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John Montague

John Evans Montague

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Expos/Angels/Phillies 1973-1980

Final Game: August 28, 1980
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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
1969	21	BAL-min	A	12	8	.600	1.53	31	19					176.0	130	39	30	8	54								1.045	6.6	0.4	2.8			MIA · FLOR
1970	22	BAL-min	AAA	6	9	.400	4.86	26	26		5	2	0	139.0	137	82	75	18	60	3	102	5	0	8			1.417	8.9	1.2	3.9	6.6	1.70	ROC · IL
1971	23	BAL-min	AAA	8	6	.571	4.46	28	16		2	1	3	117.0	121	62	58	23	36	3	92	2	0	3			1.342	9.3	1.8	2.8	7.1	2.56	ROC · IL
1972	24	WSN-min	AAA	9	11	.450	3.28	29	29		10	0	0	214.0	216	93	78	13	69	7	149	4	0	6			1.332	9.1	0.5	2.9	6.3	2.16	PNS · IL
1973	25	WSN-min	AAA	15	9	.625	3.11	27	27		16	3	0	194.0	188	73	67	14	54	3	108	4	0	3			1.247	8.7	0.6	2.5	5.0	2.00	PNS · IL
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	114	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	WSN-min	AAA	7	8	.467	1.73	18	17		8	2	1	135.0	114	36	26	6	27	1	68	1	1	6			1.044	7.6	0.4	1.8	4.5	2.52	MEM · IL
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	62	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	70	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	45	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	81	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	77	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	86	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	86	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	109	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	78	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	45	2.400	14.4	1.8	7.2	1.8	0.25

AL (4 yrs)			AL	21	21	.500	5.00	158	16	68	2	0	16	433.2	483	258	241	47	176	23	200	7	1	17	1907	83	1.520	10.0	1.0	3.7	4.2	1.14
NL (3 yrs)			NL	3	5	.375	3.82	65	1	29	0	0	5	113.0	112	56	48	10	50	9	60	7	5	7	490	102	1.434	8.9	0.8	4.0	4.8	1.20

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1973	25	MON	NL	7.2	0	3	4	0	.5	1	0.0	$
1974	26	MON	NL	82.2	1	37	47	2	.9	10	0.5	$
1975	27	MON	NL	17.2	0	11	10	0	1.1	-1	-0.2	$
1975	27	PHI	NL	5.0	0	5	3	0	.6	-2	-0.2	$

1977	29	SEA	AL	182.1	15	95	112	1	1.0	17	1.4	$
1978	30	SEA	AL	43.2	0	31	27	-1	1.1	-4	-0.8	$
1979	31	SEA	AL	116.1	1	73	78	0	1.1	5	-0.3	$
1979	31	CAL	AL	17.2	0	12	12	-1	1.4	0	-0.2	$
1980	32	CAL	AL	73.2	0	47	47	-4	.8	0	-0.6	$
7 Seasons				546.2	17	314	340	-3	1.0	26	-0.4	$

MON (3 yrs)				108.0	1	51	61	2	.9	10	0.3	$
SEA (3 yrs)				342.1	16	199	217	0	1.0	18	0.3	$
CAL (2 yrs)				91.1	0	59	59	-5	.9	0	-0.8	$
PHI (1 yr)				5.0	0	5	3	0	.6	-2	-0.2	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

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

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1969	21	BAL-min	A	31	58	55	6	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	14	.145	.190	.145	.335		8						MIA · FLOR
1970	22	BAL-min	AAA	26	55	43	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	14	.047	.146	.047	.192		2		0	7	0		ROC · IL
1971	23	BAL-min	AAA	28	41	31	2	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	6	10	.097	.243	.161	.405		5		0	4	0		ROC · IL
1972	24	WSN-min	AAA	29	81	78	5	14	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	20	.179	.200	.205	.405		16		1	1	0		PNS · IL
1973	25	WSN-min	AAA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		PNS · IL
1973	25	MON	NL	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1974	26	MON	NL	46	12	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.100	.250	.100	.350	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1975	27	WSN-min	AAA	20	50	45	2	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	13	.156	.174	.156	.329		7		0	4	0		MEM · IL
1975	27	TOT	NL	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1975	27	MON	NL	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1975	27	PHI	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1977	29	SEA	AL	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1978	30	SEA	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1979	31	TOT	AL	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1979	31	SEA	AL	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1979	31	CAL	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1980	32	CAL	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
7 Seasons				224	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.083	.214	.083	.298	-16	1	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.083	.214	.083	.298	-16	1	0	0	0	0	0

MON (3 yrs)				63	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.083	.214	.083	.298	-16	1	0	0	0	0	0
SEA (3 yrs)				107	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CAL (2 yrs)				51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				158	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (3 yrs)				66	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.083	.214	.083	.298	-16	1	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rroe	Rpos	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	Salary	Pos
1973	25	MON	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	$	/1
1974	26	MON	NL	12	-1	1	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	$	1
1975	27	MON	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	$	1
3 Seasons				14	-1	1	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1973	MON	NL	25	P	4	0	0	7.2	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.88	1.88	0	0		0
1974	MON	NL	26	P	46	1	0	82.2	14	6	5	3	1	.786	1.20	0.24	.944	1.88	1.88	4	5	56%	0
1975	TOT	NL	27	P	15	0	0	22.2	6	0	5	1	1	.833	1.99	0.33	.945	1.87	1.86	0	0		0
1975	MON	NL	27	P	12	0	0	17.2	4	0	3	1	0	.750	1.53	0.25	.945	1.88	1.86	0	0		0
1975	PHI	NL	27	P	3	0	0	5.0	2	0	2	0	1	1.000	3.60	0.67	.945	1.80	1.87	0	0		0
1977	SEA	AL	29	P	47	15	2	182.1	44	11	33	0	1	1.000	2.17	0.94	.948	1.95	1.93	12	8	40%	2
1978	SEA	AL	30	P	19	0	0	43.2	8	2	5	1	0	.875	1.44	0.37	.954	1.90	1.88	3	3	50%	1
1979	TOT	AL	31	P	55	1	0	134.0	29	6	21	2	0	.931	1.81	0.49	.949	1.92	1.89	7	8	53%	1
1979	SEA	AL	31	P	41	1	0	116.1	27	5	21	1	0	.963	2.01	0.63	.949	1.92	1.89	7	8	53%	1
1979	CAL	AL	31	P	14	0	0	17.2	2	1	0	1	0	.500	0.51	0.07	.950	1.94	1.89	0	0		0
1980	CAL	AL	32	P	37	0	0	73.2	17	4	13	0	1	1.000	2.08	0.46	.957	1.84	1.85	6	2	25%	0
	7 Seasons			P	223	17	2	546.2	118	29	82	7	4	.941	1.83	0.50	.949	1.91	1.89	32	26	45%	4
	7 Seasons			TOT	223	17	2	546.2	118	29	82	7	4	.941	1.83	0.50	.949	1.91	1.89	32	26	45%	4

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played s c a p y 1979 AL 55 (9th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1980 AL 1.000 (1st)

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

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1980 AL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Vladimir Nunez (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 8, 1965: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 15th round of the 1965 amateur draft, but did not sign.
January 28, 1967: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 3rd round of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary).
April 13, 1973: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later. The Montreal Expos sent Mickey Scott (April 4, 1974) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.
September 2, 1975: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Montreal Expos.
November 6, 1976: Purchased by the Seattle Mariners from the Philadelphia Phillies.
August 29, 1979: Traded by the Seattle Mariners to the California Angels for a player to be named later. The California Angels sent Jim Anderson (December 5, 1979) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.
February 10, 1981: Released by the California Angels.
March 2, 1981: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1980	32	California Angels	$70,000	1981 TSN Guide	Player loss; demand $95K

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$70,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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