| 2007 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 42.1 | 36 | 20 | 18 | 25 | 4.25 |
| 2008 | STL | 1 | 2 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | 45 | 26 | 37 | 50 | 4.68 |
| 2009 | WSN | 5 | 6 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 48.2 | 54 | 23 | 29 | 33 | 4.25 |
| Career | — | 61 | 65 | 717 | 93 | 8 | 1168.0 | 1115 | 614 | 637 | 925 | 4.73 |
On this day & linked events
1995
Major-league debut: Ron Villone
Ron Villone made a major-league debut on April 28, 1995.
2009
Final major-league game: Ron Villone
Ron Villone played a final major-league game on October 4, 2009.