Bob Montgomery
Robert Edward Montgomery
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 203 lb.

Born: April 16, 1944 in Nashville, TN
High School: Central (Nashville, TN)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1970
Final Game: September 9, 1979
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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 Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1970 BOS AL 26 C 22 21 196.0 159 143 13 3 3 .981 0.0 0.0 0 7.16 7.09 .988 6.65 5.82 3 11 10 9 47%
1971 BOS AL 27 C 66 60 542.1 380 361 15 4 3 .989 -2.0 -4.4 -2 6.24 5.70 .988 6.37 5.63 7 17 30 12 29%
1972 BOS AL 28 C 22 19 184.2 132 120 10 2 2 .985 -2.0 -13.0 -2 6.34 5.91 .985 6.48 5.66 2 5 9 3 25%
1973 BOS AL 29 C 33 31 285.1 192 168 19 5 2 .974 2.0 8.4 2 5.90 5.67 .985 6.05 5.29 2 6 21 13 38%
1974 BOS AL 30 C 79 60 567.0 354 318 28 8 3 .977 -1.0 -2.1 -1 5.49 4.38 .983 5.89 5.01 4 22 41 25 38%
1974 BOS AL 30 DH 5
1975 BOS AL 31 C 53 49 436.2 236 210 23 3 6 .987 2.0 5.5 2 4.80 4.40 .983 6.00 5.04 1 6 34 18 35%
1975 BOS AL 31 1B 6 2 21.1 33 29 2 2 1 .939 -1.3 -73.1 -1.3 -1.3 0.0 0 13.08 5.17 .991 9.83 8.32
1975 BOS AL 31 DH 3
1976 BOS AL 32 C 30 26 236.1 120 106 12 2 2 .983 -2.0 -10.2 -2 4.49 3.93 .981 5.75 4.90 1 12 23 9 28%
1976 BOS AL 32 DH 1
1977 BOS AL 33 C 15 12 107.2 57 50 6 1 0 .982 -1.0 -11.1 -1 4.68 3.73 .986 6.01 5.06 0 3 9 4 31%
1978 BOS AL 34 C 10 9 80.0 41 35 5 1 0 .976 1.0 15.0 1 4.50 4.00 .983 5.54 4.86 1 1 2 3 60%
1979 BOS AL 35 C 31 24 221.1 128 121 5 2 0 .984 -4.0 -21.7 -4 5.12 4.06 .982 5.46 4.69 2 8 24 3 11%
10 Seasons C 361 311 2857.1 1799 1632 136 31 21 .983 -7.0 -2.9 -7 5.57 4.90 .985 6.05 5.20 23 91 203 99 33%
3 Seasons DH 9
1 Season 1B 6 2 21.1 33 29 2 2 1 .939 -1.3 -73.1 -1.3 -1.3 0.0 0 13.08 5.17 .991 9.83 8.32
10 Seasons TOT 367 313 2878.2 1832 1661 138 33 22 .982 -8.3 -3.5 -1.3 -1.3 0.0 0 -7 5.62 4.90 .967 6.08 5.25 23 91 203 99 33%

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
1970 BOS AL 26 22 21 22 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1971 BOS AL 27 67 60 67 67 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1972 BOS AL 28 24 19 24 24 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1973 BOS AL 29 34 31 34 33 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1974 BOS AL 30 88 64 88 79 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 0
1975 BOS AL 31 62 54 62 58 0 53 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
1976 BOS AL 32 31 27 31 30 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1977 BOS AL 33 17 12 17 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1978 BOS AL 34 10 9 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 BOS AL 35 32 24 32 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 Seasons 387 321 387 369 0 361 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 22 0
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1970 BOS AL 26 859 2.71 3.26 10 90% 0 0 142 8 0 2 132 13 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0%
1971 BOS AL 27 2411 4.18 4.45 28 96% 1 0 366 26 0 18 322 13 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 2 50%
1972 BOS AL 28 791 3.02 3.61 12 100% 0 0 119 9 1 1 108 8 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 100%
1973 BOS AL 29 1271 3.85 4.04 22 100% 0 0 168 15 1 2 150 19 6 0 0 0 5 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 4 100%
1974 BOS AL 30 2499 4.17 4.57 25 92% 0 1 317 18 2 6 290 29 3 1 0 2 8 0 1 7 0 3 0 0 1 4 50%
1975 BOS AL 31 1919 4.20 4.60 20 95% 0 0 212 14 1 8 189 22 6 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 6 0 1 1 5 80%
1976 BOS AL 32 1038 2.89 3.66 14 100% 0 0 106 10 1 3 92 12 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0
1977 BOS AL 33 498 4.93 5.10 2 100% 0 0 50 1 0 0 49 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 BOS AL 34 348 3.26 3.60 3 100% 0 0 35 2 1 0 32 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1979 BOS AL 35 979 3.94 4.27 6 100% 0 0 121 4 0 6 111 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
10 Seasons 12613 3.85 4.24 142 96% 1 1 1636 107 7 46 1475 132 24 3 0 5 31 2 4 25 2 21 1 1 4 20 75%
MLB Averages 3.69 4.18 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1970 BOS AL 26 3 11 319 10 9 8 47% 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 34 9 1.18 1.05
1971 BOS AL 27 7 17 903 30 12 8 29% 27 9 3 0 0 3 3 0 72 17 1.20 0.96
1972 BOS AL 28 2 5 314 9 3 3 25% 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 18 3 1.03 1.05
1973 BOS AL 29 3 6 481 21 13 10 38% 19 12 2 0 0 1 3 0 46 16 1.00 1.01
1974 BOS AL 30 4 22 892 41 25 21 38% 38 24 3 1 0 0 1 0 84 30 1.05 1.35
1975 BOS AL 31 1 6 711 34 18 13 35% 30 17 4 0 0 1 1 0 44 23 1.17 1.19
1976 BOS AL 32 1 12 385 23 9 9 28% 22 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 46 9 1.23 1.60
1977 BOS AL 33 0 3 187 9 4 4 31% 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 5 1.03 1.32
1978 BOS AL 34 1 1 129 2 3 3 60% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 0.94 0.94
1979 BOS AL 35 2 8 339 24 3 3 11% 23 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 39 5 1.64 1.00
10 Seasons 24 91 4660 203 99 82 33% 187 91 16 3 0 5 9 0 403 122 1.18 1.19
MLB Averages 36% 1.28 1.25

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%
1975 BOS AL 31 118 40% 81% 29% 9 78% 1 29 1 28 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 118 40% 81% 29% 9 78% 1 29 1 28 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 94% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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