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John Montefusco
John Joseph Montefusco Jr. (The Count)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 25, 1950 in Long Branch, NJ
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1974
Final Game: May 1, 1986
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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
1974 24 SFG NL 3 2 .600 4.81 7 5 1 1 1 0 39.1 41 22 21 3 19 0 34 0 0 0 179 79 1.525 9.4 0.7 4.3 7.8 1.79
1975 25 SFG NL 15 9 .625 2.88 35 34 1 10 4 0 243.2 210 85 78 11 86 12 215 8 2 6 1018 132 1.215 7.8 0.4 3.2 7.9 2.50 CYA-4,RoY-1
1976 26 SFG NL 16 14 .533 2.84 37 36 0 11 6 0 253.1 224 90 80 11 74 8 172 4 1 3 1045 127 1.176 8.0 0.4 2.6 6.1 2.32 AS
1977 27 SFG NL 7 12 .368 3.49 26 25 0 4 0 0 157.1 170 82 61 10 46 6 110 3 0 5 689 112 1.373 9.7 0.6 2.6 6.3 2.39
1978 28 SFG NL 11 9 .550 3.81 36 36 0 3 0 0 238.2 233 110 101 25 68 6 177 4 3 4 1003 90 1.261 8.8 0.9 2.6 6.7 2.60
1979 29 SFG NL 3 8 .273 3.94 22 22 0 0 0 0 137.0 145 64 60 15 51 7 76 2 0 3 585 89 1.431 9.5 1.0 3.4 5.0 1.49
1980 30 SFG NL 4 8 .333 4.37 22 17 0 1 0 0 113.1 120 61 55 15 39 6 85 2 1 2 498 81 1.403 9.5 1.2 3.1 6.8 2.18
1981 31 ATL NL 2 3 .400 3.49 26 9 4 0 0 1 77.1 75 32 30 9 27 2 34 0 1 2 323 103 1.319 8.7 1.0 3.1 4.0 1.26
1982 32 SDP NL 10 11 .476 4.00 32 32 0 1 0 0 184.1 177 93 82 17 41 2 83 3 1 2 770 87 1.183 8.6 0.8 2.0 4.1 2.02
1983 33 TOT MLB 14 4 .778 3.31 37 16 9 1 0 4 133.1 133 52 49 9 42 6 67 2 1 1 555 110 1.313 9.0 0.6 2.8 4.5 1.60
1983 33 SDP NL 9 4 .692 3.30 31 10 9 1 0 4 95.1 94 38 35 6 32 6 52 1 1 1 398 107 1.322 8.9 0.6 3.0 4.9 1.63
1983 33 NYY AL 5 0 1.000 3.32 6 6 0 0 0 0 38.0 39 14 14 3 10 0 15 1 0 0 157 117 1.289 9.2 0.7 2.4 3.6 1.50
1984 34 NYY AL 5 3 .625 3.58 11 11 0 0 0 0 55.1 55 26 22 5 13 2 23 1 0 1 234 106 1.229 8.9 0.8 2.1 3.7 1.77
1985 35 NYY AL 0 0 10.29 3 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 12 8 8 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 34 39 2.000 15.4 3.9 2.6 2.6 1.00
1986 36 NYY AL 0 0 2.19 4 0 1 0 0 0 12.1 9 3 3 2 5 0 3 0 0 0 50 187 1.135 6.6 1.5 3.6 2.2 0.60
13 Seasons 90 83 .520 3.54 298 244 17 32 11 5 1652.1 1604 728 650 135 513 57 1081 29 10 29 6983 103 1.281 8.7 0.7 2.8 5.9 2.11
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .520 3.54 37 31 2 4 1 1 207 201 91 82 17 64 7 136 4 1 4 876 103 1.281 8.7 0.7 2.8 5.9 2.11
SFG (7 yrs) 59 62 .488 3.47 185 175 2 30 11 0 1182.2 1143 514 456 90 383 45 869 23 7 23 5017 105 1.290 8.7 0.7 2.9 6.6 2.27
NYY (4 yrs) 10 3 .769 3.75 24 18 2 0 0 0 112.2 115 51 47 13 30 2 43 2 0 1 475 103 1.287 9.2 1.0 2.4 3.4 1.43
SDP (2 yrs) 19 15 .559 3.77 63 42 9 2 0 4 279.2 271 131 117 23 73 8 135 4 2 3 1168 93 1.230 8.7 0.7 2.3 4.3 1.85
ATL (1 yr) 2 3 .400 3.49 26 9 4 0 0 1 77.1 75 32 30 9 27 2 34 0 1 2 323 103 1.319 8.7 1.0 3.1 4.0 1.26
NL (10 yrs) 80 80 .500 3.52 274 226 15 32 11 5 1539.2 1489 677 603 122 483 55 1038 27 10 28 6508 103 1.281 8.7 0.7 2.8 6.1 2.15
AL (4 yrs) 10 3 .769 3.75 24 18 2 0 0 0 112.2 115 51 47 13 30 2 43 2 0 1 475 103 1.287 9.2 1.0 2.4 3.4 1.43

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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
1974 24 SFG NL 7 15 14 5 4 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 4 .286 .333 .714 1.048 182 10 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1975 25 SFG NL 35 94 80 4 7 0 1 1 2 0 0 5 44 .088 .141 .150 .291 -20 12 1 0 9 0 0 1 CYA-4,RoY-1
1976 26 SFG NL 38 91 78 3 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 42 .103 .165 .115 .280 -20 9 1 1 6 1 0 1 AS
1977 27 SFG NL 26 56 49 1 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 24 .122 .173 .184 .357 -3 9 0 0 4 0 0 1
1978 28 SFG NL 37 85 70 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 32 .057 .132 .071 .203 -41 5 2 1 9 0 0 1
1979 29 SFG NL 24 45 42 3 7 3 1 0 3 0 1 1 11 .167 .186 .286 .472 31 12 1 0 2 0 0 1
1980 30 SFG NL 22 35 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .033 .094 .033 .127 -62 1 0 1 3 0 0 1
1981 31 ATL NL 26 15 15 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .067 .067 .133 .200 -45 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 32 SDP NL 32 68 58 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 30 .086 .145 .103 .249 -28 6 1 0 6 0 0 1
1983 33 SDP NL 31 25 19 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 .053 .143 .053 .195 -43 1 0 0 4 0 0 1
14 Seasons 278 529 455 23 44 7 2 4 18 1 1 27 219 .097 .152 .147 .300 -16 67 6 3 43 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 308 265 13 26 4 1 2 10 1 1 16 128 .097 .152 .147 .300 -16 39 3 2 25 1 0
SFG (7 yrs) 189 421 363 19 37 5 2 4 15 1 1 21 169 .102 .157 .160 .317 -11 58 5 3 33 1 0
SDP (2 yrs) 63 93 77 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 41 .078 .145 .091 .235 -32 7 1 0 10 0 0
ATL (1 yr) 26 15 15 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .067 .067 .133 .200 -45 2 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 SFG NL 24 P 7 5 39.1 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.92 0.57 .950 1.88 0.71
1975 SFG NL 25 P 35 34 243.2 37 11 25 1 0 .973 1.33 1.03 .943 1.86 0.72 CYA-4,RoY-1
1976 SFG NL 26 P 37 36 253.1 36 12 21 3 0 .917 1.17 0.89 .953 1.88 0.72 AS
1977 SFG NL 27 P 26 25 157.1 23 10 12 1 0 .957 1.26 0.85 .948 1.85 0.67
1978 SFG NL 28 P 36 36 238.2 38 8 28 2 2 .947 1.36 1.00 .950 1.91 0.72
1979 SFG NL 29 P 22 22 137.0 30 9 20 1 2 .967 1.91 1.32 .950 1.80 0.66
1980 SFG NL 30 P 22 17 113.1 15 6 9 0 1 1.000 1.19 0.68 .947 1.91 0.69
1981 ATL NL 31 P 26 9 77.1 19 6 12 1 1 .947 2.09 0.69 .958 1.97 0.68
1982 SDP NL 32 P 32 32 184.1 43 11 29 3 0 .930 1.95 1.25 .953 1.96 0.70
1983 TOT MLB 33 P 37 16 133.1 24 5 16 3 0 .875 1.42 0.57 .958 1.88 0.69
1983 SDP NL 33 P 31 10 95.1 19 3 13 3 0 .842 1.51 0.52 .958 1.92 0.68
1983 NYY AL 33 P 6 6 38.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.18 0.83 .960 1.80 0.73
1984 NYY AL 34 P 11 11 55.1 9 1 7 1 1 .889 1.30 0.73 .956 1.79 0.70
1985 NYY AL 35 P 3 1 7.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57 0.67 .950 1.80 0.70
1986 NYY AL 36 P 4 0 12.1 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 3.65 1.25 .960 1.82 0.68
13 Seasons P 298 244 1652.1 285 82 187 16 8 .944 1.47 0.90 .951 1.88 0.70
13 Seasons TOT 298 244 1652.1 285 82 187 16 8 .944 1.47 0.90 .895 1.88 0.70

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1976 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1975 NL Rookie of the Year

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1975 NL (4, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (240th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1975 NL  2.881 (7th)
1976 NL  2.842 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1975 NL  15 (9th)
1976 NL  16 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1975 NL  .625 (6th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1975 NL  1.215 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 NL  7.757 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1982 NL  2.002 (6th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 NL  7.941 (1st)
1976 NL  6.111 (8th)
1978 NL  6.675 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1976 NL  253.3 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1975 NL  215 (2nd)
1976 NL  172 (6th)
1978 NL  177 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1976 NL  36 (6th)
1978 NL  36 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1976 NL  11 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1975 NL  4 (5th)
1976 NL  6 (1st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1978 NL  25 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1978 NL  233 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1975 NL  2.500 (6th)
1976 NL  2.324 (9th)
1978 NL  2.603 (4th)
Career  2.107 (210th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 NL  .406 (5th)
1976 NL  .391 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1976 NL  14 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1978 NL  101 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1975 NL  8 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1976 NL  1045 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1975 NL  132 (6th)
1976 NL  127 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 44 (569), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 15 (732), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Erik Hanson (951)
  6. Chris Bosio (950)
  7. Pete Vuckovich (949)
  8. Ken Johnson (948)
  9. Dick Bosman (946)
  10. Mario Soto (945)
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  5. Jim Bouton (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Pat Zachry (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Bouton (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mike Scott (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mike Scott (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tom Candiotti (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Eric Show (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Woody Williams (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

November 6, 1972: Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent.

December 12, 1980: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Craig Landis (minors) to the Atlanta Braves for Doyle Alexander.

November 13, 1981: Granted Free Agency.

March 6, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

August 26, 1983: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the New York Yankees for players to be named later and $200,000. The New York Yankees sent Dennis Rasmussen (September 12, 1983) and Edwin Rodriguez (September 12, 1983) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

November 12, 1985: Released by the New York Yankees.

March 17, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985New York Yankees$637,500
1986New York Yankees$716,667
Career (may be incomplete)$1,354,167
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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