Luis Montañez

Luis Anibal Montanez

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 15, 1981 in Bayamon, P.R.
High School: Coral Park HS (Miami, FL)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 2008
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Cubs 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.066, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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Standard Batting

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	Awards
2000	18	CHC-min	Rk,A	58	261	221	52	70	17	7	2	37	11	7	28	48	.317	.411	.484	.895		107	5	8	3	1	1		CBZ,LNS · ARIZ,MIDW
2001	19	CHC-min	A	124	551	499	70	127	33	6	5	54	20	7	34	121	.255	.316	.375	.690		187	12	12	3	3	0		LNS · MIDW
2002	20	CHC-min	A+	124	547	487	69	129	21	5	4	59	14	8	44	89	.265	.333	.353	.686		172	16	9	0	7	0		DYT · FLOR
2003	21	CHC-min	A+	126	537	486	51	123	18	3	5	38	11	4	33	89	.253	.305	.333	.638		162	11	6	6	6	0		DYT · FLOR
2004	22	CHC-min	A-,A+	93	399	345	55	96	19	9	9	55	7	8	42	69	.278	.361	.464	.825		160	5	5	3	4	2		BOI,DYT · NORW,FLOR
2005	23	CHC-min	A,AA	127	532	468	74	137	37	3	14	62	10	6	44	67	.293	.366	.474	.840		222	7	12	4	4	2		PEO,WTN · MIDW,SOUL
2006	24	CHC-min	AAA,AA	120	431	386	47	107	23	0	10	56	5	4	32	70	.277	.340	.415	.754		160	10	6	4	3	1		IWA,WTN · PCL,SOUL
2007	25	BAL-min	AAA,AA	100	376	333	51	96	13	0	10	37	4	5	32	51	.288	.356	.417	.773		139	10	4	5	2	0		NFK,BOW · IL,EL
2008	26	BAL-min	AA	116	501	451	90	151	32	5	26	97	4	4	36	63	.335	.385	.601	.986		271	9	6	0	8	2		BOW · EL
2008	26	BAL	AL	38	117	112	18	33	6	1	3	14	0	0	4	20	.295	.316	.446	.763	99	50	0	0	0	1	0	7/89D
2009	27	BAL-min	AAA,A+,AA,Rk	16	73	65	10	26	3	0	0	8	3	0	5	9	.400	.452	.446	.898		29	0	2	0	1	0		NFK,FDK,BOW,OLS · IL,CARL,EL,GULF
2009	27	BAL	AL	29	91	82	5	15	5	0	1	6	0	1	5	16	.183	.244	.280	.525	37	23	0	2	1	1	0	7/D89
2010	28	BAL-min	AAA,Rk,AA	30	125	121	17	35	6	2	2	21	2	1	4	15	.289	.312	.421	.733		51	0	0	0	0	0		NFK,OLS,BOW · IL,GULF,EL
2010	28	BAL	AL	26	58	57	2	8	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	9	.140	.155	.140	.296	-18	8	3	0	0	0	0	7/D98
2011	29	CHC-min	AAA	92	382	333	52	107	22	7	7	69	4	6	38	47	.321	.396	.492	.888		164	7	5	3	3	1		IWA · PCL
2011	29	CHC	NL	36	57	54	6	12	4	0	1	9	0	1	2	9	.222	.263	.352	.615	68	19	0	1	0	0	0	97/8
2012	30	PHI-STL-min	AAA	27	96	81	8	15	2	0	0	1	0	1	14	13	.185	.302	.210	.512		17	4	0	0	1	0		LHV,MEM · IL,PCL
4 Yrs				129	323	305	31	68	15	1	5	32	1	2	12	54	.223	.258	.328	.586	56	100	3	3	1	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	406	383	39	85	19	1	6	40	1	3	15	68	.223	.258	.328	.586	56	126	4	4	1	3	0

BAL (3 yrs)				93	266	251	25	56	11	1	4	23	1	1	10	45	.223	.257	.323	.579	53	81	3	2	1	2	0
CHC (1 yr)				36	57	54	6	12	4	0	1	9	0	1	2	9	.222	.263	.352	.615	68	19	0	1	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				93	266	251	25	56	11	1	4	23	1	1	10	45	.223	.257	.323	.579	53	81	3	2	1	2	0
NL (1 yr)				36	57	54	6	12	4	0	1	9	0	1	2	9	.222	.263	.352	.615	68	19	0	1	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2008	26	BAL	AL	38	117	1	0	1	-2	-2	-2	-0.1	4	2	0.2	.495	.499	0.4	-0.3	4	$	7/89D
2009	27	BAL	AL	29	91	-7	-1	1	0	-1	-9	-0.9	3	-6	-0.6	.468	.494	-0.6	-0.1	-6	$	7/D89
2010	28	BAL	AL	26	58	-9	0	0	2	-1	-8	-0.8	2	-6	-0.6	.467	.495	-0.9	0.2	-8	$	7/D98
2011	29	CHC	NL	36	57	-2	-1	0	-1	-1	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.4	.485	.497	-0.3	-0.2	-2	$	97/8
4 Seasons				129	323	-18	-1	2	-1	-5	-24	-2.4	11	-13	-1.4	.481	.496	-1.4	-0.5	-12	$

BAL (3 yrs)				93	266	-16	-1	2	0	-4	-19	-1.8	9	-10	-1.0	.479	.496	-1.1	-0.3	-10	$
CHC (1 yr)				36	57	-2	-1	0	-1	-1	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.4	.485	.497	-0.3	-0.2	-2	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2008	26	BAL	AL	117	80	16	5.4	106	.333	.295	.269	.316	.337	.446	.423	.763	.760	99	.535	-0.6	-0.1	.684	.188	.152	.0
2009	27	BAL	AL	91	70	6	2.3	109	.212	.183	.268	.244	.338	.280	.431	.525	.769	37	.190	-7.6	-0.7	.426	.146	.098	.0
2010	28	BAL	AL	58	52	1	0.5	99	.167	.140	.259	.155	.327	.140	.406	.296	.733	-18	.017	-9.5	-0.9	.192	.035	.000	.0
2011	29	CHC	NL	57	43	5	3.1	98	.250	.222	.259	.263	.326	.352	.403	.615	.730	68	.345	-2.5	-0.2	.488	.148	.130	.0
4 Yrs				323	245	28	3.1	104	.254	.223	.265	.258	.334	.328	.418	.586	.752	56	.301	-20.1	-2.0	.471	.141	.105	1.7
162 Game Avg.				406	308	35	3.1	104	.254	.223	.265	.258	.334	.328	.418	.586	.752	56	.301	-20.1	-2.0	.471	.141	.105	2

BAL (3 yrs)				266	202	23	3.0	105	.255	.223	.267	.257	.335	.323	.422	.579	.757	53	.292	-17.6	-1.7	.467	.139	.100	1.6
CHC (1 yr)				57	43	5	3.1	98	.250	.222	.259	.263	.326	.352	.403	.615	.730	68	.345	-2.5	-0.2	.488	.148	.130	.0

AL (3 yrs)				266	202	23	3.0	105	.255	.223	.267	.257	.335	.323	.422	.579	.757	53	.292	-17.6	-1.7	.467	.139	.100	1.6
NL (1 yr)				57	43	5	3.1	98	.250	.222	.259	.263	.326	.352	.403	.615	.730	68	.345	-2.5	-0.2	.488	.148	.130	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2008	26	BAL	AL	117	2.6%	17.1%	3.4%	8.6%	30%	5.00	5.6	37.3	8.0	0.90	0.73	77%	10%	7.0%	12%
2009	27	BAL	AL	91	1.1%	17.6%	5.5%	6.6%	40%	3.20	5.1	82.0	13.7	0.63	0.66	73%	22%	2.5%	2%
2010	28	BAL	AL	58	0.0%	15.5%	1.7%	0.0%	0%	9.00	6.3		19.0	0.92	1.26	83%	10%	0.0%	20%
2011	29	CHC	NL	57	1.8%	15.8%	3.5%	8.8%	42%	4.50	6.0	54.0	6.0	0.80	0.84	77%	24%	4.5%	12%
4 Yrs				323	1.6%	16.7%	3.7%	6.5%	31%	4.50	5.6	61.0	9.5	0.81	0.83	77%	16%	4.0%	11%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.1%	8.6%	7.7%	33%	2.12	4.9	34.8	8.0	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2008	26	BAL	AL	-0.6	-0.1	118	0.1	1.8	-1.7	.85	0.0	0.1	3.0	0.3	0.87	0.4	0.94	5
2009	27	BAL	AL	-7.6	-0.7	92	-0.3	1.2	-1.6	.98	-0.6	0.3	-3.8	-0.4	0.90	-7.6	1.34	7
2010	28	BAL	AL	-9.5	-0.9	59	-0.8	0.3	-1.1	.80	-0.9	-0.1	-10.5	-1.1	0.96	-10.2	1.02	4
2011	29	CHC	NL	-2.6	-0.3	58	0.2	1.0	-0.8	.79	-0.3	0.5	1.4	0.1	0.93	-2.8	0.64	12
4 Yrs				-20.2	-2.0	327	-0.8	4.3	-5.1	.87	-1.7	0.8	-9.9	-1.0	0.91	-20.2	0.92	28

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2008	26	BAL	AL	3	44%	50	0	0		0	0	0	1	1	2	44%	7	4	3	2	2	0	7	3	4
2009	27	BAL	AL	1	19%	25	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	1	1	40%	4	1	3	2	2	0	4	2	1
2010	28	BAL	AL	0	22%	16	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	1	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	29	CHC	NL	0	36%	21	0	1	0%	0	0	1	0	0	0	50%	4	3	1	2	1	1	2	0	2
4 Yrs				4	33%	112	1	2	33%	1	1	1	1	2	4	43%	18	10	8	6	5	1	13	5	7

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2008	26	BAL	AL	117	46%	33	6	0	5	1	0	0	0.94	3	0	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		18	0	0%	8	4	50%	67	11	16%	8	5	63%	7	5	71%	0
2009	27	BAL	AL	91	41%	15	0	0	7	0	0	0	1.34	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	20	0	0%	7	3	43%	47	5	11%	3	2	67%	2	2	100%	0
2010	28	BAL	AL	58	34%	8	1	0	4	0	0	0	1.02	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12	3	25%	5	1	20%	37	3	8%	3	1	33%	1	0	0%	0
2011	29	CHC	NL	57	75%	12	1	0	12	3	0	2	0.64	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		7	0	0%	2	0	0%	32	8	25%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
4 Yrs				323	48%	68	8	0	28	4	0	2	0.92	5	0	8	4	1	4	1	0	1	1	100%	57	3	5%	22	8	36%	183	27	15%	15	9	60%	11	8	73%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2008	26	BAL	AL	117	406	3.47	282	69%	24%	15%	28%	33%	76%	0%	53%	80%	23%	2%	2	0	9%	11	9	2%	2	2	45%	0	0	0
2009	27	BAL	AL	91	344	3.78	229	67%	23%	18%	29%	30%	77%	0%	51%	77%	22%	3%	3	0	13%	12	7	4%	4	2	25%	0	0	0
2010	28	BAL	AL	58	215	3.71	147	68%	32%	12%	24%	33%	68%	0%	47%	83%	17%	3%	2	0	7%	4	1	7%	4	4	44%	0	0	0
2011	29	CHC	NL	57	228	4.00	144	63%	30%	14%	25%	31%	70%	0%	44%	80%	7%	9%	5	0	18%	10	3	9%	5	4	0%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				323	1193	3.69	802	67%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	0%	50%	80%	19%	4%	12	0	11%	37	20	5%	15	12	31%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
2008	26	38	117	112	18	33	6	1	3	14	0	0	4	20	.295	.316	.446	.763	99	50	0	0	0	1
2009	27	67	208	194	23	48	11	1	4	20	0	1	9	36	.247	.285	.376	.661	73	73	0	2	1	2
2010	28	93	266	251	25	56	11	1	4	23	1	1	10	45	.223	.257	.323	.579	53	81	3	2	1	2
2011	29	129	323	305	31	68	15	1	5	32	1	2	12	54	.223	.258	.328	.586	56	100	3	3	1	2

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2008	26	38	117	112	18	33	6	1	3	14	0	4	20	.295	.316	.446	.763	16	38
2009	27	29	91	82	5	15	5	0	1	6	0	5	16	.183	.244	.280	.525	5	29
2010	28	26	57	56	2	7	0	0	0	2	1	1	9	.125	.140	.125	.265	1	26
2011	29	36	57	54	6	12	4	0	1	9	0	2	9	.222	.263	.352	.615	5	36
4 Yrs		129	322	304	31	67	15	1	5	31	1	12	54	.220	.255	.326	.581	27	129
162 Game Avg.		162	404	382	39	84	19	1	6	39	1	15	68	.220	.255	.326	.581	34	129

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