Miguel Montero

Miguel Angel Montero

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: July 9, 1983 in Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela
High School:
Signed
by the Arizona Diamondbacks as an amateur free agent in 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 2006
Team: Diamondbacks 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2017, 6 yrs/$65.9M (12-17) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.031, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: Octagon [*]
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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
2006 22 ARI NL 6 17 16 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .250 .294 .313 .607 53 5 0 0 0 0 0 /2
2007 23 ARI NL 84 244 214 30 48 7 0 10 37 0 0 20 35 .224 .292 .397 .689 72 85 7 3 1 6 2 2
2008 24 ARI NL 70 207 184 24 47 16 1 5 18 0 0 19 49 .255 .330 .435 .765 94 80 1 2 1 1 3 2
2009 25 ARI NL 128 470 425 61 125 30 0 16 59 1 2 38 78 .294 .355 .478 .832 113 203 6 3 2 2 5 *2/D
2010 26 ARI NL 85 331 297 36 79 20 2 9 43 0 1 29 71 .266 .332 .438 .770 102 130 10 2 0 3 3 2/D
2011 27 ARI NL 140 553 493 65 139 36 1 18 86 1 1 47 97 .282 .351 .469 .820 120 231 14 8 1 4 10 *2 AS,MVP-21
2012 28 ARI NL 41 169 147 18 37 7 0 2 21 0 0 18 41 .252 .349 .340 .689 86 50 6 4 0 0 2 *2
7 Yrs 554 1991 1776 234 479 117 4 60 267 2 4 172 374 .270 .339 .441 .780 103 784 44 22 5 16 25
162 Game Avg. 162 582 519 68 140 34 1 18 78 1 1 50 109 .270 .339 .441 .780 103 229 13 6 1 5 7

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 Awards
2006 22 ARI NL 6 17 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .487 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /2
2007 23 ARI NL 84 244 -8 -1 -1 -6 3 -13 -1.3 7 -7 -0.7 .484 .492 -0.1 -0.3 -1 $380,000 2
2008 24 ARI NL 70 207 -3 -0 -0 -9 3 -10 -1.0 6 -4 -0.4 .486 .494 0.5 -0.6 5 $400,500 2
2009 25 ARI NL 128 470 10 -1 0 2 6 18 1.8 13 30 3.1 .514 .511 2.9 0.9 28 $425,000 *2/D
2010 26 ARI NL 85 331 -1 -1 -1 1 4 2 0.2 9 11 1.1 .503 .502 1.0 0.6 10 $2,000,000 2/D
2011 27 ARI NL 140 553 10 -2 -1 5 8 21 2.3 15 36 3.8 .516 .514 3.2 1.5 31 $3,200,000 *2 AS,MVP-21
2012 28 ARI NL 41 169 -2 -1 -1 2 2 1 0.2 5 5 0.6 .502 .500 0.3 0.5 3 $ *2
7 Seasons 554 1991 6 -6 -3 -5 27 18 2.1 54 72 7.5 .504 .502 7.8 2.5 77 $6,405,500

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
2006 22 ARI NL 17 12 2 4.5 117 .308 .250 .278 .294 .350 .313 .452 .607 .801 53 .440 -1.2 -0.1 .500 .125 .063
2007 23 ARI NL 244 180 25 3.7 117 .217 .224 .281 .292 .351 .397 .449 .689 .800 72 .362 -9.9 -0.9 .624 .266 .173 .0
2008 24 ARI NL 207 140 28 5.4 114 .321 .255 .275 .330 .348 .435 .439 .765 .788 94 .541 -1.8 -0.2 .732 .283 .179 .0
2009 25 ARI NL 470 312 72 6.2 111 .327 .294 .272 .355 .346 .478 .431 .832 .777 113 .613 8.0 0.8 .789 .271 .184 1.9
2010 26 ARI NL 331 232 42 4.8 106 .318 .266 .268 .332 .339 .438 .422 .770 .760 102 .525 0.8 0.1 .699 .266 .172 .0
2011 27 ARI NL 553 374 80 5.8 102 .317 .282 .264 .351 .332 .469 .410 .820 .742 120 .617 14.5 1.4 .775 .282 .187 1.9
2012 28 ARI NL 169 116 17 3.9 104 .337 .252 .265 .349 .334 .340 .419 .689 .752 86 .434 -2.4 -0.2 .621 .211 .088 .0
7 Yrs 1991 1366 266 5.2 108 .309 .270 .270 .339 .341 .441 .426 .780 .766 103 .549 8.0 0.8 .726 .267 .172 3.9
162 Game Avg. 582 399 78 5.2 108 .309 .270 .270 .339 .341 .441 .426 .780 .766 103 .549 2 0 .726 .267 .172 1

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 23 ARI NL NLDS CHC W 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 23 ARI NL NLCS COL L 3 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 2 0 0 0 0 0
2011 27 ARI NL NLDS MIL L 5 22 20 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 .300 .364 .400 .764 8 0 0 0 0 1
2 Yrs (3 Series) 9 30 27 4 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 .296 .367 .370 .737 10 0 0 0 0 1
2 NLDS 6 25 22 4 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 .273 .360 .364 .724 8 0 0 0 0 1
1 NLCS 3 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 2 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2011 ARI NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
2006 22 ARI NL 17 0.0% 17.7% 5.9% 5.9% 25% 3.00 5.3 5.3 0.63 0.80 76% 15% 0.0% 13%
2007 23 ARI NL 244 4.1% 14.3% 8.2% 7.0% 35% 1.75 6.1 21.4 5.8 0.62 0.72 72% 14% 10.3% 14%
2008 24 ARI NL 207 2.4% 23.7% 9.2% 10.6% 47% 2.58 3.8 36.8 10.2 0.59 0.80 63% 19% 6.5% 9%
2009 25 ARI NL 470 3.4% 16.6% 8.1% 9.8% 37% 2.05 5.4 26.6 7.2 0.84 1.14 71% 18% 9.6% 11%
2010 26 ARI NL 331 2.7% 21.5% 8.8% 9.4% 39% 2.45 4.2 33.0 6.9 0.60 0.90 66% 22% 7.0% 10%
2011 27 ARI NL 553 3.3% 17.5% 8.5% 10.0% 40% 2.06 5.1 27.4 5.7 0.72 1.15 69% 21% 8.5% 9%
2012 28 ARI NL 169 1.2% 24.3% 10.7% 5.3% 24% 2.28 3.6 73.5 7.0 0.96 1.47 62% 16% 3.9% 6%
7 Yrs 1991 3.0% 18.8% 8.6% 9.1% 38% 2.17 4.7 29.6 6.7 0.71 1.01 68% 19% 8.1% 10%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.8% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 2.09 5.0 34.0 7.8 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2006 22 ARI NL -1.2 -0.1 17 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 .98 -0.1 -0.2 -0.6 -0.1 0.95 -0.9 4.26 1
2007 23 ARI NL -9.9 -0.9 247 -0.4 4.7 -5.2 1.11 -0.2 -0.2 -2.0 -0.2 0.97 -1.0 1.64 20
2008 24 ARI NL -2.0 -0.2 210 -0.9 3.3 -4.2 1.09 0.1 -0.9 -4.7 -0.4 0.97 -1.1 1.51 18
2009 25 ARI NL 8.0 0.8 478 1.0 9.5 -8.5 1.08 1.7 -0.8 12.6 1.2 0.96 18.2 1.64 16
2010 26 ARI NL 0.8 0.1 333 -0.2 6.2 -6.4 1.08 -0.1 -0.1 2.3 0.2 0.95 -1.0 1.21 6
2011 27 ARI NL 15.1 1.5 565 1.3 10.5 -9.2 .99 1.8 -0.5 25.0 2.4 1.02 20.8 1.03 7
2012 28 ARI NL -2.4 -0.2 171 0.1 3.0 -3.0 1.08 0.0 0.0 4.3 0.4 1.00 1.3 2.93 1
7 Yrs 8.4 0.9 2021 0.6 37.3 -36.7 1.06 3.3 -2.7 36.9 3.6 0.98 36.3 1.56 69

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2006 22 ARI NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 23 ARI NL 5 0 33% 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 28% 10 8 2 1 1 0 7 3 3
2008 24 ARI NL 1 0 30% 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 37% 7 5 2 5 3 2 7 3 3
2009 25 ARI NL 6 0 30% 169 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 8 44% 26 20 5 9 4 5 13 2 11
2010 26 ARI NL 1 0 27% 133 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 30% 20 15 4 4 3 1 6 2 4
2011 27 ARI NL 2 0 27% 223 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 13 38% 26 18 5 10 7 3 19 4 13
2012 28 ARI NL 2 0 28% 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 29% 8 8 0 10 5 5 3 1 1
7 Yrs 17 0 28% 753 2 4 33% 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 26 41 36% 97 74 18 39 23 16 55 15 35

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
2006 22 ARI NL 17 82% 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 11 3 27% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
2007 23 ARI NL 244 90% 48 4 0 20 7 3 6 1.64 10 0 13 10 0 7 3 0 1 1 100% 48 7 15% 26 12 46% 170 29 17% 24 12 50% 8 3 38% 0
2008 24 ARI NL 207 84% 47 1 0 18 3 0 2 1.51 5 1 7 4 1 1 4 0 1 1 100% 32 1 3% 14 2 14% 126 14 11% 8 5 63% 12 2 17% 0
2009 25 ARI NL 470 81% 125 5 2 16 3 0 3 1.64 16 0 13 13 3 5 11 0 2 2 100% 81 6 7% 39 12 31% 298 46 15% 22 11 50% 23 15 65% 0
2010 26 ARI NL 331 73% 79 4 0 6 0 0 0 1.21 9 0 8 7 2 0 9 0 0 0 56 10 18% 30 11 37% 208 35 17% 23 9 39% 14 8 57% 0
2011 27 ARI NL 553 78% 139 8 1 7 2 0 1 1.03 18 0 10 17 1 8 10 0 1 1 100% 99 14 14% 43 17 40% 366 69 19% 37 18 49% 28 17 61% 0
2012 28 ARI NL 169 73% 37 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.93 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 40 6 15% 15 4 27% 118 19 16% 9 5 56% 10 3 30% 0
7 Yrs 1991 80% 479 24 3 69 15 3 12 1.56 60 1 54 53 7 21 39 0 5 5 100% 359 44 12% 168 58 35% 1297 215 17% 124 61 49% 96 48 50% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 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
2006 22 ARI NL 17 60 3.53 40 67% 20% 18% 30% 33% 80% 0% 53% 78% 53% 0% 0 0 18% 3 1 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
2007 23 ARI NL 244 920 3.77 572 62% 22% 15% 31% 33% 78% 2% 48% 81% 30% 5% 13 0 18% 43 22 7% 17 12 31% 0 0 0
2008 24 ARI NL 208 855 4.11 541 63% 22% 18% 35% 25% 78% 4% 50% 78% 32% 4% 9 0 15% 31 16 8% 16 13 29% -1 0 0
2009 25 ARI NL 471 1766 3.75 1136 64% 21% 15% 32% 31% 79% 3% 51% 80% 28% 4% 21 7 13% 63 28 7% 35 25 24% -1 0 0
2010 26 ARI NL 331 1338 4.04 825 62% 24% 18% 30% 28% 76% 2% 47% 76% 25% 5% 17 8 16% 52 23 10% 33 25 21% 0 0 0
2011 27 ARI NL 554 2059 3.72 1294 63% 20% 18% 31% 31% 80% 5% 51% 77% 40% 5% 25 6 14% 79 44 8% 43 23 18% -1 0 0
2012 28 ARI NL 171 673 3.94 413 61% 21% 23% 30% 26% 79% 3% 49% 71% 36% 7% 12 1 16% 27 11 9% 15 9 29% -2 0 0
7 Yrs 1996 7671 3.84 4821 63% 21% 18% 32% 30% 79% 3% 49% 78% 32% 5% 97 22 15% 298 145 8% 159 107 24% -5 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 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 IBB
2006 22 6 17 16 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .250 .294 .313 .607 53 5 0 0 0 0 0
2007 23 90 261 230 30 52 8 0 10 40 0 0 21 38 .226 .292 .391 .684 70 90 7 3 1 6 2
2008 24 160 468 414 54 99 24 1 15 58 0 0 40 87 .239 .309 .411 .720 81 170 8 5 2 7 5
2009 25 288 938 839 115 224 54 1 31 117 1 2 78 165 .267 .332 .445 .776 97 373 14 8 4 9 10
2010 26 373 1269 1136 151 303 74 3 40 160 1 3 107 236 .267 .332 .443 .775 98 503 24 10 4 12 13
2011 27 513 1822 1629 216 442 110 4 58 246 2 4 154 333 .271 .338 .451 .789 105 734 38 18 5 16 23
2012 28 554 1991 1776 234 479 117 4 60 267 2 4 172 374 .270 .339 .441 .780 103 784 44 22 5 16 25

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
2006 22 6 16 15 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 .200 .250 .267 .517 1 6
2007 23 84 240 211 27 45 7 0 9 33 0 19 35 .213 .280 .374 .655 22 84
2008 24 70 204 182 22 45 15 1 5 17 0 18 49 .247 .320 .423 .743 24 70
2009 25 128 465 421 58 121 29 0 15 56 1 37 78 .287 .348 .463 .811 68 128
2010 26 85 330 296 35 78 20 2 9 42 0 29 71 .264 .330 .436 .766 42 85
2011 27 140 557 496 67 142 37 1 18 89 1 48 97 .286 .356 .474 .830 82 140
2012 28 41 169 147 18 37 7 0 2 21 0 18 41 .252 .349 .340 .689 17 41
7 Yrs 554 1981 1768 227 471 116 4 58 260 2 170 374 .266 .336 .435 .770 256 554
162 Game Avg. 162 579 517 66 138 34 1 17 76 1 50 109 .266 .336 .435 .770 75 554

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2011 NL (21, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Defensive WARs c a p y
2011 NL  1.5 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
2011 NL  36 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2012 NL  4 (3rd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2012 NL  6 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2155), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1412), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1690), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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