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

0.4

0.1

ERA

2.77

4.65

293

13.0

437.0

443

WHIP

1.000

1.455

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Team Record in Appearances: 27-17

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 12, Entered with runners on base: 10

2021 Pitching Game Log

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2021 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
1	98	1	Apr 1	SEA		SFG	W,8-7	9-9	BS(1)	99	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	9.00	12.17	4	18	13	3	3	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.07	-0.202	1.90	-0.11%	-0.51			9t --- 0 out a1	9t 3 out tie
2	99	3	Apr 3	SEA		SFG	W,4-0	8-GF	S(1)	1	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.86	6.17	4	15	11	3	2	1	2	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.034	.30	0.02%	0.93			8t 12- 2 out a4	9t end a 4
3	100	6	Apr 7	SEA		CHW	W,8-4	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.70	3.47	3	16	10	4	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.014	.16	0.01%	0.50			9t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
4	101	8	Apr 10	SEA	@	MIN	W,4-3	8-8	BS(2)	2	1.0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	4.15	5.02	6	22	10	3	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.74	-0.192	3.43	-0.11%	-0.49			8b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out tie
5	102	9	Apr 11	SEA	@	MIN	W,8-6	9-GF	S(2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	4.67	3	9	6	2	1	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.093	1.21	0.06%	0.51			9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
6	103	10	Apr 13(1)	SEA	@	BAL	W,4-3	7-7	BW(1-0)	1	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.26	4.59	6	21	12	2	4	2	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.58	-0.291	3.59	-0.18%	-0.47			7b --- 0 out a1	7b 3 out tie
7	104	12	Apr 15(1)	SEA	@	BAL	W,4-2	6-6	H(1)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.68	4.40	3	11	8	4	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.82	0.093	1.86	0.06%	0.53			6b --- 0 out a2	6b 3 out a2
8	105	16	Apr 18	SEA		HOU	W,7-2	8-8		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.24	4.25	3	10	7	1	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.012	.19	0.01%	0.50			8t --- 0 out a5	8t 3 out a5
9	106	17	Apr 19	SEA		LAD	W,4-3	9-GF	S(3)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.89	4.78	4	18	9	3	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.74	0.161	4.07	0.11%	0.50			9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
10	107	19	Apr 22	SEA	@	BOS	W,7-3	9-9	W(2-0)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.61	4.43	3	14	10	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	0.149	2.12	0.10%	0.56			9b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
11	108	25	Apr 28	SEA	@	HOU	L,5-7	7-8	BL(2-1)	5	0.2	3	4	2	1	0	0	0	4.09	4.62	7	34	18	10	0	5	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.89	-0.548	3.57	-0.41%	-2.70			7b --3 2 out a2	8b 123 1 out tie
12	109	27	Apr 30	SEA		LAA	W,7-4	9-GF		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.50	4.50	5	16	10	2	0	4	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.014	.68	0.01%	-0.51			9t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
13	110	29	May 2	SEA		LAA	W,2-0	9-GF	S(4)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.15	4.25	3	7	6	2	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.073	1.22	0.06%	0.50			9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
14	111	31	May 4	SEA		BAL	W,5-2	8-8	W(3-1)	1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.86	4.38	6	17	10	2	1	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.01	0.106	3.37	0.07%	0.50			8t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out tie
15	112	35	May 9	SEA	@	TEX	L,2-10	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.20	4.17	4	18	10	3	2	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.48			8b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 8
16	113	36	May 11	SEA	@	LAD	L,4-6	7-GF(8)	BL(3-2)	1	1.1	2	3	3	0	3	1	1	5.51	4.70	7	27	19	4	6	1	2	0	0	0		2	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.54	-0.499	2.62	-0.31%	-1.96			7b 1-3 2 out a1	8b end d 2
17	114	39	May 14	SEA		CLE	W,7-3	9-GF	S(5)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.40	4.67	1	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.011	.37	0.01%	0.50			9t 1-3 2 out a4	9t end a 4
18	115	41	May 16	SEA		CLE	W,3-2	6-6	H(2)	1	0.2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	5.71	4.67	6			5	2	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.61	-0.223	1.57	-0.13%	-2.10			6t --- 0 out a3	6t -23 2 out a1
19	116	44	May 19	SEA		DET	L,2-6	5-6		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.12	4.41	6	20	14	3	2	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.051	.28	0.03%	0.99			5t --- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d3
20	117	48	May 24	SEA	@	OAK	W,4-2	7-8	H(3)	4	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.31	4.40	4	21	10	3	3	1	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.59	-0.082	1.43	-0.04%	-0.74			7b 1-- 0 out a3	8b -2- 0 out a2
21	118	49	May 25	SEA	@	OAK	W,4-3	9-GF	S(6)	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.06	4.34	5	13	10	2	2	4	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.71	0.199	3.35	0.11%	0.50			9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
22	119	51	May 27	SEA		TEX	W,5-0	8-8		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.84	4.20	5	18	11	2	2	1	3	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.012	.37	0.01%	0.50			8t --- 0 out a5	8t 3 out a5
23	120	53	May 29	SEA		TEX	W,3-2	9-GF	S(7)	1	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.01	4.07	5	21	15	1	3	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.84	0.073	2.56	0.04%	-0.51			9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
24	121	55	May 31	SEA		OAK	W,6-5	9-9		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.81	3.87	5			1	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.46	0.136	4.62	0.11%	0.50			9t --- 0 out tie	9t 3 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
25	122	58	Jun 3	SEA	@	LAA	W,6-2	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.62	3.68	3	12	9	2	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.020	.25	0.01%	0.54			9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
26	123	61	Jun 6	SEA	@	LAA	W,9-5	8-8	H(4)	2	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.78	3.78	6			1	1	4	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.30	0.013	1.91	0.01%	-0.46			8b --- 0 out a3	8b 3 out a2
27	124	63	Jun 9	SEA	@	DET	W,9-6	8-8		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.61	3.68	3	15	9	0	2	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.107	1.05	0.05%	0.51			8b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out tie
28	125	66	Jun 12	SEA	@	CLE	L,4-5	9-9	BS(6)	2	1.0	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	5.40	3.88	7			3	3	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	-0.457	1.13	-0.19%	-2.48			9b --- 0 out a3	9b 3 out tie
29	126	70	Jun 16	SEA		MIN	L,2-7	7-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.22	3.78	3	8	7	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.03	0.00%	0.50			7t --- 0 out d6	7t 3 out d6
30	127	71	Jun 17	SEA		TBR	W,6-5	5-6		0	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	5.64	3.80	6	18	11	4	1	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.114	.50	-0.04%	-0.89			5t --- 0 out d1	6t 1-- 0 out d1
31	128	73	Jun 19	SEA		TBR	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	W(4-2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.46	3.78	3	12	9	1	1	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.06	0.310	2.94	0.14%	1.12			10t -2- 0 out tie	10t end tie
32	129	74	Jun 20	SEA		TBR	W,6-2	10-GF(10)	W(5-2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.29	3.76	3	13	10	1	3	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.85	0.310	3.11	0.15%	1.12			10t -2- 0 out tie	10t end tie
33	130	77	Jun 25	SEA	@	CHW	W,9-3	8-8		4	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	1	5.67	3.77	6	17	11	3	1	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.47	-0.002	.35	0.00%	-1.47			8b --- 0 out a7	8b 3 out a5
34	131	79	Jun 27	SEA	@	CHW	L,5-7	4-4		1	0.1	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	6.15	3.79	4	16	8	3	0	1	1	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.145	.84	-0.08%	-3.55			4b 12- 2 out d2	4b 3 out d6
35	132	80	Jun 29	SEA	@	TOR	L,3-9	6-6	L(5-3)	1	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	1	0	6.75	4.09	7	24	15	6	1	4	2	1	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.310	1.10	-0.17%	-2.46			6b --- 0 out tie	6b 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
36	133	84	Jul 3	SEA		TEX	L,3-7	4-6		3	2.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	6.27	3.87	9	36	29	3	5	3	3	3	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.027	.17	0.02%	1.67			4t -2- 1 out d6	6t 3 out d5
37	134	86	Jul 6	SEA		NYY	L,1-12	8-GF		2	2.0	5	3	3	0	1	1	0	6.64	4.11	11	39	26	6	0	6	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-2.01			8t --- 0 out d8	9t end d11
38	135	91	Jul 11	SEA		LAA	L,1-7	8-GF		4	2.0	4	3	2	2	2	0	0	6.75	4.11	12	53	34	4	6	2	6	3	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	.24	-0.015	.28	-0.01%	-2.01			8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 6
39	136	93	Jul 17	SEA	@	LAA	L,4-9	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	7.02	4.00	6	22	17	2	4	2	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.002	.01	0.00%	-1.46			8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 8
40	137	97	Jul 22	SEA		OAK	L,1-4	8-8		4	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	7.27	4.05	7	30	19	4	2	2	4	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.27	-0.168	1.57	-0.12%	-1.51			8t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
				Player went from Seattle Mariners to Houston Astros
41	138	106	Aug 1	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-5	5-6		9	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.05	3.98	4	13	8	2	2	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.28	0.022	.30	0.01%	0.61			5b --- 2 out d3	6b 3 out d3
42	139	108	Aug 4	HOU	@	LAD	L,5-7	5-6		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.75	3.96	7	31	20	3	3	2	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	.14	0.014	.15	0.01%	1.05			5b --- 0 out d5	6b 3 out d5
43	140	110	Aug 6	HOU		MIN	L,4-5	11-GF(11)	L(5-4)	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	6.61	3.90	4	19	11	4	2	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	-0.047	2.88	-0.04%	0.16			11t -2- 0 out tie	11t end d 1
44	141	112	Aug 8	HOU		MIN	L,5-7	7-8		1	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.39	3.86	6	23	15	4	5	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.022	.26	0.02%	0.81			7t --- 0 out d4	8t 1-- 2 out d3
							27-17		W-L:5-4,Sv:7,BSv:6,Hld:4	2.0	49.1	59	40	35	17	42	4	5	6.39	3.86	225	771	65%	16%	12%	1.30		20%	4%	0		11	18%	7	0	0	199	13	0	1	6	3	1	1.41	-1.220	1.40	-0.74%	-12.70

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