John Montague
[edit] Biography
Born on September 12, 1947 in Newport News, Virginia, John Montague (John Evans Montague) played for the Montreal Expos, Philadelphia Phillies, Seattle Mariners and California Angels over the course of his 7 year career. Montague broke into the bigs on September 9, 1973 with the Montreal Expos, and put up a 3.16 ERA in 82.2 innings pitched in 1974, his rookie year.
Most people believe that John Montague's best season was 1977, when he posted a 4.29 ERA and struck out 98 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1973
| MON
| N
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.52
| 7
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7.2
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 1
|
| 1974
| MON
| N
| 46
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 3.16
| 43
| 37
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 82.2
| 73
| 5
| 38
| 5
| 3
| 4
|
| 1975
| PHI
| N
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.00
| 1
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 8
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1975
| MON
| N
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5.60
| 9
| 11
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 17.2
| 23
| 4
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 2
|
| 1975
| TOT
| N
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6.35
| 10
| 16
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 22.2
| 31
| 5
| 10
| 2
| 2
| 2
|
| 1977
| SEA
| A
| 47
| 15
| 8
| 12
| 4.29
| 98
| 95
| 87
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 182.1
| 193
| 20
| 75
| 5
| 7
| 4
|
| 1978
| SEA
| A
| 19
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 6.18
| 14
| 31
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 43.2
| 52
| 2
| 24
| 4
| 3
| 0
|
| 1979
| SEA
| A
| 41
| 1
| 6
| 4
| 5.57
| 60
| 73
| 72
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 116.1
| 125
| 14
| 47
| 13
| 3
| 2
|
| 1979
| CAL
| A
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 5.09
| 6
| 12
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 17.2
| 16
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1979
| TOT
| A
| 55
| 1
| 8
| 4
| 5.51
| 66
| 85
| 82
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 134
| 141
| 17
| 56
| 13
| 5
| 2
|
| 1980
| CAL
| A
| 37
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 5.13
| 22
| 47
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 73.2
| 97
| 8
| 21
| 1
| 2
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 65
| 1
| 3
| 5
| 3.82
| 60
| 56
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 113
| 112
| 10
| 50
| 9
| 7
| 7
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 158
| 16
| 21
| 21
| 5.00
| 200
| 258
| 241
| 2
| 0
| 16
| 433.2
| 483
| 47
| 176
| 23
| 17
| 7
|
| Total
|
|
| 223
| 17
| 24
| 26
| 4.76
| 260
| 314
| 289
| 2
| 0
| 21
| 546.2
| 595
| 57
| 226
| 32
| 24
| 14
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1973
| MON
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 7.2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1974
| MON
| N
| P
| 46
| 1
| 82.2
| 6
| 5
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 0
| .786
|
| 1975
| PHI
| N
| P
| 3
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1975
| MON
| N
| P
| 12
| 0
| 17.2
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1975
| TOT
| N
| P
| 15
| 0
| 22.2
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1977
| SEA
| A
| P
| 47
| 15
| 182.1
| 11
| 33
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 8
| 2
| 1.000
|
| 1978
| SEA
| A
| P
| 19
| 0
| 43.2
| 2
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 1
| .875
|
| 1979
| SEA
| A
| P
| 41
| 1
| 116.1
| 5
| 21
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 8
| 1
| .963
|
| 1979
| CAL
| A
| P
| 14
| 0
| 17.2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1979
| TOT
| A
| P
| 55
| 1
| 134
| 6
| 21
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 8
| 1
| .931
|
| 1980
| CAL
| A
| P
| 37
| 0
| 73.2
| 4
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 223
| 17
| 546.2
| 29
| 82
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 32
| 26
| 4
| .941
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1973
| MON
| N
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| MON
| N
| 46
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .100
| .250
| .100
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1975
| PHI
| N
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1975
| MON
| N
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1975
| TOT
| N
| 16
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1977
| SEA
| A
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| SEA
| A
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| SEA
| A
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| CAL
| A
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| TOT
| A
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| CAL
| A
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 66
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .083
| .214
| .083
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 158
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 224
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .083
| .214
| .083
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Chicago White Sox in the 15th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 8, 1965).
- Selected by Baltimore Orioles in the 3rd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (January 28, 1967).
- Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Montreal Expos in exchange for a player to be named later (April 13, 1973); Baltimore Orioles received Mickey Scott (April 4, 1974).
- Claimed on waivers by Philadelphia Phillies from Montreal Expos (September 2, 1975).
- Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Seattle Mariners (November 6, 1976).
- Traded by Seattle Mariners to California Angels in exchange for a player to be named later (August 29, 1979); Seattle Mariners received Jim Anderson (December 5, 1979).
- Released by California Angels (February 10, 1981).
- Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (March 2, 1981).
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