Rafael Montero

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 193lb (183cm, 87kg)

Team: Houston Astros (majors)

Born: October 17, 1990 in Higuerito, Dominican Republic do

High School: Francisco Sergio Castillo (Sabana Higuero, Dominican Republic)

Debut: May 14, 2014 (Age 23-209d, 20,615th in major league history)
vs. NYY 6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2015 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2025, 3 yrs/$34.5M (23-25), 3 yrs/$34.5M (23-25)

Service Time (01/2024): 7.138 • Free Agent: 2026

Agents: GSE Worldwide

Full Name: Rafael Montero

Nicknames: Fugarra or Monte

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2022 World Series

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.6

0.3

ERA

1.50

4.62

292

12.0

436.0

442

WHIP

0.917

1.454

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2022 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2022 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 8	HOU	@	LAA	W,13-6		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	4 (1)	Apr 10	HOU	@	LAA	W,4-1		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	6 (1)	Apr 13	HOU	@	ARI	L,2-3		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	10 (3)	Apr 18	HOU		LAA	W,8-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	12 (1)	Apr 20	HOU		LAA	L,0-6		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	13	Apr 22	HOU		TOR	L,3-4		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	15 (1)	Apr 24	HOU		TOR	W,8-7		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	17 (1)	Apr 26	HOU	@	TEX	W,5-1		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
9	19 (1)	Apr 28	HOU	@	TEX	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	23 (3)	May 2	HOU		SEA	W,3-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	26 (2)	May 5	HOU		DET	W,3-2		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	27	May 6	HOU		DET	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	32 (4)	May 12	HOU	@	MIN	W,5-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	33	May 13	HOU	@	WSN	W,6-1		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
15	35 (1)	May 15	HOU	@	WSN	W,8-0		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	38 (2)	May 18	HOU	@	BOS	L,1-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	40 (1)	May 20	HOU		TEX	L,0-3		5	0.2	0	0	1	1	0
18	42 (1)	May 22	HOU		TEX	W,5-2		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
19	44 (1)	May 24	HOU		CLE	W,7-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	45	May 25	HOU		CLE	W,2-1		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	48 (2)	May 29	HOU	@	SEA	W,2-1		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	50 (1)	May 31	HOU	@	OAK	W,3-1		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	53 (2)	Jun 4	HOU	@	KCR	L,0-6		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
24	54	Jun 5	HOU	@	KCR	W,7-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
25	56 (1)	Jun 7	HOU		SEA	W,4-1		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	59 (2)	Jun 11	HOU		MIA	L,1-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	62 (2)	Jun 14	HOU	@	TEX	W,4-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	66 (3)	Jun 19	HOU		CHW	W,4-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	68 (1)	Jun 22	HOU		NYM	W,5-3		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	69	Jun 23	HOU	@	NYY	L,6-7		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	70	Jun 24	HOU	@	NYY	W,3-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	75 (4)	Jun 30	HOU		NYY	W,2-1		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	78 (2)	Jul 3	HOU		LAA	W,4-2		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	80 (1)	Jul 5	HOU		KCR	W,9-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	82 (1)	Jul 7	HOU		KCR	W,5-2		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	86 (3)	Jul 12	HOU	@	LAA	W,6-5		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
37	88 (1)	Jul 14	HOU	@	LAA	W,3-2		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	91 (2)	Jul 17	HOU		OAK	L,3-4		8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
39	92	Jul 21 (1)	HOU		NYY	W,3-2		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	93	Jul 21 (2)	HOU		NYY	W,7-5	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
41	96 (2)	Jul 24	HOU	@	SEA	W,8-5		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
42	100 (3)	Jul 28	HOU		SEA	W,4-2		4	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
43	102 (1)	Jul 30	HOU		SEA	L,4-5		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	104 (1)	Aug 1	HOU		BOS	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	105	Aug 2	HOU		BOS	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	110 (4)	Aug 7	HOU	@	CLE	L,0-1	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
47	111	Aug 9	HOU		TEX	W,7-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	113 (1)	Aug 11	HOU		TEX	W,7-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	116 (2)	Aug 14	HOU		OAK	W,6-3		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
50	117	Aug 15	HOU	@	CHW	L,2-4		5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	120 (2)	Aug 18	HOU	@	CHW	W,21-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	122 (1)	Aug 20	HOU	@	ATL	L,4-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	123	Aug 21	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-4		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	125 (1)	Aug 24	HOU		MIN	W,5-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	126	Aug 25	HOU		MIN	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	129 (2)	Aug 28	HOU		BAL	W,3-1	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
57	131 (1)	Aug 31	HOU	@	TEX	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	132	Sep 2	HOU	@	LAA	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	135 (2)	Sep 5	HOU		TEX	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	137 (1)	Sep 7	HOU		TEX	W,4-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	138	Sep 9	HOU		LAA	W,4-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	142 (3)	Sep 13	HOU	@	DET	W,6-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	144 (1)	Sep 15	HOU		OAK	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	147 (2)	Sep 18	HOU		OAK	W,11-2		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	150 (2)	Sep 21	HOU	@	TBR	W,5-2		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	153 (2)	Sep 24	HOU	@	BAL	W,11-10		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	154	Sep 25	HOU	@	BAL	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	1
68	156 (1)	Sep 28	HOU		ARI	L,2-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	158 (1)	Oct 1	HOU		TBR	W,2-1		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	159	Oct 2	HOU		TBR	W,3-1	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	162 (2)	Oct 5	HOU		PHI	W,3-2		2	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
							71gm		68.1	2	6	1	9	1