John Montefusco

Full Name: John Joseph Montefusco	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/180	First Game: September 3, 1974
Birthdate: May 25, 1950	Final Game: May 1, 1986
Birthplace: Long Branch, New Jersey	MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on May 25, 1950 in Long Branch, New Jersey, John Montefusco (John Joseph Montefusco) played for the San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres and New York Yankees over the course of his 13 year career. Montefusco broke into the bigs on September 3, 1974 with the San Francisco Giants, and put up a 2.88 ERA in 243.2 innings pitched in 1975, his rookie year.

Most people believe that John Montefusco's best season was 1975, when he posted a 2.88 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 215 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1974	SF	N	7	5	3	2	4.81	34	22	21	1	1	0	39.1	41	3	19	0	0	0
1975	SF	N	35	34	15	9	2.88	215	85	78	10	4	0	243.2	210	11	86	12	6	8
1976	SF	N	37	36	16	14	2.84	172	90	80	11	6	0	253.1	224	11	74	8	3	4
1977	SF	N	26	25	7	12	3.49	110	82	61	4	0	0	157.1	170	10	46	6	5	3
1978	SF	N	36	36	11	9	3.81	177	110	101	3	0	0	238.2	233	25	68	6	4	4
1979	SF	N	22	22	3	8	3.94	76	64	60	0	0	0	137	145	15	51	7	3	2
1980	SF	N	22	17	4	8	4.37	85	61	55	1	0	0	113.1	120	15	39	6	2	2
1981	ATL	N	26	9	2	3	3.49	34	32	30	0	0	1	77.1	75	9	27	2	2	0
1982	SD	N	32	32	10	11	4.00	83	93	82	1	0	0	184.1	177	17	41	2	2	3
1983	SD	N	31	10	9	4	3.30	52	38	35	1	0	4	95.1	94	6	32	6	1	1
1983	NY	A	6	6	5	0	3.32	15	14	14	0	0	0	38	39	3	10	0	0	1
1983	Total		37	16	14	4	3.31	67	52	49	1	0	4	133.1	133	9	42	6	1	2
1984	NY	A	11	11	5	3	3.58	23	26	22	0	0	0	55.1	55	5	13	2	1	1
1985	NY	A	3	1	0	0	1.29	2	8	8	0	0	0	7	12	3	2	0	0	0
1986	NY	A	4	0	0	0	2.19	3	3	3	0	0	0	12.1	9	2	5	0	0	0
Total	NL		274	226	80	80	3.52	1038	677	603	32	11	5	1539.2	1489	122	483	55	28	27
Total	AL		24	18	10	3	3.75	43	51	47	0	0	0	112.2	115	13	30	2	1	2
Total			298	244	90	83	3.54	1081	728	650	32	11	5	1652.1	1604	135	513	57	29	29

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1974	SF	N	P	7	5	39.1	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.000
1975	SF	N	P	35	34	243.2	11	25	1	0	3	25	8	0	.973
1976	SF	N	P	37	36	253.1	12	21	3	0	3	32	8	0	.917
1977	SF	N	P	26	25	157.1	10	12	1	0	2	29	8	0	.957
1978	SF	N	P	36	36	238.2	8	28	2	2	3	35	5	2	.947
1979	SF	N	P	22	22	137	9	20	1	2	0	15	7	0	.967
1980	SF	N	P	22	17	113.1	6	9	0	1	0	18	4	0	1.000
1981	ATL	N	P	26	9	77.1	6	12	1	1	0	12	5	1	.947
1982	SD	N	P	32	32	184.1	11	29	3	0	0	29	4	1	.930
1983	SD	N	P	31	10	95.1	3	13	3	0	0	14	3	0	.842
1983	NY	A	P	6	6	38	2	3	0	0	0	5	2	0	1.000
1983	Total		P	37	16	133.1	5	16	3	0	0	19	5	0	.875
1984	NY	A	P	11	11	55.1	1	7	1	1	0	1	2	0	.889
1985	NY	A	P	3	1	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1986	NY	A	P	4	0	12.1	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000
Total			P	298	244	1652.1	82	187	16	8	11	221	56	4	.944

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1974	SF	N	7	14	5	4	2	3	.286	.333	.714	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0
1975	SF	N	35	80	4	7	1	2	.087	.141	.150	0	1	5	44	0	9	0	1
1976	SF	N	38	78	3	8	0	3	.103	.165	.115	1	0	5	42	1	6	0	1
1977	SF	N	26	49	1	6	1	4	.122	.173	.184	0	0	3	24	0	4	0	0
1978	SF	N	37	70	2	4	0	0	.057	.132	.071	1	0	5	32	1	9	1	2
1979	SF	N	24	42	3	7	0	3	.167	.186	.286	3	1	1	11	0	2	0	1
1980	SF	N	22	30	1	1	0	0	.033	.094	.033	0	0	1	12	1	3	0	0
1981	ATL	N	26	15	1	1	0	0	.067	.067	.133	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0
1982	SD	N	32	58	2	5	0	2	.086	.145	.103	1	0	4	30	0	6	0	1
1983	SD	N	31	19	1	1	0	1	.053	.143	.053	0	0	2	11	0	4	0	0
1983	NY	A	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	Total		37	19	1	1	0	1	.053	.143	.053	0	0	2	11	0	4	0	0
1984	NY	A	11	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	NY	A	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	NY	A	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		278	455	23	44	4	18	.097	.152	.147	7	2	27	219	3	43	1	6
Total	AL		24	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			302	455	23	44	4	18	.097	.152	.147	7	2	27	219	3	43	1	6

[edit] Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by San Francisco Giants (November 6, 1972).
Traded by San Francisco Giants with Craig Landis to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Doyle Alexander (December 12, 1980).
Granted free agency (November 13, 1981).
Signed by San Diego Padres (March 6, 1982).
Traded by San Diego Padres to New York Yankees in exchange for $200000 and 2 players to be named later (August 26, 1983); San Diego Padres received Dennis Rasmussen and Edwin Rodriguez (September 12, 1983).
Released by New York Yankees (November 12, 1985).
Signed by New York Yankees (March 17, 1986).

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