Christian Villanueva
| Christian Villanueva | |||||||||||||||
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Christian Villanueva with the Chicago Cubs in 2013 Spring Training | |||||||||||||||
| Rieleros de Aguascalientes – No. 14 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 for the Rieleros de Aguascalientes of the Mexican League. 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.