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John Montefusco
John Joseph Montefusco Jr. (The Count)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.

Debut September 3, 1974
  vs. LAD 9.0 IP, 6 H, 7 SO, 5 BB, 1 ER, W
Final Game May 1, 1986
Born May 25, 1950 in Long Branch, NJ

Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1972. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1974 24 SFG NL   3   2   7   5   1   1   1  0   39.3   41   22   21   3   19   34   0   0   179   0   0  4.81  3.81   79 1.525
 1975 25 SFG NL  15   9  35  34  10   4   1  0  243.7  210   85   78  11   86  215   8   6  1018  12   2  2.88  3.81  132 1.215 CYA-4,RoY-1
 1976 26 SFG NL  16  14  37  36  11   6   0  0  253.3  224   90   80  11   74  172   4   3  1045   8   1  2.84  3.61  127 1.176 AS
 1977 27 SFG NL   7  12  26  25   4   0   0  0  157.3  170   82   61  10   46  110   3   5   689   6   0  3.49  3.91  112 1.373
 1978 28 SFG NL  11   9  36  36   3   0   0  0  238.7  233  110  101  25   68  177   4   4  1003   6   3  3.81  3.44   90 1.261
 1979 29 SFG NL   3   8  22  22   0   0   0  0  137.0  145   64   60  15   51   76   2   3   585   7   0  3.94  3.52   89 1.431
 1980 30 SFG NL   4   8  22  17   1   0   0  0  113.3  120   61   55  15   39   85   2   2   498   6   1  4.37  3.54   81 1.403
 1981 31 ATL NL   2   3  26   9   0   0   4  1   77.3   75   32   30   9   27   34   0   2   323   2   1  3.49  3.60  103 1.319
 1982 32 SDP NL  10  11  32  32   1   0   0  0  184.3  177   93   82  17   41   83   3   2   770   2   1  4.00  3.46   87 1.183
 1983 33 TOT     14   4  37  16   1   0   9  4  133.3  133   52   49   9   42   67   2   1   555   6   1  3.31  3.63  110 1.313
         SDP NL   9   4  31  10   1   0   9  4   95.3   94   38   35   6   32   52   1   1   398   6   1  3.30  3.53  107 1.322
         NYY AL   5   0   6   6   0   0   0  0   38.0   39   14   14   3   10   15   1   0   157   0   0  3.32  3.87  117 1.289
 1984 34 NYY AL   5   3  11  11   0   0   0  0   55.3   55   26   22   5   13   23   1   1   234   2   0  3.58  3.80  106 1.229
 1985 35 NYY AL   0   0   3   1   0   0   1  0    7.0   12    8    8   3    2    2   0   0    34   0   0 10.29  4.02   39 2.000
 1986 36 NYY AL   0   0   4   0   0   0   1  0   12.3    9    3    3   2    5    3   0   0    50   0   0  2.19  4.10  187 1.135
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 13 Yr WL% .520  90  83 298 244  32  11  17  5 1652.3 1604  728  650 135  513 1081  29  29  6983  57  10  3.54  3.63  103 1.281
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  10  37  30   4   1   2  0  207.0  201   91   81  16   64  135   3   3   876   7   1  3.54  3.63  103 1.281
 Career High     16  14  37  36  11   6   9  4  253.3  233  110  101  25   86  215   8   6  1045  12   3  2.84  3.91  132 1.176
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1974 24 SFG NL   7   14    5    4   0  0   2    3   0  0   1   4  .286  .333  .714  182   10   0   0   0   0   0
 1975 25 SFG NL  35   80    4    7   0  1   1    2   0  0   5  44  .088  .141  .150  -20   12   9   0   0   0   1 RoY-1
 1976 26 SFG NL  38   78    3    8   1  0   0    3   0  0   5  42  .103  .165  .115  -20    9   6   1   0   1   1 AS
 1977 27 SFG NL  26   49    1    6   0  0   1    4   0  0   3  24  .122  .173  .184   -3    9   4   0   0   0   0
 1978 28 SFG NL  37   70    2    4   1  0   0    0   1  0   5  32  .057  .132  .071  -41    5   9   0   0   1   2
 1979 29 SFG NL  24   42    3    7   3  1   0    3   0  1   1  11  .167  .186  .286   31   12   2   0   0   0   1
 1980 30 SFG NL  22   30    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  12  .033  .094  .033  -62    1   3   0   0   1   0
 1981 31 ATL NL  26   15    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   9  .067  .067  .133  -45    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1982 32 SDP NL  32   58    2    5   1  0   0    2   0  0   4  30  .086  .145  .103  -28    6   6   0   0   0   1
 1983 33 TOT     37   19    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   2  11  .053  .143  .053  -43    1   4   0   0   0   0
         SDP NL  31   19    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   2  11  .053  .143  .053  -43    1   4   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     302  455   23   44   7  2   4   18   1  1  27 219  .097  .152  .147  -16   67  43   1   0   3   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        244   12   24   4  1   2   10   1  1  14 117  .097  .152  .147  -16   36  23   1   0   2   3
 Career High     38   80    5    8   3  1   2    4   1  1   5  44                          12   9   1   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1974 24 SFG NL   15   10    3   8.1    99| .286  .268| .333  .341| .714  .387|1.047  .728| 182  .764   1.3   0.1   0%
 1975 25 SFG NL   94   83    2   0.6    99| .088  .270| .141  .342| .150  .390| .291  .732| -20  .030 -13.9  -1.5   0%
 1976 26 SFG NL   91   78    2   0.7    94| .103  .266| .165  .333| .115  .379| .280  .712| -20  .037 -12.6  -1.4   0%
 1977 27 SFG NL   56   47    2   1.2   102| .122  .268| .173  .336| .184  .408| .357  .744|  -3  .073  -7.4  -0.7   0%
 1978 28 SFG NL   85   77    1   0.4    91| .057  .257| .132  .324| .071  .378| .203  .703| -41  .011 -13.2  -1.4 100%
 1979 29 SFG NL   45   39    2   1.4    94| .167  .260| .186  .325| .286  .386| .472  .711|  31  .107  -4.0  -0.4   0%
 1980 30 SFG NL   35   32    0   0.0    93| .033  .263| .094  .325| .033  .382| .127  .707| -62  .000  -6.6  -0.7   0%
 1981 31 ATL NL   15   14    0   0.0    93| .067  .265| .067  .330| .133  .379| .200  .710| -45  .000  -2.9  -0.3   0%
 1982 32 SDP NL   68   60    1   0.4    91| .086  .261| .145  .323| .103  .379| .248  .702| -28  .016  -9.9  -1.0   0%
 1983 33 TOT      25   22    0   0.0    94| .053  .260| .143  .328| .053  .385| .196  .712| -43  .000  -3.7  -0.4   0%
         SDP NL   25   22    0   0.0    94| .053  .260| .143  .328| .053  .385| .196  .712| -43  .000  -3.7  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons      529  462   13   0.8    95| .097  .264| .152  .331| .147  .385| .299  .716| -16  .041 -72.8  -7.7  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1974 24 SFG NL   P    7      0    4    0    0 1.000  .952  0.57  0.71  0.92  1.88    5   39.3
 1975 25 SFG NL   P   35     11   25    1    0  .973  .945  1.03  0.72  1.33  1.86   34  243.7
 1976 26 SFG NL   P   37     12   21    3    0  .917  .951  0.89  0.72  1.17  1.88   36  253.3 AS
 1977 27 SFG NL   P   26     10   12    1    0  .957  .948  0.85  0.67  1.26  1.85   25  157.3
 1978 28 SFG NL   P   36      8   28    2    2  .947  .950  1.00  0.72  1.36  1.91   36  238.7
 1979 29 SFG NL   P   22      9   20    1    2  .967  .951  1.32  0.66  1.91  1.80   22  137.0
 1980 30 SFG NL   P   22      6    9    0    1 1.000  .949  0.68  0.69  1.19  1.91   17  113.3
 1981 31 ATL NL   P   26      6   12    1    1  .947  .957  0.69  0.68  2.10  1.97    9   77.3
 1982 32 SDP NL   P   32     11   29    3    0  .930  .952  1.25  0.70  1.95  1.96   32  184.3
 1983 33 TOT      P   37      5   16    3    0  .875  .955  0.57  0.69  1.42  1.88   16  133.3
         SDP NL   P   31      3   13    3    0  .842  .952  0.52  0.68  1.51  1.92   10   95.3
         NYY AL   P    6      2    3    0    0 1.000  .962  0.83  0.73  1.18  1.80    6   38.0
 1984 34 NYY AL   P   11      1    7    1    1  .889  .952  0.73  0.70  1.30  1.79   11   55.3
 1985 35 NYY AL   P    3      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  0.70  2.57  1.80    1    7.0
 1986 36 NYY AL   P    4      2    3    0    1 1.000  .962  1.25  0.68  3.66  1.83    0   12.3

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1974 24 SFG NL   P    7      0    4    0    0 1.000  .952  0.57  0.71  0.92  1.88    5   39.3
 1975 25 SFG NL   P   35     11   25    1    0  .973  .945  1.03  0.72  1.33  1.86   34  243.7
 1976 26 SFG NL   P   37     12   21    3    0  .917  .951  0.89  0.72  1.17  1.88   36  253.3
 1977 27 SFG NL   P   26     10   12    1    0  .957  .948  0.85  0.67  1.26  1.85   25  157.3
 1978 28 SFG NL   P   36      8   28    2    2  .947  .950  1.00  0.72  1.36  1.91   36  238.7
 1979 29 SFG NL   P   22      9   20    1    2  .967  .951  1.32  0.66  1.91  1.80   22  137.0
 1980 30 SFG NL   P   22      6    9    0    1 1.000  .949  0.68  0.69  1.19  1.91   17  113.3
 1981 31 ATL NL   P   26      6   12    1    1  .947  .957  0.69  0.68  2.10  1.97    9   77.3
 1982 32 SDP NL   P   32     11   29    3    0  .930  .952  1.25  0.70  1.95  1.96   32  184.3
 1983 33 TOT      P   37      5   16    3    0  .875  .955  0.57  0.69  1.42  1.88   16  133.3
         SDP NL   P   31      3   13    3    0  .842  .952  0.52  0.68  1.51  1.92   10   95.3
         NYY AL   P    6      2    3    0    0 1.000  .962  0.83  0.73  1.18  1.80    6   38.0
 1984 34 NYY AL   P   11      1    7    1    1  .889  .952  0.73  0.70  1.30  1.79   11   55.3
 1985 35 NYY AL   P    3      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  0.70  2.57  1.80    1    7.0
 1986 36 NYY AL   P    4      2    3    0    1 1.000  .962  1.25  0.68  3.66  1.83    0   12.3

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 298     82  187   16    8  .944  .951  0.90  0.70  1.47  1.88  244 1652.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       298     82  187   16    8  .944  .951  0.90  0.70  1.47  1.88  244   1652
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1976   SFG NL      0  0  0   2     0   0   0   2   2  0   0  0   1  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1976   SFG NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1976 *

Awards
1975-NL-ROY

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1975-NL-4-0.02
Car-233-0.02 shares

ERA
1975 NL-2.88-7
1976 NL-2.84-8

Wins
1975 NL-15-9
1976 NL-16-9

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1975 NL-1.215-9

Hits Allowed/9IP
1975 NL-7.76-9

Bases on Balls/9IP
1982 NL-2.00-6

Strikeouts/9IP
1975 NL-7.94-1
1976 NL-6.11-8
1978 NL-6.67-6

Innings
1976 NL-253.3-8

Strikeouts
1975 NL-215-2
1976 NL-172-6
1978 NL-177-5

Games Started
1976 NL-36-6
1978 NL-36-3

Comp. Games
1976 NL-11-9

Shutouts
1975 NL-4-5
1976 NL-6-1

Home Runs Allow.
1978 NL-25-4

Hits Allowed
1978 NL-233-6

SO to Walk
1975 NL-2.50-6
1976 NL-2.32-9
1978 NL-2.60-4

Losses
1976 NL-14-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1978 NL-101-4

Hit Batsmen
1975 NL-8-4

Batters Faced
1976 NL-1045-10

Adjusted ERA+
1975 NL-132-6
1976 NL-127-5

    

Black Ink: Pitching - 1 (838) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 41 (591) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 11.0 (701) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 15.0 (718) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

November 6, 1972: Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent.

December 12, 1980: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Craig Landis (minors) to the Atlanta Braves for Doyle Alexander.

November 13, 1981: Granted Free Agency.

March 6, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

August 26, 1983: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the New York Yankees for players to be named later and $200,000. The New York Yankees sent Dennis Rasmussen (September 12, 1983) and Edwin Rodriguez (September 12, 1983) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

November 12, 1985: Released by the New York Yankees.

March 17, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985New York Yankees$637,500
1986New York Yankees$716,667
Career (may be incomplete)$1,354,167
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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