Willie Montanez
Guillermo (Naranjo) Montanez
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 193 lb.

Born: April 1, 1948 in Catano, P.R.
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1966
Final Game: October 2, 1982
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1966 CAL AL 18 1B 2 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -360.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 9.00 0.50 1.000 9.90 8.20
1970 PHI NL 22 OF 10 3 42.1 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.0 28.3 0.0 -1.0 1.0 1 1.91 0.90 .978 2.06 1.78
1970 PHI NL 22 RF 9 3 39.1 9 8 1 0 1 1.000 1.1 33.6 0.1 -1.0 1.1 1 2.06 1.00 .978 1.99 1.68
1970 PHI NL 22 1B 5 0 7.0 9 7 2 0 3 1.000 -0.5 -85.7 -0.5 -0.1 -0.5 0 11.57 1.80 .989 9.64 8.36
1970 PHI NL 22 LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.40
1971 PHI NL 23 OF 158 157 1407.0 386 364 11 11 3 .972 -16.2 -13.8 -14.2 -10.1 -4.2 -2 2.40 2.37 .979 2.19 1.92 RoY-2
1971 PHI NL 23 CF 137 133 1200.2 343 326 7 10 1 .971 -13.2 -13.2 -11.2 -9.0 -2.2 -2 2.50 2.43 .982 2.64 2.30 RoY-2
1971 PHI NL 23 RF 24 24 206.1 40 34 5 1 3 .975 -3.0 -17.4 -3.0 -1.1 -2.0 0 1.70 1.63 .982 2.07 1.80 RoY-2
1971 PHI NL 23 1B 9 0 18.0 14 13 1 0 1 1.000 -0.4 -26.7 -0.4 -0.3 0.0 0 7.00 1.56 .993 9.90 8.58 RoY-2
1972 PHI NL 24 CF 130 127 1110.2 336 317 14 5 2 .985 -1.3 -1.4 -4.3 -1.8 -2.4 3 2.68 2.55 .980 2.60 2.35
1972 PHI NL 24 OF 130 127 1110.2 338 318 15 5 2 .985 -1.3 -1.4 -4.3 -1.8 -2.4 3 2.70 2.56 .978 2.18 1.96
1972 PHI NL 24 1B 14 14 113.2 119 111 7 1 16 .992 1.4 14.8 1.4 1.7 -0.3 0 9.34 8.43 .992 9.73 8.42
1973 PHI NL 25 1B 99 93 825.2 842 785 52 5 87 .994 -3.3 -4.8 -3.3 -2.3 -1.0 0 9.12 8.45 .992 9.83 8.40
1973 PHI NL 25 RF 52 47 389.0 75 69 5 1 2 .987 -3.9 -12.0 -3.9 -5.3 1.4 0 1.71 1.42 .972 2.01 1.77
1973 PHI NL 25 OF 51 47 389.0 74 67 6 1 2 .986 -3.9 -12.0 -3.9 -5.3 1.4 0 1.69 1.43 .977 2.23 1.96
1974 PHI NL 26 1B 137 136 1186.1 1305 1216 79 10 126 .992 -1.9 -1.9 -1.9 -1.1 -0.9 0 9.82 9.45 .991 7.59 7.30
1974 PHI NL 26 OF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.00
1974 PHI NL 26 RF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.70
1975 TOT NL 27 1B 155 155 1349.2 1441 1333 98 10 134 .993 -1.0 -0.9 -1.0 0.5 -1.4 0 9.54 9.23 .990 8.02 7.61 MVP-24
1975 PHI NL 27 1B 21 21 183.0 202 183 17 2 20 .990 2.2 14.4 2.2 1.4 0.9 0 9.84 9.52 .990 9.97 8.52
1975 SFG NL 27 1B 134 134 1166.2 1239 1150 81 8 114 .994 -3.2 -3.3 -3.2 -0.9 -2.3 0 9.50 9.19 .990 7.71 7.46
1976 TOT NL 28 1B 161 160 1426.0 1698 1569 107 22 141 .987 -8.9 -7.5 -8.9 -5.4 -3.4 0 10.58 10.41 .991 9.90 8.61 MVP-24
1976 SFG NL 28 1B 58 57 514.2 641 583 51 7 54 .989 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 -0.2 0 11.09 10.93 .991 9.95 8.61
1976 ATL NL 28 1B 103 103 911.1 1057 986 56 15 87 .986 -8.9 -11.7 -8.9 -5.7 -3.2 0 10.29 10.12 .991 9.87 8.61
1977 ATL NL 29 1B 134 134 1172.0 1209 1129 70 10 88 .992 -12.3 -12.6 -12.3 -11.2 -1.1 0 9.21 8.95 .991 7.68 7.46 AS
1978 NYM NL 30 1B 158 158 1417.2 1462 1350 104 8 138 .995 -2.1 -1.8 -3.1 -1.7 -1.4 1 9.23 9.20 .992 6.35 6.33
1979 TOT MLB 31 1B 127 123 1119.0 1200 1096 92 12 109 .990 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.2 0.3 0 9.55 9.35 .992 9.57 8.63
1979 NYM NL 31 1B 108 104 949.0 992 905 76 11 95 .989 -0.6 -0.8 -0.6 -0.9 0.3 0 9.30 9.08 .992 9.48 8.59
1979 TEX AL 31 1B 19 19 170.0 208 191 16 1 14 .995 3.2 22.6 3.2 3.1 0.0 0 10.96 10.89 .992 10.08 8.85
1979 TEX AL 31 DH 17
1980 TOT NL 32 1B 128 125 1125.1 1308 1214 86 8 105 .994 -6.1 -6.5 -7.1 -3.5 -3.8 1 10.40 10.16 .992 8.28 8.09
1980 SDP NL 32 1B 124 122 1094.1 1277 1185 84 8 105 .994 -5.9 -6.5 -6.9 -3.5 -3.5 1 10.44 10.23 .992 8.22 8.06
1980 MON NL 32 1B 4 3 31.0 31 29 2 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -7.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.3 0 9.00 7.75 .994 10.16 8.98
1981 TOT NL 33 1B 27 16 165.2 187 173 13 1 12 .995 -0.7 -5.1 -0.7 -1.6 0.9 0 10.10 6.89 .992 10.22 8.68
1981 MON NL 33 1B 16 12 113.1 130 117 12 1 8 .992 -0.1 -1.1 -0.1 -1.0 0.9 0 10.24 8.06 .992 10.22 8.68
1981 PIT NL 33 1B 11 4 52.1 57 56 1 0 4 1.000 -0.6 -13.8 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 9.80 5.18 .991 10.22 8.68
1982 TOT NL 34 1B 8 0 20.0 12 9 3 0 1 1.000 -0.8 -48.0 -0.8 -0.2 -0.7 0 5.40 1.50 1.000 10.26 8.89
1982 PIT NL 34 1B 2 0 7.0 6 5 1 0 1 1.000 -0.9 -154.3 -0.9 -0.3 -0.6 0 7.71 3.00 1.000 10.29 8.90
1982 PIT NL 34 LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.60
1982 PIT NL 34 OF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.90
1982 PHI NL 34 1B 6 0 13.0 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 0.1 9.2 0.1 0.1 -0.1 0 4.15 1.00 1.000 10.25 8.88
14 Seasons 1B 1164 1114 9947.0 10807 10006 714 87 962 .992 -34.3 -4.1 -36.3 -23.3 -13.3 2 9.70 9.21 .991 8.38 7.81
6 Seasons OF 352 334 2952.0 808 758 33 17 7 .979 -20.2 -8.2 -22.2 -18.2 -4.0 2 2.41 2.25 .978 2.19 1.94
2 Seasons CF 267 260 2311.1 679 643 21 15 3 .978 -14.5 -7.5 -15.5 -10.8 -4.6 1 2.59 2.49 .981 2.62 2.32
4 Seasons RF 86 74 635.2 125 112 11 2 6 .984 -5.5 -10.4 -6.5 -7.4 0.8 1 1.74 1.43 .976 2.03 1.77
1 Season DH 17
2 Seasons LF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -48.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 1.98 1.53
14 Seasons TOT 1516 1448 12899.0 11615 10764 747 104 969 .991 -54.5 -5.1 -58.5 -41.5 -17.3 2 2 8.03 7.59 .981 6.96 6.44
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1966 CAL AL 18 8 0 8 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
1970 PHI NL 22 18 3 18 18 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 9 10 7 0
1971 PHI NL 23 158 157 158 158 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 137 24 158 1 0
1972 PHI NL 24 147 141 147 147 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 130 0 130 6 0
1973 PHI NL 25 146 140 146 146 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 52 51 6 0
1974 PHI NL 26 143 136 143 137 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 0
1975 SFG NL 27 135 134 135 134 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1975 PHI NL 27 21 21 21 21 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 ATL NL 28 103 103 103 103 0 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 SFG NL 28 60 57 60 58 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1977 ATL NL 29 136 134 136 134 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1978 NYM NL 30 159 158 159 158 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1979 NYM NL 31 109 104 109 108 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1979 TEX AL 31 38 36 38 19 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2 0
1980 SDP NL 32 128 122 128 124 0 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1980 MON NL 32 14 3 14 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1981 PIT NL 33 29 4 29 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1981 MON NL 33 26 12 26 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1982 PIT NL 34 36 0 36 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 35 0
1982 PHI NL 34 18 0 18 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
14 Seasons 1632 1465 1632 1513 0 0 1163 0 0 0 3 267 86 352 17 135 6
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1966 CAL AL 18 9 56% 89% 22% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1970 PHI NL 22 41 34% 71% 29% 1 100% 0 7 0 7 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1971 PHI NL 23 71 73% 80% 38% 1 100% 0 18 0 18 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1972 PHI NL 24 465 69% 82% 27% 29 93% 0 111 4 106 1 16 8 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 16 0 0 0 14 0 1 0 1 2 100%
1973 PHI NL 25 3711 63% 76% 24% 176 94% 1 784 57 712 15 65 52 32 12 1 2 5 0 4 1 5 86 1 0 1 78 2 8 2 6 7 100%
1974 PHI NL 26 5370 57% 76% 26% 290 95% 0 1214 102 1101 11 103 83 47 24 2 7 10 1 9 0 7 130 4 0 2 121 6 9 4 5 15 100%
1975 SFG NL 27 5258 59% 77% 25% 267 95% 1 1151 84 1058 9 95 79 59 13 3 1 8 1 6 1 6 113 3 1 1 104 5 9 1 7 11 91%
1975 PHI NL 27 782 63% 79% 29% 52 92% 1 186 13 172 1 19 16 13 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 20 1 0 0 20 1 0 0 0 6 100%
1976 ATL NL 28 4183 56% 79% 28% 223 91% 3 982 55 914 12 98 55 41 6 1 1 15 0 15 0 12 87 2 0 0 82 2 5 2 3 17 94%
1976 SFG NL 28 2316 57% 80% 30% 148 93% 1 587 31 550 6 65 49 32 8 0 3 7 0 5 2 6 54 4 0 0 50 4 4 1 3 11 82%
1977 ATL NL 29 5602 57% 76% 23% 253 91% 3 1129 51 1054 24 116 75 45 16 4 5 10 0 10 0 4 89 0 0 2 79 5 10 3 7 16 88%
1978 NYM NL 30 6258 57% 79% 25% 311 92% 3 1351 79 1260 13 124 100 64 20 1 7 8 2 6 0 6 139 2 4 5 125 12 14 4 10 24 63%
1979 NYM NL 31 4272 58% 78% 24% 229 93% 1 910 68 832 10 84 73 49 12 2 6 11 1 10 0 8 95 3 1 1 86 5 9 1 8 14 71%
1979 TEX AL 31 738 49% 79% 30% 59 95% 1 191 6 184 1 34 17 11 5 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 14 0 0 1 11 2 3 0 3 9 89%
1980 SDP NL 32 4887 64% 80% 27% 226 91% 0 1186 58 1121 8 86 85 52 11 1 4 8 1 7 0 6 103 1 1 3 98 6 5 1 4 15 93%
1980 MON NL 32 128 48% 82% 27% 5 100% 0 29 1 28 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 MON NL 33 488 53% 82% 30% 31 94% 0 113 6 107 0 8 15 13 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 1 2 100%
1981 PIT NL 33 244 55% 80% 27% 16 94% 0 56 6 50 0 7 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 100%
1982 PHI NL 34 51 45% 86% 20% 4 100% 0 5 1 4 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 PIT NL 34 38 26% 82% 21% 1 100% 0 5 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 44912 58% 78% 26% 2322 93% 15 10016 622 9284 111 923 718 473 132 16 39 87 6 77 4 65 963 21 7 16 883 50 79 19 59 151 86%
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 94% 88%
PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1971 PHI NL 23 10 1 9 0 3 7 0 0 3 3 58 34 2 49 5 1 7 0 1 17 2 0 25 20 0 156 61 39.1% 91 4 2.6% 3 5249 65% 78% 24% 632 53%
1972 PHI NL 24 5 0 5 0 1 14 0 3 3 3 41 23 0 37 6 0 13 4 1 26 3 1 29 23 0 146 59 40.4% 85 2 1.4% 12 4900 67% 76% 25% 578 56%
2 Seasons 15 1 14 0 4 21 0 3 6 6 99 57 2 86 11 1 20 4 2 43 5 1 54 43 0 302 120 39.7% 176 6 2.0% 15 10149 66% 77% 25% 1210 54%
MLB Averages 42.5% 2.2% 60% 78% 26% 57%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1970 PHI NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 8 7 87.5% 1 0 0.0% 1 174 60% 71% 24% 19 42%
1971 PHI NL 23 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 7 3 0 4 1 0 4 2 1 5 0 1 1 1 0 21 7 33.3% 12 2 9.5% 3 915 56% 79% 26% 70 51%
1973 PHI NL 25 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 2 1 0 13 5 1 8 2 0 2 1 0 4 2 0 8 5 0 35 15 42.9% 19 1 2.9% 4 1690 65% 73% 26% 130 55%
1974 PHI NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67% 100% 67% 1 100%
4 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 11 0 3 1 1 24 12 1 13 3 0 6 3 1 11 4 1 10 7 0 64 29 45.3% 32 3 4.7% 8 2782 62% 75% 26% 220 53%
MLB Averages 42.5% 3.1% 60% 78% 26% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1970 PHI NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 12 67% 58% 8% 1 0%
1982 PIT NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 67% 89% 0% 2 0%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 21 67% 71% 5% 3 0%
MLB Averages 57.7% 2.7% 60% 78% 26% 47%

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