Óscar Villarreal
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Villarreal with the Braves in June 2007
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| Sultanes de Monterrey – No. 56 | |||
| Relief pitcher | |||
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Born: November 22, 1981 San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico |
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| MLB debut | |||
| March 31, 2003, for the Arizona Diamondbacks | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2010 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 24–15 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.86 | ||
| Strikeouts | 236 | ||
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Óscar Eduardo Villarreal (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈoskar βiʎareˈal]; born November 22, 1981) is a Mexican professional baseball pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball with the Arizona Diamondbacks (2003-2005), Atlanta Braves (2006-2007), and Houston Astros (2008). He is currently with the Sultanes de Monterrey in the Mexican League.
Villarreal was signed by the Diamondbacks as an amateur free agent in 1998. The next year, he made his professional debut with the Rookie League team the AZL Diamondbacks of the Arizona League. In 1999, Villarreal placed second on the team in innings pitched (64.1), games started (11), and strikeouts (51).
Villarreal began the 2000 season with the Triple-A Tucson Sidewinders. After being demoted to the Single-A South Bend Silver Hawks, Villarreal went 1–0 with a 1.66 earned run average. He was sent back down to Tucson in the Rookie League shortly before being sent up to Single-A High Desert, where he finished the season. In High Desert, he went 0–1 with a 2.70 ERA.
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