John Montague
John Evans Montague
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 213 lb.

Born: September 12, 1947 in Newport News, VA
High School: Newport (Newport News, VA)
School: Old Dominion University
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 3rd round of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1973
Final Game: August 28, 1980
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1973 25 MON NL 0 0 3.52 4 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 8 3 3 0 2 2 7 1 0 2 32 108 1.304 9.4 0.0 2.3 8.2 3.50
1974 26 MON NL 3 4 .429 3.16 46 1 21 0 0 3 82.2 73 37 29 5 38 5 43 4 3 3 352 122 1.343 7.9 0.5 4.1 4.7 1.13
1975 27 TOT NL 0 1 .000 6.35 15 0 8 0 0 2 22.2 31 16 16 5 10 2 10 2 2 2 106 60 1.809 12.3 2.0 4.0 4.0 1.00
1975 27 MON NL 0 1 .000 5.60 12 0 7 0 0 2 17.2 23 11 11 4 6 1 9 2 2 2 81 69 1.642 11.7 2.0 3.1 4.6 1.50
1975 27 PHI NL 0 0 9.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 8 5 5 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 25 42 2.400 14.4 1.8 7.2 1.8 0.25
1977 29 SEA AL 8 12 .400 4.29 47 15 15 2 0 4 182.1 193 95 87 20 75 5 98 4 1 7 796 96 1.470 9.5 1.0 3.7 4.8 1.31
1978 30 SEA AL 1 3 .250 6.18 19 0 10 0 0 2 43.2 52 31 30 2 24 4 14 0 0 3 198 62 1.740 10.7 0.4 4.9 2.9 0.58
1979 31 TOT AL 8 4 .667 5.51 55 1 25 0 0 7 134.0 141 85 82 17 56 13 66 2 0 5 583 79 1.470 9.5 1.1 3.8 4.4 1.18
1979 31 SEA AL 6 4 .600 5.57 41 1 15 0 0 1 116.1 125 73 72 14 47 13 60 2 0 3 508 79 1.479 9.7 1.1 3.6 4.6 1.28
1979 31 CAL AL 2 0 1.000 5.09 14 0 10 0 0 6 17.2 16 12 10 3 9 0 6 0 0 2 75 80 1.415 8.2 1.5 4.6 3.1 0.67
1980 32 CAL AL 4 2 .667 5.13 37 0 18 0 0 3 73.2 97 47 42 8 21 1 22 1 0 2 330 76 1.602 11.9 1.0 2.6 2.7 1.05
7 Seasons 24 26 .480 4.76 223 17 97 2 0 21 546.2 595 314 289 57 226 32 260 14 6 24 2397 85 1.502 9.8 0.9 3.7 4.3 1.15
162 Game Avg. 7 7 .480 4.76 63 5 27 1 0 6 155 169 89 82 16 64 9 74 4 2 7 679 85 1.502 9.8 0.9 3.7 4.3 1.15
MON (3 yrs) 3 5 .375 3.58 62 1 28 0 0 5 108.0 104 51 43 9 46 8 59 7 5 7 465 107 1.389 8.7 0.8 3.8 4.9 1.28
SEA (3 yrs) 15 19 .441 4.97 107 16 40 2 0 7 342.1 370 199 189 36 146 22 172 6 1 13 1502 84 1.507 9.7 0.9 3.8 4.5 1.18
CAL (2 yrs) 6 2 .750 5.12 51 0 28 0 0 9 91.1 113 59 52 11 30 1 28 1 0 4 405 77 1.566 11.1 1.1 3.0 2.8 0.93
PHI (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 8 5 5 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 25 42 2.400 14.4 1.8 7.2 1.8 0.25
AL (4 yrs) 21 21 .500 5.00 158 16 68 2 0 16 433.2 483 258 241 47 176 23 200 7 1 17 1907 82 1.520 10.0 1.0 3.7 4.2 1.14
NL (3 yrs) 3 5 .375 3.82 65 1 29 0 0 5 113.0 112 56 48 10 50 9 60 7 5 7 490 100 1.434 8.9 0.8 4.0 4.8 1.20

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1979 31 CAL AL ALCS L BAL 0 1 .000 9.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 4 4 4 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 17 1.500 9.0 4.5 4.5 4.5 1.00
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 9.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 4 4 4 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 17 1.500 9.0 4.5 4.5 4.5 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1973 25 MON NL 4 32 28 3 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 .286 .344 .321 .665 .364 9 2 1 0 1 2
1974 26 MON NL 46 350 301 37 73 13 4 5 4 5 38 43 .243 .330 .362 .693 .264 109 9 4 2 5 5
1975 27 TOT NL 15 106 91 16 31 4 0 5 0 0 10 10 .341 .410 .549 .959 .333 50 5 2 1 2 2
1975 27 MON NL 12 81 71 11 23 2 0 4 0 0 6 9 .324 .383 .521 .904 .317 37 3 2 0 2 1
1975 27 PHI NL 3 25 20 5 8 2 0 1 0 0 4 1 .400 .500 .650 1.150 .389 13 2 0 1 0 1
1977 29 SEA AL 47 796 710 95 193 32 7 20 12 8 75 98 .272 .343 .421 .764 .290 299 17 4 3 4 5
1978 30 SEA AL 19 198 169 31 52 3 2 2 3 3 24 14 .308 .386 .385 .770 .318 65 4 0 1 4 4
1979 31 TOT AL 55 583 506 85 141 23 5 17 7 8 56 66 .279 .347 .445 .792 .287 225 13 2 10 9 13
1979 31 CAL AL 14 75 66 12 16 2 0 3 0 0 9 6 .242 .333 .409 .742 .228 27 4 0 0 0 0
1979 31 SEA AL 41 508 440 73 125 21 5 14 7 8 47 60 .284 .349 .450 .799 .296 198 9 2 10 9 13
1980 32 CAL AL 37 331 300 47 97 22 1 8 6 2 21 22 .323 .364 .483 .847 .324 145 9 1 4 5 1
7 Seasons 223 2396 2105 314 595 98 19 57 32 26 226 260 .283 .352 .429 .780 .296 902 59 14 21 30 32
162 Game Avg. 63 679 596 89 169 28 5 16 9 7 64 74 .283 .352 .429 .780 .296 256 17 4 6 9 9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1974 26 MON NL 46 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 47 47 47 8 1 1 0 1.0 1.8 6.0
1977 29 SEA AL 47 15 4 8 3 0 0 5 10 .333 0 0 2 0 5 33% 43 67 20 28 9 5 6 3.6 4.6 5.3
1979 31 TOT AL 55 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 26 26 33 12 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0
1979 31 SEA AL 41 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 26 26 26 28 11 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0
3 Seasons 134 17 4 10 3 0 1 5 12 .294 0 0 2 0 6 35% 42 67 20 64 21 7 6 3.3 4.3 5.0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1973 25 MON NL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0.566 0 1 3 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 2 0 5.8
1974 26 MON NL 46 45 21 3 3 5 3 2 60% 7 2 53 19 36% 9 0.921 15 9 21 9 5 31 26 19 25 9 25 10 5.1
1975 27 TOT NL 15 15 8 0 1 2 2 0 100% 3 1 8 2 25% 0.987 4 2 9 3 1 11 5 10 7 2 7 3 4.5
1975 27 MON NL 12 12 7 0 1 2 2 0 100% 3 1 7 2 29% 8 1.103 4 1 7 3 1 8 4 8 5 2 5 3 4.4
1975 27 PHI NL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0.610 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 5.0
1977 29 SEA AL 47 32 15 4 4 5 4 1 80% 6 1 30 11 37% 8 1.034 9 10 12 11 7 14 19 13 27 2 27 4 9.7
1978 30 SEA AL 19 19 10 1 3 3 2 1 67% 3 0 23 11 48% 4 1.145 10 2 6 3 4 12 13 6 14 4 14 3 6.9
1979 31 TOT AL 55 54 25 8 3 12 7 5 58% 14 2 57 21 37% 1.113 23 10 21 16 11 27 36 18 37 12 38 7 7.4
1979 31 SEA AL 41 40 15 6 3 4 1 3 25% 5 1 47 19 40% 5 1.059 15 7 18 5 11 24 29 11 32 8 32 3 8.7
1979 31 CAL AL 14 14 10 2 0 8 6 2 75% 9 1 10 2 20% 9 1.479 8 3 3 11 0 3 7 7 5 4 6 4 3.8
1980 32 CAL AL 37 37 18 4 2 4 3 1 75% 5 1 43 12 28% 6 0.779 14 5 17 9 6 22 22 15 26 6 26 5 6.0
7 Seasons 223 206 97 20 16 31 21 10 68% 38 7 215 77 36% 1.002 75 39 89 51 34 121 122 84 138 35 139 32 6.7

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1973 25 MON NL 32 31% 0.0% 21.9% 6.3% 3.1% 13% 0.78 69% 5 2 40%
1974 26 MON NL 351 42% 1.4% 12.3% 10.9% 6.3% 30% 1.14 74% 81 9 11%
1975 27 TOT NL 106 45% 4.7% 9.4% 9.4% 8.5% 29% 1.23 74% 25 5 20%
1975 27 MON NL 81 46% 4.9% 11.1% 7.4% 7.4% 26% 1.32 74% 20 3 15%
1975 27 PHI NL 25 44% 4.0% 4.0% 16.0% 12.0% 38% 1.00 72% 5 2 40%
1977 29 SEA AL 796 43% 2.5% 12.3% 9.4% 7.4% 31% 1.06 75% 148 17 11%
1978 30 SEA AL 198 48% 1.0% 7.1% 12.1% 3.5% 14% 0.82 79% 57 4 7%
1979 31 TOT AL 583 41% 2.9% 11.3% 9.6% 7.7% 32% 1.00 74% 137 13 9%
1979 31 SEA AL 508 41% 2.8% 11.8% 9.3% 7.9% 32% 0.94 74% 114 9 8%
1979 31 CAL AL 75 40% 4.0% 8.0% 12.0% 6.7% 31% 1.47 76% 23 4 17%
1980 32 CAL AL 331 51% 2.4% 6.7% 6.3% 9.4% 32% 0.99 83% 78 9 12%
7 Seasons 2397 44% 2.4% 10.9% 9.4% 7.3% 29% 1.03 76% 531 59 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1973 25 MON NL 32 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 50% 0 2 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1974 26 MON NL 351 73 5 0 28 1 4 2 3 34 15 6 44% 7 3 0 144 4 5 44% 4 4 0 0 0 1 4 1 17 0
1975 27 TOT NL 106 31 5 1 4 2 3 3 2 8 4 0 50% 0 2 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1975 27 MON NL 81 23 4 1 3 2 2 3 1 6 4 0 67% 0 2 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1975 27 PHI NL 25 8 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0% 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 29 SEA AL 796 193 20 0 15 10 10 11 9 37 19 5 51% 12 7 0 318 12 8 60% 12 6 0 1 0 1 2 1 15 0
1978 30 SEA AL 198 52 2 0 12 1 1 2 0 18 14 1 78% 2 3 0 84 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
1979 31 TOT AL 583 141 17 1 21 11 6 8 9 57 34 6 60% 6 5 1 238 7 8 47% 7 8 0 0 0 0 2 1 18 0
1979 31 SEA AL 508 125 14 1 21 9 5 7 7 52 32 5 62% 5 3 0 203 7 8 47% 7 8 0 0 0 0 2 1 14 0
1979 31 CAL AL 75 16 3 0 0 2 1 1 2 5 2 1 40% 1 2 1 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1980 32 CAL AL 331 97 8 0 13 2 6 6 2 34 21 2 62% 5 2 2 140 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
7 Seasons 2397 595 57 2 93 27 30 32 25 190 108 21 57% 32 24 3 987 32 26 55% 32 23 0 1 0 2 11 3 81 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1973 25 0 0 3.52 4 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 8 3 3 0 2 2 7 1 0 2 32 108 1.304 9.4 0.0 2.3 8.2 3.50 108
1974 26 3 4 .429 3.19 50 1 21 0 0 3 90.1 81 40 32 5 40 7 50 5 3 5 384 121 1.339 8.1 0.5 4.0 5.0 1.25 121
1975 27 3 5 .375 3.82 65 1 29 0 0 5 113.0 112 56 48 10 50 9 60 7 5 7 490 100 1.434 8.9 0.8 4.0 4.8 1.20 100
1976 28 3 5 .375 3.82 65 1 29 0 0 5 113.0 112 56 48 10 50 9 60 7 5 7 490 100 1.434 8.9 0.8 4.0 4.8 1.20 100
1977 29 11 17 .393 4.11 112 16 44 2 0 9 295.1 305 151 135 30 125 14 158 11 6 14 1286 97 1.456 9.3 0.9 3.8 4.8 1.26 97
1978 30 12 20 .375 4.38 131 16 54 2 0 11 339.0 357 182 165 32 149 18 172 11 6 17 1484 91 1.493 9.5 0.8 4.0 4.6 1.15 91
1979 31 20 24 .455 4.70 186 17 79 2 0 18 473.0 498 267 247 49 205 31 238 13 6 22 2067 87 1.486 9.5 0.9 3.9 4.5 1.16 87
1980 32 24 26 .480 4.76 223 17 97 2 0 21 546.2 595 314 289 57 226 32 260 14 6 24 2397 85 1.502 9.8 0.9 3.7 4.3 1.15 85

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1973 25 0 0 3.86 7.0 8 3 3 0 2 6 1 1.429 10.3 2.6 7.7 3.00 0.0 4
1974 26 5 3 .625 3.42 79.0 73 33 30 5 38 41 4 1.405 8.3 4.3 4.7 1.08 0.6 46
1975 27 0 2 .000 6.86 21.0 31 18 16 5 10 9 2 1.952 13.3 4.3 3.9 0.90 2.1 15
1977 29 8 11 .421 4.68 173.0 197 100 90 20 77 93 4 1.584 10.2 4.0 4.8 1.21 1.0 47
1978 30 1 3 .250 7.42 40.0 54 37 33 2 25 13 0 1.975 12.2 5.6 2.9 0.52 0.5 19
1979 31 5 9 .357 5.65 129.0 141 90 81 17 56 64 2 1.527 9.8 3.9 4.5 1.14 1.2 55
1980 32 2 5 .286 6.00 69.0 101 51 46 8 22 21 1 1.783 13.2 2.9 2.7 0.95 1.0 37
7 Seasons 21 33 .389 5.19 518.0 605 332 299 57 230 247 14 1.612 10.5 4.3 1.07 1.0 223

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1979 AL  55 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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