Christian Villanueva
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Christian Villanueva with the Chicago Cubs in 2013 Spring Training | |||||||||||||||
| Free agent | |||||||||||||||
| Third baseman | |||||||||||||||
| Born: June 19, 1991 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
| Professional debut | |||||||||||||||
| MLB: September 18, 2017, for the San Diego Padres | |||||||||||||||
| NPB: March 31, 2019, for the Yomiuri Giants | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics (through 2018 season) | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .245 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 53 | ||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics (through 2020 season) | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .222 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 43 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Christian Iván Villanueva Limón (born June 19, 1991), nicknamed "Villa", is a Mexican professional baseball third baseman who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yomiuri Giants and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. Villanueva won the National League's Rookie of the Month Award for April 2018.