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Rafael Montero

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Team: Houston Astros (minors)

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

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

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

-0.1

-0.4

ERA

4.70

4.71

321

38.1

462.1

459

WHIP

1.409

1.464

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2011	20		4 Teams	4 Lgs	FRk-Rk-A-	NYM	5	4	.556	2.15	2.92	17	12	1	0	0	1	71.0	55	23	17	4	13	0	66	5	0	4	285	0.958	7.0	0.5	1.6	8.4	5.08
2011	20	-1.4	Brooklyn	NYPL	A-	NYM	1	0	1.000	3.60	3.60	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	18	0.800	5.4	1.8	1.8	9.0	5.00
2011	20	-0.5	Mets	GULF	Rk	NYM	1	2	.333	1.45	3.19	7	4	1	0	0	1	31.0	28	11	5	0	6	0	32	5	0	2	136	1.097	8.1	0.0	1.7	9.3	5.33
2011	20	-0.6	Kingsport	APPY	Rk	NYM	2	1	.667	4.24	4.24	4	4	0	0	0	0	17.0	17	8	8	2	6	0	9	0	0	1	72	1.353	9.0	1.1	3.2	4.8	1.50
2011	20	1.1	Mets 1	DOSL	FRk	NYM	1	1	.500	1.00	1.00	4	4	0	0	0	0	18.0	7	2	2	1	0	0	20	0	0	1	59	0.389	3.5	0.5	0.0	10.0
2012	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-A+	NYM	11	5	.688	2.36	2.73	20	20	0	1	0	0	122.0	96	37	32	6	19	0	110	3	2	2	479	0.943	7.1	0.4	1.4	8.1	5.79
2012	21	-2.0	St. Lucie	FLOR	A+	NYM	5	2	.714	2.13	2.31	8	8	0	1	0	0	50.2	35	13	12	2	11	0	56	2	1	0	193	0.908	6.2	0.4	2.0	9.9	5.09
2012	21	-0.6	Savannah	SALL	A	NYM	6	3	.667	2.52	3.03	12	12	0	0	0	0	71.1	61	24	20	4	8	0	54	1	1	2	286	0.967	7.7	0.5	1.0	6.8	6.75
2013	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	NYM	12	7	.632	2.78	3.24	27	27	0	0	0	0	155.1	136	56	48	6	35	0	150	0	3	1	624	1.101	7.9	0.3	2.0	8.7	4.29
2013	22	-4.6	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	NYM	5	4	.556	3.05	3.55	16	16	0	0	0	0	88.2	85	35	30	4	25	0	78	0	1	1	363	1.241	8.6	0.4	2.5	7.9	3.12
2013	22	-2.6	Binghamton	EL	AA	NYM	7	3	.700	2.43	2.84	11	11	0	0	0	0	66.2	51	21	18	2	10	0	72	0	2	0	261	0.915	6.9	0.3	1.4	9.7	7.20
2014	23		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-A+-Rk	NYM	6	4	.600	3.45	4.60	18	18	0	0	0	0	86.0	74	44	33	4	35	0	87	1	1	2	361	1.267	7.7	0.4	3.7	9.1	2.49
2014	23	-3.8	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	NYM	6	4	.600	3.60	4.84	16	16	0	0	0	0	80.0	69	43	32	4	34	0	80	1	1	2	338	1.288	7.8	0.5	3.8	9.0	2.35
2014	23	-0.2	St. Lucie	FLOR	A+	NYM	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	14	0.750	4.5	0.0	2.3	9.0	4.00
2014	23	2.6	Mets	GULF	Rk	NYM	0	0		4.50	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	13.5
2014	23	-5.5	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	1	3	.250	4.06	4.26	10	8	1	0	0	0	44.1	44	21	20	8	23	0	42	0	0	0	194	1.511	8.9	1.6	4.7	8.5	1.83
2014-15	23	-5.2	Escogido	DOWL	FgW		0	2	.000	4.50	4.50	6	6	0	0	0	0	22.0	21	11	11	2	7	0	17	1	0	2	91	1.273	8.6	0.8	2.9	7.0	2.43
2015	24		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-Rk-A+	NYM	1	0	1.000	3.38	3.86	7	6	0	0	0	0	18.2	18	8	7	1	4	0	14	0	0	0	74	1.179	8.7	0.5	1.9	6.8	3.50
2015	24	-2.8	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	NYM	1	0	1.000	5.87	7.04	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.2	8	6	5	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	31	1.174	9.4	1.2	1.2	8.2	7.00
2015	24	1.0	St. Lucie	FLOR	A+	NYM	0	0		3.60	3.60	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	23	1.600	9.0	0.0	5.4	1.8	0.33
2015	24	3.7	Mets	GULF	Rk	NYM	0	0		0.00	0.00	3	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	20	0.833	7.5	0.0	0.0	9.0
2015	24	-4.4	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	0	1	.000	4.50	5.40	5	1	1	0	0	0	10.0	9	6	5	0	5	3	13	0	0	0	46	1.400	8.1	0.0	4.5	11.7	2.60
2015-16	24	-4.3	Escogido	DOWL	FgW		0	0		9.00	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	1.000	9.0	9.0	0.0	18.0
2016	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	NYM	8	9	.471	5.30	6.07	25	25	0	1	0	0	129.0	146	87	76	16	59	3	108	4	2	4	585	1.589	10.2	1.1	4.1	7.5	1.83
2016	25	-1.7	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	NYM	4	6	.400	7.20	7.88	16	16	0	0	0	0	80.0	111	70	64	12	40	3	68	0	1	3	385	1.888	12.5	1.4	4.5	7.7	1.70
2016	25	0.5	Binghamton	EL	AA	NYM	4	3	.571	2.20	3.12	9	9	0	1	0	0	49.0	35	17	12	4	19	0	40	4	1	1	200	1.102	6.4	0.7	3.5	7.3	2.11
2016	25	-3.1	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	0	1	.000	8.05	8.05	9	3	1	0	0	0	19.0	23	17	17	4	16	1	20	0	0	2	93	2.053	10.9	1.9	7.6	9.5	1.25
2016-17	25	-3.5	Escogido	DOWL	FgW		0	0		27.00	27.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	9	6.000	36.0	0.0	18.0	9.0	0.50
2017	26	-0.6	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	NYM	0	2	.000	2.48	2.79	5	5	0	0	0	0	29.0	18	9	8	3	12	0	37	0	0	0	115	1.034	5.6	0.9	3.7	11.5	3.08
2017	26	-2.4	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	5	11	.313	5.52	5.67	34	18	4	0	0	0	119.0	141	75	73	12	67	5	114	5	1	6	550	1.748	10.7	0.9	5.1	8.6	1.70

2019	28		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-Rk-AAA	TEX	1	0	1.000	3.44	3.44	11	5	1	0	0	0	18.1	17	7	7	0	2	1	31	1	1	1	75	1.036	8.3	0.0	1.0	15.2	15.50
2019	28	1.3	Nashville	PCL	AAA	TEX	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	7	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	15.4
2019	28	3.8	Frisco	TL	AA	TEX	0	0		7.00	7.00	5	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	15	7	7	0	2	1	15	1	1	0	45	1.889	15.0	0.0	2.0	15.0	7.50
2019	28	7.4	Rangers	ARIZ	Rk	TEX	0	0		0.00	0.00	5	3	1	0	0	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	23	0.286	2.6	0.0	0.0	15.4
2019	28	-0.4	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	2	0	1.000	2.48	2.48	22	0	6	0	0	0	29.0	23	8	8	5	5	0	34	2	1	0	113	0.966	7.1	1.6	1.6	10.6	6.80
2020	29	0.8	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	0	1	.000	4.08	5.60	17	0	16	0	0	8	17.2	12	11	8	2	6	0	19	1	0	0	72	1.019	6.1	1.0	3.1	9.7	3.17
2021	30		2 Teams	AL	Maj	HOU-SEA	5	4	.556	6.39	7.30	44	0	18	0	0	7	49.1	59	40	35	4	17	1	42	5	0	4	225	1.541	10.8	0.7	3.1	7.7	2.47
2021	30	1.5	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	5	3	.625	7.27	8.10	40	0	17	0	0	7	43.1	56	39	35	4	15	1	37	5	0	4	204	1.638	11.6	0.8	3.1	7.7	2.47
2021	30	1.5	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	0	1	.000	0.00	1.50	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	3	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	21	0.833	4.5	0.0	3.0	7.5	2.50
2022	31	2.6	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	5	2	.714	2.37	2.90	71	0	25	0	0	14	68.1	47	22	18	3	23	2	73	2	0	1	270	1.024	6.2	0.4	3.0	9.6	3.17
2023	32	3.3	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	3	3	.500	5.08	5.35	68	0	21	0	0	1	67.1	74	40	38	11	29	0	79	3	0	0	298	1.530	9.9	1.5	3.9	10.6	2.72
2024	33	5.5	Sugar Land	PCL	AAA	HOU	1	1	.500	2.20	2.20	17	0	3	0	0	0	16.1	13	4	4	2	9	0	24	0	0	0	70	1.347	7.2	1.1	5.0	13.2	2.67
2024	33	4.0	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	1	2	.333	4.70	4.93	41	0	7	0	0	0	38.1	35	21	20	8	19	0	23	3	0	0	164	1.409	8.2	1.9	4.5	5.4	1.21
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (10 seasons)					Majors		22	28	.440	4.71	5.08	321	30	100	0	0	30	462.1	467	261	242	57	210	12	459	21	2	13	2025	1.464	9.1	1.1	4.1	8.9	2.19
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		45	32	.584	3.23	3.83	147	118	5	2	0	1	645.2	573	275	232	42	188	4	627	14	9	14	2668	1.179	8.0	0.6	2.6	8.7	3.34
Foreign (3 seasons)					Foreign		0	2	.000	5.63	5.63	9	6	0	0	0	0	24.0	26	15	15	3	9	0	20	1	0	2	104	1.458	9.8	1.1	3.4	7.5	2.22
All Levels (13 Seasons)							67	62	.519	3.89	4.38	477	154	105	2	0	31	1132.0	1066	551	489	102	407	16	1106	36	11	29	4797	1.301	8.5	0.8	3.2	8.8	2.72

AAA (7 seasons)					Minors		18	17	.514	4.23	4.94	73	55	3	0	0	0	304.0	304	167	143	26	121	3	298	1	3	6	1309	1.398	9.0	0.8	3.6	8.8	2.46
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		11	6	.647	2.67	3.25	25	22	0	1	0	0	124.2	101	45	37	6	31	1	127	5	4	1	506	1.059	7.3	0.4	2.2	9.2	4.10
A+ (3 seasons)					Minors		5	2	.714	2.11	2.26	11	11	0	1	0	0	59.2	42	15	14	2	15	0	61	2	1	0	230	0.955	6.3	0.3	2.3	9.2	4.07
A (1 season)					Minors		6	3	.667	2.52	3.03	12	12	0	0	0	0	71.1	61	24	20	4	8	0	54	1	1	2	286	0.967	7.7	0.5	1.0	6.8	6.75
A- (1 season)					Minors		1	0	1.000	3.60	3.60	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	18	0.800	5.4	1.8	1.8	9.0	5.00
Rk (4 seasons)					Minors		3	3	.500	2.00	2.86	20	14	2	0	0	1	63.0	55	20	14	2	12	0	62	5	0	4	260	1.063	7.9	0.3	1.7	8.9	5.17
FRk (1 season)					Minors		1	1	.500	1.00	1.00	4	4	0	0	0	0	18.0	7	2	2	1	0	0	20	0	0	1	59	0.389	3.5	0.5	0.0	10.0