Willie Montañez

Positions: First Baseman and Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: April 1, 1948 in Catano, Puerto Rico pr

Debut: April 12, 1966 (Age 18-011d, 12,449th in major league history)
vs. CHW 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1982 (Age 34-184d)
vs. NYM 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: Guillermo Montañez

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.6

5843

1604

139

.275

645

RBI

802

OBP

.327

SLG

.402

OPS

.729

OPS+

102

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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
1965	17	STL-min	Rk	32	87	81	5	19	0	0	0	8	2	1	5	10	.235	.276	.235	.510		19		0	0	1			CDS · FLRL
1966	18	STL-min	A	93	350	306	48	86	18	7	11	49	10	3	42	52	.281	.371	.493	.865		151		2	0	0			RKH · WCRS
1966	18	CAL	AL	8	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/H3

1967	19	STL-min	A	134	548	479	58	129	15	17	5	61	12	6	58	57	.269	.346	.403	.749		193		2	2	7			SPT · FLOR
1968	20	STL-min	A	46	193	174	26	52	8	2	4	18	3	0	12	21	.299	.346	.437	.783		76		1	5	1			MOD · CALL
1969	21	STL-min	AAA	14	63	56	12	21	4	2	1	7	2	0	6	10	.375	.435	.571	1.007		32		0	1	0			TUL · AA
1970	22	PHI-min	AAA	119	492	434	65	120	24	9	16	80	2	1	44	66	.276	.347	.484	.831		210		6	2	6			EUG · PCL
1970	22	PHI	NL	18	26	25	3	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	.240	.269	.240	.509	40	6	0	0	0	0	1	/9H37
1971	23	PHI	NL	158	683	599	78	153	27	6	30	99	4	7	67	105	.255	.327	.471	.798	124	282	18	3	1	13	14	*89/3H	RoY-2
1972	24	PHI	NL	147	596	531	60	131	39	3	13	64	1	3	58	108	.247	.320	.405	.725	104	215	5	1	2	4	13	*83/H
1973	25	PHI	NL	146	609	552	69	145	16	5	11	65	2	6	46	80	.263	.324	.370	.694	91	204	11	6	1	4	7	39/H
1974	26	PHI	NL	143	571	527	55	160	33	1	7	79	3	6	32	57	.304	.343	.410	.753	107	216	9	3	2	7	6	*3/H9
1975	27	TOT	NL	156	667	602	61	182	34	2	10	101	6	3	49	62	.302	.353	.415	.769	110	250	26	4	2	10	8	*3/H	MVP-24
1975	27	PHI	NL	21	90	84	9	24	8	0	2	16	1	0	4	12	.286	.315	.452	.767	108	38	3	0	1	1	0	3
1975	27	SFG	NL	135	577	518	52	158	26	2	8	85	5	3	45	50	.305	.359	.409	.769	110	212	23	4	1	9	8	*3/H
1976	28	TOT	NL	*163*	691	650	74	206	29	2	11	84	2	5	36	47	.317	.352	.418	.771	115	272	26	1	1	3	11	*3/H	MVP-24
1976	28	SFG	NL	60	249	230	22	71	15	2	2	20	2	1	15	15	.309	.351	.417	.768	116	96	10	1	1	2	5	3/H
1976	28	ATL	NL	103	442	420	52	135	14	0	9	64	0	4	21	32	.321	.353	.419	.772	114	176	16	0	0	1	6	3
1977	29	ATL	NL	136	582	544	70	156	31	1	20	68	1	1	35	60	.287	.328	.458	.786	99	249	18	0	0	3	3	*3/H	AS
1978	30	NYM	NL	159	679	609	66	156	32	0	17	96	9	4	60	92	.256	.320	.392	.712	102	239	13	1	0	9	19	*3/H
1979	31	TOT	MLB	147	596	554	55	142	25	0	13	71	0	2	33	62	.256	.297	.372	.669	85	206	19	2	1	6	8	*3D/H
1979	31	NYM	NL	109	442	410	36	96	19	0	5	47	0	1	25	48	.234	.277	.317	.594	66	130	15	1	1	5	7	3/H
1979	31	TEX	AL	38	154	144	19	46	6	0	8	24	0	1	8	14	.319	.357	.528	.885	138	76	4	1	0	1	1	3D/H
1980	32	TOT	NL	142	548	500	40	136	12	4	6	64	3	5	39	55	.272	.325	.348	.673	93	174	9	3	0	6	10	*3H
1980	32	SDP	NL	128	526	481	39	132	12	4	6	63	3	4	36	52	.274	.325	.353	.679	95	170	9	3	0	6	9	*3/H
1980	32	MON	NL	14	22	19	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	3	.211	.318	.211	.529	51	4	0	0	0	0	1	H/3
1981	33	TOT	NL	55	105	100	8	21	0	1	1	6	0	0	5	11	.210	.248	.260	.508	43	26	6	0	0	0	0	H3
1981	33	MON	NL	26	66	62	6	11	0	1	0	5	0	0	4	9	.177	.227	.210	.437	25	13	5	0	0	0	0	3H
1981	33	PIT	NL	29	39	38	2	10	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	.263	.282	.342	.624	74	13	1	0	0	0	0	H3
1982	34	PHI-min	AAA	8	33	31	3	10	2	0	1	5	0	1	1	4	.323	.364	.484	.848		15		1	0	0	0		OKC · AA
1982	34	TOT	NL	54	52	48	4	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	6	.208	.269	.229	.498	39	11	2	0	0	0	3	H/37
1982	34	PIT	NL	36	35	32	4	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.281	.343	.313	.655	82	10	2	0	0	0	3	H/37
1982	34	PHI	NL	18	17	16	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.063	.118	.063	.180	-49	1	0	0	0	0	0	H/3
14 Yrs				1632	6407	5843	645	1604	279	25	139	802	32	42	465	751	.275	.327	.402	.729	102	2350	162	24	10	65	103
162 Game Avg.				162	636	580	64	159	28	2	14	80	3	4	46	75	.275	.327	.402	.729	102	233	16	2	1	6	10
				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
PHI (7 yrs)				651	2592	2334	274	620	123	15	63	327	11	22	209	369	.266	.326	.412	.738	105	962	46	13	7	29	41
NYM (2 yrs)				268	1121	1019	102	252	51	0	22	143	9	5	85	140	.247	.303	.362	.665	87	369	28	2	1	14	26
PIT (2 yrs)				65	74	70	6	19	1	0	1	2	0	0	4	5	.271	.311	.329	.639	78	23	3	0	0	0	3
SFG (2 yrs)				195	826	748	74	229	41	4	10	105	7	4	60	65	.306	.357	.412	.769	112	308	33	5	2	11	13
ATL (2 yrs)				239	1024	964	122	291	45	1	29	132	1	5	56	92	.302	.339	.441	.780	105	425	34	0	0	4	9
MON (2 yrs)				40	88	81	7	15	0	1	0	6	0	1	7	12	.185	.250	.210	.460	31	17	5	0	0	0	1
TEX (1 yr)				38	154	144	19	46	6	0	8	24	0	1	8	14	.319	.357	.528	.885	138	76	4	1	0	1	1
SDP (1 yr)				128	526	481	39	132	12	4	6	63	3	4	36	52	.274	.325	.353	.679	95	170	9	3	0	6	9
CAL (1 yr)				8	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (13 yrs)				1586	6251	5697	624	1558	273	25	131	778	31	41	457	735	.273	.327	.399	.726	101	2274	158	23	10	64	102
AL (2 yrs)				46	156	146	21	46	6	0	8	24	1	1	8	16	.315	.353	.521	.873	135	76	4	1	0	1	1

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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