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 (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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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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
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	100	50	0	0	0	1	0
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	38	23	0	2	1	1	0
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
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	67	19	0	1	0	0	0	97/8
4 Seasons				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	67	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	67	19	0	1	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	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2008	26	BAL	AL	117	0	0	2	1	-4	-1	4	2	0.2	6	0.6	-0.4	$
2009	27	BAL	AL	91	-7	-2	0	1	2	-1	3	-3	-0.3	-5	-0.5	0.2	$
2010	28	BAL	AL	58	-10	0	-1	-0	2	-1	2	-7	-0.7	-9	-0.9	0.2	$
2011	29	CHC	NL	57	-2	-1	-0	0	5	-1	2	3	0.3	-2	-0.2	0.5	$	97/8
4 Seasons				323	-19	-2	1	2	6	-3	11	-5	-0.5	-10	-1.0	0.5	$

BAL (3 yrs)				266	-17	-1	2	2	0	-3	9	-8	-0.8	-8	-0.8	-0.0	$
CHC (1 yr)				57	-2	-1	-0	0	5	-1	2	3	0.3	-2	-0.2	0.5	$

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
2008	BAL	AL	26	OF	33				38	35	1	2	0	.947	-4	-1				1.09	.986		2.28
2008	BAL	AL	26	LF	26	20	15	174.1	33	30	1	2	0	.939	-4	-1	-24	-7	1.60	1.19	.984	2.05	2.03
2008	BAL	AL	26	CF	5	2	0	19.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0	1	6	63	1.89	0.80	.990	2.70	2.68
2008	BAL	AL	26	RF	5	2	1	23.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-1	-5	-52	0.39	0.20	.980	2.15	2.12
2008	BAL	AL	26	DH	3	3
2009	BAL	AL	27	OF	22				37	37	0	0	0	1.000	2	2				1.68	.987		2.30
2009	BAL	AL	27	LF	19	14	14	135.2	34	34	0	0	0	1.000	3	1	28	9	2.26	1.79	.987	2.12	2.09
2009	BAL	AL	27	DH	3	3
2009	BAL	AL	27	CF	2	1	0	9.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	2.00	1.00	.990	2.70	2.70
2009	BAL	AL	27	RF	2	1	1	12.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-1	1	-90	100	0.75	0.50	.980	2.10	2.10
2010	BAL	AL	28	OF	20				31	28	2	1	0	.968	2	4				1.50	.986		2.28
2010	BAL	AL	28	LF	17	8	7	89.1	25	23	1	1	0	.960	0	2	1	27	2.42	1.41	.983	2.07	2.05
2010	BAL	AL	28	DH	2	1
2010	BAL	AL	28	RF	2	1	1	10.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	1	24	120	0.90	0.50	.980	2.07	2.10
2010	BAL	AL	28	CF	1	1	1	8.0	5	4	1	0	0	1.000	1	1	180	150	5.62	5.00	.990	2.70	2.70
2011	CHC	NL	29	OF	25	12	7	117.1	26	25	1	0	0	1.000	5	0	53	0	1.99	1.04	.986	2.16	2.15
2011	CHC	NL	29	RF	14	10	5	85.0	21	20	1	0	0	1.000	5	0	70	0	2.22	1.50	.983	2.05	2.04
2011	CHC	NL	29	LF	10	2	2	31.1	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	6	0	1.44	0.50	.984	1.87	1.87
2011	CHC	NL	29	CF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.50
	4 Seasons			OF	100	12	7	117.1	132	125	4	3	0	.977	5	5	56	10	1.99	1.29	.986	2.16	2.25
	4 Seasons			LF	72	44	38	430.2	97	92	2	3	0	.969	-0	2	-0	5	1.96	1.31	.985	2.06	2.03
	4 Seasons			RF	23	14	8	130.0	24	23	1	0	0	1.000	4	1	39	9	1.66	1.04	.982	2.08	2.07
	4 Seasons			CF	9	4	1	37.0	11	10	1	0	0	1.000	1	2	42	64	2.68	1.22	.990	2.70	2.67
	4 Seasons			TOT	100	12	7	117.1	132	125	4	3	0	.977	5	10	56	102	1.99	1.29	.986	2.16	2.25
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

June 5, 2000: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 2000.
October 15, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
November 14, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
January 4, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
November 6, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
January 12, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
November 18, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
December 21, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Salaries

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

Year	Age	Team	Salary

2009	27	Baltimore Orioles	$400,000

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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