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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 (Age 23)
Team: Diamondbacks 2006-2012
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2017, 6 yrs/$65.9M (12-17) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 6.031, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: Octagon [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated Feb 12, 2013 10:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #1221. Rick Miller… #1222. Carlos May… #1223. Vic Saier… #1224. MIGUEL MONTERO… #1225. Ned Hanlon… #1226. David Murphy… #1227. Jim Hickman… 

Standard Batting

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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
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 .820 121 231 14 8 1 4 10 *2 AS,MVP-21
2012 28 ARI NL 141 573 486 65 139 25 2 15 88 0 0 73 130 .286 .391 .438 .829 120 213 15 12 0 2 6 *2 MVP-32
7 Yrs 654 2395 2115 281 581 135 6 73 334 2 4 227 463 .275 .351 .448 .798 109 947 53 30 5 18 29
162 Game Avg. 162 593 524 70 144 33 1 18 83 0 1 56 115 .275 .351 .448 .798 109 235 13 7 1 4 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 141 573 19 -4 -2 -1 8 19 2.2 16 35 3.7 .515 .513 3.7 0.8 36 $5,900,000 *2 MVP-32
7 Seasons 654 2395 26 -9 -5 -8 33 37 4.2 66 102 10.6 .506 .504 11.2 2.8 110 $12,305,500

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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

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 PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2006 ARI NL 22 C 5 4 4 40.0 40 36 4 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 9.00 8.00 .992 7.38 7.32 1 2 3 1 25% 28% 0
2007 ARI NL 23 C 73 57 49 510.2 376 340 30 6 5 .984 -2 -6 -5 -14 6.52 5.07 .991 7.39 7.36 5 18 35 10 22% 25% 1
2008 ARI NL 24 C 53 45 38 404.2 379 352 23 4 2 .989 -4 -9 -12 -27 8.34 7.08 .993 7.65 7.60 0 26 27 7 21% 27% 1
2009 ARI NL 25 C 111 101 94 924.2 802 733 60 9 4 .989 -8 2 -10 3 7.72 7.14 .993 7.77 7.70 4 48 67 23 26% 29% 0
2009 ARI NL 25 DH 2 2
2010 ARI NL 26 C 79 75 72 658.1 522 484 36 2 1 .996 0 1 0 2 7.11 6.58 .992 8.05 7.97 6 36 47 21 31% 29% 1
2010 ARI NL 26 DH 2 2
2011 ARI NL 27 C 134 131 125 1169.1 997 908 78 11 9 .989 10 5 10 5 7.59 7.36 .992 7.98 7.96 8 30 48 32 40% 28% 4 AS,MVP-21
2012 ARI NL 28 C 139 136 127 1190.0 1095 1008 78 9 8 .992 8 -1 8 -1 8.21 7.81 .992 8.36 8.26 5 38 44 32 42% 27% 3 MVP-32
7 Seasons C 594 549 509 4897.2 4211 3861 309 41 29 .990 4 -8 1 -1 7.66 7.02 .992 7.95 7.87 29 198 271 126 32% 28% 10
7 Seasons TOT 594 549 509 4897.2 4211 3861 309 41 29 .990 4 -8 1 -1 7.66 7.02 .992 7.95 7.87 29 198 271 126 32% 28% 10
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2011 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2011 NL (21, 0%)
2012 NL (32, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1736th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2011 NL  1.5 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2012 NL  .391 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
2011 NL  36 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2012 NL  73 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2012 NL  12 (7th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
2011 NL  134 (3rd)
2012 NL  139 (1st)
Active  594 (22nd)

Putouts as C s c a p y
2011 NL  908 (5th)
2012 NL  1,008 (1st)
Active  3,861 (22nd)

Assists as C s c a p y
2009 NL  60 (5th)
2011 NL  78 (3rd)
2012 NL  78 (3rd)
Active  309 (18th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
2009 NL  9 (2nd)
2011 NL  11 (2nd)
2012 NL  9 (2nd)
Active  41 (12th)

Double Plays Turned as C s c a p y
2011 NL  9 (2nd)
2012 NL  8 (4th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
2011 NL  8 (2nd)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
2009 NL  67 (5th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
2009 NL  23 (4th)
2011 NL  32 (2nd)
2012 NL  32 (5th)
Active  126 (24th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
2011 NL  40.0 (1st)
2012 NL  42.1 (5th)
Active  31.7 (15th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
2011 NL  10 (1st)
2012 NL  8 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
Active  7.66 (10th)
Career  7.66 (19th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
Active  7.02 (8th)
Career  7.02 (18th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
2012 NL  .992 (5th)
Active  .990 (21st)
Career  .990 (80th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1863), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1427), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1513), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (143rd), 10.6 career WAR/10.6 7yr-peak WAR/10.6 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 14) = 49.3 career WAR/32.0 7yr-peak WAR/40.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Carlos Ruiz (953)
  2. Geovany Soto (937)
  3. Johnny Estrada (932)
  4. Dick Dietz (922)
  5. Babe Phelps (918)
  6. Jim Pagliaroni (917)
  7. Pinky Hargrave (916)
  8. Rick Wilkins (915)
  9. Butch Henline (914)
  10. Ozzie Virgil (914)
Similar Batters through 28 
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  1. Mike Lieberthal (961)
  2. Earl Battey (958)
  3. Ramon Hernandez (949)
  4. Rich Gedman (946)
  5. A.J. Pierzynski (945)
  6. Jody Davis (944)
  7. Harry Danning (941)
  8. John Romano (937)
  9. Sammy White (936)
  10. Carlton Fisk (936) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Sammy White (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jody Davis (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mike Lieberthal (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mike Lieberthal (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
200723Arizona Diamondbacks$380,000
200824Arizona Diamondbacks$400,500
200925Arizona Diamondbacks$425,000
201026Arizona Diamondbacks$2,000,000
201127Arizona Diamondbacks$3,200,000
201228Arizona Diamondbacks$5,900,000contracts
201329Arizona Diamondbacks$10,000,000
201430Arizona Diamondbacks$10,000,000
201531Arizona Diamondbacks$12,000,000
201632Arizona Diamondbacks$14,000,000
201733Arizona Diamondbacks$14,000,000
Earliest Free Agent: 2018
Career to date (may be incomplete)$12,305,500Does not include future salaries
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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