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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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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
1966 18 CAL AL 8 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1970 22 PHI NL 18 26 25 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 .240 .269 .240 .509 39 6 0 0 0 0 1 /937
1971 23 PHI NL 158 683 599 78 153 27 6 30 99 4 7 67 105 .255 .327 .471 .798 124 282 18 3 1 13 14 *89/3 RoY-2
1972 24 PHI NL 147 596 531 60 131 39 3 13 64 1 3 58 108 .247 .320 .405 .725 104 215 5 1 2 4 13 *83
1973 25 PHI NL 146 609 552 69 145 16 5 11 65 2 6 46 80 .263 .324 .370 .694 91 204 11 6 1 4 7 39
1974 26 PHI NL 143 571 527 55 160 33 1 7 79 3 6 32 57 .304 .343 .410 .753 107 216 9 3 2 7 6 *3/9
1975 27 TOT NL 156 667 602 61 182 34 2 10 101 6 3 49 62 .302 .353 .415 .769 110 250 26 4 2 10 8 *3 MVP-24
1975 27 PHI NL 21 90 84 9 24 8 0 2 16 1 0 4 12 .286 .315 .452 .767 108 38 3 0 1 1 0 3
1975 27 SFG NL 135 577 518 52 158 26 2 8 85 5 3 45 50 .305 .359 .409 .769 110 212 23 4 1 9 8 *3
1976 28 TOT NL 163 691 650 74 206 29 2 11 84 2 5 36 47 .317 .352 .418 .771 114 272 26 1 1 3 11 *3 MVP-24
1976 28 SFG NL 60 249 230 22 71 15 2 2 20 2 1 15 15 .309 .351 .417 .768 115 96 10 1 1 2 5 3
1976 28 ATL NL 103 442 420 52 135 14 0 9 64 0 4 21 32 .321 .353 .419 .772 114 176 16 0 0 1 6 3
1977 29 ATL NL 136 582 544 70 156 31 1 20 68 1 1 35 60 .287 .328 .458 .786 99 249 18 0 0 3 3 *3 AS
1978 30 NYM NL 159 679 609 66 156 32 0 17 96 9 4 60 92 .256 .320 .392 .712 102 239 13 1 0 9 19 *3
1979 31 TOT MLB 147 596 554 55 142 25 0 13 71 0 2 33 62 .256 .297 .372 .669 84 206 19 2 1 6 8 *3D
1979 31 NYM NL 109 442 410 36 96 19 0 5 47 0 1 25 48 .234 .277 .317 .594 65 130 15 1 1 5 7 3
1979 31 TEX AL 38 154 144 19 46 6 0 8 24 0 1 8 14 .319 .357 .528 .885 137 76 4 1 0 1 1 3D
1980 32 TOT NL 142 548 500 40 136 12 4 6 64 3 5 39 55 .272 .325 .348 .673 93 174 9 3 0 6 10 *3
1980 32 SDP NL 128 526 481 39 132 12 4 6 63 3 4 36 52 .274 .325 .353 .679 95 170 9 3 0 6 9 *3
1980 32 MON NL 14 22 19 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 3 .211 .318 .211 .529 51 4 0 0 0 0 1 /3
1981 33 TOT NL 55 105 100 8 21 0 1 1 6 0 0 5 11 .210 .248 .260 .508 43 26 6 0 0 0 0 3
1981 33 MON NL 26 66 62 6 11 0 1 0 5 0 0 4 9 .177 .227 .210 .437 25 13 5 0 0 0 0 3
1981 33 PIT NL 29 39 38 2 10 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 .263 .282 .342 .624 74 13 1 0 0 0 0 3
1982 34 TOT NL 54 52 48 4 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 6 .208 .269 .229 .498 39 11 2 0 0 0 3 /37
1982 34 PIT NL 36 35 32 4 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .281 .343 .313 .655 82 10 2 0 0 0 3 /37
1982 34 PHI NL 18 17 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .063 .118 .063 .180 -49 1 0 0 0 0 0 /3
14 Seasons 1632 6407 5843 645 1604 279 25 139 802 32 42 465 751 .275 .327 .402 .729 102 2350 162 24 10 65 103
162 Game Avg. 162 636 580 64 159 28 2 14 80 3 4 46 75 .275 .327 .402 .729 102 233 16 2 1 6 10
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
PHI (7 yrs) 651 2592 2334 274 620 123 15 63 327 11 22 209 369 .266 .326 .412 .738 105 962 46 13 7 29 41
NYM (2 yrs) 268 1121 1019 102 252 51 0 22 143 9 5 85 140 .247 .303 .362 .665 87 369 28 2 1 14 26
PIT (2 yrs) 65 74 70 6 19 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 5 .271 .311 .329 .639 78 23 3 0 0 0 3
SFG (2 yrs) 195 826 748 74 229 41 4 10 105 7 4 60 65 .306 .357 .412 .769 112 308 33 5 2 11 13
ATL (2 yrs) 239 1024 964 122 291 45 1 29 132 1 5 56 92 .302 .339 .441 .780 105 425 34 0 0 4 9
MON (2 yrs) 40 88 81 7 15 0 1 0 6 0 1 7 12 .185 .250 .210 .460 31 17 5 0 0 0 1
TEX (1 yr) 38 154 144 19 46 6 0 8 24 0 1 8 14 .319 .357 .528 .885 137 76 4 1 0 1 1
SDP (1 yr) 128 526 481 39 132 12 4 6 63 3 4 36 52 .274 .325 .353 .679 95 170 9 3 0 6 9
CAL (1 yr) 8 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (13 yrs) 1586 6251 5697 624 1558 273 25 131 778 31 41 457 735 .273 .327 .399 .726 101 2274 158 23 10 64 102
AL (2 yrs) 46 156 146 21 46 6 0 8 24 1 1 8 16 .315 .353 .521 .873 134 76 4 1 0 1 1

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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

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All-Star Games
1977 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1975-NL-24-0%
1976-NL-24-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1976 NL--.317--7th

Games Played s c a p y
1971 NL--158--7th
1975 NL--156--10th
1976 NL--163--1st
1978 NL--159--4th

At Bats s c a p y
1975 NL--602--9th
1976 NL--650--4th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1971 NL--683--10th
1976 NL--691--5th
1978 NL--679--10th

Hits s c a p y
1975 NL--182--6th
1976 NL--206--2nd

Total Bases s c a p y
1971 NL--282--9th
1976 NL--272--5th

Doubles s c a p y
1972 NL--39--1st
1974 NL--33--7th
1975 NL--34--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1971 NL--30--7th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1971 NL--99--5th
1975 NL--101--5th
1978 NL--96--8th

Singles s c a p y
1975 NL--136--10th
1976 NL--164--1st

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1971 NL--63--5th

Times On Base s c a p y
1976 NL--243--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1973 NL--6--9th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1971 NL--13--1st
1975 NL--10--3rd
1978 NL--9--6th
Career--65--162nd

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1971 NL--14--7th
1972 NL--13--7th
1976 NL--11--8th
1978 NL--19--3rd
Career--103--112th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1975 NL--26--1st
1976 NL--26--1st
1977 NL--18--5th
Career--162--203rd

AB per SO s c a p y
1976 NL--13.830--10th

AB per HR s c a p y
1971 NL--19.967--8th

Outs Made s c a p y
1971 NL--485--5th
1976 NL--479--4th

Youngest s c a p y
1966 AL--born 1948-04-01--1st

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 3 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 34 (577), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 22 (713), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1969), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

March 1, 1965: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

November 29, 1965: Drafted by the California Angels from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1965 rule 5 draft.

May 5, 1966: Returned (earlier draft pick) by the California Angels to the St. Louis Cardinals.

April 8, 1970: Sent by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete an earlier deal made on October 7, 1969. The St. Louis Cardinals sent to the Philadelphia Phillies for . Curt Flood refused to report to his new team.

May 4, 1975: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the San Francisco Giants for Garry Maddox.

June 13, 1976: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Jake Brown, Mike Eden and Craig Robinson to the Atlanta Braves for Darrell Evans and Marty Perez.

December 8, 1977: Traded as part of a 4-team trade by the Atlanta Braves to the New York Mets. The Texas Rangers sent Tommy Boggs, Adrian Devine and Eddie Miller to the Atlanta Braves. The Texas Rangers sent a player to be named later and Tom Grieve to the New York Mets. The Texas Rangers sent Bert Blyleven to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Nelson Norman and Al Oliver to the Texas Rangers. The New York Mets sent Jon Matlack to the Texas Rangers. The New York Mets sent John Milner to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Texas Rangers sent Ken Henderson (March 15, 1978) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

August 12, 1979: Traded by the New York Mets to the Texas Rangers for players to be named later. The Texas Rangers sent Ed Lynch (September 18, 1979) and Mike Jorgensen (October 23, 1979) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

February 15, 1980: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the San Diego Padres for Joe Carroll (minors), Tucker Ashford and Gaylord Perry.

August 31, 1980: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the Montreal Expos for Tony Phillips and cash.

October 26, 1980: Granted Free Agency.

December 12, 1980: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

August 20, 1981: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the Pittsburgh Pirates for John Milner.

July 1, 1982: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

August 10, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

November 4, 1982: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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