page_title: Carlos Villanueva (baseball)
section_title: St. Louis Cardinals
hierarchical_section_title: Carlos Villanueva (baseball) / Career / St. Louis Cardinals
caption_attribution_description: Carlos Villanueva
context_page_description: Carlos Manuel Villanueva Paulino is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Milwaukee Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and San Diego Padres.
context_section_description: On February 4, 2015, the St. Louis Cardinals signed Villanueva to a minor league contract that included an invitation to spring training.  The Cardinals added him to their 40-man roster on March 30.  On June 27, he pitched the last three innings of an 8–1 victory over the Cubs for his first save of the season, and did so again on August 7 against the Brewers in a 6–0 win.  It was his fourth and fifth career save of at least three innings.  Villanueva pitched solely out of the bullpen in 2015 and was credited with a 4–3 record with two saves, 55 strikeouts, and 50 hits and 21 walks allowed.  He posted career-bests in ERA (2.95) and inherited runners strand rate (80.5 percent); the WHIP (1.16), batting average on balls in play (.265) and batting average against (.220) were his best figures since his first MLB season with the Brewers.
caption: Villanueva with the Cardinals in 2015
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